## **All Saints Chorus 2022-2023 Accounts, Independent Examiners report and Trustees Report** 

|**Accounting Year 2022/23**<br>12<br>Sales|**Accounting Year**<br>**2021/22**<br>restricted<br>restricted<br>293<br>funds<br>funds<br>7075<br>_4418_<br>622<br>_471_<br>1176<br>8<br>_3320_<br>195<br>_194_<br>507<br>_432_<br>1135<br>_711_<br>_606_<br>7211<br>7211<br>_4881_<br>_4881_<br>49<br>49<br>_431_<br>_431_<br>4423<br>**3327**<br>**8**<br>**_14858_**<br>112|**Accounting Year**<br>**2021/22**<br>restricted<br>restricted<br>293<br>funds<br>funds<br>7075<br>_4418_<br>622<br>_471_<br>1176<br>8<br>_3320_<br>195<br>_194_<br>507<br>_432_<br>1135<br>_711_<br>_606_<br>7211<br>7211<br>_4881_<br>_4881_<br>49<br>49<br>_431_<br>_431_<br>4423<br>**3327**<br>**8**<br>**_14858_**<br>112|
|---|---|---|
|1<br>Subscriptions|7075||
|2<br>Donations|622||
|TicketSales|1176<br>8||
|Concert refreshments|195||
|Music scores|507||
|7<br>FundraisingEvent|1135||
|Choir WeekendAway|7211<br>7211||
|8<br>Social|49<br>49||
|3<br>Gift Aid|4423||
|**Total Income**|**3327**<br>**8**||
|**Expenditure**<br>9<br>Instrument Repair&Maintenance|112||
|10<br>Advertising andPromotion|717|_487_|
|Bank/Finance Charges|71|_35_|
|MusiciansFees &Travel Expenses|1372<br>5|_4440_|
|4<br>Use Of RehearsalSpace|3600|_500_|
|Scores|621|_551_|
|5<br>Website costs|219|_216_|
|Choir WeekendAway|7473<br>7473|_3972_<br>_3972_|
|13<br>Refunds|100||
|11<br>Printing|940|_182_|
|Insurance||_59_|
|6<br>Sundries|1198<br>606||
|Social(cinematrip)||_504_<br>_504_|
|Soloists Fees|2850|_1550_<br>**_12496_**<br>**_2362_**|
|**Total Expenditure**|**3162**<br>**6**||
|**proft/loss**|**1652**||



|**Total funds at March**||
|---|---|
|**31st 2023**||
||171|
|HSBC|99|
|HSBC savings acc't closed|0|
|Cash|380|



||**Funds at March 31st**<br>**2022**|
|---|---|
||HSBC current<br>13703|
||HSBC Savings<br>971|
||Cash<br>924|



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|||**Total**<br>**1559**<br>**8**<br>of which £2968 restricted<br>funds||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Total**|**175**<br>**79**||**1559**<br>**8**|
|of which £1380 is restricted<br>funds||||



The restricted funds March 2023 is for the Choir Weekend Away. 

## _Independent Examiner's Statement_ 

_I have examined the books and records of the All Saints Chorus_ 

## _Ian_ 

## _Mowll_ 

_Dated 12[th] September 2023_ 

_Approved by the trustees at the AGM 19[th] September 2023_ 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

The amount we have in the current account at the date of creating these accounts, September 12[th] , 2023, is £ **20,844.45** . This includes restricted funds for the choir weekend away. We closed the savings account in April ‘22 and transferred the balance to the current account. We have £62 cash. 

1. Subs – During the financial year (22-23) we have had 56 subscription-paying choir members, 1 member who supports us but who does not attend choir practice. £7075 of our income derived from subscriptions. Costs include promotion, printing, scores, rent and paying for musicians and soloists for concerts.  Membership subscriptions are £180 pa for waged and £75 for unwaged members. Many members pay subscriptions by standing order and most of those are in the Gift Aid scheme.   All taxpayers might want to consider donating through **Gift Aid** , as this is such a valuable source of income. 

2. Donations – were £622 this financial year, some people make a donation with their subscription.  Thanks to all who donate either regularly or one-off. 

3. Gift Aid – We have not applied for Gift Aid for the year 21/22, or 22/23 yet but it should be in the region of £2000. Fundraising, subscriptions, and all donations are eligible for Gift Aid. 

**4.** Use Of Rehearsal Space/rent paid to Southwark Cathedral. And the church irregularly charges us rent for using the premises for rehearsals and concerts. This works out at £1500 a year. 

5. Internet expenses &website costs are domain name, webspace, accounting software and zoom account. 

6. Sundries includes some office sundries, £606 donation to Ukraine, black folders, microphone and power cable, Sum Up card machine, seat labels, soloists’ gifts like flowers & chocs, disposable cups. 

7. Fundraising: Xmas raffle, quiz night 

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**8.** Social **:** cinema trip to West Side Story 

**9.** Instrument Repair & Maintenance: loudspeaker and amplifier for rehearsals 10.Advertising and promotion: diary entries, banners, 

- 11.Printing: is posters, programmes, vocal scores and tickets. 

- 12.Sales: consist of harpsichord and black folders and program sales 

- 13.Refunds were for the Verdi concert tickets (after Covid cancellation) 

Overall, All Saints Chorus financial reports are considered enough for the size, complexity, and purpose of the organisation. We have a Financial Control Policy for purposes of secure governance.  The treasurer does a report about income and expenditure for committee meetings and trustees can have sight of recent bank statements. 

|**Concert**|**Fire on the**<br>**Green**|**Verdi**<br>**Requiem**|**Christmas**|**Messiah**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|date|July 2nd2022|12thNov 2022|10thDec 2022|18thMarch<br>2023|
|**Income**|||||
|Tickets|1650|6984|590|2935|
|programme sales||89|||
|Refreshments|66||130||
|**Total income**|**1716**|**7073**|**720**|**2935**|
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|**Expenditure**|||||
|Musicians|3685|6580|910|2520|
|Soloists|350|1700||800|
|Advertising &<br>programmes|80|760|122|347|
|Rent||3600||127|
|Gifts||20|59||
|Other cost (chaperone,<br>seat labels etc)||78|||
|**Total cost**|**4115**|**12738**|**1091**|**3794**|
||||||
|**surplus/loss**|**-2399**|**-5665**|**-371**|**-859**|



Concert income is from tickets in advance and at the door, sometimes programme sales and takings from the bar. 

The costs for each concert are: 

- ticket printing 

- flyers/posters 

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- a banner 

- newspaper/diary entry or 2 

- soloists’ fees 

- musicians’ fees 

- gifts (flowers/wine/choc) for soloists or guest conductors 

- sometimes refreshments. 

- sometime chaperones (for children at xmas) 

- Hidden/possible extra costs of a concert: anything needed for staging, postage of scores to musician/soloists, tuning of harpsichord, rent. 

## **Chair’s report September 2023** 

Following our eventual performance of Verdi’s _Requiem_ at Southwark Cathedral (twice cancelled due to COVID), the year since our last AGM has been one of consolidation. We are happy to have welcomed new members to the chorus and new volunteers to the committee. 

## Performances 

Our first concert since last year’s AGM was our now traditional **Christmas concert** , supported and enhanced by the choir from Nelson School – to whom we say thanks for their fantastic performance.  Thanks also to all the staff at the school for making it happen – especially to Jo. 

Having explored and researched new venues, our next major outing was to St Gabriel’s Church (Aldersbrook) to perform **Handel’s** _**Messiah**_ .  We were made very welcome, and tickets were pretty much sold out, making the concert really exciting. We hope that our upcoming concert in a couple of weeks at the same venue will be equally well received. 

Thank you to everyone who contributes to making a success of our concert programme, working behind the scenes, including the committee, choir members and our friends at Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund. 

## Fundraising 

Thank you to everyone who puts efforts into raising funds for the choir, including those who make ad hoc donations over and above subscriptions, including refreshment supplies for concerts and anonymous direct contributions towards concert costs. 

The committee will think about some fund raising and social events in the new year that we can all be involved in. 

## Choir weekend 

In January we enjoyed our time at **Ashburnham Place** for our choir weekend away. Thank you to all those who helped with the organisation of this, especially Fiona who took on the majority of the work for this.  We are looking forward to our next visit in the new year with the organisation being taken over by Louise (thank you!). 

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## Committee and ofcers 

We usually meet about once per term, sometimes with an additional meeting before an upcoming concert if required.  If you are interested in joining the committee, even if you haven’t put your name forward this evening, please let one of us know – you would be welcome. 

This year we welcomed Jenny as secretary (rescuing Hilary from the task which she was doing alongside her treasurer role) and have also welcomed some new committee members.  Thank you to all the committee – both recent and long-standing members for volunteering their time. 

Thanks also to all those who help and volunteer in other ways – on concert days, putting up staging and tidying afterwards, promoting us through advertising and social media and helping to set up for rehearsals. 

Our committee members can come and go over time, and the officer roles can be rotated, but we do have one person who never stops and is irreplaceable.  Of course, it goes without saying that without Jon – our Director of Music (and teacher, conductor, accompanist, composer in residence) we couldn’t exist. 

Thank you, Jon. 

Sarah Kelly Chair All Saints Chorus Committee 

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