THE LONDON CHORUS (LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY) ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31st AUGusf 2025 THE I￿NDoN CHORUS (IA>NDON CHORAL SOCIETY) Vice Patr( Bevan MBQ RryleTick WiiliwDS OBQ Petro¢ Tr¢lawny Willi•n V•m DiTectLY of Mu*: AdriaD Brown REPORT OF COtINC The Council has pleasure in presenting its ReJMxL together with th A￿OUllts of The London Clwus (U)ndon Choral So¢i*) forth¢ year eth 318t Au8Urt 2025. (i) The LoDdon ch￿ ILondon Ch￿1 kniety) is a company. limit&4 by regi*ued nwni*r 00662374, and is governed by its memOrA￿l￿a and Articks of Asxt1ati￿. The regiknd •)ffK¢ of The London cl￿ is at 43 Maaor Way. Bthnh￿ knt BR3 3LN. (li) The LonthM ChOTh￿ CIKYal &xirty) is a r¢8iknd charity. numiw 271402. (iii) The banktrs 4re CAF BaDk Limits4 25 Kity Hill Avenu4 Kin8s Hill, West Mallin& KenL ME19 4JQ. The princi￿1 activty rfTr Lonth￿ is thc and of¢hoTrl mysic. During the year. the cl￿TrprOmOted and wftffmed in two Cc￿Cert& IDok rArt ID a joint eon¢ert with th¢ Separated Child Foundation. a joint concert with Highgttte Choral Society and held one Come and Sing eveoL following pr(Knotus WIK) Invit￿ Tr Lth]&)n ChonL8 to t¥k¢ w in their concerts or ¢vents during the year.. Taffia Live! Mosimann's R¢stautanL B¢l8faVia Raymond Gubb8y Limited The Elgar sinf￿1* of ￿¢￿) A detailed list of the ccrf*ttts arml eyents is xt rArt P8e 10 ofthis Iw Ron Cory. OBE The one disiressing feathwe of the last year for The IAThkn CIKffus the de*h on 7 May 2025 of our beloved Musical Director. Ronald Corp, at the age of 74. Ron hod held his tKi# for 30 y¢8rs had associar¢d with th¢¢hoir for *lme*t 40: what he did us was ¥*rt of a distingui4￿1 portfolTQ 8S B musTcian that included fo￿￿1n8 and c(Md￿ting the New Imkn ¢(XMI￿8 the Hi8h8ate ChoTal Society and the New IA)rthn Cbildren's Choir. arxl rxtYdiDg a considwabk W of ￿￿51¢. although completely &t home with the most ¢iffnpl¢x and d¢mandtog works in the reputoire, he had a love of British music 8nd his recording5 of it arc second to none. Perhaps aly)ve all he was a distioguished composer in his own righ( with a fiTII walogue of works in all gen￿ cT¢•ting a kgacy that will live on for as lon8 ￿ M￿91¢ is played. Ron's eontribution to The London Ch(Yus w&8 ¥ne￿lMab1e. hc inlKrited a choir of hi8h slond8rds and faulllessly maintsined them. When struck by illness IA* in 21124 he chose to stand do￿ and become Conductor Emer11￿ returning to the and when he was Kll enou￿. Sadly, his death Mne suddenly and unexpectedly. and so that rffl¥ rok was not to be. A L%)nc&t in celebrati(m of his life will be held jointly with the New Londcffl Orrh¢*rn atkd th¢ High8at¢ Cknr￿ kni¢ty on 2) June * the Cadogan Hall. A furth(¥ tribute to the excelknce he ll￿111ed in ¢hoir was the high number of applicants to succeed him. and that the choirw4s •bk kn atrxt s(*neiw of the SU￿l&tIve qulty of vfdiiam Vami ￿ the new Musical Director. We are very grateful to Adrian Brown for SkA)ing in to L￿)nd￿r the clK*ir iti the In￿lM and for awing to We are delight¢d to V*tk¥xJe Willi*n VaftD vkn took up th¢ Tthtof Dir￿ of Music with ¢ffen pw 6 to 9. Thi8 is made sDlely to the ch8rity"s Js a iK*ty, in aeconkn with Section 145 of the ChaTiti¢s Act 2011. My WO￿ bas undertaken so that I might state to the charity's trustees those matters l am rcquirul io st8t¢ lo them in this rew)rt ond for no other purpx¢. To the fullest extrnt pennitted by law, I do ¥c¢Frt or &ssyme rest¥Msibility to any(K* other ttmn the chanty and the ch8Tity's irnst¢48 as a W. for my w(rtK fly this repotl or for the opintons I hav¢ forn?ed. The Trustees (who aT¢ also the Dircctots of the Comp8ny for the purp(w of c(xnpany law) thre responsible for the ptepuknon of th¢ aL￿￿. The Tntskcs ￿lsIder that aD wdit is not ￿Ul[ed for this year unLkr s¢¢tion 14q2) ofthe ThaTiti¢s A¢t 2011 that go examinatirm 15 ll¢￿d Is requirrd by se¢tion 145(l> of the ALt Having satisfKd myself that the charity is not subie¢tto audit ur¥Jer conpny law w)d is ell￿ble for ind¢peTrJ¢nt examiJiatiThL At is my reswtr)iliry ￿". examine th¢ UDdeT s¢c4ion J45 of 2011 A¢ to follow the prrttdures laid down in the 8eoual DIr￿tionS given ty the CIthTity ComMi￿10n under Se￿1(￿ 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Ac¢ WKI Orib￿Cpe￿dellt eX**ine￿% repDn An ex4minalion includes a review of the xcounting records kw by the charity and a c(xnparison of the accounts presented with ihose r￿OrdS. It alw itteludes conside￿1¢￿ of 8ny unusual items or di￿lo$ll￿5 in the xwunts. and 5eek>ng explanations from you as trustees concernin8 any such matteT5. The prC￿edu￿S undertaken do not provide all the evideJ)ce thai w(NJkl be required in an audit and consequentlv no opinion is 8iveii Is to whether the accounts present a aod f￿r vicw, al￿ th¢ T¢m is limited to those m&ttexs set out in the staterne￿ beknv. llldependent examlKV* statement In Connecti￿ with my examinatio￿ no matttt h•s come to my attention: (l) whi¢h 8ives me re8NX￿1* to believe that in •Try materid resP￿t the requirem￿1% to pr¢pwre xcounts which rLcord with the accounting record¥ compty with the a(￿￿￿ting t¢quir¢ments of section 396 of the CompAniCS Act 2006 with the methods and winciples ofthe Statrm¢nt of Recommerthd Pr&ctice: Accounting and R¢Wing by Charkties have be¢n me¢ cr (2) to whicty in my Opini￿ atte4ttl￿ shLwtd be drrn in othto ¢nabk a proper und¢Tstanding of the accounts to Lr r￿￿. Guy Vyl Camberley. Surrty Date: 111 F¢br•ary9 21126 THE LOY4DON CHORUS (U)NDON CHORAL SOCIETYJ BALANCE SHEET *t 31st August 2025 Note 2024 CURRE￿ ASSET3 Cash at bank Ikp)sit DebtQTS & Prepw]ents 51,397 3,333 11.881 66.611 53.394 50 342 53.786 CREDITORS FAiLtNG DUE wrrHJN ONE YEAR Deferrrd Incom¢- music hiff receipts from mmbers Creditors 950 959 1,146 1,146 £65,652 £52,640 RFSERVLS G¢Deral Fund Suryilus/{defKit) on Income & EXp￿dItyre ALwunt 50.934 Rutricttd Fund Choral Scholarship Fund Fund balanc¢ * 1st Scpternbcr, 2¢Y24 Dc￿atiONS ret¢ived durin8 the year 6,718 14,718 8,0 Notes (a) For the year ended 31* August 2025, The IxThlon ChoTUS entttled to exemption fiDm audit undff sectioJJ 477 of the Companies ArA 2IM relating ￿ small companies. (b) The members h￿e not required the company to obtain an audit of its xtounts for the >rar ending 3 1st August 2025 in a￿Ordance with settion 476. (G) The mcmber5 of the Council of Managuneni ¥knowkdge their JwNmsibility for complying with the re9uirements of th¢ C(4npanies Act 2006 with resp￿¢ to &¢ounting r￿d3 and thc prepaTJtion of accounts. (d) Thes¢ a¢CO￿ts have been PTepared in a¢¢{￿ with the wvisions applicable to companies Subje￿ to the small companies regim These flnanelal £65,652 £52,640 tements wert approved by the Cound 00 10 Febr•Ary, 2026 Noor-ud4lAn (Niek) JaJJnK•h*me41, Ho￿rary Tr￿gret for and on behalf of the Council of Manage￿1 The not¢8 od 8 ¢0 9 fornb nart rfbw INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNr (STATEMETrrr OF FtNANCIAL ACTIVITrcs) for the year ended 31st Augus(2025 Geoerstl Funds Re4ti?¢ted Funds Note Total Fllnds otAI FyDds 20 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTivfTIL8 Membe￿, donated subscriptions TLC promoted Coll￿rt receipts sponsorship Pcrfomwice fees 2024 24.881 24,881 25,919 31,081 6.517 61479 31,081 6,517 61471) 63.860 5,498 95277 INCOME FROM GENERATION OF FUNDS D(x)8tions: Friends of TLC. legacles and other income Gift Aid . tax refA)verabl¢ 21J76 718 28,094 9,346 15,436 9,712 OTHER INCOME Interest ffceived lJ69 lJ69 1,412 TOTAL INCOME 718 JOi288 121,837 EXPENDrruRE Charilable expenditure Management & administration Bank charges TOTAL EXPENDITURE 82.492 5.724 82.492 5,724 110.028 4,393 88376 88276 114,481 NET SURPLUSI(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR RESER VES SURPLUSI(DEFICTD BROUGHT FORWARD 6.718 13012 7J56 45384 RLSERVES SURPLUSI(DEFtCm CARRIED FQRWARD £1{718 All disclosures relate to continuing activities. There aff no other unrnlised gains or losses which do not wear in Ihe Income and Expenditure Account above. Tht notes 00 pages 8 to 9 forn wt of these NOTFS TO THE ACCOUI for ¢h• yw e*ded 3Jst A•8rt 2025 (a) Accounttng converrtiL The charity meds the thfinition of a ￿]¢ bu￿fil a)tity FRS 102. Assth aTrJ liabilities are initi4Ily (b) Accountin8 St*bJ8rds with (FRS 102) the Fimnci81 Rwin8 SI8rthd aFvli¢8bJe in the UK Ind Rewbli¢ of JrelaNI (eff￿live from 1st January 2015) - Charities SORP {FRS 102) - C4)mpanies Ad 2(K6. IMem1￿¥, Uabllity The liability of the is iiTriled by 8u•rnJkn in the everrt of a winding up of the Comp8fty. member would onty be required to &)MrilMrte up to £10 as set out in S¢aion 3 of the Articles of Association. 3. Emol•ments The Charity had no ejnploytts during the year (2024- r¥)ne) No ￿ember of the COU￿11 of Manag<￿ may be app)in(&l to any yalarittl office within the a*rity. Fmmd A¢co4•tl (*) G¢oer41 in furthering the princi￿ ￿1Vity of the awrity a￿1 matters wKillary to the attainmeni of that objecuve. Ib) Reser￿ S. D¢btor8 And Prqlayraats D¢lAor¥ Gift Aid Miscella￿) PrepAyD￿n￿ Insurance Music scores iwht in ￿v*￿t 10.203 1.420 138 120 138 150 £11081 L342 NOTES TO THE ACCOUKTS ror the )w eaded 31* 2025 6. Ch*rltsbl¢ ex￿di1•ye 45J89 3.389 1042 75.486 ContribLrtion to a joint conttrt with High* C7M)rnl Socidy 1.075 76.561 3.995 - Ftts pid to: Direc￿[8 of Music 19.077 21.333 2,880 5,450 £110.028 £81492 21115 2024 7. Mwgememt & admknlslnlio 259 1,310 R￿rUl(￿¢nt & wblicity Website Mainten￿ *cknicioTrS Ensurdnce & M•kir4 Mw8iG 514 510 471 47 4￿2 1840 £4.393 & FI￿drI]sIng c04cen . A CQTKert of carols in #id of the SepaTrkd Chikl F￿Jnd8t1on r8i*d :_ HatL SWI I with Se￿￿￿1k1 13 Mw¢h HolyTrtroty. SIc4rt Ywr4 SWI F•re-C•niique dej￿ Sjwe. Swi Wdt(n. spi￿11¢ Preh*le& Fw vfilli•ms. 6 Clml SEO 7 j1￿¢ St. 8￿01ph E4v. F*e L•v¢ faxl The D*K¢ffiThD the Mtyl#ir. Wl 6 (ki¢&r Ro)Il Albert Hall. SW7 Royal Alb¢¥g Hdl. svn I l D¢C¢M￿ Taffialavel swi 2015 22 Jun¢ El8trSith 13 July Royd AItrKrt Hall. SW7