## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2022 To 31[st] December 2022** ## **Charity name: Paragon Singers** ## **Charity registration number: 1164545** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the Society shall be to
advance, improve, develop and maintain
public education in, and appreciation of, the
art and science of music in all its aspects
by any means the trustees see fit, including
through the presentation of public concerts
and recitals| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Society’s main activities were the
performance of four concerts over the year.
Three of these were public_a capella_
performances in Lacock, Bath and Bradford
on Avon, very much in the nature of the
Society’s normal concert programme.
The fourth concert was a major undertaking
entitled Messiah 250, staged performance
of Messiah with Paragon Singers
supported by a professional stage director,
soloists and orchestra. The undertaking
was funded through an Arts Council Grant
and a major private donation, as well as
smaller donations and crowdfunding. The
concert and some of the associated
rehearsals were filmed by students of Bath
Spa University as part of their media
degrees.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that the activities of
the Society are consistent with the Charity
Commission’s definition of public benefit.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Society fully achieved its objectives as
stated in its constitution through its normal
concert programme.
In addition, the Messiah 250 project
benefited the general public through the
presentation of a novel and illuminating
performance of Messiah. In addition,
students from Bath Spa University gained
invaluable experience of event filming and
film production. We also held educational
workshops as well as presenting ‘sing-
along’ events at a local charity for the
homeless.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in a healthy financial position
at the end of 2022, with an account
balance of £2,552, and no creditors.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Society has no policy for holding
reserves, other than ensuring that the bank
account remains in the black.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Zero| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|All our funds are directed at rehearsing and
performing concerts.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|The charity is not materially in deficit.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The Society’s principal source of funding
for normal concert programmes is via
membership subscriptions and ticket sales.
For 2022, the Messiah 250 project required
additional funding from the Arts Council,
private donations and crowdfunding.| |---|---|---| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Membership vote at AGM**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Paragon Singers| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1164545| |Charity’s principal address|86, Bloomfield Avenue
Bath
BA2 3AD| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||TonyShield|Chair||| ||Gareth Somerset|Treasurer||| ||Margaret Graham|||| ||MaryHenderson|||| ||Gill Clarke|||| ||Julia Draper|||| ||Remi Castaing|||| ||Kate Petty|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Not applicable** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**Not applicable**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **Not applicable** held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Declarations** **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**|
_K Petty_|_M Henderson_| |---|---|---| ||
K Petty|M Henderson| ||
Trustee|Trustee| ||22/9/23|| ||22/9/23|| ||**Paragon Singers**
|**Paragon Singers**
|**Paragon Singers**
|**1164545**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|1/1/2022|**To**|12/31/2022| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Arts Council Grant
**-**
Clarke'sgrant
**-**
Crowdfunding
**-**
Gift Aid
**4,609**
Guest tuition donations
**222**
Member and Friends subscriptions
**4,505**
Miscellaneous
**11**
Concert takings
**7,637**
Donation to Paragon
**2,000**
**18,984**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 18,984**
**A3 Payments**
Music director fees
**5,177**
Stage director fees
Venue fees
**1,884**
Orchestra and soloist fees
**9,453**
Accompanists
**293**
**1,384**
PRS fees
**149**
Music scores
**676**
Filmproduction
Miscellaneous
**788**
MakingMusic membership/ insurance
**186**
**_Sub total_ 19,990**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 19,990**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 1,006**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**3,558**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 2,552**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
Concert posters, programmes,
refreshments
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**13,401**
**15,000**
**612**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,013**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,013**
**4,350**
**5,967**
**2,662**
**12,407**
**910**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,941**
**776**
**-**
**29,013**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,013**
**- 0**
**-**
**-**
**- 0**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**13,401**
**15,000**
**612**
**4,609**
**222**
**4,505**
**11**
**7,637**
**2,000**
**47,997**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,997**
**9,527**
**5,967**
**4,546**
**21,860**
**1,203**
**1,384**
**149**
**676**
**1,941**
**1,564**
**186**
**49,003**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**49,003**
**- 1,006**
**-**
**3,558**
**2,552**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**13,401**|**-**| ||||**15,000**|**-**| ||||**612**|**-**| ||||**4,609**|**-**| ||||**222**|**-**| ||||**4,505**|**-**| ||||**11**|**-**| ||||**7,637**|**-**| ||||**2,000**|**-**| ||||**47,997**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**47,997**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**9,527**|**-**| ||||**5,967**|**-**| ||||**4,546**|**-**| ||||**21,860**|**-**| ||||**1,203**|| ||||**1,384**|**-**| ||||**149**|**-**| ||||**676**|**-**| ||||**1,941**|| ||||**1,564**|**-**| ||||**186**|**-**| ||||**49,003**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**49,003**|**-**| |||||| ||**- 0**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 1,006**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**3,558**|**-**| ||**- 0**||**2,552**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash fund
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
G Somerset
J Draper
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,552**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,552**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
G Somerset
J Draper
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||G Somerset|G Somerset|9/20/2023| ||J Draper|J Draper|9/22/2023| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Paragon Singers **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] December 2022 **Charity no** 1164545 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 and 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed:**[Mark Richardson ] **Date:** 20[th] October 2023 **Name:** Mark Richardson **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 16 Maple Grove, Bath BA2 3AF ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**