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**|
|---|---|
|**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**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the** Suffolk Villages Festival **trustees/ members**
**of**
**On accounts for the** 30 September 2022 **year ended**
> **Charity** 1102789 **no**
**Set out on pages** 1-3 and attached two pages
- **Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the
- **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**
- 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:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
- **Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general **examiner’s** Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination **statement** includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my **examiner's** attention **statement** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:**
**Date:** 5 July 2023
**March 2012**
1
**IER**
**Name:** Mr David P Branch
**Relevant** N/A **professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 4 Wents Close Great Bentley CO7 8PZ **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
**March 2012**
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**IER**
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
nil
**March 2012**
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**IER**