## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/09/2023 **Period start date To** 31/08/2024 **Period end date** ## **Charity name: Camden Choir** ## **Charity registration number:283922** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance, improve, develop and**
**maintain public education in, and**
**appreciation of, the art and science of**
**music in all its aspects by any means**
**the Trustees see fit, including through**
**the presentation of public concerts and**
**recitals.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Rehearsals for and performances of**
**classical music concerts in autumn,**
**spring and summer of 2023/24. The**
**choir gave a Christmas carol concert for**
**charity. All committee members and**
**others give their time without**
**remuneration to help with this activity.**
**We run a bursary scheme to help**
**members with limited means and**
**finance a group of choral scholars who**
**are developing their careers.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We have regard to that guidance.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We provide limited financial support to**
**some members as above.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**See above**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Last season, we performed Handel's**
**Judas Maccabeus in our November**
**concert, to great acclaim, followed by**
**Cecilia McDowall's Christus Natus Est in**
**December. In the spring, after a term of**
**really hard and focussed work, we sang**
**Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices and**
**Victoria's Missa Alma Redemptoris. We**
**finished the season with such a treat:**
**Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, as well as**
**works by Finzi, Guerrero, Moeran,**
**Tomkins, Tallis and Whitacre. The icing**
**on the choral cake came thanks to our**
**Choral Scholars: we were bowled over**
**by their wonderful solos. The Choir**
**Awayday, held in July after the end of**
**the season, often has the feel of a**
**celebration. We hope this year’s**
**Awayday continued the tradition, albeit**
**in the new surroundings of St Botolph**
**without Bishopsgate. We welcomed new**
**faces and were joined again by Dominic**
**Brennan as co-conductor and by many**
**members of the Hampstead Chamber**
**Choir.**
**We had other fundraising and social**
**activities.**
**Our financial position, already**
**satisfactory, improved further, helped**
**by a generous legacy.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We are pleased to report another**
**successful season for the Choir. Our**
**four concerts, one with orchestra, and**
**all enjoyed by our audiences, came**
**collectively within budget. We were**
**delighted to receive generous donations**
**and a legacy, totalling over £21.000.00,**
**enabling us not only to continue**| |---|---|---| |||**supporting our Choral Scholars, but**
**also the flexibility to plan for the future,**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves by definition give a cushion**
**against future fluctuations in income.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Some £50,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|| |---|---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||| ||The charity’s principal||**Donations, membership fees, gift aid**| ||sources of funds (including||**and sale of concert tickets.**| ||any fundraising)||| |||Para 1.47|| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Donations, membership fees, gift aid**
**and sale of concert tickets.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Members at AGM under provisions of**
**Constitution**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Camden Choir| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|283922| |Charity’s principal address|24 Springcroft Avenue
East Finchley
London
N2 9JE| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alison Lamb|Chair||Camden choir members
(under constitution)| ||Alexandra Carter|||“| ||Professor John
Tosh|||“| ||Joanna Cain|||“| ||Anne Satchwell|||“| ||AnthonyWills|||“| ||Peter Lattimer|Treasurer||“| ||Dr Diana Briscoe|||“| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## ~~a~~ **Other optional information** ~~a~~ **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** David Norgrove **Position** Choir member **Date** 21 May 2025 |**INCOME**
Subscriptions
term - 32/39/37 + 1x£30
Year - 13 Bursary tsfr - 1/1/
Music hire/purchase
Friends (18) & benefactors (10)
Gift aided donations
Gift aid tax refund
Non gift aided donations
Reh interval refreshmts
Bank Interest
Autumn Concert 18 11 2023
Christmas concert 16 12 2023
Spring Concert 18 03 2024
Summer Concert 22 06 2024
Misc / collection for Unicef
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE**
Rehearsal costs - halls
Rehearsal costs - IE & substitutes
Rehearsal costs - piano tuner
Rehearsal costs - Choral Scholars
Music Costs
Autumn concert 18 11 2023
Christmas concert 16 12 2023
Spring Concert 16 03 2024
Summer Concert 22 06 2024
General & Recruitment Expenses
Making Music - sub, insurance & PRS
Bank charges
Misc / paid collection to Unicef
**TOTAL EXPENSES**
**Surplus/deficit for the period**
Reserves b/fwd 1 September 2023
**Reserves**
Bursary Fund
**Reserves at 31 August 2024**
CAF - current a/c
CAF - deposit a/c
Scottish Widows - deposit a/c
Music & unused wine stocks
Gift Aid tax refund
Advance subs, refrs & mus payments
Choir Weekend reserves 31 08 2023||**2023/24**
9,650.00
1,332.55
1,040.00
9,181.20
3,937.58
11,857.00
1,530.00
867.54
1,712.48
1,179.49
1,949.08
1,138.65
393.12
**45,768.69**
2,611.00
4,390.00
0.00
2,818.80
1,230.06
8,363.67
1,788.95
2,253.17
2,547.35
1,073.51
564.12
63.75
393.12
**28,097.50**
**17,671.19**
32,199.54
**49,870.73**
604.00
**50,474.73**
3,451.57
29,346.38
18,000.00
719.41
3,937.58
-2,663.90
-2,316.31
**50,474.73**||**Budget**
**23/24**
8,000.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
500.00
2,000.00
200.00
1,500.00
100.00
2,300.00
1,380.00
1,700.00
1,380.00
0.00
**21,460.00**
2,948.00
4,025.00
80.00
0.00
1,200.00
10,240.00
2,125.00
2,155.00
2,755.00
900.00
400.00
0.00
500.00
**27,328.00**
**-5,868.00**||**22/23**
8,095.00
1,608.38
1,420.00
613.00
1,763.05
210.00
1,145.50
247.22
1,222.29
2,017.34
1,664.38
1,306.75
0.00| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**21,312.91**|| ||||||2,947.00
3,870.00
0.00
0.00
1,411.59
3,465.10
2,159.92
2,903.25
1,790.70
965.42
508.00
66.50
0.00|| ||||||**20,087.48**|| ||||||**1,225.43**
30,974.11
**32,199.54**
265.00|| ||||||**32,464.54**|| ||||||4,015.57
13,264.35
18,000.00
1,020.61
1,763.05
-3,080.00
-2,519.04|| ||||||**32,464.54**|| 2 ## **CC CONCERTS REPORT 2023/2024** ||**18-Nov-23**|**18-Nov-23**||**16-Dec-23**|**18-Mar-24**|**18-Mar-24**|**22-Jun-24**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**SMVPH Handel - Jud-Macc**||**SMVPH Xmas concert**||**SMVPH**|**-Renaissance music**|**SMVPH Poetry & Motion**|| ||**actual**|**budget**|**actual**|**budget**|**actual**|**budget**|**actual**
|**budget**| |Ticket sales|1,455.48|2,000.00|899.49|
1,200.00|1,835.38|
1,500.00|909.65|1,200.00| |Programme sales|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00| |Refreshments / prog adv|257.00|300.00|280.00|
180.00|113.70|200.00|229.00|180.00| |Grants and other receipts|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00| |**TOTAL INCOME**|**1,712.48**|**2,300.00**|**1,179.49**|
**1,380.00**|**1,949.08**|
**1,700.00**|**1,138.65**|**1,380.00**| |Orchestra|3,841.09|5,500.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00| |Soloists|1,800.00|1,800.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|50.00|450.00| |Conductor|750.00|750.00|750.00|
750.00|750.00|750.00|900.00|750.00| |Organists / Pianists|450.00|450.00|450.00|
450.00|450.00|450.00|635.00|635.00| |Choral Scholars x 3|320.20|340.00|212.40|
340.00|321.20|340.00|321.20|340.00| |Advertising|26.40|40.00|16.70|40.00|29.00|40.00|29.40|40.00| |Venue hire (SMVPH)|231.00|220.00|196.50|
195.00|199.50|195.00|201.00|180.00| |Printing - programmes|105.49|100.00|0.00|50.00|87.99|110.00|95.00|110.00| |Printing posters & leaflets|42.33|70.00|38.85|70.00|41.89|70.00|38.88|70.00| |Music costs - performers|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00| |Organ /piano hire|30.00|600.00|30.00|60.00|30.00|30.00|60.00|60.00| |Staging costs / piano tuner|80.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|80.00|0.00|80.00|0.00| |Gifts|101.50|70.00|30.00|0.00|34.00|30.00|55.00|30.00| |Van hire|158.00|140.00|0.00|0.00|150.00|0.00|0.00|0.00| |Refreshment expenses|66.00|30.00|64.50|120.00|79.59|90.00|81.87|90.00| |Miscellaneous|361.66|50.00|0.00|50.00|0.00|50.00|0.00|50.00| |**TOTAL EXPENSES**|**8,363.67**|**10,160.00**|**1,788.95**|
**2,125.00**|**2,253.17**|
**2,155.00**|**2,547.35**|**2,805.00**| |**DEFICIT**|**-6,651.19**|**-7,860.00**|**-609.46**|
**-745.00**|**-304.09**|
**-455.00**|**-1,408.70**|**-1,425.00**| |**Sponsorship**|**nil**|nil|**nil**|nil|nil||0.00|0.00| |**NET DEFICIT**|**-6,651.19**|**-7,860.00**|**-609.46**|
**-745.00**|**-304.09**|
**-455.00**|**-1,408.70**|**-1,425.00**| 3 Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31[st] August 2024 ## **1) Bursary Fund** In November 2012 a new fund was set up by specific donations totaling £1,000 to replace the London Borough of Camden Bursary. This bursary is restricted to the support of singers with limited means. They no longer need to be residents of London Borough of Camden. It is treated as a special reserve to be used for individual bursaries. Bursaries were granted to an individual totaling £161.00 to cover subscriptions, music and refreshments during the 2023/24 season. A donation for £500.00 was agreed to be used to further fund the Bursary Scheme. This makes the special reserve being £604.00 as of 31[st] August 2024. ## **2) Assets - Staging and Lighting Rig** The lighting rig has been depreciated and written off over several years. The staging was written off in the year of purchase. The current policy is to treat the cost of any equipment with a value of under £1,000 as an expense in the year of purchase. ## **3) Camden Choir Musical Weekend / Away-day** From 2014 to 2021 there was a specially designated account with CAF Bank to cover past Musical Weekends. A decision was taken to close this account to avoid extra bank charges. £1,850.73 was transferred on 2 September 2021, just after the start of the 2021/22 financial year. It was later decided to have an Awayday, rather than a full Weekend. The finances continued to be managed separately, though receipts and payments were within the main Camden Choir bank account, the Choir continuing to have a supervisory and safeguarding role. The Musical Weekend / Away-day figures, current reserves having decreased to £2,316.31 due to a small loss in July singing day in St Botolph’s, are presented in a separate account. 4 ## CAMDEN CHOIR Accounts for the year ended 31[st] August 2024 Report to the Members of the Camden Choir I have examined the attached financial statements on pages 2 - 4 from the books and records of the Camden Choir and from the information and explanations given to me. In my opinion the accounts give a true and fair view of the Choir’s affairs as at 31[st] August 2024 and of the surplus for the year. Jing Lu FCCA Honorary Independent Examiner 21[st] April 2025 1