2023-12-31-accounts - London Welsh Rugby Club Choir

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	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	for theperiod	for theperiod	for theperiod
	From	Period start date			To	Period end date
		01	01	2023		31	12	2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name London Welsh Rugby Club Choir

Other names charity is known by[LWRCC]

Registered charity number (if any) 1160723

Charity's principal address Old Deer Park Sports Ground, Old Deer Park 187 Kew Road Richmond, Surrey Postcode TW9 2AZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Robert Martyn Jones	Chairman
Harold Planche	Treasurer
Philip Kevin Hughes	Concert Secretary
Colin Robert Taylor	Secretary
James Alexander Boyle
Jonathon Peter Davies
Stephen David McGrath
William Barry Jones		22nd January 2023












Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address
Bank	Natwest Bank PLC	Moorgate Branch, PO Box 712, 94 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XT

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) As a Charitable Incorporated Organisation of 45 members How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting held in April in accordance with the Constitution (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant, about:	Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant, about:	It is the policy of LWRCC to appoint Trustees who are mature individuals with considerable skills in management and marketing having qualifications and gained experience by holding responsible positions outside LWRCC.
	policies and procedures
	adopted for the induction and	LWRCC is a member of the National Federation of Music Societies
	training of trustees;	(Making Music) who act as our Insurance Broker and also provide
	the charity’s organisational structure and any wider	information and support regarding legal and artisitic developments with regards to Music Societies.
	network with which the charity works;	LWRCC is associated with the London Welsh Rugby Club providing fund raising support to the Amateur section of that organisation and the London
	relationship with any related	Welsh Trust by amongst other activities donating a prize to the runner up
	parties;	of the Young Welsh Singer of the Year and benefitting from the network of
	trustees’ consideration of	contacts provided by these two organisations.
	major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.	The Trustees have monthly management meetings to consider prospective engagements and ensure that any risks are mitigated by obtaining deposits and ensuring that the costs associated with these
		engagements are matched with income derived from the engagements
		Quarterly Accounts are prepared on an Accrual basis in order to monitor
		the financial condition of the Choir and are tabled and considered by the
		Management Committee and Trustees

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objects of the LWRCC are-: 1)To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in,and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspect by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals with a focus on Welsh Choral Music; 2)To further such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit but in particular through the making of grants and donations.

In planning our activities for the year, we keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustees meetings.

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

The focus of our activities is to encourage the appreciation of Welsh Choral Music by giving regular concerts in support of many charitable causes and planning tours within the UK and Oversea to the same end.

We also provide Welsh Choral Music at formal ceremonies such as funerals, memorials and weddings of those who want such important ceremonies in the Welsh Idiom.

Through our contact in the Welsh Community being responsive to the needs of students of Welsh Music and other needful Welsh causes by making donations and supporting cultural events against strict criteria.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We performed at twelve engagements during the year, nine of these generated performance fees amounting to £12,050, which included our first self-promoted concert at Sherborne Abbey. Three were performed free of charge (Saturday Kitchen Live, Deer Park and Cardiff Cabaret). All these engagements incurred direct costs amounting to £9,196 which resulted in net concert Income of £2,854.

All of these activities promoted our objectives of developing and promoting public interest in Male Choral Music especially that in the Welsh Tradition and in the process raised funds for the many well deserving Charities which requested our services.

We visited Rome for the Italy/Wales Rugby 6 nations weekend in February performed on the pitch at the stadium before the game and also arranged a concert at the British Embassy in Rome – the week-end resulted in a deficit of £1,182.

We continued our monthly rehearsal schedule in the Welsh Presbytatian Church at Clapham Junction to polish up and extend our repertoire and we also had two recording sessions in order to produce a Video ,CD and MP3 for 2024 in order to improve our marketing and recruitment.

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Section E Financial review

We currently hold cash at the bank of £36,505 all of which is in Brief statement of the unrestricted funds. These funds are held in order to meet the costs of the charity’s policy on reserves 2024 tour of the Irish Tour to Cork and to invest in new audio and Video recordings which took place in November 23 but are not yet paid plus outstanding fees due to our Musical Director to be paid in early 2024. We also need to provide for running costs of the Choir, rehearsals, accompanists, hall hire and music costs and to finance the set-up costs for UK and future International Tours, to be able to make generous donations to selected worthy charities and to meet any unexpected costs which may occur in these uncertain financial times Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The main sources of funds have been fees received our concert and
You may choose to include social engagements activity in addition to these our members pay a
additional information, where membership subscription due in the calendar month of January
relevant about:  the charity’s principal In addition the above we once more received a very generous donation
sources of funds (including from a friend of the Choir to encourage us in the pursuit of our traditional
any fundraising); Choral activities Wales and South London.
how expenditure has supported the key objectives Our Expenditure included a donation to support the Amateur Section of of the charity; the London Welsh Rugby Club plus two donations to “Hidden Needs” and Sherborne Rotary from the proceeds generated from our self-promoted
investment policy and concert at Sherborne Abbey.
objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Robert Martyn Jones	Harold Planche
	Chairman	Treasurer

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	Charity Name London Welsh Rugby Club Choir	Charity Name London Welsh Rugby Club Choir	Charity Name London Welsh Rugby Club Choir	No (if any) 1160723	CC16a
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date 1st January2023	To 3	Period end date 1st December 2023

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Concert Receipts	11,999 2,501 5,500 327 - - - - 20,327	-	-	11,999	8,975
MembershipSubscriptions		-	-	2,501	2,838
Donations Received		-	-	5,500	2,800
Interest Received		-	-	327	58
Receipts from Internet Downloads		-	-	-	86
		-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)		-	-	20,327	14,757

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).	- -
		-	-	-
*Sub total*		-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
	20,327	-	-	20,327	14,757

Concert Feespaid to Professionals	1,370 840 3,070 - 755 200 4 6,847 156 150 537 - - - 7,411 1,245 1,170 150 467 - - 542 600 1,500 790 150 700 700 200 225 56 - 15,013	-	-	1,370	2,068
UK Concerts Accomodation		-	-	840	46
UK Concerts: Travel Payments		-	-	3,070	319
UK Concerts: Presentations		-	-	-	153
UK Concerts: Hall Hire				755
UK Concerts: PRS Cost				200
UK Concerts: Other Costs				4
Overseas Tours:Hotels		-	-	6,847	10,945
Overseas Tours: Air Travel		-	-	156	4,183
Overseas Tours: AccompConcert Fees		-	-	150	550
Overseas Tours: Local Travel etc		-	-	537	2,873
Overseas Tours: Choir Dinner		-	-	-	2,394
Overseas Tours: Match Tickets		-	-	-	2,561
Overseas Tours: Participants Contributions		-	-	- 7,411	- 19,133
Rehearsals: Accompanist Fees		-	-	1,245	1,440
Rehearsals: Hall Hire		-	-	1,170	1,440
Music Purchased		-	-	150	-
Choir Uniform: Payments less Contributions		-	-	467	1,194
Choir Uniform: Choir Ties		-	-	-	-
Bank Charges		-	-	-	-
Print and Stationery		-	-	542	528
Post Telephone & Internet System		-	-	600	278
Donation: London Welsh RugbyClub		-	-	1,500	1,500
RecordingCosts		-	-	790	337
Donation: London Welsh Minis Programme		-	-	150	-
Donation Sherborne Concert: Hidden Needs				700	-
Donatiion Sherborne Concert:S/Borne Rotary				700	-
Insurance Premium		-	-	200	190
Subscriptions		-	-	225	140
Other Costs		-	-	56	481
		-	-	-	-
*Sub total*		-	-	15,013	14,487

A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see	- - -
table)		-	-	-
		-	-	-
*Sub total*		-	-	-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
	15,013	-	-	15,013	14,487

	5,314 - 31,191 36,505	-	-	5,314	270
		-	-	-	-
		-	-	31,191	-
		-	-	36,505	270