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2023-08-31-accounts

CHESTER BACH SINGERS

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

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CHESTER BACH SINGERS

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER

1168644

PRINCIPAL ADDRESS

8 Bryn Aur Gorsedd Holywell Flintshire CH8 8RA TRUSTEES Helen Crich Chairperson Diane Rooney from 17 August 2022 Secretary Nicola Brooks Treasurer Linda Curran Andy Parsley from 17 August 2022 Cath Glazzard from 06 June 2023 Sean Tighe until 21 October 2022

MUSICAL DIRECTOR REHEARSAL ACCOMPANIST

CatherineMartin BarnettBussey

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

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BANKERS

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CHESTER BACH SINGERS FOR TRUSTEES' REPORT THE YEAR ENDED 34 AUGUST 2023 Chester Bach Singers is registered with the Charity Commissioners (No, 1168644)

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OBJECTIVES The objectives of the Society are to provide, maintain and advance musical education by means of public performance. ORGANISATION The Charity is administered by the Trustees who hold fegular meetings through the year, TRUSTEES The Trustees are elected atthe AGM for a three year term and may serve for up to three consecutive terms. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND FINANCIAL RESULTS The programme of music explored this season ranged widely in both style and Period - from Tomas Luis de Victoria of the 17th, century,to the 20th.and 21st.century composers who featured in all our concerts apart from the March performance of St, repertoireMatthew Passion.Sacredfeatured severalmusicfemale wascomposers. juxtaposed not only with the spiritual but also with jazzy numbers from the 1940s. The October 2022 We were able to put on the workshop on American music, under the direction of guest workshop director Ellie Slorach,which composershad been postponed along with from the the Opportunity original planned to sing some date better in 2020.This known enjoyable works. event introduced participants to some less familiar Our October concert ‘Radiant Splendour’ - music of love and light presented the 1605 Requiem of Victoria,the movements being interspersed with Gustay Holst's Hymns from the Rig Veda(women's volves} and Elgar's Five Part Songs from the Green Anthology(men’sHindu and Greek voices). Orthodox. The programme expiored music inspired by three different Spiritual backgrounds - Roman Catholic, December 2022 As in 2021,we performed our carol concert twice in St. Werburgh's Church.in accordance with our now established practice,we invfam i tedlies choir with members emotional andsupport. audience to donate to a local cause,which this year was Koala,a charity which provides children and January 2023 Our January workshop is a well-established event. This year we offered a rather different Opportunity, hosting ' Choral inspirations'.a workshop designed and led by the professional ensemble ‘Sonoro' well known in the choral repertoire,and six newly commissioned pieces inspired by thoseAt this workshop, familiar ones.participants Whereas sang our sixworkshops pieces usually generate significant income for the‘shor, the aim this time was to coverour costs while providing the opportunity for our ° For members, members and participants to work with some different Musicians and to explore new and famitiar works in an innovative way, ‘ will feature in ourthe 2023/24 learning has been programme. carried forward into our subsequent rehearsal and performance,and some of the new works March 2023 For this concert we were able to present one ofthe best known and loved works of our Ramesake,Johann Sebastian Bach, andperformingsix excelient the St.Matthewsoloists, Passion in St.John's Church,We were pleased to be reunited with the Eighteenth Century Sinfonia June 2023 Having previously performed music of the 1920sand 1930s, we moved this year to the 1940s,a concert which featured works from musical theatre as well as from the classical repertoire.At this concert,we were pleased to see both familiar faces and new audience members reflecting the wide appeal of the repertoire presented. Financial results ourThe Trusteesbudgeted arelevels. pleased to report that audience numbers have returned to their pre-Covid jevels,and overail Slightly exceeded : took We were also able to undertake more paid carol singing events which provided useful additional income.We to reschedule the decision[this] to[ at] cancel a[future] our[date.] scheduled * Come and Sing lolanthe ‘ in May because of the low number of bookings.We hope The St.Matthew Passion required us to draw on our reserves, which has meant a substantial fail over the previous year. Putting inon aanticipation,as large scale of we thishad kinddone, in as authentic a way as possibie is costly, however,and means that we need to build up reserves Members’ subscriptions were held at the same level as the previousyear (£160). gratefulWe werefor able some to respondgenerous. to additional some requestsdonations.for caro} singing and awedding,raising £ 800 from these opportunities,and are Over the year,therefore,the choir incurred a net loss of £6820,which proved less than we had planned for.We therefore start 2023/24 with reserves near our preferred minimum,with plans to end next season with an overall surplus.it is worth noting, however, that the costs of our rehearsal venue were met in the preceding and Subsequent years due to the timing of invoices.To this extent the end of year reserve is approximately £ 900 more than we would normally expect. RESERVES accounts. The cash reserves amount to £ 10591 (2022 ¢ 17411) and surplus funds are invested in two interest-bearing bank years. ' The Trustees consider that these reserves are necessary to fund the Charity's activities in the forthcoming 2

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHESTER BACH SINGERS

| report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages 4-6

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND THE EXAMINER

The charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.The charity considers that an audit is not required for this period(under section 43(2) of the Charities Act(the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

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It is my responsibility to :

BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charities Commissioners.This examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters.The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and | do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT

in connection with my examination,no matter has come to my attention :

1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements : - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act,and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act

have not been met.

2 to which,in my opinion,attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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CHESTER BACH SINGERS

all funds are unrestricted

STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES AS AT 34 AUGUST 2023 OASAL ST AUGUST 2023

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||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Cash:|Funds|31|August 2023|31|August 2022| |Bank Deposit account|:|6833|70249| |Bank Deposit|account|2967|4759| |Bank Current account|720|2305| |Cash|Float|held by the Treasurer|74|98| |10591|17411| |Assets|retained|for own|use| |Equipment and music|-|net realisable value|2444|2220| |Equipment and music|-|nominal value|0|0| |Current|Asset| |Debtors|i)|0| |Liabilities| |Sundry creditors|0|0|

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Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by :

J i. : H.Crich ( Chairperson)

N.Brooks (Treasurer)

The notes on page 6 form an integral part of these financial statements.All funds are unrestricted.

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CHESTER BACH SINGERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with The Charities(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2000,the Statement of Recommended practice ( SORP) " Accounting and Reporting by Charities " and with applicable accounting standards.

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1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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The principal accounting policy adopted in the preparation of the financial statements is : set out below and remains unchanged from the previous period. . Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements The financial statements have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis. STAFF COSTS : 2023 2022 £ £ Officers ' and Committee expenses for the year comprised : Re-imbursed expenses Nil Nil None of the Trustees received remuneration during the year. ( 2022 : Nil) Nil Nil

The financial statements have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis.

2 STAFF COSTS

3 RELATED PARTIES

The Trustees(with the exception of Andy Parsley) are members of the choir and pay the same subscription rate as all other choir members.

4 ASSETS

The Trustees carried out a valuation exercise on the Sociey's physical assets and music scores in year ended 31 August 2020.

The valuation exercise comprised : -

The Trustees have updated their valuation exercise to 31 August 2023 and have concluded that those assets have a net realisable value of £ 2444 (2022 : £ 2220).These assets had a nominal value of £ 660 in 2019. They also concluded that the replacement cost of the Society's assets is £10347 ( 2022 : £ 7661). These valuations are shown for information purposes only.

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Chester Bach Society

Receipts & Payments Account for the

Year ended 31 August 2023

Year ended 31 August 2023

Year ended 31 August 2022

RECEIPTS

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Donations& Legacies
Members Subscriptions 6559 6822
Donations 4123 410
GiftAid
,Tax repayment		 1127 614
8309 7446
Operating Activities to further charity's objects
Concert Income 7607 3577
Workshop Income 2808 2009
Fees for Performances 800 0
11215 5586
Operating activities to generate funds
Fundraising activities 0 90
Investment Income receipts
Bank interest 119 4
TOTAL RECEIPTS 20143 13126
PAYMENTS
Cost of Fundraising . 0 0
Charitable Activities
Concertexpenses 20210 11814
Workshop expenses 5157 679
25367 12493
Management&Administration 1596 1276
TOTAL PAYMENTS 26963 13769
Net receipts (payments)fortheyear -6820 -~643
Unrestricted cash and bank , to begin 17411 18054
Unrestrictedcashandbank,toend 10591 17411

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