Adbaston Community Concert Society CIO 

## **Charity registration number:1181880** 

19 High Street, Eccleshall, Stafford ST21 6BW 

## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From I/1/2023 to 31/12/2023** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

Our aim continues to be to organise concerts of a high standard at an affordable price in a remote rural area 

In 2023, four concerts were held. These were of classical music including a Mozart programme by the Manchester Camerata principals  in May; a baroque organ concert in July; a young virtuosos pianist from the Keyboard Trust in September and the Lantivet duo (piano and violin/viola) in November. Audience size ranged from 67 - 92 

All trustees paid for their seats. On the day of each concert, the committee were helped by up to five volunteers 

Policy on grant making - We do not make grants to other bodies. 

We achieved our objectives in 2023 by providing four high class concerts. People in the audience often expressed their pleasure on leaving the church. 

## **Financial Review** 

We maintain our current account with a good balance in order to guarantee that the charity can continue for another year at least. The future of our main source of grants – Stafford and District Arts Council - remains uncertain although we are exploring other sources of financial support.. 

2023 started with £6868.92 in the account and ended with £6320.40, a DEFICIT of £548.52 compared to the previous year which had a SURPLUS of £477.87 



## **Adbaston Community Concert Society CIO Accts for 2023** 

## **Cash funds at 1 Jan 2023 £6868.92** 

|**Total receipts:**|||
|---|---|---|
|Donations (Patrons and others)|||
|£940|||
|Grant from the Staford District Arts Council (SDAC)|||
|£1247|||
|Ticket income from 4 concerts||£3000|
|Donations for refreshments|||
|£637.68|||
|Gift Aid|£|0|
|**Total**|||
|**£5824.68**|||
|**Total payments:**|||
|Church hire||£400|
|Artist’s fees|||
|£3014.70|||
|Piano hire and piano/organ tuning||£1134|
|Printing|£557||
|Refreshments|£771.51||
|Sundries inc, public liability insurance, SDAC membership|||
|£495.99|||
|**Total**|||
|**£6373.20**|||





- Difference Receipts vs Payments £548.52 

## **Cash funds at 31 Dec 2023 £6320.40** 

Deficit £548.52 

## **Trustees who managed the charity in 2022:** 

|Clive Kerridge|Chairman||
|---|---|---|
|Roger Savage|Secretary||
|Andrew Brookes|||
|Heather Barnett|||
|Angela Carver|||
|Carol Hodgson|||
|Pam Trafford|||
|Jennifer Muddimer||Until January 2nd2024|



John Wheeler was appointed Treasurer in 2023 on a voluntary basis, overseen by the Trustees 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** 

Clive Kerridge **Full name(s)** Roger Savage **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)** 

**Date**