## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date 1 2024 August **To** Period end date 31 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** |1
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**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)** May 2026 **TAR** 1 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)**|| |You**may choose**to 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.| May 2026 **TAR** 2 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)** May 2026 **TAR** 3 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:- 1. Members Subscriptions. The Charity aims for these to cover the costs associated with the music rehearsals such as Room Hire. 2. Ticket Income from the concerts which are promoted. 3. 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 May 2026 **TAR** 4 ||||||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
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