2025-07-31-accounts - The Crosby Orchestral Society

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date

2024

August

Period end date

July

2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

THE CROSBY ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

Other names charity is known by

Crosby Symphony Orchestra

Registered charity number (if any) 1142362

Charity's principal address 18, Chestnut Avenue CROSBY Liverpool L23 2SZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Rev. Gregor John CUFF	Chair	The AGM of the Society
Gareth HARRISON	Treasurer
Helen GHORBAL
Neill CARROLL
Jane BELFIELD
Kathleen Esther KENRICK
Paul THOMAS
Joanna Helen MUNRO
Jayne SALTERS
Jeff RIMMER
Benjamin CARTLIDGE
Dean ROGERS

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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None

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

	Type of governing document	Constitution
	(eg. trust deed, constitution)
	How the charity is constituted	Association
	(eg. trust, association, company)
	Trustee selection methods	Elected by Members of the Orchestra at the Annual General Meeting held in
	(eg. appointed by, elected by)	October.
Ad	ditional governance issues (Optional information)
Youmay chooseto include		The orchestra promotes an Annual Concert in Liverpool, either in the
additional information, where		Philharmonic Hall (home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra) or
relevant, about:		in the Tung Auditorium in the University's Yoko Ono Lennon Centre. The
	policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;	concert is in aid of various local charities and other not-for-profit
	the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the	organisations (such as school PTAs). This necessitates a financial outlay,
	charity works;	expected to be covered by income from ticket sales. Such an activity
 	relationship with any related parties; trustees’ consideration of major risks	constitutes a major risk and so the orchestra maintains a fund to cover any
	and the system and procedures to manage them.	possible losses, which is in place before any commitments are entered into.
		All trustees volunteer their time and receive no remuneration or other
		benefits.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Section C Objectives and activities

Section C	Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)	1 to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals; 2 to further such charitable purpose or purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit but in particular through the making of grants and donations.
	The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. While an entrance fee is charged for the concerts, we aim to make them as accessible as possible by charging a reduced fee for lower income groups such as students. The cushions which we own, continue to improve the audiences' comfort when sitting on church pews, and hence the attractiveness of our concerts. A special arrangement is made for the Annual Concert in a Liverpool venue (as mentioned in Section B) to encourage members of the public attend, when they might not otherwise attend a concert of classical music.

Section C

Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects
of the charity set out in its
governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for
the public benefit in
relation to these objects
(include within this
section the statutory
declaration that trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit)

1 to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and
appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the
trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and
recitals;
2 to further such charitable purpose or purposes as the trustees in their
absolute discretion shall think fit but in particular through the making of grants
and donations.

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.
While an entrance fee is charged for the concerts, we aim to make them as
accessible as possible by charging a reduced fee for lower income groups such
as students. The cushions which we own, continue to improve the audiences'
comfort when sitting on church pews, and hence the attractiveness of our
concerts.
A special arrangement is made for the Annual Concert in a Liverpool venue (as
mentioned in Section B) to encourage members of the public attend, when they
might not otherwise attend a concert of classical music.

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The special arrangement is that a scheme has been devised whereby 'participating' charities and other not-for-profit organisations (such as school PTAs) share an agreed portion of the ticket price for the tickets that they sell. This encourages them to sell tickets to their own networks of supporters and adherents and hence attract the wider audience we seek to reach.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include All the organisational arrangements are handled by the management further statements, where committee, who volunteer their services. relevant, about:  policy on grantmaking;  policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main There were five concerts given during the year, each with a different achievements of the charity programme of music. during the year

October 2024 - St Faith's Handel: The Messiah: Sir Eugene Goossens' version with full orchestra November 2024 - Tung Auditorium Shostakovich: Festive Overture Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 - Thelma Handy & Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 January 2025 - St Faith's Jacob: Old Wine in New Bottles, VaughanWilliams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)

March 2025 - St Faith's Gade: In the Highlands, Nielsen: Symphony No. 2 (The Four Temperaments), Elgar: Romance for Bassoon - Alan Pendlebury Elgar: Enigma Variations June 2025 - Philharmonic Hall A joint concert with the Wirral Symphony Orchestra Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (CSO), Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Will Bracken (WSO), Holst: The Planets Suite (CSO & WSO) with soloist Craig Ogden.

Section E Financial review

Any surplus funds which are not likely to be needed to pay for activities are Brief statement of the placed on deposit to earn interest. charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially None in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)

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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

The Charity's Income normally arise from three sources:-

Members Subscriptions. The Charity aims for these to cover the costs associated with the music rehearsals such as Room Hire.
Ticket Income from the concerts which are promoted.
Gift Aid

The Orchestra's Expenditure covers the music rehearsals, hire of music, hire of performance venues and publicity costs. There are also payments to professional Conductors and occasional payments to Soloists, with the aim of increasing the attractiveness of the concerts to the public.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Rev. Gregor John CUFF

Gareth James HARRISON

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Chair] Date 5[th] May 2026

Treasurer

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					Grosby OrchestralSocietY	Grosby OrchestralSocietY	Grosby OrchestralSocietY
		Accounts			tor202412025Season,ending3110712025
L	lncome Subscriptions Grant SkiptonBSinterest TeaMoney Web-sitelncome GiftAid Donationsreceived				202412025202312024Expenditure e5,200.00f5,140.00HallHire e0.00 f0.00 Library €940.19 t159'46Non-Concertmusic t134.83 t386.32Honoraria/Gifts 8402.661203.73TeaCosts f866.28 t870.78ExPenses f195.00 f226.00Equipment			202412025 t2,72s.00 t0.00 f0.00 t100.00 e29.95 f0.00 t0.00	202312024 f3,144.90 e56.00 t0.00 t125.00 f275.41 f36.00 e51.98
							lnsurance	t566.00		1218.27
	Runningsurplus- f,2,9t6						PRS WebSite Costs Bank Charges	t0.00 €7.50 Ll4.46		t0.00 t7.50 t71.39
							Musical Tuition	f1,380.00	t1,918.00
	November Concert
	Ticket sales				t3,600.00	t1,731.86	Conductor	e1,100.00		L425.00
	Refreshments				€0.00	f60.70	Venue	t1 ,977.00		€150.00
				Loss			Musichire	1375.14		€823.65
				.€77			Add.Players	[30.00		e345.00
							Advertising	f32.00		L104.74
							Printing	t53.94		t53.04
							Gen. Expenses	t109.25		80.00
	February Concert Ticket sales				81,457.62	t1,402.46	Conductor	t120.00		t425.00
	Refreshments				c50.95	t51.78	Venue	t200.00		€200.00
L			Surplus €,971				Musichire Add.Players Advertising Printing	€0.00 t0.00 t125.51 t52.00		t405.25 t0.00 €25,00 L51.28
							Gen. Expenses	t40.00		t0.00
	Xmas Concert (Family Ticket sales		221231		e0.00	€1,430.85	SoloisUGonductor	e0.00		€0.00
							Venue	f0.00		e150.00
			Su4p/us €0				Musichire Add.Players	t0.00 t0.00		t68.00 f0.00
							Advertising	e0.00		f54.22
							Printing	€0.00		Ll3.47
							Gen. Expenses	e0.00		t0.00
	AprilConcert
	Ticket sales Tea Donations				t1,337.85 e0.00	€1,691.84 €7s.00	SoloisVConductor Venue	t400.00 t200.00		L425.00 t200.00
			Su4o/us				Musichire	€0.00		f67.45
				f6{6			Add.Players	t0.00		L425.00
							Advertising	€69.36		t87.96
							Printing	f52.01		t51.22
							Gen. Expenses	€0.00		€0.00
	Summer Concert
	Ticket sales-Charities				t740.00	€0.00	SoloisUConductor	e2,000.00	f1,275.00
	Ticket sales-Members				t368.00	L2,476.00	Venue	€12,883.50	82,391.42
	Ticket sales-Phil				t17,766.00	t2,426.00	Musichire	t549.80		e539.75
	ProgrammeSales WSO part Sponsorship		lncome -		€430.00	t188.00 t564.71	Add.Players Advertising Printing ProgrammePrinting	L427.55 e0.00 167.42 €288.65		t235.00 L82.71 t0.00 t88.73
	f,19,304.00 Expenditure -						Gen. Expenses Donations to charity	t1 ,433.14 t1 ,653.94		t0.00 f0.00
		819,304.00
		Sup/us-						€0.00
				t0.00	€0.00
	Special lncome PenrithFees& Donat's				e6,980.00	c16,585.85 e5,776.80	Special Expenditure(Note1) Penrith costs	t'175.00 f7,313.06	€698.00 €5,463.05
	Total lncome				840,469.38	t41,448.14	Total Expenditure	836,551.18	L21,228.39
	StartedSeasonwith				f38,959.34		Ended Seasonwith	242,877.54
	"Surplus"	onSeason			f3,918.20
	Adjustments
	Payments for 25/26	season			/ess		Notincludedintheseaccounts,	butpaidbefore31n/2025
	Payment received late				iess		lnctudedintheseaccounts,but	receivedafter 31/7/2025
	Payments due but late		to	make	added		tncludedintheseaccounts, but	paidafter31n/2025
	Payment made late				added		tncludedintheseaccounts,but	paidafter31/7/2025
t_	AdjustedBalancefor Balances(1/08/25)		COSa/c's		(118120251	€40,366.34	-:.:"Ji'"iryf,ftnew			HrWArtt
	Cash Barclays Current Account SkiptonBS60Day Notes				Total		HonAuditor' ,,t'!,i . Dateif,r,' ri'*wjl;