## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] July 2024 to 30[th] June 2025**
**Charity name: Bristol Choral Society**
**Charity registration number: 1157699**
## **Objectives and Activities**
The objects of Bristol Choral Society are “to educate its members and the public in the Arts and Sciences, and in particular the Art and Science of Choral Music, and to contribute to the cultural life of the community, by the presentation of choral concerts and other activities”.
Bristol Choral Society provides public benefit in a range of related ways: through its concerts, all of which are open to the public, and at a wide range of prices, including significantly reduced rate tickets for under 26s; through its ‘Come & Sing’ events which enable members of the public to attend a day workshop on a specific choral work with the choir’s professional director of music; through its Choral Scholarship scheme, which provides financial support and training for aspiring professional singers; through its apprenticeship scheme which offers teenagers experience of and training in choral singing, without charge or audition; and through its schools outreach programme, which has trained hundreds of local school children, and school staff, from disadvantaged areas, giving them a chance to participate in a public performance.
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## **Achievements and Performance**
During 2024/2025 the Society promoted four concerts:
|**16**|**November 2024**|Hear My Prayer: Motets by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Bruckner and|Bristol|
|---|---|---|---|
|||others|Cathedral|
|**14**|**December 2024**|A Bristol Choral Christmas including works by Stravinsky, Bruckner,|Bristol|
|||Crespo, Chilcott and McDowall|Beacon|
|**29**|**March 2025**|Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus; Handel: Dixit Dominus|Bristol|
||||Cathedral|
|**28**|**June 2025**|Beethoven: Missa Solemnis|Bristol|
||||Beacon|
Audience sizes were 295 (Motets), 580 (Christmas), 321 (Scarlatti/Handel) and 542 (Beethoven). We continued to provide free tickets to our concerts for refugees and their hosts. Tickets for U26s were available at all concerts at half price.
We were very pleased to include a substantial outreach element in our Christmas programme. A youth choir made up of children from Ashton Gate Primary School and Saltford C of E Primary School joined BCS members in Cecilia McDowall’s _Christus Natus Est_ , and contributed three pieces as individual school choirs and jointly.
We hosted two public ‘Come & Sing’ events:
## **26 October 2024 Zimbe!**
## **8 February 2025 Bob Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass**
Attendance at the former was below capacity, at 83; the latter was sold out, with 112 attending.
We were able to recruit two choral scholars during the year. The apprentice scheme continued to be available, with 1 student participating during the year.
Following awards to the choir and its music director, Hilary Campbell, made by the Royal Philharmonic Society, the choir was invited in June 2023 to give the première of a new RPS commission to celebrate the 150[th] anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams: _A Memory of the Ocean_ , by Grace Evangeline Mason. The project to record this piece for the Delphian CD label, along with other works of 20[th] century English choral music, came to a conclusion on 31 January 2025 with a launch concert at All Saints, Clifton.
The choir also hosted a choral workshop weekend at the Ammerdown Centre, and arranged a tour to Riga, Latvia from 9-13 April 2025. This included performances of works by Gardiner, Mendelssohn, Howells, Vaughan Williams, Brahms, Rheinberger and Schubert at two venues: Sigulda Romas Katolu Baznïca and Svētā Jāņa Evaņģēliski Luteriskā Baznīc.
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## **Financial Review**
## **Summary**
The 2024/2025 financial year proved to be a challenging one, as increased concert costs in Bristol Beacon, combined with lower-than-expected ticket sales resulted in a substantial whole-year concert deficit of £23,777. This was partially offset by a grant of £1,000 towards the summer concert awarded by the Paragon Trust.
To prepare for these concerts, the choir had 37 rehearsals funded by member subscriptions, as were all the basic running costs of the choir. During the year, the choir decided to move its main rehearsal venue to Bristol City Hall. Increased costs associated with the move were covered by additional donations from members, ensuring a small running costs surplus of £1,234.
Our two public ‘Come & Sing’ events generated a healthy surplus of £965, and various smaller fundraising efforts raised another £1,013. The choir was also grateful for the support of 18 patrons, friends and benefactors, which together with associated Gift Aid generated £4,115 for general funds. Bank interest continued to be a significant source of income, as a result of higher interest rates, generating £2,504. There was a small net surplus on the supply of scores and folders to choir members of £359, and a legacy worth £100 was received. Final expenditure on the CD project of £4,298 was offset by sales and launch event tickets worth £2,621. The choral scholarship scheme cost £2,000, and there was a small surplus on the tours accounts of £251.
This generated an overall deficit of £15,822, leaving a balance at year end of £53,169.
## **Concert income & expenditure**
The Hear My Prayer Motets concert was designed to be a low-cost event (£5,975), with small professional forces and in-house ticketing. It was budgeted to be more-or-less neutral, but made a small deficit of -£688 on account of reduced ticket sales and slightly increased costs. Hopes that the Christmas Concert would attract a substantial audience proved misplaced. In terms of outreach, this was a valuable project, but it proved to be an expensive one. Ticket income only amounted to £7,644 against costs of £15,460, generating a deficit of £7,816. Costs were slightly less than budget on account of box office cost savings. The Dixit Dominus concert was always expected to make a loss of £2,855, on account of audience limits in the venue, and in the event the audience was smaller than budgeted, resulting in a deficit of £4,799. Costs (£10,849) were on target. The final concert (Beethoven) was also expected to be expensive, on account of the large orchestral forces involved and the venue hire. Ticket sales were respectable, but fell short of hopes, generating only £11,474. Unexpected increased costs, principally from additional venue charges, resulted in a substantial deficit of £10,446. This was offset by a grant of £1,000.
The overall concert ticket income across the year was £30,523 (2024: £55,103) against total costs of £54,300 (2024: £65,057) producing a total concert deficit of -£22,777 (2023: -£9,957). This clearly shows the impact of two popular concerts last year (Handel: Messiah and Verdi: Requiem), both of which generated audiences of over 1,000.
## **Subscription income and running costs**
Paying membership of the choir continued to grow slightly compared with the previous year from 134 to 139. This led to an increase in total subscription income to £27,841. With associated Gift Aid this generated £33,409, a small negative variance to budget of -£1,078. Basic running costs came in at £36,077, £3,159 more than budgeted. These additional costs during the year, associated with the move of rehearsal venue to City Hall, led to an appeal to members generating an additional £3,903. Overall, the small surplus on running costs of £1,234 was in line with budget.
## **Other income**
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Other income came in at £8,978, as budgeted. Donations to general funds (£4,115) were much the same as last year. The two Come & Sing events made surpluses of £213 and £752 respectively; with other smaller fundraising projects raising sums including £136 (Music4Sale), £200 (sale of jam) and £518 (members’ raffle). The purchase and hire of music scores for performances continued to be popular and an attempt is made to pass on this music to members at cost. A small surplus of £359 was generated, replacing last year’s small deficit. Bank interest rates remain high, generating £2,504 on our reserves.
## **CD Recording Project**
The AGM in 2022 approved expenditure of up to £23,000 recording Grace Evangeline Mason’s _A Memory of the Ocean_ , along with associated works of 20[th] century English choral music. The bulk of this expenditure (£20,679) fell into the last financial year, which was offset by specific donations of £2,998, producing a net cost in that year of £17,680. Final editing and launch event costs this year amounted to £4,298, offset by sales of the new CD and launch event tickets of £2,621. The final net cost of the project was thus £19,357, well under budget.
## **Looking ahead**
Whereas the previous year gave grounds for cautious optimism about the financial viability of promoting concerts in Bristol Beacon, this year has underlined the importance of attractive programming. The two Beacon concerts drew audiences of 580 and 542 respectively, which while substantial were not enough to keep deficits to a sustainable level. The overall concert deficit of £23,777 was in line with those of years in which the Beacon was unavailable (and not also affected by the pandemic).
Next year, four concerts will be promoted as usual, as well as two Come & Sing events. However, the two Beaconbased concerts have programmes which should attract bigger audiences (Handel: Messiah; Bach: St. John Passion) and in terms of professional forces are not the most expensive. The two Cathedral-based concerts will have very small professional forces. There will be a choir weekend away at Ammerdown; the Choral Scholar scheme and other programmes to support young singers will be continued and developed as the opportunities arise.
Within the constraints and commitments of the current operating model, this puts BCS in the best possible financial position in the coming year. It is vital for its ongoing viability on the current basis that it should generate a surplus.
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||Bristol Choral Society|Bristol Choral Society|Bristol Choral Society|CharityNo|1157699|1157699||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||CompanyNo||||
||Annual accounts for the period|||||||
||Period start date||**01/07/2024**|**To**|Period end
date|**30/06/2025**||
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## **Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)**
|**Recommended categories by activity**|**Recommended categories by activity**|Guidance Note|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Prior year**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Income(Note 3)**|||F01|F02|F03|F04|F05|
|**Income and endowments from:**||||||||
|Donations and legacies||S01|41,880|-|-|41,880|39,013|
|Charitable activities||S02|35,399|-|-|35,399|59,704|
|Other trading activities||S03|7,227|348|-|7,575|2,992|
|Investments||S04|2,504|-|-|2,504|2,490|
|Separate material item of income||S05|-|-|-|-|-|
|Other||S06|-|74,417|-|74,417|761|
|**_Total_**||S07|87,009|74,765|-|161,774|104,960|
|**Expenditure(Notes 6)**||||||||
|**Expenditure on:**||||||||
|Raising funds||S08|38,299|-|-|38,299|34,168|
|Charitable activities||S09|59,886|601|-|60,487|68,877|
|Separate material expense item||S10|-|-|||-|
|Other||S11|4,298|74,512|-|78,810|21,627|
|**_Total_**||S12|102,483|75,113|-|177,596|124,671|
|||||||||
|**Net income/(expenditure) before tax**
**for the reporting period**||S13|15,474
-|348
-|-|15,822
-|19,712
-|
|Taxpayable||S14|-|-|-|-|-|
|**Net income/(expenditure) after tax**
**before investmentgains/(losses)**||S15|15,474
-|348
-|-|15,822
-|19,712
-|
|Net gains/(losses) on
investments||S16|-|-|-|-|-|
|**Net income/(expenditure)**||S17|15,474
-|348
-|-|15,822
-|19,712
-|
|**Extraordinary items**||S18|-|-|-|-||
|**Transfers between funds**||S19|-|-|-|-|-|
|**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**||||||||
|Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the
charity’s ow n use||S20|-|-|-|-|-|
|Other gains/(losses)||S21|-|-|-|-|-|
|**_Net movement in funds_**||S22|15,474
-|348
-|-|15,822
-|19,712
-|
|||||||||
|**_Reconciliation of_**
**_funds:_**||||||||
|Total funds brought forw ard||S23|67,298|1,692|-|68,991|88,702|
|**_Total funds carried forward_**||S24|51,825|1,344|-|53,169|68,991|
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## **Notes**
## **1. Accounting policies**
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP. Income and expenditure are accounted for in the period to which they relate.
## **2. Policy on reserves**
Bristol Choral Society has revised its policy on reserves in 24/25. The previous policy aimed to keep 75% of one year’s costs in reserve (approx. £75k, but rising). This took no account of significant variations in income and expenditure from year to year which are related to specific events such as choir tours. From a financial perspective, these are risk-free. The committee has decided to relate the level of reserves specifically to annual concert costs of around £60,000. The policy is that 75% of typical annual concert costs should be held in reserve. Reserves at this level are currently held in a high-interest savings account.
## **3. Trustees' (Committee members') expenses and remuneration**
- No committee member received any remuneration directly from the Society. Trustees are reimbursed for payments they make on the Society's behalf and also for expenses that they incur when acting on the Society’s behalf.
## **4. Movement of funds**
**Note 27 Charity funds**
## **27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period**
_**Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.**_
_*** Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds**_
|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|**Note 27 Charity funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period**|||||||||
|**_Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should_**
**_include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet._**|||||||||
|**_* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U -_**
**_unrestricted funds_**|||||||||
|**Fund names**|**Type PE, EE**
**R or UR ***|
**Purpose and Restrictions**|**Fund**
**balances**
**brought**
**forward**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**|**Gains and**
**losses**|**Fund**
**balances**
**carried**
**forward**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Choral Scholars|R|To support Choral Scholar Scheme|885|-|-|-|-|885|
|Outreach|R|To support Outreach Scheme|677|-|-601|-|-|76|
|Choir Tours|R|To pay for choir tours|102|74,765|-74,512|-|-|355|
|Collections|R|To pay for gifts|29|-|-|-|-|29|
|General Fund|UR||55,011|87,009|-90,196|-|-|51,825|
|Special Concert Reserve
(designated)|UR|To pay for special concerts|10,466|-|-10,466|-|-|-|
|Piano Replacement Fund
(designated)|UR|To pay for new piano when needed|1,821|-|-1,821|-|-|-|
||||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||||-|-|-|-|-|-|
|**_Other funds (balancing_**
**_figure)_**|**N/a**|**N/a**|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|**Total Funds asper balance sheet**|||68,991|161,774|- 177,596|-|-|53,169|
## **Choral Scholars Restricted Fund:**
This was established in 2016-17 to hold revenues collected specifically to fund Choral Scholars. Where donations have not been received specifically to fund Choral Scholars, the practice has been to fund them out of unrestricted funds. At the end of the 2024/5 season the restricted fund stood at £885 as it had the previous year.
## **Outreach Restricted Fund:**
This represents money from grants, donations and net income from Outreach concerts that is set aside specifically for Outreach work with children. £601 was spent in the current year to support the youth choir involvement in the Christmas concert.
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## **Choir Tours Restricted Fund:**
There has been substantial movement on this fund, as a result of Ammerdown choral weekend workshops and the choir tour to Riga. The policy remains to run this fund on a ring-fenced basis with projects budgeted to generate very small surpluses which can be put to reducing the costs of future tours.
## **Designated Special Concert Reserve Fund:**
This fund was to support concerts on the return to Bristol Beacon. It was not needed in 23/24 on account of the success of concerts that year. However, it has been allocated to the two Beacon concerts this year to support the deficits they produced (-£17,261.82).
## **Designated piano replacement fund:**
At the start of the year, this fund was as in 2020/2021 and contained the balance after the disposal of one piano (- £1,079) and the gain of a new piano which was donated and valued at £2,500. This year, that piano was acquired by Mickelburghs of Bristol for £1,500 requiring a -£1,000 revaluation. A new electronic keyboard, amplifier and associated kit was acquired costing £1,086.97. The piano replacement fund has been used to contribute to these costs.
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Bristol Choral Society is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the Charity Commission, Registered Charity number 1157699. It has around 130 members and is managed by trustees, who meet six times a year as a committee to plan and review activities and budget. The 10 trustees are all members of the choir, appointed by members’ vote at the Annual General Meeting, to serve a three-year term, which may be renewed once.
Trustees: Pamela Moult Chair Julian Rivers Joint Treasurers Caroline Rivers (non-trustee) Maroussia Rochigneux Secretary Rachel Hills Soprano Representative Elaine Hardy Alto Representative Helen Beek (up to 4/12/2024) Tenor Representative Nathan Gerby (from 4/12/2024) John Sloman Bass Representative Angela Markham Concert Managers Edmund Davis Claudia McConnell Choir Manager
During the course of the year, in addition to its trustees the Society relies on the support of 20 volunteers who fulfil a range of roles from marketing and publicity, support for apprentices, hosting auditions, organising fundraising events and ushering at concerts. With a few exceptions, these volunteers are also members of the Society.
Registered Address: 30 Kewstoke Road, Bristol, BS9 1HB.
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
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Signature(s) Fa [ee] —" A | t k
Full name(s) Pamela Moult Anthony Julian Rivers
Position (eg Chair Treasurer
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date 17 December 2025
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Bristol Choral Society Charity No 1157699
Company No
Annual accounts for the period
Period end
Period start date 01/07/2024 To date 30/06/2025
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## **Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)**
|Guidance Note
S01
S02
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
**Expenditure (Notes 6)**
**Expenditure on:**
S08
S09
S10
S11
S12
S13
Tax payable
S14
S15
Net gains/(losses) on
investments
S16
S17
**Extraordinary items**
S18
S19
S20
Other gains/(losses)
S21
S22
**_Reconciliation of_**
**_funds:_**
S23
S24
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**
Separate material expense item
Total funds brought forward
Raising funds
Separate material item of income
Other
Other
Donations and legacies
**Income (Note 3)**
**_Net movement in funds_**
**_Total funds carried forward_**
**_Total_**
**Net income/(expenditure) after tax**
**before investment gains/(losses)**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
Other trading activities
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the
charity’s own use
Charitable activities
Investments
**Net income/(expenditure) before tax for**
**the reporting period**
**_Total_**
**Recommended categories by activity**
**Income and endowments from:**
Charitable activities|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
41,880
-
-
35,399
-
-
7,227
348
-
2,504
-
-
-
-
-
-
74,417
-|
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
F04
F05
41,880
39,013
35,399
59,704
7,575
2,992
2,504
2,490
-
-
74,417
761|
|---|---|---|
||87,009
74,765
-|161,774
104,960|
||38,299
-
-
59,886
601
-
-
-
4,298
74,512
-|38,299
34,168
60,487
68,877
-
78,810
21,627|
||102,483
75,113
-|177,596
124,671|
||||
||15,474
-
348
-
-|15,822
-
19,712
-|
||-
-
-|-
-|
||15,474
-
348
-
-|15,822
-
19,712
-|
||-
-
-|-
-|
||15,474
-
348
-
-|15,822
-
19,712
-|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||15,474
-
348
-
-|15,822
-
19,712
-|
||67,298
1,692
-|68,991
88,702|
||51,825
1,344
-|53,169
68,991|
Bristol Choral Society Charity No 1157699 Company No
## **Section B Balance sheet**
|y/e 30.06.2025
Guidance Note
**Fixed assets**
**Intangible assets (Note 15)**
B01
**Tangible assets (Note 14)**
B02
**Heritage assets (Note 16)**
B03
**Investments (Note 17)**
B04
**_Total fixed assets_**
B05
**Current assets**
**Stocks (Note 18)**
B06
**Debtors (Note 19)**
B07
**Investments (Note 17.4)**
B08
**Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24)**
B09
**_Total current assets_**
B10
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year (Note 20)**
B11
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B12
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B13
**Creditors: amounts falling due after**
**one year (Note 20)**
B14
**Provisions for liabilities**
B15
**_Total net assets or liabilities_**
B16
**Funds of the Charity**
**Endowment funds (Note 27)**
B17
**Restricted income funds (Note 27)**
B18
**Unrestricted funds**
B19
**Revaluation reserve**
B20
**Fair value reserve**
B21
**_Total funds_**
B22|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
F01
-
-
-
-|
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**£**
F02
-
-
-
-|**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**£**
**£**
F03
F04
- -
- -
- -
- -|**Total last**
**year**
**£**
F05|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||
-
2,500
-
-|
||-|-|- -|
2,500|
||1,543
15,603
-
55,129|-
-
-
-|- 1,543
- 15,603
- -
- 55,129|
1,570
25,899
-
82,791|
||72,275|-|- 72,275|
110,259|
|||||43,769|
||19,106|-|- 19,106||
||||||
||53,169|-|- 53,169|
66,491|
||||||
||53,169|-|**-**53,169|
68,991|
|||||
-
-|
||-
-|-
-|- -
- -||
||||||
||53,169|-|- 53,169|
68,991|
||-
51,825|
1,344
|-
1,344
- 51,825
-|
-
1,692
67,298
|
||51,825|1,344|- 53,169|
68,991|
_**The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.**_
_**The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.**_
_**The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.**_
_**These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.**_
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## Note 1 **Basis of preparation**
_**This section should be completed by all charities** ._
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:
the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities • and with* preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 • and with* the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) • and with the Charities Act 2011. The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*
* -Tick as appropriate
## **1.2 Going concern**
_**If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:**_
An explanation as to those factors that support _**Not applicable**_ the conclusion that the charity is a going concern; Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the _**Not applicable**_ going concern assumption doubtful; Where accounts are not prepared on a going _**Not applicable**_ concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.
## **1.3 Change of accounting policy**
The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note { }.
Yes* * -Tick as appropriate No* _**Please disclose: (i) the nature of the change in accounting policy;**_ Not applicable _**(ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information;**_ Not applicable _**and (iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP.**_ Not applicable
## **1.4 Changes to accounting estimates**
No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP).
|Yes*
No*|
|* -Tick as appropriate|
|---|---|---|
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## _**Please disclose:**_
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(i) the nature of any changes; No changes
(ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or
No changes
assets and liabilities for the current period; and
(iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or
more future periods.
No changes
1.5 Material prior year errors
No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP).
Yes*
* -Tick as appropriate
No*
Please disclose:
(i) the nature of the prior period error; no material errors identified
(ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the
amount of the correction for each account line item
affected; and
no material errors identified
(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the
earliest prior period presented in the accounts.
no material errors identified
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 2 Accounting policies**
_**This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.**_
## **2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE**
**Please provide a description of the nature of each change Not applicable in accounting policy** _**Reconciliation of funds per previous GAAP to funds determined under FRS 102**_ **Start of End of period period £ £ Fund balances as previously stated** _**Adjustments:**_
## **Fund balance as restated**
_**Reconciliation of net income/(net expenditure) per previous GAAP to net income/(net expenditure) under FRS 102**_ **End of £ Net income/(expenditure) as previously stated** _**Adjustments:**_
## **Previous period net income/(expenditure) as restated**
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|**Section C Notes to the accounts**|**(cont)**|
|---|---|
|**Recognition of income**
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources;
the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition
criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP).
Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor.
Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is
treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the
terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.
There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless
required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102.
Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of
the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably.
**Offsetting**
**Grants and donations**
**Note 2 Accounting policies**
This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or
services or met the performance related conditions.
The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be
the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on receipt.
In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised as an
expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution.
Donated goods for resale are measured at fair value on initial recognition, which is the
expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in 'Income
from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the balance
sheet. On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other trading
activities' and the proceeds from sale are also recognised as 'Income from other trading
activities'.
Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets
and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be
exchanged) unless impractical to do so.
**Government grants**
The charity has received government grants in the reporting period
**Legacies**
**Tax reclaims on donations**
**and gifts**
Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has
been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in
the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the
charity or have been met.
The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs.
Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income
with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in
the SOFA.
Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations
when receivable.
**Support costs**
**2.2 INCOME**
**Donated goods**
In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent
that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant
only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP).
**Volunteer help**
The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described
in the trustees’ annual report.
**Donated services and**
**facilities**
**Contractual income and**
**performance related**
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|**Grants with performance**
**conditions**
**2.4 ASSETS**
They are valued at cost.
They are valued at cost.
The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have
physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through custody
or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 15.
The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic,
scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and
maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation
rates and methods used as disclosed in note 16.
This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can
be measured reliably.
Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition
criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP) and are included as an item of other
income in the SoFA.
**Intangible fixed assets**
Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other
benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as
income from charitable activities.
Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations
and Legacies.
**2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES**
The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per
paragraph 10.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17
to 11.19, FRS102 SORP.
**Tangible fixed assets for**
**use by charity**
**Liability recognition**
Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or
constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the
obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
**Grants payable without**
**performance conditions**
The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 14.
They are valued at cost.
**Deferred income**
No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts.
**Provisions for liabilities**
A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently
measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the
reporting date
**Basic financial**
**instruments**
**Income from membership**
**subscriptions**
**Income from interest,**
**royalties and dividends**
**Heritage assets**
This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investments and
any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the
year.
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost
categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs
by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support.
Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its
compliance with regulation and good practice.
The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade
discounts
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least
**Investment gains and**
**losses**
**Settlement of insurance**
**claims**
Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are
valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year
end
The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be
Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to
realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be
recognised.
**Governance and support**
**costs**
**Creditors**
**Redundancy cost**
The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period.
Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of
service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the
recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.
**Investments**|Yes*
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## **Stocks and work in progress**
## **Debtors**
## **Current asset investments**
end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment.
Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments
Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or net realisable value.
Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock.
Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the contract.
Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
The charity has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on deposit and cash equivalents with a maturity of loss than one year held for investment purposes rather than to meet short-term cash commitments as they fall due.
They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments.
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## **POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE**
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 3 Income**
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Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment
Analysis of income funds funds funds Total funds Prior year
£ £
Donations Donations and gifts - Friends and supporters 3,630 - - 3,630 3,215
and legacies: Donations - Ad hoc from members 3,254 - - 3,254 -
Donations - Recording Project - - - - 2,323
Gift Aid 6,919 - - 6,919 6,622
Legacies 100 - - 100 -
General grants provided by government/other
charities - - - - -
Membership subscriptions and sponsorships
which are in substance donations 27,841 - - 27,841 26,551
Donated goods, facilities and services 136 - - 136 302
Other - - - - -
Total 41,880 - - 41,880 39,013
Charitable Concert income - tickets/programme sales 30,523 - - 30,523 55,103
activities: Come & Sing event income 3,877 - - 3,877 4,602
Grant towards concert 1,000 - - 1,000 -
Other - - - - -
Total 35,399 - - 35,399 59,704
Other trading Fundraising and other trading income 1,051 348 - 1,400 327
activities: Vocal score & folder contributions 3,639 - - 3,639 2,603
Income from sale of new CD 2,536 - - 2,536 23
Other - - - - 800
Total 7,227 348 - [ 7,575 ] 3,753
Income from Interest income 2,504 - - 2,504 2,490
investments: Dividend income - - - - -
Rental and leasing income - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total 2,504 - - [ 2,504 ] 2,490
Separate Gifts - - - - -
material item Choir tours incomes - 74,417 - 74,417 -
of income - - - - -
Total - 74,417 - [ 74,417 ] -
Other: Conversion of endowment funds into income - - - - -
Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held
for charity's own use - - - - -
Gain on disposal of a programme related
investment - - - - -
Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual
property rights - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total - - - [ - - ]
TOTAL INCOME 87,009 74,765 - 161,774 104,960
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**Other information:**
**All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for: (please provide description and amounts)**
£59,614.94 was received in respect of the choir tour to Riga; £348.30 was raised by a raffle in aid of this tour. £14,802 has been received in respect of a choir workshop in Ammerdown.
**Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion.**
**Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the prior period, please give the reason for the conversion.**
**Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)**
**This year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in income, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).**
**Last year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in income, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).**
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 4 Analysis of receipts of government grants**
|**Government grant 1**
**Government grant 2**
**Government grant 3**
**Other**
**Government grant 1**
**Government grant 2**
**Government grant 3**
**Other**
**_Please provide details of any_**
**_unfulfilled conditions and other_**
**_contingencies attaching to grants_**
**_that have been recognised in income._**
**_Please give details of other forms of_**
**_government assistance from which_**
**_the charity has directly benefited._**|**This year**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**Total**
-
**Last year**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**Total**
-
**This year**
**This year**
**Last year**
**Description**
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**Last year**|
|---|---|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 5 Donated goods, facilities and services**
||||**This year**|||**Last year**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**Seconded staff**||||-|
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|**Use of property**||||-|
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|**Other**||||136|||302||
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||**This year**|||**Last year**|||||
|**Please provide details of the**
**accounting policy for the recognition**
**and valuation of donated goods,**
**facilities and services.**|Second-hand music donated to the choir is sold to||Second-hand music donated to|||the choir is|sold to||
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|**Please provide details of any**
**unfulfilled conditions and other**
**contingencies attaching to resources**
**from donated goods and services not**
**recognised in income.**|||||||||
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|**Please give details of other forms of**
**other donated goods and services not**
**recognised in the accounts, eg**
**contribution of unpaid volunteers.**|
Aproximately 20 volunteers other than trustees assAproximately 20 volunteers other than trustees as||||||||
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 6 Expenditure**
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This year Last year
Restricted Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment Unrestricted income Endowment
Analysis funds funds funds Total funds funds funds funds Total funds
Expenditure on raising funds: £ £
Rehearsal costs 28,232.00 - - 28,232 ######## - - 25,677
Rehearsal aids 212.00 - - 212 231.15 - - 231
Audition costs 1,156.00 - - 1,156 1,760.51 - - 1,761
Insurance 970.82 - - 971 827.00 - - 827
Brochure and general publicity costs 1,145.77 - - 1,146 1,000.00 - - 1,000
Committee and AGM expenses, inc mailchimp &
cost of accounting software 548.56 - - 549 760.14 - - 760
New website
- - - - - - - -
Piano costs 1,086.97 - - 1,087 - - - -
Cost of patrons / friends scheme 217.20 - - 217 324.50 - - 325
Staging fundraising events - - - - - - - -
Vocal score, licence and folder costs 3,729.76 - - 3,730 3,588.00 - - 3,588
Total expenditure on raising funds 37,299.08 - - 37,299 34,168 - - 34,168
Expenditure on charitable activities:
Direct concert costs 53,698.72 - - 53,699 ######## - - 65,190
Come & Sing 2,911.76 - - 2,912 2,894.30 2,894
Choral scholar costs - 2,000.00 - 2,000 - - - -
Outreach costs not included above - 601 - 601 - - - -
Cost of banking (taking credit/debit cards/paypal
fees) 1,275.30 - - 1,275 793.01 - - 793
Total expenditure on charitable activities 57,885.78 2,601 - 60,487 68,877 - - 68,877
Separate material item of expense
Choir choral workshop in Ammerdown Centre - 14,754 - 14,754 - - - -
Choir tour to Hanover - - - - - - - -
Choir Tour to Riga - 59,758 59,758 - - - -
Hannover choir visit - - - - - 948 - 948
CD Recording project 4,296 - - 4,296 20,679 - - 20,679
CD P&P 2 - - 2 - - - -
Total 4,298 74,512 - 78,810 20,679 948 - 21,627
Other
Revaluation of piano 1,000.00 - - 1,000 - - - -
- - - - - - - -
Total other expenditure 1,000.00 - - 1,000 - - - -
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 100,483.00 77,113.16 - 177,596 123,723 948 - 124,671
Other information:
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## **Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities**
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|**Activity or programme**|**Activities**
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**directly**||**Grant**
**funding of**
**activities**||**Support**
**Costs**||**Total this**
**year**|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**|
**Grant**
**funding of**
**activities**|||**Support**
**Costs**||**Total last**
**year**||
||**£**||**£**|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||||**£**||**£**|
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|**translated into sterling (or the currency in which the**|**accounts are drawn up).**|||||||||||||||
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|**Last year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been**||||||||||||||||
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|**translated into sterling (or the currency in which the**|**accounts are drawn up).**|||||||Not applicable||||||||
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 7 Extraordinary items**
## _**Please explain the nature of each extraordinary item occurring in the period.**_
|**Extraordinary item 1**
**Extraordinary item 2**
**Extraordinary item 3**
**Extraordinary item 4**
**Description**
**Total extraordinary items**|**Description**|**This year**
**Last year**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## **Note 8 Funds received as agent**
## _**8.1 Please complete this note if the charity has agreed to administer the funds of another entity as its agent. Note: If a charity is acting as an agent, it should not recognise the income in the Statement of Financial Activities or the Balance Sheet.**_
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Amount received Amount paid out Balance held at period end
Description/name of party Related
party (Yes This year Last year This year Last year This year Last year
or No) £ £ £ £ £ £
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- - - - - -
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- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Total - - - - - -
8.2 Where a consortia or similar arrangement exists whereby 2 or more charities co-operate to achieve economies in the
purchase of goods or services, please disclose details of any balances outstanding between any participating members.
Description/name of party
Balance held at period end
This year Last year
£ £
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## **Note 9 Support Costs**
## _**Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.**_
## **This year**
|Governance
Other
**Total**
**Support cost**
**(examples)**|**Raising funds**
**Activity 1**
**Activity 2**
**Activity 3**
**Grand total**
**Basis of allocation**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**(Describe method)**
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|**Raising funds**
**Activity 1**
**Activity 2**
**Activity 3**
**Grand total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Governance
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Other
- - - - -
**Total**
- - - - -
**Last year**
**Support cost**
**(examples)**|**Basis of allocation**
**(Describe method)**
|
|---|---|
_**Please provide details of the accounting policy adopted for the apportionment of costs between activities and any estimation techniques used to calculate their apportionment.**_
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## **Note 10 Details of certain types of expenditure**
## **Note 10.1 Fees for examination of the accounts**
## _**Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing was paid please enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).**_
|**Tax advisory fees**
**Other fees (for example: financial advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid**
**to the independent examiner**
**Independent examiner’s fees**
**Assurance services other than independent examination**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
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- -
- -
- -|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 11 Paid employees**
_**Please complete this note if the charity has any employees (transactions with Trustees dealt with in Note 28)**_
## **11.1 Staff Costs**
|**11.1 Staff Costs**|||||
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|**Social security costs**|||-|-|
|**Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)**|||||
|**Other employee benefits**|||-|-|
||**Total staff costs**||-|-|
**This year:**
**Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party Last year:**
**Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party**
_**Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.**_
**No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000**
|**£100,000 to £109,999**
**Band**
**Please provide the total amount paid to key management**
**£60,000 to £69,999**
**£70,000 to £79,999**
**£80,000 to £89,999**
**£90,000 to £99,999**|**This year**
**Last year**
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|**11.2 Average head count in the year**|||||**This year**
**Number**||**Last year**
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|**The parts of the charity in which the**||**Fundraising**||||-|-|
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|**11.3 Ex-gratia payments to employees and others (excluding trustees)**||||||||
|**_Please complete if an ex-gratia payment is made._**||||||||
|**Please explain the nature of the**||**This year**||||||
|**payment**||||||||
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|**Please state the legal authority or**||**This year**||||||
|**reason for making the payment**||||||||
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|**Please state the amount of the payment (or value of any waiver of**||||||-|-|
|**a right to an asset)**||||||||
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## **11.4 Redundancy payments**
## _**Please complete if any redundancy or termination payment is made in the period.**_
|**Total amount of payment**
**The nature of the payment (cash, asset**
**etc.)**
**The extent of redundancy funding at the balance sheet date**
**Please state the accounting policy for any redundancy or**
**termination payments**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -|
|---|---|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 12 Defined contribution pension scheme or defined benefit scheme accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.**
## _**12.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.**_
|**Amount of contributions recognised in the SOFA as an expense**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -|
|---|---|
**Please explain the basis for allocating the liability and expense of defined contribution pension scheme between activities and between restricted and unrestricted funds.**
## _**12.2 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a defined benefit pension plan but is unable to ascertain its share of the underlying assets and liabilities.**_
**Please confirm that although the scheme is accounted for as a defined contribution plan, it is a defined benefit plan. Please provide such information as is available about the plan's surplus or deficit and the implications, if any, for the reporting charity this year and last year, if different**
## _**12.3 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan that is accounted for as a defined contribution plan.**_
**Describe the extent to which the charity can be liable to the plan for other entities' obligations under the terms and conditions of the multi-employer plan. If this is different for last year, provide details**
**Provide an explanation of how any liability arising from an agreement with a multi-employer plan to fund a deficit has been determined. If this is different for last year, provide details**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 13 Grantmaking**
_**Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.**_
## **This year:**
## **13.1 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)**
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Grants to Grants to
Analysis institutions individuals Support costs Total
£ £
Activity or project 1 - - - -
Activity or project 2 - - - -
Activity or project 3 - - - -
Activity or project 4 - - - -
Total - - - -
**----- End of picture text -----**
_**Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.**_
## **13.2 Grants made to institutions**
|**_My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in_**
**_the context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported,_**
**_purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution is available on the_**
**_charity's web site._**|**_Yes_**
**_Please provide_**
**_details of charity's_**
**_URL._**
**_No_**
**_Provide details_**
**_below_**|
|---|---|
|**_TOTAL GRANTS PAID_**
**Names of institution**
**_Other unanalysed grants_**
**_Total grants to institutions in reporting period_**
**Purpose**|**Total amount of**
**grants paid £**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||**-**|
||-
-|
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## **Last year:**
## **13.3 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)**
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Grants to Grants to
Analysis institutions individuals Support costs Total
£ £
Activity or project 1 - - - -
Activity or project 2 - - - -
Activity or project 3 - - - -
Activity or project 4 - - - -
Total - - - -
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## _**Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.**_
## **13.4 Grants made to institutions**
|**13.4 Grants made to institutions**||
|---|---|
|**_Yes_**
**_No_**
**_TOTAL GRANTS PAID_**
**_Total grants to institutions in reporting period_**
**_Other unanalysed grants_**
**Names of institution**
**Purpose**
**_My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in_**
**_the context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported,_**
**_purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution is available on the_**
**_charity's web site._**|**_Please provide_**
**_details of charity's_**
**_URL._**
**_Provide details_**
**_below_**
**Total amount of**
**grants paid £**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||**-**|
||-
-|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont) Note 14 Tangible fixed assets** _**Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets**_
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14.1 Cost or valuation
Freehold land & Other land & Plant, machinery and Fixtures, fittings and Total
buildings buildings motor vehicles equipment
£ £ £ £ £
At the beginning of - - - 2,500 2,500
the year
Additions - - - - -
Revaluations - - - - 1,000 - 1,000
Disposals - - - - 1,500 - 1,500
Transfers * - - - - -
At end of the year - - - - -
14.2 Depreciation and impairments
**Basis SL or RB (Straight SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB
Line or Reducing
Balance)
** Rate
At beginning of the - - - - -
year
Disposals - - - - -
Depreciation - - - - -
Impairment - - - - -
Transfers* - - - - -
At end of the year - - - - -
14.3 Net book value
Net book value at the - - - 2,500 2,500
beginning of the year
Net book value at the - - - - -
end of the year
14.4 Impairment
This year: Please provide a description of the events and
circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an
impairment loss.
Last year: Please provide a description of the events and
circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an
impairment loss.
14.5 Revaluation
If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide: This year Last year
the effective date of the revaluation
the name of independent valuer, if applicable
the methods applied and significant assumptions
the carrying amount that would have been recognised - -
had the assets been carried under the cost model.
14.6 Other disclosures
This year Last year
£ £
(i) Please state the amount of borrowing costs, if any, capitalised in the - -
construction of tangible fixed assets and the capitalisation rate used.
(ii) Please provide the amount of contractual commitments for the acquisition - -
of tangible fixed assets.
(iii) Details of the existence and carrying amounts of property, plant and
equipment to which the charity has restricted title or that are pledged as
security for liabilities.
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- _The "transfers" row is for movements between fixed asset categories._
- _** Please indicate the method of depreciation by deleting the method not applicable (SL = straight line; RB = reducing balance)._
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 15 Intangible assets** _**Please complete this note if the charity has any intangible assets**_
## **15.1 Cost or valuation**
||||**Research &**
**development**
**£**|**Research &**
**development**
**£**|**Patents and**
**trademarks**
**£**|**Other**
**£**|**Total**
**£**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|At beginning of
year
Additions|the|
|
|-
-|-
-|-
-|-
-||
|Disposals||||-|-|-|-||
|Revaluations||||-|-|-|-||
|Transfers *||||-|-|-|-||
|At end of the year||||-|-|-|-||
|**15.2 Amortisation and**|||**impairments**||||||
|****Basis**|||SL or RB||SL or RB|SL or RB|SL or RB|Straight Line
("SL") or
Reducing
Balance
("RB")|
||**** Rate**||||||||
||||||||||
|At beginning of
year
Disposals|the|
|
|-
-|-
-|-
-|-
-||
|Amortisation||||-|-|-|-||
|Impairment||||-|-|-|-||
|Transfers*||||-|-|-|-||
|At end of year||||-|-|-|-||
|**15.3 Net book**|**value**||||||||
|Net book value|at the|||-|-|-|-||
|beginning of the year|||||||||
|Net book value|at the|||-|-|-|-||
|end of the year|||||||||
## **15.4 Accounting policy**
_**Please disclose the accounting policy for intangible fixed assets including:**_
## _**Reasons for choosing amortisation rates**_
_**Policies for the recognition of any capital development**_
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## **15.5 Impairment This year:**
_**Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss.**_ **Last year:** _**Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss.**_
## **15.6 Revaluation**
## _**If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide:**_
|**_(i) If your intangible asset was acquired by way_**
**_of grant, provide value on initial recognition and_**
**_carrying amount of the asset._**
**_(ii) Details of the carrying amounts of any_**
**_intangible assets to which the charity has_**
**_restricted title or that are pledged as security for_**
**_liabilities._**
**_(iii) Please provide the amount of contractual_**
**_commitments for the acquisition of intangible_**
**_assets._**
**_the effective date of the revaluation_**
**_the name of independent valuer, if applicable_**
**_the methods applied_**
**15.7 Other disclosures**
**_the carrying amount that would have been_**
**_recognised had the assets been carried under_**
**_the cost model._**
**_(iv) State the amount of research and_**
**_development expenditure recognised as_**
**_expenditure in the year._**
**_(v) Please detail the headings in the SOFA in_**
**_which a charge for amortisation of intangible_**
**_assets is included._**
**_(vi) For any material intangible assets, please_**
**_provide a description, its carrying amount and_**
**_any remaining amortisation period._**|**Last year**
**This year**|
|---|---|
_* The "transfers" row is for movements between fixed asset categories._
_** Please indicate the method of depreciation by deleting the method not applicable (SL = straight line; RB = reducing balance). Also please indicate the rate of depreciation: for straight line, what is the anticipated life of the asset (in years); for reducing balance, what is the percentage annual deduction._
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 16 Heritage assets** _**Please complete this note if the charity has heritage assets**_
## **16.1 General disclosures for all charities holding heritage assets**
|||||**This year**|||**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(i) Explain the nature and scale of**|||||||||
|**heritage assets held.**|||||||||
|**(ii) Explain the policy for the**|||||||||
|**acquisition, preservation,**|||||||||
|**management and disposal of heritage**|||||||||
|**assets.**|||||||||
|**16.2 Cost or valuation**|||||||||
|||**Heritage**
**1**
**£**|**asset**|
**Heritage asset**
**2**
**£**|
**Heritage asset**
**3**
**£**|
**Heritage asset**
**4**
**£**|
**Total**
**£**||
|At beginning of the year|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Additions|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Disposals|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Revaluations|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Transfers *|||-|-|-|-|-||
|At end of the year|||-|-|-|-|-||
|**16.3 Depreciation and impairments**|||||||||
||****Basis**
**** Rate**|||||||Straight Line
("SL") or
Reducing
Balance
("RB")|
||||||||||
|At beginning of the year|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Disposals|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Depreciation|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Impairment|||-|-|-|-|-||
|Transfers*|||-|-|-|-|-||
|At end of year|||-|-|-|-|-||
|**16.4 Net book value**|||||||||
|Net book value at the beginning|of the||-|-|-|-|-||
|year|||||||||
|Net book value at the end of the year|||-|-|-|-|-||
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## **16.5 Impairment**
## **This year**
_**Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss.**_
## **Last year**
_**Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss.**_
## **16.6 Revaluation**
_**If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide:**_
_**the effective date of the revaluation the name of independent valuer, if applicable qualifications of independent valuer the methods applied and significant assumptions any significant limitations on the valuation**_
**This year Last year**
## **16.7 Analysis of heritage assets by class or group distinguishing those at cost and those at valuation**
|Carrying amount at the beginning of the
period
Additions
Disposals
Depreciation/impairment
Revaluation
Carrying amount at the end of period|**At valuation**
**Group A**
**At cost Group**
**B**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -|
|---|---|
||- - -|
## **16.8 Heritage assets (where heritage assets are not recoignised on the balance sheet)**
|**(i) Explain the reason why heritage**
**assets have not been recognised on**
**the balance sheet.**
**(ii) Describe the significance and**
**nature of heritage assets.**
**(iii) Disclose information that is**
**helpful in assessing the value of**
**heritage assets.**
**(iv) Explain the reason why it is not**
**practicable to obtain a valuation of**
**heritage assets.**|**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
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## **16.9 Five year summary of heritage assets transactions**
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2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
£ £ £ £ £
Purchases
Group A - - - - -
Group B - - - - -
Group C -
Other -
Donations
Group A - - - - -
Group B - - - - -
Group C - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total additions - - - - -
Charge for impairment
Group A - - - - -
Group B - - - - -
Group C - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total charge for impairment - - - - -
Disposals
Group A - carrying amount - - - - -
Group B - carrying amount - - - - -
Group C - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total disposals - - - - -
**----- End of picture text -----**
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 17 Investment assets**
## _**Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets.**_
## **17.1 Fixed assets investments (please provide for each class of investment)**
|Carrying (fair) value at beginning of
period
**Add:**additions to investments during
period*
**Less:**disposals at carrying value
**Less: impairments**
**Add: Reversal of impairments**
**Add/(deduct):**transfer in/(out) in the
period
**Add/(deduct):**net gain/(loss) on
revaluation
Carrying (fair) value at end of year|**Cash & cash**
**equivalents**
**Listed**
**investments**
**Investment**
**properties**
**Social**
**investments**
**Other**
**Total**
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -|
|---|---|
||- - - - - -|
***Please specify additions resulting from acquisitions through business combinations, if any.**
_**Please note that Fair Value in this context is the amount for which an asset could be exchanged between knowlegable and willing parties in an arm's length transaction. For traded securities, the fair value is the value of the security quoted on the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List or equivalent. For other assets where there is no market price on a traded market, it is the trustees' or valuers' best estimate of fair value.**_
## **17.2 Please provide a breakdown of investments shown above agreeing with the balance sheet row B04 differentiating between those held at fair value and those held at cost less impairment.**
## **This year: Analysis of investments**
|**Analysis of investments**
**Cash or cash equivalents**
**Investment properties**
**Total**
**Social investments**
**Other investments**
**Grand total (Fair value at year end+Cost less impairment)**
**Listed investments**|**Cost less impairment**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**Fair value at year end**
**£**
-
- -|
|---|---|
||-
-
-|
**Last year: Analysis of investments**
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Fair**|**value**|**at**|**year**|**end**|**Cost**|**less**|**impairment**||
||||**£**|||||**£**||
||||||-||||-|
||||||-||||-|
||||||-||||-|
||||||-||||-|
||||||-||||-|
||||||-||||-|
**Cash or cash equivalents Listed investments Investment properties**
**Social investments**
**Other investments Total**
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**Grand total (Fair value at year end+Cost less impairment)**
-
|**17.3 If your charity holds investment properties, please complete the**|**17.3 If your charity holds investment properties, please complete the**|**17.3 If your charity holds investment properties, please complete the**|**following note:**|**following note:**|**following note:**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**This year**||||**Last year**||||
|**(i) Explain the methods and significant assumptions in**
**determining the fair value of investment property held by the**
**charity**||||||||||
|**(ii) Name or independent valuer, if applicable, and relevant**
**qualifications**||||||||||
|**(iii) Provide details of any restrictions on the ability to realise**
**investment property or on the remittance of income or**
**disposal proceeds**||||||||||
|**(iv) Explain any contractual obligations for the purchase,**
**construction or development of investment property or for**
**repairs, maintenance or enhancements**||||||||||
|**17.4 Please provide a breakdown of current asset investments,**||**if applicable, agreeing**||||**with the balance**||||
|**Analysis of current asset investments**||**This year**||||**Last year**||||
|||**£**|||||**£**|||
|**Cash or cash equivalents**||||-||||-||
|**Listed investments**||||-||||-||
|**Investment properties**||||-||||-||
|**Social investments**||||-||||-||
|**Other investments**||||-||||-||
|**Total**||||-||||-||
|**17.5 Guarantees**||||||||||
||||**This year**||||||**Last year**|
|**Please provide details and amount of any guarantee made to**
**or on behalf of a third party**||||||||||
|**Name of the entity or entities benefitting from those**
**guarantees**||||||||||
|**Please explain how the guarantee furthers the charity's aims**||||||||||
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## **17.6 Concessionary loans**
|**Amounts receivable within 1 year**
**Terms and conditions eg interest rate, security**
**provided**
**Where a charity has provided financial assets as**
**a form of security, the carrying amount of the**
**financial asset pledged as security and the terms**
**and conditions relating to its pledge.**
**Amounts receivable after more than 1 year**
**Please provide information about the significance**
**of investments to the charity's financial position**
**or performance eg. terms and conditions of loans**
**or the use of hedging to manage financial risk.**
**For all investments measured at fair value, the**
**basis for determining the value, including any**
**assumptions applied when using a valuation**
**technique.**
**Where a charity has provided financial assets as**
**a form of security, the carrying amount of the**
**financial asset pledged as security and the terms**
**and conditions relating to its pledge.**
**Amount of concessionary loans made (****_Multiple_**
**_loans made may be disclosed in aggregate provided_**
**_that such aggregation does not obsure significant_**
**_information_ ).**
**Amounts payable after more than 1 year**
**Amount of concessionary loans received****_(Multiple_**
**_loans received may be disclosed in aggregate_**
**_provided that such aggregation does not obsure_**
**_significant information)._**
**For all investments measured at fair value, the**
**basis for determining the value, including any**
**assumptions applied when using a valuation**
**technique.**
**Value of any concessionary loans which have**
**been committed but not taken up at the reporting**
**date**
**Amounts payable within 1 year**
**17.7 Additional information**|**_Total_**
**_Description_**|**This year £**
**Last year £**
- -
- -
- -
- -|
|---|---|---|
|||- -|
||**_Total_**
**This year**
**This year**
**_Description_**|**This year £**
**Last year £**
- -
- -
- -|
|||- -|
|||**Last year**
**Last year**|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 18 Stocks**
_**Please complete this note if the charity holds any stock items**_
**18.1 Please state the carrying amount of stock and work in progress analysed between activities.**
|**activities.**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Charitable activities:**
**_Opening_**
Folders
Cups
Bottles
Scores - Weir The Big Picture
CDs - The Big Picture (1000 @ £5+VAT
each)
**_Added in period_**
Folders
Cups
Bottles
Scores - Weir The Big Picture
CDs - The Big Picture (100 @ £1 each)
Score - Vaughan Williams Five Mystical
Songs
Scores Finzi Lo the Full Final Sacrifice
**_Expensed in period_**
Folders
Cups
Bottles
Scores - Weir The Big Picture
CDs - The Big Picture - revalued to £0
Score - Vaughan Williams Five Mystical
Songs
Scores Finzi Lo the Full Final Sacrifice
**_Impaired_**
**_Closing_**
**Other trading activities:**
**_Opening_**
**_Added in period_**
**_Expensed in period_**
**_Impaired_**
**_Closing_**
**Other:**
**_Opening_**
**_Added in period_**
**_Expensed in period_**
**_Impaired_**
**_Closing_**
**Total this year**
**_Total previous year_**
**18.2 Please specify the carrying a**
**any stocks pledged as security for**|**For**
**distribution**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
-
**-**
**St**|**For resale**
**For**
**distribution**
**For resale**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
- - - -
370
-
-
1,200
-
- - - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- - - -
- 28
-
-
-
-
-
-
- - - -
**1,543 - - -**
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
**- - - -**
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
**- - - -**
**ock**
**Donated goods**
**Work in**
**progress**|
||-|1,543 - - -|
||-
**mount of**
**liabilities**|- - - -
**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 19 Debtors and prepayments**
## _**Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.**_
## **19.1 Analysis of debtors**
|**Total**
**Trade debtors**
**Prepayments and accrued income**
**Other debtors**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
2,683
-
12,920 25,899
- -
15,603 25,899
|
|---|---|
## _**Complete 19.2 where a material debtor is recoverable more than a year after the reporting date.**_
## **19.2 Disclosure of debtors recoverable in more than 1 year (included in debtors above)**
|**Total**
**Trade debtors**
**Prepayments and accrued income**
**Other debtors**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
- -
- -
|
|---|---|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 20 Creditors and accruals**
_**Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.**_
## **20.1 Analysis of creditors**
|
**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
**Accruals for grants payable**
- -
**Bank loans and overdrafts**
- -
**Trade creditors**
10,029 17,456
**Payments received on account for contracts**
**or performance-related grants**
- -
**Accruals and deferred income**
9,077 26,313
**Taxation and social security**
- -
**Other creditors**
- -
**Total** 19,106 43,769
**20.2 Deferred income**
**_Please explain the reasons why income is_**
**_deferred._**
**_Movement in deferred income account_**
**Balance at the start of the reporting period**
**Amounts added in current period**
**Amounts released to income from previous periods**
**Balance at the end of the reporting period**
**Amounts falling due**
**within one year**
**_Please complete this note if the charity has deferred_**
**_income_**
**This year**
_Members have paid in_
_advance for Ammerdown_
_residential workshop:_
_£3,220.00. £620 has been_
_received in advance ticket_
_sales for next year._|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
10,029 17,456
- -
9,077 26,313
- -
- -
**Amounts falling due**
**within one year**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**Amounts falling due after**
**more than one year**|
|---|---|---|
|||-
-|
|||**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
40 17,741
25,660 40
- 40 - 17,741
_Members have paid in_
_advance for Ammerdown_
_residential workshop:_
_£11,926 and Tour to Riga,_
_Latvia: £13,733.50, both of_
_which activities take place_
_in the coming financial_
_year._
**Last year**|
|||25,660 40|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 21 Provisions for liabilities and charges**
_**Please complete this note if you have included in charity expenditure any provisions. A provision is made when the charity has a liability of uncertain timing or amount.**_
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21.1 Movements in recognised provisions and funding commitment during the period
This year Last year
£ £
- -
Balance at the start of the reporting period
Amounts added in current period - -
- -
Amounts charged against the provision in the current period
- -
Unused amounts reversed during the period
- -
Balance at the end of the reporting period
21.2 Please provide: This year Last year
- a brief description of any obligations on the
balance sheet and the expected amount and
timing of resulting payments;
- an indication of the uncertainties about the
amount or timing of those outflows; and
- the amount of any expected reimbursement,
stating the amount of any asset that has been
recognised for that expected reimbursement.
This year Last year
21.3 For any funding commitment that is not
recognised as a liability or provision, provide
details of commitment made, the time frame
of that commitment, any performance-related
conditions and details of how the
commitment will be funded (with contracts
for capital expenditure separately identified).
21.4 Where unrestricted funds have been
designated to a fund commitment, please
disclose the nature of any amounts
designated and the likely timing of that
expenditure.
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 22 Other disclosures for debtors, creditors and other basic financial instruments**
**22.1 Please provide information about the significance of financial instruments (eg. debtors, creditors, investments etc) to the charity's financial position or performance, for example, the terms and conditions of loans or the use of hedging to manage financial risk.**
**22.2 If the charity has provided financial assets as a form of security, the carrying amount of the financial assets pledged as security and the terms and conitions related to its pledge should be given here.**
**This year Last year**
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 23 Contingent liabilities and contingent assets**
## **23.1 Contingent liabilities**
**Where the charity has contingent liabililities, please complete the following section unless the possibility of their existence is remote.**
## **This year**
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Description of item including its legal nature. Estimate of financial effect
Please describe any security provided in
connection to the liability.
Last year
Description of item including its legal nature. Estimate of financial effect
Please describe any security provided in
connection to the liability.
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## **23.2 Contingent assets**
**Where the charity has contingent assets, please complete the following section when their existence is probable**
|**This**|**year**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Description**|**of**|**item**|**Estimate**|**of**|**financial**|**effect**|
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|**Last**|**year**||||||||
|||**Description**|**of**|**item**|**Estimate**|**of**|**financial**|**effect**|
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**23.4 Other disclosures for contingent assets and/or liabilities Please provide the following information where practicable:**
**Explain any uncertainties relating to the amount or timing of settlement; and the possibilty of any reimbursement Where it is not practical to make one or more of these disclosures, please state this fact**
**This year Last year**
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
**Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand**
|**Other**
**Short term deposits**
**Cash at bank and on hand**
**Total**
**Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date)**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
55,129 82,791
- -
55,129 82,791|
|---|---|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 25 Fair value of assets and liabilities**
**This year Last year 25.1 Please provide details of the charity's exposure to credit risk (the risk of incurring a loss due to a debtor not paying what is owed) , liquidity risk (the risk of not being able to meet short term financial demands) and market risk (the risk that the value of an investment will fall due to changes in the market) arising from financial instruments to which the charity is exposed at the end of the reporting period and explain how the charity manages those risks. 25.2 Please give details of the amount of change in the fair value of basic financial instruments (debtors, creditors, investments (see section 11, FRS 102 SORP)) measured at fair value through the SoFA that is attributable to changes in credit risk.**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 26 Events after the end of the reporting period**
_**Please complete this note events (not requiring adjustment to the accounts) have occurred after the end of the reporting period but before the accounts are authorised which relate to conditions that arose after the end of the reporting period.**_
|**Please provide details of the nature of the**
**event**
**Provide an estimate of the financial effect**
**of the event or a statement that such an**
**estimate cannot be made**|
**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 27 Charity funds**
## **27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period**
_**Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.**_
_*** Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds**_
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Fund Fund
balances balances
Type PE, EE
Purpose and Restrictions brought Gains and carried
R or UR *
forward Income Expenditure Transfers losses forward
Fund names £ £ £ £ £ £
Choral Scholars R To support Choral Scholar Scheme 885 - - - - 885
Outreach R To support Outreach Scheme 677 - - 601 - - 76
Choir Tours R To pay for choir tours 102 74,765 - 74,512 - - 355
Collections R To pay for gifts 29 - - - - 29
General Fund UR 55,011 87,009 - 90,196 - - 51,825
Special Concert Reserve
(designated) UR To pay for special concerts 10,466 - - 10,466 - - -
Piano Replacement Fund
(designated) UR To pay for new piano when needed 1,821 - - 1,821 - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Other funds (balancing
figure) N/a N/a - - - - - -
Total Funds as per balance sheet 68,991 161,774 - 177,596 - - 53,169
Yes* No*
Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency
If yes, please state the basis on which the assets and/or liabilities have been translated into
sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 27 Charity funds**
## **27.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period**
_**Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.**_
_*** Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds**_
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Fund Fund
balances balances
Type PE, EE
Purpose and Restrictions brought Gains and carried
R or UR *
forward Income Expenditure Transfers losses forward
Fund names £ £ £ £ £ £
Choral Scholars R To support Choral Scholar Scheme 885 - - - - 885
Outreach R To support Outreach Scheme 677 - - - - 677
Choir Tours R To pay for choir tours 250 800 - 948 - - 102
Collections R To pay for gifts 29 - - - - 29
General Fund UR 74,575 104,160 - 123,723 - - 55,011
Special Concert Reserve UR To pay for special concerts 10,466 - - - - 10,466
Piano Replacement Fund
(designated) UR To pay for new piano when needed 1,821 - - - - 1,821
New Music Fund R To pay for a new music project - - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Other funds (balancing
figure) N/a N/a - - - - - -
Total Funds as per balance sheet 88,702 104,960 - 124,671 - - 68,991
Yes* No*
Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 27 Charity funds (cont)**
## **27.3 Transfers between funds**
## **This year**
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Reason for transfer and where endowment is converted to income, Amount
legal power for its conversion
Between unrestricted and
restricted funds
-
Between endowment and
restricted funds -
Between endowment and
unrestricted funds
-
-
Last year
Reason for transfer and where endowment is converted to income, Amount
legal power for its conversion
Between unrestricted and
restricted funds -
Between endowment and
restricted funds
-
Between endowment and
unrestricted funds
-
-
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## **27.4 Designated funds**
## **This year**
|**This year**
**27.4 Designated funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Planned use**||**Purpose of the designation**||**Amount**||
|Special Concert Reserve|To help fund return to Bristol Beacon after long closure of hall|||10,466||
|Piano Replacement Fund|To pay for|new piano|when needed|||
|(designated)||||1,821||
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|**Last year**||||||
|**Planned use**||**Purpose of the designation**||**Amount**||
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 28 Transactions with trustees and related parties**
_**If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in guidance notes) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box or "False" if there are transactions to report.**_
## **28.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits**
## **This year**
**None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)**
_**In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.**_
|**Name of trustee**
**Legal authority (eg**
**order, governing**
**document)**|**Remuneration**
**Pension**
**contribution**
**Redundancy**
**(including**
**loss of**
**office)/ex**
**gratia**
**Other**
**TOTAL**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
- - - -
**-**
- - - -
**-**
- - - -
**-**
- - - -
**-**
**Amounts paid or benefit value**|
|---|---|
_**Please give details of why remuneration or other employment benefits were paid.**_
_**Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide an explanation of the nature of the payment.**_
_**If a third party has been reimbursed for providing one or more trustees, state the nature of the payment and amount of the reimbursement.**_
_**State the number of trustees to whom retirement benefits are accruing under a defined contribution pension scheme.**_
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## **Last year**
**None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)**
_**In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.**_
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Amounts paid or benefit value
Remuneration Pension Redundancy Other TOTAL
Legal authority (eg contribution (including
Name of trustee order, governing loss of
document) office)/ex
gratia
£ £ £ £
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
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_**Please give details of why remuneration or other employment benefits were paid.**_
_**Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide an explanation of the nature of the payment. If a third party has been reimbursed for providing one or more trustees, state the nature of the payment and amount of the reimbursement. State the number of trustees to whom retirement benefits are accruing under a defined contribution pension scheme.**_
## **28.2 Trustees' expenses**
_**If the charity has paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box below. If there are transactions to report, please enter "False".**_
## **No trustee expenses have been incurred (True or False)**
||**Type of expenses reimbursed**||**This year**
**£**||**Last year**
**£**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Travel**|||||||
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|**Subsistence**|||||||
|||||-|-||
|**Accommodation**|||||||
|||||-|-||
|**Other (please specify):**||||-|-||
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**Please provide the number of trustees reimbursed for expenses or who had expenses paid by the charity**
## **28.3 Transaction(s) with related parties**
_**Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a related party has a material interest, including where funds have been held as agent for related parties. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.**_
## **This year**
**There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)**
||||||||||**Amounts**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Name of the trustee**
**or related party**|**Relationship**
**to charity**|**Description of the**
**transaction(s)**|**Amount**||**Balance at**
**period end**||**Provision for bad debts**
**at period end**||**written off**
**during**
**reporting**||
||||||||||**period**||
||||**£**||**£**||**£**||**£**||
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_**In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be provided in settlement.**_
_**For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.**_
## **Last year**
**There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)**
||||||||||**Amounts**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Name of the trustee**
**or related party**|**Relationship**
**to charity**|**Description of the**
**transaction(s)**|**Amount**||**Balance at**
**period end**||**Provision for bad debts**
**at period end**||**written off**
**during**
**reporting**||
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_**In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be provided in settlement.**_
_**For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.**_
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 29 Additional Disclosures**
**The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.**
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
6RISTOL CI4LTRAL
SocitsTY
On accounts for the year
ended
UNJ& 2025
Charity no
(if any)
115 76 99
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {"the TrusY'} for the year ended
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chartties Act 2011
("the Acr).
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
come exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to
examiner's statement undertake the examination by
rof
insert name of
applicable listed body]]. Delete [ l rfnot applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection wtth 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
conceming the fom 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 concems 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 rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
202b
Name".
I LL
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
FCA
IER
Oct 2018
(if any):
Address:
6ERUFORI
8iisruL
140i16È
113 PAR6(3fvJ
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of charrty accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018
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