Welsh Camerata Charitable Incorporated Organisation Charity Number 1208382 Report and Financial statements for year ended 31 August 2025
Welsh Camerata. CIO, Charity Number 1208382 Period ending 31 August 2025 Contents Pag8 Legal and admlnlstratlve Informatlon 3-4 Report ofthetru8t8e$ Recelpt8 and payment8 account Asset man8gem6nt, f Inan¢lal guldellna$ and authorlsatlon
Welsh Camerata, CIO, Charity Number 1208382 Period ending 31 August 2025 Legal and admlnistrative informatlon TRUSTEES: Vivien Goldberg Ichalrl Rach81 Davies Isecretaryl Jeremy Badcock Itreasurerl Chris Holmquist Christina Macaulay B8atric6 Pearce Timothy Pearce REGISTERED ADDRESSES: 4 Druldstone House Druidstone Road Cardiff CF36XF hltp1l.w.ww.wetshcamerao.rgi BANKERS: The Co-op8rative B8nk 1 Balloon Stroet Manchester M44BE TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES: The trustees working within the guldance issued by the Charlty Commi8slon and 8ccordin8 to thè CIO constitution. The minimum number of trustees is three, and at e8ch annual gener81 meeting of Welsh C8mer8ta a thlrd of all the tru8tee$ retlre by rotation and the members glect or re-elect new trustees. The trustees receive no remuneration and work to further the oblectlves of the choir. Trustees are re-Imburs8d for necessary expenditure, usually lor admin sundries most conveniently purchased individually. Pollcies forthe 8PPfopfi8te management of the Welsh Camerata are developed and reviewed.
Welsh Camerata, CIO, Charity Number 1208382 Period ending 31 August 2025 Overall summary of activlty The Welsh Camerata is a mlxed choir of 25-30 singers, performing predomlnantly early European music lie Irom 14" to 18° centuries) in public concerts in Cardlff. Its main alm is to develop awareness of important but lesser-known repeitoire. Led by a professional Director and rn&n8ged by a committee based around the CIO trustees, it is funded from member subscriptions, ticket sales, paid engagements, corporate funding and gr8nts. The choir 8im8 to inform and develop th8 knowledge of its mefflbers and the gener81 public Sn appreciation ol SLAng 88rly music, repertoire which is less frequently pertormed and often new to slngers and audience alike. Members of the choir gain a number of b8nefits through their involvement.. The health benefits of choral singing, both physical and psychological, are generally acknowledged. There is likewis8 8 social benefit from being p8rt of 8 group, with a small number of singers, working together to achieve high standards of performance and take slgniflcant Indlvidual responslblllty. Members also have the opportunity to galn knowledge and skllls from the director, who Is a hlghly skllled and knowledgeable professional muslclan. Welsh Cam8r3ta generally prepares and perform8 8t least three concerts a year coinciding with the academic terms. These are USLJ811y presented in churches in the South Waleslcardiff area, wlth the rehearsal and performanee venues benefitting from Income derived from the hlrlng of space as well as opportunitles for communities to come together. In addition, when the choir n8ed8 to engage professional period instrument musicians or voc81 soloists it aims to provid8 opportunities for emerging artists to gain 6xperi8nee and exposure.
Welsh Camerata, CIO, Charity Number 1208382 Perlod ending 31 August 2025 Trustees, Report Welsh Camerata started this 12-month period with a new Director, following the retirement ol the founding director, Andrew Wilson-Dickson, after 20 years. After Interviewing candidates with a variety of experience, we were fortunate in engaging Frederick Brown, Chorus Master of the Welsh National Opera, who also brings a wealth of other operatic. orchestr81. keyboard and voc81 experience to th8 ro19. We are pl8ased that Andrew Wilson-Dickson has continued his links with the choir and has been supportive in lending instruments and raking occasional instrumental paTts In concerts. In this 2024-25 season Welsh Camerata performed 3 concerts, one per term.. 'A Christm8$ in W818s and Europe, mixed repertoire from the Renaissance and Baroque eras interspersed with traditional Welsh plygain c8rols sung by small groups of choristers. The spring term concert, Class of 7685, featured music by the three major composers born in that auspicious year. This included Sc8rlatti's St8b8t Mater, which really opened a lot of eyes to this unjustly neglected work, 88ch and Hand8lwere the othertwo composers. The summer concert, Music81 Friendship5, featured works by 8yrd, Tallis 8nd De Nonte. They had in common th8ir Catholic faith, which in Reforrnation times h8d to be kept secret. The cholr used different churches in the Cardiff area and experSmented with changing the day and time of concerts- the most notable beSn8 trying a late Sunday afternoon concert whlch seemed to work well for performers and 8udience alike. Wlth the provider of the Welsh Camerata webslre relocating and retiring from the cholr, the trustees investigated varlous options 8nd decided to create a new website using the Making Nusic Platform. The one-off costs for setting thi5 up are includ8d in the Making Music entry in the accounts but the benelits from the new site will not be seen until the 2025-26 year. We ar8 V8ry grateful to the previous wabmaster lor creating and managing the Welsh Camerata's slie for the choir's flr5t 20 years. This year was the first year of the Welsh Camerat8's existence as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation which has enabled the claiming of Gift Aid. This has been beneficial in helping to fund instrumentalists and to mitig8te some of the effects of Increasin8 venue hire costs. In order to satisfy the more stringent banking conditions necessary for Ch8rities, the Welsh C8merata changed its bank and now is able to receive modest interest on any reserveg. Welsh Carnerata is also gratelul for the donation made by Admiral Insur8ric8 which employs one of the choir members. The accounts show a more favourable positlon compared to the prevlous year and, when it is deerned that this is sust8in8ble, the choir will be able to produce more adventurous programming involving more instrumentalists, which in turn can be expected to increase audiences, membership and general interest.
Welsh Camerata, CIO, Charity Number 1208382 Period ending 31 August 2025 Receipts and paymentsaccount RECEIPTS durlngyear Subs direct credit 23-24 4,680.00 3,985.00 0.00 6Q.00 Subs cash Donations Closure of company Sum up testing Admiral 31.00 0.00 19.63 2.96 472.00 463.00 Sundry 110.00 557.00 Book sales 87,32 453.00 Ticket sales 2,799,53 2,207.04 1,232.65 0.00 32,00 94. 71 HMRC gift8id Bar donations Score hire 27.60 0.00 Bank interest 18.02 0.00 INCOMETOTAL 9,509.75 7,816. 77 PAYMENTS durlng year Sundries Printing M8king Music Companies House Book. gifts. catering 23-24 308,94 324.00 397.00 239.00 33.00 13.00 410.00 522.00 Musiclans 1,680.00 73.00 840.00 Music hire 22.OQ MD 3,351.00 500.00 2.250.QQ Concertvenue 490.QO Rehearsalvenue 1,245.00 7,200.OQ PAYMENTS TOTAL 7,997.94 5,900.00
Welsh Camerata. CIO, Charity Number 1208382 Period ending 31 August 2025 Asset management CommencThntof yearbalae Cashin hand .10 caStatba INaiWest> 2,759.26 End of Yearbthcecan1 fmrd Cashin harKJ 1Ckl.10 CashatbanklCTrop, cuffentajcl CashatbanklC04)p, deprt¢) TOTAL 428.05 &140.17 Flnanclalguldellnes Welsh Camerata works within its bud8ets and thu8 h8s no policy regardlng108ns It 8Sms to keep at legst a half year's Income in its interest-bearlng reseNe eccount to allow for contingencies such as unusually low audience receipts When funds allow, thg organi88tlon will plan more ambitlOU8 concert8 involving extra Instrumental accomp8nlment or vocal soloists Subscriptlons from members ot the ¢holr provlde up to 8 half of the Income wlth the rest mainly coming from ticket $8les, donations (including a 8m811 but welcome emount of cornmerci81 sponsorship), and Gift Aid. The fin3nclal statements have been complled on the receipts and payments basis, showlng the det8I1s of monies moving in or out, and the financial positlon at the beginning and end of the year. Welsh Camerata does not mak8 grants to other groups or individuals. using its funding to enhance its own ch8rlt8ble objectlves. The trustees all provlde their servlces volunt&rlly recelvlng only relmbursement for necessary expenditure eg administratlon sundries The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accountlng records that dlsclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable Ihem to ensure that the financial 8t8tement5 comply with the Charilies Act 2011, the Charlty (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions ol the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonabl8 steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularitles. Thls report was approved bytheTrustees on 16, June 2026, and 91gned on their behalf by: Vivien Goldberg IChaSrltru$teel Jeremy Badcock ITreasurerltru8teel