2023-08-31-accounts - Inner Voices

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Inner Voices

Inner Voices Report of the Trustees for the year 2022-2023

The trustees present their annual report and audited financial statements for the year 2018-19 and confirm they comply with the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006, the trust deed and the Charities SORP 2005.

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity Name: Inner Voices

Registration Number: 1144419

Address: 9A South Ealing Road, W5 4Qt

Board of Trustees

Edward Watkins Joanna West Kathryn Pugh Joe Adams Emma Watkins

Conductor

Ralph Allwood

Independent Examiner

N/A

Bankers

NatWest, Brixton Branch

Inner Voices Report of the Trustees for the year 2022-23

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

Inner Voices is constituted as a charitable trust registered with the Charity Commission in October 2011 under charity number 1144419. It is governed by a deed of trust last updated in November 2010.

Organisational structure

The charity trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. All five trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.

The trustees meet together as a body three times a year and are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to running the choir and the activities provided by the charity.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The existing trustees are responsible for the recruitment of new trustees. When selecting new trustees we take into account competence in providing advice on the following matters: child protection; musical direction; state education in London; finance and accounts; fundraising and running events.

Objectives and activities

Our aims

The objects of the charity are set out in the charity’s trust deed and are summarised as follows:

i) to advance the musical education of a group of pupils from a consortium of inner London state schools by providing the financial means for maintaining a choir for the most gifted singers among the schools’ pupils.
ii) to use these finances to ensure that the choir benefits from a high standard of musical leadership.

Overview

The choir started our 12th year of rehearsing and performing together in September 2022 with 50 singers from a number of partner schools across inner London including:

The Grey Coat Hospital, St Marylebone, St Michael’s (Southwark), Graveney, Kensington Aldridge Academy, Westminster City School, Pimlico Academy and the West London Free School

This group of singers reflected inner London’s demographic with around a third being in receipt of free school meals, a majority belonging to BAME groups and the gender balance being nearly 50/50 male to female.

Events

Following the restrictions from the pandemic lifting we return to normal service with a large number of new recruits. Events included:

A Harvest Festival Concert for the Trussell Trust
Evensong in St Paul’s Cathedral
A tour to Belgium
Vivaldi’s Gloria with the West London Free School orchestra

Contributions from schools and parents

The choir is mostly funded by donations from grant-making bodies and private donations. School contributions were wavied for this year due to the pandemic. These charges are waived for pupils on free school meals.

Grants and large donations

Wogen Anniversary Trust

The Williams Serendipity Trust

Together with grants from schools and parents these large donations covered our ninth year’s funding. We retained the surplus for the year 2023-24.

Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities

The charity trustees are responsible for preparing an annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;state whether applicable 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 charity will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993, the Charity

(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees for the purposes of charity law who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.

Approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf by:

Edward Watkins

Period start date 01-Sep-22 To Inner Voices Annual accounts for the period	Period start date 01-Sep-22 To Inner Voices Annual accounts for the period	Period start date 01-Sep-22 To Inner Voices Annual accounts for the period	Period start date 01-Sep-22 To Inner Voices Annual accounts for the period	Charity No	1144419	1144419
	Period start date	01-Sep-22	To	Period end date	31-Aug-23

Section A	Statement of financial activities
Recommended categories by activity Details of own analysis Incoming resources Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income Activities for generating funds Investment income Incoming resources from charitable activities Other incoming resources Resources expended Costs of Generating Funds Costs of generating voluntary income Fundraising trading costs Investment management costs Charitable activities Governance costs Other resources expended *Total resources expended* *Total incoming resources* *Total funds carried forward* Total funds brought forward *Net movement in funds* *Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before* *transfers* Gains and losses on investment assets Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use Other recognised gains/(losses) *Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before* *other recognised gains/(losses)* Gross transfers between funds		Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £
		-	-	-	-	-
		18,472	-	-	18,472	31,980
		12,681	-	-	12,681	7,294
		-	-	-	-	-
		900	-	-	900	1,800
		-	-	-	-	-
		32,053	-	-	32,053	41,074

		-	-	-	-	-
		1,444	-	-	1,444	508
		2,888	-	-	2,888	5,843
		-	-	-	-	-
		28,529	-	-	28,529	11,554
		600	-	-	600	600
		-	-	-	-	-
		33,461	-	-	33,461	18,505
		(1,408)	-	-	(1,408)	22,569
		-	-	-	-	-
		(1,408)	-	-	(1,408)	22,569

		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		(1,408)	-	-	(1,408)	22,569
		66,800	-	-	66,800	44,231
		65,392	-	-	65,392	66,800

Page 1

Section B Balance sheet

Unrestricted funds £ F01	Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ F02 F03	Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ F02 F03	Total this year Total last year £ £ F04 F05	Total this year Total last year £ £ F04 F05
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	2,761
-	-	-	-	-
65,239	-	-	65,239	65,239
65,239	-	-	65,239	68,000

-	-	-	-	1,200

65,239	-	-	65,239	66,800

65,239	-	-	65,239	66,800

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

65,239	-	-	65,239	66,800

65,239			65,239	66,800
-			-	-
	-		-	-
		-	-	-

65,239	-	-	65,239	66,800
Signature		Print	Date of approval Name

Page 2

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005);
and with the Charities Act.

As the charity is a small charity with reference to the SORP it has prepared the accounts on a cash receipts and payments basis and included some accruals and prepayments where it aids the user of the accounts' understanding.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Page 3

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Section C	Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 2	Accounting Policies
INCOMING RESOURCES
Recognition of incoming	These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources	· the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
	· the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
	· the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with	Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income)
related expenditure	the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations	Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional
	entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations and	Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to
gifts	which they relate.
Contractual income and	This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
performance related grants
Gifts in kind	Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the
	amount actually realised.
	Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or
	distributed by the charity.
	Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when
	receivable.
Donated services and facilities	These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources
	expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and
	material_._The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the
	service or facility received.
Volunteer help	The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the
	trustees’ annual report.
Investment income	This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses	This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from
	revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition	Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the
	charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs	Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee
	meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Support Costs	Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a
	basis consistent with the use of resources.

ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use	These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They
by charity	are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Details of certain items of expenditure

3.1 Trustee expenses

Number of trustees who were paid expenses

Nature of the expenses: all normal travel or reimbursement expenses undertaken in the course of running the charity

Total amount paid

This year	Last year
-	-

£	£
-	-

3.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts

Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the accounts

Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor

This year £	Last year £
-	-
-	-

Note 4

Paid employees

7.1 Staff Costs

Note 4 Paid employees 7.1 Staff Costs
Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs Total staff costs	This year £	Last year £
	8,290	4,601
	-	-
	-	-
	8,290	4,601

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Transactions with related parties

4.1 Remuneration and benefits

Name of trustee or connected party	Legal authority (eg order, governing document)	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value
		This year £	Last year £
Edward Watkins	Governing document	-	-

4.2 Loans

4.2 Loans
Due to trustees and related parties Due from trustees and related parties	Name of trustee or connected party	Legal authority	Amount owing
			This year £	Last year £

4.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties

Name of the trustee or relatedparty	Relationship to charity	Description of the transaction(s)	This year £	Last year £

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 2BD487D8-F073-4BC4-96DE-45AFD7AB6984

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Charity Name Inner Voices	Charity Name Inner Voices	Charity Name Inner Voices

31 August 2023	Charity no (if any)	1144419

1-6 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended31 / 08 / 2021. As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to
examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):	Date:
		5/24/2024

	Carl Moloney

	Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

Oct 2018

IER

DocuSign Envelope ID: 2BD487D8-F073-4BC4-96DE-45AFD7AB6984

Address: 7 Grandison Road, London, SW11 6LS

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

IER