## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1.8.23 – 31.7.24**
## **Charity registration number: 507520**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document.
The aims of the Society shall be to advance,
improve, develop public education in, and
appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its
aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including
through the presentation of public concerts and other
charitable activities.|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document.
The aims of the Society shall be to advance,
improve, develop public education in, and
appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its
aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including
through the presentation of public concerts and other
charitable activities.|
|---|---|
|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.
The choir performed five concerts (details below)
during the period of the report, and travelled to
Newcastle’s twin town in Germany to perform
Brahms’_A German Requiem_, with MusikVerein
Gelsenkirchen. Our educational purposes, in addition
to concerts and associated publicity and information,
were met by choral singing workshops. Public benefit
was notable by the positive reception by near-
capacity audiences for performances of a high
standard with excellent soloists and instrumental
musicians.||
|Statement confirming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|In planning the activities of the choir, the trustees
have had regard to the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit and have ensured that
the choir’s focus is on its objects, as above, for the
benefit of members of the public attending its
concerts.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
Summary of the main achievements In November 2023 we sang G F Handel’s _Israel in_ of the charity, identifying the _Egypt_ accompanied by Newcastle Baroque, to an difference the charity’s work has appreciative audience. The timing of this event was made to the circumstances of its particularly challenging with the background of beneficiaries and any wider benefits conflict in the Middle East, and the programme note to society as a whole. by our musical director acknowledged this.
In December 2023 our Christmas concert included ancient and modern settings, with particular attention to arrangements by R Vaughan Williams, a past president of the choir. In March 2024 we performed J S Bach’s _St John Passion_ , with a fine group of young soloists and Newcastle Baroque, which was enthusiastically received.
In June 2024 we focussed on two performances of Brahms _Ein Deutches Requiem_ , the first in Gelsenkirchen (see above) with full orchestra and the second in Newcastle with Brahms’ own piano duet version. Trustees were pleased to commission a new choral work from Cecilia McDowall, to celebrate our musical director’s 40[th] anniversary as leader of the choir: this will be performed in November 2024. This will be of lasting benefit to many choirs and audiences in the UK and beyond. As before, during this period we have provided considerable benefit to our audiences, to our members, and to Newcastle Baroque musicians. It is also noteworthy that we obtain the services of younger solo singers, many of whom have local connections, and to whom we provide significant opportunities in the development of their professional careers. Trustees continue to look for and help create new choral works, and to spread the knowledge and appreciation of music in the North East of England and beyond.
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s financial The charity held a balance of £48,805 at the end of
position at the end of the period July 2024, an increase on the previous year’s final
balance due to better than forecast concert ticket
sales, fundraising for the McDowell commission, and
as a result of more members signing Gift Aid
declarations on their subscriptions.
Statement explaining the policy for The charity holds reserves so that it can honour its
holding reserves stating why they are commitments to its members and its contractual
held obligations in the event of financial shortfall. The
amount of the reserves is informed by its annual
financial commitments, expected expenditure for a
minimum of one concert and contingency funds in
case of illness of musicians and/or extra venue fees
for rehearsals.
Amount of reserves held The balance is currently above the usual reserve
level.
Reasons for holding zero reserves N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit None
Explanation of any uncertainties about N/A
the charity continuing as a going
concern
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Description of charity’s trusts:
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)
Constitution (adopted 2015, amended 2019)|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)
Constitution (adopted 2015, amended 2019)|
|---|---|
|How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association,
CIO)
Unincorporated 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|Nominations are invited from the choir’s membership
when posts become vacant and a vote is then taken
at the AGM or special EGM.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|**Reference and Administrative details**|**Reference and Administrative details**|
|---|---|
|Charityname
Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir Society||
|Other name the charityuses
Newcastle Bach Choir||
|Registered charitynumber
507520||
|Charity’s principal address|11 Northumberland Avenue
Forest Hall
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 9NR|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for**
**the whole year**
**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for**
**the whole year**
**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for**
**the whole year**
**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for**
**the whole year**
**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|1. Douglas Rennie
Chair
N/A||||
|2. Bill Tarpy
Membership Secretary
N/A||||
|3. Alexandra Blenkarn-
Durning
Minutes Secretary
N/A||||
|4. Jessica Anderson
Treasurer
N/A||||
|5. Gill Clancy
Asst Treasurer
N/A||||
|6. James Arkless
Publicity Coordinator
Appointed at AGM in
Dec 2023
N/A||||
|7. Alice Bosomworth|-|Appointed at EGM in
Dec 2023|N/A|
## **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)** Douglas Rennie ~~fo~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** ~~——~~ **Date** 01/10/2024 ~~—~~
Newcastle Bach Choir Accounts 2023-24: Page 1 of 12
## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir Society**
**Notes to the Financial Accounts (Page 1) For the period 01 August 2023 to 31 July 2024**
## **1 Basis of preparation**
## **Accounting convention**
These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Charities Act 2011. The charity constitutes a public benefit charity as defined by FRS
## **2 Accounting polices**
## **Recognition of income**
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income, it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources, and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
## **Offsetting**
There has been no offsetting of assets or liabilities, or income or expenses, unless required or permitted by the FRS SORP 102 or FRS 102.
## **Grants and donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the general income recognition criteria are met.
## **Tax reclaimed on donations and gifts**
Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donaton is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.
## **Income from interest, royalties and dividends**
This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can be measured reliably.
## **Income from membership subscriptions**
Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations and Legacies.
## **Liability recognition**
Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
## **Creditors**
Creditors of the charity are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts.
## **Tangible fixed asssets for use by the charity**
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year. The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in Note 4.
## **Debtors**
Debtors (including trade debtors) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity.Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
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## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir Society**
**Notes to the Financial Accounts (Page 2) For the period 01 August 2023 to 31 July 2024**
|**3 Fees for examination of the accounts**
Independent examiner's fees (creditor)|**2023/2024**
**£**
163.53
£
163.53
£|**2022/2023**
**£**
155.74
£
155.74
£|
|---|---|---|
## **4 Tangible fixed assets**
|**4 **|**Tangible fixed assets**|**Tangible fixed assets**|**Tangible fixed assets**|**Tangible fixed assets**|**Tangible fixed assets**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Depreciation is provided on a reducing basis for the following classes of tangible fixed assets. A full year's|||||
||depreciation is provided in the year of acquisition.|||||
||Music|20% pa||||
||Other|30% pa||||
||**Assets at cost**|Audio visual
equipment||
Contactless
payment
equipment|
Total|
||Value at 1 August 2023|£|182.61
|24.64
£|207.25
£|
||Additions (none)|||||
||Value at 31 July 2024|£|182.61
|24.64
£|207.25
£|
||**Depreciation**|||||
||Accumulated depreciation at 1 August 2023|£|93.86
|9.61
£|103.47
£|
||Depreciation charged in year|£|28.16
|2.88
£|31.04
£|
||Accumulated depreciation at 31 July 2024|£|122.02
|12.49
£|134.51
£|
||**Net book value**|||||
||Net book value at 1 August 2023|£|88.75
|15.03
£|103.78
£|
||Net book value at 31 July 2024|£|60.59
|12.15
£|72.74
£|
|**5 **|**Choir music**||**2023/2024**||**2022/2023**|
||Money in from members|£|**£**
1,056.90
||**£**
1,131.95
£|
||(Costs of music hire/purchased)|-£|1,029.00
||947.04
-£|
|||£|27.90
||184.91
£|
|6|**Choir subscriptions**||**2023/2024**||**2022/2023**|
||Subscriptions received|£|**£**
10,665.00
||**£**
8,786.00
£|
||Tax repaid on covenanted subscriptions (Gift Aid)|£|3,536.76
||1,521.36
£|
|||£|14,201.76
||10,307.36
£|
|7|**Grants and donations**||**2023/2024**||**2022/2023**|
||General donations|£|**£**
1,063.41
||**£**
1,666.97
£|
||Grants for soloists|£|2,425.00
||-
£|
||Other donations (legacies)|£|2,000.00
||1,000.00
£|
||Commission fundraising|£|2,647.50
||-
£|
|||£|8,135.91
||2,666.97
£|
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## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir Society**
**Notes to the Financial Accounts (page 3) For the period 01 August 2023 to 31 July 2024**
|**8 Deposit interest**
Interest on Savings accounts
**9 Other Income**
Advertisement in Christmas Programme
Credit card adjustments
Gelesenkirchen flights (restricted fund)
**10 Venue Hire**
St Georges Jesmond
Jesmond URC
Porterage for Kings Hall
Newcastle Cathedral (including staging)
**11 Making Music/PRS**
Subscription and insurance and PRS fees
**12 Management and the administration of the charity**
Expenses (creditor)
Choir training workshops
Concert and post AGM refreshments
Accountancy (creditor)
Website
Depreciation
Credit card fees on tickets and music (reported as new item 22/23)
Reimbursement of subs overpayment|**2023/24**
**£**
252.57
£
252.57
£
**2023/24**
**£**
-
£
-
£
6,475.00
£
6,475.00
£
**2023/24**
**£**
130.00
£
175.00
£
236.00
£
-
£
541.00
£
**2023/24**
**£**
606.00
£
**2023/24**
**£**
35.00
£
100.00
£
420.85
£
163.53
£
185.60
£
31.04
£
593.58
£
200.00
£
1,729.60
£|**2022/23**
**£**
46.52
£
46.52
£
**2022/23**
**£**
-
£
-
£
-
£
**2022/23**
**£**
-
£
220.00
£
206.00
£
1,654.92
£
2,080.92
£
**2022/23**
**£**
812.64
£
**2022/23**
**£**
130.23
£
325.00
£
674.43
£
155.74
£
256.00
£
23.88
£
482.17
£
-
£
2,047.45
£|
|---|---|---|
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## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2024**
|**Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir**
**Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2024**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Notes**|**2023/24**||**2022/23**||
|||**£**||**£**||
|**Fixed Assets**|4|72.74||103.78||
|**Current assets**||||||
|Debtors||0.00||10.00||
|Cash Float||81.59||71.59||
|Balances at bank:||||||
|Current Account||38,968.60||29,532.28||
|Deposit Account||11,381.20||11,128.63||
|**Current Liabilities**||50,431.39||40,742.50||
|Creditors||2,698.53||356.92||
|**Net current assets**|||47,732.86||40,385.58|
|**Net assets**|||**47,805.60**||**40,489.36**|
## **Notes on page 1 to 3 form part of the accounts**
## **Signed (Chair)**
on behalf of the Trustees
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## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir Society**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year to 31 July 2024**
## **I &E as at 31 July 2024**
|**Unrestricted Inc.**
**2023/24**
**_Income and Expenditure_**
**£**
**_Income_**
Tickets sold
12,757.00
Programmes sold
847.75
Choir music
1,056.90
Choir subscriptions
14,201.76
Grants and Donations
8,135.91
Deposit interest
252.57
Other income
6,475.00
**_Total Income_**
**43,726.89**
**_Direct Charitable Expenditure_**
Artists fees and expenses
15,030.75
Cost of choir music hired/purchased
1,029.00
Cost of orchestral music
93.81
Organ hire and tuning
780.00
Venue fees
541.00
Programme and ticket costs
660.71
Donated to other charities for Christmas concert (and Come and Sing workshop
1,535.62
Advertising
429.16
Making Music/PRS
606.00
Accompanist's honorarium
500.00
Conductor's honorarium
2,000.00
McDowell commission (creditor)
5,000.00
**28,206.05**
**_Other Expenditure_**
Management and the administration of the charity
1,729.60
Gelsenkirchen trip (restricted fund)
6,475.00
8,204.60
**_Total Expenditure_**
36,410.65
**_Net income/(expenditure) for the year_**
**7,316.24**
Fund Balances brought forward
**40,489.36**
_no PYA required_
**_Adjusted Fund balances brought forward 2023/24_**
**40,489.36**
**_Net income/(expenditure) for the year 2023/24_**
7,316.24
**_Fund balances carried forward 2023/24_**
**47,805.60**|**Unrestricted Inc.**
**2022/23**
**£**
11564.03
500.00
1131.95
10307.36
2,666.97
46.52
0.00
**26,216.83**
11,562.63
947.04
1,064.27
390.00
2,080.92
395.15
2,080.72
579.09
812.64
500.00
2,000.00
0.00
**22,412.46**
2,047.45
0.00
2,047.45
24,459.91
**1,756.92**
**38,732.44**
**38,732.44**
1,756.92
**40,489.36**|**Notes**|
|---|---|---|
|||5
6
7
8
9
5
10
11
12|
Newcastle Bach Choir Accounts 2023-24: Page 6 of 12
## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir**
|**Debtors:**
Petty cash (donation)
Total debtors|**2023/24**
**£**
0.00
0.00|**2022/23**
**£**
10.00
10.00|
|---|---|---|
Newcastle Bach Choir Accounts 2023-24: Page 7 of 12
## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir**
|**Creditors:**
Accountants fees
to pay on invoice
Phone calls
to pay on evidence
Commission balance
to pay on receipt
Postage
David Glover
Ben Richards
Newcastle University
Total creditors|**2023/24**
**£**
163.53
35.00
2,500.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2,698.53|**2022/23**
**£**
155.74 paid Dec 23
0.00 new item Ju
0.00 new item Ju
60.00 paid Aug 23
91.18 paid Sep 23
20.00 paid Sep 23
30.00 paid Sep 23
356.92|
|---|---|---|
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## **Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir**
|**Petty Cash**|**Note / Coin **|**Number**|**Value**|
|---|---|---|---|
||£20.00|1|£20.00|
||£10.00|1|£10.00|
||£5.00|0|£0.00|
||£2.00|4|£8.00|
||£1.00|33|£33.00|
||£0.50|12|£6.00|
||£0.20|0|£0.00|
||£0.10|26|£2.60|
||£0.05|38|£1.90|
||£0.02|0|£0.00|
||£0.01|9|£0.09|
|**Total**|||**£81.59**|
checked 4/7/24 by GC and JA
£81.59
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## **Concert 1 - Israel in Egypt**
**11/09/2024**
Date 25/11/2023 Venue Kings Hall, Newcastle University Audience 192 Ticket Price £20 full, £10 student, U18 free
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Income Budget Actual Variance (Actual - Budget) Ticket type Number
Ticket sales - on the door (cash) £ 900.00 full price 164
Ticket sales - on the door (card) £ 282.00 students 17
£ 3,500.00 £ 362.00
Ticket sales - members in advance £ 270.00 complimentary 7
Ticket sales - online in advance £ 2,410.00 under 18s 4
Grant for soloist £ - £ 225.00 £ 225.00
Donations £ - £ 51.00 £ 51.00
Music sales to members £ - £ 341.90 £ 341.90
Programme sales - audience £ 26.75
£ 250.00 £ 276.75
Programme sales - members £ -
Total £ 3,750.00 £ 4,756.65 £ 1,006.65
Expenditure Budget Actual Variance (Actual - Budget) Choir music - concert
Venue hire £ 100.00 £ 72.00 -£ 28.00 Income £ 341.90
Organ / piano hire £ 400.00 £ 390.00 -£ 10.00 Costs £ 269.40
PRS £ - £ - £ - Surplus £ 72.50
Music costs - choir £ - £ 269.40 £ 269.40
Music costs - orchestra / MD £ - £ 66.54 £ 66.54
Printing costs - tickets £ 35.00 £ 15.70 -£ 19.30
Printing costs - programmes £ 200.00 £ 208.08 £ 8.08
Printing costs - posters / flyers £ 250.00 £ 113.00 -£ 137.00
Orchestra £ 5,000.00 £ 5,202.50 £ 202.50
Soloists £ 2,000.00 £ 1,426.85 -£ 573.15
Refreshments £ - £ - £ -
Card fees £ - £ 150.07 £ 150.07
Total £ 7,985.00 £ 7,914.14 -£ 70.86
Surpus or loss -£ 4,235.00 -£ 3,157.49 £ 1,077.51
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**Christmas Concert 11/09/2024** Date 14/12/2023 Venue JURC Audience 140 estimated Ticket Price £10 full, £5 student, U18 free
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Income Actual Num tickets Evidence
Ticket sales - on the door (cash) £ 745.00 75 Est, based on £10 per ticket
Ticket sales - on the door (card) £ 40.00 4 Bank transfer + SumUp
Ticket sales - online in advance £ 495.00 61 TryBooking
Donations for charity £ 828.91
Music sales to members £ 430.00
Programme sales - audience £ -
Programme sales - members £ -
Total £ 2,538.91
Expenditure Actual Choir music - concert
Venue hire £ 175.00 Income £ 430.00
Organ / piano hire £ - Costs £ 456.66
PRS £ 25.00 Surplus -£ 26.66
Music costs - choir £ 456.66
Music costs - orchestra / MD £ -
Printing costs - tickets £ -
Printing costs - programmes £ -
Printing costs - posters / flyers £ 79.99
Organist £ 60.00
Soloists £ -
Refreshments £ 171.05
Card fees £ 35.59
Other £ -
Total £ 1,003.29
Surplus: £ 1,535.62
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## **Concert 2 - St John Passion**
## **11/09/2024**
Date 09/03/2024 Venue Kings Hall, Newcastle University Audience 259 Ticket Price £20 full, £10 student, U18 free
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Income Budget Actual Variance (Actual - Budget) Ticket type Number
Ticket sales - on the door (cash) £ 870.00 full price 243
Ticket sales - on the door (card) £ 310.00 students 10
£ 3,500.00 £ 1,350.00
Ticket sales - members in advance £ 820.00 complimentary 6
Ticket sales - online in advance £ 2,850.00 under 18s 0
Grant for soloists £ - £ 2,200.00 £ 2,200.00
Donations £ - £ 107.00 £ 107.00
Music sales to members £ - £ 195.00 £ 195.00
Programme sales - audience £ 178.00
£ 250.00 £ 428.00
Programme sales - members £ -
Total £ 3,750.00 £ 7,780.00 £ 4,030.00
Expenditure Budget Actual Variance (Actual - Budget) Choir music - concert
Venue hire £ 100.00 £ 72.00 -£ 28.00 Income £ 195.00
Organ / piano hire £ 400.00 £ 390.00 -£ 10.00 Costs £ 204.95
PRS £ - £ - £ - Surplus -£ 9.95
Music costs - choir £ - £ 204.95 £ 204.95
Music costs - orchestra / MD £ - £ 11.69 £ 11.69
Printing costs - tickets £ 35.00 £ 15.70 -£ 19.30
Printing costs - programmes £ 200.00 £ 287.79 £ 87.79
Printing costs - posters / flyers £ 250.00 £ 115.31 -£ 134.69
Orchestra £ 5,000.00 £ 4,145.00 -£ 855.00
Soloists £ 3,000.00 £ 2,900.00 -£ 100.00
Refreshments £ - £ - £ -
Card fees £ - £ 175.38 £ 175.38
Total £ 8,985.00 £ 8,317.82 -£ 667.18
Surpus or loss -£ 5,235.00 -£ 537.82 £ 4,697.18
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## **Concert 3 - Brahm's Requiem**
## **11/09/2024**
Date 16/06/2024 Venue Kings Hall, Newcastle University Audience 194 Ticket Price £15 full, £5 student, U18 free
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Income Budget Actual Variance (Actual - Budget) Ticket type Number
Ticket sales - on the door (cash) £ 350.00 full price 183
Ticket sales - on the door (card) £ 180.00 students 9
£ 1,750.00 £ 965.00
Ticket sales - members in advance £ 535.00 complimentary 0
Ticket sales - online in advance £ 1,650.00 under 18s 2
Grant for soloist £ - £ - £ -
Donations £ - £ 66.50 £ 66.50
Music sales to members £ - £ 90.00 £ 90.00
Programme sales - audience £ 101.00 -£ 149.00
£ 250.00
Programme sales - members £ 41.00 £ 41.00
Total £ 2,000.00 £ 3,013.50 £ 1,013.50
Expenditure Budget Actual Variance (Actual - Budget) Choir music - concert
Venue hire £ 100.00 £ 92.00 -£ 8.00 Income £ 90.00
Organ / piano hire £ - £ - £ - Costs £ 97.99
PRS £ - £ - £ - Surplus -£ 7.99
Music costs - choir £ - £ 97.99 £ 97.99
Music costs - orchestra / MD £ - £ 15.58 £ 15.58
Printing costs - tickets £ 35.00 £ 15.80 -£ 19.20
Printing costs - programmes £ 200.00 £ 117.64 -£ 82.36
Printing costs - posters / flyers £ 150.00 £ 120.86 -£ 29.14
Orchestra £ 600.00 £ 500.00 -£ 100.00
Soloists £ 1,000.00 £ 650.00 -£ 350.00
Refreshments £ - £ - £ -
Card fees £ - £ 106.31 £ 106.31
Other £ - £ - £ -
Total £ 2,085.00 £ 1,716.18 -£ 368.82
Surpus or loss -£ 85.00 £ 1,297.32 £ 1,382.32
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report To the Trustees of NEWCASTLE BACH CHOIR SOCIETY:**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Newcastle Bach Choir Society (the Trust) for the year ended 31 July 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section145(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 my examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
**Fiona Ramsey FCA 19 Norfolk Street, Sunderland, SR3 1EA**