Trustees Annual Report for October 2021– September 2022
Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant that concerts at the beginning of the reporting period were still socially distanced.
We began in October with a performance of music for soprano and two violins by 17th/18th century composers, including Monteverdi, part of our Monteverdi Project. This concert was given twice to accommodate the socially distanced audience.
In December we returned to the Grand Hall in Hadleigh Town Hall for a socially-distanced Christmas concert, also given twice.
May saw a violin recital by the distinguished performer and teacher Catherine Martin, accompanied by Jan Waterfield at St Gregory’s Church Sudbury.
In June we performed an abridged version of the most appealing numbers in Handel’s masterpiece, the oratorio Theodora, again in Hadleigh, a concert which had had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
The year culminated in a successful Festival, in which our Monteverdi Project came to its conclusion with a concert performance of his first opera, L’Orfeo , the title role sung by Charles Daniels. He also gave a celebrity recital of solo vocal pieces spanning five centuries accompanied by Terence Charlston. The Italian theme continued with a recital of music from 14h/15th century Italy by Mediva. We presented an all-Bach concert of two cantatas, an orchestral suite and the 6th Brandenburg Concert, and we started our new, three-year exploration of the major theatre works of Henry Purcell, with a programme of his choral and instrumental music and that of his contemporary, Jeremiah Clark. The Monteverdi concert and the Purcell/Clarke concert were preceded by talks given by specialists, and the festivities included a preview reception of the newly renovated Gainsborough House in Sudbury.
SVF continues to offer valuable performance experience to students and young professionals at the outset of their careers, and we are delighted that many of these performers often return to us as established musicians.
Outreach activities continue to be affected by the pandemic but we hope to resume those in the near future.
SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS for the financial year 1st October 2021 to 30 September 2022
| RECEIPTS 2021-22 |
PAYMENTS 2021-22 |
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| General Friends 326 Patrons 1270 Benefactors 1265 Donations 1646.50 Anthony King Memorial Fund 266 Monteverdi Fund 270 Musicans' Fund 55 Purcell Fund 100 CD sales 963 Gift Aid 1259.75 Bank interest 3.39 SUB-TOTAL 7424.64 |
Administration 7200 Bank charges 0 World Pay charges 0 Paypal charges 39.01 SumUp charges 0 Box office plans & tickets 0 Insurance 137 PRS 160.74 Office supplies & Stationery 0 Postage 0 Making Music Subscription 275 Supporters' Events 40 Website & email 0 SUB-TOTAL 7851.75 |
| Winter & Spring Series Ticket sales 6114 Programme sales 57 Programme advertising 0 Interval drinks 0 SUB-TOTAL 6171 |
Fees to performers 6300 Expenses 487.25 Programmes 68 Venues 1274 Brochures & posters 481.5 Paypal charges 87.37 SumUp charges 9.10 Catering: performers 100 SUB-TOTAL 8807.22 |
| Tea Party Ticket sales 1160 SUB-TOTAL 1160 |
Fees to performers 400 Venues 170 Paypal charges 13.45 SumUp charges 0.68 Catering 172.71 SUB-TOTAL 756.84 |
| Festival Ticket sales 11166 Programme sales 716.02 Programme advertising 360 Interval drinks 0 SUB-TOTAL 12242.02 |
Fees to performers 13314.64 Expenses 1074.62 Programmes 852 Venues 1150 Brochures & posters 359 Paypal charges 151.12 SumUp charges 7.74 Catering: performers 280 Catering: audience 120.75 SUB-TOTAL 17309.87 |
| TOTAL RECEIPTS 26997.66 |
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 34725.68 |
| PROFIT/(LOSS) -7728.02 |
I have examined these accounts and found them to be a correct record of the year's transactions
Presented by:
Signed: 5th July 2023 David Branch, Hon Examiner
Andrew Spencer, Hon Treasurer
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
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responsibilities of accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not trustees and required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 examiner
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required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
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