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COMPANY NO.: 07114950 CHARITY NO.: 1136232 

## REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 

for the year ended 30 June 2025 

IAW ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS ADVISORS 

GROSVENOR HOUSE 1 NEW ROAD BRIXHAM DEVON TQ5 8LZ 

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## St Paul’s Sinfonia 

## Status: 

Company Limited by Guarantee No 07114950 Charity registration No. 1136232 

The Company’s governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 20 Apri! 2010 

Secretary and 16 Park Road Registered Office: Leybourne West Malling ME19 SHP 

Management Andrew Crawford Morley Committee: Patricia Anne Rickwood Guenther Koegebehn Eileen Margaret Newnham Revd Eric Robert Newnham 

## Independent examiner: 

Ian Webb IAW Accountancy Services Grosvenor House 1 New Road Brixham Devon TQ5 8LZ 

Bankers: HSBC 85 Lewisham High Street London SE13 6BE 

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St Paul’s Sinfonia 

Trustee’s Report for the year ended 

## 30 June 2025 

The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025. This is a director’s report required by s417 of the Companies Act 2006 and all trustees are directors. The financial Statements comply with current statutory requirements and the requirements of the Memorandum & Articles of Association. The charity has no staff and all decisions are made by the trustees. 

## Object 

The objects of the charity are to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects. 

## Achievements and Activities 

During the year the charity facilitated a number of performances by providing musicians and administrative support. 

## Financial Review 

The charity generated a surplus of £1,690 in the year under review and had reserves of £15,894 at 30 June 2025. This was expected due to the programming for the season and the claim for Orchestra Tax Relief. The trustees consider that the state of the charitable company is satisfactory. 

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## St Paul’s Sinfonia 

## Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 

The trustees (who are also directors ofthe charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application ofresources, including the income and expenditure ofthe charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; b) observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- c) make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; d) state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; 

- €) prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

This report, which has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006, was approved by the Board and signed on its behalf. 


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## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of St Paul’s Sinfonia 

I report on the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 June 2025 as set out on pages 6 to 11. 

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with the section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity’s trustees those matters I am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed. 

## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner 

The charity’s trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation offinancial statements. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144(1) of the Charities Act 2011 (the ‘2011 Act’) and that an independent examination is needed. 

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to: 

- e examine the financial statements under section 145 of the 2011 Act; ¢ follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) of the 2011 Act; and 

- ¢ state where particular matters have come to my attention. 

## Basis of independent examiner’s report 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from you as 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 financial statements present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters as set out in the statement below. 

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## Independent examiner’s statement 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention 

1)which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: ~ to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and ~ to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities; 

## have not been met; or 

2)to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. 

Tan Webb A.C.M.A, C.G.M.A, M.C.LM IAW Accountancy Services Grosvenor House 

Date: 

1 New Road Brixham Devon TQ5 8LZ 

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St Paul's Sinfonia 

## Income Statement for the year ended 30 June 2025 

|||||Total|Total|
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|||Restricted|Unrestricted|Funds|Funds|
||Note|Funds|Funds|2025|2024|
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|Incoming resources||||||
|Incomingresourcesfromgenerated funds:||||||
|Voluntary Income<br>Activities forgenerating funds|4|-<br>-|5,509<br>-|$,509<br>-|3,310<br>“|
|Investment Income||“|“|e|*|
|Incomingresourcesfrom||||||
|charitableactivities<br>OrchestraTaxRelief|zs|23,122<br>-|11,523<br>16,990|34,645<br>16,990|40,610<br>10,134|
|TotalIncomingResources||23,122|34,022|57,144|54,054|
|Resourcesexpended||||||
|Costsofgeneratingfunds||||||
|Charitableactivities<br>Governancecosts|4|22,224|23,096|45,320|43,511|
|Totalresourcesexpended||22,224|23,096|45,320|43,511|
|Netincoming/outgoingresources<br>:<br>beforetransfers||898|10,926|11,824|10,543|
|Transferbetweenfunds||1,560|(1,560)|-|-|
|Netincome/expenditure) before other||||||
|recognisedgainsandlosses||-|9,366|11,824|10,543|
|Netmovementinfunds||-|9,366|11,824|10,543|
|Reconciliation offunds||||||
|Totalfunds brought forward<br>Totalfundscarriedforward||-<br>-|14,204<br>23,570|14,204<br>26,028|3,661<br>14,204|



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St Paul's Sinfonia<br>Company no. 07114950<br>Statement of Financial Position<br>for the year ended<br>30 June 2025<br>Note 2025 2024<br>£ £ £ £<br>Current Assets<br>Cash at bank and in hand 3,226 4,996<br>Trade and other receivables 16,990 11,003<br>Total current assets 20,216 15,999<br>Current Liabilities<br>Deferred income - Season Tickets 1,000 -<br>Trade and other payables 3,322 1,795<br>Total current liabilities 4,322 1,795<br>Net current assets/(liabilities) 15,894 14,204<br>Total assets less current liabilities 15,894 14,204<br>Net assets 6 15,894 14,204<br>The funds of the charity:<br>Restricted funds<br>Unrestricted funds:<br>Designated<br>General Fund 15,894 14,204<br>Total unrestricted funds 15,894 14,204<br>Total charityfunds 7 15,894 14,204<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


For the year ending 30 June 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. 

## Trustee's Responsibilities 

- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476 

- - The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements. 


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St Paul’s Sinfonia Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025 

## 1 Accounting policies 

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and in the preceding year. 

## (i) Basis of accounting 

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the companies Act 2006, the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008) and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities issued in March 2005. 

## (ii)Fund accounting 

- Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. 

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are subject to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms ofan appeal. 

## (iii)Incoming resources 

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: e Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full when receivable. 

- ¢ Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts. 

- e® Investment income is included when receivable. 

## (iv)Resources expended 

- Expenditure is accounted for on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. * Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income. e Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. 

- ¢ Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management ofthe charity. 

- ¢ All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SOFA ona basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis. 

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