2024-09-30-accounts - Suffolk Villages Festival

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TAR SVF 2023-2024

During the accounting period the Charity organized concerts in April, May 2024, a ‘Tea Party’ with music in June 2024 and the annual Festival over the August Bank Holiday long weekend, 2023.

For the Festival we organized a total of five concerts at local churches and arts centres:

Spanish 18th century sacred choral works (with free pre-concert talk); double concertos for harpsichord and fortepiano by W F and J C Bach (sons of J S Bach); English sacred music performed by Gesualdo 6 (with free pre-concert discussion); sonatas for baroque flute and harpsichord; scenes from Purcell’s The Indian Queen , part of the SVF Purcell Project.

The April concert at Sudbury Arts Centre (formerly St Peter’s church): vocal music for soprano, cornet and continuo by Monteverdi and contemporaries.

The May concert, at St Mary’s church, Hadleigh: Incidental music for plays by Molière by Lully and Charpentier (with free pre-concert talk).

The Tea Party, at the Assembly Rooms, Dedham, featured sonatas for violin and viola da gamba.

All the concerts were well attended. Reduced price tickets are available for full-time students and those under 30.

~~a~~ SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS for the financial year 1st October 2023 to 30 September 2024 ~~OO~~ RECEIPTS 2023-24 PAYMENTS 2023-24 General General a/c balance b/f 26882.16 ~~===~~ Friends 835.00 Administration 7200.00 interim profit for 2023/24 -4894.24 Patrons 1230.00 Paypal charges 39.81 General a/c balance c/f 21987.92 Benefactors 900.00 SumUp charges 1.53 Donations 2020.46 CD sales for artists 55.00 ~~= =se=2===~~ Anthony King Memorial Fund 277.00 Box office plans & tickets 0.00 Assets at 30/9/24 Musicans' Fund 23.00 Insurance 151.00 cash in hand (concert floats) 160.00 Purcell Fund 562.00 PRS 221.41 Paypal account 0.00 ~~Sees~~ CD sales 334.25 Office su ~~[Sac]~~ pplies & Stationery 0.00 ~~pp[ ee==e]~~ Barclays current account 3109.65 CD sales for artists 55.00 Postage 0.00 Barclays business account 17375.33 Gift Aid 1214.00 Making Music Subscription 392.00 Santander current account 5.40 ~~Po~~ Bank interest 248.88 Supporters' Events 339.35 Santander savings account 600.95 Website & email 998.69 Barclays savings account 0.00 Actual balances 21251.33 plus early payments for 2024/25 250.00 SUB-TOTAL 7699.59 SUB-TOTAL 9398.79 less late payments for 2023/24 737.41 less late payments for 2022/23 180.00 Spring Series less early credits for 2024/25 0.00 ~~ius~~ Ticket sales 3594.50 Fees to performers 4150.00 plus late credits for 2023/24 1404.00 Programme sales 280.00 Expenses 361.00 21987.92 Programme advertising 20.00 Programmes 106.00 ~~Po~~ Interval drinks 109.00 Venues 895.00 Brochures & posters 580.79 ~~eo0:~~ Paypal char ~~secs~~ ges 48.10 ~~Sees~~ SumUp charges 8.10 Funds at 30/09/24 Catering: performers 100.00 Anthony King Memorial Fund 3073.92 ~~soe: Sac~~ Catering: audience ~~[etl]~~ 0.00 ~~[ lai] ea==e~~ Musicians' Fund 394.90 ~~Sees~~ Purcell Fund 1967.50 SUB-TOTAL 4003.50 SUB-TOTAL 6248.99 5436.32 ~~gees See ee==e~~ Tea Party Ticket sales 1650.00 ~~=————s~~ Fees to performers 400.00 ~~S52~~ Exp ~~Sen~~ enses van hire ~~[esl]~~ 80.91 ~~eee=e~~ Venues 170.00 Paypal charges 19.47 ~~Po~~ SumUp charges 1.69 Catering 0.00 SUB-TOTAL 1650.00 SUB-TOTAL 672.07 ~~oe~~ Festival Ticket sales 14827.25 Fees to performers 13256.00 ~~ce~~ Programme sales 1150.76 Expenses to performers 1107.60 ~~Seas~~ Programme advertising 330.00 Pro ~~S2a=====e~~ grammes 460.00 Interval drinks 0.00 Venues 1940.00 Brochures & posters 499.79 ~~se~~ Advertising 30.00 ~~Sees~~ Payp ~~Seen~~ al charges 199.07 ~~==ee~~ SumUp charges 18.62 Catering: performers & audience 517.00 Van hire & diesel 207.41 ~~oe~~ SUB-TOTAL 16308.01 SUB-TOTAL 18235.49 ~~se: ssl~~ TOTAL RECEIPTS 29661.10 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 34555.34 ~~eo~~ PROFIT/(LOSS) -4894.24 ~~soe: Hess lz ee~~ I have examined these accounts and found them to be a correct record of the year's transactions Signed: Presented by: ~~e5: fessseas ae~~ David Branch ~~[===55====]~~ Andrew Spencer, Hon Treasurer ~~=====—|~~ 1

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Suffolk Villages Festival members of

On accounts for the year 30 September 2024 Charity no 1102789 ended ~~eeee ee~~

Set out on pages 1-3 and attached two pages

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
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: 21 July 2025

March 2012

IER

Name: Mr David P Branch

Relevant professional N/A 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

IER

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

nil

March 2012

IER