## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date 1 June 2024 **To** 31 May 2025 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Slough Philharmonic Society **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 269909 Slough Phil **Charity's principal address** 4 Oaktree Close Tylers Green High Wycombe, Bucks **Postcode** HP10 8BW ## **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 (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---| |Stephen Cossins|Chairman||| |Robin Morrison|Vice Chairman/
Business Manager||| |Alison Croxon Bell|Treasurer||| |Charlotte Hoare|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 five public concerts during the year in the Windsor, **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** Additionally the society held a summer “Play Day” for existing and potential new members to get together to rehearse and perform an informal concert. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section E Financial review Cash funds are held in current or dewsit accounts. all of whith a unrestrthd funds. The KKiety aims to ￿ld at least suffi¢wt ￿serveS to cover its annual runnlng costs. Brief statement of tho charlty'• policy on rrtorves Detalls of any funds matsrially In deficlt nla Further Ilnanclal rnvlow detalls (Optlonal Infornh￿On} You may cho¢)se to indude ditional inf0M￿tiOn, where relevant about: the charity's principal sources of fijnds {includlng any furKlral￿ng). how expenditure has supported th8 key objectives of the charity; investment policy and objectives induding any ethical investment policy adopt8d. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration Th• trustses declare that they have approved tho trusteos, report abovo. Slgned on behall of th8 charlty'8 trustees Slgnature(s) Full namel8) Po8ltlon {eg Secrotaryi Chalr, AL IK TAR 2012 ||**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/06/2024|**To**||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1 038**
**12 965**
**17 638**
**1 609**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**


**33 250**
**37 000**
**-**
**37 000**
**70 250**
**1 640**
**24 656**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26 296**
**39 000**
**-**
**39 000**
**65 296**
**4 954**
**-**
**37 939**
**42 893**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations,legacies andgrants|**1 038**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1 038**
**12 965**
**17 638**
**1 609**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**33 250**|**1 350**| |Members’ subscriptions|**12 965**||||**15 821**| |Concert income|**17 638**||||**13 202**| |Interest on deposit account|**1 609**||||**1 574**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**33 250**||||**31 947**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| |Repayment of loan from SPPL|**37 000**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**37 000**
**-**
**37 000**|**36 150**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**37 000**||||**36 150**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**70 250**|**68 097**| ||||||| |Insurance,PRS & Box Office fees|**1 640**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1 640**
**24 656**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26 296**|**1 037**| |Concert & rehearsal expenses|**24 656**||||**24 787**| |Other rehearsal expenses|**-**||||**120**| |concert refund|**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**26 296**||||**25 944**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |Loan to Slough Philharmonic Productions
Ltd|**39 000**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**39 000**
**-**
**39 000**|**39 000**| ||**-**||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**39 000**||||**39 000**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**65 296**|**64 944**| ||||||| ||**4 954**|**-**|
**-**|**4 954**|**3 153**| ||**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**37 939**|**-**| ||**37 939**||||**34 786**| ||**42 893**|**-**|
**-**|**42 893**|**37 939**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period "atègOE*8 nth )Mw••t£ 81 C••h fw 4 033 Totsl¢WJ lund¥ 42 B93 Dotsils ) r*r•rtÉ Detall$ Prknt Na Date of 10 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Slough Philharmonic Society (Charity No. 269909) on the Accounts for the Year ended 31 May 2025. I reportto the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Slough Philharmonic Society (the Trust) for the year ended 31 May 2025. Responsibilities and basis 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 Att 20111'the Att,). I report in respett 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 bv the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent exarnlnerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connettion with the examination which give me cause to believe that. in any material respett- a. accounting records were not kept in accordance with settion 130 of the Art. 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 Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, 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 attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 31 October 2025 Name.. Alan John Bolton Relevant professional qualification: Former HM Inspettor of Taxes Address: 36 Lucas Road. High Wycombe. HP13 6QG