LETCHWORTH ARCADIANS MUSICAL SOCIETY CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 266299 TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 LETCHWORTH ARCADIANS MUSICAL SOCIETY TRU.STEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THF. YEAR F.NDF.D 31 DECEMBER 2025 CONTF.NTS L harit). Inforn]ation Tru8tLLS Report Independent Exaiiiiner's Report R¢cL'ipts and Pa!.'ments Accounls Statement of Assets and Liabilities Trustees Approk'al Pages Pagyes Charih. Information Charity Registra¢ion Number 266299 Trustee (Officers Ydnd Members of the Committee) MarN' Drifv'Lr 8anianth41 Ilrown Dai'id Il'alker S()phie Walker J(111 Milion (Chairl IT'rL&surer) (Vice Chair) IMarkelingF and Publicity ManagJerl IMemb¢rship Secr¢laTr') IGeneral Sec'relan, l{Resigned July ?0?5) (iilli. MaLKilligFan {Cieneral Si'cretaTr'llAppoinlcd Jul). ?0?5) RaLhel Bloonilield (Production Secretary'l B¢n Austin %iniiin L.JltLr I lJrr)" PLar¢e Siuart Piddingjton W'all (Appointed July 20?5)IResigned September 2025) Independen¢ Examiner Numian Revill Ilankers Lloyd% Bank PIC I Ilancroft Hitchin l-1¢rts S(15 IJG PagTe I LETCHWORTH ARCADIANS MUSICAL SOCIETY TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 Th¢ trustees present their report for the year ending 31 t)ecember ?025. Trustces Ai IhL rliinudl LienLral Meeiing held on 25, July 2025. the following election5 took place.. Gi Ily MdLKillibJan IGeneral seCr￿ar￿) Stuart Piddington Wall l(ieneral Committee) "IhL fl)11()￿ jiiLi i¥L'rL' nc)m indlLd lor re-eleciion Ben Austin (General Committee) as there were no other nomiiieL%. IhLN' %￿L're du1￿ L.IL'LIL.d. There have bLen _ resib7nations. Keiran Rdine (General Secretary) July 20?5 and Siuart Piddington Wal I Icjeneral Committee) September 2025 l)residcnt ol. Ihe Soci¢tJ' Mar%aret Dinmore TherL'lore. the remaining ollicers and commitlee members are.. Qhaimian - Man. DriTrer Nleinbership %ecrLtar!, Jan Milton Markeiingi & PubliLil%' MiinagJL"r - Sophie Walker l)r()duction S"ecretaTh.' Rllchel Bli)umfield SeLfLNtJr Gill!. MaLkilligan -freasurer- Br￿￿'Th ViLe Chaimian- David Walker C'ommiltee Memb¢rs-Ben Au.slin. Simon Latter, Harry Pearce This giv¢s a lotsl of l O T'rusiees. Constitution ThL SoLielw 1% registered ii.'iih (he Q'haritv Commission {No. ?66?991 and wats fom)ed in 1952. 1115 administered a comiMilt¢c eleLted in accordance wilh a book of rules. the latest version of which was issued in 2002. Location A% ils ba5c. the s()ciety hires ihe premises knoivn as Norton Methodist c.ommunity C entre. North Avenue. L.L1Lhl￿orl￿1 GardLn City. I ILbrtlordshire anit boih the Senior socie1￿ and The Young Arcadians stage their producti0rt5 in various venues irt and around Leichworth. Page 2 LF.TCHWORTH ARCADIANS MUSICAL SOCIETY TRUSTF.F.S REPORT CONTINUED l)bjects and Aims TIIL. c)bjLcis c)l- IhL C'harilv IS()Liety} are ti) educate the puhlic in. and to further the development of publi appreiiation dnd td51L' in dramaiic and opLratiL arts and musical works ofall kinds: and lo assist and further SLICII LharitablL insiituiions and purposes as the SoLiei) shall from time to time determine. It is th¢ dim c)I' the Socieli, to prL"senl 1140 major musical productions each year. plus a junior member pr()duLtion under Ihe name ol" The YounLI Arcadians. Rei'ieTh' of Progress Due to ihe lack of a Pr()duciion Team. there was still no opportunity to stage a Young Arcadians production in In ma￿ ?0?5 we ￿￿re delighted 10 perfom Ihe classic sho￿. 'Anyihing Goe5 which was again staged at St Chri%li)phL'r %ch()c)l TheairL. LeiLhwonh Ciarden C'ity. The Production team was David Il'alker as Director and I Idnndl) l.c)iigJ Musical DireLlor. The shoii was enjoy'ed bj. audiences but due io increasing cos15 bi.e made a sindll loss of £ l()? l.aier in IhL ! Lar in ()Llober ?0?5 li'e perfomied 'Sound ol. Movie5. Here W'e CJO Again, which has heen very p(Ipular in ihi pasl. l-his i4.ould he our 4, Si)und ol. Movies. .,Ig?ain direcled b) David Walker along? w ith 14annah l.onbl L1% Mu.si¢al Director. this was staged at a new venue for us. Si Francis Collcge in Le1¢h￿'0rth. we made a loss (It-£ 671 'e then pul IogFether a C.hri5lmas Concert at St Hugh of Lincoln in Lelchwonh in December 2025, again a neH.' venue lor us. this ￿.a5 Directed bl" Mary Driver and Gilly IMacKillibian with Hannah Lonbi as our Musical r)ireclor. ￿'C are pleased io say. that we made a small pmfit ol. £ 683 Owerall. in ?0?5 our productions made a small10ss of£180.00 In Decemher we %tarted Auditinn Prepartstion for ' rhe Wizard of Oz "This ivill be staged 81 Si Francis College in l.L'tLhi%(Trrih itli id W'alker as Dir¢Llor and Hannah l.ong as Musical l)irector In ili¢ GL'IILral E.XPL'ndiiure AcLount. Ihe SLnior Society made a loss of£287. Our i11￿estMentS currenili, stand al £ 45.463.96 Page 3 LF.TCHWORTH ARCADIANS MUSICAL SOCIETY TRUSTFF.S REPORT CONTINUED Fund% and Ini"estments ThL Sc)ciet) % main Bank accounts are with Llo}'ds Bank plc, alihough surplus funds ar¢ held on deposit with IhL C-harilie% ()IIiL ial Deposit Fund and there are investmenis in BLK L"harilies UK Bond, BLK Chariiies UK EquitN Fund and Ihe C harities Investmenl Fund Income share5. The Society s funds are all unrestricted. ApproTr'al 'I'his repi)rt was appriived by tlie Trusie¢s and sig)ned on their behalf. C-hairman (￿- L Tru%lLes. Dale Page 4 LETCHWORTH ARCADIANS MUSICAL SOCIETY Inde endcnt Fxaminer'5 Re ort to the Trustees of Letehworth Arcadians Musieal Socie I report on ihe Accounts of the C'.harity for the year ended 31 December 2025 ￿.hICh are set out on pagies 6 10 9. Respectii'e responsibilitieg of Trustees and Examiner I'he charit). s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is iiot required for this vcar undLr ot. Section 144 of the C-harities Act ?{I1111-h¢ C harilie% Act) and thai an independent cxamination is needed. li is my rL%pcin%ibilili. io exiiniine the a¢¢ounis under sLcli()n 145 of lh¢ Charities Act and to follow. the pr()e¢dure4 laid dO￿.n in the byeneral Directions gi￿.en bj ihe Chariiy Commission under secliun 14i1511b} ot. the C harities Act and lo state whether particular malters have come to my aiiL'n(iun. Basis of Independent F.xaminer's Slatement Mi. examinatton ivas carried out in accordance ￿'1th the General Directions given hv the C'harii!, C'i)mmi%sioners. An cxaminalion inilude5 a r¢'i'le￿ ()f lh¢ ac¢ounlingJ rcc(Irds kepi b!. tlie Ch4irit)' and a comparison ol. the accounts presenied M.'iih those records. It alsc) include c()nsidLration ()r (￿), unu4ual itL'mts i)r di%L105ures in ihe acLounls. and seeking explanations friim ilie I'rusiees concerning an), such malters. The procedures undertaken do iiot providL all the ei'idence that ￿'Ou]d be requirLd in an audil. and cons¢quL'nily no opinion is g]￿'en a8 to .hether Ihe accounts present a "true and fair view. and the report is limited to those matters set out in Ihe 5tatenieni below. Independent Examiner's Statement In coniiection with m!. exiunination. no Inalerial matters have come lo my attention which gyji.'es me cause to beliei'e ihal in any. malerial r¢spe¢t- The aLcountinbi records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. or The acLounls did nul ilLcord H'ith the accounting r¢¢ords: or The accounls did noi coniplTr with ihL applicable rL'quirL'ments concerning the forni and content orth¢ a¢L()ui)Is sei ()ul in the Charities IAccounls and Reports) Regulalions 2008 other that any requirLlliLnl Ihcin the ac¢i)unts I￿.( d '"Iruc dnd lair vie￿. ￿'hICh is n()i a niaiier Lonsidered as part ol. an independent examinalioii. I hai'c come aLf05S 110 other matter5 in connection w'ith the examination lo ￿'b]ch att¢ntion shi)Iild be dram'ii in Ihis rL'port in ordL'r lo en1cblc a proper unders1￿dIng1 of the aeLiiiinls to be reJihid. Nonnan ReN'ill IndcpL'ndeiil Èxaminer 5 Mill Lane Nc)rfolk PE37 7EU Page 5 LETCHWORTH ARCADIANS MIISICAL SOCIETY Charity Registration Number 266299 GEIYERAL FUND- INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT In¢ome 2025 2024 Ml'mbers Subscriptions Patrons l)nnalions ()ther l)()nalionslk'undraising ('()%lumelEquipmLnt Hire Interest and InN'eslment Income Income Tax Retund 2.130 667 1,525 637 224 2,2?] 357 ?.566 327 5.375 5.279 enditltre Insurance Adminislralion C'osts Storag7e 1.606 677 2,407 1.586 622 2.329 Hall Hire.. SubsLriplions F.quipment.IWardrobe Expense Pi