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|ObjectivesandActiviti|es|
|---|---|
|Summaryofthepurposesof|1)To advanceeducationofmembersandthepublicin|
|thecharity as setoutinits<br>governing document|thebarbershopstyle of4-partharmonysingingthrough<br>rehearsals,educationcourses,competitionand shows|
||2) Tofurthersuchcharitablepurposes(charitable under|
||Englishlaw)arstheTrustees,fromtimeto time,thinkfit.|
|Summaryofthemain|Ilnpursuingouraimsforthepublic benefit, thechorus believesit|
|activitiesin relation to those<br>purposes forthepublic<br>benefit, in particular,the<br>activities,projectsor<br>servicesidentifiedinthe<br>accounts.|Iimpaasonpeople's lives inseveralways. We involve peopleina<br>creative, enjoyableandfulfillingeducational activity, providing<br>memberswiththeopportunitytodevelopfriendships,vocal<br>techniqueand musicalrepertoire.Open "LearntoSing" courses<br>alsogivethisopportunitytonon.mernbers.Foraudiences,we<br>present exciting, innovativeand highqualityperformances|
||providingapleasant andentertaining cultural experience,but|
||alsoeducatingthembyextendingtheirmusicalknowledge,|
||especially inthegenreofBarbershop4-partcloseharmony|
||singing.|
||Thereare no restrictions on membershipofHarmony lnSpires-|
||anyone can becomeanAssociatemember, althoughFull|
||Membershipisrestrictedtothosewhosingwithafemalevoice|
||and havepassedavocal assessment. lnadditionto thepublic|
||educational benefitstoparticipantsandaudience members|
||mentionedabove,theTrustees are consciousthatitsactivities|
||mustbeaffordable.TheTrustees havethediscretiontoreduce|
||membership subscriptionpayments andfinancial supportis|
||offeredincasesofhardshiptothosewishingto jointhechorus|
||in competitions.|
|Statement confirming<br>whetherthetrusteeshave<br>had regard totheguidance<br>issuedbytheCharity<br>Commission on public|Thetrusteeshavecompliedwith the dutyinsection17(5)ofthe<br>CharitiesActandtheCharities (AccountsandReports)<br>Regulations 2008tohave due regardtopublic benefitguidance<br>publishedbytheCharity Commission.|
|benefit||





||Theclubisrun entirelybyvolunteers.withoutwhosevaluable|
|---|---|
|Contributionmadeby|contributions, theClubwould not function.We are,in particular,|
|volunteers|indebtedto ourMusical Director who providedherservicesfor|
||free, not only runningrehearsals,butspending many hours on|
||preparation.|



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||Forasecond year,Clubactivitieshave beenimpactedbythe|
|---|---|
||Covid-19restrictions imposedbythe governmentand concern|
||forthesafetyofmembers.|
|Summaryofthemain|Forthefirstpart of theyear,we continuedto offeronline|
|achievements ofthecharity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity'sworkhas made to<br>thecircumstancesofits<br>beneficiaries and anywider<br>benefitstosociety asa<br>whole.|rehearsals, havingveryhigh levelsofengagementwith our<br>members. The socialcontact provedinvaluabletothe well-being<br>ofindividuals atatimewhenmanywere facingsocialisolation.<br>Facetofaceactivities were graduallyresumedasrestrictions<br>werelifted: firstoutdoorsandthenareturnto ourrehearsal<br>venue,withprecautions inplacetominimisetheriskof|
||infection. Wehavecontinuedto offeranonline optionforthose|
||who areunableto attendin person, duetoinfectionconcerns.|
||Membersreceived coaching andinstructionfrom theMusical|
||Directorandexternalcoaches,both onlineand in-person. The|
||aim,asalways,istoimprovesingingtechniqueandthe|
||preparation ofsongsforperformancetoawideraudience.|
||However,thisyear,wehavealsofocussed onvocal health,aswe|
||havereturnedtosingingtogetheraftermonths apart.|
||lnJune,weranafree online"LovetoSing" course,whichwas|
||attendedbyover30women,withwhom we wereabletoshare|
||theenjoyment ofa Capellaandbarbershopsinging and even|
||teachsometechnique.We aredelightedthat8ofthemhave|
||sincejoinedtheclub.|
||Performances:Liveperformanceshave been severelyrestricted,|
||duringthepandemic.We produced another video ofanewsong,|
||which wehave been abletoshareonline. Wehadplanneda|
||Christmas Concert in aidoffundsforthecommunityhall,which|
||isour new home,butduetocontinuingCovid concerns,thishas|
||beendeferred.Wehostedaregional eventforLABBS(our|
||parent organisation) inNovember,which enabledmembersof|
||manydifferentchorusestoshareadayofcoaching and singing.|
||This gaveusthe opportunitytoperformsomesongstoan|
||audience.|
||Competitions:Competing againstotherchorusesis avery|
||effectiveway of focussingon improvement. Therehave been no|
||competitions this year, but wearepreparing for the Oxford|
||Music Festivalin Jan2021.|





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|FinancialReview||
|---|---|
|Reviewofthe charity's|ClubFundsasat31October2021amountedto f16,338,an|
|financialpositionattheend|increaseoff3248overthepreviousfinancialyear. The increase|
|oftheperiod|hasbeen duetoareduction in runningcosts,while wehave|
||been unabletomeet inperson.|
|Statement explaining the|ThetrusteesconsiderthatHarmonylnSpires requires a reserve|
|policyforholding reseryes|fundtoenabletheclubtooperateifthere shouldbe an|
|stating whythey areheld|unexpecteddrop in income orincrease inexpenditure.The|
||mainrisksare consideredtobe:|
||a)Adrop in membership,causingasignificant drop|
||insubscriptionincome|
||b)An unforeseen emergencyorotherunexpected|
||needforfundsThetrusteesproposetomaintainthe|
||reserves atalevel,which would|
||.<br>cover payment of outstandinghallhirebills andallow|
||timetodevelop newsourcesofincomeortocutbackon|
||expenditure|
||.<br>coverpossibletroughsincashflow|
||Astheclubisfundedlargelybythemembers,the trusteesalso|
||considerthatthere shouldbeanupperlimit to thereserves|
||held.|
||Current upperandlower limitsare €20,000 andf2,000.|



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|Typeof governingdocument|Constitution date11thJune 2014(updated8tr December|
|---|---|
||2021)|
|Howisthecharity|Charitable lncorporated Organisation(CIO)|
|constituted?||
|Trusteeselectionmethods|Elected by membersor appointedbyTrustees|
|including detailsofany||
|constitutionalprovisions e.g.||
|electiontopostornameof||
|anypersonorbody entitled||
|toappoint one or more||
|trustees||





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|dditionalinformation||
|---|---|
||HarmonylnSpiresisamemberofthenationalLadies|
||AssociationofBarbershopSingers(LABBS)whichprovides|
|The charity'sorganisational|advice and guidance,educational opportunitiesforclub|
|structure and anywider<br>network with whichthe<br>charityworks|membersanddirectorsand hostscompetitions whichleadto<br>the promotionandimprovement ofsingingintheBarbershop<br>style.|
||All Trustees givetheir timevoluntarilyand receiveno|
||remuneration orotherbenefits.|



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|ReferenceandAdminis|trative details|
|---|---|
|Charityname|HARMONYINSPIRES LADIES BARBERSHOP CLUB|
|Othername thecharityuses|HARMONYINSPIRES|
|Registeredcharitynumber|1157497|
|Charity'sprincipal address|2ElmfieldGardens, SpeenLane,Newbury RG141WA|



|mesof the charity tru|stees whomanagethecha|rity||
|---|---|---|---|
||||Nameof person (or|
|Trusteename|Office (ifany)|Datesactedifnotfor<br>whole year|body) entitledto<br>appoint trustee(if|
||||anv)|
|Dominique Kleyn|Chair|||
|JulieThakker|Vice Chair|||
|Lesley Maitland|Secretary|||
|Joanna Murray|ChorusManager|||
|JaneHumphreys|Treasurer|To9Dec 2020||
|Elizabeth Cookson|Treasurer|From9 Dec2020||
|Rebecca Todd|Membership Secretary|||
|Meriel Lewis|Public RelationsOfficer|||



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|||||157157|157157||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Recei||and|ents accounts||||
|Fortheperiodfrom|||||To||
||||01-Nov-20|||3't-ocl-21|
|SectionA Recei|and|ments|||||
||||ftrnds<br>(Unrostrict6d)<br>tolrEmHt<br>€|Lastyear<br>toth6nerl3tt|||
|Subscriptions - members|||7,216||8.810||
|Qjlt^dreclairedon member subscriptions2017-201t|||9E6||t.OEE||
|Perfomanc6s|||||ano||
|LABBS gmnts|||235||||
|Easy Fmdraising|||242||287||
||||||40||
|efundsandcrmpenstbn|||||6(xt||
|onations|||||2M||
||||8,717||I,105||
|A2 Asset and invastment sales|||||||
|||Total,eceip&|||I,105||
|lapitationfge to LABBS|||1,368||1.911||
|Rehearsal room rental<br>,erfomance@sts|||672<br>38||1.t00<br>50||
|3onvention6sls|||||||
|Music fees and learning material|||6:t2||t27||
|loaching for rnembers: fees and e)oenses|||i.0r3||120||
|amps,stationery, website, Zoom|fees||il35||475||
|sand Donations|||lr8||43||
|urchase of cosfumes and badoes|||716||566||
|.oveto Sino course|||111||||
|MD expenses|||394||EN||
|vents|||173||83||
|Hardshipfund|||||1m||
||||6,499||5,743||
|A4Asset andinvesgnentpurchases,(seetable)|||||||
|2x WengerRisertrollies|||||2,662||
|||Sub|||2,62||
|||Totalpa@ents||I|s,rzs I||
|Netol rec€igg(pa@qrts)|||3,21||680||
|A5Transfesbetweonfund3|||||||
|ABCashfundslast year end|||13,090||12"41(||
|C*hfuntkthisywend|||16,3:18||||





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|---|---|---|---|---|
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|B'lCashfunds|TSBTeasuBrsA@ount|t6,338|||
||Cash and Cheques topaidinto bank||||
||Less unpBsented cheques||||
||Totatc86,hfunds|@|||
||(agFsbabn6w[h E@ipil88rdpeymatts||||
||s6ult(s))||||
|||Unmtrtctcd|||
|||fundB|||
||Details|tomEtt|||
|82Other monetaryassets|||||
|||Coat|Curentvalw||
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||1set Wenger Chomlrise6|1,795|763||
||2WengerrisrtrolliB|2,682|2,4114||
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|||||Paid|
|||||Pald|
|Signed byone ortwo truste€son behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print|Name|Dateof|
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