CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 1st Oct 2023 30th Sept 2024 Charlty name: Cirencester Male Voice Choir Charlty roglstratlon number: 1199094 Objectives and Activities summary of tho purposes of th• charfty as set out In Its governlng document: To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in. and appr8clation of, the art and science of musi¢ in all its aspects by any means Ihe trustees see fit. including thrgh the presentation of public concerts and recitals Surnmary of the maln acllvltles In relatlon to those purposes for the public benefit, In partlcular, the activitles, projects or ser¥lces Identlfled In the accounts: The cholr undertakes a number of public concerts throughout the year. th around Cirencester and further afield, Choosing a wide and varied pro9ramme. both of musical styles and genres. but also inviting guest musicians lo further enhance this musical variety. We also participate in regional events, such as the Comwall Intemational Male Choral Festival to further enhance the profile of our genre. CharStablo Glvlng: Illhère partner charitles are chosen on suggestion of our volunteer members often where they havè a personal or local conneclion. Our values should not conflict and where It is felt partnership is mutually benefi(aal. Volunteers: Al our members are volunteers, as are our supporters and committee- Iheir contributions are greatly valued - the organisation would not exist without their commitment. skill and Ilme freely given. The trustees have had regard lo the guidance given from the charily commission on public benefit and have al times considered, where il is relevant, the public benefil of the activities undertaken to limit any private benefit lo what is incidental to ihe primary activities where it is individually paid for by ihe beneficiary. Achlevements and Performance- Chairman's Report 2024 Looking back 2024 has been a very good year for the choir. and as always my grateful thanks to the committee. who without their total and dedicated support none of this would be possible. Andy our concert Secretary had an unexpected health event in October 2024, thankfully with the quick reaction of the paramedics and the aftercare at Swindon Hospital he is now on the mend. For a while he has stepped back from his role as
Concert Secretary but is hoping to resurne his role in Aprivmay 2025. However it is great to see him back at rehearsals, In the interim we have covered his role and the one thing I have learnt that it is no easy task being Concert Secretary, it appears you arrange things then spend time constantly chasing other parties to commit and get a response. We have a few milestones to celebraie, the choir has gained sponsorship from two local companies. St James Place and Lewington Wealth Management. (which is hopefully part of an ongoing sponsorship relationship) many thanks to Steve and Andy who were instrumental in getting these sponsorship deals, putting the choir in a strong financial position. Members have been given a new 'refresh'. we have kitted members out in new trousers and ties and Burgundy T-shirts. having a more relaxed, yet professional look, benifiting the audience appeal and to help draw in new members. Our talented music t8am James Wilshire as (Mjr MD. and Louise as our accompanist, together have really taken the choir to a new level, and make rehearsals enjoyable. We are managing to recruit a few new members, and in 2025 will plan to hold a further recruitment event. One of the big key events for us in 2024 was members taking part the Cornwall Intemational Male Choral festival 2024. We kicked off on the Friday evening by singing at the Camborne Centenary Chapel. a thoroughly enjoyable event. For the first time on the Saturday morning the choir took part in the C8tegory11 Competition held at Truro Cathedral. A total of 12 choirs took part, and for our sins we were the first on at 09.30, very nerve rackn'ng, I felt we gave a very good account of ourselves, the advantage of being first on is that we had the rest of the day to relax or watch other choirs taking part. Later some of us returned to the cathedral to hear the results. The judges announced the first three places, regretfully we were not placed and we left the cathedral late that afternoon, slightly despondent but not down and really felt pleased with our overall perfomiance. On the Sunday mcKning we learnt that we had in fact come fourth. with just one point behind third place, and four points behind first place, we were astonishedl Believe me when I say this is not to shabby result, really lifting the choir's spirit. We then set off to Falmouth to sing in the afternoon at the Princess Pavilion, and then in the evening travel onto Sl. Andrews Church Redruth to take part in an evening concert again along with four other choirs. Not only was it a very rewarding trip where again new contacts were made, we were very pleased with the result. Steve put together an extremely good write up and we had a mention with pics in the Wilts & Glos a week later. further enhancing the publicity and public awareness of our activities. Without doubt the second key event for the choir was traveling to Wales in July to sing in Gorseinon St. Catherine's Church with Parti Lcwar and the Morriston Male Voice Choir. It was an absolutely wonderful event and a chance to sing with Welsh choirs on their own turf. What I thought was particularly unique on a personal level and made it all the more of a standout event. is the fact that Tony and his wife Noelyn revealed that 50 years ago to the day they got married in that very church. The concert was followed in the evening by an afterglow at the Morriston Rugby
Club, they laid on a fine spread for us, and what a treat that was, really showing how much they appreciated our visit. On October the 19th, we held a joint concert with the Blue Notes plus the a local children's choir part of Stagecoach performing Arts. The concert theme was based on musicals. What a delight to have the youngsters take part. It is really is great to help foster music in a ycxjnger generation. The concert was packed and a complete success. As always may very grateful thanks to the Friends of CMVC who worked behind the scenes to manage the ticket stations and look after the bars serving drinks. Throughout the year we have been busy appearing at a number of local events. carols at Paternoster House and Watermoor House, many thanks to the staff in both venues who made us more than welcome. and is fantastic to see how the resiclents appreciate our visit. We sang at Tesco's in December to raise monies for Macmillan Cancer, and although rt appeared to be quiet night. Jenny tells me they raised £380.66 in one hour, a donation of £100 was made by one person. My grateful thanks go to Melanie 'Community Champion. at Tesco's who really assists us each year. Moving forwards we are now planning more events for 2025126 and look forward to growing and bringing more people the benefit of our musicl Flnancial Review As per the annual accounts, attached. the charity is in a strong financial position. Our principal income streams remain membership sut)scriptions and performance fees / concert surpluses which have remained strong throughout the period. The trustees are aware of the additional income throughout this financial period and are mindful that a sizable amount of this is from two significant sponsorship agreements which may not be repeated. Our reserve policy is set at £4,000 which allows for around 6 months of 'regular' expenses with no income to match these. At year end we held £8858.72 - on which basis the committee have agreed to set aside £4000 to fund specific travel requirements for the choir and its members to future events. During the period our income was significantly boosted by members funding their transF)Ort to the Cornwall Intemational Male Choral festival 2024. This was immediately paid out again to festival organisers. with the choir choosing to subsidise some of this from reserves. meaning a 'loss' from this event - outweighed by the intangible benefits it brought in meeting our charitable objectives, Structure, Governance and Management The charity became regislered in 26" May 2022 and is regulated by our constitution of 19 October 2021. It is unincorporated, operated by an elected committee. All committee posts are elected by members at an annual AGM and serve for fixed 3 year terms before becoming eligible for re-election, should members votes support this. The charity is a memt)er of Making Music. a body of choirs, musicians an(J
those supporting them, for the benefit of Ihose membws through advice, materials and services such as insurance. Reference and Adminlstrative details Charl name Other name the charil uses Registered chari number Charity's principal address Cirencester Male Vc¥ce Choir NIA 1199094 163 ALEXANDER DRIVE CIRENCESTER GL71UQ Names of the ¢harlty trustees who manage the charlty Dat•• a¢1 11 not whol• Tru8t•• np4n• Offic• {11 any} 4•m• of porson lor body) •ntltl•d olnt trust Man Mark Pralley Stephen Lynas Petèr Ryan Andrew Wyatt Aan Moss Chairman Secretary Treasurer John Taylor 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The CharSty has no corpor*e trustees and holds no land or buildings, directly or via custodial trustees.
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Cirencester Male Voice Choir www.orencestem7vc.co.uk Email.. info@cirencestermvc.co.uk Registered Charity 1199094 31 st December 2024 Treasurer Report for yr 2023 - 2024 Attached to this report are the foll(Ming.' Receipts and Payments Accounts for ts year 01110123 - 3019124 SL*ement of Assets and Liabilities at 31kn September 2024 A summery of major events throughout the year The swnmary of accounts for th8 year 1110r2023-301912024 show that * the end of the year the closlng balance shows a increase of £3731.37 for this financial year. This is a brilliant amount of mon8y and is testament to the hardware of both membern and the comrrmttee to create this position. This reversal of fortunes is due to a number ot factors, including the g8nerous spork8orships of both St James, Place and L8wngton Weatth Management, to whom we are very grateful. The increas8d subscrlptions from November 23 from £15 per month to £25 per morrth has also had a major bearlng on our financial position. Givlng us the finanaa freedom to, for the first time, be able to pay our regular outgoings Imuslc Team, Rent, Purchase of Music, Uniform. Insurance. W8b services. and Memberships) from our regular income of subscriptlons. Aongside this. the increased membership fees is mirrored in our gift ald receipts, totalling £1794.48 received in the period. Another ggnlficant source ol inMme during the year was, as ever. concerts. The committee made the decision to not designate charrties for our Christmas concert and only gave away a limited donation from our November concert leaving combined prolits from these two ventures of £1949.30. The committee will be revisiting our charttable giving policy during the current year. Whilst th8 additional income has been beneficial, we have also spent signrficant sums during the year In replacing all the choir trousers and ties. as well as purchasing new t-shirts. This uniform cost during the year has been £2260.46, a significant outlay which we hope will last a number of years assumin9 it18 looked after by members. Our thanks go to Steve Lynas for arranging these improvements. The other large expenditurn during the year was the choir tour to Cornwall. Joining the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival was a cost to the choir of £3247 including our music team, hotel subsidies and entry fees. The comradprship this generates. along with contacts with other choirs and the Incentive for musical improvement is worth every penny and we hope to retum again in 2026. A8 such at year end. the committee havè d8signated £4000 of the year end reserves to fund future travel. Our membership has risen fM 26 in October 21 to 39 at year end. with continuirg focus on recrultment this makes the choir ever more finanCilY securp. To maintain our charitable objectives the commrttee are very awa of those wh) might not be able to afford our subscriptions and so corrtinue to make provision for reduced rates for those less able to afford these. My grateful thanks to everyone. for your continued gjpport, and together wa look foThvard to another positive year ahead. Peter Ryan Treasurer Cirencester Male Voice Chcmr
Cirencester Male Voice Choir www.cirenGestennvc.co.uk Email.. info@cirertestemivc co.uk Registered Charity 1199094 1. Recelpls and Payments Accounts for the year 01110123 - 3019124 Ca•h Rwxipts Subs £10615.(KJ £6150.00 Perfornarf¢e Fees £865. £220. Fundraising Sal8s £744.50 £1192.IXs £5419.77 £3821.61 Unlform Sales £13.(1 DonaiKins £2120.68 £464.00 (Xlr Trav81 £9891.IXI Gfft AKI £1794.48 £553.75 Total Inoom• £31463.43 £12401.36 Ca•h Pym•nts Tearn £70eii.c £5162.50 Unllorffl £22f.46 V23. £468.81 £783.20 Suppl FuThlraising ths AdvertisirwJ £688 66 £1151.57 £2047.Q) £1194.33 Trav81 £12378.(X) £160. Accountatsgal Rerrt £132. £10eii.CKJ Irtsurae £104.(M) £99.CKJ ven Hire £855.75 £865.50 £49.38 Charity DonatK)ns £5W.I)) £1340.CKI Equpirent Total Exper £2m2.06 £11839.10 £3731.37 £562.26 CPenirwJ Bank £5127.35 £4565.09 QosiNJ Bank l - Other indude51231241 Includes Flowers & Dornain Narne £5127.35
Cirencester Male Voice Choir www.cirertestem?K.co. uk Email.. info@cirencestermvc.co.uk Registered Charity 1199094 2. Statement of Assets and Llabilities at 30th September 2024 l. Equipment Is being deweciated at a flat rate over 5 years Cirencester MVC Assets and LialitieS at 30 September 20YJ 2022 A•8•t• Goll Day Debto sSCript)n Arrears | Prepayrnnts Iweb hostiNJ) ' nCert Prepayments Gift Akl peIlrj Paypal Acc 652 2501 25 54 59.88 119.76 3131 179.64 293.8 161.02 1083.75 614.75 Bank 8858.72 5127.35 45S5.09 5672.31 8337.32 , Keyboard & Sound system (cA)st 18ss deplatnI[1I 268.97 537.94 Ipad IL•St less d8preciatM)n}111 137.eAJ 275.20 10398 6821.4 5523.05 6120.92 892926 , Llablllti Goll Oay Creditors Oiher Credito Corert Prepaymènts 37.78 49.15 117.78 517.15 10281.09 6JM.25 5235.45 6120.92 8929.26 Declaration.. The trustees declare that they have approved the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 30 September 2024 and Statement (rf Assets and Liabilities at 30 September 2024. Slgned: Signed: Date: Date: Position: Position
Cirencester Male Voice Choir wwW.cirestennvC.Co. uk Email." infc@cirencestermvc.co.uk Registered Charity 1199094 3. Core events There have been various rM)t8ble events during the year - sunmaries follow. Goll Day Due to the timing (4/10r24 & 2919r23) the is no golf day included in this year's accounts period. Christmas Concert Dec 2023 In¢om• Tlcket Salg3 Inel of 8ale8 fees) 2224.29 Refr&qhments Inet ol card foas) 694.59 291&88 Church 401.50 Choir& & MUS Team 320 Other Costs Ir Prwitw Et¢ 453.56 495,47 1670.53 124&35 Jolnt Concert with Wessex MVC Oct 2023 Ticket Sa9 (r of sales fees) 17.83 RefrethThnts (nd of card 554.13 2344.96 Church 335.5 Coirs & Music Team 180
Cirencester Male Voice Choir www.cirencestemvc.GQ.uk Ernail.. info@arencestemivc.co.uk RegiSted Charity 1199094 Olher Costs lrt Pr#itYJ Etc 413.97 389.54 13191 102&95 Less Donation to Girwe Slgnpost 325 Total 700.93 Comwall Tour May 2024 Incomo Mwnbgrn p8yTrts 9891 Hotel 12378 Musk Team Enty Fee Ipald 20221 13138 Tolal 4. Paypal Summary Our PayPal account was empty at both the start and end of the year
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of CIRENCESTER MALE VOICE CHOIR On accounts for the year ended 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 Charity no (rf any) 1199094 Set out on pages 24 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe T} for the year ended 3010912024. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the acUnts in accdan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe AGr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Ixrrying out my examination, I have followed the applicab Directions given by the Charity Comrnission under seclion 145(5Xb) of the ACL I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have (x)rrE to my attention in connection with the examination whith gives me (xuse to believe that in. any material reSpt acmunting records were not kept in aC0)rdan with seclion 130 of ihe Act or Ihe acwunts do not acrd with the aoUnting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no COnmS and have (x>me across no other mattets in connedion wlth the examination to vthich attention should be drawn in order to ertrable a proper understanding of the aOUnts trj be reached. Signed: Date: STEPHEN MICHAEL SHELLEY Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (rf any): FCA (RETIRED) Address: CSRENCESTER GLOS GL7 1UQ IER October 2018