## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] August 2023 Period start date To 31[st] July 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Salford Choral Society**
## **Charity registration number: 510583**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
To promote, improve, develop and maintain
public education in, and appreciation and
enjoyment of the art and science of choral
music in all its aspects by the presentation
of public concerts and recitals|||
|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
ln pursuing our aims for the public benefit,
the choir believes that it impacts on
people's lives in two ways.
1.
Choir members are involved in a
creative, enjoyable, and fulfilling
educational activity, providing them with the
opportunity to develop vocal technique,
musical repertoire and knowledge. By
providing a Sing Day each year, this
opportunity is extended to non-choir
members and the wider public.
2.
For audiences, we aim to present
high-quality, exciting, and innovative
performances which are a cultural
experience but also educational in the
sense of extending their musical
knowledge.
Additionally, the Committee is conscious
that the choir’s activities should be both
affordable and open to all. There is a
reduced membership subscription for
pensioners or those in receipt of benefits.
Full-time students are not required to pay
the membership subscription.
In 2023 we introduced a community ticket
programme, where 30 tickets for each
concert are offered free to a range of
voluntary and student organisations, with
the aim of opening up access to choral
music to new audiences. This has proved
very successful.|||
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|The Trustees have complied with the duty
in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to
have due regard to public benefit guidance
published by the Charity Commission.|
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Commission on public benefit
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|n/a|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|n/a|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Alongside the Committee, a number of
choir members provide significant voluntary
support to enable the successful running of
the choir, including running the website,
providing cakes and books for fund-raising
sales, and organising events such as Sing
Days.|
|Other||n/a|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
||||
|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|11th November 23, Rossini’s Petite Messe
solonelle and Palestrina’s - Sicut cervus
with a pianist, accordion player and four
professional soloists.
16thDecember 23, Christmas Concert at St
Clement’s Church Chorlton, Manchester,
including music from Manchester Carols
and other Christmas music.
16thMarch 24 Mozart’s Requiem and
Marianna Martines’ Dixit Dominus Royal
Northern College of Music, Manchester
with Baroque in the North as orchestra and
four professional soloists
6thJuly 24 – Summer Concert at Peel Hall,
University of Salford. ‘It’s Showtime’ with a
range of music from musical theatre.
Soloists came from the choir.
**Other Events**
Sing Day on Mozart’s Requiem. 100+
singers from across the Northwest
attended.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set. Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set. Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21
financial position at the end
of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The Society holds reserves to increase the
policy for holding reserves likelihood that it will be able to meet
stating why they are held contractual and informal commitments to
suppliers in the event of fluctuations in its
income streams (principally subscription
receipts and the sale of concert tickets).
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 The amount of reserves held varies during
the course of the financial year.
Since most subscriptions are pre-paid,
reserves are highest in the first quarter of
the year and lowest at the financial year-
end. At the end of FY 2023/24 the Society
had net current assets of £6,502.
Additionally, Salford Choral Society is the
sole beneficiary of the Salford Choral
Society Trust and can draw on the latter’s
resources subject to the consent of its
Trustees. At the end of FY 2023/24 the
Trust had assets of £15,889
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 n/a
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 None
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 The Trustees consider that there are no
uncertainties about the material uncertainties that cast doubt on
charity continuing as a going the charity’s ability to continue as a going
concern concern.
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted
The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Written Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|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|Para 1.25|According to the constitution the
management of the Society shall be in the
hands of a Committee consisting of a
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Society
Contact, and other members; the Officers
and other Committee members shall be
elected by and out of the Society’s
members at the Annual General Meeting.
The named officers serve as trustees for
the society.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Salford Choral Society
Other name the charity uses n/a
Registered charity number 510583
Charity’s principal address 74 Moss Lane
Bramhall
STOCKPORT
Cheshire
SK7 1EJ
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Claire Pallett|Chair||Salford Choral Society
members|
||John Young|Treasurer||Salford Choral Society
members|
||Angela Ager|Secretary||Salford Choral Society
members|
||Elizabeth Ann
Howard|Society Contact||Salford Choral Society
members|
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets held in this
capacity|n/a|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the charity on whose
behalf the assets are held and how this falls
within the custodian charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for safe custody
and segregation of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|n/a|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
|**n/a**|||
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|n/a|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
n/a
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
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**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Angela M Ager **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 17th May 2025
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## **SALFORD CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 JULY 2024**
||7 Oct 2023|11 Nov 2023|16 Dec 2023|11 Mar 2024|6 Jul 2024||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Sing Day 2023**|**Rossini:**
**Petite Messe**
**Solonelle**|**Christmas**|**Mozart:**
**Requiem**|**Summer**
**Concert**|**TOTAL**|
|||RNCM|St Clement's Church|RNCM|Peel Hall||
|||£|£|£|£|£|
|**INCOME**|||||||
|Ticket sales|2,824|2,022|1,067|5,240|1,968|13,121|
|Programme sales|0|132|88|284|153|657|
|Patrons|0|85|85|85|85|340|
|Season tickets|0|50|50|50|50|198|
|Misc income (concert)|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|**TOTAL INCOME**|**2,824**|**2,289**|**1,290**|**5,659**|**2,255**|**14,316**|
||||||||
|**EXPENDITURE**|||||||
|Concert hall hire|600|1,796|300|1,603|754|5,053|
|Music hire|50|99|99|50|0|297|
|Musicians'fees|815|2,748|725|6,858|815|11,962|
|Instrument hire|0|216|0|0|0|216|
|Advertising & publicity|0|186|36|138|201|561|
|Misc expenses (concert)|176|0|471|573|486|1,706|
|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|**1,640**|**5,045**|**1,631**|**9,222**|**2,256**|**19,794**|
||||||||
|**(-DEFICIT)/SURPLUS**|**1,184 **|**-2,757 **|**-341**|**-3,563**|**-1**|**-5,479**|
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## **SALFORD CHORAL SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 JULY 2024**
|||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|
|**INCOME**||||
|Deficit from concerts||-5,479|-5,979|
|Subscriptions||14,754|13,249|
|Donations||2,749|3,611|
|Fundraising, refreshments||433|570|
|Gift Aid Tax Refund||3,931|3,519|
|Grants from SCS Trust||0|0|
|Book and CD receipts||0|58|
|Scarf and folder receipts||380|182|
|Other income (non-concert)||196|44|
|Bank interest||152|31|
|**TOTAL INCOME**||**17,115**|**15,285**|
|||||
|**EXPENDITURE**||||
|Administration & expenses||1,963|587|
|Musicians'fees (rehearsals)||7,715|6,765|
|Rehearsal venue hire||5,343|4,104|
|Fundraising expenses||0|126|
|Insurance||79|75|
|Payments to SCS Trust||1,500|4,000|
|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**||**16,600**|**15,657**|
|||||
|**SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE**
**YEAR**||**515**|**-372**|
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|**SALFORD CHORAL SOCIETY**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**BALANCE SHEET**||||
|**AS AT 31 JULY 2024**||**2024**|**2023**|
|||**£**|**£**|
|||||
|**CURRENT ASSETS**||||
|Cash at bank-Current account||1,902|1,442|
|Cash at bank-Deposit account||5,581|5,429|
|Pre-paid concert costs for 2024-25||100|300|
|**TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS**||**7,583**|**7,171**|
|||||
|**CURRENT LIABILITIES**||||
|Pre-paid concert income for 2024-25||1,081|1,184|
|**TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES**||**1,081**|**1,184**|
|||||
|**TOTAL BALANCE**||**6,502**|**5,987**|
|||||
|**REPRESENTED BY:**||||
|Balance at start of year||5,987|6,359|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for the year||515|-372|
|**TOTAL BALANCE**||**6,502**|**5,987**|
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS TO THE TRUSTEES OF SALFORD CHORAL SOCIETY**
I report on the accounts of the Salford Choral Society for the year ended 31 July 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 3.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:-
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedure laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:-
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material aspect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act;
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
DEAN R LOGAN FCA
HANLEY & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ASHTON UNDER LYNE 10 APRIL 2025
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS TO THE TRUSTEES OF SALFORD CHORAL SOCIETY**
I report on the accounts of the Salford Choral Society for the year ended 31 July 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 3.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:-
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedure laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:-
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material aspect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act;
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## DEAN R LOGAN FCA
HANLEY & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ASHTON UNDER LYNE 10 APRIL 2025