## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 22 February 2024 **To** 31 March 2025 **Charity name:** Carlisle Music Society **Charity registration number:** 1207155 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote the appreciation and
enjoyment of classical music in all its
aspects by the presentation of public
concerts and recitals.| |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|Provision of classical music concerts and
recitals to the public.| |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** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Officers and other members of the
committee carry out all duties on a
voluntary basis.| 1 ## **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|The charity provides six concerts between
September and March every year. This
ensures that members and the wider public
are able to enjoy music which would not
otherwise be available in Carlisle.| |**Additional information**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The age range of the audience ranged from
teenagers to Octogenarians and the
standard of singing and playing was
unwaveringly high throughout the series.
Excellent programme notes were published
for each concert and the printed
programmes were given out free so that
everyone could learn about the music being
played and sung. In fact members were
able to be educated about the forthcoming
concerts by receiving a digital programme
in advance.
A wide variety of music was performed with
pieces from the baroque era to the present
day with works for recorder, oboe, cello,
violin, piano, flute and soprano.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Income exceeded expenditure by £4,852
leading to an increase in reserves. This
was largely due to an unexpected fall in
costs which is unlikely to be repeated.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held mainly to support future
expenditure on renewing the Charity’s
piano. In addition, reserves are kept to
ensure that unexpected expenditure can be
met.
A sinking fund is maintained in order to be
able to repair and/or replace the Charity’s
piano which current stands at £21,103.
Trustees decide the extent to which this
needs to be increased from current income.| 2 |||In the year concerned no extra funds were
allocated.| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£31,782| **Additional information** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|In 2024-25 about 76% of funding came
from subscriptions and ticket sales for
individual concerts.
Other funds were received from a grant
from the Ida Carroll Trust, income from
hiring out the piano and support from the
Countess of Munster Trust.| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The main risk would be the destruction, or
theft, of the piano.| ## **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|The Charity had previously operated as a
unincorporated association, but this was
the first year the Charity operated as a 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|Trustees are elected for a period of three
years with a third of the trustees, including
one Officer, standing down each year.
These Trustees may stand for re-election.
Any co-opted Trustee stands down at the
next AGM, but may stand for election.| ## **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|All new Trustees are given a pack including
past minutes of Trustee meetings, the
Constitution and appropriate Charity
Commission documents. Anyone looking to
become a trustee is invited to attend a
meeting to understand how the Trustees
operate.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity maintains links with other music
societies in Cumbria and Dumfries.| 3 ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Carlisle Music Society| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1207155| |Charity’s principal address|Rose Cottage
Stainton
Carlisle
CA3 9QX| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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9|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Michael Hancock|Hon Chair||| ||Clive Riches|Hon Treasurer||| ||Pam Jones|Hon Secretary||| ||Mike Abbs|||| ||Ted Cole|||| ||Eeke van Gulik|||| ||Jenifer Jay|||| ||Ben Knibbs|||| ||Margaret Riches|||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|Michael Hancock
Michael Hancock


Chair|C N Riches| |---|---|---| |||Clive Nigel Riches| |||Treasurer| ||12 May 2025|| ||12 May 2025|| 4 ||**Carlisle Music Society**|**Carlisle Music Society**|**Carlisle Music Society**|**Carlisle Music Society**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|22/02/2024|**To**||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,204**
**5,396**
**-**
**1,500**
**185**
**791**
**252**
**11,328**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,328**
**4,743**
**905**
**187**
**270**
**98**
**-**
**-**
**90**
**99**
**44**
**40**
**6,476**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,476**
**4,852**
**-**
**26,930**
**31,782**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Ticket sales|**3,204**||**-**|**3,204**
**5,396**
**-**
**1,500**
**185**
**791**
**252**
**11,328**|**4,269**| |Subscriptions|**5,396**||**-**||**5,096**| |Brochire advertising|**-**||**-**||**250**| |Grant - Ida Carroll Trust|**1,500**||**-**||**-**| |Donations|**185**||**-**||**910**| |Bank Interest|**791**||**-**||**682**| |Piano Hire|**252**||**-**
**-**||**78**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**11,328**||||**11,285**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|| ||**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||**-**|**11,328**|**11,285**| ||||||| |Artist costs|**4,743**||**-**|**4,743**
**905**
**187**
**270**
**98**
**-**
**-**
**90**
**99**
**44**
**40**
**6,476**|**4,907**| |Venue hire|**905**||**-**||**1,200**| |Publicity|**187**||**-**||**265**| |Makingmusic membership|**270**||**-**||**236**| |Insurance|**98**||**-**||**103**| |Equipment|**-**||**-**||**40**| |Bank and credit card charges|**-**||**-**||**17**| |Accountancy|**90**||**-**||**85**| |Meals and expenses for artists|**99**||**-**||**125**| |Sundrycosts|**44**||**-**||**-**| |AGM venue hire|**40**||**-**
**-**||**38**| |**_Sub total_ **|**6,476**||||**7,016**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| ||**-**||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|| ||**-**||**-**
**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||**6,476**|| ||||**-**||**7,016**| ||||||| ||**4,852**||
**-**|
**4,852**|**4,269**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**
**26,930**|**-**| ||**26,930**||**-**||**22,661**| ||**31,782**||
**-**|**31,782**|**26,930**| 5 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
Bank Current Account
Bank Savings Account - Piano Savings
Fund
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10,679**
**-**
**21,103**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,782**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||||| ||||| 6 ## **Carlisle Music Society Chartered Accountants report for the period ended 31 March 2025** We have prepared for your approval the financial information of the Carlisle Music Society for the period, which comprises of the receipts and payments statement and the balance sheet, from the entity's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us. As a practising member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at icaew.com/membershandbook. This report is made solely to you, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial information of Carlisle Music Society and state those matters that we have agreed to state to you in this report in accordance with the guidance of ICAEW as detailed at icaew.com/compilation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Carlisle Music Society for our work or for this report. You have approved the financial information for the year and have acknowledged your responsibility for it, for the appropriateness of the financial reporting framework adopted and for providing all information and explanations necessary for its compilation. We have reviewed the accounting records supplied and vouched year end bank balances to bank statements. APB Bookkeeping Services Limited Chartered Accountants 89 Pennyhill Park Penrith CA11 9JW Date: 6 May 2025 7