Reptyt of the Trustees arKI
Annual A¢¢wnts
Year ended 30 Seplembef 2025

H•artb•at Chonm
Legal and •dmln181ratlv• d•tall8
Name
Status
Unirwjorated charity. registered November 2015
Charity number
1164575
I*1￿9p￿ address 1 Beaminster Avenue
Heaton Mefsey
Stockwt
Cheshire
SK4 3HU
Charity trustees
Karen Mafshall (President)
VN Worsley (v￿resIdent)
Ruth Drury Isecsetary)
Janet Morelon (Treasurer)
Isobel Currie (Wardrobe Mistress)
Accounlants
The Studio
Hathertcrw Hwse
Romiley
Cheshi
SK6 3DY
Bankers
S8ntander
9 Nelson Street
Bradford
B015AN
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H•artb•at Chorus
Roport of th• Tru8t•••
Y•ar •nd•d 30 S•pt•mb•r 2025
Thé twsteès of Heartbeal Chorus present Ihe Annual Report ond AcrA)unl$ for the ￿ar ended 30 September
2025.
Tho purpo8•8 of th• ch•rfty ar•
To advance, improve. develop and malnl8ln publlc educallon In and appreclallon of the art and saence ol a
pella singiThJ In all aspects by any means the Truslees see fil. Including the presentsllon of public concerts.
To further such charitable purpose or wrposes as the Trustees in their absoluie dlscretion shall think frt but in
partiwlar through the maklng of grants and donations.
Acllvlll•s and r•vlew of the p•rlod
Thts chorus vths hard to improve in all aspe¢ls of a capella singiThJ. We receNe Coaching from 80me of the
best in the art of barbershop slnging, sharfng wth us their kn￿￿edge ar￿ experience. We enter ¢omWrtio
to give a fr￿S for our imFYovement work %thlch in turn means that ￿ are in a better position lo p￿ent the
t*st of a cap811a singing to the wblic through our o)ncerts.
During this perlod ¥*t were rKfvlleged to b8 coached by Erin Hthvden (Musical Dire¢tor of Inlemational
Champions. North Metro Chorus). Anna Ajvring (Musical Director of International Champio￿, Ronninge Strwy
Chorus) and Sandra Le&Riley. a renowned Performance Judge for The Ladies ASs￿latIon of British
Barbershop Singers and The Barbwshop Harmory Society. She is also a Faculty Member of Region 31.
Sryuntied Inlemational (Fomerly Sweet Adellnes Inlematw)nal).
On October 2024 th8 chorus put o COn￿rt at, and for the benefjt of. Wlndlehur8t Metlbxiist Chur¢h. High Lanè.
All ￿￿oCeedS were for the benefft of the Church. a registered charity.
In December chorus put on a cor￿ert al St Paul's Church. Compstall. Stockport. This was very y￿11 atteThJed
and raised *Elcomo fvnd$ for the chorus.
In May th8 chorus represented the UK al the European Barbershop Championships hdd In Helsingbtyg.
S*eden. This was a great prfvllege and honour, as ￿11 as a tribute to the high quality of the chorus. *Drk.
Heartbeat Choru5 were placed 4th. a very small margin separating them from thè Fdace Chorus.
Th8 summer Vds spent in general barbershop educallon from the Assistant Muslcal Director, and slng
ts al Ioc41 Fw)stelries.
In September 2025 chorus ran a &week Slnglng course. AtteThJees learned a song with chorus and V•pre able
to perfom it at a conrArt In October. Several ladles who look part have slnrA become full chorus memters.
Fundralslng •vont•
The Fundr8i$lng team contlnue8 to meet regularly. Tho lottery has been dlsconllnued.

TnJst•
At th8 2024 AGM, 8 motth vas passed to IlmSt Ihe number Of T￿￿19¢$ to be selec1￿1 from ts membor• of
the Committee to a mlnlmum of 3 oThJ not more Ihan 6 Trustees. Tn￿le8& are appolnted ty ts Commltteo.
management commlllee is dected at the AnTh￿ Gene￿ Meetirg.
The tharitys govemin9 d¢xument Is a CA)nsbtubon fitst Odrfrted on 10 2014. The ijjrrent y￿$h￿
adopted on 25 January 2024.
Publlc b•n•fit
MeMi￿hIp is open to all members of the puN
A membership fee is charged on a montrty basis. There are rtsJ￿d rates f(x woclate memb￿9 and for
Honorary offi¢•rs
At the Annual general Meetwy Of￿ charity the members shall elect from amongst themselves a knKlen( a
VwPresident, a Sec¥et8ry. a Treasurer and a MemberslNp Sec¥etsry shall IKJkl from the
corthsion ofthal meeling.
The (*mmittee shall be Th) fehv than 3 and m morn than 10 memtws.
T1￿ Tntstees do not ctatm expenses. ￿ Trustees pay monthty subscriptK)ns to th8 chorus arnl LMJt of thi5
The ha$ a child protec¢w pdlcy as it open to Indr4wJuals of 811 ages Ir￿uding mlnNs. Cmdren often
atte￿ events hdd in the oynmuryty. The cP#)rus also has a Y￿n￿ra￿e adults ￿lCy.
FID•nclal rl•k• polky
The thvus ajrrenty have a firwnclal rf8k• pyky. The Tntslees are w•iare thal a pollry rwd$ to be

Tnwt••i r••poMlb515tlM In MBp•et of th•llnand￿ •tst•m•nt•
UrKler tho C￿lieS Acl 2011, the trustQQ$ 8r• requked lo wep8ro fmndJl statements ¥thlch g￿e a In￿ #nd
fak view of th? slate of affeh ofthe charfty 81 the •￿1 of >*ar and of th8 kKomlng applkath)n
ol res￿¢6$ dUr1r￿ the ￿T. In finatYi81 stalemenls trusleos are requktd lo..
- makejthments and eslimatgs th8t arn msonable
. statè vthether apF4Kable 8c¢ountiry slarKlards ond slalements of recommended prackn Iwe Lwn fOll￿￿d
sul¥e¢t Io any mattyial depwiure$ disdosed arml eXFlair￿d kn the rMn￿al stslgrnents
at anylimè, the of ￿ ¢hty and. al thal time, to enable thg trustees lo ensure that any
fina￿181 sl¥lemenl of accwnt wep8red by them o)mplw with the Tegulalvjns urKler 8132 of thè Chwities A¢t
2011. TW are dso resFwtsible for $afeguardM￿ th8 cw assets and hpnce for taking rea8(wble steps
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Report to th• tru8to081
membern of
Hearlbeal Choru8
On accounts for th• year
ended
30 September 2025
Charlty no
(If any)
1184575
S•t out on pag•8
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I report to the trustees on my examinatk)n of the accounts of the 8bove
charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 30 September 2025.
Rosponsibilitlès and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
basis of roport of the accounts in ac(x)rdanc* with ts requirements of the Charities Act
2011 rthe Acr).
I report in respe(l of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under sertion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have foll0v￿ the appli(xble Direclions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5Xb) of the A(
I have completed my examination. I Confi￿ that no material rnatters have
come to my attention in ￿nnectIon with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respecL
accounting r8(y)rds were not kept in accordance wrth section 130 of
theAdor
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examinerfs statsment
I have no con￿MS and have come across no othèr matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should b8 drawn in order to enable
proper underslandirvJ of the a¢￿Unts to be reached.
Slgned:
23-07-2026
Name:
Anthony Liam Conway ACA
Relevant professlonal
qualificatlon(s) or body
(If any):
Institute of Chartered A(xx)untants in England & Wales
Address:
The Studio. Hatherfow House
Hatherlow, Romiley. StoGkport
Cheshire SK6 3DY

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H••rtb•at Chon
Notm to th• a¢count•
Ymr •nd•d JO S•pt•mb•r 2025
1. Aecountlng pollcl••
The princi￿ ac¢{wnti￿ pcAw adopted, JWments s￿1 key Sour￿ of esflmation uncwtsinty
In tho of the f￿a￿l￿ ststements are as folbh7:
The finarKial staiements have been wepwed In •￿xdan￿ *ith Ac¢wntlThJ and Rew1Ko ty
accordance iti the FInar￿1 Rep￿ing StsrKlard applicable In th8 UK and Republ￿ of Ireland
(FRS102} (effe¢tive 1 January 2022)- (Charii*s SORP {FRS102)) arKI the Fina￿1* ReportirvJ
Stand¥d applicable in the UK arwj Republic of Ireland (FRS102).
Legalstalus of chwty
th￿lty Is an unirKa)rporated entity regi8tered in Pknber 2015.
The trustees (￿r￿￿ler that there are no material uncertaintss abcArt the charitls atxltyto continue
u￿eStrICted funds are available to Spttr￿ on ¥tr¥iks ltrmtfurfh￿ ary crfthe purpxes of the charity.
Dwnated funds we unrestrkted funds of th8 (tsrity TAthich the twste8s have decided at their
distret￿ to set aside for a wrpose.
Restrkled funds are funds of the charity reslJKted for Spear￿ wrF*)ses. held on trust
Delarfs of designated arKI reslrKled fuThls are set tyJi in tl* rA)tes to tho financial statements
ExFw¥Jiture is re¢ognised Th*￿1 the clwity ex[￿$ furKIs.
Wlwe I￿A￿ne has retal￿1 experxliture. arKI rdated 6xperKlilurn arn rewted gross In
recelpts and payTnents acoxinL
Other 888et8
Othw asset8 aro Stated ot hhtork81 ciAt.

H•artb••t Choru•
Not•8 to th• •¢¢ounl•
Y••r •nd•d 30 S•pl•mb•r 2025
Don•tlon• '
Donatk)ns Comprise of members donallon$ Ibelng ¢onIrl1￿11onj In excess ol subscrlplions
payat4e). thlrd party donations and 9ffl ald refund8 recefved from HM Rov6nu8 & Customs.
Fundralsln9 •v•nls
Grealw efftxt has been wl Into fvndraising this ￿ar. A dedicated FuThJralslng Team has been
8slablished. They meet regulady to organise events and to come up wlth innovalNe wayJ to
Incyease ¢hows fijnds.
& Siaff costs and tni8to• rernunorallon
The charitydoes not employ any Staff.
No trustees. or cx>nnected parties. reCe￿ad remuneration during the perlod.
6. Other a88ets
Th8 charity other assets. as at 30 September 2025, as follovts."
2025
2024
Riser stsging
Costumes
18.141
18.141
7. Funds
Restrictedfunds
2025
2024
SWA
Kind Heart fund
Lotto fund
Retreat 2026
130
2.077
1.991
753
2,307
2.744

H••rtb•ai ¢hoN•
Not•• to th• •ccouni•
Y••r •nd•d 30 S•pl•mb•r 2025
7. Fund* {eontlnu•d)
The wrpose (* tho Hewl Fund Is to mKle financlal assIsla￿ to memb8r8 vhK> wè havKKJ
ditfuTrlty in f￿￿[Kir￿j Spear￿ clKrfUS activit￿. The fund Is held kn 8 sewate bank account and
Carmt be used any other pwpose.
Details of the Lotto fund arn sh(rAn in note 4 abm. tt has been declded not to cthlnue this
furKlraiser after 31 D8cxnber 2024.
No trustee& or conne(*ed part*s, had any pers(Thl interest in •)y or tranSac￿n entered
Into by the caw durirs the
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