## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 September 2024 To 31 August 2025** ## **Charity name: Canticum** ## **Charity registration number: 1203310** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To educate the public in the art and**
**science of music by the establishment**
**and maintenance of a chamber choir**
**which will perform choral concerts.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Performing concerts**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All singing members are volunteers and**
**perform at concerts.**
**Substantial contributions of time are**
**made by the chair with additional**
**contributions also made by other**
**members including the choir’s**
**treasurer, librarian and secretary.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Concert performances in 2024/25 were:**
**“Ave Maria” St Dominic’s Priory,**
**Hampstead 3 October 2024**
A programme of works with a Marian
Theme. Also broadcast live on Radio
Maria
**Marie Curie “Carols in the City”,**
**Southwark Cathedral, 4 December 2024**
**“A Child is Born” Christmas concert,**
**Great St Bartholomew’s, 10 December**
**2024**
**“From Advent to Ascension” St Peter’s**
**Eaton Square 23 January 2025**
A programme of sacred works marking
events in the first half of the liturgical year
**Bach St John Passion Holy Trinity,**
**Sloane Square 27 March 2025**
Performance accompanied by Counterpoint
orchestra
**English Choral Classics 31 May 2025 All**
**Saints’ Odiham**
**“A Walk with Nature” 10 July 2025,**
**Queen’s House Greenwich**
Two performances of a programme of
nature-themed works.
Smaller groups of choir members
performed at some other events where the
choir was privately hired.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**n/a**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income excluding pre-paid**
**subscriptions for the 2025/26 season**
**was around £100 above expenditure.**
**The charity remains in a healthy**
**financial position with total cash funds**
**of around £23,000.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves of around the cost of**
**promoting a large scale concert**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£10,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No uncertainties**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Donations from members, gift aid,**
**concert ticket sales, fees for choral**
**performances**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Unsuccessful concert promotion**
**Failure to recruit sufficiently skilled**
**choir members and conductor**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Seek volunteers from among choir**
**membership**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**n/a – no further trustee appointments**
**anticipated**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Trustees, singing members and music**
**director**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**None**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Canticum| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1203310| |Charity’s principal address|44 Hitherfield Road,
London
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Susan Porter-
Thomas|Chair||n/a| ||Angus Saer|Treasurer||n/a| ||NancyBuchanan|||n/a| ||James Pepler|||n/a| ||Nicholas Pyke|||n/a| ||Richard Murray|||n/a| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved |
**Director name**||| |---|---|---| |**n/a**|**n/a**|**n/a**| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**|**n/a**|**n/a**| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**n/a**|n/a|n/a| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** n/a ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **n/a** ## **Other optional information** **n/a** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** Susan Porter-Thomas **Signature(s)** Susan Porter-Thomas **Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Chair **Chair, etc) Date** ________ 2025 **Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 9/1/2024 8/31/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Concerts
**22,759**
Subscriptions
**7,336**
Gift Aid
**1,852**
Friendsprogramme
**552**
Bank interest
**537**
Other
**21**
**-**
**-**
**33,057**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 33,057**
**A3 Payments**
Concerts
**23,892**
Conductors
**5,780**
Rehearsal venues
**2,680**
PRS & Insurance
**651**
Bank charges
**60**
Other
**266**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 33,329**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 33,329**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 272**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ - 272**

**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**funds**|**to the nearest £**

**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**22,759**
**7,336**
**1,852**
**552**
**537**
**21**
**-**
**-**
**33,057**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**33,057**
**23,892**
**5,780**
**2,680**
**651**
**60**
**266**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**33,329**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**33,329**
**- 272**
**-**
**-**
**- 272**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**22,759**|**11,825**| ||||**7,336**|**7,756**| ||||**1,852**|**1,730**| ||||**552**|**-**| ||||**537**|**445**| ||||**21**|**20**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**33,057**|**21,776**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**33,057**|**21,776**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**23,892**|**10,184**| ||||**5,780**|**5,600**| ||||**2,680**|**2,875**| ||||**651**|**609**| ||||**60**|**60**| ||||**266**|**868**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**33,329**|**20,196**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**33,329**|**20,196**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 272**|**1,580**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**- 272**|**1,580**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank current account
Savings account
Concet float
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Angus Saer
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**825**
**-**
**21,506**
**-**
**200**
**-**
**22,531**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
ANGUS ADAIR SAER
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||Angus Saer|ANGUS ADAIR SAER|12/18/2025| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR E￿LAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees C4￿1•1 On accounts for the year ended Charlty no (If any Set out on pages I report to the Iruslees on my eXaMinat￿n of the accounts of thè above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Rosponslbllltles and basis of rnport As the chariws trustees. you arè responsible for the preparation of the accounts in acccffdance Voryth the requirements of th8 Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounls carried out under seclion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have fdlowed all the aprAicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Acl. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no malerial matters have come to my attention in connection V￿th the examination (other than that disdosed below.) which gives me cause to believe th8t in. any material reS￿L the accountffo records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Chartties Acl; or the accounts dKI not accord with th8 accounting records" or the accounts did not compty ￿ryth the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rep￿) Regulations 2008 4)ther than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair. view vthich 15 not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no Lx)ncems and have come auoss rK) Other matters in connection with the examination to %%thich attenlion should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Pleas dglete the wonls in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Dale: 12 Name: Relevanl professional quallflcatlon(s) or body IER Oct 2018 lif any): Address". Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs lo highlvjhl material matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examinats'on of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief delails of any Items that the examiner wishes lo dlsclose. IER Oct 2018