## **Financial Statements** **for the year ended 31[st] July 2023** **for** **Ripon Choral Society** **Charity Number 1185859** **Ripon Choral Society** |**Index to the Financial Statements**|| |---|---| |**for the period Ist August 2022 to 31st July 2023**|| |**Trustees Annual Report**|**1**| |**Independent Examiner's Report**|**2**| |**Receipts and Payments Account**|**3**| |**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**|**4**| |**Notes to the Accounts**|**5**| |**Principal Address:**
**Charity's Trustees:**
Christopher Williams
Gail Easterbrook
Brian Councell
Julie Barnes
Andrzej Chirkowski
John Hodges
Brian Kealy
Annabelle Polito
Lucy Whitfield
Robert Widdows
**Musical Director:**
**Accompanist:**
**Governing Document:**|**Ripon Choral Society**
The Birches
Green Hammerton
York
YO268BQ
(Chairman)
Re-elected 19/10/22
(Secretary)
(Treasurer)
Retired 19/10/22
Re-elected 19/10/22
Re-elected 19/10/22
John Dunford
Tim Harper
**Ripon Choral Society Constitution**| |---|---| ## **Recruitment of Trustees:** The society has a formal policy for the recruitment and rotation of trustees which forms section 36 of the constitution. ## **Objects & Public Benefit of Ripon Choral Society :** The objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit, to educate the public in the art and science of choral music and to promote, develop, and maintain appreciation of choral music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts, and by such other ways as the CIO through its committee shall determine from time to time. ## **Activities and Achievements:** The second season after the effects of the Covid lockdowns has seen the Society return to its pre-pandemic concert programming and membership levels. Four concerts were performed during the year which included: A German Requiem - Brahms Messiah with Carols The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar Vesperae solennes de confessore - Mozart The Nelson Mass - Haydn The Trustees are pleased to report a surplus for the year of £9,838 which largely reverses the deficit of the previous. year. As a result, our reserves are 35% above pre-pandemic levels. This was primarily due to the generosity of members, both in the sponsorship of soloists and orchestral players for the Dream of Gerontius, and through personal bequests. The society was privileged to have performed The Dream of Gerontius with a world-class line-up of soloists, but also continued to support and encourage young solo singers. Increases in audience numbers were satisfactory and the encouragement of this trend, which is a long term project, will continue into the new season. The Society benefits hugely from the experience, passion and energy of its Musical Director who continues to provide clear musical leadership, and from the support and skill of its wonderful accompanist. ## **Declaration:** The Trustees have approved the Trustees' Report above. ………………………………………………….. **Christopher Williams (Chairman)** Page 1 **Ripon Choral Society** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the** ## **Trustees of Ripon Choral Society** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2022 set out on pages three to five. ## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report** As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ………………………………………………….. Kate Warnock-Smith (CA retired) Rook House View Goodmanham Road Goodmanham York YO43 3HX Dated: Page 2 ## **Ripon Choral Society** ## **Profit & Loss Account for the period 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2023** |**Income**|**Notes**|**2023**||**2022**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Gifts, Donations and Other Voluntary Receipts**|||||| |Donations||245||1,100|| |Sponsorship/Donations|(1)|11,963||12,100|| |Patrons' Donations||2,680||3,076|| |Subscriptions||21,355||14,455|| |Gift Aid||6,329||2,500|| ||||42,572||33,231| |**Receipts from Trading Activities**|||||| |Concert Receipts|(1)|28,170||22,982|| |Sale of Wine|(1)|2,001||379|| |||||0|| |Sale of Folders||152||71|| |100 Club donations||1,762||470|| |Fundraising|(4)|2,993||959|| |Choir for Weddings, etc.||100||100|| ||||35,178||24,951| |**Receipts Earned from Assets**|||||| |Bank Interest|||340||2| ||||78,090||58,184| |**Expenditure**|||||| |Concert Costs|(1)|51,577|||55,180| |Administration Costs|(2)|3,194|||5,546| |Rehearsal Costs|(3)|13,481|||12,074| ||||68,252||72,800| |**Net Receipts/(Expenditure)**|||9,838||-14,616| |**Cash Funds Last Year End**|||40,185||54,801| |**Cash Funds This Year End**|||50,023||40,185| ## **Statement of assets and liabilities as at 31st July 2023** |**Cash Funds**
Current Account (Treasurer)
Deposit Account (Business)
**Less**Creditors & Accruals
(5)
**Add**
Debtors & Prepayments
(6)
**Total Cash Funds**|4,588
34,799
41,935
5,801
46,523
40,600
2,915
37,685
3,500
2,500
50,023
40,185| |---|---| The notes on pages 4 and 5 form part of these Accounts Page 3 **Ripon Choral Society** **Notes for the period 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2023** ## **Note 1 - Concert Profit & Loss account** |**2022/23**
**Income**
Tickets Sales
Programme Sales
Total Concert Receipts
Wine
Sponsorship
**Less Expenditure**
Conductor
Soloists
Orchestra/Organist
Cathedral Expenses
Printing
Hire of Orchestral Music
Hire of Instruments
Wine
Net (Deficit)/Profit
Performing Rights Society||**£**
**£**
6,786
596
7,382
568
7,950
695
650
7,742
2,802
602
40
226 -12,757
-4,807
**November 2022**
**Brahms**|**£**
**£**
7,697
537
8,234
574
8,808
695
1,200
3,294
2,493
590
100
250
139
-8,761
**December 2022**
**Messiah/Carols**|**£**
**£**
7,697
537
8,234
574
8,808
695
1,200
3,294
2,493
590
100
250
139
-8,761
**December 2022**
**Messiah/Carols**|**March 2023**
**Dream of Geront**|**March 2023**
**Dream of Geront**||**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
3,434
25,699
456
2,471
3,890
28,170
333
2,001
11,963
4,223
42,134
695
2,780
1,350
9,450
2,551
23,434
2,639
11,011
687
2,566
300
480
250
500
176
-8,648
760
-50,981
-4,425
-596
**-9,443**
**June 2023**
**Total**
**Mozart/Haydn**|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
3,434
25,699
456
2,471
3,890
28,170
333
2,001
11,963
4,223
42,134
695
2,780
1,350
9,450
2,551
23,434
2,639
11,011
687
2,566
300
480
250
500
176
-8,648
760
-50,981
-4,425
-596
**-9,443**
**June 2023**
**Total**
**Mozart/Haydn**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**£**
**£**
7,782
882
8,664
526
11,963
21,153
695
6,250
9,847
3,077
687
40
219 -20,815||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||42,134
-50,981| |||||47||338|||| ||||||||||-596
**-9,443**| Page 4 **Ripon Choral Society** **Notes for the period 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2023** |**Note 2- Administration Costs**
Making Music Subscription
General printing & folders
Sundry Expenses
Purchase of Wine
Bank Charges,Paypal,Sum up commission
100 Club prizes
Website
**Note 3- Rehearsal Costs**
Conductor
Accompanist
Hire of Rooms
Hire of Music
**Note 4- Fundraising**
Coffee
Raffle
Advertising and other fundraising
**Note 5- Accruals**
Cathedral Costs accrued
**Note 6- Debtors**
Gift Aid||**2023**
634
761
297
522
620
360
3,194
5,685
3,743
2,267
1,786
13,481
676
1,380
937
2,993
0
3,500|**2022**
532
1,262
254
350
358
0
2,790| |---|---|---|---| ||||5,546| ||||5,085
3,325
2,244
1,420| ||||12,074| ||||160
317
472| ||||949| ||||2,915| ||||2,915| ||||2,500| Page 5