## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1.8.21 Period start date To 31.7.23 Period end date**
## **Charity name: The Milverton Concert Society**
## **Charity registration number: 1107070**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 To advance, improve, develop and
of the charity as set out maintain public education and
in its governing appreciation of music in all its
document aspects
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The purpose of the charity is
1.19
activities in relation to achieved by the presentation of
those purposes for the public concerts and workshops,
public benefit, in and for the purposes of such
particular, the activities, charitable bodies or for such other
projects or services purposes as shall be exclusively
identified in the charitable as the Committee may
accounts. from time to time decide.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All Trustees are aware of the
whether the trustees Society’s Constitution and its aims
have had regard to the and objectives in relation to those
guidance issued by the guidelines set by the Charity
Charity Commission on Commission.
public benefit
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The Charity has held 6 concerts
within the 2021 – 22 season, which
have been attended by Society
Summary of the main Members and members of the
Para 1.20
achievements of the local community, which has
charity, identifying the enabled a large number of people,
difference the charity’s of all backgrounds, to listen to a
work has made to the very high standard of performers.
circumstances of its Also, workshops had been
beneficiaries and any arranged with 2 of the group of
wider benefits to society artists specifically for the benefit
as a whole. of local children, who have an
interest in improving their abilities
in the playing of music in their
chosen sphere.
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 At the end of the financial year the
financial position at the Charity sits on a surplus of
end of the period £13,894.02, which includes
£10,932.04 in the Reserve Fund
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Reserves are held in a separate
policy for holding account, and is used to allow the
reserves stating why they Charity to maintain a balance of
are held £3000 in the main working
account
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £10,032.04
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 To enable the Charity to replace
reserves assets held should they become
depleted, plus to enable top
quality artists to be contracted to
appear without fear of placing the
Charity in a difficult financial
position.
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 No concerns
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 By Trust Deed
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 The Trust will be managed a
constituted? Committee consisting of
(e.g unincorporated Chairperson, Treasurer,
association, CIO) Programme Secretary, Minutes
secretary and not less than 3 and
not more than 8 other members.
Trustee selection Para 1.25 The Officers and other Committee
methods including details members shall be elected by and
of any constitutional out of the Society’s members at
provisions e.g. election to the Annual General Meeting and
post or name of any shall be eligible for re-election.
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure Para 1.51 and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name The Milverton Concert Society
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1107070
number
Charity’s principal 9, Silver Street
address Wiveliscombe
Taunton
TA4 2PA
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Rosie Clark- Chairperson The Milverton Concert
1
Lowes Society
2 Derek Sowden Treasurer As above
3 Francis Vail As above
Janey As above
4
Desborough
5 Gillian Lumby As above
6 Shelagh Garbutt As above
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10
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12
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14
15
16
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20
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements n/a for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
Rosemary Joy Clark-Lowes **Full name(s)** Derek Leslie Richard Sowden
**Position (eg** Treasurer Chairman **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**
## **Milverton Concert Society Balance Sheet as at 31st July 2022**
|**Current Assets**
Debtor
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
**Current Liabilities**
Creditor
**Total Current**
**Capital assets**
Piano
Piano stool and cover
Staging
**Total Capital**
**Net Assets**
Represented by:-
Capital assets
Accounts - opening balance
Accounts - closing balance
**Defcit/Surplus for the year**
**Total**|**2022**
£0
£13,894.02
£110.00
**£14,004.02**
£14,853.98
193.47
286.34
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£ 15,333.79
£7,851.79
£13,894.02
£6,042.23|
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||**£29,227.81**|
Stocks are disregarded for the purpose of these accounts, purchases being charged against income in the year in which they are incurred and sales recognised in the year in which they are effected.
Derek Sowden………………………………………………………………….Hon.Treasurer
|**Income**
Ticket Sales
Membership
Refreshments
School contributions
Notorious Music proceeds
Programmes
Donations
Gift Aid recovered
Workshopreceipts|2022
22062.03
740.00
567.00
638.00
125.00
615.00
315.00
1147.87
£984.99|
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|**Total Income**
**£27,194.89**||
|**Expenditure**
Artists fees & expenses
15715.00
Artists refreshments
204.96
Poster and printing
1386.50
Refreshments / bar
398.79
Hire of Venues
835.00
Concert Expenses Lighting
540.00
Concert Expenses Piano
820.00
Other Concert Expenses
198.19||
|**Total Concert Costs - direct**
£20,098.44||
|Making Music
187.00
Website / IT
285.50
Postage
0
Photocopying
10.00
Insurance
275.00
Additional equipment
38.02
Advertising
258.40||
|**Total Non Concert Specifc costs**
£1,053.92||
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|**Total COSTS**
**£21,152.36**||
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|**SURPLUS/DEFICIT foryear**
**£6,042.53**||
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to th• truste0$1
members of
The Milverton Concert Society
On accoun18 for th• year
ended
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Charity no
(If any)
1107070
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Twsf) for year ended 31107 J 2 OZ I
Rèsponslb1lltl and
basls of report
As the charitsls trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance wth the requirernents of the Charities Act 2011
{Ihe Acf).
I report In resp8d of my examlnalion of the TNSVS accounts carried out
under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and In CArying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable DIr110nS given by the Charity Commission
under sectlon 145(5Xb) of the A¢
Indendent fThe charws gross incune exceeded £250.0(Kl and l am qUalifd to
examlneffs statement undertake the examlnatlon by belng a qualified member of [Insert name of
appllcab16 listed body]]. Delete [ ] rfnot applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no mater181 matters have
come to my attenllon In oJnnectk)n with the examination (other than that
disclosed below") lch gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respecL
the 8ccountirHJ records were not kept in ac£ordance 1th section 130
of the Charities Act: or
the accounts did not accord thith the accounting records; or
Ihe accounts did not comply wth the applicable requirements
)nceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Repts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirom8nt
that the acnts gr¥e a Irue and fairf view which Is not 8 matter
considered as part of an indep8rKl8nt examinatlon.
I have no conchms and have Come across no other matters in connection
with the examlnation to 4thich attention shoukl be drawn in this report in
order to enable a Fxoper underslanding of the acunts to be reached.
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