## OPERA DE BAUGE UK CHARITY NO. 1113437 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023 ## PERIOD OF ACCOUNTS START DATE 1[ST] JANUARY 2023 END DATE 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023 CONTENTS Charity information and trustees’ report Income and expenditure account Balance sheet ## Opera de Bauge ## Charity information and trustees’ report Charity no. 1113437 ## Registered address West Lawn, Lydd Road New Romney TN28 8DH ## Trustees Dr Bernadette Grimmett (clerk) Mr Paul Patterson All trustees served during the whole of the period ## Trustees’ summary report The full trustees’ report has been produced in a standard format mandated by the Charity Commission. This summary is intended to aid understanding of the financial accounts. The charity collected donations from UK taxpayers, claiming GiftAid on eligible donations, and from donors via the Charities Aid Foundation, USA. The whole of the charity’s expenditure in 2023 went to support, directly or indirectly, the opera festival of Opéra de Baugé, France. This festival engages a mix of young singers and orchestral players and mixes them with experienced professionals, thus providing an intensive learning experience for the former as well as ensuring a very high artistic and musical level. Donations by the charity help to defray the costs of UK-based singers, musicians and technical specialists, as well as to attract the experienced performers. This is done by direct payments to individuals as well as via Opera To Go Ltd, the supplier of a package of services to the festival including performers, artistic and musical direction. The charity paid no remuneration to its trustees, any employee or direct service provider. ## Opera de Bauge Income & expenditure account to 31[st] December 2023 |Income
GifAidable donatons
Non-GifAidable donatons
GifAid (HMRC)
Total income|2023
£18.891
£22,693
£3,008
£40,151|2022
£500
£11,866
£0
£12,366| |---|---|---| |Expenditure
Donatons to individuals
Donatons to Opera To Go Ltd
Reimbursement of expenses of individuals
Purchase of external services
Total expenditure|£19,765
£16.326
£97
£4,499
£40,734|£3,950
£31,519
£0
£0
£35,529| |Net income(loss)|(£582)|(£23,163)| ## Balance sheet as at 31[st] December 2023 |Current assets
Bank
Accounts receivable
Total assets|£3,175
£0
£3,175|£3,757
£0
£3,757| |---|---|---| |Current liabilites
Accounts payable
Total Liabilites|£0
£0|£0
£0| |Net assets|£3,175|£3,757| Signed on behalf of the trustees Date 27[th] September 2024 Bernadette Grimmett Clerk of the charity ## OPERA DE BAUGE UK CHARITY NO. 1113437 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023 ## PERIOD OF ACCOUNTS START DATE 1[ST] JANUARY 2023 END DATE 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023 CONTENTS Charity information and trustees’ report Income and expenditure account Balance sheet ## Opera de Bauge ## Charity information and trustees’ report Charity no. 1113437 ## Registered address West Lawn, Lydd Road New Romney TN28 8DH ## Trustees Dr Bernadette Grimmett (clerk) Mr Paul Patterson All trustees served during the whole of the period ## Trustees’ summary report The full trustees’ report has been produced in a standard format mandated by the Charity Commission. This summary is intended to aid understanding of the financial accounts. The charity collected donations from UK taxpayers, claiming GiftAid on eligible donations, and from donors via the Charities Aid Foundation, USA. The whole of the charity’s expenditure in 2023 went to support, directly or indirectly, the opera festival of Opéra de Baugé, France. This festival engages a mix of young singers and orchestral players and mixes them with experienced professionals, thus providing an intensive learning experience for the former as well as ensuring a very high artistic and musical level. Donations by the charity help to defray the costs of UK-based singers, musicians and technical specialists, as well as to attract the experienced performers. This is done by direct payments to individuals as well as via Opera To Go Ltd, the supplier of a package of services to the festival including performers, artistic and musical direction. The charity paid no remuneration to its trustees, any employee or direct service provider. ## Opera de Bauge Income & expenditure account to 31[st] December 2023 |Income
GifAidable donatons
Non-GifAidable donatons
GifAid (HMRC)
Total income|2023
£18.891
£22,693
£3,008
£40,151|2022
£500
£11,866
£0
£12,366| |---|---|---| |Expenditure
Donatons to individuals
Donatons to Opera To Go Ltd
Reimbursement of expenses of individuals
Purchase of external services
Total expenditure|£19,765
£16.326
£97
£4,499
£40,734|£3,950
£31,519
£0
£0
£35,529| |Net income(loss)|(£582)|(£23,163)| ## Balance sheet as at 31[st] December 2023 |Current assets
Bank
Accounts receivable
Total assets|£3,175
£0
£3,175|£3,757
£0
£3,757| |---|---|---| |Current liabilites
Accounts payable
Total Liabilites|£0
£0|£0
£0| |Net assets|£3,175|£3,757| Signed on behalf of the trustees Date 27[th] September 2024 Bernadette Grimmett Clerk of the charity CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts S8Ction A Indepgndent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl rnembers of OPERA DE BAUGE On accounts for the year ended 31 D￿mber 2023 Charity no lif any) 1113437 Set out on pages I report to the Iruslees on my exanination of the accounts of the above charty (Yie Tnjsfi for the year ended 31 December 2023. R•sponsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 201111he Acri. I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable DIrect￿n$ given by the Charity Commission under section 14515}Ibl of the Act_ I have completed my examination. I cOnfi￿n that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause lo beI￿ve Ihal in, any matenal respect-. a(xounb"ng re(Thls were not kept in ac(x)rdaneE wrth section 130 of the Act or the acc(MJnts do not ac(x)rd wth the aco)unlirTrg records Independent examinefs statement I have no (x)ncems arKI have come a(TOSS m Other rnatters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in Order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Signed- Dats: 12 De￿rnber 2024 Name- GMBC LLP CHARTERED TAX ADVISERS AND ACCOUNTANTS Relevant professional qualrficationlsl or body Irf any): Address: MARINE HOUSE. 151 WESTERN ROAD HAYWARDS HEATH. WEST SUSSEX. RH16 3LH IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only (xjmplele rf the examiner need5 to highlight matters of COn￿M (see CC32, Independent eXaMinat￿n of charity accounts.. directKJns and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018