CROYDON BACH SOCIETY
TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL REPORT YEAR ENDING 31 AUGUST 2025
CHARITY NUMBER 276843
CROYDON BACH SOCIETY
GOVERNANCE AND KEY PERSONNEL
TRUSTEES
Chairman Linda Volti
Secretary Elizabeth Kuipers
Membership Secretary Marion Padgham
Treasurer Joseph Hague Librarian Alan Longhurst
Publicity and Social Media Ticket Secretary Moira O’Donnell Christine Roseberg
SELF-EMPLOYED MUSICIANS
Music Director Accompanist Tim Horton William Munks
CROYDON BACH SOCIETY
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 AUGUST 2025
The trustees are pleased to present their annual report together with the financial reports of the charity for the year ending 31 August 2025.
Principal Activity
The Croydon Bach Society’s principal activity during the year continued to be the study and public performance of choral music.
Review of the Year
This year, we held three concerts, all of a very high standard, as well as a very successful and wellattended Come and Sing day. We were also honoured to take part in the London Mozart Players’ Christmas concert. There follows a list of our events during the year:
| 7 December 2024 | Charpentier’s_Messe de Minuit pour Noel_, Finzi’s_In Terra Pax_, Britten’s |
|---|---|
| A Ceremony of Carols_and Vaughan Williams’_Fantasia on Christmas | |
| Carols | |
| 14 December 2024 | Christmas concert as guests of the London Mozart Players |
| 22 March 2025 | Elgar’s_The Dream of Gerontius_ |
| 10 May 2025 | Come and Sing: Bach’s_Mass in B Minor_(choruses) |
| 21 June 2025 | Elgar’s_The Music Makers,_Chilcott’s_A Little Jazz Mass,_Vaughan |
| Williams’Five Mystical Songs,_Chilcott’s_Songs and Cries of London | |
| Town |
The most substantial of these concerts was the one held in March, for which we engaged the Lambeth Orchestra.
Although none of our concerts generated a surplus when considering event costs against ticket income, we are able to continue presenting them thanks to the vital support of membership subscriptions and donations. We are especially grateful to the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust for their generous grant of £3,000, and to Professor Elizabeth Kuipers for her remarkable Living Legacy gift of £10,000 in May 2024, which continues to support the engagement of professional soloists.
Like many choral societies, our membership numbers are much lower than pre-COVID. The drop in the number of members has inevitably led to lower ticket sales. We do, however, remain financially viable and are committed to continuing to provide a valuable musical outlet for both our members and our audiences.
Linda Volti Chairman
rr(Ol'DON LHOIR CROYDON BACH SOCIEr RECEPTS AJ40 PAYMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 202S 2024.2025 202>2024 WCOIIE G•n•ial aThJ R•h•arnal-R•lat•d kncom• ership subscriptlons Isae Th)t6 1 b8b)wl Bank Inte$1 Donatif)$ Gift 1st6 2 b8101 Grants15e8 nots 3 b8liK¥l 10,304 47 130 6,377 3,000 317 10.757 29 10.0 ev•nt In¢orn• rid(et sales 5948 EXPENDITURE G•n•fal and R•h•arsal-R•lat•d Exp•rKIMw• Jc director ACCjanIs1 R6h8atsal venue hir8 Bank charg6$ National knouatK)n of CIKbifs annual nnberShiP sutk%criptian Maknng MUFAC annual Ine)ehlP subscription Annugl insura Now Surr&y Perforniing Arts Ll)r8ry Mgryership Maknng Muyc plau Webs Soclal Pnnting and marketin9 ChataN6 dalK)n& Administrab¥8 and rriscdlan Ev•nt Exp•ndliur• sic director Piano Acconwnist orcstr8 Solois Event venue hire Sm hire or purchase Rafrosamèni purchases Prfnting marketin9 5,000 2,240 1,750 60 53 230 107 17 124 374 2.320 1.576 219 248 243 25 855 250 38 2,400 820 3,201 2,800 1,597 378 325 2.200 1.170 2.7LKI .407 241 893 Total Exp•ndltur• 22 648 N•t SurpluBIID•ficltl CASH AT 8AMK 891gnces brought forward frorn previous 5wr to 31¥lALyusI Nel 5urpluslldeficill Balanc• ¢anl•d for•Mrd io n•xi y•arb••lnnlno 11 8•pt•mb•r not84 bebwl 24,496 3,476 14.822 9.674 NOTES RELATING TO 2024.2025 1 The nufflbeTof m8rrknrs p8r tsrrn %Yas." auturm term 53. spring term 59. sur[¥[r terrn 44_ 2 The Gift Aid daim corTwsed t1.871 for 2023.2024 and E4.5( for2024-2025. No clairnvAS duritMJ 2023.2024. nc8 its IlUsion in the 2024.2025 dairTL 3. A £3.0(M) granlwds rec&wod from ihe Humphrey CharLI¥&i TaW¢N Ch8rit8ble Trust 4. £2,800 %Yas used from Elizgbelh kniws, Livinll Legacy soloists. loamro a bg18nL¥ of£6.. Thiry £6.) is IndJd in the bank of E27.972 carrie¢J forward.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Croydon Bach Society (charity number 276843> for the year ended 31 August 2025. Responslbllltles and Basls of report As the charily's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirement of the Charities Act 2011 lllhe Act.). In report in respect 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ibl of the Act. Independent examlner's slatement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause lo believe that, in any malerial respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Charilies Act" or the accounts did not accord wth the accounting records. or the accounts did not comply with Ihe applicable requirements conceming 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 malter 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 this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: ifLvrte&t Date: 27 October 2025 Namè: lan Trumper