TAR Suffolk Villages Festival, 2024-25 We organised three concerts in the spring (February, March, May), Candlemass music by Bach, a 19th century programme by the Trio Goya, and in May a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of Orlando Gibbons. The annual ‘Tea-Party’ also showcased music by English composers, Purcell and his teacher John Blow. We organised five concerts for the August Bank Holiday Festival, featuring major works by A. Scarlatti and Handel, and Purcell. In addition we presented programmes of Handel Italian cantatas and Elizabethan/Jacobean English lute songs. As part of the Charity’s outreach initiative the Festival included a workshop for conservatoire students on Mozart serenades for wind octet, the students performing these in concert alongside their tutors. All the concerts were well attended. Reduced price tickets are available for full-time students and those under 30. |**SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL**|**SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL**|**SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL**|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||||||| |**STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS for the fnancialyear**|||||**1st October 2024 to 30 September 2025**||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |**RECEIPTS**|||**2024-25**|||**PAYMENTS**|||**2024-25**||||||| |**General**||||||||||||General a/c balance b/f|||21987.92| |Friends|||**1295.00**|||Administra9on|||**7200.00**|||interimproft for 2024/25|||-6451.11| |Patrons|||**870.00**|||Bank charges|||**5.00**|||**General a/c balance c/f**|||**15536.81**| |Benefactors|||**1800.00**|||Paypal charges|||**48.18**||||||| |Dona9ons|||**1539.21**|||Paypal cardingcharges|||**5.68**||||||| |AnthonyKingMemorial Fund|||**297.00**|||SumUpcharges|||**0.67**|||**Assets at 30/9/25**|||| |Musicans' Fund|||**33.00**|||CD sales for ar9sts|||**420.00**|||cash in hand(concert foats)|||**160.00**| |Purcell Fund|||**44.00**|||Insurance|||**155.00**|||Paypal account|||**1447.24**| |CD sales|||**273.69**|||MakingMusic Subscrip9on|||**411.00**|||Barclays current account|||**1753.29**| |CD sales for ar9sts|||**420.00**|||Supporters' Events|||**208.70**|||Barclays business account|||**12750.54**| |GiV Aid|||**1347.75**|||Website & email|||**46.58**|||Santander current account|||**0.00**| |Bank interest|||**248.08**|||||||||Santander savings account|||**0.00**| |Carding|||**50.10**|||||||||Barclays savings account|||**0.00**| |||||||||||||Actual balances|||**16111.07**| |**SUB-TOTAL**|||8217.83|||**SUB-TOTAL**|||8500.81|||_plus_early payments for 2025/26|||430.00| |||||||||||||_less_latepayments for 2024/25|||2532.01| |**Spring Series**||||||||||||_less_earlycredits for 2025/26|||0.00| |Ticket sales|||**7594.00**|||Fees toperformers|||**6250.00**|||_plus_late credits for 2024/25|||1527.75| |Programme sales|||**368.00**|||Expenses|||**580.91**||||||**15536.81**| |Programme adver9sing|||0.00|||Programmes|||**192.80**||||||| |Interval drinks|||**171.00**|||Venues|||**1165.20**||||||| |||||||Brochures &posters|||**503.75**||||||| |||||||Adver9sing|||**40.00**||||||| |||||||Paypal charges|||**111.28**|||**Funds at 30/09/25**|||| |||||||SumUpcharges|||**11.27**|||AnthonyKingMemorial Fund|||1455.17| |||||||Catering:performers|||**140.00**|||Musicians' Fund|||436.15| |||||||Catering: audience|||**43.52**|||Purcell Fund|||995.75| ||||||||||||||||**2887.07**| |**SUB-TOTAL**|||8133.00|||**SUB-TOTAL**|||9038.73||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |**Tea Party**|||||||||||||||| |Ticket sales|||**1600.00**|||Fees toperformers|||**400.00**||||||| |||||||Expenses van hire|||**174.01**||||||| |||||||Venues|||**250.00**||||||| |||||||Paypal charges|||**20.92**||||||| |||||||SumUpcharges|||**2.54**||||||| |||||||Catering|||**33.75**||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |**SUB-TOTAL**|||1600.00|||**SUB-TOTAL**|||881.22||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |**FesVval**|||||||||||||||| |Ticket sales|||**11730.50**|||Fees toperformers|||**13980.00**||||||| |Programme sales|||**833.00**|||Expenses toperformers|||**1310.83**||||||| |Programme adver9sing|||**600.00**|||Programmes|||**572.00**||||||| |Interval drinks|||**117.20**|||Venues|||**2161.50**||||||| |||||||Brochures &posters|||**441.00**||||||| |||||||Adver9sing|||**27.89**||||||| |||||||Paypal charges|||**156.26**||||||| |||||||SumUpcharges|||**15.81**||||||| |||||||Catering:performers|||**450.00**||||||| |||||||Catering: audience|||**34.00**||||||| |||||||Van hire & diesel|||**112.59**||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |**SUB-TOTAL**|||13280.70|||**SUB-TOTAL**|||19261.88||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**31231.53**|||**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|||**37682.64**||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |**PROFIT/(LOSS)**|||**-6451.11**||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |I have examined these accounts and found them to be a correct record of theyear's transac9ons|||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |Signed:||||||Presented by:|||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| |||||||Andrew Spencer,Hon Treasurer|||||||||| ||David Branch||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| 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 2025 **ended** > **Charity no** 1102789 **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 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:** 16 July 2026 1 **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. 2 **March 2012** **IER** ## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . nil 3 **March 2012** **IER**