BAThERSEA CHORAL SOCIETY ANNUAL TRUSTEES, REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st August 2024
BATTERSEA CHORAL SOCIETY Registered Charity No.. 1200589 ANNUAL REPORT For the year ended 31 August 2024 Objects The Objects of the Society are to advan, improve. develop and maintsin public education in. and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentats.on of public events. Governance and Admlnlstration The Society operates under the tems of the Constitution it adopt8J in May 2022 . It is a charity registered with the Charitses Commission, Charity number 1200589. The principal address of the Society is 5 Emle Road. London SW20 OHH. The Society is administered by a committee as defined in its Constitution. All the Committee roles are filled by members of the Society and all paid up members are eligible for any of the roles. All Committee members offer themselves for wlection at the Annual General Meeting each year. The Committee members are the Trustees of the Charity. No trust& is paid for his or her role. For the year ended 31 August 2024 these roles were occupied as follows.. The Officers • Chairman . Secretary . Treasurer Jeremy Nicholson Lucy Newmark Gillian Broadley other members of the committee • Librarian . Sponsotshipladvertising officer . Concert manager • Assistant concert manager . Publicty offir . Membership officer Ann Morgan (appointed 17109124) Diana Macfadane Nicola Ellard Hazel Johnson Louise Riley {appointed 23101124) Janet Bonthron The Music Oirector attends meetings except%when his fees are being discussed.
Ernployees The Society has no employees. During the year ended 31 August 2024 the Music Director and accompanist were retsined in a freelan capacrty. other musicians are on an ad hoc basis as required. Public Benefit In planning our programme the Committee is mindful of the Society's objects. Our aim is to perfomi a varied repertoire and to provide easy asS at a reaS0re price to our events and to membership of the Society. During the year the Society gave three concerts.. our traditiorh31 Christmas Goncert, Cherubini's Requiem and the magnificent and rarely sung Mendelssohn oratorio. St Paul. All three conrtS were held at our regular venue of Hoty Trinty Church. Sloane Square. At our Christmas concert, our chosen charity, Music4Children, held 8 retirir7g collection and we donated the net proceeds of that evening's bar to that charity. The Socth values being open to all singers regardless of gender, ethnicty or religion. Reduced subscription rates are offered for the under 30s and those who are in receipt of unemployment benefits. The Society does not fomally aLKlition 2hOugh our website explains that some experience of choral singing is desirable. Potential new members are invrted to join a few trial rehearsals. The Society offers a scholarship for a young musician each year. This year we trialled a new scholarship for a young choral conductor and we are pleased to have the ServIS of Alice Habis. who started WFth us in the summer tern and will continue with us for a fvrther 2 tenns. Reserles Policy The Trustees COnser it prudent th* the Society shoukl maintain reserves sufficienl to cover the normal expenditure of the Society for one year or the gross cost of one concert, whichever is the greater. As at 31 Augusl 2024 we held reserves above this amount. as we continue to spend the generous donation of £10,000 reiVed in the previous year. There are no restrictions on how the Society can spend this money and it is in part going towards the choral conductor scholarship. Financial Review Income for the year was £58,564 {2023: £56,936) of whh £2.310 (2023.. £11.000) was in donations. All of the donations r1Ved during the year were spent according to the lems of the donations. Subscfiptions increased to £24,075 (2023.. £19,220) as membership grew and ticket sales were £21,471 12023.. £20,494). The Society benefited for the first time from the ro¢•ipt of GiftAid, which amounted to £4.022. There was a further £546 of Grft Aid received after the year end but relating to this financial year. Expenditijre for the year was somewhat higher than usual, as we celebrated our 25th Anniversary year with a very special COnrt of Mendelssohn's St Paul. Unusually the Society had to purchase music which was unavailable for members to buy independently. We arranged
a special print Tun of the Mendelssohn St Paul as insufficient were available for rehearsals. also we printed an out of copyright piece for the Christmas concert and a small run of the ple we commissioned a few years ago. Members contributed significantty to the cost of these items but we were left with a loss of £546 including a small stock of the St. Paul which we have written off. The Society also invested in some publicity to grow the choir. New members Vre sought and investment made in a video recording for use in social media and on our website. A few additional rehearsals and a rise in costs, which had remained static for some years, also meant a rise in professional musician fee5. Finally, as reported last year, approximatety £1.500 of rehearsal space for 22123 fell into the payments for 23124. Overall the Society made a deficit for the year of £1,485 (2023.. surplus of £14.846). As a result. the reserves of the Soaety stand at £26.216 (2023". £27,701). represented by Gash. The Society prepares its accounts on a reIpts and payments bags, as permitted under S133 of the Charities Act 2011. Financial Controls The financial controls operated by the Society include.. An annual budget is prepared which is approved by the Committee Performance against budget is reviewed by the Committee termty Payments from the Society s bank account all require two sign8tureslon-line approvals Subscription5 and ticket sales to members a fully recorded against a register of membeT5 and all other advance tickets are sold via an external ticketing agency. Only a very small number rf ticket sales are made for cash. As required by the Charities Commission, the acwunts of Society are subject to an independent examination each year Gillian Broadley Treasurer Jeremy Nicholson Chairman l January 2025
BAThERSEA CHORAL SOCIErY INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT 31 AUGUST 2024 Independent Examiner's report to the trustees of Batter¥ea Choral Society {Reg Charity no 1200589) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (the Yrust'l for the year ended 31 st August 2024 set out on page 5. Responsibilities and basis of report As charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Chariti'es Act 2011 (Yhe ACV). I report in resped of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under s145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable directions given by the Chanty commi10 under 214(5)(b) of the AGt. Independent Examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that, in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts do not accorrl with the accounting records. I have no conM$ and h to which attention uld be reached. come across no other matters in connection with the examination rawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to Signed: J¥dib cAr() 4.o,A J•J5
Batt•va Choral Soclety R•c•lpt• and Ptym•rt A¢¢ourflortho y•arabd 31 Atsgutt 2024 2024 2024 2024 Fund• lund Total Total ROCP Subs(ptions Donations 24,075 24.075 19.220 10.000 1.003 R•heawl rofreghnnls Gfftd 1215 4,022 1.215 4,022 miscélntyts 97 Totsl rnclp 29.312 29,312 30.320 P•ymnts Music WoreonLs 13.113 4.339 151 13.113 4.339 10.490 1.453 143 Insuran MakirvJ Mu8ic mamberth 392 392 163 667 163 326 Sth(Attr 545 Publidty Mv6c¢llareo 733 678 20.781 733 878 20,781 12.912 W•t ordln•ry 8.531 8.531 17.408 Cohc•rt rnE•lpts Ticel sa 21.471 1.821 21.471 1.821 20.494 1.092 950 Bar takings Christmas bar th8r4ty on Adwtsirvj Donalkins 1,316 3,080 1,0(K) 26.616 2.310 3.626 2,310 29,252 Totsl ¢onwt r•c•lpts ConGèrt paymtrrf Ofrts$tra f88$ Venue hire 26.942 17.430 3.705 7.13 4.482 755 19.290 3.705 7.SBO 4.482 755 10.118 3.460 7.9 3.960 Put4dty and prfnlThJ Concert bar o)st8 Chrssth)B• btsr CJ818 743 277 Chrth)as bar donation to c8r#y Orcesiral scue hlre Stsgknglrair PRS sn 673 1249 1.597 416 1.249 1,597 416 794 1,889 275 548 Totsl corKtrt pwymentS 36.958 29.178 110.0161 110,0161 12.5621 N•t Yoc•4pWlpaym•ntsllorth• y••r 11,4851 11.4851 14.846 Cash al start ofy Cash al end ofyear 27,701 28,216 12,855 27,701 1. In the wtor year, •J%r aThJ the Ch¢tsn•8 barwe 8bowed as ordSnery Incom8 aTrJ exFd6turn. They are now shown as a)nrt IrKonWexredilure 2. In the prK)ryear, PRS wa5 (x)mthnpd shown a5 an ordwry p•yrwrf. but 15 n(AY sh¢y*n as )nrt