## **Croydon Philharmonic Societ**
## **Report and Accounts**
**for the year ended**
**Monday, June 30, 2025**
**Registered Charity Number: 2130**
ty Choir
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## **Officers & Committee of Croydon Philharmonic Society Choir**
## **President**
Crispian Steele-Perkins
## **Vice-Presidents**
Erica Eloff Ian le Grice **Music Director** David Gibson
## **Committee (Trustee) Members**
## **Chair**
Sheila Reed
## **Secretary**
Jean Murphy and Elizabeth Baigent to 15 October 2024, then Stephen Wright
**Ticket Secretary** Rosemary Stone
**Treasurer** Martin Day
**Concert Secretary** Lisa Kirk to 15 October 2024 then Karen Williams
**Membership Secretary** Katharina Kreissig
**Publicity Co-ordinator** Katrina Keel
**Media Lead** Peter Gillman
## **Librarian**
Lisa Kirk from 15 October 2024
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**Croydon Philharmonic Society Choir Report of the Committee**
The committee present their report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025
## **Principal Activities**
The Society's principal activity during the year continued to be the study and public performance of choral music.
## **Status**
The Society is a registered charity, number 213084
## **Review of the Business**
The choir performed in 4 concerts during this year, including a joint one in Basingstoke organised by the Basingstoke Choral Society and another at Croydon Minster together with the Croydon Male Voice Choir. None of the concerts fully covered their costs, but the losses were on a relatively small scale. These losses were more than covered by the combination of membership fees paid by the choir members and returns on the choir's substantial reserves.
introductory offers, so we hope to see an increase in subscription income next year.
Hall in spring. Clearly we need to attract larger audiences, both because this will boost the choir's performance and to enable us to continue to cover our costs.
## **Committee Members**
The full list of current Committee members is detailed on page 2 of this document.
## **Independent Examiner**
Mr Liam Kelly was appointed as Independent Examiner at the Annual General Meeting in October 2024, and hopefully will be willing to continue in office.
This report and the attached accounts are presented for approval at the Annual General Meeting on 14 October 2025.
**Sheila Reed Martin Day Chair Treasurer**
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## **Report of the Independent Examiner to the Members of The Croydon Philharmonic Society Choir**
I report on the Accounts of the Society for the year ended 30th June 2025
## **Respective Responsibilities of the Trustees and Examiner**
As a charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts: you consider that the audit requirements of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 43(7) (b) of the Act) whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit , and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the charity has not met the requirements: to ensure:-
* Accounting records are kept in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and
* Accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act
(2) To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**30th September 2025**
Liam Kelly Leemook Accounting
29, Errington Road, Picket Piece, Andover, SP11 6XF
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## **Croydon Philharmonic Society Choir**
## **Statement of financial activities for the year ended 30 June 2025**
|**General fund**
Note
**Incoming funds:**
Subscriptions
2
(including Gift Aid tax credit)
Interest & dividends
3
Net Fund Raising & Donations
4
Donations to pass on
Legacies
4
Total incoming resources
**Outgoing expenditure:**
Hire of churches for rehearsals
Conductor's Fees
Accompanist's fees
General printing & publicity
Performing Rights
Insurance expenses
Independent Examiner's fee
Sundry expenses
Donations
Net cost of Workshop event
Total outgoing expenditure
**Surplus of income over expenditure**
**Deficit on concerts for the year**
**Change in value in stock of gifts, folders etc**
**Overall net surplus/(deficit)for the year**
General Fund brought forward
Transfer to Reserve Fund
**General Fund carried forward**|**2025**
£
unrestricted funds
**16,021**
**11,924**
**105**
**262**
**0**
**28,312**
**3,244**
**7,427**
**4,161**
**1,044**
**445**
**94**
**530**
**623**
**312**
**1,294**
**19,175**
**9,137**
**(6,246)**
**(55)**
**2,836**
**47,798**
**0**
**50,634**|**2024**
£
unrestricted funds
**18,311**
**11,644**
**51**
**513**
**8,000**|
|---|---|---|
|||**38,519**|
|||**3,010**
**7,790**
**4,212**
**977**
**94**
**500**
**1,005**
**2,763**
**1,179**|
|||**21,530**|
|||**16,989**
**(23,350)**|
|||**40**
**-6,321**
**54,119**
**0**|
|||**47,798**|
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**Croydon Philharmonic Society Choir**
## **Statement of assets and liabilities for the year ended 30 June 2025**
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2025 2024
Note £ £ £ £
unrestricted funds unrestricted funds
Fixed assets
Investments 5 135,113 130,284
135,113 130,284
Current assets
Debtors, prepayments & stock 6 3,211 8,200
Cash at bank and in hand 7 199,239 194,900
202,450 203,100
Less
Creditors and accruals 8 2,872 6,359
Net current assets 199,578 196,741
334,691 327,026
Financed by:
General Fund 9 50,634 47,798
Reserve Fund 10 284,057 279,228
334,691 327,026
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the accompanying accounting policies and notes form an integral part of these financial accounts
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## **Notes to the Accounts for the year to 30 June 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, and follow the recommendations in the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities', revised in October 2005. They have been prepared under the historic cost convention except that investments are valued at market value.
Unrealised gains and losses on investments for the period are calculated by reference to the market value of the investments held at the year end.
## **___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________**
|**2 Subscriptions breakdown**
Subscriptions paid
Tax Credit on Gift Aided subscriptions
**_______________________________________________________**
**3 Interest and dividends breakdown:**
Bank interest
Dividends:
M & G Charifund
CAF 12-month account
Total dividend income
**_______________________________________________________**
**4 Fund raising income & donations breakdown:**
Donations
Sale of folders, badges etc
**_______________________________________________________**
**5 Investments**
M & G Charifund
IFSL CAF Fixed interest B Income Fund
**Reconciliation of movement in market value of investm**
Investments at market value as at 1 July 2024
Surplus/(Deficit) on revaluation of M&G
Surplus/(Deficit) on revaluation of IFSL
Investments at market value as at 30 June 2025|£
**____________________**
£
7,817
140
**____________________**
**____________________**
**2025**
**£**
cost
114,773
0
114,773
**ents**|£
13386
2,634
**_________________**
£
3,968
7,956
**_________________**
£
50
55
**_________________**
**£**
market
value
135,113
0
135,113|£
**16,021**
**__________**
£
**11,924**
**__________**
**105**
**__________**
**2024**
£
cost
114,773
39,682
154,455|£
market
value
130,284
0|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||130,284|
|||||130,284
4,828
0|
|||||135,113|
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£
£
£
|£|£|
|---|---|
|**6 Debtors, prepayments & stock**
HMRC - Gift Aid
Other debtors
Stock of music folders etc
Prepayments for concert|2,556
48
507
100|
||**3,211**|
|**________________________________________________________________________________________**
£
**7 Cash at bank and in hand**
CAF Cash Account
2,666
CAF Gold Account
176,573
CAF 60 Day Notice Account Issue 4
20,000|**____________**
£|
|---|---|
||**199,239**|
|**________________________________________________________________________________________**
£
**8 Creditors and accruals**
Independent Examiner fee
530
Other creditors
2,342|**____________**|
|---|---|
||2,872|
|**________________________________________________________________**
**9 General Fund**
As at 1 July at start of year
Surplus/(Deficit)for the year
Transfer in (out)
As at 30 June end of year|**____________________________________**
**2025**
£
47,798
2,836
0
50,634|**2024**
£
54,119
(6,321)
0|
|---|---|---|
|||47,798|
This is an unrestricted fund for the general use of the Society
|**________________________________________________________________**
**10 Reserve Fund**
As at 1 July start of year
Surplus/(Deficit) on investment revaluation
Transfer in (out)
As at 30 June end year|**____________________________________**
**2025**
**£**
279,228
4,828
0
284,057|**2024**
**£**
268,730
10,498
0|
|---|---|---|
|||279,228|
The Reserve Fund is an unrestricted fund for the general use of the Society. It is invested with the long-term objective of providing income whilst seeking to maintain the value of the capital in real terms. Any transfers from the Reserve Fund can only be approved by a two-thirds majority of members attending an Extraordinary General Meeting called for this purpose.
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## **Croydon Philharmonic Society Choir**
## **Concert Receipts and Payments for the year ended 30 June 2025**
|**Receipts:**
Net receipts from ticket sales
Donation for specifc concert
Programme sales
less: Cost of programmes
**Total net receipts**
**Payments:**
Hire of venue and facilities
Orchestra and Accompanist fees
Conductor's fees
Soloists' fees
Hire of Instruments
Performing Rights & Orchestra Scores
Hire/sale of music scores (net of receipts)
Printing and publicity
Contribution to others' costs
Refreshments
less income from refreshments
Hire of transport (net)
**Total Payments**
**(Defcit) on concerts for the year**|**2025**
**£**
**6,360**
**0**
**136**
**(159)**
**(23)**
**6,337**
**2,027**
**1,480**
**5,116**
**1,673**
**0**
**0**
**164**
**509**
**772**
**750**
**(104)**
**195**
**12,583**
**(6,246)**|**2024**
**£**
**12,953**
7.5
**1,062**
**(439)**|
|---|---|---|
|||**623**|
||||
|||**13,584**|
|||**5,968**
**16,839**
**5,572**
**6,174**
**434**
**762**
**(534)**
**1,389**
**0**
**330**
**0**
**0**|
|||**36,934**|
||||
|||**(23,350)**|
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## **Croydon Philharmonic Society Choir Concert Receipts and Payments Account breakdown for the year ended 30 June 2025**
||**9 November**|**December**|**30 March**|**7 June**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2024**|**2025**|**2025**|
||**_Autumn in_**|**_Christmas_**|**_A Sea_**|**_Together_**|
||**_Addiscombe_**|**_concerts_**|**_Symphony_**|**_Again_**|
||||**_(with_**||
||||**_Basingstoke)_**|**_(with CMVC)_**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Receipts:**|||||
|Ticket sales|2,125|2,325|0|1,910|
|Donations|||0||
|Programme sales|136||0||
|less: Cost of programmes|(34)|(125)|0||
|Net Surplus/(Defcit) from programmes|102|(125)|0|0|
||||||
|**Total net receipts**|2,227|2,200|0|1,910|
|**Payments:**|||||
|Hire of venue and facilities|400|377|0|1,250|
|Orchestra and Accompanist fees|1,070|410|0||
|Conductor's fees|1,393|1,393|937|1,393|
|Soloists' fees|687|500|0|486|
|CMVC share (June concert)||||772|
|Performing Rights & Orchestra Scores|||0||
|Hire/sale of music scores (net of receipts|38|207|(149)|68|
|Printing and publicity|281|175|0|54|
|Charity donation|||||
|Hire of transport (net)|||195||
|Refreshments|167|195||388|
|less income from refreshments||(104)|||
|**Total Payments**|4,035|3,153|983|4,411|
|**Surplus/(Defcit) on concert**|(1,809)|(953)|(983)|(2,501)|
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