The Leicester Philharmonic Choir {Registered charity, number 501551) Financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025 Page Contents Trustees, annual report Independent examiner's report Receipts & payments account Statement of assets & liabilities Notes lo the accounts capLUS COK,1MIJNITY IICCCILINTING The Leicester Philharmonic Choir Trustees. annual report for the year ended 31 July 2025 Full name The Leicester Philhamionic Choir Registered charlty nUM￿r 501551 Principal address 5 Mucklegate Lane, Seagrave, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 7LD Truslees Helen Marston, Chair Sophie Bevin, Membership Secretary Hilary Gamett Gillian Watts Trevor Worsfold Rosamund Thorpe, Treasurer, until 31107125 Marie O'Neill. until 31107125 Ind•pondont examiner Eva Stevens. employee of Community Accounting Plus. UnÉts 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street. Nollingham, NG1 5GL Governance and management The charity is operated under the rules of it5 constitution adopted 10 June 1974 and most recently amended 26 November 2021. The choir is constantly looking lo recruit and appoint suitable new trustees. Members of the choir are invited to consider volunteering lo become a trustee on an ongoing basis, and this is particularly emphasised at the Annual General Meeting each January. Objectivos and activities The objectives of the choir are to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of choral and orchestral music in all its aspects by the presentation of public choral andlor orcheslral concerts and by such olher ways as the choir may determine from lime lo time. The main actsvities of the choir are lo pul on three or four concerts each year, usually in the autumn. at Christmas, in the spring and in the summer. Summary of the maln activities undertaken for the public benefit The public is informed about the concerts through advertising. social media and word of mouth, and encouraged lo attend as frequently as possible. 'Come and Sing, days and Singing Workshops are also held on an occasional basis. and these are open to the public lo give them a laste of singing with the choir, and encourage them to Join the choir if appropriale. The Leicester PhilharmonFC Cholr Public benefit statement The Trustees confirm that Ihey have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities A¢t 2011 to have due regard lo the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit,. Summary of the main achievement$ dur4ng the perlod All the perfomances in the 2024125 season were held al the Church of Sl James the Greater in Leicester. The season started on 261h October 2024 with a perfomiance ol the Durufle Requiem, accompanied by Poulenc's Gloria, A Song of Wisdorn by Stanford, and Benjamin Britten's Jubilate Deo. This was followed on 19th December by 'Carols at St James, _ the traditional concert of carols and Christmas readings. this year accompanied by the brass ensemble Essentially Brass. In January 2025 the 'Sing wth the Phil 2025. programme was launched, offering participants eight weeks of rehearsals and the opportunity to sing alongside the main choir in the concert'Mu5icfor All, on 22nd March 2025. This concert featured John Rutter's Feel The Spirit. Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, the Mozart Ave VeTum and the Sparrow Mass. and Brahms, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place. For this concert the choir was accompanied by Knighton Chamber Orchestra. who also performed Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. The final concert of the 2024125 season was A Summer Journey, perfomed on Saturday 14th June. On this occasion the choir performed two pieces by Bob Chilcott- Aesop's Fables and Dances of Time - along with Elgar's Songs From the Bavarian Highlands, and Stanford's Songs of the Fleet. Financial review The total income for Ihe year was £51.504 (2024.. £34.974J and the total expenditure was £32,76412024: £32,096). The charity's pollcy on reserves The trustees continue lo review the reserves on a regular basis in the current dtfficult financial climale. At the year end cash reserves are £40.913 {2024= £22,173). The reserves policy is to have sufficient reserves for the choir lo continue with its proposed diary of events. The choir still has sufficient reserves lo enable perfomances lo continue for the foreseeable future. The trustees are continually looking to minimise costs and this, together with tight management of the investments, will ensure that the choir remains in the strongest possible financial position. The Leicester Philharmonic Choir Flnancial risks The trustees have assessed the risks to which the choir is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances ol the choir, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the exposure to the major risks. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees.. Signed Helen Marston. Tnjstee Date Independent examlner's report to the trustees of The Leicester Philhamionic Choir for the year ended 31 July 2025 I report to the tmstees on my examination of the accounts of The Leicester Philharmonic Choir (the charity} for the year ended 31 July 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with tt)e requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ib) of the Act. Indepondent examiner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confim that no matters have come to my attention in connection wilh the examinalion giving me cause to believe that in any material respect- 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by seclion 130 of the Act., or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Eva Stevens BSC, PFA Employee of Community Accounting Plus Date 1210512026 The Leicester Philharmonic Choir Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 July 2025 2024 Total Funds 2025 Tolal Funds Receipts Co￿ertS income Donations Extemal music loans trrterest & dividends Music hire tr) members Patrons Subscriptions tr￿0Me BO￿15 cashed in Totsl receipls 10487 7131 467 1553 1400 720 13216 11419 2678 134 2167 1060 1070 12976 20000 51504 34974 Payments Administration & publicity Bank & card fees Concerts expenditure hlepeTrJenl examination hSura￿e rr & website MD, Accompanist & Depubes Music hire & p￿chase Professional fees Room hire Subscriptions Total payments 1528 384 13489 876 340 531 8735 1880 233 464 15404 450 345 491 9350 1328 155 4133 411 32764 3941 392 32096 2878 19295 22173 Net receiptsl(payments) Cash fiJ￿IS at start of this period Cash funds atend of Ihls perlod 18740 22173 40913 The Leicester Philharmonic Cholr Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 July 2025 2024 2025 Cash assets Bank accounts 22173 22173 40913 40913 Other monetary assets stock- Music library of clM)ral scores hvestmerrts Debtors 1383 55400 506 57289 1383 36411 479 38273 Assets retained forthe charty's own use General equipment Liabilities Creditors Advance receipts- cOr￿rt 1￿me 1450) {4871 1678 2165 (4501 These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by.. Signed Trevor Worsfold, Trustee Dated The Leicester Philharmonic Choir Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025 1. Receipts & payments accounts Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and 2 list of assels and liabilities at the erid of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand. 2. Grants & donations HMRC Gift aid iwdual donations 1989 689 2678 3. Investments The investments are made up of28,404.21 units in COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund. 4. Debtors Prepayment- Insurance Prepayment- IT & website Prepayment- Subscription 144 164 171 479 5. Creditor3 Independent examination Admin expenses 468 19 The Leicester Philharmonic Choir 6. Concert In¢ome and oxpenditure Dunrflg Requiom Carols Musc for A Summer All Journey 22101125 141LW25 Verdi Pfror yèar concerts Totsls Requiern 26110124 19112124 25110125 Income Ticket $81es 1385 452 3581 2108 211 240 2559 1152 120 95 1367 478 1200 8704 1983 732 11419 Refreshmentsl Other Programme Sales 397 3978 1837 1678 Expendllure Venue Hire 1099 1465 180 95 720 2225 340 415 741 3875 260 155 400 2960 8660 1184 728 11 1861 605 15404 Q)ndu¢tor. Sol(MSts. OrclEstra Programrnes Refreshm￿lS 1095 199 63 205 Ad¥ertisiro ot￿r 21 2871 722 4422 743 5774 375 1732 1034 Net In￿￿81{EXpendilyTej LL 3215 365 605 3985 The concert income for concerts held during 2024-25 was £9,741 and the concert expenditure for 2024-25 was £14,799. 7. Trustogs, romuneration Trustees received no expenses. remuneration or benefits in this period. 8. Related party transa¢tlons There were no related party transaclions in this period. 9. Glossary of terms Advanco receipts: These are amounts received by the charity in the accounting period, for use in a future period. Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period. Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.