## **Chichester Chamber Concerts** _Registered charity no. 1115795_ ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the year ending 31[st] May 2023** The Charity's principal address is: 43 North Street, Chichester, PO19 1NF The trustees who manage the charity are: Anna Hill (Chairman), Philip Wake (Treasurer), Emma-Jane Wyatt (Artistic Director), David Billinge (Secretary), Sally Chittleburgh, and Anne Foxell. Kevin Maynard is also a committee member. The trustees acted for the whole of the year. All members stand down after three years and, if willing, are then re-elected by the committee. Raymond Greenlees stood down as a Trustee and is thanked for his many years of service. The object of the Society is to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in the appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and recitals; and for such general purposes as shall be exclusively charitable as the trustees may from time to time decide. The main activity of the Society is to present a series of chamber music concerts each year which are open to all. The charity is a society governed by a constitution which was adopted on 25[th] July 2006. In January 2006 a new series of four chamber music concerts was launched at the Chichester Assembly Room which quickly became six concerts between October and March. From time-to-time CCC stages a celebrity concert at Champs Hill Music Room, by kind invitation of the Bowerman Charitable Trust. The Society has no endowments, and its income depends on a combination of ticket sales, sponsorship, donations and occasional grants. The support of our own members in becoming patrons and sponsors has always been important to us and this support is greatly appreciated. This season was the first recent one unaffected by Covid-19 pandemic restrictions on audience numbers. Nevertheless, none of the concerts played to a full audience as the Covid effect lingered, with ticket sales of between 130 to 150 versus the budgeted 160 and capacity of 170. Two special concerts were also staged. The first was in June as part of the Festival of Chichester by the Camarilla Ensemble. The audience was small due to many competing events and our loss would have been greater without a generous donation in support. This experiment will not be repeated. The second was at Champs Hill Music Room where Julian Arp and Caspar Franz gave a wonderful recital in this beautiful setting. We also facilitated a visit by the Camarilla Ensemble to a local Primary school. Overall, we made a loss in the year of £2,548 (2022 loss £9,125) and drew down on our reserves to ensure we continued to stage the concerts and meet our charitable objects. A nineteenth season of six concerts is to start on 5th October 2023. Our forecast for the next season is, as always, prudently based with an excellent range of ensembles and we are fortunate to have a grant from the City Council as initial support. We hope that we can count on continuing sponsorship from Raymond James, Chichester and member donations to help meet the rising costs of staging these excellent concerts. We continue to offer free tickets to young people under 25 under the auspices of the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust Student Ticket Scheme, which aims to introduce young people to chamber music. The current reserves policy is to have sufficient funds to cover the cost of a season's concerts, meet half the cost of the free young persons’ tickets, and fund any exceptional costs involved in making improvements to the presentation of our concerts (higher fees, lighting, music stands, etc). The trustees declare that they have approved this trustees' annual report and that the charity remains a going concern. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees: Anna Felicity Hill Philip Wake Chairman Treasurer ## CHICHESTER CHAMBER CONCERTS Registered charity no. 1115795 ## **Income and Expenditure** ## **Year to 31st May 2023** Year to 31st May 2022 |**Income**
Concert income
Tickets
Refreshments
Grants towards concert costs
Bank Savings A/c Interest
Donations & Concert Sponsors
Gift Aid
Cavatina Music Trust
Total receipts
**Expenditure**
Artists' fees/Travel/Accommodation
**19,565**
Printing and postage
**1,038**
Concert venue hire
**2,494**
Box office commission
**2,569**
Advertising / PR
**244**
Piano hire, tuning and removal
**3,948**
Subscription to Making Music
**275**
Insurance & copyright
**277**
Website maintenance
**229**
Livestreaming charges
**-**
Bank Charges
**146**
Sundries
**650**
Total payments
**31,435**
**Net receipts/deficit**|**19,565**
**1,038**
**2,494**
**2,569**
**244**
**3,948**
**275**
**277**
**229**
**-**
**146**
**650**|**20,440**
**1,072**
**21,512**
**100**
**207**
**6,060**
**888**
**120**
**28,887**
**- 2,548**|24,673
998
2,850
2,544
357
3,475
275
175
210
560
96
564|19,256
733| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||19,988
600
502
5,740
681
140| |||||27,652| ||||36,777|| |||||-9,125| |||||| |**Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st. May 2023**
**Assets**
Balance at bank & In Hand
**4,755**
Shawbrook Bank Savings A/c
**61,000**
Debtor
**120**
Total assets
**65,875**
**Liabilities**
Creditor
**0**
Grant received in advance
**0**|||at 31st May 2022
2,923
66,000
-
68,923
500
0|| |||||68,923| |||||500
0| |Total Liabilities
**NETT ASSETS**
**Accumulated Funds**
Deficit for year
**Balance at year end 31st May 2023**||**0**
**65,875**
**68,423**
**- 2,548**
**65,875**||500
68,423
77,548
- 9,125
68,423| |_Signed on original_
**Anna F Hill**
**Chairman**||_Signed on original_
**Philip Wake, OBE**
**Treasurer**||| CHICHESfER CHAMBER CONCERTS Registered Charity No. 1115795 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS Report to the trustees and mem￿r$ of the Chlchester Chamber Concerts Soclety on the accounts for th• y•ar ended 31 May 2023. Respertive respon51billtles of trustees and examiner The charltvs trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charitvs trustees consider that an a udit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibllity: (al To examine the accounts under sectlon 145 of the Act Ibl To follow the procedures lald down in the General Directions glven by the Charlty Commlsslon under settion 145(51{b) of the Act (cl To state whether particular matters have come to my attentlon Bas15 of Independent Exarnlnerfs State•nMI My examlnatlon was carrSed out in accordance wlth the General Dlrections given by the Charity Comrnlssioners. An examlnation includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charlty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those record5. It also includes consideration of any unusual iterns or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanatlons from the trustees concernin8 any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Independent Examlnerfs Ststernent In the course of my examinatlon no matter has corne to my attentlon l. Which gives me reasonable cause to belleve that. in any material respert, the trustees have not metthe requirement5 to ensure that: Proper accounting records are kept in accordance wfth settlon 130 of the Act. and Attounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting Requirements of the Art". or 2. To whlch, in rny opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the Accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: I 2023 Name: Noel Faulkner Addres5: The Red House West Marden Chichester P018 9DZ