## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1 June 2023 **To** 31 May 2024 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Slough Philharmonic Society **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 269909 **Charity's principal address** 16 Greystoke Road Slough Phil Caversham Reading **Postcode** RG4 5EL ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 1 2 3 4 5 |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |Sarah Milum|Chairman||| |Robin Morrison|Vice Chairman/
Business Manager||| |Alison Croxon Bell|Treasurer||| |Jan Wiseman|Secretary||| |Liz Jones|Chorus Manager||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** |**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---| |n/a|| ||| ||| March **2012** **TAR** 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** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Association - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting - (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** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The study and practice of Choral and Orchestral music in order to foster public knowledge and appreciation of such music by means of public performance and education. March **2012** **TAR** 2 In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our committee meetings. The focus of our activities continues to be the provision of live orchestral and choral performances for attendance by members of the public; and regular rehearsals at which members of the society continue to learn about and practise the music to be performed. The orchestra welcomes new players, although membership may be subject to audition and vacancies. The chorus also welcomes new singers and is open to all keen singers without audition. **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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance The society gave four public concerts during the year in the Windsor and **Summary of the main** Maidenhead and South Bucks areas. Full details of the concerts are **achievements of the charity** provided in the annual newsletter, which is available on request. **during the year** March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section E Financial review Cash funds are held in current or deposit accounts, all of which are unrestricted funds. The society aims lo hold at least sufficient reseNes to cover its annual running ￿Sts. Brlef statement of the charity's policy on reserves Detsils of any funds materfally in deficlt Further financial review details (Optional Infonnation) You may choose to indude additional infomiation, where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; investment policy and objectives including any ethical inveslmenl policy adopted. 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 Slgnature(s) Full name(s) Posltlon (eg Secrotsry. Chair. Date TAR March 2012 ||**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/06/2023|**To**||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1 350**
**15 821**
**13 202**
**1 574**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**


**31 947**
**36 150**
**-**
**36 150**
**68 097**
**1 037**
**24 787**
**120**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25 944**
**39 000**
**-**
**39 000**
**64 944**
**3 153**
**-**
**34 786**
**37 939**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations,legacies andgrants|**1 350**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1 350**
**15 821**
**13 202**
**1 574**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31 947**|**1 888**| |Members’ subscriptions|**15 821**||||**13 539**| |Concert income|**13 202**||||**12 330**| |Interest on deposit account|**1 574**||||**717**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**31 947**||||**28 474**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| |Repayment of loan from SPPL|**36 150**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**36 150**
**-**
**36 150**|**32 080**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**36 150**||||**32 080**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**68 097**|**60 554**| ||||||| |Insurance,PRS & Box Office fees|**1 037**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1 037**
**24 787**
**120**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25 944**|**924**| |Concert & rehearsal expenses|**24 787**||||**25 093**| |Other rehearsal expenses|**120**||||**-**| |concert refund|**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**25 944**||||**26 017**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |Loan to Slough Philharmonic Productions
Ltd|**39 000**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**39 000**
**-**
**39 000**|**34 150**| ||**-**||||| |**_Sub total_**|**39 000**||||**34 150**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**64 944**|**60 167**| ||||||| ||**3 153**|**-**|
**-**|
**3 153**|**387**| ||**-**|**-**
**-**|
**-**
**-**|**-**
**34 786**|**-**| ||**34 786**||||**34 399**| ||**37 939**|**-**|
**-**|
**37 939**|**34 786**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrvstrkted Re•tslct•J funds Endowment funds funds lo n￿rI•l £ Cateaorie5 81 Cash fund5 42 COIF 32.fj54 rotal e•$h funds 37,939 fund• to nÈorMt £ funds to rt•4r••t£ to nMrogt£ B2 Olhor m(¥)otsry ass•ts T￿￿et Cc•t Cwrerf ￿luB l(W*X4t 12,314 B3 knvestment ass•ts Loaffl to ProthKtThs Ll 11.314 rrqrt val Detai15 84 Asset5 r•taK*d fty th• charity's own usg Il•WIIty Tel•ts¥ {QF•l¢Jmll 1¢¥4knwl} B5 Lbabilbtlos FeE¥ ¢JuB to SPFt S&ned by one ormo Irustees on behalT of81th8 Injslaes S¥nat4xe li CCXX R2 acwunts ISSI 2411112024 Independent Examlner's Report to the Trustees of the Slough Philharmonic Society (Charity No. 2699091 on the Accounts for the Year ended 31 May 2024. I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Slough Philharmonic Society (the Trust) for the year endgd 31 May 2024. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trust, YOU are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in re5pert of my examination of the Tf Ust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryin8 Out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examinerfs ststement I have completed my examination. l ¢onfirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that, in any material respect.. a. accounting records were not kept in accordance with sertion 130 of the Act; or b. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records; or c. the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charitie5 (Accounts and Reportsl Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and frair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which ittention 5houS¢1)e drawn in order to enable a proper under5t4nding of the accounts to be reached. Si8ned.. Date: 23 November 2024 Name.. Alan John Bolton Relevant professional qualification.. Former HM Inspector of Taxes A(Idres5'. 36 Lvcas Road. HiEh Wycombe, HP13 6qfj