## **Nottingham Bach Choir** 

(Registered charity, number 1194215) 

## **Financial Statements For the Year to 31 July 2025** 

|**Page**|**Contents**|
|---|---|
|2-3|Trustees’ Annual Report|
|4|Independent Examiner’s Report|
|5-6|Receipts & Payments account|
|7|Statement of Assets & Liabilities|
|8|Notes to the Accounts|



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## **Nottingham Bach Choir** 

## **Trustees’ Annual Report** 

# **For the year ended 31 July 2025** 

**Full Name** 

Nottingham Bach Choir 

**Registered Charity Number** 

1194215 

**Principal Address** 

4, Caudwell Close Southwell Nottinghamshire NG25 0DF 

## **Trustees** 

Nicola McLelland Chair Liz Cordle Secretary Christopher Steel Treasurer Leigh Hornsby Ann Cockburn Helen Oakley (to 31/10/24) Naomi Solleveld Gordon Stoner (from 7/10/24) Tim Lewis (from 24/6/25) 

## **Independent Examiner** 

Eva Stevens, employee of: 

Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 Northwest, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5GL 

## **Governance and Management** 

The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution, adopted 2021. 

The trustees form the committee, and are elected at the AGM each year.  The committee consists of no fewer than 3 but no more than 10 members. 

## **Aims and Objectives** 

To educate the public in the art and science of music, in the presentation of concerts and other activities.  A particular object is the study and performance of the music of JS Bach and his contemporaries. 

## **Public benefit statement** 

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'. 

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Nottingham Bach Choir
Summaryolthe maln •¢tk¥llles undertaken forthe public benefit
con￿n$ glven three times a year, plus a carol corycert and the award of the tiz Chant
Butsaryto a local young singer.
Summary0ft￿ maln achbe¥ernents durfng the perlod 2024125
Concerts..
N¢ivember2024
Mozart- Requlem
1st Marrfs Church. Nottlnghaml
Carols
1st Peterfs Church. Nottinghaml
Bach- Magnrficat
(Southwell Min5terl
Duruflé- Requiem: Bemsteln- Cthiche5ter Psalms
(St Marfs Church, Nottinghaml
De￿rn￿r 2024
April 2025
June 2025
Three varled programmes were rehearsed ar¥d performed underthe exp@rt arKI inspirin8
di￿ttl0￿ of OUT Directorof Music. Peter Slepmann, plus our anntjal ¢aToI concert capabty
Steered by Ed Tuiner. Singers. orthestral players and aud￿￿￿ all expressed theirjoy and
pleasure. We were deliqhted to 8ive an opportumityto local young musiaan Joshua Davi5 in
the Mozarfs thiid horn concerto.. the audience was rewarled with a mernorable
performance.
The Choirfs blennial competi(lon resulted in the L12 Chant Bursary of E2,0(K) being awarded
to Ben Watkins. Ben and the other three finalists- Noah Boneham-Hill. Imogen Clemmow
and Ben Stsn4forth-treated an enthusiastic aUdIen￿ to a recitsl Sn June.
Flhèthrlal Revlew
The Cholrfs revenue w)sltion continues to improve steadily. Membership has grown,
aL*lieDce5 a* rorKerts have grown. fund raising activtties continue and wsts are under
control.
Considerable thought has been given to planning the effertive use of the bequest left bv
MerlyAldridge. lnvofving consultst￿n5 wlth èll choir members. A numberof schemes of
varlou5 size have been identifled. whlch will supportthe thoir in achlevln8 our aims and
objectlves.
The charws pollcy on reser
The Choir should hold a rriinimum level of ￿serveS to cover°disasteY contlngenty. such as
a season's con¢erts being cancelled or no subsuipt1ts115 bein8 pald by members. plus anv
Ilabillty for venue hlre. prDfe55ional perfomier fees etc. Thisyearfs estlmate of thi5 15
£20,C#J).. the c￿)1￿$ current resetves exceed this level.
gned on behawofthe chariti5trustee5
Si8ned-.
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z Cordle Isecretaryl. Trustee

## **Nottingham Bach Choir** 

## **Independent Examiner’s Report** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Nottingham Bach Choir (the charity) for the year ended 31 July 2025. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the trustees of the charity 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 2011 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. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no 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. 

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. 

29/10/2025 Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ Eva Stevens BSc, CPFA 

Employee of Community Accounting Plus 

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## **Nottingham Bach Choir** 

## **Receipts & Payments Account RECEIPTS** 

||**RECEIPTS**||
|---|---|---|
|**23/24**||**24/25**|
|**£**||**£**|
||**CONCERT INCOME**||
|2,766|2024-11 (Mozart)|4,379|
|196|Carols|319|
|3,543|2025-04 (Bach)|3,235|
|1,597|2025-06 (Duruflé)|2,173|
|**8,102**|**_TOTAL_ CONCERT INCOME**|**10,106**|
|<br>|**NON-CONCERT INCOME**||
|361|Coffee|312|
|70,836|Donations|10|
|96|Folders|104|
|345|Fund Raising|315|
|2,798|Gift Aid recovered|2,705|
|1,332|Interest|1,325|
|407|Music for Choir|495|
||NBC Bursary|144|
|194|Staging hire|268|
|13,823|Subscriptions – Members & Friends|15,907|
|**90,192**|**_TOTAL_ NON-CONCERT INCOME**|**21,585**|
|**98,294**|**_TOTAL_ RECEIPTS**|**31,691**|



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## **Nottingham Bach Choir** 

## **PAYMENTS** 

||**PAYMENTS**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**23/24**||**24/25**||
|**£**||**£**||
||**CONCERT EXPENSES**|||
|7,412|2024-11 (Mozart)|7,537||
|810|Carols|835||
|6,772|2025-04 (Bach)|8,067||
|3,307|2025-06 (Duruflé)|3,937||
||25/26 Concert - November|533||
|**18,301**|**_TOTAL_ CONCERT EXPENSES**||**20,909**|
|<br>|**NON-CONCERT EXPENSES**|||
|2,304|Accompanist|2389||
|60|Bank charges|104||
|4,781|Conductor|4657||
||Folders|300||
|468|Independent Examiner|516||
|499|Music for Choir|569||
||NBC Bursary|4,020||
|33|Other|1,125||
|379|Publicity|1.003||
|581|Subscription to Making Music|468||
|2,140|Venue costs|2,413||
|279|Website|316||
|27,000|Transfer to CAF Investment Portfolio|||
|**38,524**|**_TOTAL_ NON-CONCERT EXPENSES**||**17,880**|
|**56,825**|**_TOTAL_ PAYMENTS**||**38,789**|
|**41,469**|**SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR YEAR**||**-7,098**|



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Nottingham Bach Choir
ststement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 July 2025
3117124
3117125
Cash Funds
CAF Gold Sa￿n85
AF Day to Dav
InsEqnis
70,207
1,226
8,461
918
54,956
Total Cash Funds
71,433
64,335
Summary of Recelpts & Payments
Balance b/f131nl241
Surplus/Defi¢it in year
Balance clf131171251
29,964
41,469
71.433
71.433
-7,098
64.335
Other Monetary Assets
CAF Irtvestment Portfollo
Pre payments..
N¢wember 2025 Concert- Venue Dep051t
November 2025 Concert- Orchestra Mustc
Maklng Music Subscription
72,036
76,060
2C
333
195
Other Assets
The choir owns.. sta8iw F￿htin& a thamberorEèn. a filing
blnet, some caterlng eq¥lpmeni, some musk scores and
somegoodsfor 521e.
Liabilitles
Creditor- Independent Examiner
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The5efinanoal statements are accepted on behI￿ofthe thèrity by..
Date.. Z&.1
Nicola McLelland (Chairl. Trustee
SIRned'.
Date..
Chrfstopher Steel ITreasurerl.Trustee
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## _**Nottingham Bach Choir**_ 

## _**Notes to the Accounts**_ 

## _**For the year ended 31 July 2025**_ 

## _**1. Receipts and Payments accounts**_ 

_Receipts and Payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period, and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand._ 

## _**2. Trustees’ remuneration**_ 

_Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period._ 

## _**3. Related party transactions**_ 

_There were no related party transactions during the period._ 

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