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2024-07-31-accounts

Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024

DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY

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
Bar sales at concerts
Music/folders (net)
Bank account interest
Total other receipts
Total receipts
Payments
Rehearsals
Venue hire
Professional fees
Total payments – rehearsals		 General Fund
2023-2024
2022-2023
£
£
21,128
18,327
5,580
747
5,757
6,284
32,465
25,358
1,605
247
1,185
456
389
107
2,241
1,748
34,706
27,106
2,668
2,352
9,298
8,780
11,966
11,132		 General Fund
2023-2024
2022-2023
£
£
21,128
18,327
5,580
747
5,757
6,284
32,465
25,358
1,605
247
1,185
456
389
107
2,241
1,748
34,706
27,106
2,668
2,352
9,298
8,780
11,966
11,132
25,358
1,185
456
107
1,748
27,106
2,352
8,780
11,132

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DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024

Receipts and payments during the year (continued)
Concert expenses
Venue
Director
Organist/Pianist
Orchestras/Ensemble for St Nicholas
Soloists
Extra chorus
Hire of instruments
Staging
Printing and orchestral scores
Other
Total concert expenses
Ticket income
Net deficit on 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 printing of programmes re prior year
Late invoicing of prior year – rehearsal/concert venues
Sundries
Total payments – administration
Total payments/deficits
Net of total receipts/(total payments)
Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 General
2023-2024
£
1,200
3,325
1,410
10,630
4,250
320
350
0
481
183
22,149
(10,302)
11,847
392
253
115
-
264
60
(150)
173
548
111
1,796
25,609
9,097
11,514
20,611		 General
2023-2024
£
1,200
3,325
1,410
10,630
4,250
320
350
0
481
183
22,149
(10,302)
11,847
392
253
115
-
264
60
(150)
173
548
111
1,796
25,609
9,097
11,514
20,611		 Fund
2022-2023
£
2,091
3,025
1,230
12,740
5,725
460
460
460
1,271
135
27,597
(10,845)
16,752
365
269
215
945
617
60
150
1,078
-
92
3,791
31,675
(4,569)
16,083
11,514

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DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY

Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024

Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 July 2024

Cash Funds
Deposit Account – CAF Bank
Current Account – CAF Bank
Cash in hand
Total Cash Funds
Other Monetary Assets
Tax due from HMRC
Debt outstanding from former member
Assets retained for the Charity’s own use
Music Scores
Balance Sheet Liabilities
Printing – programme and venue hire for 2023 Summer
concert
Delayed invoice from Come & Sing 2024 venue
Payment for refreshments
Printing of scores for 2024 Summer concert		 31 July 2024
£
18,695
1,872
44
20,611
50
-
100
-
220
150
118		 31 July 2023
£
10,544
895
75
11,514
602
256
100
472
-
-
-

These accounts were approved by the Trustees on 30th September 2024 and signed on their behalf by: Chair: Rosemary Anne Leonard MBE Treasurer: Forbes Anthony Barnes Bailey

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DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY

Receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024

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.

  3. The Independent Examination fee of £350, relating to the year ended 31 July 2023, was paid personally by the Treasurer, Mr Forbes Bailey. As such, it is not included in the Receipts and Payments account.

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of[Dulwich Choral Society ]

On accounts for the year 31 July 2024 Charity no 264764 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 4 )

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 July 2024.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:		 Date:
09 June 2025
Mohammad Ali
FCCA
106 Coventry Road
London
IG1 4RG

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October 2018

IER

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Year Day Month Year From ! August 2023 To 31 July 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Dulwich Choral Society

Charity name Dulwich Choral Society Other names charity is known by 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

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
RosemaryLeonard Chair The Society
Forbes Bailey Treasurer The Society
Michael Ellis
Outlaw Palmer		 Trustees 03 March 2025 The Society

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

March 2012

TAR

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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

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Constitution

Association

Elected by members of the Society at the Annual General meeting Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

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

March 2012

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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 modest 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 members 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:

March 2012

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Section D Achievements and performance

Concerts Summary of the main achievements of the charity 25 November 2023 – St Barnabas Church, 40 Calton Avenue, Dulwich – during the year Britten, St Nicholas 14 December 2023 at St Stephens Church, College Road, Sydenham Hill – Christmas carol concert 23 March 2024 – St Barnabas Church, 40 Calton Avenue, Dulwich – Mozart Requiem & Martines Dixit Dominus 22 June 2024 – St Stephens Church, College Road, Sydenham Hill – Charles Villiers Stanford – The Centenary Concert

March 2012

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Section E Financial review

Reserves are held by the Society to cover potential unexpected deficits Brief statement of the when putting on concerts. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Forbes Anthony Barnes Bailey Full name(s) Rosemary Anne Leonard Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date

March 2012

TAR

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