Jalmin choral.or uk REGISTERED CHARITY 254800 60DAiMtMG TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 sOE ObjKts The Society provides opportunty and encouragemerrt for local people lo path"• in th? & pryd¢ti¢¢ of thoral musi¢, both secular and relvJious The Socw also aims to briNJ coral mu¢ lo 8udien¢o5 from Godalming and surrounding areas vhth a view to encouraging gr&thr mu¢al and •pw•wb"M as r•infofu'ng th• 8•ns• of communty arnong8t local residents. Gov•manc• & Admlnlstratlon The Socsety operates uThJer tl ccaBtrt 8dopt•JJ on 1 NoNprtw 1987 as Subseqnt GOIra1 Meth'ng# ofthe Socw. Th• last revision was In FeÈiuary 2023 whh was and accepted by the Charfy Commissioner5. The Socl•ty18 4n Unlncorporat•d Chantable AMo¢wbon wrth rrnbws •nd offirn arvj truBtee8. Th8r• is 8 main board ol trustees wrth Ch#lm•n. SecTetsry ar#J Treasurer as ¢)ffi¢ors. follwing the resignatKJn of our Chairman in May 2023, th• commrtt•• of trust••s work•Y ofl8cii¥ely #nd sr•¥dty ¥s ¥ colle¢tsve Fending the eloctron of now Chairman. Sub committee8 d8al wth sp8ofic is8u•s & wojects. Sub comrnrttl •re appoint•J from tho main board and trustees supplemented by rrrnbers whtn required. Sotsèty nmbers also FYom addthofi funth"on6 uThJer th8 guidor & control of the main board of tru5t•es. No moml)8r, trustso or otheThvM, rd paK1 for ho$ or hw rokn. Chjrtng tr yew wdlng on 31 July 2024 tm Trusteos wore.. y80n 8urton IS•cretaryl Williafn Midd1etoTrSmilh (Trt•sTh) Henrietta Bradshaw Helen Gee Gilles Gergaud lefed¢d 30 January 2024} Hekn Mcshery IresvJn8d 30 January 20241 Susan O'ConMII IreswJned 26 September 2023) Pauline Powl¢8l•Tra (elt•d 30 Jarwary 2024) Elizateth Sims Elizateth Bgvans-Jones l•t•J 30 J•nu•ry 2024) S•l•¢tlon of Tru•tw• Full Mgmbern ere inMtwltO P8rlic4pot•in the man4Thrn ofthe Sooety ¥r¥J suit4)4pplints •re olocted thtt SociW• AGM. Employm• The Socth ha$ no •mploy4¥. Two prof•$81 musioan$ •r• hirtyj M a ntrac1 or •d-ho¢ bty¥iry to a¥¥ist the Socw in fulfilling its Ots'ects wilh a further two ervJapJ on the same basis for our ChiklTen's Choir. Orche8tra$ and Sokn'sts are engaged as wuir&J for Ihe FerfomTrnces gNen and pa for this Tole. Advl•or• The Socw banks wrth Lknyd$ Bank p IndepeThJent Examimr. A J BrItth FCA FCPA FFA, FFTA FIPK t)c FR&A R?vlew of dovelopments. activille• and achievements P8ul Jeane8 com81•d 8 fiAI yoarwth u8 tArt h•fourKI that th• driwng fmm his hom• in Harr was too dllwIng. After much agonvzing, he d•cid8dlo resign. sad to s•8 him go. Howaver, lucty to have a handfijl ofappSicants for the vacant pO$'0n and after tsvo rounds of interv. the trustees to appoint George de Voil as MD. The number of members during tr year fem [9 to 71 have sirtt pthd up again. We ¢tinUed to Mntain our fewitment ¢Jrive and en¢ourw new membws.
Our ChikJren'8 Choir rernains a fTbJdest OFeratiNI a1 is slill evrkn"ng. Last year we perforft onty tsvo etywts as cwr'summerf o)nc8rt COLld not tAke pla untrl Sept&n4)er. so we gave four corKerts in the 2023r2024 year We the Verdi RUleM, with support from three local choirs. at the Theatre in the Woods, the home of Granp Park Orwa. Thi5 was a resourthng suttw. wrth a ¢8pacty adnce of over 6, and enabkny u5 to make donab'ons of £850 è•c 10 Prim•ry Roixn5. a thanty which supports &nging in primary 001$, and our In Chiklr8n's Choir. After tr grandeui ol rforMir4 Vwdi's music an op8fa houu it wa¥ g)od to be siwing in ehur¢h again. Our Christmas coneèrt IndUd rnus by.. J.S Bach and Geoffrffjf Bush. selected Tomasino Albinoni movements a$ well a$ sorre Christmas Carols whtch tho audwce enjoyed sirging. The coneèrt w•$ w¥ll attgrKled. For our Eastor coneart, * sang the much.lo¥&J Faurè Rul¢m, the C•nbque de Jean R8one and Haydn'8 Nelson Masg. We had a larg• and appreaalive audience. Our sumw coneèrt was Paul anes. lasl wth us as MD" w• sang Wll Todd, Three Jazz hymn¥, John Rutter. A Spng ol Thym• 8nd Gwrge Shring. SoEvJs Sonnel Fln•nclal R•vlew Thi8 year we adopted new a¢counts"roJ 8oIIAvare and on the advice of our Ind•F•nd•nt Exam1rr have switch&J from 8ccruals-based aecounts to 4 receipts and paymEnts bas. This has required r•stJt¢rrwl of our accounts for 2022- 2023 which now show a svJnrfi¢ant wtsfit reftertirg paytrnnts recaved for 202>2024." in w)88quew the accounts for tho curr•nt y•ar Sh¢ • sutt•ftbJl k48. Our Verdt Requi•m concert fijnded by a gercuS donation from wr lomw duim)an. whi¢h fiJlty covered o operating loss on th• wrlomwnce. ffKJTe or kn broke even on our chn51m aThJ sumwr concert6 and made l)onob"ons ond other fvn&raisng adivrt68s contlnue(I to tslp Ouf ffin8nees. Thè Childm'i CIM)ir i• not a wp•r•t• •1 erty orKI its finances HTe incorpcTrknJ wrfhin the annual accounts of th• Sod•ty. Thetrust•es' polty on reservès in tho 8r•(l)th Beque ftJnd5 r•main8lYoadty unchor-thoyvAII sllll té U88d •B•onlialty to generate investment incom• ond fund •x¢¢pliol fviure caprtal •xwdTtum. Th• rrwbers h¥vè approvod th allo¢ats't)n of up to £3,OC4) eo¢h year from th• Bradish Wu8St to rf0mlancè r88OUr for an •nnu•l "8r•ttl¥h Concerf in m•rrw of th• Ixngtsctor who bequ•athed frd8 to Ststi pdi¢y rnmainB conwvM a ur#J•r rfjgur rv4iN. No I18 arn hdd by th• SoTh8ty ao Cultr• truthei on hall of olhern. Rl•k Man•o•rn•nt ht•o8 p•orn regL•r of So¢i•ty'• opw•tth8 •rkJ 8trgic obJ•dN•8 10 gn8ur• h#r#nce to ts principal eharrtabl• objects and financkgl control8. TW ar• sat12kf Ihal there sUfficnt 8y8twn$ and pro¢eduTe8 In pla¢• to Idtsfy and add8& in a tsmty manr those risks that Ihe Sc• may fat from b.me to kn"rrft. A con8tant polw)tJal risk throughout any soason that of ho¥m9 to ¢art¢el one or frm conc•fts It short nolu. ImpknwntalvJn of th• Policy abo tog•thor wrth subxnptscm lo Making 1,¥ Iura scfrmo Is agreed ty the tnAIots •# being ol an adequate natyr¢ 19 minimw thrd parts"cular risk. Publlc Boneflt In tht 10¢o1 •re& the Socity xtivdy worrths partldpthn In chor•1 $iryThJ' we off•r frw concert tickats to those under 18tt1 help sbmulate interest in choral MUS amorwj yotsrr apgroups and hope to Increa partlciWon in ourChlldrèn'• Gr. W• tak• part bn loc actMti08 where poHrt>le wo alw run to Jr wnion Ih•t tho tr15 ofth• Scoety coiiyh'ad wth thr to hav• rwd to th• guid•n¢• on puWi¢ banth pu1$hed by Ctsmmisgon in exercisin9 their tymrs or dub. G. H QERQAUD tACTING CHAIIIMANI 31 Augus
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENfjLANO AND WALES Th• God•lmln 254900 Recelpts and payments accounts CC16a Forth• p• To 01 23 31Juk24 Section A Receipts and payments Unresirlcfed fvnO• Endowment fvndl Restrlcted fttnds Totrl funds La¥ly•ir A1 R•¢•l Annual rnernbel¥ subscri tion¥ Children's ChoiT worksho tket sa Concert r ramme adverti81 Concert ramme sales Concort r8lr8$hm8nt$ sal Concert lickel 68les Como and Sin Oa Loan & Sale ol Muslc Fri8nds & t)onatKJn8 10,921 32S 240 688 236 945 2,318 602 602 646 178 148 572 148 672 275 Sund IrKorn8 Adurt Choir fund rolw. Childfen's Choir fund raL81 Salg of mgrchand$3? GrftAid receid 1.042 1.998 2 and lTh¥•Atsn•nt •8lN {••• CCKK R1 ?jLrfJ1S$)
AJP anist$' Rehearsal Audit & Accoitntan 6oo¥tgr sin rs lee CC accom nist CAists CC wn¢Judor fee¥ CC Publlcl CC Worksho vonuo hlT8 ChArilabl8 and Pol't1 Donths Concert orchestra and accom anot f•8 Concert Posters & Advertlaement Concert p ramrn8 Priniin cOnrt Rafreshrn•nts Colt Concert Soloistg Fee cOnrt ¥ound, I Concert Sund Ex Concart vonua hlr• Comè and Sin Conductor's Con¢•rt F Conductor's rehearsal f•• Hiro & Purchas• of Mus Hlr• ol Orchestra Scor08 Hire of r8h•ar8al *8 Fundr¥i$in sts Insurance Postèrs & adrIbl. Subscn ions Sund Choir Ex nses OBS check$ & Irainin 245 460 853 427 126 650 14,IC 1,270 755 3.931 hts 2,177 3.610 2.340 8,510 285 283 87 392 cholr Sub lo ••• tsbl• Sub tot•1 A6 Trnnsler• betw8Bn fvnd• C••h fvrth l••tyear •nd Cash fvnd& th1• y•v•nd CCXX R2 Kc•unts ISS)
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period funds funds fund$ tonMr••t£ Bl Calh lund• Ltyjs BankAdult Chow rJJThent 87213760 LW$ Bank Chikjren's ch oJff&)t 872768 Lws Bank Instant Acress dewrt" 872141 S(#)tttsh WJcths day ¢JeKWt Seotttsh W&lcvA 90 d•Fty (Bradth 8eques11 Tot•1 cash lunds 2.629 5.629 13.390 20,000 41,649 Unmtri¢t•d R•¥idthd fund• fvnd• Endowm•nt fund• lo 82 Oth•r mon•tsry #••ts Dolai15 (OpdlI 3 InvHtm•nt u••t• 84 A•s•ts r•taln•d for th• ¢hafSty'• own u•• B6 LSabllltl•• fcKJ 113 &'gned by w or Sifve Nam• Date ol roval ff)A Burt 31 Au ustW25 Gilles GB 31 Au usl 2025 CCXX R4 {ssi 2WW2CQ5
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent ExaminÈr's Report Report to the trusleesl m•mb8rs of Godalming Choral Society On a¢¢ounts for the ygar ended 31 July 2024 Charlty no (If any) 254800 Set oul on pages 1-2.4 I report to the trustee5 on my examination of th8 accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust'l for the ygar ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under seclion 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Comrni55ion under sectfi 14515)Ib) of the Act. I hava complele(J my ex8minatK)n. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examinalion which gives me cause lo believe that In, any rnaterial resp8Ct'. accounting records wore not kept In accofdanca with sectlon 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wrth the accounting record5 Indepondent éxamlnar's statement I have no COnrS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attenllon should be drawn In order to enabbe a proper understanding of the accounts to be rehed. ' Please delele the words in the brackets rf they do not 8ppIy. Signod: Date: Narne: A J Bennewith Relevant professional qualificatlon(s) or body (if any): FGA, FCPA, FFA, FFTA, FIPA, DChA. FRSA Address: Upper Ground Flwr, 18, Farnham Road Guihjford SuThey GU14XA IER October 2018
Section B DisclosLJre Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examinatK)n of charity accounts: directKJns and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to discloso. IER October 2018