Ripon Choral Society Charity Number 1185859
**Ripon Choral Society Financial Statements For the year ended 31 July 2025**
## **Index to the Financial Statements**
|Trustees’ Annual Report|Pages 3 - 4|
|---|---|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|Page 5|
|Receipts and Payments|Page 6|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|Page 7|
|Notes to the Accounts|Pages 8 - 9|
Ripon Choral Society
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Financial Statements for year ended 31 July 2025
## **Trustees’ Report**
## **Legal and Administrative Information**
**Name of the Charitable Incorporate Organisation** : Ripon Choral Society **Registered Charity Number** : 1185859 **Principal Address** : The Birches Green Hammerton York, YO26 8BQ
## **Charity’s Trustees**
The Charity Trustees during the year were as follows:
Christopher Williams Chairman Gail Easterbrook Secretary Brian Councell Treasurer Retired by rotation and re-elected 20/11/2024 Julie Barnes Alex Cranfield Andrzej Chirkowski Retired by rotation and re-elected 20/11/2024 Stephen Hornsey Lindy Wainwright Lucy Whitfield Retired by rotation and re-elected 20/11/2024 Robert Widdows John Winpenny
## **Recruitment of Trustees**
The Society has a formal policy for the recruitment and rotation of Trustees which forms Section 36 of the constitution.
## **Objects and Public Beneft 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.
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## **Risk and reserves policy**
The Trustees review risks and the appropriate level of reserves annually. The current level of unrestricted reserves provides a prudent buffer.
## **Report of the Trustees**
The Trustees are pleased to report another successful year for Ripon Choral Society. The Society delivered a full programme of music-making and community engagement, supported by our members, audiences and volunteers. Income for the year was £79, 531 with expenditure of £83,994 resulting in a small deficit of £4,464. This reflects a season in which four concerts were performed compared with three in the previous year.
Carmina Burana – Carl Orff Messiah – G F Handel St John Passion – JS Bach Elijah – F Mendelssohn
We were particularly delighted to be able to welcome Wetherby Choral Society to join us for a thrilling performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
Throughout the season the choir maintained strong membership and delivered well-attended concerts at Ripon Cathedral with our professional partners. We continued to invest prudently in artistic quality – professional soloists and orchestra - while keeping participation affordable.
The Society remains indebted to those who support its work through donations. Their generosity helps to sustain the Society both now and into the future enabling more people to share the wonder of great choral music. Our sincere thanks go to them. We also thank our Musical Director, accompanist, volunteers, concert sponsors and patrons, and, above all, our singers and audiences.
## **Declaration**
The Trustees have approved the Trustees’ Report above.
## _C Williams_
_____________________________________________________
Christopher Williams (Chairman) Dated: 9 October 2025
Ripon Choral Society
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## **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 2025 set out on pages 6 to 7.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2022 (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.
## _C F Warnock-Smith_
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CF Warnock-Smith (CA Retired)
Rook House View Goodmanham Road York YO43 3HX
Dated: 28 August 2025
Ripon Choral Society
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## **Profit and Loss Account for the period 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025**
|**Income**
**Donations and Other Voluntary Receipts**
Donations
Patrons' Donations
Subscriptions
Gift Aid
**Receipts from Trading Activities**
Concert Receipts
Sale of Folders
100 Club donations
Fundraising
Choir for Weddings, etc.
**Receipts Earned from Assets**
Bank
Interest
**Total Receipts**
**Expenditure**
Concert Costs
Administration Costs
Rehearsal Costs
**Total Expenditure**
**Net Receipts/(Expenditure)**
**Cash Funds Last Year End**
**Cash Funds This Year End**|**Notes**
(1)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(3)|**2025**
**£**
**£**
2,590
2,410
22,537
8,079
35,616
39,577
55
906
2,110
100
42,748
1,167
79,531
61,452
5,171
17,371
83,994
-4,464
67,790
£63,326|**2024**
**£**
**£**
13,310
2,736
22,677
5,020
43,743
24,101
90
1,799
2,894
100
28,984
1,050
73,777
37,643
4,176
14,191
56,010
17,767
50,023
£67,790|**2024**
**£**
**£**
13,310
2,736
22,677
5,020
43,743
24,101
90
1,799
2,894
100
28,984
1,050
73,777
37,643
4,176
14,191
56,010
17,767
50,023
£67,790|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||39,577
55
906
2,110
100|24,101
90
1,799
2,894
100||
|||61,452
5,171
17,371|37,643
4,176
14,191||
|||||73,777
56,010|
||||||
|||||17,767
50,023|
|||||£67,790|
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## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st July 2025**
|**Income**
**Cash Funds**
Current Account
Deposit Account
**Add**
Debtors &
Prepayments
**Total Cash Funds**
**Reserves**
General reserve
Soloists reserve|**Notes**
(5)|**2025**
**£**
2,218
57,808
60,026
3,300
£63,326
53,326
10,000
£63,326|**2024**
**£**
1,823
63,866|
|---|---|---|---|
||||65,690
2,100|
||||£67,790|
||||57,790
10,000|
||||£67,790|
The notes on pages 8 and 9 form part of these Accounts
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## **Notes to the accounts**
## **Note 1**
## **Concert Profit & Loss account**
|**Nov 2024**
**Carmina Burana**
**Income**
**£**
**£**
Tickets Sales
8,776
Programme Sales
875
Wine
734
Contribution - Wetherby Choral
Society
0
**Total Income**
**£10,385**
**Less Expenditure**
Conductor
842
Soloists
2,750
Orchestra/Organist
11,262
Cathedral Expenses
2,830
Printing
719
Hire of Orchestral Music
375
Hire of Instruments
400
Wine
260
**(£19,438)**
**Net (Deficit)/Profit per**
**Concert**
**(£9,053)**
Performing Rights Society
**Total Expenditure**
**Total Net Concert**
**(Deficit)/Profit**|**Dec 2024**
**Messiah**
**£**
**£**
8,522
750
607
0
**£9,879**
842
1,750
3,848
2,800
675
0
275
268
**(£10,458)**
**(£579)**|**Apr 2025**
**St John Passion**
**£**
**£**
6,247
740
492
0
**£7,479**
842
2,800
3,757
2,900
685
200
550
184
**(£11,918)**
**(£4,439)**|**June 2025**
**Total**
**Elijah**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
7,778
31,323
1,090
3,455
620
2,453
2,346
2,346
**£11,834**
**£39,577**
842
3,368
3,300
10,600
8,213
27,080
4,202
12,732
983
3,062
0
575
0
1,225
288
1,000
**(£17,828)**
**(£59,642)**
**(£5,994)**
-1,810
**-61,452**
**(£21,875)**|**June 2025**
**Total**
**Elijah**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
7,778
31,323
1,090
3,455
620
2,453
2,346
2,346
**£11,834**
**£39,577**
842
3,368
3,300
10,600
8,213
27,080
4,202
12,732
983
3,062
0
575
0
1,225
288
1,000
**(£17,828)**
**(£59,642)**
**(£5,994)**
-1,810
**-61,452**
**(£21,875)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**(£59,642)**
-1,810|
||||||
|||||**-61,452**|
|||||**(£21,875)**|
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|**Note 2 - Administration Costs**
Making Music Subscription
General printing & folders
Sundry Expenses
Purchase of Folders
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 - Debtors & Prepayments**
Gift Aid
Cathedral hire deposit - advance for 8 concerts|**2025**
**£**
700
1,304
1,590
0
735
170
672
**£5,171**
6,188
5,134
3,855
2,194
**£17,371**
735
1,124
251
**£2,110**
2,500
800
**£3,300**|**2024**
**£**
675
1,331
287
300
423
740
420|
|---|---|---|
|||**£4,176**|
|||5,710
4,215
2,760
1,506|
|||**£14,191**|
|||615
1,129
1,151|
|||**£2,894**|
|||2,100
0|
|||**£2,100**|
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