Derby Chamber Music Society Registered Charity Numbaf 1181263 Affiliat8d to Making Music Chalrfs Report Season 2023- 2024 1. Introduction The recent season has beon the first o)mplete one that wè have hèld slncè thé dlsTUPtlon caused, firstly by the impact ol the Covid pandemic and then by the major thanges in the membership of th8 managing committee. Additionally there has been the change from holding concerts on Friday evenings kn late aftern¢x•n on Sundays. There h8s been a lol for us all lo laarn and to adjust lo and things hav6 not ah¥8ys a8 8moothly as the Swoty had b9Gome used to but. navgrthelgss, the season was, I believe. relatively successful. There arg further issues that we need lo addre$8 and probb8m$ thal need to bo resofved whith present an existential threat lo tha Society. Ajso wo have started to develop a ¢low relationshlp wtth Music at Duf￿￿1 and wè n66d to work out how far that should go lo t*nefit both societies. 2. Membership and attendance Sincè wa started holding concerts on Sundays 8ttendanc* ha8 been quite variable. The concert in April 2023 on a Sunday which featured members of the London Mozart Pl8yers attracted an audience of around 90 bul att8nd8no ha$ beon through thbs 18s186ason #s shown in the adjacent chart. In Iha pa$1 we hav0 offored Society membgrship al 8 8m811 charg8 ellhef 88 Part of 8 sea80n subscription or on a stsnd-akne bo81$. With the various disruptions this System has brok6n down 60 for our present purposes we are regarding those on thè emailing Ilsl as members. This is only a lemwrary arrangement and we will establish proper membership arrangèments for lh• coming season. CONCERT ATTENDANCE 2023 - Z024 A¥V 3. Financial Standing Mr J8mes Holliday has reviewgd and audit•J tho aCC￿nts for last year and we are grateful for his holp in this Trspect. Lèn Jènkin8on. the Swoty'$ Tro08urgr will pre8enl a rewt on the financial 8tandirvJ of tho So¢ioty a$ part of th18 meeting. 4. Sponsorshlp, grants and other financlal support Once again we are grateful lo have received financAal supwt Iht6 year from 88veral sources. We received another donation from tha M. T. Glbson's Charitable Trust. We also received a significant legacy from the 8stata of Mrs Margaiel M8llender. There have been oth6r an￿ym1)￿ donotion$ made. F￿ 011 wè are m08t grat8ful. The a$t81e of the late Joffory Tillett infomwd us that they Lx)uld no longer 8UPWt us a8 they havo done ovor Sovoral yèars. We are vèry grateful It￿ their supwt and thank them for this help. Gener81 funds have been 8UPFQrted by thè raffle donated CDS 8t each Lxnc8rt and Annelle Mackenzie has C4)ntsnued lo make and sell her greetings cards on behalf of Society funds. We have agre8d that, as sales of cards has fallen signifieanlly this last sèason. and recognising olher pr8ssuros on her She will not continue salès of cards in thè coming season. We thank h8r very muth lor the signfficant contribution she has maje lo Society funds through her offorts and also for the contribution to the lrfe of the So¢￿ty that the presence of the s819s table at the back of tha room has made. At Christrnas Kathryn and John Hoy provided cakes and Min￿ pies in place of th8 usual biscuits during the interval. Kathryn Hey 8nd Katherine Boyes have been working ￿ appqications for possiblg ngw funding sources for the coming season and beyond. 5. The 2024- 2025 season 5th October 2024 Kathèrinè Jenkn80n and frieThJs Shared ￿nCert hèld at St Ajkniund's Churth Duffield 10* Novembgr 2024 Martin Ckn {Hom) & Anna Tilbrook {Pianol 8th December 2024 161h March 2025 David Wright (Harpsichord) Goldber Varialions Benjamine Frith (Piano} Shared concert at the MFC 9th Febwary 2025 Lauren￿ Flower (t)ouble Ba881 18no. Musicians from the London Mozart Pla 27th N)ri12025 6. The seasons past and to come. This has been the first fully planned season that we have held since the disruption caused by the covid pandemic, the impact ofthe need lo move away from the Kyadice of holding ttficerts on Frmjay ev8niNJs. and the Changes in personnel within the Committee. We are very gr8tefvl lo Katherine Jenkn'nson for the wlxk she had to put into putting together 8eason of six concerts. These have, on thè whole, been very satis￿.ng and rt has been a little disappointing that we have not alw8y8 had th8 attendance tt)at they déserved to have. Ther8 are $8veral possible feasons for this: Holding a ¢>Jnc6rt too near to Christmas cffl the 1P of DecÉmb&r was a mistake. The move to a Sunday may not have been Fryular. ￿11? any change of timing S￿11 abNays put off some It will, and I believe has. bfoughl in others piefor not having to be out so late of an evening. This is something we can rgview over the coming soason aThJ invite your (¥ynmonts but our options for altern8tNe tim88 am rather restricted. OUT wncort publicity may not havg hil as it shouhd. In order to eontrol ts)8ts we have moved lowards more use of electronic communication. We have built up an email database of interested people and use this 10 $8nd out programme notes in advanca of concerts father than to wsl paper programmgs to mgmbgrs as we did before. This saves th8 significant costs of postage and Ihe work required in PrePar￿$g these mailings when we are undèr prassure of resources. W6 have continued lo display FM)slers at various locations in and around the dty. Kathèrine Boyes has takèn C*)ntrol of the website and is leaming how bast lo manage il and she has Gfeated and maintained an In8tagram aceounl for the Sociaty. We need to continue to develop our publicity proc4s50S and find w8ys lo raise the profile of the Socbety in the ar8a. The C￿lc8 of perfomers and programm8s may nol have a￿y$ begn appealing. In my vl8w the programmes were vary satisfying. Had I had any conc*ms it might have been for the Iwo harp ￿nCert yel that turned out lo be a most inloresting. abS￿bIng and gnjoyat4e evening. W6 gave opp)rtunitss for bcal perforn8fS IKalhryn Monleiro and Lucy Nolan) and had on overwhelming perfomance of Pictures from an Exhibition by Vidor Maslov plus the IhoToughly enjoyable evening the Aquinas Piano Trio. So I do not think thal we have failed lo provide a s81isfactory season bul would welcome any ojntrary vièws. An 8ncourAglng f88lure of the 8ea8on w88 8a6ing an inu888ing number of youryJ pooplo in the audlènea and then seeing them coming back a se0￿d timo. Th￿ 18 an eno)uragement to us to find ways of Intt6881ng our app881 lo the younger gener81ion. Our main chall8ngo to tho continuity of Ihg Society 18 around ts rosc￿re@ availabl8 for the Committee. Apart from tho retirement of Mike and Jenny Elliott and David Phypers during the prev*)us season arKI acknowledged in the last annual report. Mike Wild and Vivien Wilson have also slc(rtJ th)wn from ￿ ta$k$ thay did for the Society. Vivi8n has begn responsible for compiling Ihe programme from notes and olher material provided for hèr and submitting the master lo the printers. Mike ha8 been the front of hou8e man for many years ond hos also playéd a majoi part in putting out thairs ahead of concerts. I thank them both very much for the long servic• they have given to the Society but we have to recognise that they have loft gaps. FurthenrvJre Kathryn Hey wishes to stand down from her ro￿$ as Sg¢retary and concert d8y hogt and I would like Io sland down as Chaimian. This mgans that we n6ed new people lo come foTwaTd to help with running the Society, otherwise we will not be suslainable. One way that we are working to improve sustainability 18 lo work more closely with Music 8t Duffield. While we intend to maintain our respective Klentities and constilulional Independance we will work togelh&r lo share resources and publicity and encourag9 our rèspectNe audiences to attend each olhgT's con¢efts and there 1$ evidénce of this in our naxt planned season. 7. Concluslons On behalf of the Society I wish to put on record our thanks lo those who have helped in njnning the So¢i8ty this last season. Sevgral people have helped with vari￿$ la$k$ on the day ol ￿ncert$ including Gwen Schaffer and Eidys Smith who helped with refreshmwlts. Ashley Smilh who with setting out, and Ausbn Smrth who issued programme8 at the door. We also thank Mike Wheoler for providing his usual very detaik8d and inf(wm8tive programm8 notes whith are 80 much appr￿ated by our audience and for the fgviews he also produce$ after each concert. Finally I wish lo thank the Committee fry all the work they have done in supporting this season and the Society in general. Lindsay Smith Chair. Derby Chamber Music So¢￿. ## DERBY CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Financial Statement for the year ending 30 April 2024 |**INCOME**
Membership
Ticket Sales
Advertising
Refreshments
Raffle
Grants
General Donations
Hugh Gibson Charity
HMRC Gift Aid
Interest
MFC Piano Hire
Miscellaneous
Debtors
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE**
Artists' Fees
Artists expenses
Hire of Hall
Page Turner
Piano Tuner
Printing brochure, tickets and membership
Web Hosting, Name retention and SSL
Insurance
PRS
Subscriptions Making Music
Refreshments
Commission on ticket sales
Administration
Auditor
Programme Notes
Miscellaneous
Creditors
**Total**
**SURPLUS FOR YEAR**
**BALANCE SHEET as at 30 April 2024**
**Net Assets**
Coop Main
Coop Piano
Concert float in cash
Debtors
**Liabilities**
Sundry Creditors (Audit fee)
Money received in advance of next season
**Being**
Retained Reserves brought forward
Concert float in cash
Surplus for year
Yamaha C3 Piano estimated value
Kawai Piano estimated value
**TOTAL**|Actual
Actual
2023/24
2021/23
£286.00
£0.00
£5,296.00
£6,028.40
£0.00
£0.00
£214.88
£116.20
£132.10
£124.25
£0.00
£0.00
£5,694.58
£1,270.98
£1,000.00
£2,000.00
£0.00
£162.50
£8.07
£2.35
£250.00
£625.00
£60.60
£96.20
£0.00
£0.00
**£12,942.23**
**£10,425.88**
£4,725.00
£9,600.00
£251.34
£1,693.47
£1,855.00
£1,180.00
£20.00
£0.00
£200.00
£332.00
£89.43
£56.65
£190.80
£446.40
£104.00
£190.00
£61.99
£74.49
£109.00
£343.00
£39.65
£56.81
£45.22
£0.00
£0.00
£710.56
£0.00
£30.00
£420.00
£560.00
£20.00
£70.00
£43.00
£0.00
**£8,174.43**
**£15,343.38**
**£4,767.80**
**-£4,917.50**
£6,974.59
£2,171.86
£534.99
£526.92
£120.00
£100.00
£0.00
£0.00
£43.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£7,586.58
£2,798.78
£2,698.78
£7,616.28
£120.00
£4,767.80
-£4,917.50
£7,586.58
£2,698.78
£14,550.00
£5,335.00
**£27,471.58**| |---|---| I have examined the accounts of Derby Chamber Music Society for the year ended 30 April 2024. The accounts give a true and fair view of the affairs of the society at 30 April 2024 and of the surplus for the period ended that date. **James Holliday Auditor 30 April 2024**