WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY
ANNUAL TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE 2021
Reg. Charity No.: 263150
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PRESIDENT Ian Partridge CBE MUSIC DIRECTOR Neil Ferris BMus (Hons) ARCM MMus
ANNUAL REPORT
for the year ended 30 June 2021
Registered Charity Number 263150
www.wimbledon-choral.org.uk
Objects
The Objects of the Society are to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of choral music by the presentation of public concerts and other activities involving or relating to choral music.
Governance & Administration
Wimbledon Choral Society is a charity, registered with the Charity Commissioners (No. 263150) and operates under the same name within the rules of a revised Constitution adopted on 24 September 2001 and approved by the Charity Commissioners. The principal address of the charity is 13 Augustus Court, Augustus Road, SW19 6NA.
The charity is administered by a Committee as defined by the Constitution comprising of an Executive Group of Trustees, who are registered with the Charity Commission, plus other Society members making up the full Committee. All the Committee roles are occupied by Society members only and all members are eligible for any of the roles. No member of the Committee, Trustee or otherwise, is paid for his or her role. For the season ended 30 June 2020 the members in these roles were:
Society Members
| Members | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | + | Sarah Hendry |
| Vice-Chairman | + | Isla Smith |
| General Secretary | + | Tracy Sherman |
| Treasurer | + | John Gale |
| Publicity Officer | + | Anna Lemmon |
| Concert Co-ordinator | + | Helen Edwards |
| Sponsorship Officer | # | unfilled |
| Membership Secretary | Laura Stewart | |
| Librarian | Vicky Isaacs | |
| Voice Representatives | * | Gwen Clayton, Sharon Smith |
| * | Angela Wake, Sarah Harris | |
| * | Andrew Oliver | |
| * | Jeremy Collis, Peter Hickson |
Ex Officio Appointment Music Director Neil Ferris
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- Trustees of the Society and Members of the Executive Group. # These posts are appointed or co-opted by the Committee as permitted by the Constitution and are, therefore, not elected at the Annual General Meeting.
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Voice Representatives are elected for a two-year period, one of each voice part retiring each year.
Employees
The Society has no employees. During the 2020/2021 season, two professional musicians, the Music Director and Rehearsal Accompanist, were hired on a renewable contract or ad hoc basis. An Assistant Music Director, who is also a choir member, was hired on an ad hoc basis, to take rehearsals when the Music Director is unavailable.
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Advisers
Bankers Santander, Barclays & NS&I Independent Examiner Annette Cowley, BA FCA
Public Benefit
Mindful of the guidance on public benefit by the Charity Commission in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011, our aim is always to perform a varied repertoire in a range of venues and provide the widest possible access to our events in terms of ticket prices charged. We work hard to keep up the profile of the Society in our community, despite the limited number of venues suitable for large scale performances locally.
Despite the uncertainty over when Covid-19 restrictions would be relaxed we planned a full and varied programme for the season and kept it under constant review throughout the season, always in the hope that we would be able to put on a concert at some stage. This proved impossible however. We also had to postpone again the recording of the major new choral requiem commissioned by us from Cecilia McDowall.
Apart from a brief period in the autumn when choirs were allowed to rehearse live under social distancing precautions, we maintained weekly online sessions for choir members throughout the season, recognising the importance to many of our members of maintaining social contact as well as providing stimulating and informative content relevant to choral music . We are extremely grateful to our Musical Director Neil Ferris and to Michael Higgins for their energy, inventiveness and enthusiasm in keeping up the momentum and everyone’s spirits over such a long difficult period.
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The Society values diversity and membership is open to all; but as with many similar organisations, subject to applicants undergoing a voice test to ensure their vocal ability meets the standard required. The standard is agreed between the Society’s Committee and the Music Director.
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Reduced membership subscriptions are available for full-time students, those under the age of 26 and those who are registered as unemployed.
Events for the year ended 30 June 2021
Although we could in the end not perform live, we produced a virtual Christmas concert, the highlight of which was a brand new Christmas Carol Fantasy specially commissioned by WCS from Michael Higgins for performance at Christmas 2020. We also partnered Sonoro Choir in their project to rehearse online and record Fauré’s Requiem, which was released online on Good Friday, to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.
Responsibilities of the Trustees in relation to the Financial Statements
The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable it to ensure that financial statements comply with the applicable law. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Financial Matters
With the exception of the professional musicians in the capacity of Music Director, Assistant Music Director and Rehearsal Accompanist, the Society is dependent on the services of its membership and others as unpaid volunteers. Full details of the financial statement of accounts for this past financial year are filed with the Charity Commission with this Annual Report.
The Society’s income from both charitable and social and fundraising activities was inevitably lower than in recent years as a result of our not being able to meet as normal and the fact that no concerts were possible in the year. Our main source of income, members’ subscriptions, remained healthy and expenditure was much reduced, resulting in a surplus for the year.
We did not award a young singer bursary during the season.
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| WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE 2021 Receipts Members subscriptions Friends subscriptions Donations Tax recovered (gift aid) Easyfundraising and similar receipts Music hire to other choirs Sale of folders (net) Da Vinci recording donations Da Vinci recording fundraising Refreshment income (net of expenses) Bank interest Collections for third parties received Payments Rehearsal hall hire Musicians fees Virtual choir expenses Marketing & publicity Website costs Insurance Making Music and other subscriptions Administration & sundries New music commissions Collections for third parties paid Net ordinary receipts / (payments) Concert receipts Ticket sales Programme sales Advertising Music hire and purchase Singfest Concert payments Hire of venues Staging Musicians Instrument tuning & hire Music hire and purchase Program design & printing Advertising expenditure Royalties Singfest costs Singfest - WCS costs Sundry concert expenditure Paid in prior or future year Net concert receipts / (payments) Net receipts / (payments) for year Cash funds at 1st July 2020 Cash funds at 30th June 2021 |
Page5 2021 2021 2021 2020 Unrestricted Restricted Total Actual Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ £ 19,430 19,430 30,740 980 980 1,465 2,325 2,325 1,605 10,016 10,016 8,803 394 394 474 574 574 1,183 - - (48) 2,048 2,048 16,636 - - 8,258 - - 574 395 395 182 - - 600 |
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| 36,162 - 36,162 70,472 |
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| 420 420 4,021 10,160 10,160 12,935 3,800 3,800 1,220 - 3,330 252 252 435 151 151 151 365 365 465 90 90 436 4,000 4,000 - - 600 |
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| 19,238 - 19,238 23,593 |
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| 16,924 - 16,924 46,879 |
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| - - 24,187 - - 478 - - 500 - - 5,730 - - 1,050 |
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| - - - 31,945 |
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| - - 7,305 - - 2,999 - - 10,613 - - 1,697 - - 7,086 - - 1,580 - - 3,295 180 180 1,254 - - 364 - - 775 - - 128 0 - (2,794) |
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| 180 - 180 34,302 |
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| (180) - (180) (2,357) |
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| 16,744 - 16,744 44,522 112,010 - 112,010 67,488 |
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| £ 128,754 £ - £ 128,754 £ 112,010 |
MBLEDON CHORAL SOCIErY STATEMENT OF AsseTs AND LIABILM AT 3Qth JUNE 2021 Pwje 6 Unfestrttal Restrtt•1 Trt Fund5 Funds Funds 2021 2021 2021 Trt Fund5 2020 Cash Fwbds 8ank csJrrwt Kcwnts k depost accwnts Cash In hand 45.549 83.165 40 128 754 45,549 83,165 40 128 754 49,200 62.770 40 112 010 In¢¢xne Tax rec¢Nerabk Othw amojnts (¥d to the Sty 79 79 Inv•rtm•nt AM•ts M&G Ch¥ifund Un Llabllllles nts by the s¢xlrfY Appye by the C¢mMItt cn /( SeptvJnbtr 2021 skJn•J (m ts bthaf bv S Hendry . Chatrm . Treasurer
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WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY
ADDITIONAL NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (for the benefit of members only) YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2021
1 Basis of Accounting
The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis.
Our society is classified as a small charity because gross receipts do not exceed £250,000.
2 Other funds
Assets include the following balances which are specifically allocated:
| At | At | |||
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| 1-Jul-20 | Receipts | Payments | 30-Jun-21 | |
| Recording fund | 25,542 | 7,176 | - | 32,718 |
| Singfest surplus available for future years | 686 | - | 686 | |
| Surplus on previous overseas tours | 878 | - | - | 878 |
| Surplus on previous social events | 1,296 | - | - | 1,296 |