CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the perlod
From 0110812023
To 3110712024
Charity name:
Llverpool Bach Collective
Charlty registration number: 1195887
Objectives and Activities
SORP re1wE￿e
Pwa 1.17
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
The objectives of Live￿001 Bach
Collective are to advance, Improvo,
develop and malntaln public education
In, and appreciation of, tho art of music.
and in partlcular in the cantatas and
other church works composed mainly
by Johann Sebastian Bach, by
presenting publlc performancos of these
In the lituryical Contsxt for which they
wer8 composed, as part of Sunday
Evensong, in churches in and around
Livo
Since the Charity was reglstered on
2210912021 > perfomiances of fourteen of
Bach's Cantstas and hls two Passlons
have takèn plarA in twenty4hree
churches.
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purpos8s for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities. projects or
services identified in the
accounts.
Statement confirming
whether the truslees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
Pwa1.178rn1
1.19
Pwa 1.18
The Trustees have had regard to the
Charity Commlsslon's guidance on
publlc benefiL
Additlonal Infomiation {oplionaE)
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choose to indude fvrther statements where relevant about:
SOFP r8ferenf
Policy on grant meking
Para IJ8
The Charlty do•5 not make grants.
Those who participate in porfomiances
are provided with the opportunity to
develop their skills in perforniing music
of the baroque period according to
historfcally4nfornied performancos
practlces, in expanding their knowledge
of the repertoire and In becomlng bettor
known as perfomlers through their
rtici
onln
bllc
orniances.
P¥a 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment

Para 1J8
M05t singers and instrumentallsts who
participate in perfomiances do so In a
voluntsry capacity, and by doing so,
make an enornious contributlon to the
work of the Charity. In the ten
perfomiances given during the year, 58
of the 71 rfomiers were volunteers.
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other
Achievements and Perfomiance
SORP relver
Summary ofthe main
achievements of the charty.
identifying lh8 dtfference the
charitys work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
b8nefits to SOCi8ty as a
whole.
P¥a 1.20
To date. the Collectlve has staged 30
perfomiances of a high artistic order in
slxteen different venues across Ihe
region, involvlng some 95 perforniers.
Members of the public benefit from
belng able to experlence the cantatas
and other church works of J S Bach in
the context for whlch they were created;
particlpatlng musicians beneflt from the
training they receivo in historically-
Infonned perfonnance practlce of
baroque music and the experience of
perfomiing th8 music of J S Bach.
Addltlonal Infomiation (optional)
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The Trustees are satisfied that in its
objectives the Charity has met its set
objectives which are stated above {see
Summary of the Purposes of the Charity
In 1st l)ox.
The Charity does not engage in
fundralslng actlvltles other than by
Invltlng donatlons. Donatlons received
during the peri(*d were sufflclent to
su
ort the activities of the Chari
The Charlty has not made any
invastments.
Achievements against
objedives set
Para 1.41
Perfomiance of fijndrdising
activities against objectives
set
1.41
Investment perfomian
ainst ob'ectives
Other
Para 1.41

Financial Review
Review of the charity's
finanual position at the end
of the pericmj
Pard 121
The Charlty has ended the year with an
adequate balan￿ of funds, viz £2,496.
The balance will be carried forward for
the fundin
of future
rforniances.
The Charity does not hold any reserves
Statement explaining th8
policy for holding reserves
statin
are held
Amount of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
untsrtainties about the
charity conts'nuing as a going
concem
Pwa122
Para 122
Zero
There are no reasons to hold reserves.
Para 1.22
p￿d124
There is no deficit.
Para 1
There are no uncertainties concerning
the futur• of the Charlty.
Additional infomiation (optlonal)
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choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity's principal
sources of funds linduding
The principal source of funds Is
donations from those attending
any fundraising)
perfomiances and from olher interestsd
rsons.
The Charity does not make investments;
social investments listed al)ove in the
box Policy on soclal investment wlll
continue
Pwa 1.47
Investment pcAicy and
objectives induding any
Social invèstment policy
ado
ted
Pwd 1.46
The main risk is financial: rf donations
were insufficient to cover the costs of
perforniances, they could not continue.
The risk is minimised by regular
management reviews of the flnancial
infonnation available throughout the
ear.
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
P*a 1.46
Other
Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document
er
Parn125
Constltutlon (Foundatlon model)
How is the charity
constituted?
e.g unincorporated
Pwa 125
The Charlty Is a Charltable Incorporated
Organlsatlon.
eennig+inn rini
Trustee selection methcKIs
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
aloetiDn to pogt or of
Para 125
Trustees are selectsd ￿Cause of tholr
Interest In the work of the Charity and
their experience and appre¢lation of the
Charity'2 purpo&A, and thèy invitad
any person or tK)dy entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
to become Trustees by resoluilon of the
exlstlng Trustees.

Additional infonnation (optlonal}
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choose to include further Ststen￿nts where relevant abwt:
Policies and Pro￿dureS
adopted for the induction
and trainin
of Irustees
The charity's organisational
structure and any wid8r
ne￿Ork with which the
chari
works
Relats'onship with any related
arties
Other
P¥a 151
P￿a 1.51
Paa 1.51
Reference and Administrative details
Chari
name
Other name the chari
uses
Re
istered chari
number
Charity's principal address
Live
l Bach Collective
Nota
licable
1195887
2 South Court
Wexford Road
Oxton
CH43 9TD
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted If not for whole
ear
Truste• namg
Offlco Ilf any)
Name of person lor l)odyl ¢ntltl&d
int tn15t8#
rfan
Jon Barton
Philip DLrffy
William La￿y-
Kiggins
Jolande Van
Bergen
nla
Musi¢al Director
nla
Cor
orate trustees- names of the directors at the date the re
Dlr•etor name
rtwasa
rov&
Name of trustees holding tide to propety belongiry to the d)arity
Trust•• nan

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Descripiion of the assets
None
held in this ca
aci
Name and objects of the
charty on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls wilhin the custodian
chari
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregalion of such assets
from the Gharitys own
assets
Additional Infomwtion (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforniatlon}
Type of
Name
Address
adviser
Name of Ghief executlve or names of senlor staff members {Optlonal Information)
Exemptlons from disclosure
Reason for non*isclosure of ke
rsonnel details
Other o
tional infomiation
Declarations
The trustses declare that they have approved the tru8tè86' report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Posltlon (eg Secretsry,
Chair, etc)
Jolande Maria van Bergen
Philip Edmund Duffy
Trustee
Trustee
Date
2810112025

CHARITY COMMISSION '
FOR ENGiAND AND WALES
Liv#r￿ Ba¢h Qllecti¥¢
1195887
Receipts and payments accounts
Forthe period
from
CC16a
0110812023
To
31107r2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unvestricted
lunds
Restiicted fvn4Js
Endowment
funds
Totèl fvnd%
Last y•ar
l Recei
R£liri
collect￿
OnlinÈ Don8tion8
tbrbalion8
RefreshFwnl
Grfl Ak
TOTh r•arèrt£
lothe rwr•st £
totho rwr•pJt £
835
3,915
835
4,394
3tD
1,795
tnents
ms
310
1.795
2,416
Sub total(Gross income forAR)
A2 Assèt and Investm•nt sales.
see tabje .
10.929
10,9
12,191
Sub total
10,929
10.929
12.191
A3Pa
ments
ilvsic copies
Instrumnts and wjiptwnt
PèrfOtTr￿rs. f895
PerfO￿r¥, expensE5
OrgaTr twswrt
lo venuè
Staging S Cctv h￿?
& photoK(4JyiDg
497
497
250
500
Prinli
Photocopyirwa
P051age
stationery
Refr6shryEnls
5cdlaneous
10
10
528
142
385
102
621
Sub totsl
183
f1.106
11,132
A4 Asset and inve$tm•nt
purthases,18ee table)
Sub total
Totaipayments
11.106
11,1Qfj
11.132
Net of recelMs/(payments)
A5 Transf•ts betwe*n funds
A6 Cash fvnds last ￿arend
Cash funds t1￿￿earen￿
177
177
1.Q59
2.673
2.496
2.673
1,614
2,496
2,673
CCXX R1 8txounts ISSI
28K1112025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
U￿￿tricted
Re5trfcted funds
funds
to r•aro* e
Calegorlos
Details
Endowment
funds
to ￿•r•st t
81 Cash funds
Cash Surp
Totsi¢•sh furnts
2.496
Unrnstri¢t•d
nds
Rgstrfctad funds
Endowment
funds
Detalls
B2 Oth•r monatsry as$•ts
Detaits
Oxr•rrt valu•
l*JpUon&l
83 Investment assets
Details
Flint￿j k•Js
Cc•t
Cwret* value
B4 Assets ratslned for the
charty's own use
te5trcièJ
5.000
Details
Vkn dug
B5 Uabilitlgs
Ilatillty
976
S￿n￿¢ by one trustees L
beha￿ of all the tmstees
Pmt NaTh
Dat&of approval
)n Barton
281011202S
Ph*Tr Djffy
2810112025
CCXX R2 8cr•)unts ISSI
2810212025