HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY COMMITfEE'S REPORT 2024125 SEASON
The Society is a registered chanty (No 5081401 whose management is in the hands of a
committee elected annually by the members.
Managing Committee 24125
Chairman
Hon Secrets
Hon Treasurer
Hon Friends. Secreta
Hon Publiaty Secretary
and Vice-chwr
Hon Pro
ramme Editor
Hon Press Secreta
DrlRo
er
Mr M Ewlns
Mrs R Soble
Mr Tina Dixon
Mr Mark Ewins
Hon Librarian
Hon Advertisin
Hon Assistant Secreta
Hon Concert Mana
er
Hon Membership SeGretsry
MrsFRo
Vacant
MrsA Wri
ht
Mr Michael Ha51er
Ms Lucy Hargrove
Dr lan Ro
Mrs Jenni Axtell
Hon ficket Secreta
Mrs Lu
Walden
Musical advice is given by the Sctiety's Conductor. Mr Geraint Bowen and by the Accompanist,
Mr Peter Dyke.
The Society can te contacted through the Hon Secretary at M2rt2nds, Longtown, HR2 OPD.
The Society's banker is Santsnder Business Banking. Sunderfand SR43 4FW.
Obje¢tives
To Educate the public in theArts and the Sciences. in parts"cular the art of MLÉSIC, by the
presentation of concerts and by the preparation of member5 for participation in the annual
meetings of The Three Choirs Festivals of He￿f0rd, GIoU￿Ster and Worcester. To also
provide an annual choral workshop to which non-members are invrted.
During the year the Society gave three concerts..
Nov 2024
Vaughan-Wlliams-A Sea Symphony. Poulenc-Glona
Dec 2024
Handel-messiah
March 2025
Vivaldi-Gloria, Handel- Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, Haydn-
m8iya2ellermesse
March 2025
Sing for Fun Workshop. Mozart-Requiem
A total of 1126 people attended the concerts.
132 attended the workshop
Financial Report
The accounts are not statutory accounts and have been submrtted seaprately
bl
The accounts compty with the Statement of Recommended Practice 2000
The Financial Year End for Hereford Choral Society is to 31st Ju
d)
Income is recognised when f( becomes due to the Society. Donations are taken into
account in the financial year to wh￿h they refer
Netting expenditure against related income has not occurred this year
In 2024-2025 There were no corporate members, no major donatio
and
uests
Dr lan Roper Hon Chairman
I'R Soble
on
er
19 May 2026

HBiEFC4D CkklRfvL SWIEP¢
INcoNtE & EXPEWITURE ACC.oufrrr
FOR TI4E YEAR ro 31ST JULY 21)2S
COME
CiJwKerts
Tickets
23.189
19.037
1,714
1.5T4
24.WJ3
20,61 f
16.5
17.793
& Paltts)I
3,633
8.450
745
2.097
Sponsty31*p
Sla9e Htre
29.855
Fu￿1r•I$l￿A 21x1 Ck
643
c¥*n G8rd
1.164
1.517
3,417
1315
TOTfvL INCOME
58.175
EXPEla)rruRE
16.491
20.109
7.750
5.160
1.670
293
Solotsts
Cl￿dUc10r&
8254
2.365
Chomtyef organ
Prt*Jf8mn* Prinbi¥J
Al￿ of Calhedral & staair4J sets
Charitable Don*￿173 C105E
House
First Aid
11.484
11.002
47,$39
FUrn￿ra15￿ £00 Cilb
91
1,674
5.485
5,924
ng
Publtty
PRS
ditrLYt¥I *Jre Hlre
M•khw IrwarK
Adm￿7
337
412
675
128
457
750
756
440
878
10.403
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
SURPLLL8 ¢JV INCUAE OVER EXPENOITURE
-747
8E1

NOTÉS TO THE ACCOUNTS
Attho (iate ol these accouftts ihe Gill hJ"d repayn*nt claim reiouTrg to donation5 mgde In the¥e
acct)unts, had not been recelvod and is Ihorafore noi inciud8(l. An amountof £2.798.69 has
subsequently been recei￿d.
At the d8te 0fth￿ accounts funds hdd by the So¢l•ty is ropr8sented ty.,
Santand8r Bank Curront ACC(￿nI
£ 7.224.94
Barclays Bank Re8eM Acc{)L￿t
Barctays Bank Regepm AccO￿t
£ 25.387J9
Pelty Cash
£ nil
SiÉned
lan Roper- Chelrpornon. Dato 6th October 2025 Ra¢hlSobth-HKmTreasurnr, Date
IPUJEPENDENY EXAMINEA*S FI￿ATT0 THE COMt4TTEE¢* HEREFOIID CHWSOCIE
RepOff{￿ th¥ •ccounts ￿ ihcsoG￿vfQr tsycw ondsd 31" j￿2025 srf (Mrton p¥es l and 2
R•¥p•rthe rnspon¥lbilltlo• ofVUSt••and wmln•r
AS Ihe chatity.stwstee3￿￿ ￿ responsible fot tho prep￿￿1￿ oflhe accokmts, consider thatthe
Budit requSierneni otseciion 144 ol the Cha(11￿ Aet2011 does not appty. It 13 nry responsi￿lIty fo$tsto on
tl* b8$is of the pio¢eaures sp¢¢ttied in iheGonoral Ditections gNen tythe Charitss Comrnlssloners ufidei
89Glion 14511)(a) ofthe Act. whgihor p8rn"cular matters h•¥0 cornekn
•*slJdth• Ind•paml•ntEx•mlnw's Roport
My ¢y￿mInatIonWaS ¢0thod out In accordancewilh Ihe Genefdtr¢eiioti$o¥en the Chinl¥
Commissioners. An o¥amln8tion include$ a re¥iew offvac¢ourtinq vec0￿5 knpiiryL*o chafityWKI
¢OIIWFiSQTh ol lh¥ ¥ccounts p￿senIod wih thos0 recov0& It 8190 inciwl•g considtsr41i￿ ol Any unu8u
itemsordisclosufes in ihe accounts And see%ltyexp&rn*itsM Irwn you 88 trustees concernin¢ any Such
att0￿. The procodufe5 undutsken do noi pr¢vido alllhe ovh12nce tt￿llw0L1d be fequiied aurtii ano
conseouently I do noi express an autht opin￿Th on V4W lrytho accounts.
h)d¢p•ndEntÉxamin•r * 5tstemen¢
CQM¢ftion myoxwiiftatN)n no rrmttor myatieniian:
•) WThl¢h rn8 roa50natsie cwJ8e to tjeligve Ihazin any M￿knIfe$pectIhe rnqthment¥
To keep 8ccrMJntingrttofd8 ffi aecordknNiwhhScctron 41 ol IheAGt.
b. fo pr8p8re thq 8ccountS 4vhlch accord with th&•ev)uniin8weords fjt￿ to¢omptyw*h tho
accounting p4uircmCnt&ofU￿h￿ hth* Th)t been met. (
b) Towhlch in myopinion ¥tieniion should be ¢xdwto onabte • woper WKI0r#t￿oITh￿01 Iho
aeeoutms to be rvJchcd
V4vid ￿0£torA¢MA
ChurclwMr.Wwwickshire
Dated 2f4Sepl8mW2025
P8ge2

HBiEFC4D CkklRfvL SWIEP¢
INcoNtE & EXPEWITURE ACC.oufrrr
FOR TI4E YEAR ro 31ST JULY 21)2S
COME
CiJwKerts
Tickets
23.189
19.037
1,714
1.5T4
24.WJ3
20,61 f
16.5
17.793
& Paltts)I
3,633
8.450
745
2.097
Sponsty31*p
Sla9e Htre
29.855
Fu￿1r•I$l￿A 21x1 Ck
643
c¥*n G8rd
1.164
1.517
3,417
1315
TOTfvL INCOME
58.175
EXPEla)rruRE
16.491
20.109
7.750
5.160
1.670
293
Solotsts
Cl￿dUc10r&
8254
2.365
Chomtyef organ
Prt*Jf8mn* Prinbi¥J
Al￿ of Calhedral & staair4J sets
Charitable Don*￿173 C105E
House
First Aid
11.484
11.002
47,$39
FUrn￿ra15￿ £00 Cilb
91
1,674
5.485
5,924
ng
Publtty
PRS
ditrLYt¥I *Jre Hlre
M•khw IrwarK
Adm￿7
337
412
675
128
457
750
756
440
878
10.403
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
SURPLLL8 ¢JV INCUAE OVER EXPENOITURE
-747
8E1

NOTÉS TO THE ACCOUNTS
Attho (iate ol these accouftts ihe Gill hJ"d repayn*nt claim reiouTrg to donation5 mgde In the¥e
acct)unts, had not been recelvod and is Ihorafore noi inciud8(l. An amountof £2.798.69 has
subsequently been recei￿d.
At the d8te 0fth￿ accounts funds hdd by the So¢l•ty is ropr8sented ty.,
Santand8r Bank Curront ACC(￿nI
£ 7.224.94
Barclays Bank Re8eM Acc{)L￿t
Barctays Bank Regepm AccO￿t
£ 25.387J9
Pelty Cash
£ nil
SiÉned
lan Roper- Chelrpornon. Dato 6th October 2025 Ra¢hlSobth-HKmTreasurnr, Date
IPUJEPENDENY EXAMINEA*S FI￿ATT0 THE COMt4TTEE¢* HEREFOIID CHWSOCIE
RepOff{￿ th¥ •ccounts ￿ ihcsoG￿vfQr tsycw ondsd 31" j￿2025 srf (Mrton p¥es l and 2
R•¥p•rthe rnspon¥lbilltlo• ofVUSt••and wmln•r
AS Ihe chatity.stwstee3￿￿ ￿ responsible fot tho prep￿￿1￿ oflhe accokmts, consider thatthe
Budit requSierneni otseciion 144 ol the Cha(11￿ Aet2011 does not appty. It 13 nry responsi￿lIty fo$tsto on
tl* b8$is of the pio¢eaures sp¢¢ttied in iheGonoral Ditections gNen tythe Charitss Comrnlssloners ufidei
89Glion 14511)(a) ofthe Act. whgihor p8rn"cular matters h•¥0 cornekn
•*slJdth• Ind•paml•ntEx•mlnw's Roport
My ¢y￿mInatIonWaS ¢0thod out In accordancewilh Ihe Genefdtr¢eiioti$o¥en the Chinl¥
Commissioners. An o¥amln8tion include$ a re¥iew offvac¢ourtinq vec0￿5 knpiiryL*o chafityWKI
¢OIIWFiSQTh ol lh¥ ¥ccounts p￿senIod wih thos0 recov0& It 8190 inciwl•g considtsr41i￿ ol Any unu8u
itemsordisclosufes in ihe accounts And see%ltyexp&rn*itsM Irwn you 88 trustees concernin¢ any Such
att0￿. The procodufe5 undutsken do noi pr¢vido alllhe ovh12nce tt￿llw0L1d be fequiied aurtii ano
conseouently I do noi express an autht opin￿Th on V4W lrytho accounts.
h)d¢p•ndEntÉxamin•r * 5tstemen¢
CQM¢ftion myoxwiiftatN)n no rrmttor myatieniian:
•) WThl¢h rn8 roa50natsie cwJ8e to tjeligve Ihazin any M￿knIfe$pectIhe rnqthment¥
To keep 8ccrMJntingrttofd8 ffi aecordknNiwhhScctron 41 ol IheAGt.
b. fo pr8p8re thq 8ccountS 4vhlch accord with th&•ev)uniin8weords fjt￿ to¢omptyw*h tho
accounting p4uircmCnt&ofU￿h￿ hth* Th)t been met. (
b) Towhlch in myopinion ¥tieniion should be ¢xdwto onabte • woper WKI0r#t￿oITh￿01 Iho
aeeoutms to be rvJchcd
V4vid ￿0£torA¢MA
ChurclwMr.Wwwickshire
Dated 2f4Sepl8mW2025
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