## Nantwich Choral Society Trustees’ report 2023-24 1. Charity details The charity’s name is Nantwich Choral Society, charity no. 516572. The charity’s address is Nantwich Methodist Church, Hospital Street, Nantwich, CW5 5RP 2. Structure and Management Management of the society is laid down in the society’s constitution, a copy of which is available to all members of the society on its website. The activities of the society are governed by it’s committee, which consists of four officers and a number of other committee members, each of whom has a specific role. All members of the committee are elected annually by the members at the AGM. Committee members for 2023-24 were as follows: Officers: Chairman Graham Harbage Vice Chair Adrian Percy Treasurer Frances Durkin Secretary Anne Harwood Committee Ester Harries Members: Martin Jones Rachel Pentecost Bob Pugh Eileen Robertson Tracey Powdrill Robertson Carol Seed Diane Wheatley Tim Jowitt 3. Activities and Achievements This was another busy and successful year for the society, both musically and financially, with our usual full programme of 6 events, plus 2 short carol programmes in the community at Christmas. Membership at the end of the year stood at 89, 2 up on the start of the year. In October we held our annual singing day at Bunbury church, where 64 participants enjoyed a day of singing English church music. This was followed in November at St. Mary’s church with the Mozart Requiem and in December our Family Carol Concert was held on a Wednesday for the first time, where a large audience of 209 people joined in enthusiastically with the singing of some traditional carols. This year’s come and sing day in February was our most expensive performance of the year, yet we ended with only a relatively modest loss thanks to good ticket sales from both performers and audience. A large number of enthusiastic singers from across the region swelled our numbers to almost 160 and enabled us to put on a very spirited rendition of Handel’s Messiah, complete with orchestra and professional singers. Our spring concert this year focussed on music by Elgar, and the year concluded with an unforgettable night of music from Gilbert and Sullivan, with an inspired performance from our guest soloist Alistair Donkin. Throughout the year the society hired self-employed musicians as required, both to lead the rehearsals and to perform in the concerts, and the society benefitted greatly from their expertise and professionalism. The year ended with a social event in July, which provided an enjoyable and relaxing way to round off the year. 4. Financial review Total income for the year was £31, 905, of which £9115 was members subscriptions, £14,993 was from ticket sales and £6922 came from fundraising and grants. Total expenditure was £24, 712, of which £13740 was costs arising from concerts and £9125 was rehearsal costs. The society thus generated a healthy profit of £7, 193, and at the end of the year bank balances stood at £24, 288 Graham Harbage Chairman September 2024 ## **Nantwich Choral Society** ## **Income and Expenditure - Year Ended 31st August 2024** ## **Income** |**Income**||| |---|---|---| |**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
Concerts
Support:
Miscellaneous
**Total Expenditure**
**Surplus to date**
**Opening Bank Balances**
**Closing Bank Balances**
**Cross-check**|Concerts and SingingDays|14,992.57| ||Subscriptons
|9,115.10| ||Other income/Donatons
Fundraising including 200 Club
Rafe and Social Events income
Adjustments to creditors
Grants
Bank Interest and deposits
Refunds/Payments made in error
Gif Aid
Accrued Income
Conductor & Soloists
Orchestra, Musicians, instrument hire
Venue Hire
Publicity & Printng
Other expenses, gifs, refreshments, transport etc
Sound system payments from last season
Conductors fees
Accompanists fees
Rehearsal room hire
Music Hire and Purchase
Audit Costs|362.50
1,285.27
1,322.71
-
1,000.00
484.64
27.45
3,314.38
-| |||**31,904.62**| |||5,600.00
4,030.00
2,038.18
1,402.55
668.61
-
3,830.00
2,620.00
1,783.04
891.70
0.00| ||Website|322.23| ||Publicity & Photography
Other printng/Postage/statonery/expenditure
Making Music- PRS fee
Making Music membership & Insurance
Rafe & Social Fund expenditure
Bank Charges
Refunds/Overpayments
Payment to creditors
Lotery Licence
Current account
Deposit accounts
TOTAL
Current account
Deposit accounts
TOTAL
**Opening Bank Balances**
minus
**Deficit to date**
equals
**Closing Bank Balances**
**Difference**|0.00
289.33
151.44
581.00
360.50
123.36
-
-
20.00
**24,711.94**
**7,192.68**| |||558.89
16,536.26
**17,095.15**
1,266.93
23,020.90
**24,287.83**
17,095.15
7,192.68
**24,287.83**
0.00| ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st August 2024** |**Cash Funds**
RBS Current Account
Barclays Premium Account
HSBC Community Savings account
HSBC Community account
**Other Monetary Assets**
Debtors
Fixtures, ftngs and equipment
Harmonium
Sum Up Machine
**Total Assets**
**Liabilites**
Accruals
Note 1 : Debtors:
Potential Gift Aid
£ 1,000.00
200 Club
£ 900.00
Note 2: Accruals
Sound system payments 22/23
£ 100.00
Sound system payments 23/24
£ 100.00
Audit
£ 700.00
**Assets retained for the charites**
**own use**|**2023-34**
£
493.7
150.92
22376.28
1266.93
24287.83
1000
900
1900
300
100
400
26587.83
900
25687.83|**2022-23**
£
422.1
148.88
15965.28
558.89
17095.15
2000
900
2900
300
100
400
20395.15
100|**2021-22**
£
354.44
148.26
19784.6
3493.96| |---|---|---|---| ||||23781.26| ||||2250| ||||2250| ||||400
149| ||||549| ||||| ||||26580.26| ||||700| |||20295.15|25880.26| ||||| ## **Concert Accounts for year ending 31st August 2024** ||**Singing Day Bunbury:**
**English Church Music**|**Nov Concert:**
**Mozart Requiem**|**Family Christmas**
**Concert**|
**Come and Sing:**
**Handel's Messiah**|**Spring concert:**
**Elgar and Haydn**|**Spring concert:**
**Elgar and Haydn**|**Summer**
**Concert: Gilbert**
**& Sullivan &**
**Noah**|**Totals**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| |Audience||149|209|96||93|160|| |Performers|60 + 4|||158||||| |||||||||| |**Income**||||||||| |Tickets soldpre-Sept*|162.5|||||||| |Tickets|£862.40|£2,688.67|£2,370.95|£4,350.59||£1,898.82|£2,687.73|**£14,859.16**| |Grants||||||||| |Adverts||£200.00||£100.00||||**£300.00**| |Donatons||||# 91.91||||| |**Sub total**|**£1,024.90**|**£2,888.67**|**£2,370.95**|**£4,450.59**||**£1,898.82**|**£2,687.73**|**£15,321.66**| |||||||||| |**Expenditure**||||||||| |Music Hire/Postage|£96.25|£124.65|£0.00|£105.00||£179.00|£306.80|**£811.70**| |Artstes|£300.00|£1,700.00|£620.00|£1,500.00||£800.00|£800.00|**£5,720.00**| |Orchestra/organ|£200.00|£300.00|£300.00|£2,330.00||£300.00|£600.00|**£4,030.00**| |**Venue/ security**|**£180.00**|**£392.62**|**£406.62**|**£550.57**||**£479.37**|**£29.00**|**£2,038.18**| |St. Marys[or other]|£180.00|£250.00|£250.00|£275.00||£275.00|£29.00|£1,259.00| |Parish Hall||£70.00|£84.00|£186.00||£131.75|£0.00|£471.75| |Security||£72.62|£72.62|£89.57||£72.62|£0.00|£307.43| |Think IT||||||||| |**Publicity/ printing**||**£262.55**|**£246.50**|**£249.70**||**£265.40**|**£378.40**|**£1,402.55**| |Tickets||£23.55|£16.50|£14.70||£20.40|£47.40|£122.55| |Posters||£118.00|£118.00|£118.00||£124.00|£236.00|£714.00| |Programmes||£121.00|£112.00|£117.00||£121.00|£95.00|£566.00| |***Postage**|£25.50|||£12.75||||£38.25| |**Others**||£62.40|£52.60|£243.41|||£150.00|**£508.41**| |**Sub total**|**£801.75**|**£2,842.22**|**£1,625.72**|**£4,991.43**||**£2,023.77**|**£2,264.20**|**£14,549.09**| |||||||||| |**Profit/Loss**|**£223.15**|**£46.45**|**£745.23**|**-£540.84**||**-£124.95**|**£423.53**|**£772.57**| *Postage for Concert 1 paid in previous year's accounts * Tickets sold pre Sep in previous accounts # Donations from an individual and for refreshments NANTWICH CHORAL SOCIETY Annual Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 August 2024 Independent examiner's report I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Nantivich Chora] Society (the Trust) for the year ended 31 August 2024. Responsibilities and basis of reporting As thc charity trustees of the Tn￿t you are restx)nsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with th¢ rcquircmcnts of thc Charitics Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Tn)st's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in canying out my examination I hav¢ followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any materia] respect: l. 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. 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. RD PJKJQI. Richard D Percival BA ACA CTA I Parrah Green Cottages Bridgemere Nantwich rL £5 loJ)N• Zc) 2 Date