## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/10/24 To 30/09/25**
## **Charity name: The Choral Chronicles**
## **Charity registration number: 1206575**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The elimination of discrimination on the
grounds of mental illness. This will be
worked towards via the production of a
musical that will focus on mental illness and
be showcased at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival.|
|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|No money has been utilised over the course
of this year. Instead, time has been spent
searching for venues for the musical,
identifying potential grants and planning the
administrative operations that will be needed
for the musical.
In terms of the musical itself, at the end of
this period the music has been written, but
the script has not been completed.|
|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 Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
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|So far the charity has not made any benefits
to society as a whole. This is as the charity
is still in the planning and development
phase.
The charity will benefit the beneficiaries
when it releases the musical.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|No money is held by the charity as
fundraising has not commenced. We have
no debts or expenses at this point, so this is
not a concern.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Fundraising has not been started as funds
have not been required during this period of
planning.|
|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|**N/A**|
## **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||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **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|Election to post.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Choral Chronicles|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1206575|
|Charity’s principal address|Eaton House,
Manor Way,
Oxshott,
Leatherhead,
Surrey,
KT22 0HU|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Nelson-Jones||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
## **T he trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Pos ition**
**(e.g Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|
HOB||
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||Henry Patrick O’Brien|Sarah Helene
Nelson-Jones|
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||05/08/26|6/08/2026|
|||**The Choral Chronicles**|**The Choral Chronicles**|**The Choral Chronicles**|**The Choral Chronicles**|**The Choral Chronicles**|**The Choral Chronicles**|||||**1206575**|**1206575**|**1206575**|**1206575**||||||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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