Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/11/24 Period start date To Period end date 31/10/25 Charity name: The Cambridges
Charity registration number: 286214
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | To provide opportunities for ensemble music | |||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | making for instrumentalists and non-instrumentalists in Cambridgeshire. This for beginners through to advanced players |
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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 |
Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra offers access to those aged 7 to 18 years, including those with additional learning needs. Our staff are made aware of any child attending who has additional needs, so that the music courses can be as inclusive as possible. We are also able to offer places to those who require financial assistance via bursaries. |
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| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | Committee members are aware of the guidance and decisions at committee meetings are made taking it into account. All activities are planned with regard to the public benefit, in particular seeking to make CHOA music courses as accessible as possible for young |
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra does not make grants to other organisations, but offers bursaries to those in financial need to enable them to attend the courses. |
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| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 |
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| Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra invests in young musicians by providing taster courses where they can try rare and expensive instruments. We do not invest in other charities or companies, but offer the opportunity to other musical charities and events, such as Cambridge Community |
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| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 |
~~Festival, to publicise their own events to our members.~~ In addition, we may on occasion commission young or local composers to write music specifically for Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra. |
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| Volunteers are involved at every stage of organising and running CHO courses. Volunteer committee members work with paid music and course |
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| Other | ~~directors to plan courses, engage and pay tutors,~~ book venues, advertise courses, take bookings, run the website, communicate with parents and participants, provide pastoral support and do anythingelse needed to keepcourses running |
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Achievements and Performance
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| 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 | CHOA has continued to offer three music courses a year with Russell Keable as music director. Bursaries have been given as needed to enable children to attend who otherwise could not have done so, and those with additional needs have been supported as appropriate. Russell Keable was course director for Christmas 2024 and Summer 2025, while Anne Templer directed the Easter 2025 course. |
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| Total Number of children 634 involved du financial year. |
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Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | Thanks to generous donations, the Christmas 2024 course broke even, despite relatively low numbers due in part to awkward dates between Christmas and New Year. The Easter and Summer courses both made mode profts, which will enable to offer more bursaries and to look at how we can support our course ~~tutors and articiants better~~ |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | ~~pp .~~ |
| Other | The resignation of Claudia Goodbrand leaves us with only fve committee members. We will therefore need to look at recruiting more volunteers,as such a small committeeputs stress |
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| on current members to always be available to help at courses and to take on multiple roles and tasks in a way that may not be sustainable long term. |
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Financial Review
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern
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 | The source of funds is two-fold: 1 by charging participants a modest fee for each course or activity 2 donations from participants past and present and their families or supporters |
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | N/A |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | N/A |
| Other | N/A |
Structure, Governance and Management
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| 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 | 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 | Elected by the committee |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | N/A |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | N/A |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | N/A |
| Other | N/A |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | The Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra Association | The Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra Association |
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| Other name the charity uses | Holiday Orchestra; CHOA |
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| Registered charity number | 286214 |
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Charity’s principal address |
8, Cockerton Road, Girton, Cambridge, CB30QW |
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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Katy Salmon |
Chairperson | ||||
Gina Holland |
Secretary |
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~~Elizabeth Andrews~~ |
~~Treasurer~~ | ||||
~~Fiona Rutter~~ |
~~Booking secretary D~~ | ~~atabase manager comm~~ | ~~s~~ | ||
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Sarah Lee |
Volunteer logistics | , comms. | |||
~~Ldi Hill~~ |
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~~ya~~ |
~~one~~ | ||||
– 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
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Katy Salmon | ||
Elizabeth Ruth Andrews |
KatySalmon | |
~~Treasurer~~ |
Chair | |
29/12/2025 |
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29/12/2025 |
| Receipts and Payments Account- Year End 31 October 2025 | Receipts and Payments Account- Year End 31 October 2025 | Receipts and Payments Account- Year End 31 October 2025 | |||||||
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| Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra Association | Registered Charity 286214 | ||||||||
| Total children | 167 children | 186 children | 311 children | Total End | 170 children | 190 children | 291 children | Total End | Yearlyincrease/ |
| Course Income: | Xmas 2023 | Easter 2024 | Summer 2024 | 31.10.2024 | Xmas 2024 | Easter 2025 | Summer 2025 | 31.10.2025 | decrease |
| Course Fees | 16,456.60 | 17,788.00 | 32,087.00 | 66,331.60 | 18,297.50 | 19,476.46 | 31,468.65 | 69,242.61 | 2,911.01 |
| Collection edonations & Cash | 492.33 | 370.35 | 610.51 | 1,473.19 | 290.02 | 217.26 | 1,697.84 | 2,205.12 | 731.93 |
| Donations | 463.94 | 878.37 | 1,075.00 | 2,417.31 | 300.00 | 677.04 | 600.00 | 1,577.04 | -840.27 |
| 2nd Hand Music Sales | 83.87 | 146.50 | 176.80 | 407.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 457.46 | 457.46 | 50.29 |
| T-shirt sales | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Miscellaneous | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total Course Income | 17,496.74 | 19,183.22 | 33,949.31 | 70,629.27 | 18,887.52 | 20,370.76 | 34,223.95 | 73,482.23 | 2,852.96 |
| Course Expenditure: | |||||||||
| Tutor Fees + Conductors | 9,786.50 | 7,800.00 | 14,480.50 | 32,067.00 | 10,738.00 | 8,503.00 | 14,526.00 | 33,767.00 | 1,700.00 |
| Tutor Expenses | 102.00 | 102.00 | 927.71 | 1,131.71 | 848.81 | 790.73 | 1,100.46 | 2,740.00 | 1,608.29 |
| Course Director Fee | 2,810.00 | 1,840.00 | 2,410.00 | 7,060.00 | 2,410.00 | 1,740.00 | 2,410.00 | 6,560.00 | -500.00 |
| Music & Instruments | 247.50 | 298.00 | 245.25 | 790.75 | 239.36 | 250.00 | 423.37 | 912.73 | 121.98 |
| Hire of Hall | 4,272.00 | 3,570.00 | 5,296.24 | 13,138.24 | 4,227.25 | 3,361.44 | 5,649.28 | 13,237.97 | 99.73 |
| Printing | 0.00 | 0.00 | 77.16 | 77.16 | 154.90 | 0.00 | 98.12 | 253.02 | 175.86 |
| Food cost last day | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 103.32 | 190.90 | 294.22 | 294.22 |
| Photocopy/Stationeryinc venue hire | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Prizes | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 |
| Miscellaneous | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| T-shirt costs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 418.35 | 418.35 | 418.35 |
| Expenses | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 422.92 | 422.92 | 422.92 |
| Refunds | 245.00 | 0.00 | 1,485.00 | 1,730.00 | 505.00 | 65.00 | 1,622.00 | 2,192.00 | 462.00 |
| Total Course Expenditure | 17,463.00 | 13,610.00 | 24,971.86 | 56,044.86 | 19,123.32 | 14,813.49 | 26,911.40 | 60,848.21 | 4,803.35 |
| Course Surplus/Deficit | 33.74 | 5,573.22 | 8,977.45 | 14,584.41 | -235.80 | 5,557.27 | 7,312.55 | 12,634.02 | -1,950.39 |
| Non-Course Income: | |||||||||
| Ace Sponsorship | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| BuildingSocietyInterest | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.89 | 75.89 | 259.63 | 247.56 | 202.43 | 709.62 | 633.73 |
| Cambridgeshire Youth Music | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total Non-Course Income | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.89 | 75.89 | 259.63 | 247.56 | 202.43 | 709.62 | 633.73 |
| Non-course Expenditure: | |||||||||
| Music Director Fee | 588.50 | 588.50 | 1,070.00 | 2,247.00 | 588.50 | 588.50 | 1,070.00 | 2,247.00 | 0.00 |
| Insurance | 233.33 | 233.33 | 233.33 | 699.99 | 230.62 | 230.62 | 230.62 | 691.87 | -8.12 |
| Website | 33.00 | 0.00 | 211.14 | 244.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.30 | 75.30 | -168.84 |
| Auditors fee | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bank charges | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.61 | 24.61 | 24.61 |
| Total Non-Course Expenditure | 854.83 | 821.83 | 1,514.47 | 3,191.13 | 819.12 | 819.12 | 1,400.53 | 3,038.78 | -152.35 |
| Non-Course Surplus/Deficit | -854.83 | -821.83 | -1,438.58 | -3,115.24 | -559.49 | -571.56 | -1,198.10 | -2,329.16 | 786.08 |
| Total Overall Income | 17,496.74 | 19,183.22 | 34,025.20 | 70,705.16 | 19,147.15 | 20,618.32 | 34,426.38 | 74,191.85 | 3,486.69 |
| Total Overall Expenditure | 18,317.83 | 14,431.83 | 26,486.33 | 59,235.99 | 19,942.44 | 15,632.61 | 28,311.93 | 63,886.99 | 4,651.00 |
| Overall Surplus/Deficit | -821.09 | 4,751.39 | 7,538.87 | 11,469.17 | -795.29 | 4,985.71 | 6,114.45 | 10,304.86 | -1,164.31 |
| Cash Funds brought forward | 36,415.47 | 47,884.64 | 11,469.17 | ||||||
| Cash Fund carried forward | 47,884.64 | 58,189.50 | 10,304.86 | ||||||
| Cash consists of: |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ The Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra Association members of
On accounts for the year 31[st] October 2025 Charity no 286214 ended (if any) Set out on pages
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/10/2025.
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Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
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of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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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: A Last Date: 21/8/2026
Name: Amanda Last ACA
Relevant professional ICAEW qualification(s) or body (if any):
Address: 54 London Street Godmanchester, Cambs
PE29 2HX
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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Give here brief details of NONE any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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