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**The Lute Society**
**Contents**
**Charity No. 1178599**
|Report of the trustees|1-3|
|---|---|
|Statement of financial activities|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notes forming part of the accounts|6-10|
|Report of the independent examiner|11|
**The Lute Society**
**Charity No. 1178599**
**Report of the trustees**
_for the year ended 31 December 2022_
The trustees present their report and accounts of the Lute Society (the “Society”) for the year ended 31 December 2022. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of SORP (FRS 102) (“the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102”), FRS 102 itself, the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
In following SORP (FRS 102), the accounts have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 which require an earlier Charities SORP, since withdrawn. This departure is as advised by the Charity Commission and is only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’.
## **Objectives and activities**
The objects of the Society are to advance the study of, and to educate the public in, the history, playing technique, music, construction and other aspects of the lute and related instruments.
To further these objectives the Society produces a quarterly magazine for members and an annual scholarly journal; publishes editions of sheet music for the lute; maintains a collection of lutes and related instruments available for hire; and holds regular public meetings including presentation of research papers and performances of lute music.
In setting our objectives and planning our activities the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance.
## **Achievements and performance**
Further details of the Society's activities, publications and lutes available for hire can be found on the Society's website at www.lutesociety.org.
## _Membership_
Anyone interested in the lute, whether as a maker, player, musicologist, or for whatever reason, is welcome to become a member for a modest subscription. Concessionary subscriptions are available. There were 1,183 (2021: 1,226) subscribing members at the end of December, including 452 members (2021: 364) who in return for a slightly lower subscription receive the magazine and journal in electronic format only.
|Geographical distribution of members:
UK
Europe
USA and Canada
Japan
Australia and New Zealand
Other countries|**2022**
496
324
259
49
41
14
1,183|**2021**
518
340
268
45
41
14|
|---|---|---|
|||1,226|
## _Magazine and journal_
The quarterly magazine for members, _Lute News_ , distributed to members by post or on-line, and the _Lutezine,_ available to them on-line _,_ include articles on subjects related to the lute, and a music supplement with sheet music not generally accessible otherwise. New members are sent an introductory _New members’ pack_ with a selection of sheet music for the lute. The pack was reprinted during the year, with a print run of 600 copies.
The annual scholarly journal, The Lute, is produced in arrears, and is sent to those who were members of the Society for the relevant year. The Society published no journals during the year, but plans to issue the journal for 2018 and further journals in the coming year.
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**The Lute Society**
**Report of the trustees (continued)** _for the year ended 31 December 2022_
**Charity No. 1178599**
## _Publications_
The Society publishes sheet music editions, working plans, and other publications relating to the lute and related instruments. Popular titles are pre-printed and held in stock, while others are printed to order. During the year, the Society published a tablature edition of Robert de Visée’s _Pièces de théorbe et de luth_ originally published in stave notation, _Songs from the Shows_ (contemporary settings of songs from plays by Shakespeare and others), an edition of John Wilson’s _Cheerful Airs_ , and arrangements for lute of Gaelic airs. Work in progress includes editions of the works of Daniel Bacheler and François Dufault, and a facsimile edition of Playford’s _Choice Ayres, Songs and Dialogues_ .
The Society also sells publications from other publishers who are no longer active including the Brian Jordan/Scolar Press editions of English Ayres and early guitar music from Chanterelle. The Society continues to promote modern lute music, and makes modern compositions by members available for downloading from its web page.
## _Hire of instruments_
The Society's collection of lutes and similar instruments enables potential players to experiment before buying their own instrument. The more unusual instruments in the collection, including lutes of different sizes and tunings, enable groups to perform the particular works requiring these instruments, and the smaller lutes encourage children to take up the lute.
During the year, the Society received donations of an 8 course renaissance lute in E and a 13 course baroque lute from Matthew Ridgeon, and a 6 course Egyptian oud from Rod White.
## _Public meetings_
The Society holds regular public meetings including the presentation of papers, and live performances of music for the lute and similar instruments either in a formal concert setting or illustrating papers. Attendance at meetings is normally free for members of the Society and the general public, but there is an admission fee for the main recital afterwards.
The normal programme of quarterly meetings in London was resumed following the relaxation of Covid restrictions. Parts of the meetings were recorded so that members unable to attend could view them later on-line. In February two recently restored instruments from the Royal Academy of Music’s museum were demonstrated, and David van Edwards spoke about the history of lute cases before the introduction of plywood. In May, Ian Pittaway explored medieval plucked instruments. September’s meeting included Din Ghani’s explanation of the role of Fleet Street in English lute song publishing, and in December Thea Abbott reminisced about the late Bob Spencer, a seminal figure in the Society.
The London meetings also included mini recitals, and each meeting ended with a main concert, given by Yair Avidor, Jakob Lindberg, Sam Brown with Dowland Youth Works, and Nigel North. In April, a further meeting was held in Oxford jointly with the Viola da Gamba Society, on the theme of William Lawes’ music and his connections with Oxford.
A similarly varied programme is already in place for 2023.
## _Educational and outreach activities_
Benslow Music Trust held a four day educational course, the 'Lutefest', at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, in association with the Society, which included individual tuition for participants, and workshops and performances with singers, other instrumentalists and lute consorts. The ‘Lutefest’ will be repeated in 2023.
The Society encourages members to participate in a variety of lute related activities. In March, a playing day was held in Yorkshire jointly with the North Eastern Music Forum. Several informal 'Flow my beers' evenings were held in pubs, with opportunities for lutenists to play.
The Society also maintains links with related societies worldwide, and sent a representative to meetings in Basel and Milan.
## **Volunteers**
The Society is indebted to the considerable work done voluntarily by its members and others which include editing publications and getting them ready for publication, contributions to the magazine and journal, participation in public meetings, and serving on the committee.
## **Financial review**
Funds at the end of the year were £166,640 (2021: £154,237) including £14,477 (2021: £10,141) in the general fund, £151,806 (2021: £143,760) in the instrument fund and £357 (2021: £336) in the student bursary fund. Donations in 2023 included a significant bequest of £9,648 from Gillian Brown, a former member.
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**The Lute Society**
**Report of the trustees (continued)** _for the year ended 31 December 2022_
**Charity No. 1178599**
## _Reserves policy_
The reserves policy is to set the instrument fund equal to the value of instruments held in fixed assets and to maintain the remaining reserves in a general fund at a level where income covers expenditure (excluding one-off costs) year on year. The financial risks of rising and falling demand are managed by matching expenditure to income where possible. The Society's cash surplus results in part from membership subscriptions received up to three years in advance and the backlog of annual journals for previous years not yet produced. The trustees consider this policy adequate to cover future contingencies as if additional cash is needed the Society can sell instruments.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Lute Society is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), charity no. 1178599, formed under a constitution dated 5 May 2018. It is the successor to the unincorporated Lute Society, which was formed in 1956 and became a registered charity on 24 January 2001, and which transferred its operations and assets to the CIO on 31 December 2018.
As trustees, the elected members of the committee examine the major risks which the Society faces when preparing and updating plans for future activities.
## _Principal office_
3 Dolcey Way, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LE.
|_Charity trustees_|_Officers and co-opted members of the committee (non-voting)_|
|---|---|
|David van Edwards, President|Secretary: Christopher Goodwin|
|Luke Emmet, Chair and website editor (appointed 7 May 2022) Publicity secretary: Hector Sequera||
|Nancy Carlin|New CD listings, reviews editor: John Reeve|
|Sam Chapman||
|Richard Corran|_Other roles_|
|Kevin Drake|Lute hire administrators: Bridgewood & Neitzert|
|Martin Hudson (appointed 7 May 2022)|Plans administrator: Bruce Brook|
|Peter Jones|Microfilm librarian: John Reeve|
|David Protheroe, Treasurer (appointed 7 May 2022)|Donald Gill librarian: Djilda Segerman|
|Sarah Shepley|Magazine editor: Christopher Goodwin|
|Alain Verberkmoes (appointed 7 May 2022)|Journal editor: Christopher Goodwin|
|Kevin Feeney (resigned 2 December 2022)|Editorial sub-committee: Michael Lowe, Tim Crawford,|
|Nick Gravestock (retired 7 May 2022)|John Robinson, Peter Forrester, Matthew Spring,|
|Paul Overell (retired 7 May 2022)|David van Edwards, Christopher Page, Peter Holman|
|Elizabeth Pallett (retired 7 May 2022)||
|Matthew Spring (retired 7 May 2022)|_Honorary members_|
||Anthony Bailes|
||John Robinson|
|_Independent examiner_|Peter Lay|
|Michael Gray|Dame Emma Kirkby CBE|
Approved by the trustees on 15 April 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
**Luke Emmet, Chair**
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**The Lute Society**
**Statement of financial activities**
**Charity No. 1178599**
_for the year ended 31 December 2022_
|Note
**Income**
_from donations and legacies_
Donations of instruments
Donations to student bursary fund
Other donations
_from charitable activities_
Membership subscriptions
Magazine and journal
4
Publications
5
Hire of instruments
6
Public meetings
7
_other income_
Bank interest
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
_on charitable activities_
Magazine and journal
4
Publications
5
Hire of instruments
6
Public meetings
7
Awards of student bursaries
**Total expenditure**
**Net income for the year**
_Reconciliation of funds_
Total funds at 1 January as restated
14, 15
**Total funds at 31 December**
**14, 15**|Unrestricted
funds
**£**|Restricted
funds
**£**|Total
**2022**
**£**
5,400
410
10,727
16,537
39,832
140
18,225
14,928
2,723
75,848
175
**92,560**
47,581
15,977
7,572
8,638
389
**80,157**
**12,403**
154,237
**166,640**|_Total funds_
**2021**
**as restated**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||5,400
-
10,727|-
410
-|5,400
410
10,727|_-_
_165_
_1,288_|
||16,127|410||_1,453_|
||39,832
140
18,225
14,928
2,723|-
-
-
-
-|39,832
140
18,225
14,928
2,723|_39,794_
_70_
_19,214_
_13,521_
_808_|
||75,848
175
**92,150**
47,581
15,977
7,572
8,638
-
**79,768**
**12,382**
153,901
**166,283**|-
-
**410**
-
-
-
-
389
**389**
**21**
336
**357**||_73,407_
_13_|
|||||**74,873**|
|||||_41,624_
_17,412_
_8,691_
_6,223_
_-_|
|||||**73,950**|
|||||**923**
_153,314_|
|||||**154,237**|
Comparative figures for 2021 have been restated for a prior year adjustment (see note 3).
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**The Lute Society**
**Charity No. 1178599**
**Balance sheet**
_at 31 December 2022_
|Note
**Tangible fixed assets**
9
**Current assets**
Stock
10
Debtors
Current asset investments – short term deposits
Cash and cash equivalents
Liabilities: amounts falling due within one year
11
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
12
**Provisions for liabilities**
13
**Net assets**
**Funds**
_Unrestricted funds_
Instrument fund
13
General fund
13
_Restricted income funds_
Student bursary fund
14
**Total funds**
**Liabilities:**amounts falling due after more than one year|31 December
**2022**
**£**
152,080
3,836
1,824
10,059
53,772
69,491
(27,513)
41,978
194,058
(5,302)
(22,116)
**166,640**
151,806
14,477
166,283
357
**166,640**|_31 December_
**2021**
**as restated**
**£**
_143,927_|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||_4,734_
_1,648_
_-_
_53,586_|
|||_59,968_
_(25,562)_|
|||_34,406_|
|||_178,333_
_(5,333)_
_(18,763)_|
|||**154,237**|
||||
|||_143,760_
_10,141_|
|||_153,901_
_336_|
|||**154,237**|
Comparative figures for 31 December 2021 have been restated for a prior year adjustment (see note 3).
The accounts on pages 4 to 10 were approved by the trustees on 15 April 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
**Luke Emmet, Chair**
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**The Lute Society**
**Charity No. 1178599**
**Notes forming part of the accounts**
_for the year ended 31 December 2022_
## **1. General**
The Lute Society is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales under number 1178599. Its principal office is at 3 Dolcey Way, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LE.
## **2. Accounting policies**
## _Basis of preparation_
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) second edition, FRS 102, the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
## _Accounting convention_
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the inclusion of donated assets at fair value in 1997 or at the date of acquisition if later. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis.
## _Going concern_
The trustees consider the Society is a going concern as there are no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue and it is able to manage its costs in line with income.
## _Apportionment of support costs_
Support costs are apportioned to activities to present the costs of those activities fairly, in proportion to the related income, the purpose of the expenditure, or the secretary’s time on each activity.
## _Fixed assets_
Fixed assets are recorded at cost or, if donated to the Society, at their fair value on the date of the gift. Depreciation is provided at 33% a year on cost for office equipment in order to write it off over its estimated useful life. No depreciation is provided on instruments for hire because of their high residual value. Fixed assets are regularly assessed for impairment, and written down if impaired.
## _Stock_
Stock is recorded at the lower of cost of net realisable value. Because of the long periods over which stock for resale is held, ten years or more, and the uncertainty over future sales, net realisable value is generally taken to be zero once a title reaches its break-even point. The effect of this is that stock for resale is written down by cumulative sales until those cumulative sales equal cost and the stock reaches nil value. Any further sales are credited directly to income.
Slow moving stock is assessed for impairment at the end of each year, and impairment losses are recognised or reversed accordingly.
## _Deferred income_
Subscriptions and hire income paid in advance are carried forward in the balance sheet as deferred income. Deferred income is discounted by the time value of money, if material, over the period until it is expected to be settled.
## _Cash and cash equivalents_
Cash and cash equivalents include bank current accounts and deposits with an original maturity of less than three months. Bank deposits with a maturity of more than three months are included in short term deposits.
## _Provisions_
The estimated costs of printing and distributing the annual journal and quarterly magazines are provided in the year to which the journal or magazine relates because members are entitled to receive a copy for each year that they belong. The provision is discounted by the time value of money over the period until it is expected to be settled, if material.
## _Instrument fund_
The instrument fund is an unrestricted fund designated by the trustees to establish a collection of lute and related instruments. Donated instruments which the trustees intend to hold permanently for the benefit of the Society are credited to the instrument fund at the fair value on the date of donation. When an instrument is purchased, the amount of the purchase is transferred from the general fund to the instrument fund. Impairments or reversals are charged or credited to the instrument fund. Other income and expenditure relating to the instruments is included in the general fund.
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**The Lute Society**
**Charity No. 1178599**
**Notes forming part of the accounts** _for the year ended 31 December 2022_
## _Donated goods and services_
Donated goods are recognised at fair value at the date of the donation. Donated services are measured at the value of the gift to the Society. No accounting value however is placed on the time contributed by volunteers because it can’t be calculated reliably.
## _Cash flow statement_
No cash flow statement has been presented as FRS102 exempts small entities from disclosing cash flows.
## **3. Prior year adjustment**
Repairs and maintenance of hire instruments were understated by £1,940 in 2021. In these accounts, the comparative figures for repairs and maintenance in note 6 and trade creditors in note 11 have been increased by £1,940. The effect on the general fund is shown in note 14. There is no effect on periods prior to 2021.
## **4. Magazine and journal**
|**4. Magazine and journal**
Income from advertising in magazine
_Expenditure_
Quarterly magazine printing
Annual journal printing
New members’ packs reprinting
Postage and packing
Allocation of support costs (note 8)
Net expenditure on magazine and journal
**5. Publications**
Income from sales of publications
_Expenditure_
Printing to order
Cost of sales from stock
Postage and packing
Impairment of stock
Allocation of support costs (note 8)
Net income on publications
**6. Hire of instruments**
Income from hire of instruments
_Expenditure_
Repairs and maintenance (2021 restated – see note 3)
Instrument administration
Allocation of support costs (note 8)
Net income from hire of instruments|**2022**
140
13,057
2,700
1,592
14,000
16,232
47,581
47,441
18,225
4,961
1,178
5,531
-
4,307
15,977
2,248
**2022**
14,928
2,960
2,507
2,105
7,572
7,356|**2021**
_70_|
|---|---|---|
|||_11,351_
_2,320_
_-_
_11,987_
_15,966_|
|||_41,624_|
|||_41,554_|
|||_19,214_|
|||_4,517_
_1,755_
_4,318_
_2,653_
_4,169_|
|||_17,412_|
|||_1,802_|
|||**2021**
**restated**
_13,521_|
|||_3,628_
_3,208_
_1,855_|
|||_8,691_|
|||_4,830_|
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**The Lute Society**
**Charity No. 1178599**
**Notes forming part of the accounts**
_for the year ended 31 December 2022_
|**7. Public meetings**
Income from concert tickets and refreshments
_Expenditure_
Performers and lecturers (including virtual meetings)
Hire of venue
Allocation of support costs (note 8)
Net expenditure on public meetings
**8. Support costs**
Apportionment method
Secretary's fee
secretary’s time on each activity
Office costs
secretary’s time on each activity
Travelling expenses
secretary’s time on each activity
Bank charges
related income
Depreciation of office equipment (note 9)
secretary’s time on each activity
Public liability insurance
meetings
Governance
secretary’s time on each activity
Publicity
secretary’s time on each activity
_Apportionment of support costs to charitable activities_
Magazine and journal (note 4)
Publications (note 5)
Hire of instruments (note 6)
Public meetings (note 7)
The independent examiner received no remuneration (2021: £nil).|**2022**
2,723
3,734
2,653
2,251
8,638
5,915
18,516
2,288
2,206
1,619
129
96
41
-
24,895
16,232
4,307
2,105
2,251
24,895|**2021**
_808_|
|---|---|---|
|||_3,133_
_1,200_
_1,890_|
|||_6,223_|
|||_5,415_|
|||_18,825_
_1,394_
_1,491_
_1,380_
_103_
_48_
_140_
_499_|
|||_23,880_|
|||_15,966_
_4,169_
_1,855_
_1,890_|
|||_23,880_|
Postage, packing and stationery costs are allocated directly to the relevant activity.
|**9. Tangible fixed assets**
_Cost or valuation_
At 1 January 2022
Acquisitions
Donations
At 31 December 2022
At 1 January 2022
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2022
At 31 December 2022
_At 31 December 2021_
_Accumulated depreciation and impairment_
_Net book value_|Instruments
for hire
145,609
2,647
5,400
153,656
1,850
-
1,850
151,806
_143,759_||Office
equipment
3,957
235
-
4,192
3,789
129
3,918
274
_168_|Total
149,566
2,882
5,400|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||157,848||
|||||5,639
129||
|||||5,768||
|||||152,080||
|||||_143,927_||
There were no capital commitments (2021: £nil).
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**The Lute Society**
**Charity No. 1178599**
**Notes forming part of the accounts**
_for the year ended 31 December 2022_
|**10. Stock**
31 December
**2022**
Held for resale
3,416
Consumables
420
3,836|_31 December_
**2021**
_2,574_
_2,160_|
|---|---|
||_4,734_|
Stock held for resale includes facsimiles and modern editions of lute music. Other publications printed to order are not included in stock. The stock of consumables comprises postage stamps for future mailings.
|_Movement of stock_
Held for resale
Consumables
Total
**2022**
**2022**
**2022**
At 1 January
2,574
2,160
4,734
Acquired
2,020
7,457
9,477
Postage of magazine and journal
-
(4,996)
(4,996)
Postage of publications
-
(4,021)
(4,021)
Publications sold (note 5)
(1,178)
-
(1,178)
General postage
-
(180)
(180)
Impairment of stock (note 5)
-
-
-
At 31 December
3,416
420
3,836
**11. Liabilities: amounts falling due within one year**
31 December
**2022**
Trade creditors (2021 restated – see note 3)
9,290
Secretary's fee
3,106
15,117
27,513
**12. Liabilities: amounts falling due after more than one year**
_Deferred income: subscriptions received in advance_
between one and two years ahead
4,695
between two and five years ahead
607
5,302
**13. Provisions for liabilities**
_Provisions for journal and magazine printing and distribution:_
expected to be produced in the following year
14,295
expected to be produced in the year after
7,821
22,116
_Movement in provisions_
Journal
Magazine
Total
At 1 January 2022
12,400
6,363
18,763
Increase in provision
2,700
7,016
9,716
Utilised in the year
-
(6,363)
(6,363)
At 31 December 2022
15,100
7,016
22,116
Deferred income: subscriptions and hire income received in
advance for the following year|_Total_
**2021**
_8,274_
_10,843_
_(4,628)_
_(5,312)_
_(1,755)_
_(35)_
_(2,653)_|
|---|---|
||_4,734_|
||_31 December_
**2021**
_as restated_
_7,343_
_3,825_
_14,394_|
||_25,562_|
||_4,693_
_640_|
||_5,333_|
||_14,295_
_4,468_|
||_18,763_|
|||
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**The Lute Society**
**Charity No. 1178599**
**Notes forming part of the accounts**
_for the year ended 31 December 2022_
|**14. Unrestricted funds**
_Movement in year_
At 1 January 2022 as previously stated
Prior year adjustment (note 3)
At 1 January 2022 restated
Net income for the year
Instruments purchased
At 31 December 2022|Instrument
fund
143,760
-
143,760
5,400
2,646
151,806|General
fund
12,081
(1,940)
10,141
6,982
(2,646)
14,477|Total
unrestricted
155,841
(1,940)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||153,901
12,382
-|
||||166,283|
Donations of instruments are allocated to the instrument fund. All other unrestricted income and expenditure is allocated to the general fund.
|**15. Restricted fund**
31 December
_Student bursary fund_
**2022**
At 1 January
336
Donations received
410
Awards of student bursaries
(389)
At 31 December
357|_31 December_
**2021**
_171_
_165_
_-_|
|---|---|
||_336_|
To encourage greater uptake of the instrument among music students, the society has a bursary fund to provide places on short courses such as the Society’s annual residential weekend at Benslow. It is a restricted fund: money raised for the fund can only be used for this purpose.
## **16. Related party transactions**
Trustees or parties connected to them received £1,539 (2021: £596) in total for specialist services provided to the Society. These were reasonable amounts for the services provided and were pre-agreed by the Society having regard to Charity Commission guidance in respect of the remuneration of trustees. Three trustees claimed expenses of £306 in total (2021: one trustee £114).
|_Specialist services provided by trustees_
Service provided
Repairs to lutes for hire
Lecture and recital fees
Royalties on working drawings
Commission on book sales
Video performance
Concert performance
Total services|Trustee or connected party
Luke Emmet, trustee
Matthew Spring, trustee
David van Edwards, trustee
Thea Abbott, connected to David von Edwards, trustee
Amarylli, a group including Elizabeth Pallett, trustee
Sarah Stowe, connected to Matthew Spring, trustee|**2022**
1,310
200
10
19
-
-
1,539|**2021**
_-_
_-_
_30_
_66_
_300_
_200_|
|---|---|---|---|
||||_596_|
No other trustee or person connected with a trustee has been paid remuneration or received other benefits from the Society.
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**Charity No. 1178599**
## **Report of the Independent Examiner to the trustees of The Lute Society on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022**
I have examined the accounts on pages 4 to 10.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Your attention is to drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared the accounts in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) second edition in preference to the earlier Charities SORP issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has been withdrawn.
I understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on 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 (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act, and (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act, have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Michael Gray
15 Chesterfield Road, Cambridge, CB4 1LN
15 April 2023
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