## **TAR SVF 2022-2023**
During the accounting period the Charity organized concerts in April, May 2023, a ‘Tea Party’ with music in June 2023 and the annual Festival over the August Bank Holiday long weekend, 2023.
For the Festival we organized a total of five concerts: orchestral suites and concertos by J S Bach, at Stoke-by-Nayland church, string quartets by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven at St Mary’s church, Wivenhoe, Elizabethan music for the virginals (an early form of harpsichord) at the Quaker Meeting House, Sudbury, and two choral concerts involving the Festival’s choir, Psalmody, and the Festival’s two instrumental ensembles, the John Jenkins Consort and Essex Baroque Orchestra, both at St Mary’s church, Hadleigh. These concerts presented music by Heinrich Schütz and, continuing our recently inaugurated ‘Purcell Project’, a concert performance of Henry Purcell’s opera _The Fairy Queen_ .
The April concert, ‘20 fingers on the Broadwood piano’, featured piano duets played on the 19th century instrument at Boxford church.
The May concert, at St Mary’s church, Hadleigh, ‘The King Shall Rejoice’, marked the coronation of H M Charles III with coronation anthems by John Blow and G F Handel.
The Tea Party, at the Assembly Rooms, Dedham, featured vocal music by William Byrd accompanied by viol consort.
All the concerts were well attended, and all but some of the Festival concerts made a modest box office profit. Reduced price tickets are available for full-time students and those under 30.
## **SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL**
**STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS for the financial year 1st October 2022 to 30 September 2023**
|~~**RECEIPTS**~~
~~**2022-23**~~|~~**PAYMENTS**~~
~~**2022-23**~~|
|---|---|
|~~**General**~~
Friends
**1120.00**
Patrons
**610.00**
Benefactors
**1200.00**
Donations
**11889.11**
Anthony King Memorial Fun
**275.00**
Musicans' Fund
**254.00**
Purcell Fund
**1730.00**
CD sales
**410.85**
CD sales for artists
**145.00**
Gift Aid
**4123.15**
Bank interest
**114.05**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**21871.16**|Administration
**7200.00**
Paypal charges
**49.11**
SumUp charges
**0.51**
CD sales for artists
**142.57**
SumUp charges (CD sales fo
**2.43**
Box office plans & tickets
**0.00**
Insurance
**143.00**
PRS
**94.38**
Office supplies & Stationery
**5.96**
Postage
**45.00**
Making Music Subscription
**275.00**
Supporters' Events
**122.42**
Website & email
**0.00**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**8080.38**|
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|~~**Spring Series**~~
Ticket sales
**4688.50**
Programme sales
**269.81**
Programme advertising
**70.00**
Interval drinks
**273.01**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**5301.32**|Fees to performers
**2650.00**
Expenses
**538.13**
Programmes
**196.80**
Venues
**580.00**
Brochures & posters
**569.00**
Paypal charges
**63.95**
SumUp charges
**11.53**
Catering: performers
**149.16**
Catering: audience
**100.79**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**4859.36**|
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|~~**Tea Party**~~
Ticket sales
**1845.00**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**1845.00**|Fees to performers
**200.00**
Expenses to performers
**100.00**
Venues
**170.00**
Paypal charges
**18.86**
SumUp charges
**1.69**
Catering
**109.88**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**600.43**|
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|~~**Festival**~~
Ticket sales
**11237.00**
Programme sales
**699.75**
Programme advertising
**305.00**
Interval drinks
**513.93**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**12755.68**|Fees to performers
**9970.00**
Expenses to performers
**476.30**
Programmes
**375.50**
Venues
**1540.00**
Brochures & posters
**468.50**
Paypal charges
**148.83**
SumUp charges
**19.68**
Catering: performers
**275.00**
Catering: audience
**158.95**
Van hire & diesel
**215.24**
**SUB-TOTAL**
**13648.00**|
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|~~**TOTAL RECEIPTS**~~
~~**41773.16**~~|~~**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**~~
~~**27188.17**~~|
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|**PROFIT/(LOSS)**
**14584.99**||
I have examined these accounts and found them to be a correct record of the year's transactions Signed: Presented by: David Branch 8th July 2024 Andrew Spencer, Hon Treasurer
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
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||30 September 2023|**Charity no**|1102789|
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- **Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.
- **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year
- **trustees and examiner** 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 Directions given **examiner’s statement** by the Charity Commission. An examination 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 attention
- **examiner's statement** 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:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|||8 July 2024|
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||Mr David P Branch|||
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**IER**
**Address:** 4 Wents Close Great Bentley CO7 8PZ **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
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**March 2012**
**IER**
**Give here brief details of** nil **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**March 2012**
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