Jalmin
choral.or
uk
REGISTERED CHARITY 254800
60DAiMtMG
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
sO￿E
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 c*oral 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 Subseq￿nt GOI￿ra1 Meth'ng#
ofthe Socw. Th• last revision was In FeÈiuary 2023 wh￿h was and accepted by the Charfy Commissioner5. The
Socl•ty18 4n Unlncorporat•d Chantable AMo¢wbon wrth rr*nbws •nd offi￿rn 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 rr*rnbers whtn required. Sotsèty n*mbers also F*Yom 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 (el￿t•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)￿4ppli￿nts •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 B￿rI*￿tth FCA FCPA FFA, FFTA FIPK t)c￿ FR&A
R?vlew of dovelopments. activille• and achievements
P8ul Jeane8 com￿81•d 8 fiAI yoarwth u8 tArt h•fourKI that th• driwng fmm his hom• in Harr￿ was too d￿ll￿wIng. 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 M￿ntain our
fewitment ¢Jrive and en¢ourw new membws.

Our ChikJren'8 Choir rernains a fTbJdest OFeratiNI a￿1 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 R￿UleM, with support from three local choirs. at the Theatre in
the Woods, the home of Granp Park Orwa. Thi5 was a resour*thng suttw. wrth a ¢8pacty a￿d￿nce 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$, and
our I￿n Chiklr8n's Choir.
After tr* grandeui ol ￿rforMir4 Vwdi's music ￿ an op8fa houu it wa¥ g)od to be siwing in ehur¢h again.
Our Christmas coneèrt IndUd￿ rnus￿ by.. J.S Bach and Geoffrffjf Bush. selected Tomasino Albinoni movements a$ 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 R￿ul¢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 Sh￿ring. 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 Exam1r￿r 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¢￿ • sut*t•ftbJl k48.
Our Verdt Requi•m concert fijnded by a ger￿cuS 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 sumw*r 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
er￿ty 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¢¢plio￿l 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 fr￿d8 to Ststi
pdi¢y rnmainB conwv*M a ur#J•r rfjgu￿r rv4iN. No I￿￿18 arn hdd by th• SoTh8ty ao Cultr￿•￿ truthei
on ￿hall of olhern.
Rl•k Man•o•rn•nt
h*t•o8 p•*orn regL￿•r of So¢i•ty'• opw•tth8 •rkJ 8tr*gic obJ•dN•8 10 gn8ur• ￿h#r#nce to ts
principal eharrtabl• objects and financkgl control8. TW ar• sat12kf￿ Ihal there sUffic￿nt 8y8twn$ and pro¢eduTe8 In
pla¢• to Id￿tsfy and add￿8& in a tsmty man￿r 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￿￿,¥ I￿ura￿ scfr*mo 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 $iryThJ' we off•r frw concert tickats to those under
18tt1 help sbmulate interest in choral MUS￿ amorwj yotsr￿r apgroups and hope to Increa￿ partlciWon in ourChlldrèn'•
G￿r.
W• tak• part bn loc* actMti08 where poHrt>le wo alw run to
Jr wnion Ih•t tho tr￿1￿5 ofth• Scoety coiiyh'ad wth th*r to hav• rwd to th• guid•n¢• on puWi¢
banth pu￿1$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
t￿ket 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$3?
GrftAid recei￿d
1.042
1.998
2 and lTh¥•Atsn•nt •8lN {•••
CCKK R1 ?￿jLrfJ1S$)

AJP
anist$' Rehearsal
Audit & Accoitntan
6oo¥tgr sin
rs lee
CC accom
nist CAists
CC wn¢Judor fee¥
CC Publlcl
CC Worksho
vonuo hlT8
ChArilabl8 and Pol't￿1 Donths
Concert orchestra and accom
anot f•8
Concert Posters & Advertlaement
Concert p
ramrn8 Priniin
cOn￿rt Rafreshrn•nts Colt
Concert Soloistg Fee
cOn￿rt
¥ound, I
Concert Sund Ex
Concart vonua hlr•
Comè and Sin
Conductor's Con¢•rt F
Conductor's rehearsal f••
Hiro & Purchas• of Mus
Hlr• ol Orchestra Scor08
Hire of r8h•ar8al ￿￿￿*8
Fundr¥i$in
sts
Insurance
Postèrs & ad￿rIbl.
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 87￿2768
Lws Bank Instant Acress dew*rt" 872141
S(#)tttsh W*Jcths ￿ 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
(Opd￿lI
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 sect￿fi 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 COn￿r￿S 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 re￿hed.
' 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