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2021-12-31-accounts

The Academy Choir Wimbledon Report and Accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Registered Charity No. 299069 Give As You Earn Registration No. 012910

Trustees’ Report 2021

The Academy was founded in 1980 and became a charity pursuant to a meeting of its members held on 13 March 1988 (number 299069). The committee members (who acted as the trustees) during 2021 were:

The address to which any correspondence regarding the Academy should be sent is 13 Haydon Park Road, Wimbledon SW19 8JQ.

Report on Activities

2021 opened very much as a continuation of the themes of 2020. A country in lockdown. Choral music an impossibility. No concerts. But planning was possible. The country emerged (cautiously) from lockdown in April and eventually the choir was able to sing together. We held a series of informal and socially-distanced rehearsals in July which were well-attended and attracted several new members. We may well repeat this initiative.

We gave our first concert in September 2021. Handel’s Solomon succeeded our performance of Handel’s Saul from March 2020 and was given to a large audience of c. 200 – an impressive and welcome turn-out given the lingering Covid concerns. We were joined by our Academy Baroque Players and the sopranos Keri Fuge and Susanna Hurrell, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston (in the title role and kindly sponsored by Christine Douse), tenor Andrew Tortise and bass Thomas D Hopkinson. The choir’s very own Martin Johnson sang the role of “An Attendant”. We were privileged to welcome Dr Ruth Smith, an acclaimed Handelian, who gave a fascinating preperformance talk and contributed a highly engaging programme note. This was another initiative that we would like to repeat.

The Academy Baroque Players incorporated a material number of new and excellent players who further enhanced the group’s already excellent sound. Adding these elements from a new generation of players helps to position this group – and us – well for the future.

Our performance in this year’s Wimbledon International Music Festival was of Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (better known as the Nelson Mass ). We were joined by the London Mozart Players and soloists Keri Fuge (who kindly stepped in at the last moment), Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Toby Spence and Dingle Yandell (who also kindly stepped in at the last moment). Matthew Best was unable to conduct this performance, but fortunately we were able to secure the services of Nicholas Cleobury. The concert was another great success. It was particularly heartening to see the choir respond well to a different conductor and the positive impression that we made on Nicholas, who has worked with many of the country’s best choirs.

The choir has continued to benefit from the generous support of our Friends and of Marcus Beale Architects, without which we could not perform the concerts that we do. Covid-related restrictions meant we could give only two performances in 2021 (rather than our typical three). This lessened our loss on concerts for the year. As a result our reserves have edged up slightly

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(from £48,311 to £50,299). If we had given a third concert these reserves would have been reduced.

This underlines the importance of building the breadth and strength of the Friends to ensure the long-term survival of the choir in its present form. The choir’s financial position is healthy at present, but the Trustees must focus on developing a variety of sources of funding for the coming seasons.

I would like to record my sincere thanks to Matthew Best, to Nicholas Cleobury and to each member of the committee. That the choir has emerged from the pandemic on a sound financial footing and with a strong membership is thanks to the hard work these people have put into making the choir as good and as popular as it is. The work done by everyone involved – much of it unseen – means the cumulative effect is very special indeed. We should also record our sadness at losing Helen Turner from both the choir and the committee. Thank you everyone.

Daniel Whitehead Chairman 30 April 2022

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Income and Expenditure Account for theyear ended 31 December 2021 Income and Expenditure Account for theyear ended 31 December 2021 Income and Expenditure Account for theyear ended 31 December 2021 Income and Expenditure Account for theyear ended 31 December 2021 Income and Expenditure Account for theyear ended 31 December 2021
2021 2020
CONCERT INCOME £ £
Box Office and related income 4,830 4,931
Bar receipts(gross) 0 262
Sponsorship 500 0
Donations 850 375
6,180 5,568
CONCERT DIRECT COSTS
Professional costs
(1)		 6,800 3,850
Soloists 3,850 4,360
Orchestra/Organist/Orch. Mgmt 5,595 5,510
Accompanists 1,000 400
Instrument and Music Hire 1,355 1,372
Venue hire(rehearsals and concerts) 1,303 867
Refreshments 0 81
Posters,Programmes,Publicity 1,174 1,720
Travel expenses 67 0
21,144 18,160
DEFICIT ON CONCERTS
(2)		 -14,964 -12,592
OTHER INCOME / -EXPENSE
Choir subscriptions 3,750 3,200
Friends' contributions 10,940 9,270
Income Tax repayment 2,595 3,093
Donations received
(3)		 2,377 17,112
Interest received 3 14
Website -89 -72
Fundraisingcosts 0 -610
Auditions 0 -276
MakingMusic subscription -344 -434
Singingtogether(director, pianist,hire costs)
(4)		 -1,734 -692
Purchase of recordingequipment
(3)		 -548 -582
OVERALL SURPLUS / -DEFICIT for theyear 1,988 17,430
SURPLUS brought forward 48,311 30,881
ACCUMULATED SURPLUS 50,299 48,311
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 December 2021
Assets:
Cash at bank 9,696 30,788
Bank deposit 40,000 15,000
Income Tax recoverable 0 3,093
Prepayments for March and June 2022 concerts 702
Liabilities:
Fees to bepaid -100 -70
Singingtogether(director, pianist,hire costs) 0 -500
ACCUMULATED SURPLUS 50,299 48,311
Of which Restricted Fund
(5)		 10,000 10,000

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Notes to the Accounts

These accounts are prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis under Section 133 of the Charities Act 2011.

During the year the Choir had one own promotion concert and one concert for which a fee was received from the Wimbledon International Music Festival. Our present financial position is healthy, but the Choir continues to depend disproportionately upon a small number of large one-off donations, including a restricted bequest of £10,000 received in 2020. Our reserves are considered adequate to allow us time to reduce this dependence, in particular by further developing our Friends scheme.

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