**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ## Section A **From** Period start date Period end date Year Day Month Year ! August 2022 **To** 31 July 2023 ## Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by** Dulwich Choral Society **Registered charity number (if any)** 264764 **Charity's principal address** 18 Elfindale Road London **Postcode SE24 9NW** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||RosemaryLeonard|Chair||The Society| ||Peter Livingston
Main|Secretary||The Society| ||Forbes Bailey|Treasurer||The Society| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by members of the Society at the Annual General meeting Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C** ## **Objectives and activities** To educate the public in the arts and sciences, and in particular the art of music, by the presentation of concerts and other activities. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **TAR** March **2012** 2 Presentation of concerts and other musical activities to the public. Concerts are prepared to the highest possible standards in relation to the resources available, including an amateur choir trained by professional musicians, and in concerts the use of a professional or accompanists and soloists. Ticket prices are kept as low as possible in order to encourage the maximum number of people to attend, and the income generated is generally well below the cost of production, the difference being met from subscriptions from the charity’s embers and other donations. It has been customary also to include in the annual programme a Christmas concert with free entrance and a collection for a local charity. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D ## Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Concerts 26 November 2022 at St John the Evangelist Church, Sylvan Road, Upper Norwood – Christmas Oratorio 12 December 2022 at St Stephens Church, College Road, Sydenham Hill – Christmas carol concert 25 March 2023 at All Saints Church, Rosendale Road, West Dulwich – Haydn, The Creation 24 June 2023 – St Stephens Church, College Road, Sydenham Hill – Works by Byrd and contemporaries **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section E Financial review 8rlef slat•m•nt of the charlty's pollcy on reserv•8 Reserves are hebd by the Soclety to Covor potonlial deficits in high--g Detalls of any fund8 materlalty Ind Further flnanclal rnvl•w dotslls {Optlonal Inforn￿n) may choose to Indude relevant about the charivs princapal sources of fund$ {indudirvJ any fuThJraisingl' expendÉture has supported the key obie¢tsves ofthe InVes￿nt policy and otfjectives induding any ethical investrnent pol adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustses doelar¢ that th•y hav• appvov•d th• tru•t•08' rnport abov•. Slgned on behaff of th? ¢harV8 tru•to0• Sl9naiurn(8 Full name(s Rosemary Anne L￿rd Posltlon leg Socretsry. Chalr, Chair Fth Anthony B es Baitey TAR Mar¢h 2012 ## **DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY** ## **Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023** |Receipts and payments during the year
**_Receipts_**
_Subscriptions and donations_
Members’ subscriptions
Friends of DCS and other donations
HMRC Gift Aid
_Total subscriptions and donations_
_Other_
Advertising revenue
Bar sales at concerts
Music/folders (net)
Deposit account interest
_Total other receipts_
**_Total receipts_**
**_Payments_**
_Rehearsals_
Venue hire
Professional fees
_Total payments – rehearsals_|**General Fund**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**
**£**
**£**
18,327
18,014
747
826
6,284
-
25,358
18,840
-
411
1,185
456
1,036
844
107
7
1,748
2,298
**27,106**
**21,138**
2,352
1,969
8,780
7,500
11,132
9,469|**General Fund**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**
**£**
**£**
18,327
18,014
747
826
6,284
-
25,358
18,840
-
411
1,185
456
1,036
844
107
7
1,748
2,298
**27,106**
**21,138**
2,352
1,969
8,780
7,500
11,132
9,469| |---|---|---| |||18,840| |||411
1,036
844
7| |||2,298| |||| |||**21,138**| |||1,969
7,500| |||9,469| 1 ## **DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY** ## **Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023** |**Receipts and payments during the year (continued)**
_Net payments made in year for concerts_
Autumn concert
Christmas concert
Spring concert
Come & Sing day
Summer concert
_Total net payments for concerts_
_Administration_
Making Music subscription
Insurance
Performing Rights Society fees
Publicity
Refreshments/concert bar supplies
Bank charges
Damages deposit recovered in 2023/24 from venue
Payment for printing of scores/programmes re 2021/22
Sundries
_Total payments – administration_
**_Total payments_**
**Net of receipts/(payments)**
**Cash funds last year end**
**Cash funds this year end**|**General Fund**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**
**£**
**£**
5,713
820
9,667
549
3
16,752
4,122
815
1901
721
61
7,620
365
98
269
182
215
-
945
845
617
441
60
150
1,078
96
-
-
92
-
3,791
1,664
**31,675**
**18,753**
**(4,569)**
**2,385**
**16,083**
**13,698**
**11,514**
**16,083**|**General Fund**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**
**£**
**£**
5,713
820
9,667
549
3
16,752
4,122
815
1901
721
61
7,620
365
98
269
182
215
-
945
845
617
441
60
150
1,078
96
-
-
92
-
3,791
1,664
**31,675**
**18,753**
**(4,569)**
**2,385**
**16,083**
**13,698**
**11,514**
**16,083**| |---|---|---| |||98
182
-
845
441
96
-
-
-| |||1,664| |||| |||**18,753**| |||**2,385**
**13,698**| |||**16,083**| 2 **DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023** 3 **DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY** ## **Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023** ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** 1. These accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis, with all revenue and expenses shown on a cash basis and as such no adjustments are made for the timing of the income or payments to bring them into line with the activities to which they relate. 2. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are shown as estimates of the value at the end of the year. The Society owns other fixed assets, not shown here, the value of which is fully depreciated to zero. 4 ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Dulwich Choral Society** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] July 2023 which are set out on pages 1 to 4 ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name Mohammad Ali Chartered Certified Accountant 106 Coventry road Ilford IG1 4RG Date 8[Th] August 2024 Charities Independent Examination Manual 02/08/2024