## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: 01/08/2024** **To: 31/07/2025** ## **Charity name: Shrewsbury Choral Society** ## **Charity registration number: 501644** **Company number:** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The study and practice of choral music in
order to foster the public knowledge and
appreciation of such music by means of
public performance.| |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 stages four concerts per year
and puts on weekly rehearsals during the
school terms to allow members to fulfil the
purpose of the charity. It also offers public
choral workshops and recitals to showcase
young musical talent.| |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 on public benefit.| ## **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** |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 Society continued to pursue its stated
objective in the year under review, staging
four concerts to offer the members of the
Society and the general public in
Shrewsbury and environs alike the
opportunity to experience, learn about and
appreciate classical choral music, either as
singers or as audience members. In the year
under review, it also offered four recitals
showcasing the talents of up-and-coming
young music students at the Royal Northern
College of Music. Finally, the society
organised three choral workshops for the
public throughout the year.|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Society held funds amounting to £7104
at the end of the period. It had no liabilities.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Society does not have a reserves policy.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The Society does not need a reserves policy
because it would have no ongoing financial
commitments were it to have to cease
operating for a period.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None| ## **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 principal sources of funds are
membership dues and concert income.
Additional income is derived from fund-
raising recitals and workshops, raffles and
occasional donations. In the year under
review, the Society benefited from a legacy
amounting to £4000.| |---|---|---| |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:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of|Para 1.25|Constitution| |association etc||| |---|---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|Registered charity| |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|Trustees are appointed by the membership
of the society at the Annual General
Meeting. Any member may stand for
selection as a trustee.
Trustees can also be appointed by the
trustee body between AGMs.| |||| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.51 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 Other ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|Shrewsbury Choral Society| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|501644| |Charity’s principal address|17 CARDINGTON DRIVE
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||JennyWorley|chair||| ||Jonathan Bruton|treasurer||| ||Nicola Ford|secretary||| ||Kate Stephens|||| ||Peter Edwards||15/10/2024-31/07/2025|| ||Angela Channon|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** ## **none** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---| |**none**|| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|none| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
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charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
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from the charity’s own assets|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**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 company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Jonathan Bruton **Position (for example** Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 28/05/2026 **Shrewsbury Choral Society** **501644** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 8/1/2024 7/31/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** ## **Total funds Last year** **to the nearest £** **to the nearest £** **to the nearest £** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**subs**|||**10,667**||**-**|||**-**|||**10,667**||**7,740**| |**music sold**|||**185**||**-**|||**-**|||**185**||**461**| |**Workshops**|||**1,624**||||||||**1,624**||**356**| |**Refreshments**|||**418**||||||||**418**||**414**| |**concert income**|||**10,133**||||||||**10,133**||**10,153**| |**recitals**|||**1,157**||||||||**1,157**||**1,223**| |**sponsorship**|||**400**||||||||**400**||**316**| |**donatons**|||**2,480**||||||||**2,480**||**4,153**| |**easy fundraising**|||**167**||||||||**167**||**29**| |**rafes**|||**387**||**-**|||**-**|||**387**||**319**| |**legacies**|||**4,000**||**-**|||**-**|||**4,000**||**0**| |**sundries**|||**427**||**-**|||**-**|||**427**||**122**| |**gif aid**|||**219**||**-**|||**-**|||**219**||**1,523**| |**piano hire**|||**0**||**-**|||**-**|||**0**||**504**| ||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross_|_income for AR)_||**32,263**
||**-**|||**-**|||**32,263**||**27,312**| ||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||| ||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_ **||**32,263**|||**-**|||**-**||**32,263**||**27,312**| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||| |**wages**|||**5,415**||**-**|||**-**|||**5,415**||**4,395**| |**venue hire**|||**3,087**||**-**|||**-**|||**3,087**||**1,803**| |**scores**|||**487**||**-**|||**-**|||**487**||**966**| |**Making music**|||**529**||||||||**529**||**746**| |**Concert fees Martn**|**and John**||**2,300**||||||||**2,300**||**1,750**| |**Concert venue hire**|||**1,186**||||||||**1,186**||**1,205**| |**publicity**|||**2,433**||||||||**2,433**||**1,754**| |**refreshments**|||**282**||||||||**282**||**0**| |**Adam Green**|||**1,500**||||||||**1,500**||**0**| |**musicians**|||**14,885**||**-**|||**-**|||**14,885**||**7,672**| |**sundries**|||**255**||**-**|||**-**|||**255**||**309**| |**festval(lastyear)**|||**1,090**||**-**|||**-**|||**1,090**||**0**| |**piano tuning**|||**95**||||||||**95**||**191**| |**payment to cantata**|||**0**||||||||**0**||**600**| |**web hostng**|||**0**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**245**| |**van hire**|||**510**||**-**|||**-**|||**510**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_ **||**34,053**||**-**|||**-**|||**34,053**||**21,636**| ||||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||||| ||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**_Total payments_ 34,053**|||**-**|||**-**||**34,053**||**21,636**| ||||||||||||| ||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 1,790**||**-**|||**-**|||**1,790**||**5,677**| |**A5**|**Transfers between funds**
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approval| |||Jonathan Bruton|| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WALE Independent oxaminer's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Charily Name Shrewsbury Choral Society On accounts for the year ended 3110712025 Charity no (if any) 501644 Set out on pages Iremeinbei tts include Ihe Pdge numbLirs ol additional slieeis I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trusv) for the year ended 31107 12025. Responsibilities and basis of report s the Charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in a￿ordan￿ 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 14515)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (eai*• belew) 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 wtth the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection Vlith the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: Z7 Signed: Name: Harvey Mason ' Relevant professional lification{s) or body (if any): Address: 15 Church Close Cruckton Shrewsbury SY5 8PP tion B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of charity