## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|01|09|2022|**To**|31
08|2023| ## Section A Reference and administration details ## **Charity name** Thomas Tallis Society **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 247258 **Charity's principal address** 35 Dinsdale Road London **Postcode SE3 7RJ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Nigel Press Chairman Secretary & 2[Alice Shelton ] Treasurer 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Association - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Election by members (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; The Members appoint a Committee from amongst their number at the Annual General Meeting. Other volunteer committee members are coopted from time to time. The Committee prepares and manages an annual programme of events. The Committee reviews the financial situation at regular meetings and reports back to membership. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The study and practice of music (including choral music) in order to foster the public knowledge and appreciation of such music by public performances. March **2012** **TAR** 2 The main activities undertaken for the public benefit are the rehearsals and subsequent performance of concerts by the Thomas Tallis Society Choir and Orchestra. The Trustees are confident that performance of such concerts constitute a public benefit according to the guidance of the Charities Commission. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grant making; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** This year 2022-23, TTS’s 57[th] year, we have again performed five concerts over the year. Unusually this year two of the five concerts were directed by guest conductors; Mark Wilde back for his second helping and Olivia Shotton. This has also been the seventh year of the Choral Ambassador scheme which we launched in 2015. ## **Concerts** In September, we did a concert of **English Song for Choir and Piano** directed by Mark Wilde, who previously conducted Pledges of Heavn’s’ Joy back in October 2019, with David OwenNorris at the piano. We performed Elgar’s Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs (celebrating 150 years since his birth) and Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year. The concert took place not long after the death of the Queen. We hope that the programme was a fitting tribute; three great British composers that she had met and for whom they had composed or dedicated music; setting great English poetry from Shakespeare to Tennyson. For some reason we sold very few tickets in advance for this concert but in the event the audience was not bad at all. In November we did **A Concert for** **Remembrance Day** featuring James MacMillan’s All the hills and vales along. It was wonderful to sing again with a brass ensemble, Regent Brass, who proved popular with our audience. The concert included a third performance of Kerensa Briggs Media Vita and a second of Cecilia MacDowell’s The Lord is Good. The concert also included two UK premieres and a world premiere. Two brass pieces were UK premieres; Tallis Figures based on an organ work by Thomas Tallis and Imagined Dances which takes a number of works by William Byrd and John Dowland and transports them into a contemporary setting. Epiphany, by Bernard Hughes was a commision for one of TTS’s longest serving members Philippa John, celebrating her 50[th] year with TTS and using words written by her son Hywel John. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance In December we decided against doing Messiah and did a programe of English Christmas music titled **A Very English Christmas** and including Vaugham Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Britten A Ceremony of Carols with step-out solos from the choir and continuing to learn Finzi repetoire, In Terra Pax. We also tried another first – some carols with audience participation. Emily Jennings, who was one of TTS’s first Choral Ambassadors, came back to sing in this concert as her final concert with the choir. Emily’s professional singing career has taken off and it was lovely to have her back for one last concert with TTS. The concert was very popular – we sold over 250 tickets with additional audience on the night. We did not perform in January, our first concert of 2023 was in March – **Brahms Requiem** performed in an arrangement for piano and small string band by Iain Farrington. Alex Bower-Brown returned to sing the baritone solo and we were especially pleased to have Naomi Quant, a regular member of the TTS soprano line-up, sing the soprano solo. We were also happy this was our first collaboration with St Paul’s Sinfonia. St Paul’s Sinfonia is a Chamber Orchestra, the longest established resident orchestra at St Alfege, performing 9 or 10 concerts a year. Again we had an excellent audience (possibly helped by the St Paul’s connection) and actually made a small profit on this concert. And lastly for the year, **A French Collection** , directed by Olivia Shotton. Olivia took some of the December concert rehearsals establishing a rapid rapport with the choir and as Eamonn was not available for this concert, we invited her to conduct and she did not disappoint. The preparation she had done on the French was particularly impressive as she coached us through medieval French, modern French as well as something half way between. We had a pretty good audience and everybody was treated to macarons with drinks afterwards. A fitting end to the season. March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** The charity has no assets and no ongoing financial commitments. **Brief statement of the** Incoming funds are used to enhance the quality of the concert **charity’s policy on reserves** programme. The size of the reserves fund is not large enough to warrant consideration of an investment programme in the current economic climate. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include Following the donation last year to support outreach projects and the additional information, where Spem project, we used funds this year to pay Ex Cathedra for a day of relevant about: workshops in Thomas Tallis School, we continued our Choral • the charity’s principal Ambassador scheme and we continued the Spem project access via our website using funds to support website hosting. sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G 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)** ALICE SHELTON **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Secretary and Treasurer ] **Date** 8 May 2023 March **2012** **TAR** 6 **Charity Name No (if any) Thomas Tallis Society 247258 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from 01/09/2022 31/08/2023** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**25,775**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,775**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,775**
**-**
**27,408**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,408**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,408**
**- 1,633**
**-**
**41,951**
**40,318**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**25,775**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,775**
**-**
**-**
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**25,775**
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**27,408**
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**-**
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**27,408**
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**27,408**

**- 1,633**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**25,775**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**25,775**
**-**
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**27,408**
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**27,408**
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**- 1,633**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**|||||**-**| |Fund Raising|**25,775**|||||**-**| |Donations|**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**25,775**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |Cost of Fund Raising|**27,408**|||||**-**| |Grants|**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**27,408**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**- 1,633**|**-**|**-**|
**- 1,633**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**41,951**||**-**|**41,951**||**-**| ||**40,318**|**-**|**-**|**40,318**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/09/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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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**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
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**40,318**
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Alice Shelton|**Endowment**
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**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due (optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||Alice Shelton|14th June 2024| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 03/09/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Thomas Tallis Sooety On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 Charlty no (rfanyl 247258 S•t oirt on pag Respèctlve The thantys trustees are resp)nsible for the preparation of the accounts in respon8lbllltles of accordarKe with th8 requiremerts of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acri. trustees and examiner The ¢harity's trustees consKler that an audit is not required for this year uTrder se(*ion 144 of the Act and that an independent ex￿InatIon is needed. 11 is my responsikilty to.. examine Ihe accowts urKler Sect￿)n 145 of the Charities Act, to follow Ihe applicable DirectTrons given by the Chanty Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Ad. and to state whether pwticular matters have come to my attention Basls of Independent My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with general Directions given oxamlnerfs S&￿ement by the Charity Commission. An examination InG1￿je$ a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts esented Nmth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the tnjstees concerning any such matters. The wocedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that woukl be required in an audit, and consequently no oynion is gr¥en as to Ythether the accounts present a Irue and fairf ifjew ar￿ ts report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connedion wilh my examination, no material matters have Come to my examlnefs statement attention whiGh gives me Cause to believe that in, any material respect: accwnting records were not keo in xcordance *ith section 130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not aCC￿d with the a¢countiry records I have no COn￿mS arKI have Mme across no other rnatters in connection wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable Jper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Pl888e delete the words in the brad(8ts rf they do not apply. Slgned: Name: MALCOLM DAVID REID Relevant professlonal quallficatlon(s) or body (If any): FCA IRN: MDR01092 IER May 2018 Address: 18 Robertson House GIl￿rt Close London SE18 4PR Section B Disclosure Only complete rfl￿ examiner need5 to highlight matters of con¢em (see CC32. IrKlependent examin*"on of chartty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlef datalls of any Items that the examlner wSshes to disclose. IER May 2018