Secretary’s Report 2024
The 2023/2024 season for Waverley Singers began with our concert “Gloria in Excelsis” which took place on 21[st] October at St Thomas-on- The- Bourne. It featured sacred choral music from Italy, and we were joined by tenor Peter Davoren, and bass Jimmy Holliday with Philip Scriven on organ.
Our Christmas concert “O Magnum Mysterium” in St Lawrence Church, Alton took place on 2[nd] December, and we were joined by members of Farnham Youth Choir Ensemble. The programme included some familiar carols, and works from the Renaissance period.
The annual choral workshop featured Mozart Requiem along with our regular accompanist Jakob Rotthof on piano. It was held at South Farnham School on 13[th] January. It was well attended by 139 singers, and was much enjoyed by all who attended.
On 24[th] March at Farnham Maltings, Waverley Singers took on a challenge of singing with a move into the world of jazz, with Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, along with Chilcott’s Little Jazz Mass. The choir was accompanied by Will Todd and the Will Todd Jazz Ensemble. Soprano soloist Joanne ForbesL’Estrange stepped in at the last minute for the solo part in the mass to great acclaim. The sell-out performance was a huge success, and was enjoyed enormously by the choir, who thrilled the audience with their enthusiasm. The final concert of the season was held in St Andrew’s Church, Farnham on 22[nd] June. Another sell out performance at which the audience were treated to Faure Requiem and several pieces from English composers including Gibbons, Stanford, Parry and Purcell, with Philip Scriven accompanying on organ. Following each concert, there was a retiring collection in aid of different charities. These were The Hunter Centre, Alton Food Bank, The Fountain Centre and The Cheryl King Trust. The magnificent total for all of the concerts reached almost £3500. All the concerts were conducted by Richard Pearce.
To complete the year, around 40 singers along with some family and friends, travelled to Lisieux in Normandy for a long weekend at the end of June. The choir put on 2 concerts, with the first in Honfleur where a young local girl Lilou Antoine joined us to sing the solo in the Faure’s Requiem. The second concert was in Lisieux Basilica where we shared the stage with local choir, Ensemble Vocal Gabriel Faure. Each choir performed their own repertoire, then joined together for the Faure Requiem. Local organist Fanny Cousseau accompanied our concerts, and both were conducted by Richard Pearce. Both concerts were well attended, and all participants thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to sing some of the same repertoire from our Summer concert, which included the Faure Requiem and music by Stanford, Gibbons and Parry.
Carolyn Patey - Honorary Secretary
the Waverley
Farnham
Conductor: Richard Pearce M.A., F.R.C.O.
The SW Surrey and NE Hants Choral Society
Registered Charity No: 284123 NFMS Affiliated Website: www.waverleysingers.com
_____________ Manor Lodge, Hon Treasurer Upper Manor Road, 01483 861028 Godalming, GU7 2HZ Hugh Gammell treasurer@waverleysingers.com September 2024
To all Members
Treasurer’s Report for the year to 31 July 2024
This has been another very good year for the Choir, with membership continuing to increase, sell-out concerts in March and June, a highly successful Mozart Requiem workshop and an enjoyable tour to Normandy to conclude. With significantly reduced rehearsal costs thanks to the successful move to the Spire Church, the result is that the finances are healthier than predicted, with a surplus on the Concerts account and a better than budgeted performance overall.
Imaginative programming, growing public support thanks to the efforts of the publicity team, lively concerts, with Mass in Blue making a particularly strong impression on Choir and audience alike and the continuing high standards which Richard Pearce demands mean that the future looks bright, and the financial position of the Choir should be strong enough to ensure regular orchestral concerts are viable.
The Jo Reader Legacy will begin to impact the Choir next year, with a new piece commissioned from Owain Park to be performed in the summer at Frensham to celebrate our 70[th] anniversary and to remember Jo in her own church. We are also planning the first Waverley Sing in July. This is to be a day of choral music open to all comers. Designed to appeal to experienced singers and newcomers alike we hope to attract a wide range of participants.
My thanks are due to the Co-chairs, who have taken up their roles with assiduity and charm, and to John Holden, whose leadership during Covid, in particular, laid the foundations for our current success. Sally Wooding has brought expertise to fund-raising from local charities which bore fruit with a grant from the HR Taylor Trust for Mass in Blue . Philippa Penfold and her committee worked tirelessly to organise and raise money for the Normandy Tour. And, of course, the bed-rock of the Choir is the membership, whose commitment, good humour and love of choral singing make it all possible.
Hugh Gammell – Hon Treasurer
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THE WAVERLEY SINGERS - FARNHAM,SURREY
Registered Charity No. 284123
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
| £ | £ | £ £ |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| INCOME | 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 | |
| Subscription Income | |||
| Choir | 16,635 | 15,215 | |
| Patrons | 2,697 | 3,087 | |
| Tax Refunds via Gift Aid | 3,887 | 4,023 | |
| Total Subscription Income | 23,219 | 22,325 | |
| Other Income | |||
| Donations |
0 | 530 | |
| United Trust/CAF Interest |
804 | 191 | |
| Music Account Income |
3,020 | 4,141 | |
| Advertisements | 165 | 425 | |
| Refreshments – net (now included in concert | 0 | 470 | |
| accounts) | |||
| Miscellaneous | 199 | 57 | |
| Workshop – net | 1,362 | 603 | |
| Total Other Income | 5,550 | 6,417 | |
| TOTAL INCOME - EXCLUDING CONCERTS | 28,769 | 28,742 | |
| EXPENDITURE | |||
| Rehearsals |
9,985 | 10,110 | |
| Hall Hire |
4,312 | 6,452 | |
| Publicity |
158 | 24 | |
| Stationary and Postage |
187 | 229 | |
| Nat. Fed. Music Societies | 767 | 705 | |
| Music Account Costs | 2,624 | 4,044 | |
| Miscellaneous | 977 | 832 | |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE - EXCLUDING CONCERTS | 19,010 | 22,396 | |
| BALANCE OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE | |||
| EXCLUDING CONCERTS | 9,759 | 6,346 | |
| PROFIT ON CONCERTS - see attached | 873 | -2,465 | |
| SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE | |||
| FOR THE YEAR | 10,632 | 3,881 |
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THE WAVERLEY SINGERS - FARNHAM, SURREY
Registered Charity No. 284123
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
| BALANCE SHEET Notes FIXED ASSETS Cost of Fixed assets (See Note 5) Additions during the year less: Accumulated Depreciation and write off Written off this year NET BOOK VALUE OF FIXED ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Deposits etc carried forward 6 BANK BALANCES AND CASH CAF Bank Barclays Community Account Lloyds Business Account 7 United Trust Deposit Account Petty Cash TOTAL BANK BALANCES AND CASH TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES Surplus on tour account 8 NET CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS |
£ 10,675 - |
£ 2023/2024 10,678 10,678 -10,675 |
£ 10,675 - |
£ 2022/2023 10,678 10,678 -10,675 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.039 8,218 5,000 20,754 321 |
14,449 7,296 20,000 320 |
|||
| 3 315 52.332 |
3 144 42.065 |
|||
| 52,647 1,144 |
42,209 1,338 |
|||
| 51,503 | 40,871 | |||
| 51,506 | 40,874 |
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REPRESENTED BY:
| TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS IN PREVIOUS YEAR SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS |
40,874 36,993 10,632 3,881 51,506 40,874 |
|---|---|
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Venue Date Performance
Ticket Price
| AUTUMN WINTER St Thomas-on-the- Bourne St Lawrence, Alton 21stOctober 2023 2ndDecember 2023 Italian Music O Magnum Mysterium £15 £15 |
SPRING Farnham Maltings 24thMarch 2024 Mass in Blue £20/15 |
SUMMER St Andrew’s, Farnham 22ndJune 2024 French and English Music £15 |
|---|---|---|
| INCOME Ticket Sales Profess'l Fees Donations Donations Refreshments Programmes TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Venue Professional fees Printing & Publicity Miscellaneous TOTAL EXPENDITURE PROFIT (LOSS) ON CONCERTS |
2023/24 2022/23 2023/24 £ £ £ 1,904 2,081 2,346 386 91 90 75 32 136 |
2022/23 £ 2,138 73 |
2023/24 £ 4,597 2,000 201 |
2022/23 £ 1,928 10 66 |
2023/24 £ 2,812 133 181 |
2022/23 TOTAL £ 2023/24 £ 1,872 11,659 2,000 314 68 593 |
TOTAL 2022/23 £ 8,019 396 239 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,070 2,499 2,572 |
2,211 |
6,798 | 2.004 | 3,126 | 1,940 14,566 |
8,654 | ||
| 512 698 251 317 1,900 2,050 1,100 1,500 222 270 431 292 53 71 183 36 |
1,712 4,661 447 83 |
319 3,520 263 260 |
550 1,100 305 183 |
250 3,025 1,000 8,761 249 1,405 24 502 |
1,584 8,070 1,074 391 |
|||
| 2,687 3,089 1,965 2,145 |
6,903 |
4,362 |
2,138 |
1,523 13,693 |
11,199 | |||
| -617 -590 607 66 |
-105 |
-2,358 | 988 | 417 873 |
-2,465 |
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THE WAVERLEY SINGERS, FARNHAM, SURREY Registered charity No 284123 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
-
The accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis, as agreed by the Trustees.
-
The closing balances do not contain any Restricted Funds, as defined in the November 1995 Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the Charity Commission.
-
In accordance with recommended practice, the gross income and expenditure on various ancillary activities have been shown in the accounts, rather than the net figures, as follows:
2023-2024 2022-2023 Music £396 £97
-
Consistent with prior years, Rehearsal Costs are shown as a separate item of expenditure, rather than being allocated to concerts. These are the professional fees paid to the conductor and accompanist for their attendance at rehearsals.
-
Fixed assets include assets previously written off against Special Reserves.
-
The deposits paid to St Lawrence Church for the Christmas 2023 venue and to St Andrew’s Church for the Summer 2024 venue and the fee paid to Top Print for posters for the Autumn Concert 2023 have been included in this year’s accounts. The fee for hiring St Andrew’s Garrison Church for the Spring Concert in 2025 and the fee paid to Top Print for posters for the Autumn Concert in 2024 will be carried forward.
-
The Jo Reader Legacy funds have now been fully separated from the Choir funds into a new bank account with Lloyds Bank and a one-year bond with United Trust Bank. From next year, accounts will be provided separately for the Legacy funds.
-
The tour fund will continue to be administered through the Choir bank account for any money raised towards tours or other activities in the future.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
Sara Burnie and Sylvia Turner Hugh Gammell Co-chairs Hon Treasurer
Date: September 2024
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THE WAVERLEY SINGERS – FARNHAM, SURREY
Registered charity No 284123
Independent Examiner’s Report to The Trustees of The Waverley Singers on the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 July 2024
set out on pages 2 to 6
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
The charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under s144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
-
examine the accounts under s145 of the Act;
-
to follow the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission (under s145(5)(b) of the Act); and
-
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
-
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
-
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
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: September 2024
Colin Shepherd CPFA 7 Bryn Road, Wrecclesham Farnham, Surrey GU10 4PZ
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the Waverley
Farnham
Conductor: Richard Pearce M.A., F.R.C.O.
The SW Surrey and NE Hants Choral Society
Registered Charity No: 284123 NFMS Affiliated Website: www.waverleysingers.com
_____________ Manor Lodge, Hon Treasurer Upper Manor Road, 01483 861028 Godalming, GU7 2HZ Hugh Gammell treasurer@waverleysingers.com
September 2024
To all Members
Treasurer’s Report for the year to 31 July 2024
This has been another very good year for the Choir, with membership continuing to increase, sell-out concerts in March and June, a highly successful Mozart Requiem workshop and an enjoyable tour to Normandy to conclude. With significantly reduced rehearsal costs thanks to the successful move to the Spire Church, the result is that the finances are healthier than predicted, with a surplus on the Concerts account and a better than budgeted performance overall.
Imaginative programming, growing public support thanks to the efforts of the publicity team, lively concerts, with Mass in Blue making a particularly strong impression on Choir and audience alike and the continuing high standards which Richard Pearce demands mean that the future looks bright, and the financial position of the Choir should be strong enough to ensure regular orchestral concerts are viable.
The Jo Reader Legacy will begin to impact the Choir next year, with a new piece commissioned from Owain Park to be performed in the summer at Frensham to celebrate our 70[th] anniversary and to remember Jo in her own church. We are also planning the first Waverley Sing in July. This is to be a day of choral music open to all comers. Designed to appeal to experienced singers and newcomers alike we hope to attract a wide range of participants.
My thanks are due to the Co-chairs, who have taken up their roles with assiduity and charm, and to John Holden, whose leadership during Covid, in particular, laid the foundations for our current success. Sally Wooding has brought expertise to fund-raising from local charities which bore fruit with a grant from the HR Taylor Trust for Mass in Blue . Philippa Penfold and her committee worked tirelessly to organise and raise money for the Normandy Tour. And, of course, the bed-rock of the Choir is the membership, whose commitment, good humour and love of choral singing make it all possible.
Hugh Gammell – Hon Treasurer
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THE WAVERLEY SINGERS - FARNHAM,SURREY
Registered Charity No. 284123
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
| £ | £ |
£ £ |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| INCOME | 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 | |
| Subscription Income | |||
| Choir | 16,635 | 15,215 |
|
| Patrons | 2,697 | 3,087 | |
| Tax Refunds via Gift Aid | 3,887 | 4,023 |
|
| Total Subscription Income | 23,219 | 22,325 |
|
| Other Income | |||
Donations |
0 | 530 |
|
| United Trust/CAF Interest |
804 | 191 |
|
| Music Account Income | 4,141 |
||
| 3,020 | |||
| Advertisements | 165 | 425 |
|
| Refreshments – net (now included in concert | 0 | 470 |
|
| accounts) | |||
| Miscellaneous | 199 | 57 |
|
| Workshop – net | 1,362 | 603 |
|
Total Other Income |
5,550 | 6,417 | |
| TOTAL INCOME - EXCLUDING CONCERTS | 28,769 | 28,742 | |
| EXPENDITURE | |||
| Rehearsals | 10,110 |
||
| 9,985 | |||
| Hall Hire | 6,452 |
||
| 4,312 | |||
| Publicity |
158 | 24 |
|
| Stationary and Postage |
187 | 229 |
|
| Nat. Fed. Music Societies | 767 | 705 |
|
| Music Account Costs | 2,624 | 4,044 |
|
| Miscellaneous | 977 | 832 |
|
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE - EXCLUDING CONCERTS | 19,010 | 22,396 |
|
| BALANCE OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE | |||
| EXCLUDING CONCERTS | 9,759 | 6,346 | |
| PROFIT ON CONCERTS - see attached | 873 | -2,465 |
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SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR
10,632
3,881
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THE WAVERLEY SINGERS - FARNHAM, SURREY
Registered Charity No. 284123
| ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 BALANCE SHEET Notes £ £ FIXED ASSETS 2023/2024 Cost of Fixed assets (See Note 5) 10,678 Additions during the year 10,678 less: Accumulated Depreciation and write off 10,675 Written off this year - -10,675 NET BOOK VALUE OF FIXED ASSETS 3 CURRENT ASSETS Deposits etc carried forward 6 315 BANK BALANCES AND CASH CAF Bank 18.039 Barclays Community Account 8,218 Lloyds Business Account 7 5,000 United Trust Deposit Account 20,754 Petty Cash 321 TOTAL BANK BALANCES AND CASH 52.332 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 52,647 Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES Surplus on tour account 8 1,144 NET CURRENT ASSETS 51,503 TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS 51,506 |
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 BALANCE SHEET Notes £ £ FIXED ASSETS 2023/2024 Cost of Fixed assets (See Note 5) 10,678 Additions during the year 10,678 less: Accumulated Depreciation and write off 10,675 Written off this year - -10,675 NET BOOK VALUE OF FIXED ASSETS 3 CURRENT ASSETS Deposits etc carried forward 6 315 BANK BALANCES AND CASH CAF Bank 18.039 Barclays Community Account 8,218 Lloyds Business Account 7 5,000 United Trust Deposit Account 20,754 Petty Cash 321 TOTAL BANK BALANCES AND CASH 52.332 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 52,647 Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES Surplus on tour account 8 1,144 NET CURRENT ASSETS 51,503 TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS 51,506 |
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 BALANCE SHEET Notes £ £ FIXED ASSETS 2023/2024 Cost of Fixed assets (See Note 5) 10,678 Additions during the year 10,678 less: Accumulated Depreciation and write off 10,675 Written off this year - -10,675 NET BOOK VALUE OF FIXED ASSETS 3 CURRENT ASSETS Deposits etc carried forward 6 315 BANK BALANCES AND CASH CAF Bank 18.039 Barclays Community Account 8,218 Lloyds Business Account 7 5,000 United Trust Deposit Account 20,754 Petty Cash 321 TOTAL BANK BALANCES AND CASH 52.332 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 52,647 Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES Surplus on tour account 8 1,144 NET CURRENT ASSETS 51,503 TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS 51,506 |
£ 10,675 - |
£ 2022/2023 10,678 10,678 -10,675 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ 10,675 - |
||||
| 18.039 8,218 5,000 20,754 321 |
14,449 7,296 20,000 320 |
|||
| 3 315 52.332 |
3 144 42.065 |
|||
| 52,647 1,144 |
42,209 1,338 |
|||
| 51,503 | 40,871 | |||
| 51,506 | 40,874 |
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REPRESENTED BY:
| REPRESENTED BY: | ||
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS IN PREVIOUS YEAR SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR TOTAL CHOIR FUNDS |
40,874 10,632 51,506 |
36,993 3,881 |
| 40,874 |
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Venue
Date
Performance
Ticket Price
SPRING SUMMER
AUTUMN WINTER SPRING SUMMER St Thomas-on-theFarnham St Andrew’s, St Lawrence, Alton Bourne Maltings Farnham 21[st] October 2023 2[nd] December 2023 24[th] March 2024 22[nd] June 2024 French and English Italian Music O Magnum Mysterium Mass in Blue Music £15 £15 £20/15 £15
| INCOME Ticket Sales Profess'l Fees Donations Donations Refreshments Programmes TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Venue Professional fees Printing & Publicity Miscellaneous TOTAL EXPENDITURE PROFIT (LOSS) ON |
2023/24 2022/23 2023/24 £ £ £ 1,904 2,081 2,346 386 91 90 75 32 136 |
2022/23 £ 2,138 73 |
2023/24 £ 4,597 2,000 201 |
2022/23 £ 1,928 10 66 |
2023/24 £ 2,812 133 181 |
2022/23 TOTAL £ 2023/24 £ 1,872 11,659 2,000 314 68 593 |
TOTAL 2022/23 £ 8,019 396 239 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,070 2,4992,572 |
2,211 |
6,798 | 2.004 | 3,126 | 1,940 14,566 |
8,654 | ||
| 512 698 251 1,900 2,050 1,100 222 270 431 53 71 183 |
317 1,500 292 36 |
1,712 4,661 447 83 |
319 3,520 263 260 |
550 1,100 305 183 |
250 3,025 1,000 8,761 249 1,405 24 502 |
1,584 8,070 1,074 391 |
||
| 2,687 3,089 1,965 |
2,145 | 6,903 |
4,362 |
2,138 |
1,523 13,693 |
11,199 | ||
| -617 -590 607 |
66 | -105 |
-2,358 | 988 |
417 873 |
-2,465 |
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CONCERTS
THE WAVERLEY SINGERS, FARNHAM, SURREY Registered charity No 284123 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
-
The accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis, as agreed by the Trustees.
-
The closing balances do not contain any Restricted Funds, as defined in the November 1995 Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the Charity Commission.
-
In accordance with recommended practice, the gross income and expenditure on various ancillary activities have been shown in the accounts, rather than the net figures, as follows:
2023-2024 2022-2023 Music £396 £97
-
Consistent with prior years, Rehearsal Costs are shown as a separate item of expenditure, rather than being allocated to concerts. These are the professional fees paid to the conductor and accompanist for their attendance at rehearsals.
-
Fixed assets include assets previously written off against Special Reserves.
-
The deposits paid to St Lawrence Church for the Christmas 2023 venue and to St Andrew’s Church for the Summer 2024 venue and the fee paid to Top Print for posters for the Autumn Concert 2023 have been included in this year’s accounts. The fee for hiring St Andrew’s Garrison Church for the Spring Concert in 2025 and the fee paid to Top Print for posters for the Autumn Concert in 2024 will be carried forward.
-
The Jo Reader Legacy funds have now been fully separated from the Choir funds into a new bank account with Lloyds Bank and a one-year bond with United Trust Bank. From next year, accounts will be provided separately for the Legacy funds.
-
The tour fund will continue to be administered through the Choir bank account for any money raised towards tours or other activities in the future.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
Sara Burnie and Sylvia Turner Hugh Gammell Co-chairs Hon Treasurer
Date: September 2024
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THE WAVERLEY SINGERS – FARNHAM, SURREY
Registered charity No 284123
Independent Examiner’s Report to The Trustees of The Waverley Singers on the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 July 2024
set out on pages 2 to 6
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
-
The charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year
-
under s144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
-
examine the accounts under s145 of the Act;
-
to follow the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission (under s145(5)(b) of the Act); and
-
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
-
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
-
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
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: September 2024
Colin Shepherd CPFA 7 Bryn Road, Wrecclesham Farnham, Surrey GU10 4PZ
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