## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2023 **To** 31 03 2024
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Questa **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1197868 **Charity's principal address** c/o Corfe Mullen Baptist Church Newtown Lane, Corfe Mullen Wimborne, Dorset **Postcode BH21 3EY**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees are appointed by a general meeting of Trustees and reviewed Trustee selection methods annually (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- a. To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, in particular through the study and practice of choral music and symphony and chamber orchestras and through the presentation of public concerts and recitals.
- **b.** Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the
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trustees may from time to time determine.
In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity **Summary of the main** Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. The **activities undertaken for the** main activities are as follows: **public benefit in relation to** • Weekly choir rehearsals **these objects (include within** • Weekly training and education for choir members **this section the statutory** • Concerts for the general public, at low cost **declaration that trustees have** These activities benefit the choir members by teaching them new skills, **had regard to the guidance** and developing their self-confidence and social skills, their practical **issued by the Charity** musical skills and life skills. They benefit the audiences by providing **Commission on public** opportunities for them to experience professional-standard live music at **benefit)** substantially lower costs than normally available and in locations where - large scale professional music is not normally available.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and erformance p In the 2023/24 year, we produced three performances. Symphonic Rock **Summary of the main** (featuring The Queen Symphony), Questa Unplugged and Questa’s Big **achievements of the charity** Christmas Singalong. All concerts were a great success and turned a **during the year** small profit. During this period, our members have continued to successfully sit music exams through the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
The main financial risk to the charity is low ticket sales and reduced donations, particularly considering nervousness amongst audiences with ongoing COVID-19 issues. Sufficient funds are held to cover 3 months running costs and to offset against the cost of forthcoming concerts in the event of insufficient ticket sales, and to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Not applicable
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **Signature(s)**
A Hustler
**Full name(s)** Alexander Hustler **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)**
**Date** 18th May 2024
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## **Questa (1197868)**
## **Profit and Loss Report**
## **01 April 2023 - 31 March 2024**
|**Sales**|||
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|Total Sales|£|46,990.98
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|Total Direct Expenses|£|25,792.35
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|**GROSS PROFIT / LOSS**|**£**|**21,198.63**
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|**Overheads**|||
|Total Overheads|£|15,272.18
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|**NET PROFIT / LOSS**|**£**|**5,926.45**
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## **Questa**
## **Balance Sheet Report**
_To: 31 March, 2024_
|**ASSETS**||
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|**Total Fixed Assets**|**£0.00**|
|**Current Assets**||
|1200 - HSBC Current Account
79.34||
|1230 - Petty Cash
1,827.00||
|1250 - NatWest Current Account
558.10||
|1260 - NatWest Reserve Account
1,539.51||
|**Total Current Assets**|**£4,003.95**|
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|**TOTAL ASSETS**|**£4,003.95**|
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|**LIABILITIES**||
|**Current Liabilities**||
|2100 - Trade Creditors
-1,922.50||
|**Total Current Liabilities**|**-£1,922.50**|
|**Future Liabilities**||
|2600 - Long term Loans & Mortgages
2,138.80||
|**Total Future Liabilities**|**£2,138.80**|
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|**TOTAL LIABILITIES**|**£216.30**|
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|**TOTAL NET ASSETS**|**£3,787.65**|
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|**EQUITY**|||
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|Net Profit / Loss|3,787.65||
|_Net Profit / Loss (prior year(s))_|-2,138.80||
|_Net Profit / Loss (current year)_|5,926.45||
||**TOTAL EQUITY**|**£3,787.65**|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** QUESTA **members of On accounts for the year** 31 March 2024 **Charity no** 1197868 **ended (if any) Set out on pages**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024.
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’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 material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- • the accounts did 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.
**Date:** 21/05/2024
**Signed: Name:** Andrew James Binnington **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 47 Sundew Road Broadstone BH18 9NX
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**Section B**
## **Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
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