## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 September 2023 To 31 August 2024** ## **Charity name: Farnham & Bourne Choral Society** ## **Charity registration number: 288900** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote, improve, develop and maintain
public education in and appreciation of the
art and science of choral music in all its
aspects by the presentation of public choral
concerts.| |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|The Society runs for its members a
programme of rehearsals led by its Musical
Director during the year, and normally
gives three or four public choral concerts
per year. Other public choral singing events
are also run from time to time.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit. The
availability of choral music is of undoubted
public benefit, whether for listeners or for
singers.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|The availability of choral music is of
undoubted public benefit, whether for
listeners or for singers. The Society gave
four public concerts and also ran a Come
and Sing day.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
A full programme of activities was planned
– four public concerts and a Come and
Sing day – and achieved.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|2024-25 was the second successive
season in which The Society achieved a
surplus of receipts over payments.
Membership was not back to its pre-
pandemic level but was sufficient to run an
ambitious concert programme. The
Society’s reserves remain at a satisfactory
level.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The level of reserves should be sufficient in
the face of unexpected financial turbulence
for the Society to meet its main objective.
The level of reserves is considered in the
Hon. Treasurer’s report at the Annual
General Meeting.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£15.5k| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|Society| |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|The trustees are normally the three officers
of the Society – the Chairman, Hon.
Secretary and Hon. Treasurer – who are
elected by the membership at the Annual
General Meeting.| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Farnham & Bourne Choral Society| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|288900| |Charity’s principal address|Benfeld, Crondall Lane, Farnham GU9 7BZ| ||| ||| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Glennis Turner|Chairman||| ||Diana Geering|Hon. Secretary||| ||Alan Kimber|Hon. Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Alan Kimber Glennis Turner **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 7 January 2026 7 January 2026 **Charity Name No (if any) Farnham & Bourne Choral Society 288900 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a** ||**For the period**
**from**|01-Sep-24
Period start date|**To**|31-Aug-25
Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,861**
**1,625**
**1,469**
**2,700**
**2,827**
**1,351**
**398**
**1,554**
**-**
**450**
**93**
**9,975**
**-**
**662**
**467**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,348**
**-**
**34,780**

**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,780**
**5,676**
**3,669**
**4,398**
**-**
**468**
**449**
**602**
**-**
**-**
**64**
**181**
**3,115**
**-**
**3,210**
**5,252**
**385**
**222**
**1,000**
**1,641**
**429**
**147**
**-**
**-**
**86**
**609**
**31,602**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**742**
**1,751**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,493**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,493**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,493**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,493**
**-**
1|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,861**
**1,625**
**1,469**
**2,700**
**2,827**
**1,351**
**398**
**1,554**
**1,000**
**450**
**93**
**9,975**
**-**
**662**
**467**
**742**
**1,751**
**-**
**2,348**
**-**
**38,273**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,273**
**5,676**
**3,669**
**4,398**
**1,000**
**468**
**449**
**602**
**-**
**-**
**64**
**181**
**3,115**
**-**
**3,210**
**7,745**
**385**
**222**
**1,000**
**1,641**
**429**
**147**
**-**
**-**
**86**
**609**
**35,095**
**-**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Subscriptions(currentyear)|**8,861**||||**9,635**| |Subscriptions(in advance)|**1,625**||||**1,160**| |Friends' subscriptions|**1,469**||||**825**| |H R Taylor Charitable Trust|**2,700**||||**2,700**| |Recovered from HMRC(Gift Aid)|**2,827**||||**1,959**| |Weeklyraffle|**1,351**||||**1,163**| |Social functions|**398**||||**775**| |Donations(general)|**1,554**||||**561**| |Donations - conductingscholar|**-**||||**-**| |Interest|**450**||||**307**| |Miscellaneous|**93**||||**280**| |Concert ticket sales(currentyear)|**9,975**||||**7,161**| |Concert ticket sales(in advance)|**-**||||**-**| |Concertprogramme sales|**662**||||**494**| |Concert interval drink sales|**467**||||**744**| |Concert donations|**-**||||**118**| |"Sponsor a Soloist" donations|**-**||||**2,556**| |Donations for commissionedpiece|**-**||||**250**| |Music hire/sales(currentyear)|**2,348**||||**1,680**| |Music hire/sales(in advance)
|**-**
||||**14**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**34,780**||||**32,383**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**
||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**32,383**| ||||||| |Rehearsals: venue hire(currentyear)|**5,676**||||**5,127**| |Rehearsals: accompanist|**3,669**||||**3,314**| |Rehearsals: conductor|**4,398**||||**4,429**| |Conductingscholar honorarium|**-**||||**-**| |Insurance/subscription|**468**||||**449**| |Website|**449**||||**195**| |Publicity|**602**||||**266**| |General administrative expenses|**-**||||**-**| |Items for re-sale|**-**||||**342**| |Other one-off costs|**64**||||**17**| |Social functions|**181**||||**266**| |Concert venue hire(currentyear)|**3,115**||||**1,854**| |Concert venue hire(in advance)|**-**||||**-**| |Concert: conductor|**3,210**||||**2,581**| |Concert: other musicians/soloists|**5,252**||||**6,818**| |Concert:printing|**385**||||**262**| |Concert: interval drink expenses|**222**||||**301**| |Fee for commissionedpiece|**1,000**||||**1,000**| |Music(hire, purchase)(currentyear)|**1,641**||||**1,571**| |Music(hire, purchase)(in advance)|**429**||||**610**| |PerformingRights costs|**147**||||**92**| |Concert ticket refunds|**-**||||**-**| |Stagingrepairs|**-**||||**-**| |Card reader fees|**86**||||**59**| |Sundryconcert expenses|**609**||||**851**| |**_Sub total_ **|**31,602**||||**30,403**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |
CCXX R1 accounts(SS)|**-**|**-**
1|**-**|**-**|**-**
21/02/2026| ||**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_ **|**31,602**||**3,493**|||**-**||**35,095**||**30,403**| ||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**3,177**||**-**||**-**|||**3,177**||**1,980**| |**A5**|**Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**|**12,363**||**-**||**-**|||**12,363**||**10,383**| ||**_Cash funds this year end_**|**15,540**||**-**||**-**|||**15,540**||**12,363**| ||||||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 21/02/2026 2 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
St Thomas' Staging (donated asset)
At bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
3|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
15,540
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,540**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**10,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Alan Kimber
Glennis Turner|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**2,543**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||**11-Feb-26**| ||||**11-Feb-26**| ||||21/02/2026| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Farnham & Bourne Choral Society **On accounts for the year** 31[st] August 2025 **Charity no** 288900 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 2-3 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 August 2025** - **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 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 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:** 23 February 2026 **Name:** Margaret Rachel Cooper **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body** Member of the ICAEW **(if any): Address:** Welbeck 29 Welbeck Avenue Southampton SO17 1ST 1