## **Kidderminster Male Choir CIO Report and Financial Statements Year ending 31 March 2022 Charity number 1176147** The aims of the Choir are: - To achieve and maintain musical excellence. - To promote an atmosphere of fellowship and mutual support within the Choir. - To give pleasure and satisfaction to all for whom the Choir performs. - To make a major and positive contribution to the life of the community or communities served by the Choir. - As an adjunct to its activities raise money in support of other charities nominated by the Committee. - To carry out regular structured review and evaluation of the performance of the Choir, in all aspects of its life and work, and to use this process to refresh its Aims and Objectives and the ways in which they are pursued. - To have an Annual General Meeting open to all qualifying members. - To comply with any instructions from the Trustees in so far as they are pertinent to permitting the Trustees to fulfil their obligations under the Trust Deed. These aims are historically met through regular meetings of members for the purposes of rehearsal to improve technical skill and to prepare for public performances in theatres, and at weddings and funerals. The choir has also undertaken tours which may be of short duration and involving members only or of longer duration where members may be accompanied by wives / partners and by ‘friends of the choir’.From time to time the choir has participated in competitions with other Male Voice Choirs which will involve technical assessment by professional judges as well as entertainment for the public. The choir was relatively successful in holding together during the Covid pandemic with most members continuing to pay their subscriptions. By April 2021 it had been possible to restart rehearsals initially with some reticence on the part of some members but this slowly dissipated and by the summer full rehearsals were taking place and it was possible to replace the temporary financial support arrangements for the professional team with the normal fee on attendance provisions The day to day administration of the choir is delegated by the Trustees to a Committee elected by the membership of choir. The Trustees are eligible for election to this role and during the period under report four of the six Trustees did serve on the Committee. The Trustees set out the requirements for budgeting and management of income and expenditure to ensure that the activities of the choir fall within the requirements of the CIO constitution. Turning to financial matters, the Trustees do not have any employees but the Choir receives professional services from an independent Musical Director and two Accompanists to whom fees are paid on a sessional basis. Choir income has been generated, as indicated above, primarily from Membership subscriptions which are set at a level designed to cover the overall general administration costs of the choir including such items as the hire of halls for rehearsals and the sessional fees of the professional support. However it became possible to obtain external income from performances on a limited basis in the latter part of 2021 and early 2022. ## **Reference and Administrative Details** ## **The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission as a CIO number 1176147** ## **The current registered address is 2 Sandmartin Way, Kidderminster, DY10 4DQ** ## **Independent Examiner: Bridgepoint Accountants Limited, 16 New St, Stourport-on-Severn DY13 8U** ## **Trustees** : John Cadwallader Appointed to serve until July 2022 - Treasurer Stephen Clark Appointed to serve until July 2022 - Secretary Robin Copeman` Appointed to serve until July 2022 Peter Morgan Appointed to serve until July 2022– Chairman Richard Millner Appointed to serve until July 2023 Keith Walton Appointed to serve until July 2023 Nigel Wolfenden Appointed to serve until July 2023 ## **Appointment of Trustees** Trustees are appointed by the Trustees of the Kidderminster Male Trust CIO acting with advice and guidance of the Membership of the Kidderminster Male Choir. ## **Trustee Administration** The Trustees normally meet three times a year but more frequently if necessary to provide additional advice and guidance to the Management Committee. ## **Trustee Remuneration** The Trustees receive no remuneration other than the reclaim of legitimate necessarily incurred expenses. ## **Attachments** Report and Accounts Submitted by order of the Trustees Stephen Clark Secretary Kidderminster Male Choir – Audited Accounts 2020/21 Explanatory Notes The audited accounts show an excess of expenditure over income of £1154 reflecting the continuation of Covid-related costs without much opportunity to generate revenue. The strategy of last year designed to keep our professional support team in place worked well and ensured that we were able to ramp up opportunities to resume normal activities promptly. Inevitably we were unable to support other charities during the period but a pleased that moving in to next financial year indications of being able to do so are more encouraging KIDDERMINSTER MALE CHOIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 2022 2021 INC'OIIF. SI'.4'1'Tr'NIF.W'I' IN('OlfF Gener*1 C.oTr¢ert Tour Totlll I'ot41 12.974 1.833 399 512 13.885 1.833 HMRC- tiill Aid 5¥le i)l-k¢ib08rd Ini¢rcsi 2.199 Toial Inwinc 14.807 399 512 15,718 13J77 I-IPENDI'fi'RL l'oaches. travel & I{K￿lDn expensc5 R¢licJr$81s & cv¥ni4 RooTll hire. slora8e & stage costs Music &. arti51s Unifom costs 90 12.%76 Mo 315 8,592 1,455 444 30 169 961 30 109 192 Adv¢nising l.ot￿ charli¥ support Admin expcn5i'S W¢bsil¢ UP8rade Sundr> expeiises InsurknLL' Ranielsifi￿*Und[aISIllg 5(M) 507 280 500 507 280 467 1.760 755 36 BournL'tnouih Rh11￿]￿d 13dnk Chi￿ge$ Deprecialion 17,271 13.412 INC'O.%IE IN ￿cTr.55 1)F EIPFNDI T'l'.kE -1.306 -760 INCOIIE Ih LKCESS OF. LIVkNDITI',RE -1.554 -35 ..11.'C.QI'JI'.I￿T5 REPI)RT In a¢¥oritaiiLi il'iil) iour ITISlruLlions w¢ have Prepared without ttudil IhL' aL¢ouiiis for lh¢ w¢ar ¢￿d￿ 3151 MotLh 2V22 Irom vuur books. [￿ordS dnd Liplanaiion% provided to us. Brid2epoint..l¢¢ount4nts l.imiled 01 .1￿lle 2022 .4PPROI"AI. l apprO￿e tlic aitached accollnls and conl1T[￿ thai I have mth. ai'gilgbl¢ all the relevani reLDrds & infomiaiion r¢quir¢d lor Ilicir pripgr41ion. I considir ihat ille& Idirli relleci ihe pLYiod under r¢VIe￿ and th¢ liiianancial posiiion of the trust 3151 Moreh 2022 John C'adwallader Tre95urer 01 Jumt 2022 KIDDERMINSTER MALE CHOIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 STATEMENTOb ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 2022 2022 2021 2021 FIXED ASSETS 227 341 CI,'RRENT ASSLTS Stock Bank- Cvrreni Accouni Bank- Dew51t Account Prepayments & Accrlled Income 2.906 1,573 20,330 100 24,909 3,688 2.117 21.327 27.132 CI.'RRENT LIABILITIES 25,137 REPRF.SENTED BY Accumulated fllnd5 blfi¥d General Accollni Concert Account Tour Account 27,473 28.290 .1.306 -760 512 -251 215 -1,554 -782 -35 -782 Movement on 5t(Kk (exc un&fomil 2).137 27,47.6