# **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025** **Charity name: Durham Choral Society** **Charity registration number: 514557** ## **1. Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objectives of Durham Choral Society (DCS) are:**
**●the study and practice of choral music in order to educate the public in the knowledge**
**and appreciation of such music by the presentation of concerts and other activities.**
●
**to further such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall**
**think fit, financially or otherwise but in particular by the making of small grants and**
**donations.**| |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|**DCS is a membership organisation that carries out the following activities:**
**●Three choral concerts each year performed in local venues.**
**●Weekly rehearsals for the above.**| |||**●Other singing opportunities as they arise e.g., Durham Vocal Festival, carol singing in a**
**local Care Home, joint concerts with other choirs and bands.**
**●Co-ordinating and publicising other singing opportunities and events e.g. The Really**
**Big Chorus events, local choral events, community events at The Glasshouse**
**International Centre for Music.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**●All trustees have been provided with the guidance on public benefit.**
**●All decisions are taken to ensure that the main activities as outlined in our charitable**
**objectives can take place.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**DCS does not make grants per se but does make donations to local charities using the**
**profits from one concert annually. The charity(ies) are usually chosen via nominations from**
**members.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**DCS is run by volunteers, without whom the choir could not operate.**
**●In 2024 - 25 there were 8 committee members and two co-opted members, all with**
**defined roles.**| - **In addition, there were six volunteers from the membership who carried out specific tasks and three other volunteers who helped out at concerts.** - **● The hours of volunteers are not recorded.** - Other ## **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||**Achievements**
**●DCS organised and promoted three concerts throughout the year along with 30 weekly**
**rehearsals. These were held at Durham School as our former rehearsal venue was not**
**available.**
**●One concert was held at Elvet Methodist Church as planned (December 2024). This was**
**held jointly with Durham Music Youth Choirs.**
**●Profits from the December concert were shared between Durham Music Trust, Winter**
**Night Shelter (Durham Methodist Church) and ourselves.**
**●Two concerts were held in Durham Cathedral as planned (January 2025 and May 2025).**
**●Our January Concert was dedicated to Ben Thapa who was to have been our Judas**
**Maccabeus, but who sadly died in September 2024. A collection was held and donated**
**to Mind in his memory.**
**●We trialled using online programmes only at our May concert.**
**●A small group sang carols at a local Care Home for adults with severe learning**
**difficulties.**| - **DCS attracted 16 Friends of Durham Choral Society.** - **A survey of current Friends and potential Friends in our audience was carried out in May 2025, to evaluate our Friends Scheme and whether we needed to remodel it.** ## **Beneficiaries** - **Members of the largest non-auditioned choir in the Northeast Region – 114 paid up members during the year.** - **Friends of Durham Choral Society – 16 during the year.** - **Professional and semi-professional musicians – musical team, orchestra, soloists – a typical concert in Durham Cathedral has four professional soloists and full orchestra. The total was 44 during the year.** - **For our May concert we were accompanied by the Great Organ of Durham Cathedral, played by their chief organist.** - **Choirs with whom we performed joint concerts including young singers in the Durham Music Trust choirs.** - **Local soloists were used for our May concert.** - **Audiences – almost 750 tickets were sold over all three concerts.** - **Venues hired for concerts and rehearsals – Durham Cathedral who also acts as ticketing agent, Elvet Methodist Church, Durham School.** - **Businesses acting as suppliers for DCS e.g. a local printer, staging and lighting contractor, providers of musical scores etc** ## **Benefits** - **As a non-auditioned choir, members have the opportunity to participate in performances of the “big choral works” in a prestigious venue.** - **Participating in music making is well known to improve well-being in adults.** - **Young singers are welcomed at our Christmas Concert.** - **Economic benefits through holding and promoting concerts e.g. hiring venues, musicians and music, attracting audiences, using local suppliers etc with the knock on effect into local businesses such as cafes and shops.** - **For audience members – we offer the opportunity to attend live classical choral events, which enrich the choice of events locally.** ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| |**Financial Review**||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**●**
**DCS had a strong year financially supported by**
**○**
**hiring the Cathedral Organ only for May concert instead of a full orchestra**
**○**
**an unexpected generous legacy of £93,353,37 from Ann Crawford, previous**
**orchestral player, in April 2025**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**●It is the charity’s policy to hold reserves.**
**●Reserves are held at a level which protects trustees from financial hardship should we**
**have to cancel a concert in our main venue (Durham Cathedral).**
**●The legacy is also being held in the society’s reserves as decisions are made by the**
**trustees as to how to best use it.**
**●Insurance is held through membership of Making Music but some costs arising from**
**cancellation are not covered.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£109,179 which is more than double the annual turnover**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |---|---|---| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**At the present time there are no financial concerns.**| ## **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|
**DCS principal sources of funds during the year were:**
**●Membership subscriptions (49%)**
**●Ticket sales (27%)**
**●Gift Aid (10%)**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Our main risks continue to be:**
**●Concert format becoming unsustainable – Durham Cathedral is the only local venue big**
**enough to hold the choir, full orchestra and audience. If costs rise too much, then we**| |||**will have nowhere to perform in Durham City and will have to look further afield or**
**change our business model.**
**●Cost of living affecting membership numbers and audience numbers**
**●Securing enough trustees and volunteers from the membership to run DCS**| |---|---|---| |Other||**●**
**DCS reviewed its financial processes in 2025 and it was approved by committee.**
**●**
**Financial processes have been reviewed again during the year.**| |**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**| |---|---|---| |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**DCS has a constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association of members run by a committee.**| |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|Para 1.25|**The committee (including officers of DCS and other members) is elected by the**
**membership at the Annual General Meeting with terms of office specified in the**
**constitution.**| |trustees||| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**●All trustees are provided with guidance from the Charity Commission on the roles and**
**responsibilities of trustees on appointment.**
**●All committee members have access to a comprehensive list of ‘How to’ documents**
**which are held on the shared Google Drive.**
**●The first committee meeting after the AGM is used as general induction**
**●One-to-one sessions are held between the chair and new committee members to**
**discuss roles as required**
**●Training and resources for trustees are offered by various organisations and**
**opportunities are circulated to the committee.**
**●All committee members are required to report any conflicts of interest.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**●**
**DCS is affiliated to Making Music (Registered charity 249219)**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**●Two concerts during the year were held at Durham Cathedral (Registered charity**
**1205971)**| |||**●One concert in 2024-25 was held jointly with other choirs:**
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**The Christmas concert involved Durham Music Youth and Training Choirs**
**which are organised by Durham Music Trust (Registered charity**
**1169848)**
**●The Christmas concert and occasional rehearsals are held at premises operated by**
**Durham City Methodists (Registered charity 1126844).**
**●Most rehearsals were held at Durham School which is part of Durham Cathedral**
**Schools Foundation (Registered charity 1023407)**
**●From September 2025 rehearsals are moving to Belmont Community School.**
**Bookings are handled by Belmont Community Association Registered Charity 11704**| |---|---|---| |Other||**●**
**The Musical Director, Assistant Conductor and Accompanist are freelance and receive**
**annual honoraria. The Assistant Accompanist is paid on a sessional basis.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Durham Choral Society**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**n/a**| |Registered charity number|**514557**| ||**℅ Chair of Durham Choral Society**
**31 Peterborough Road**
**Newton Hall**
**Durham**| DH1 5QX ||**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| ||Val Wooff|Chair|until 11/12/2024|| |1|Irene Blakemore|Chair|From 11/12/2024|| |2|Jane Abel|Hon Secretary||| |3|Susan Massey|Hon Treasurer||| |4|Catharine Deeming|Venue Liaison|From 8/12/2023|| |5|Fiona Gameson|Concert Administrator||| |6|Angela Eddy|Bulletin|From 8/12/2023|| |7|Victoria Nower|Co-opted||| |8|Emil Archambault|Co-opted|From 7/01/2025|| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/a** ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/a**||| ## **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||| |Details of arrangements for safe custody and
segregation of such assets from the charity’s own
assets||| |**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**
External examiner
Robert Johnson
26 Baugh Close, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 1SN
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**||| |**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**| |External examiner|Robert Johnson|26 Baugh Close, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 1SN| |||| |||| |**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 trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||(Peggy) Irene Blakemore|Susan Massey| ||Chair|Hon Treasurer| ||23/09/2025|23/09/2025| |**Expenditure**
**Concert Expenditure**
Concert Halls
instruments
Orchestra
Soloists
Hire/Purchase/postage orch scores
Hire of lightng/staging
PRS payments
Printng of handbills
Printng of programmes
Cath deposit Jan 26
**Rehearsal Expenses**
Rehearsal Rooms D School /Elvet
Rehearsal Fees(director/accompanists)
Ofcer Expenses inc website
Making Music sub/insurance
Hire/Purchase/postage of vocal scores
Scores Jan 26
Rehearsal CDs
Folders
**Sundry Expenses**
Dinner
Xmas charites
Charitable donaton MIND
Hardship donatons utlised
**Total Expenditure**
**Closing balances 31/8/25**
Cooperatve Charity Acct
CCLA Charity deposit
Total funds at year end
Uncleared cheques|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**2025**|||**2024**||| ||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Un restricted funds**|**Total**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Un restricted**
**funds**|**Total**| ||£ - £ 11,748.62 £ 11,748.62
£ - £ 480.00 £ 480.00
£ - £ 4,783.52 £ 4,783.52
£ - £ 3,110.00 £ 3,110.00
£ - £ 293.66 £ 293.66
£ - £ 3,097.32 £ 3,097.32
£ - £ 55.00 £ 55.00
£ - £ 114.10 £ 114.10
£ - £ 124.98 £ 124.98
£ - £ 1,407.90 £ 1,407.90|||£ - £ 7,987.98**£ 7,987.98**
£ - £ 300.00**£ 300.00**
£ - £ 7,559.00**£ 7,559.00**
£ - £ 3,325.00**£ 3,325.00**
£ - £ 253.42**£ 253.42**
£ - £ 2,963.16**£ 2,963.16**
£ - £ 195.40**£ 195.40**
£ - £ 186.80**£ 186.80**
£ - £ 342.09**£ 342.09**||| |||**£ 25,215.10**|**£ 25,215.10**|**£ -**|**£ 23,112.85**|**£ 23,112.85**| ||£ - £ 5,811.00 £ 5,811.00
£ - £ 6,235.00 £ 6,235.00
£ - £ 112.89 £ 112.89
£ - £ 700.00 £ 700.00
£ - £ 160.00 £ 160.00
£ - £ 400.00 £ 400.00
£ -
£ -|||£ - £ 4,997.25 £ 4,997.25
£ - £ 6,115.00 £ 6,115.00
£ - £ 476.45 £ 476.45
£ - £ 675.00 £ 675.00
£ - £ 1,871.89 £ 1,871.89
£ - £ -**£ -**
£ - £ 236.00 £ 236.00
£ - £ 129.00 £ 129.00||| |||**£ 13,418.89**|**£ 13,418.89**|**£ -**|**£ 14,500.59**|**£ 14,500.59**| ||£ - £ 766.58 £ 766.58
£ - £ 700.00 £ 700.00
£ - £ 320.00 £ 320.00
£ 600.00 £ - £ 600.00|||£ - £ 646.91 £ 646.91
£ - £ 2,250.00 £ 2,250.00
£ - £ - £ -
£ 325.00 £ - £ 325.00
£ -||| ||**£ 600.00**|**£ 1,786.58**|**£ 2,386.58**|**£ 325.00**|**£ 2,896.91**|**£ 3,221.91**| |||||||| ||**£ 600.00**|**£ 40,420.57**|**£ 41,020.57**|**£ 325.00**|**£ 40,510.35**|**£ 40,835.35**| ||£ - £ 10,769.98 £ 10,769.98
£ - £ 109,179.08 £ 109,179.08|||£ - £ 9,653.01 £ 9,653.01
£ - £ 14,101.03 £ 14,101.03||| |||**£ 119,949.06**|**£ 119,949.06**||**£ 23,754.04**|**£ 23,754.04**| |||||||| |||**£ 119,949.06**|**£ 119,949.06**||**£ 23,754.04**|**£ 23,754.04**| ||**£ 600.00**|**£ 160,369.63**|**£ 160,969.63**|**£ 325.00**|**£ 64,264.39**|**£ 64,589.39**| |**Income**
**Concert Income**
Tickets members Elvet
Ticket Cathedral
Tickets Door Elvet
Wegotckets Elvet
Programmes sales
MIND donaton
**Rehearsal Income**
Member subscriptons
Tax reclaimed
Sale/ Hire of scores
Sale of CDs Todd Jan 26
Todd scores for Jan 26
Loan of Missa Brevis
**Sundry income**
Dinner
Sale of folders
Member Donatons
Friends Donatons
Patron Donaton
Subsidised memb Donatons
Fundraising
Legacy Ann Crawford
**Interest**
CCLA Charites
**Total Income**
**Opening balances 1/9/24**
CCLA Charites Deposit
Cooperatve Charity Acc**t**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**|**Account Balance for Durham Choral Society 2024 - 2025**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**2025**|||**2024**||| ||**Restricted funds**|**Un restricted**
**funds**|**Total**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Un restricted**
**funds**|**Total**| ||£ - £ 334.00 £ 334.00
£ - £ 7,861.10 £ 7,861.10
£ - £ 774.00 £ 774.00
£ - £ 556.00 £ 556.00
£ - £ 278.84 £ 278.84
£ - £ 166.14 £ 166.14|||£ - £ 991.00 £ 991.00
£ - £ 8,627.26 £ 8,627.26
£ - £ 772.00 £ 772.00
£ - £ 1,587.00 £ 1,587.00
£ - £ 536.50 £ 536.50
£ - £ - £ -||| |||**£ 9,970.08**|**£9,970.08**||**£ 12,513.76**|**£ 12,513.76**| ||£ - £ 23,020.00 £ 23,020.00
£ - £ 4,257.96 £ 4,257.96
£ - £ 1,360.00 £ 1,360.00
£ - £ 90.00 £ 90.00
£ 520.00 £ 520.00
£ -|||£ - £ 21,725.00 £ 21,725.00
£ - £ 4,419.39 £ 4,419.39
£ - £ 1,997.00 £ 1,997.00
£ - £ 241.00 £ 241.00
£ - £ 141.45 £ 141.45||| |||**£ 29,247.96**|**£ 29,247.96**||**£ 28,523.84**|**£ 28,523.84**| ||£ - £ 860.00 £ 860.00
£ - £ 41.00 £ 41.00
£ - £ 280.00 £ 280.00
£ - £ 600.00 £ 600.00
£ 826.00
£ - £ 312.50 £ 312.50
£ 93,353.37 £ 93,353.37|||£ - £ 760.00 £ 760.00
£ - £ 69.00 £ 69.00
£ - £ 85.00 £ 85.00
£ - £ 700.00 £ 700.00
£ 400.00 £ 400.00
£ 325.00 £ - £ -
£ - £ 212.00 £ 212.00||| ||**£ 826.00**|**£ 95,446.87**|**£ 95,446.87**|**£ 325.00**|**£ 2,226.00**|**£ 2,226.00**| ||£ - £ 1,724.68 £ 1,724.68|||£ - £ 701.11 £ 4,150.47||| |||**£ 1,724.68**|**£ 1,724.68**||**£ 701.11**|**£ 701.11**| |||||||| ||**£826.00**|**£136,389.59**|**£137,215.59 **|**£ 325.00**|**£ 43,964.71**|**£ 44,289.71**| ||**£ -**£ 9,653.01 £ 9,653.01
£ - £ 14,101.03 £ 14,101.03|||**£ -**£ 6,899.76 £ 6,899.76
£ - £ 13,399.92 £ 13,399.92||| |||**£ 23,754.04**|**£ 23,754.04**||**£ 20,299.68**|**£ 20,299.68**| |||||||| ||**£826.00**|**£160,143.63**|**£160,969.63 **|**£ 325.00**|**£ 64,264.39**|**£ 64,589.39**| ## _**Notes to the Accounts**_ ## **Movement in funds** |**Movement in funds**|| |---|---| |_Unrestricted funds_
General fund
_Restricted funds_
Subsidised membership Fund|**£ 23,754.04 £136,389.59**
**£ 40,420.57 £ 119,723.06**
**£ 826.00 £ 600.00 £ 226.00**
**Balance at 01**
**September**
**2024**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**Expended**
**Balance at 31**
**August 2025**| ||£ -
**£137,215.59 £ 41,020.57 £ 119,949.06**| The Subsidised Membership fund accrued £826 in donations. Five members availed themselves of this fund, 3 for the full year, 1 for half the year, and £110 was paid to subsidise another member. £600 was used to cover the reduced subscriptions so there is still £226 to be carried into 2025-2026 within the restricted fund. F Opening balances 01/09/24 23,754.04 Credit |Concerts
Income
£9,970.08
Expenditure
£ 25,215.10
General
Income
£ 29,247.96
Rehearsal Expenditure
£ 13,418.89
Sundry
Income
£ 95,446.87
Expenditure
£ 1,786.58
Interest received
£ 1,724.68
Closing balance 31/08/25
Closing balances 31/08/25
Cooperatve Charity
CCLA Deposit
Total|(15,245.02)Defcit
15,829.07 Credit
93,660.29 Credit
1,724.68 Credit
119,949.06 Credit
£ 10,769.98
£ 109,179.08
£ 119,949.06 Credit| |---|---| ||£ 119,949.06| |**Concert account for Christmas Music performed in Elvet on December 14th 2024**|**Concert account for Christmas Music performed in Elvet on December 14th 2024**|**Concert account for Christmas Music performed in Elvet on December 14th 2024**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Expenditure**||**Income**|| |Elvet Methodist Church|£219.75|Advance Ticket Sales|£334.00| |PRS|£55.00|Door Takings|£774.00| |Musicians|£250.00|Wegetckets on line|£556.00| |Podium|£25.80||| |Fliers|£55.08||| |Totals|£605.63||£1,664.00| ||proft|£1,058.37|| ||£350 distributed|to Durham Music Trust £350 to Elvet's homeless charity|| ||Balance retained|for Choir funds|| ||||| |**Concert balance for Handel's Judas Maccabeus performed in Durham Cathedral on January 25th 2025**|||| |**Expenditure**||**Income**|| |Durham Cathedral|£5,597.30|Cathedral Ticketng minus commission|£3,187.72| |Orchestra and expenses|£4,533.52|Programmes|£278.84| |Soloists and expenses|£1,675.00|Choir Music Hire|£555.00| |Orchestra Music and postage|£293.66|MIND collecton|£166.14| |Lightng and Staging|£1,548.96||| |Programmes|£124.98||| |Fliers|£29.29||| |Score Hire plus fne|£250.00||| |MIND donaton (+prog proft)|£320.00||| ||£14,372.71||£4,187.70| ||Loss|-£10,185.01|| ||||| |**Concert balance for Durufe's Requiem and Faure's Requiem performed in Durham Cathedral on May 16th 2025**|||| |**Expenditure**||**Income**|| |Durham Cathedral|£5,631.60|Cathedral Ticketng minus commission|£4,673.38| |Organ|£480.00|Programmes|£0.00| |Orchestra and expenses|£0.00|Choir Music Hire|£785.00| |Soloists and expenses|£1,435.00||| |Orchestra Music and postage|£0.00||| |Lightng and Staging|£1,522.56||| |Programmes|£0.00||| |Fliers|£29.73||| |Score Hire|£90.00||| |PRS (est)|£300.00||| ||||£5,458.38| ||£9,488.89||| ||Loss|-£4,030.51|| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENfjLAND AND WALE5 Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees DURHAM CHORAL SOCIETY On accounts for the year Qnded 31 st AUGUST 2025 Charlty no (If any) 514557 t oul on pa9•5 I report to the trustees on my examination of Ihe accounts ol the above charity {"Ihe Trusfi for the year ended 3 1 9 8 ltsis. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for Ihe preparation of the accounts in accordance wllh the requirements of the Charities A¢t 2011 Ilhe Acri. I report in resped of my examination of the Trust's accountg ¢arried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examinab'on. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ibl of the Act. Independent examinerfs ststement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination lother than that disclosed below '} which gives me cause lo believe that in. any matenal respect.. I have no GonGems and have Gome aGrtsss no other matters in connecli( with ltre examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete th8 words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgngd: Date.. Name: ¢¢sILI A Relevant prolesslonal quaiinGatlon($l or body A4 IER Oct 2018 (If any): Address: ezi Isr4 Section B Disclosure Only complete bf the examlner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef detalls of any Itemi that th• examlner wl$h05 to dlsclose. IER Oct 2018 Arcouni8•l•hofui DurhwnCtthilSDcth2024-2UZ5 2015 2024 ToLIl hJnds r¢thi TKkets membw5 Elvet 34ty) E a34.OD 1.00 E 99J Tkketcaththl 7.861.10 E ,627 26 4627 16 Trkets Dwr 774.LlJ 772.00 £ 771. WWkketsÉK*t $5&00 E I.587.￿ £ 1.$87. 17QO¢ 27aa4 53650 £ MINDthy•t 16&U £ IW14 *970.08 f9,970 12,513.76 IL513.76 R￿ar￿lIn￿ Memwsubstilptkns TJKre(l¥r(*d 23WO.fy) 21.725.00 E 2L725.ty) 4A19.39 1 4.419 39 4.257.96 E 4,257.96 SIWHlitof Scores sa￿01 CDs7othJJan 26 1,3EttW £ I3￿. lJ97.fy) £ 1.997. 24J.W £ 241.00 Tath Koresfotj￿ 26 Slo.￿ E s20.￿1 141.45 £ 141.45 ZgJ47.% 2•,247S5 28,5U84 nne w.oo £ 41.OD 41.( .￿} E MemberoonabJn5 Dunal 280.fy) £ m £ 85.00 700.00 400.00 325.fpj £ Funthalslre 312.50 312.yj 212.fAI E 212.ty) Le8a(yAnnCIi 93.353.37 £ 93,353.37 #444S.B7 32SA CCLAOwhfje5 1.724.68 E In4.68 4.15D.47 1,?2&68 .11 Tgtsl hitoiiie £137.Z1&59 44961.71 44,189.71 V9J24 CoDpeiati¥eCh)rtyA(Ct 9.653.01 É 9,653.01 6,899.76 £ 6m.76 C£LACh4r￿e5 Owsit 14,101.Q3 e ￿.101.0a 113*.91 £ 13,399 92 Z99 20.195.68 754,04 £16D.969.63 s.(¥J 6426439 64,$89.39 Account fial•n¢e lorDwham Choral Soclety Z024-2025 20 ID14 estthted Re5tric*d Iwnds restrfcted fund$ Un rnMrftttdfund5 Total CoN•rt Exp•ndlture cOr￿rt Halls 11,748,62 £ 11.748.62 4￿.00 7,987.98 a(K).W É 7￿87.9$ Irthruments 4,783.52 E 3.110.LIJ £ 293.66 £ 4.783.52 3.110.00 7,S59.ry) É 3,325.(X) É 253.42 E 7,559X 3,325. 2$3.42 HlrelPurchaselposta8eorch5cores HI￿Of l18htlndstaO PRS payments pnniinlof PrfntlnBof prograrnmes C41h depo4tJan 26 293.66 3,097.32 É 55.W E 3,097.32 1%3.16 £ 2.963.16 55. 19S.40 £ I86.￿ £ 19S.40 114.10 £ 114.10 124.98 £ 124.98 342.09 £ I.407.￿) £ 1.40?.5Y) 25.115.10 2S.215.10 23,IUA5 23,IIL85 Rehear￿lEXpenSeS Reheaisal RDDMS D S¢h¢¢l Kfvet Rehea￿al Feosldlroctorla¢t¢mpantstsl OthcerEwenses Incweb5itE Makln8 MU$1¢5uWID5ura￿e HlrelPurchase/posta8e oFwcal scores knresjan 26 s￿11.￿ £ 6.?35.(￿ £ 5,811. 6,235. 112.89 4,997.25 £ s,115.￿ £ 476.4S £ 4,597.25 6,115.Ihl 476.45 112.tr3 £ 7(tt￿ £ 675.￿ £ 67S. I60.￿ £ 160. 1,871.89 £ IA71.89 4[rf).￿ £ Rehea￿alcDS 236.00 £ 236. Foknrs I29.￿ £ 129 13A1&89 11418.89 14.SO).59 14,5W.59 Expemes Dlnnef 766.58 E 766.58 646.91 E 64S.g1 Xmascharitie$ 7rM).(x) É 7W.L¥) 2.￿0.00 E 2,250.(k) Charitabl•donatbri MIND 320.(AI É 320. Mardshlpdonaiions utlllsed éLXJ.LN) £ 32>0) £ 325.(K) I,7￿.58 386.S8 325. 896.91 3,221.91 Tot•lExpe￿d￿fUr* n.a)tt.47 dl.020.$7 J25. 40.SJO.3S 40,83k.35 3118125 CwpEratNe CharltyAtCT W.IbY.Y¥ t IU,769.Y3 109,179.08 9.653.01 E 9,653.01 14,101.03 CCLA Chartty dèpD5 109.179.C¢ É 14,101.03 É Totalfunds atyearend UnC￿￿ed cheq￿5 ltsJ49.O6 119,949.06 23,754.04 13,754.04 119,949.06 160,369.63 IL9.949.06 160.959.63 23.754.04 23.754.04 325.LKI 64,264.39 64,589.39 linc•at swrnblr at31 Au$￿t 2025 23.75&04 É1>6AB9.59 40,420.57 £ LIY.721. General fund Subskllsed membership Fund 226.ty) £lJ7.215.59 £ 4I020.57 £ 119,949. TheSvbsk4lsed Member5hlp lund xcruèj £È26 In donatlons. Ffve memt)ers aVal￿d themselve5 of thSsfund, 3 for the lull year, I far hall theyear. and £IIOwas paK1 to 5ubsidlse nother member. £6CXI was used to cover the¢edu¢ed s￿bxrIP1￿Ins so ihere Is51111 E226to iEcaTried Into 2025- 2026 wlthln the r*strftte(lfvnd. Summary Opening balances 01109124 23754.04 Credit Concerts Income Expenditure 9970.08 25215.1 {- 15245 OL Deficlt General Rehearsal Income Expendiiure 29247.96 13418.89 15829.07 Credit Sundry Income Expenditure 95446.87 1786.58 93660.29 Credit IntEre5t recelved 1124.bil 1724.68 Credit Closing balance 31108125 119949.06 Credit Closing balances 3V08125 Cooperative 10769.98 CCLA Deposi 109179.08 Total 119949.06 c0ncert•tto￿ lor Chrt5tm*s Mu4¢ perfornied kn Elvel on December 14th 2024 Expendlture Efvet Method15t Church pps mu￿0a￿S Podlum ters Incom• Advance Ticket Sales tloor Taki￿5 Wp8thirkots on IlnÈ £219.75 £55.CM) £250.(K) £25.80 £55.08 £334.ry) £774.CQ £556.00 Tot￿5 £605.63 £1.664.Q) profit £1,058.37 350 distribut•d to Durham Musi¢TrvSt £350 to Elvet's homele55 charity Balan￿ retalned lor ￿01r funds Concert bI￿nctIor Hahdel'sJud•s M•ctabeus PBrfo￿ed In Cathedr•l on January 25th 2025 Eypendttu Durham Cathedral Orchestra and expen5e5 5r*lolsts expenses Orthestra Music and posts8e tln8and Stagln8 Programrnes Hier5 kore Hlre plus fine MIND donatlon l*prog profhl InC(￿e £5,597.30 £4,533.52 £1,675.00 £293.66 £1,548.96 £124.98 £29.29 £150.C £320.(K> cat￿dra1 Ticketln8 minus tornmission Programmes Cholr Muslc Hlre MINO collectlon £3.187.72 £278.84 £555.gO £166.14 £14.372.71 £4.187.70 Loss -f10.J85.01 Cont•rtbal•n¢e lorTrJrufte's Requlem and F•uTe's Aequbem perfarmed In Durham Cathedril on M•y 16th 2025 Exwndlture Durharn Cathedral Organ Orchestra and expenses Soloists and expenses Orche5tr3 Musl£ and postaBe U8hiing and Sta&in8 Prograrnrnes iers SCO￿ Hlre PRS lest) Income Cathedral fickÈtin8 minu5 commi5slon Proyamrnes Choir Music Hire £5.631.60 £480. £0.00 £1.435.OJ £0.00 £1.522.56 £0.00 £29.73 £90.OJ £3U).(X) £4,673.38 £0. £785.(Kl £5,458.38 £9.488.89 Loss f4.P4n51