Registered Charity No: 1140146 RAYSHOTT. ONCERTS- Grayshott Concerts Annual Report for the year ended 31 De￿rnber 2022 Ann(Jal Report for the year end 31 December 2022 Pages Legal and Administrative Details Tru5tees' Report Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of Gr2yshott Concerts Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet io Notes to the Financial Statements li Grdyshott Concerts Legal and Administrative Detai15 Registered charity no.. 1140146 Grayshott Concerts (the Charity) was reEiStered with the Charity Cornmission on l February 2011. Correspondents address: The Mousehole Avenue Road Grayshott Hindhead GU26 6LZ Patron: Slr Karf Jenkins CBE Presldent: Anthony Ram5den Associate Affjst: Howard Shelley OBE Orchestra in Residence: London Mozart Players Cholr In Residence: Excelsls Chamber Choir Dlrertor of Music- Robert Lewis Trustee5.' Jim Mlle5 IChaim)anl Andy Crocker (Managin8 Director) Andrew Evans (Treasurer) Mike Shorth05e (Treasurer) Steve Georgil (Secretaryl Sally Shorthose Imarketingl Peter Harrison Andrew Bartholomew Sue Durls Resi8ned 29 June 2022 Appointed 29 June 2022 Appointed 29 June 2022 Resigned 29 June 2022 Resigned 29 June 2022 Resigned 29 June 2022 Banker5', Lloyds Bank 12 High Street Haslemere GU27 21G Independent Examlner: Catherlne Sulllwan FCA 5 Marneys Close Epsom Kf18 7HR Grayshott Conterts Trustee< Report for the year ended 31 December 2022 Structurei governanre and management Grayshott Concerts Ithe Charity) was formed in 2004 and regisiered with the Charity Commission on l February 2011. The CharÉty's governing document is a Constitution adopted on 11 De￿mber 2010 and updated in June 2021 to Increase the maximum number of Trustees. The Trustees are elected and re-eletted annually at rhe AGM by the member5 and stand on the ground5 that They are committed to the aims and objectlve5 0* the Charity and have specific experkn5e to bring to the Charty to help it achieve its objectives. During the course of thè year, the membership level reached 197 members12021:1811. As from 2 January 2019 the produrtion of concerts has been managed through Grayshott Concerts Produttion Limited, a non-profit making company controlled by two of the charivs trustees. A Declar&ion of Trust docurnent was signed by the two Trustees. In 2022 one of these Director5 resigned as Trustee of the charity. although continued as Direttor of GCPL for a few month5. This was a temporary sitU8D"on which has been resolved in 2023. rendering GCPL once again under the direct control of two of the Chartty trustees. Objertives and Artivitles The objeckn.ves ot Grayshott Con￿rts are.. lil To advance, improve, develop and malntsin public education in, and appreciation of. the art and science of music in 311 its aspects by any means the trustees see fit. includlng through the presentation of public Conce￿ and recitals lill To fltrther suth charitable purpose or purposes a5 the Trustees in their ab501ute dlscretion Shall think ftt. As amateur classical music promoters. Gray5hott Concerts stage approxim*ely four to six events each year at their local church and other suitable venues. The performances include symphony concerts, oratorios and operatic evenings. Performers (mostly professionall include choir5. orchestras. soloists, conductors, actors and composers. The Charity aims to educate and entertain 3udience5. many of whom are lo(zl people. Gréyshott Concerts wants to achieve world-closs perfonnance5 - on your doorstep for local people enabling them to enjoy tOP-clas5 classical music and other performances wrthout the need to travel signiflcant dÈ5tances. Events sell out in adwdnce. From ts.me to time, the Trustees make donations to local good Causes and stsge events specifically to rdise funds for ch3ritable causes. The Charity hès a mailing list of over 1,400 indlvlduals and families who receive ￿gUlar free newsletters. Each year, Grayshott Concerts airn5 to attract over 200 members I'Friend5 of Gray5hott Concerts'l who pay annual siJbscription5 as donation5 to the Charrty- Grayshott Concerts Trustee< Report for the year ended 31 December 2022 (continued) Public Benefit In planning activities for the year, the Trustees keep in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. They are especially proud that every event Since the first in 2004 has attrdrted a mix of members and the general public. Achievements and Perfonnance The Review of our year's activrties (January- December 2022) was the first since 2019 not to have been coloured bythe effects of the Covid-19 pandemic We have had four core values ever since Grayshott Concerts wa5 established some nineteen years ago. These are: l. To know our market- and be locally focussed 2. To know what our audiences want to hear- well known classic5 3. To attract the finest performers- qualtty attrarts audiences 4. To keep everyone informed- good marketing and ongoing contart with the people who sUPPOrt us. We send Friends interesting monthly Newsletters, for instance The year began for u5 on 19 February with a perfomiance of Me55i0h, perfomied by the Pegasus Choir and London Mozart Players, conducted by Adrian 8utterfteld. This, of course. is a great piece of core repertoire. but as our audiences have developed a confidence in what we offer them, we intend in future to put more modern and challenging WO￿ before them, but not to an extent that deters audiences from maint3ining our record of every concert that we present being sold out. March 25 wttnessed a ra￿ performance of aara Schum3nn'5 Piano Concerto played by15ata Kanneh- Ma50n, a member of that astonishingly talented musical family. This proved 3 revelation and demonstrated how talented the young composer was, her compositions unjustifiably overshadowed by those of her husband. The programme was completed by Rossini's overture to L'ltaliono in AlgerA and Beethoven's Symphony no.8. May wrtnessed star local violinist Shoshanah Sievers play the famous Bruch Violin COn￿rt0 with the LMP. The programme opened wwth Mozart's overture to Don Giovonni and ended with Mendelssohn's Scotttsh Symphony. In July we presented a programme tilled The Romantic Legacy of RenuI550n￿ Polyphony performed by the fabulously talented professional choir Tenebrae. This featured Renaissance music bv composer5 including Allegri and Victoria and their Romantic period succe55ors Brdhm5, Bruckner and Reger and demonstrated the musffical thread and connections between the two periods. On 8 October we presented a programme of music by our Patron. Sir Karl Jenkin5. The first half featured a number of short pieces for choir (our own Choir in Residence- Excelsi51, and vocal and rnstrumental soloists, SUPFK)rted by the LMP. The culmination of the evening was the oratorio The Healer- o Cuntataforst. Luke, a work commissioned by Gray5hott Concerts from Sir Karl in 2016 to mark the organisation's tenth anniversary. The soloists from those original pethrmance5 came together again to remind the audience of what a magical WO￿ we had raused to be created. Grayshott Con￿rts Trusteeg Report forthe year ended 31 December 2022 {continued} An Amerlcan Evening- (J celebrotion of 20th century American music was presented on 25 November. In keeping with our intention stated above of bringing more modern works to our audiences the concert began wtth Starburst, a work by a black, living. woman composer- Jessie Montgomery, The audience thrilled to this exciting and virtuosic piece. The programme was completed with music by Copland and Samuel Barber. including his movingAdugiofor Sthng5 and his Violin Concerto, played with lyrlcal assurance by Julia Pusker. In addition to our main concert series. Grayshott Concerts also gives financial support to Grayshott ICE) Prlmary School for spendin8 on musical activities of the School's choice. We feel that in supporttng the school 5 musical acknvitres, we are laying the seeds for lives benefitlng from an appreciation of classical music. a5 V￿11 as encoura8in8 the development of the concert audiences of tomorrow. This year wo went even further, with a concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the ft)unding of the School. This was a performance of two masterpieces. written with children in mind - Prokofiev's Peter t7nd the Womand Saint-Saen5'5 Carnivolof the Animals. We repeated the performance for our annual Friendg Evening. for which we were delighted to secure the service5 of that most eminent actor, SiFnon Callow. As everybody knows, even with a full house in nomal circumstances, ticket income comes nowhere near the cost of puthng on a concert, 50 our gratitude to the member5 of our Friends or8ani5ation is huge, indeed fundamental to our very existen￿. As well as the Friends of the or8anisation we are indebted to the generosty of our sponsors, helpers, donors and fundlfig bodies for what they do in enabling us to present World Clt755 performDnces on your doorstep. In particular we would like to thank the Charlotte Bonham-carter Foundation and the Helen Hamlyn Trust for their generoits grants. Financlal Review and Reserve5 Pollcy The charity uses all it5 income for the promotlon and staging of "wortdO to reflert the increased level of cost of 5tsging events, in order to guard against the results of unfr)reseen circumstance5 such 35 the enforced cance113ri0n of an event. 6￿YSh0tt Con￿rtS Trustee< Report for the year ended 31 December 20221contlnued) Trustee< responsibilltFes ststernent The trustees are reswnsible for preparirsE the Trustees, Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and Unired Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Prathcel. In preparing these financial ststements, the trustees are required to: selett suitable accounting policies and then apply thern consistently- observe the methods and principles in the Charilies SORP: make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.. state whether applicable attountlng Standards have been followed. subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial 5tstements- and prepare the ftnanclal statements on the going concem basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in bu5ines5. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; The trustees a￿ reswnsible for keeping proper accounting record5 that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any dme the financial positton of the charity. They are also responsible for safegLtardin8 the assets of the tharity and the 8roup and he￿￿ for tskln8 reasonable 5tep5 for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irre8ulorities. Thls report was approved by the Trystees on 27 June 2023 and sl8ned on thelr behalt by T.,F.