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## Fieri Consort
(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## Report and Financial Statements
Year Ending 31st May 2025
Charity number 1167419
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## Trustees’ Annual Report
## Reference and Administrative Details
Charity name: Fieri Consort Charity number: 1167419
## **Principal office**
7 Regents Wharf Wharf Place London E2 9BD
## **Trustees (reporting period)**
Richard Brown from 01/06/16 David Rogers from 10/03/17 Michael Roberts from 29/03/18 Yvonne Eddy from 14/01/19
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## Objectives and Activities
The object of the CIO is to advance, improve, develop and maintain the education of the public in the arts, and in particular (and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the arts of choral and other music by the organisation and/or presentation of concerts, workshops, and recitals of high educational and artistic merit, and by other such means as the trustees shall from time to time determine.
The strategies undertaken to achieve these objectives include:
- Fundraising for the development of projects and for the administration of the group.
- Exploring ways of engaging new audiences.
- Making recordings available of lesser-known gems of the early repertoire and new works by contemporary composers.
- Commissioning works.
Our main areas of activity undertaken to further the charity’s purposes for the public benefit are as follows:
- Concert performances.
- Educational workshops.
- Recordings.
- Collaborating with other art forms
This financial year, the specific activities which follow under these headings were:
- Working digitally and live with Choir of the Earth
- Developed our collaboration on the music of Christoph Graupner by recording with Camerata Øresund in Copenhagen.
## Financial Review
Over the course of the financial year the charity had a net expenditure of £6,912. This was as a result of spending to deliver the Graupner recording project for which funds were raised in the previous financial year. As a result, the overall surplus carried forward at the end of May 2025 was £10,897.
## Reserve Holding Policy
We will ensure there is at least £2,000 in reserve at all times.
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## Structure, Governance and Management
## Governing Document
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered on the 2nd June 2016. It is governed by the Fieri Consort Charitable Constitution.
## Trustee roles and appointment
The board of trustees is made up of no less than three members who meet twice a year to discuss current activities of the charity, assess the charitable performance of the group and advise on future plans and fundraising. New trustee members may be put forward by current trustees or members of the group and are considered based on experience and relevant musical and/or charitable knowledge.
## Management
The trustees appoint a Consort Manager who is also a member of the Consort, Hannah Ely, to manage the day-to-day activities of the group and delegate as appropriate to other key members of the group. The Manager may also seek support for general administration and specific projects when financially viable to do so.
## Remuneration
The trustees have approved remuneration for administration time for the Consort Manager and other members of the group who take part in the management of the Consort.
No individual received remuneration in excess of £60,000 in either year.
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## Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31st May 2025
|2025||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Prior period**|**Further**|
||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**total funds**|**details**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||
|**Income and endowments**||||||
|**from:**||||||
|Donations and legacies|9,576|
-|
9,576|
22,413|
A1|
|Charitable activities|18,663|
-|
18,663|
43,879|
A2|
|Other trading activities|-|
-|
-|
2,768|
A3|
|Investments|-|
-|
-|
-||
|Other|-|
-|
-|
-||
|**Total**|**28,239**|
**-**|
**28,239**|
**69,060**||
|**Expenditure on:**||||||
|Raising funds|-3,000|
-|
-3,000|
-|
B1|
|Charitable activities|21,192|
16,479|
37,671|
57,535|
B2|
|Other|480|
-|
480|
-||
|**Total**|18,672|
16,479|
35,151|
**57,535**||
|**Net income/(expenditure)**|9,567|
-16,479|
-6,912|
**11,525**||
|**Transfers between funds**|-|
-|
-|
-||
|**Net movement in funds**|9,567|
-16,479|
-6,912|
**11,525**||
|**Reconciliation of funds:**||||||
|Total funds brought forward|1,330|
16,479|
17,809|
6,284||
|**Total funds carried forward**|**10,897**|
**-**|
**10,897**|
**17,809**||
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## Statement of financial position as at 31st May 2025
|**Current assets:**
Debtors
Investments
Cash at bank and in hand
**Total current asset****_s_**
**Liabilities:**
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
Deferred Income
**Total net assets or liabilities**
**The funds of the charity:**
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
Total unrestricted funds
**Total charity funds**|**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-
11,377
18,289|
|---|---|
||**11,377**
**18,289**|
||480
480
-
-|
||**10,897**
**17,809**|
||-
16,479
10,897
1,330
10,897
1,330|
||**10,897**
**17,809**|
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## Notes
## Accounting Policies
The accounting policies adopted by the Fieri Consort are intended to enable a clear and transparent reading of the elements of the financial report.
## Restricted and unrestricted funds
Funds are restricted where they have been raised for a clearly communicated purpose or project or have been designated as such by the donor. Unrestricted funds may come from sales of tickets or CDs and payment for concerts and workshops, whereas restricted funds generally arise from crowdfunding, individual giving or a grant-making organisation.
## Allocation of income and expenditure
Income/expenditure are allocated by project. Sales of CDs or tickets are allocated to the recording or performance/workshop relevant to the sale item, regardless of whether that item was purchased during the course of a different project. For example, a CD purchased at the end of a concert would be associated with the recording project for that CD.
## A1 Income from donations and legacies
Restricted funds raised for the Graupner recording project.
## A2 Income from charitable activities
Comprising payments from promoters to undertake charitable activities.
## A3 Other trading activities
Sales of CDs.
## B1 Expenditure on raising funds
Refund of unspent fundraising payments from prior year.
## B2 Expenditure on charitable activities
Graupner recording project with Camerata Øresund.
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## Analysis of movement in restricted funds
|Restricted funds b/f at 1.6.24
Restricted income for y/ended 31.5.25
Restricted expenditure for y/ended 31.5.25
**Total restricted funds at 31.5.25**|£
16,479
-
16,479|
|---|---|
||-|
## Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds
|Unrestricted funds b/f at 1.6.24
Net unrestricted income/(expenditure) for
y/ended 31.5.25
**Total unrestricted funds at 31.5.25**|£
1,330
9,567|
|---|---|
||**10,897**|
## Description of movement in unrestricted funds
Net income/(expenditure) is £9,567, comprising fees from promoters, CD sales, ticket sales, donations and Fieri Friend subscriptions minus expenses of performers’ fees, venue hire, promotion, general administrative expenses and CD manufacturing.
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The financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the trustees on _________________ and are signed on their behalf by:
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………………………………………………………... - Trustee
**Cocke, Vellacott & Hill**
**C H A R T E R E D A C C O U N T A N T S**
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FIERI CONSORT**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Fieri Consort (“the charity”) for the year ended 31 May 2025.
## **RESPONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- (1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- (2) the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- (3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and contents 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 concerns 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.
DAVID WARREN BA FCA Cocke, Vellacott & Hill Unit 15 City Business Centre Lower Road LONDON SE16 2XB
25 March 2026
D.K. WARREN (Partner) K.A. PANAYI (Partner) J.A. RUSSELL (Consultant) C.W. BRAILEY (Consultant) Cocke, Vellacott & Hill is a partnership registered to carry out audit work in the UK by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Details of our audit registration can be viewed at www.auditregister.org.uk under reference number C005310520.