CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
CAJ4TERBURY MUSIC CLUB
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
from
To
01-P12 -24
3￿￿￿r-25
Section A Receipts and payments
UFbiestrbCted
funds
Resuicted
lunds
Endowtnenl
funds
Total funds
Lastyear
io £
fotho Trpare5t £
tothÈ r*arest£
to tho nearest£
A1 Recei
SUbs¢￿p￿￿5
Single uckets
Grants ¥rtd sponsuS￿
Donations
HMRC Gift Aid c￿￿bl￿On5
FuncbonslRef￿hrne￿ts
IDteFe51 [￿￿e4
Miscell3rEous
9.992
11123
7,995
8,538
790
4.820
1l12J
4.243
4,243
239
40
Jf1
Sub total(Gmss income for
ARI
23.279
A2 Asset and investment sales.
Isee table).
Sub total
Total re¢wpts
23,279
A3Pa
ents
Arbsis, Fees Trdv
ire of Halls ￿v$ Box offi￿ Fees
Retr￿h￿rne￿ts
Piano Hire & TuThn?
Printiw, Posuge. PuNioty & Websiie
SubsCnPtiDD5 Donati￿$ PRS &
InEuran
Vldeo sireamirwJ & MI￿11aneO￿s
9,520
7.412
801
331
3.514
10,237
8.051
331
605
1.53Q
1.769
1,439
1,122
1.313
Sub total
24.586
23,642
A4 Assèt and in¥estment
urchases, Isee table
Sub totsl
24,586
23.642
Net of receiptsl(paymentsJ
AS Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
2.759
2.759
363
1759
1759
363
CCXX R1 account5 ISSI
3010712026

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
lunds
io W￿$t £
Restrl¢ted
funds
to nearw £
Endowment
fund5
to r*ar95t £
CategCrte>
Detsils
B1 Cash funds
16.409
S,129
Total ¢a$h funds
21,558
C(K•)¥51)
Unresiri￿ed
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funts
Deiails
nèargSt£
to neat95t £
Furts110
&Wl bolty)
C¢)Stlop￿Ona
t￿r￿nt ¥8luo
tion
Details
B3 Investment assets
FWKI to which
888¢1 tyolon
Cost loptionall
Currgrt Valu
onal
Det2ils
B4 A$$ets retsined for the
charity's own use
FuThY 10 which
ount due
When du•
Details
85 Liabilities
SwJned by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the tru5tee$
Synatufe
Print Name
Date of
roval
IAN LANE
301071202
CCKX R2 accoLrnts ISSI
3010712026

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trustees
| CANTERBURY MUSIC CLUB
On a¢counts for the year
ended
30 APRIL 2025
Charity no
(if any)
271378
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
chanty ("the Trust") for the year ended 30 April 2025.
As the charity's trustees. you are reskK)nsible for the preparation of the
accounts in 3Gmrdan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Yhe Act").
Responsibilities and
basis of report
I report in respect of my exarnination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the ap￿}eable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145151{bl of the Act
Independent I have completed my examinab"on. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's ststement come to my attention in conneclion wth the examination which gives me
cause to believe thal in. any material respect..
the accounts'ng records were not kept in acwrdance with section 130
of the Charities Acl", or
Ihe accounts did not accord with the accounting records, or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
Con￿rning the fom and conlent of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounls give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no cOn￿M$ and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attentson should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a prO￿r understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name: l Maxine Gambnll FCCA
Date:
Relevant professional Association of Chartered Certrfied Accountants
qualificationlsl or body
(il any):
Address: | PG Lemon LLP
22-26 Bank Streel. Heme Bay
Kent CT6 SEA

Section B
Disclosure
Onlh. compicie If itTre examiner nee(is io nigniigni malerlal mailers of Concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of charty accounts." directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose,

c￿terbU￿. Music Club
w.C￿lLerb
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Trustees, Report for 83, Season, 202412)
Trustees:
Mrs Anioinette Groom".
Prot Gr¢nN'ille Hancoi MBE..
Dr lan Lane".
Other Committee Llq¢mbers:
Sian Napier..
Chrisiopher Palmer-.
Maugie Lane..
Chair I from .4GM)
Concert SLX'rethn I Chair l until AGNI)
Vice-chair / Treasurer l Membership Secretary
.larketin¥ and Social Media
CoDcert support
Cat¢ring
Charity GoaLs
Canterbury Music Cliib (CMC) was est8blished in 1941 ai the heiohi of WMIII to bring
qualitv classical music to the people of Canl¢rbury". Todav its goals have been expanded
somei¥'hai io brinu qualill classical chamkr music to the ￿0p1¢ of Canterbury and ils iiid¢r
District. and to strengthen ihe inclusion of l.oung people and students in ils audience. Musi
is so important in our lives, IN"hile at the same time il is esseniial ihai our artists are properlv
rcniun¢raied. To 1£ ecomplish ihese goals CIIC promoies a sfJson n of eighi concerts from
SepiLnibLr throu¥h trlpril. has a ML Tnkr>hip ￿"11h Liinc¢ssionar%' pricingy as iiell as sinL?Ic
liikei sales for indiN"idual concens. ththile li mak-es (icket5 lor Siuden￿ and und¢r 65 I"reL Il'ith
Isiipport from the L Al,'A TIN.4 chani￿r "frus1 Free Tick'ei Schemel. In addilion the
.h the SLason are a mil of ￿"Orld Llak% musiL ians often th iih a
arti51s prc)moied throuu
Lonneilion 10 C'<1nlLrbiiry. and some of the tinesi % ounbi musiciaD¥ al the stsrt of iheir careers.
Features of the 83rd Season. 2024123
All Loncerts Niere held al the internalioDally acclaimed Coly"er-Fergusson Thealre al the
Glilbenkian Arts Centre ot the Llniversilh" ot- Kent, CanteTbury and received considerable
support Irom the Centre both financiall￿ and throuoh iheir lechnical suppoll and caltring
5tal'l'. All CODLert5 WLre held on Sunda)" afternoons ii'hieh is optimum t.or our Some￿,hat aged
Membership. and tiis in ii'ell ￿ ith the i%"idir prolbramme ot the Gulknkian Arts Centre.
I"he prouramme t.or the 8) Se&son ￿'"aS as follows:
2024
#i
#?
#3
#4
September 28
O¢tob¢r ?O'
Noveniber 7
December li
Crnig OodeD, c'lassicid guilar
EM'aD Miller. oboe Tomos Boles.piiinu (Tillell Trnst Artists)
Raehel Podger and .Members of Brecon Baroque
.4lei Rider, 17urp and The Festi%e Chornle, ¢lireL'lcir Grenville
H*Dco
J2nuar%' 19
FebniarN 6th
iJ)ndoll BrId￿t Piano Trio
i #ttbew Rose & Linda Hurst nurralfjrs 1i.ith the
Graod Nlydllsions Colle¢tii'e. Anttg Tilbrook direL'I(?r
Kl'an String Qu2rtel
James Gilcbrist, l¥nor and Anna TilbrooK piaiiu
#6
#7
larch 16
April 8,
118

or Ihe ci)nLtrts l. i. 4. i. 6. & 8 11-ere ii'iih lead&nLY professional anisis. Concerts l & 7 Here
ith acLl¢iinied musiLians M ho had r¢cenilv Lompleted their education at Britain s tinesi
academies, and in so doinu
professional Lareers.
provided them &aluable further ciperience as Ihev build IhLir
CMC Membership numbers held sieadv at 69 for the season plus 7 honoraTr' members. The
hiJTr ] siandard ot"Loncerts attracted se￿.eral neKI- member5. alihouuh sadl! some w.ere lost
eiiher befoye or during the se&son for i"arious re￿￿OnS. A iothl ot- 577 single iick'eis ￿.ere sold
i07 ai l'ull price includino _ tick-ei.s lor disabled ￿rson5. 7 ai discounted price tor members
of other local miisie socieiies: and 6J Iree iicL'Lfs 10 N'oung people under ?6 S'cars old. In
general t¥¥m5 membcTship fees coi.er costs of ih¢ i enue while single liikei LOI"er artists
Lees and LY)sts of individuat concerts.
DLirin¥ COVID most local cl&ssicaI music socieiics ii'ere lorLed io suspend all conLerts.
li hiLh had 5ei-Lre financial consequences for th¢ ani*5. Our ihen Chair Prol- Cjrcni illL
I lanioi lias dLlermin¢d to Ll)niinue suppon iv our anisls. and in conjunclton ii.ith the
comniiii¢e lif Bal-le Nlusic ol. l-olkesione.Irranged io hold ¢ombined concerts ol.our I￿"0
miL%iC societies. Theie concerts i¥ere held al ihe Church of Si .KlaD' & St EanS1￿￿ the in
Folk¢slone. IKere i'ideoed bi" RVP Vid¢0 ol. Fai'ersham. and i%er¢ lii"e SirLJnied on YouTube
lo mcmhers ol. both 51Kieiies 11 iih the recordin& made aiailable for a period ol- lour ii'eeks
thereatter. SinLe COVID. CNIL hai'e Loniinued io hai e all ofour concerts i'ide()ed 5ubjcLI Io
a¥reemenl of anists and madL IK)th liieslreatns and reoordings aiailablL since the curr¢nl
)"ear Ihis has ￿en restriLled io members onli.. Thi5 proi'ides a i'aluablc seTh'iLe to nieinbL'rs
.ho ar¢ Linable io aiiend indiN-idual conLerts or ihrou¥h frailt%' or locaiion i%aiLh ihe ii'hole
s¢ason online. In addiiion m¢m! memEk"rs tsk'e pleasurc in rei isilino Ll)ncerts ihel hai'e
enjoi'ed and ihL I"ideo presentaiion 15 SLYn a5 a i atuablL addiiion to m¢m￿r￿h1p.
In graiitude io Greni'ill¢ HanLO.I for all his lonL¥￿s￿nd1￿￿y endeai'our5 as outgoing C'hair. and
on behall.ot IhL Canierbun.. Music Club membership. ai ihe.4GiM held on 17, Noi'ember
?0?4 Cwreni'ille was prLsenied i%"iih a cheque for £ I l(M).'_ trom donaiions made bi" members
inio a leai"in¥ tund - to be put loi%ard a chariTh of his choiL¢ l Lio remains and is C.'F). Piof
Haniox iwill continue as Concert Secretarv. while Anioinette Groom took up the role as Chair
ai the AGM.
Treasurer's Report for the 83rd Season 2412)
The Accounts tor Year End 30, April ?0?3 are submitted separatel!. as kindly eKamined by
PG Lemon Ll.P of Fav¢rsham. The follow"in£ are commenrs on rhese accounts in comparison
to the previou5 season..
Income
Subscriptions..
Due io increaN¥d CL)$15 S￿￿L'fiPl1i}￿> iivre rdjsed trom t 110 io £140. Paid
membership held si¢adN ai 69. $0 income in¢re&ied bi I1998.
Ti¢kei prices iiere increased Iri)m £71 10 £75. 1 ILkel 5al¢% ii¢re maintained
or increased for major ei'enix 50 income inLred5ed bi L
These ii¢r¢ mainiuined for the lear. alihi)ugh supwn from Ilearba5e i￿4M)
had paid flir pro4rammcs ¥e&¥L'd duL lo th¢ sale ()fihctr business_
Donations & Gift Aid-. Memkrs ha￿e aoain been £Fenemus. HoiiE¥"er ihe Iiuure shoi*n includes
I l )0 for Gre￿￿111¢ Hancoi s leai'ing tund on iKhiLh Gift Aid ivas not
claiTned - ueneral donaiions ii.ere do¥i'n bN- £ l i)7.
Gli tti ihc laLk ol. cash in hanit Ihi5 l.ear lie offered nieniikn- thL Option io
pai for refreshmenls up troni at the time of pa)'iniF memb¢rshsp lees: this is
shoi¥n separdieli-.
Paid on our charih- reserve fun(L ihis is loiitr bi L7J due 10 reduced inter¢st
raies.
Single iicket iales
Grants and Sponsors..
Refreshments=
Interest..

TOTAL INLOME:
0￿"erall. ineomc increased b% £4.067 to £*7.)46.
Eypenigs
Artist's Fe¢> & Trakel.. Thesc iiere similjr Ic) Ihe weiious lear due to the skills of our Concen
Secretarn. a sai'ing of £69.
Hall Hire & Boi oifice plus Piano hire & ivning.. Gulknkian LhJroi's IILYe less than unli¢iPat¢d.
ilhile LOSls for piano tuning iiL're also LFii inLY a li)ial ing i)f £91 )_
Theie ci)*1* >hoii a marked in¥r¢Ase of L l 9%4 as hawe sthrted lil adNertis¢
11 conlens in ihe "N"et Kliu, liand disiributed ro hLin)e5 in CanlLrburn &
DistriLi and to F8Iersham. il'hiisiable aiKI Herne Ba
(wr ke% L8ichni¢nts.
Subs. txin. PRS & Ins-. This shiiiii an in¥reas¢ 1i1- £(A7 bui (sreiii illi s l¢ai in4 fund is included he￿.
TOTAL EXI>F.NSI.S: 0￿"¢￿11. El￿n￿S iDCrr&l￿- bi £944 10 I"4.i86.
BAL?INCE..
On BalJnc¢ cnded ihe 8Tr)tJ Season i%"ith a surplus ot-i•1S58.
Balwice Sheei ul 3rt April 2025
Jn4 and ?OY41?i but had not l'et been
Net Current Asseis:
Gift Aid has been claimed for 109"
ceiNed.
Printing & Publicl￿-.
Ivi'ipx Fonvard to the 84th Season 2025126
(yren%'illL HaThLoN has prepared an ¢iL¢ll¢ni season ol. eighi concert5 I¥'ith J similar mix ofr"
eN'enlS 10 be b7iven b), seasoned and N'OLing artists
¥l.'e arL in a posiiion to mainiain OUT Sub5L"ription rnie ai £140 Ii)r ei&hi concerts. is
£17.*O per lOncL￿ and Iwk to ke¢p around 70 P<lK"in¥ this Should be sutTicienl
to Lol'er GuliK'nkian fees ai around L l O(X) p¢r concen.
To Lover artists, fees the single iieket price will k maTntained ai £?5 per concert.
We shall continue to video all ioncerts 5ubjecl io anlsts agreemeni and mak'e this onl)
a￿allab]e to members and perlonners.
Donations remain inN"aluable. boosted b). claiming Giti Aid trom HMRC.
Acknowledoements
'L are mosl Lirateful tu our commercial and insiiiutional sponsors..
Universit& ol Kent l icci
Ca*alina ch￿nber Music Trust
The Tillets Trust
o RVP Video
o PG Lemon LLP account8nTS
Charthani Vine%ard
don Letting%
In addiiion ()ur ihanks Lll) boih all the staft ot ihe fjulbenkian for lookino alier us ihrouLh lh¢
Season. and 10 the siall"ol- both Prinknllatiers and Ihe NLt ￿lag iiho are eler helptul.
FinallN' th￿k all our memEYrs t"OT ihcir sUp￿7rt IhrouL.h Ihe 8 1
Season and their ￿enerOUS
donaijiins: iiuf wsier disiribuiers and poqler holders lor thLif Lnihw%iasm: and oiir Commiitee
Members for Iheir commitm¢nt i¥iihoui iihiih L anierbup. MUSIL Club Lould noi I"unLliOn.
rd
We look torward eaiyerly to our 84 Season. and to our 8) AnnI￿"ersary S¢ason in the future.
GrenN'ille Hancox. past Chair
Antoi￿ette Grootn. current Chair
lan Lane. Treasurer