Sevenoaks Phz/barmof/ic Society 17 Btaconflelds Sevenoaks TN13 2NH E.1'..14rTrerof7o W&.. .SeVen08hlIharmn.0Tg.uk Pr88id•nt'. Lord Sackvllle 10 Ckxober 2025 Tru8tee' Ann rtonsag Thls report covers the Cholr Year 2024r25 whkh ran from l Juty 2024 to 30 June 2025. Total Turnover ol SPS Is below £500.000 a1, as provkled by S8ckn 1.9 of Charfti98 SORP FAS 102 SPS adopts tr rwrtlng provl8lon8 lor Smaller Charltles. Structur•. Gov•rnanM and M•Mg•m•nt Sevenoaks Phllhamioni¢ Sodety {'sps? Es a Reglstered Chartty {Charlty Number 2639301, SPS is an unlncorporated asslatIOn arwj urKlertakes actlvltles uslng the name S8v8noaks Phllhamionlc Cholr whlch dgllv8r Fts Charltabla Objectives whlch are set out In Its Con811ulion whlch de8crlbes al80 It manages Its affalrs. Durfng the perlod by thls report the Soclety wa9 govemad ty a Management cMIttee elected by the Members present at the Sodetys AGM, mprfS1ng . Nama SMd throughout od? John Lamer Polly Locknyo Chalrrnan Vlctrchalnnan and Membershl Secreta Treasurer Secreta Commlttee Memb8r Commlttee M8mb8r Co-opted Commlttee Member Committee Member Committee Member Commlttee Member Ctropted Memb8rship Secreta Commlttee Member Fknved Away 1 June 2tr25 Yes Yes Ma Bonner Jane Abel Paullne Da Allson Parr rll 2025 Died 27 Jul 2025 Cfropt8d 9 October 2025 lor to AGM Patrfck Pasca]I 8rsan Shirreff Sandra Tooke Kate Wheaton Yes Yes Co-opted 9 October 2025 for ark u to AGM Yes Carollne Wood All Committee Members perforn thdr roles In the management of fv Cholr as volunteers and none received any remuneration from SPS during this Choir Year. Ob Seveno•ks PhIlharnnlc Soc as out In tts Constllutlon To educate the public In th8 art and science of rnuslc and particularly to encourage ar advance the study of serirAJS music arKI of cFK)ral singing by the promoting and presentatlon of choral and olher concerts and oth8r Ilke aclivities aTrd by provldlng persons of vocal or In*rumental ability with tralnlng arKI muslcal education.-
In rela Our 2024r25 Season presented three outstandlng concerts to good slzed and very appr8cialfv8 audiences. We started wlth another excellent perforynance of Messlah at St Nlcolas. church where the choir gave a ¢xnlldent and Iprfely perforynance SUPFK)rted by a very strong quartet of soloists and our Music Director, Rct)yn Sevastos, usual group of OLrtstarTrding players. Though the thurch was ld, the apPse was vary warm Indeedl Our sprfno t8nn concert In Pamoja Concert Hall at S8venoaks School contrasled Requlems of trjo near<ont8mporary French composers- Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé and cop&J marvellously the two Very dtfferent stybs ol muslc. Our Accompanist, Tracey RenvAck also coped admirably wlth tho Organ Console whlch contrlved an annoylng delay between key d8presslon and sound production. The audience for thls cOn(rt was onty a11tt18 lower than for lknsslah which is a goc(l attendance for concerts at thls venue. We brought the 88ason to a real dlmax wlth a Jolnl Concert wlth Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra urKler the baton of theSr CorKluctor, Darrell Davlson. As part of the programme SSO perform Vaughan Wllllams. The Lark AscerKllrKJ with brflllant young Vlolln Sololsl. The Cholr gave a snn1rj p8rtornance of Vaughan Wllllams, A Sea Symphony. We had run another Successful Singing Development Day wtth Jack Apperley as part of our preparatlon for thls concert aNI were lolned on the day by 25 gu8St slngers who bolstered the sound of our members and helped us get the slrvJlng oul over the powerful playlng of SSO. SPS produces its Statement of Ftnandal AcUvltl8s {°SoFAI In the form of Its Annual Accounts in reliance on S8cllon 4.2 of Charities SORP FRS 102. A copy ot the Annual Accounts for 2024r251s uploaded separately to The Charlty Commlssbn Webste. The flnandal outcome ot our Choir Year 2024rd5 was revlewed by the Management Committee at Its meeUNJ on 9 Oclober 2025. SPS achVed a very healthy surplus of £4,754 fromlts 2024125 Actlvltles and finished the year Vth Financial Reserves 01 £46.743 which provlde a cushion of lust under 19 months Total Operating Expendilure of based on those of 2024125 whlch were £29.735. Th8 Commlttee belleve thai thFS places SPS In a strong position to contlnue its actlvilies into the fulure. All of these funds are owned by SPS as unrestricted funds. SPS does not hold funds on behalf of others, neither does it hold any regtrlcted funds. Jtrk*v John Larner Chalrman, Sovenoakj PhlItWnlc Soclety
Sevenoaks Philharmonic Society Balance Sheet as at 30th June 2025 202412025 Current Assets Debtors ar¥J Pa ents n Adva 959 Cagh BarJBuiklirg Socty In HaTh 44.432 2C 51,794 216 44.833 52,011 Totsl Currnnt A8••t• 52,970 Currnnt Llabllhl88 Creditors and R in 3,301 6.227 Tot•1 LL4blllil•• 3.301 6.227 46.743 R•pr•8antlng . Aecumulatod Fund A¢¢umul8tsd Fund 81 fytsrt ol add. Sur frcffl Irm• Ac¢umul4t¢d Fund at end DI 41. 46.743 Total Funds 41.989 46.743 In 8ddrtion t¢ th& 8ssetg r•corded abobp, Socw v•m$ 8 ofsl8go d6cary, safety rab arbJ assort8J are lY wrrtten down but rwnakn a vUab asset for the SCK arn stored at them. John Larner. Chairnian John Larner Katherine Wong, Treasurer Kathy Wong Independent Reviewer's Re ort to the Members I have independently rnwewed the above Balance Sheet and the Income and E¥)enditure Account on pages 2 and 3. For convenience and economy, the Society uses infomial means to acknowledge and account for rtain receipts and my veriflcation of these items is limrted a¢cordingty. With thi5 pmwso. in my opinion the Accounts give a true and fair wew of the state of the Socie '$ affaits 8t 30th June 2025 and of the surplus for the year ended on that date. Marnle Woodward. Honorary Independent Revlewer Marnie Woodward
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