## **WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY** ## **ANNUAL TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE 2022** **Reg. Charity No.: 263150** Page 1 _**PRESIDENT Ian Partridge CBE MUSIC DIRECTOR Neil Ferris BMus (Hons) ARCM MMus**_ ## **ANNUAL REPORT for the year ended 30 June 2022** 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 2022 the members in these roles were: Society Members Chair + Sarah Hendry Vice-Chair + 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 + 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. ***** Voice Representatives are elected for a two-year period, half of them retiring/standing for re-election each year. ## **Employees** The Society has no employees. During the 2021/2022 season, two professional musicians, the Music Director and Rehearsal Accompanist, were hired on a renewable contract or ad hoc basis. Page 2 ## **Advisers** Bankers Santander & 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. After a break of two years due to Covid-19, we collaborated again with Merton Music Foundation in 2022 to put on the 4[th] Merton Singfest, our borough’s very own choral festival for school and adult choirs, showcasing the richness of choral music making. The net proceeds of £2,793 from our summer concert were donated to Unicef’s Ukraine Children Appeal, along with a further £1,929 donated by the concert-goers, making a total of £4,722 we were able to pass over to the charity. 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. 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 2022** Despite the continuing uncertainty over Covid-19 restrictions, we planned a full and varied programme for the season and held regular live rehearsals. We were delighted in the event to be able to perform three major concerts: Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the London Mozart Players, at Cadogan Hall, London; Handel’s Messiah, with Florilegium at Fairfield Halls Croydon; and Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil together with movements from Britten’s Cello Suites and two Ukrainian-themed pieces, at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square. All three were extremely well received by our audiences, after such a long break from performing live. Unfortunately the reintroduction of lockdown restrictions just before Christmas 2021 meant that we had to cancel our Christmas concert for the second year running. On the bright side, however, we were finally able to go ahead with the twice-postponed professional recording of Cecilia McDowall’s Da Vinci Requiem, commissioned by the choir and premiered in 2019. The recording is due for release in 2023. ## **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. ## **Society Representatives** Gift Aid Officer: John Gale ## **Reserves Policy** The Trustees consider it prudent that the Society should maintain reserves sufficient to cover the cost of at least two concerts and preferably the costs for a whole season. Flnanclal Matter6 Wrth the excepiion rA Ihe wdessK)nal ￿￿￿KianS in Ihe capauty of Music Dredor and Rehea￿81 A¢companisl, ￿ Scti8ty 15 dependent on the services of its membefship and oihers as unpaid volunteeF5. Full details ol Ihe financsal slalemenl of accounts for ths past financwl yèar aro filed wth the Chanty Commiswn wrth thi5 Annual ReFxNL. Hawryj rebJmed 10 the 1K￿l￿j ol rKrnl • rehewsals in Wlembèr 2021. the Swoty's Incoff from bolh chantable, sooal aThJ lundrai&TrJ aclivrtw has begun lo ￿ILTh to what il was pn￿ lo the pandemic. although avernJe attendan￿ Is sbll ￿lY at#wl two th1￿5 ofwhat itwas pniy lo the outbTeak of COVKI. However. our main s(xwce of Income. members. subscripknns. h85 remained healthy. A￿d￿ne£ numbefs, wth the exceplh)n of our benefii concert in June 2022. were kjwer than anlicjpated (￿r Christmas 2021 conc£rt5 were cancelw a5 a result of a 5￿k8 in CO¥￿ fft1ecl￿ns. Ths ha$ fesulted in S￿nIfi￿nI losses Icy Iho November 2021 a￿j Marth 2022 concerts wthout any compensating profil from the christh￿S Conc*rts Th8 recording ol Ihe Davinci Requiem finally tcok place in February 2022. having been pjstp0r￿d in t*Jth 2020 and 2021. The expenditure in relab.on tott)al appears in Ihs yearfs accounts. The ovwall finanoal result ts the year ts a subslantsal reduction in oJr cash bdances. We did nol award a young sirw duriNJ the seas(￿. Rlsk Management The Trustees regular revlews of Ils operatlons arKI strategtc obieclNes lo ènsure adherence lo ils principal charitable obj'ects and financ¢al Con￿5. Ttw afy salrsfied that Ihwe are sufficient systems and procethres In pl￿ to Identfy and a(hJrBss In a tsmely manner those risks Ihal the Society may face from bme lo bme. A constant polentsl nsk thr￿gh￿J1 any Seas￿ is Ihal ol having Io cancel Or￿ or we c￿Cert$ al short nobce. Img1omeniaik)n of the Reswves Polw above It>Jether with Subscmpl￿n lo Maknng Music s insuranc• is agreed by the TnJslees as bw'w ol an adequate nature io miniM￿e this panicular nsk. Financial Controls The Tnjslees pwtorni regular revkryws ol rts ffinanu* cy)ntrekn lo ¢nsuro complbarKe wth the Cbarity Commbs￿'S gwdance of iniemal financial c4)ntrols eJ￿be$. Contrcts incbJde". Annual bl￿ets are wepared and aprKoved by the Trustees and lul Crynmrtleo. Perfom)ance is measured against the budget al rpgular intefvats. FSnancial management InformatKm is din￿Sed by the Exe(xJb"ve and full Committee at regubr meebngs. A5 required by law. Ihe Annual Accounts a￿ Slkniect lo Independent Examinatlm. There are no trading actm'lies othw than th? direct sales ol t￿et5 for events in fur1heraf￿e of the sOc￿ty,$ Obpct$ The Soryety does not make grants to any third paty. All paymnts from the Soo'ety's bank accounts requirè S￿natU￿$ from an approved list of gnalones. Indude5 cheques. 8ACS payments and trartsfers belween accwnts. Expenses are reimbjrsed onty in tttsjse cases whore bolh11) an IndNidual has ITI￿rred those expenses in the course ol Cal￿f¥a wl the S￿ty.5 i￿sInesS aThJ121 agreem8nl has been obtained from either the Souety's appomled Treaswef or Chaff ￿ ts)th. Signed - Sarah Henory Chaw f¢f the year endirwJ 30 June 2022 For and on behall of the Tru5tee5 14 Seplernber 2022 WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT 30th JUNE 2022 Page 4 irnl•p•rKhrt exarnlrnrfs iywt to the trlrytees of Wlmbledon CIKnl Sodety I repttt to the trustee5 w my exarnh￿tkn d the &¢wnts tr the yw ended 30th ￿ne 2022 set wt cn pages S and 6. Re*pornlbllltlu ond b•￿9 of report As the chanty twstrees rf the Trust. you are responsble tr the preparntwM ￿ the xcwnts In accordance wrth the Ch¥1t￿ Act 2011 ("the Act") I repcyt In respect (A my exaninatAin d the Trust's carr*d ￿t under s145 t* the kt and In cwrymg *yJt my exarninat￿, I have the applKab* DireCtK￿$ 9wI by the Ch¥ty cL￿M￿S￿ sjnder s145(5){b) cl the Art. Independ•rt •x•mln•rfs statement . I have cc¥npleted my examinatlyb. I no mater￿1 rnatters h￿e ccrfne to my attentA)n In cL￿nect￿ wrth the exarninatK￿ which 9Tr￿ rne cw5e to ber￿e that In. rnater411 respert., - acccwnting rectyds Thve nrt kept ffi xctydwce t*th Sett￿ 130 rf the Act; - the aCC￿ntS do nct accml with the accwntlng rectyds. f have no concwns and have c¢)me Kr055 no cther matters n connectK)n wrth the examinat to vthich attentw shwki be drawn wi ¢yder to enabje a prrrfjer und¥standin9 d the accc•Jnts to be reached. Slgn&1 '. Annette FCA Cth*ky & Co. Chartered Accountl￿t5 210 Wwple Rwl. LI￿0(￿ SW20 8RH Dated. 161kn g Xelf |**WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY**
**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
**YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE 2022**
**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
Christmas Commission donations
Bank interest
Collection for UNICEF Ukraine Appeal
**Payments**
Rehearsal hall hire
Musicians fees
Virtual choir expenses
DaVinci Recording costs
Marketing & publicity
Website costs
Insurance
Making Music and other subscriptions
Administration & sundries
Librarian's expenses
New music commissions
UNICEF Ukraine Appeal
**Net ordinary (payments) / receipts**
**Concert receipts**
Ticket sales
Programme sales
Card charges
Music hire and purchase
Singfest income
**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
**Net concert (payments) / receipts**
**Net (payments) / receipts for year**
**Cash funds at 1st July 2021 (2020)**
**Cash funds at 30th June 2022 (2021)**|Page 5
2022
2022
2022
2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Actual
Funds
Funds
Funds
£
£
£
£
25,415
25,415
19,430
1,525
1,525
980
1,480
1,480
1,700
4,287
4,287
10,016
465
465
394
1,362
1,362
574
42
42
-
40
40
2,048
100
100
625
8
8
395
-
1,929
1,929
-| |---|---| ||34,724
1,929
36,653
36,162| ||5,055
5,055
420
13,675
13,675
10,160
-
-
3,800
40,745
40,745
-
275
275
-
319
319
252
150
150
151
365
365
365
247
247
90
277
277
-
-
-
4,000
2,793
1,929
4,722
-| ||63,901
1,929
65,830
19,238| ||| ||(29,177)
-
(29,177)
16,924| ||28,586
28,586
-
2,389
2,389
-
(1,000)
(1,000)
-
1,261
1,261
-
719
719
-| ||31,955
-
31,955
-| ||18,220
18,220
-
3,271
3,271
-
30,686
30,686
-
1,193
1,193
-
1,105
1,105
-
2,805
2,805
-
3,116
3,116
-
674
674
180
775
775
-
79
79
-| ||61,924
-
61,924
180| ||| ||(29,969)
-
(29,969)
(180)| ||(59,146)
-
(59,146)
16,744
128,754
-
128,754
112,010| ||£ 69,608
£ -
£ 69,608 £ 128,754| **Page6** ## **WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 30th JUNE 2022** |**WIMBLEDN CHORAL SOCIET**
**SATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
**AT 30th JUNE 2022**|**Page6**| |---|---| |**Cash Funds**
**Bank current accounts**
**Bank deposit accounts**
**cash In hand**
**Investment Assets**
**M&G Charifnd Units**
**Total Assets of the Sety**
**TBA**|**Unretricted**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
**11,395**
**58,173**
**40**
**Restricte**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2022**
**£**
**11,395**
**58,173**
**40**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2021**
_E_
**45,549**
**83,165**
**40**| ||**69 608**
**15 211**
**£84,819**
**£** .
**69 608**
**15 211**
**£ 84,819**
**128 754**
**14 933**
**£ 143,687**| **Approved by the Com ittee on 14 September 2022 and signed on its behalf by** **S Hendry - Chairman** **J Gale· Treasurer**