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2025-08-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report

Period Start Date: 1st September 2024 Period End Date: 31st August 2025

Reference and Administration Details

Charity Name Charity Name Inchant Inchant
Registered Charity Number 1203519
Charity’s Principal Address 26 Northmead
Ledbury
Herefordshire
HR8 1BE
Name of Trustee Office (if any) Dates acted (if not for whole year)
Harry Boulton Chair
Anna Barlow Treasurer
Abby Henderson Secretary
Emma Warren
Chloe Kiely

Name of Advisor (Optional) Address

Name of Chief Executive or Names of Senior Staff Members (Optional)

Structure, Governance and Management

Type of Governing Document Constitution adopted 12th June 2023
How the Charity is Constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

Trustee Selection Methods

Appointed by the existing members of the board of trustees, by means of a vote

Additional Governance Issues (Optional)

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Objectives and Activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF CHORAL MUSIC BY THE ORGANISATION AND/OR PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND RECITALS, RECORDINGS, WORKSHOPS, AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects

December 2024 - Winter Tour

This year, we did a three-concert tour of Cheltenham, Ledbury and Abergavenny, supported by the Andrew Harris Charitable Foundation and the Oakdale Trust. Collaborating with harpist Anwen Mai Thomas, we performed to over 250 people across the three days, and gave a workshop at a state school in Hereford. We were particularly keen to bring our choir of young professional singers to this part of the country, where people don’t have much access to professional choral music.

Feedback from audiences across the tour was overwhelmingly positive, praising the quality of the performances, the diversity of the repertoire, and the atmosphere created at each concert. We made good connections with the three venues, all of which expressed interest in hosting us for future performances. Testimonials from students at the workshop were very positive, and since working with us, several of the students have started to conduct school ensembles.

February 2025 - Concert

We returned to Belsize Library for another cosy, relaxed concert between the bookshelves. The choir performed unaccompanied music including short pieces and William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices. Audience members commented on the ‘unpretentious’ feel of the concert, and the ‘informal, relaxed atmosphere’.

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Achievements and Performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The Winter Tour was by far our most ambitious project yet, and we were delighted with the warm reception we received. It was also our biggest fundraising challenge so far, and we are very grateful to the Andrew Harris Charitable Foundation and the Oakdale Trust. We were featured in local press; ticket sales exceeded our expectations; and we were invited back by all venues. Due to the amount of planning involved, we’re not able to do another tour this year, but hope to do it again in 2026.

In all of our concerts this year, we have maintained our commitment to programme at least 50% music by female composers. We have been pleased to find our performances attracting audience members who don’t normally attend classical music performances, and we continue to receive overwhelmingly positive feedback in post-concert surveys and conversations.

This year we have started making links which we hope will help us develop our reach in the coming years. Our conductor Emma is beginning a PhD at the Royal Academy of Music, with plans to use Inchant as the choir for concerts and a potential CD recording. We have also pitched a concert to a classical music festival, which may lead to an exciting collaboration if our proposal is accepted.

Financial Review

Brief statement of
the charity’s policy
on reserves		 We currently have no plans to actively build reserves. We have an
insubstantial number of financial reserves, and any accrued
reserves will be reinvested into future projects at the trustee’s
discretion. We continue to factor financial risk into every project
where applicable and have no dependencies on reserves.
Details of any funds
materially in deficit		 Not applicable

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Other Optional Information

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)
Full Name(s) Harry Boulton
Position Chair
Date 7 Sep 2025

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Inchant 1203519
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/09/2024 31/08/2025
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Grants - 1,000 - 1,000 3,680
Concert Fees 1,500 - - 1,500 -
One-off Donations 100 - - 100 105
Ticket Sales 2,203 - - 2,203 307
Sub total (Gross income for
3,803 1,000 - 4,803 4,092
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 3,803 1,000 - 4,803 4,092
A3 Payments
Singer Costs - 3,400 - 3,400 350
Other Musician Costs 300 100 - 400 100
Conductor Costs 300 - - 300 -
Venue Hire 230 - - 230 105
Tour costs - Travel 724 - - 724 -
Tour costs - Accommodation 676 - - 676 -
Tour costs - Subsistence 456 - - 456 -
Stationary 7 - - 7 -
Marketing and Advertisement 16 - - 16 213
Finance Costs 3 - - 3 -
Sub total [ 2,711 ] 3,500 - 6,211 768
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Concert Equipment - - - - 546
Marketing Equipment - - - - 65
Sub total [ - ] - - - 611
Total payments 2,711 3,500 - 6,211 1,379
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,092 - 2,500 - - 1,408 2,713
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 166 2,547 - 2,713 -
Cash funds this year end 1,258 47 - 1,305 2,713
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

22/06/2026

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Details
N/A
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
N/A
Natwest Account
Paypal Account
Details
Details
Concert Equipment
Marketing Equipment
Details
N/A
Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
1,161
47
97
-
1,258
47
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Restricted
546
Restricted
65
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
-
Print Name
Anna Barlow		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
Current value
(optional)
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
22/06/2026

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

22/06/2026

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