Charity Registration Number 801961
East Grinstead Choral Society
Annual report of the Trustees for the period
1st August 2023 to 31st July 2024
Part A- Matters that all charities must report
Al Reference and administrative details, trustees and advisers
Registered name
East Grinstead Choral Society
Charity Registration Number
801961
Principal Address
29A Alders View Drive
Current Trustees
Ms Janet Cole (Chair)
Ms Sheila Walsh {Treasurerl
Ms Judi De Lang ISecretary}
Mrs Penelope Austin
Mr5 Kate Draper
th
Trustees were elected/re-elected at the AGM on 28 September 2023.
A2 Structure, governance and management
structure
Trustees
Elected officers as listed above
Management Committee
Trustees and appointed officers fulftl administrative duties, head sub-
committees or working parties.
Members
Paid-up members of the Society who pay subscriptions to sing at rehearsals
and in performances.
Music Director
A self-employed professional musician, paid part-time to lead rehearsals.
conduct performances, recommend the choice of repertoire, 5010ists and
instrumentalists and provide expert musical advice.
Accomp2nist
A self-employed professional musician, paid part-time to accompany the
choir during rehearsals and in performances and to deputise for the Music
Director when necessary.
Governance
The Society is an unincorporated a550ciation, governed by the Constitution and rules, which were updated
in February 2000, reviewed in July 2013 and updated again in July 2015.

The Offi'cers (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary and Treasurer), who are ex-officio Trustees and up to two
Independent Trustees, are elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. The Trustees may appotnt two
additional co-opled Trustees.
All the Trustees are Members of the Society.
Management
The society is managed by the Trustees with the assistance of the Management Committee.
A3 Financial Review
The Receipts and Payment5 Schedule for the 12-month period from 1st August 2023 to 31st July 2024 is
appended to this Report together with the External ScrLJtiny report.
The financial out-turn for the year to 31 July 2024 was similar to that for July 2023, but within the figures
there were quite a few ups and downs. The Trustees started the year aiming broadly to break-even and the
main reason for ending with a surplu5 was because a lot of people joined to sing Messiah, and it was
pleasing that many of the newcomers continued into the spring term. The total deficit on the yearf5
concerts was much as expected, helped by large audiences for both Messiah and the opera concert.
The Trustees have decided to keep subscriptions at their present level for the year 2024-25.
The Society does not hold any assets as custodian trustee on behalf of others.
The next fin3ncial review will cover a period of 12 months, from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2025.
A5 Public Benefit
The Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published
by the Charities Commission in exercising their powers and duties.
The Trustees have sought to educate the public in the art and science of music by providing opportunities
for singers to participate in, and audiences to listen to, choral works performed in the East Grinstead area.
Efforts are continually made to achieve an interesting and varied repertoire performed to a good amateur
standard, at a cost which is affordable to both singers and audience.
Part B - Matters that smaller charities, not subject to statutory audit,
must also report
Bl Objectives and Activities
The objectives of the Society are stated in the Constitution and Rules as being 'to educate the public in the
art and science of music, by the presentation of concerts and other relevant activities.

Membership is open to all sertions of the community with no requirement for previous experience or
auditions.
Typically, three concerts are held each year, of which at least one will involve engaging a number of
professional 5010ists and orchestral players for a major choral work, and the others will involve a smaller
number of professionals in order to perform an interesting repertoire on an affordable budget. Each
concert requires a period of preparation at weekly rehearsals led by the Musical Director. The Society seeks
to involve local school children whenever this is appropriate.
The costs of staging a concert usually exceed ticket sales, the deficit being met from other income,
principally subscriptions. The Society also engages in other activities relevant to its objectives, such as voice
training and choral workshops, and in diverse forms of social and fund-raising artivities.
The Friends of East Grinstead Choral Society continue to support parkncular projects; the money raised this
season contributed to the cost of four professional soloists for our Petite Messe Solennelle concert.
The Society is an active member of Makin£ Music.
Applications are occasionally made for grants from local and national bodies, but the Society does not relv
on such receipts. which would not have a material effect on the Society's finances.
B2 Achievements and performance
2023-2024 was a challenging. but enjoyable and successful season during which we saw a significant
increase in membership and an appreciative and growing audience. We held three major concerts: in
December we performed Handel's Messiah to a full church and, a week later, invited the local communitv
to attend a very well-received "Come and Sing Carols" event. In April we performed Rossini's Fetite Messe
5olennelle to a smaller, but nonetheless appreciative audience. Our final concert of the year was a sell-out
performance of popular opera choruses, staged as part of the St 5withun's Festival of the Arts and including
the children's choir from St Marws C of E Prirnary School. We a150 extended our outreach by singing carols
at Standen INatronal Trustl, allowing us to connect with the local commLJnity. and performing in Barefoot
Opera's production of lo Cenerentolo.
In January 2024 Laurence Williams, our MD, expressed a wish to take a sabbatical during the autumn term
2024, returning in Spring 2025. We appointed both an Interim MD and a new A5SiStant MD for the 2024-
2025 season.
The programme for the comlng season 2024- 2025
Three concerts are planned: in early December we will perform Vivaldi's Glorio with an orchestra led by
local professional violinist George Clifford. This will be followed in March by Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
and in July we will stage a concert performance of Gilbert 3nd Sullivan's HMS Pinafore at our Ioc31 theatre,
Chequer Mead.
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
East Grlnstead Choral Soeiety
801961
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
from
01108123
31107124
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
Last year
to ttte nèarest
to the nearest £
to the nèarèst £
to the neaTOSt £
to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Members
Friends
Gift Aid r&laims
Conceits
Inlerest
Miscellaneous
19,243
1,675
3,927
12.302
696
133
19,243
1,675
3,927
12,302
696
133
16.470
2,603
13,457
231
Sub total{Gross income for AR)
2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
37,976
37,976
38,500
Sub total
Total receip
37,976
A3Pa
ments
Rehearsals
Concert5
Oministrabon
20,424
10,B50
2,185
20,424
10,850
2,186
19,752
9.748 1
2.950
Sub tota
33,459
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
270
Sub tota
270
33,459
32,720
Net of receipts/(payn7ents)
AS Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year en
4.517
4,517
5,780
25,125
25,125
19.345

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
to neamt £
Restricted
funds
io nearest £
Endowment
funds
to nèarnst £
Categories
Detsils
B1 Cash funds
CurrEnt account
392
29,055
Cash in h8ThJ
195
Total cash funds
29,642
£wrf¢SI
Unre5tri¢ted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
to neare3t t
Detalls
to I￿reSt £
to nearest £
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Current value
loptionall
Cost l0ptlon•ll
B4 Assets retained for the
charity's own use
Fund to ¥rthich
lfjabillty relat
Amount due
loption•ll
When du•
lopts'onall
Details
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or N¥0 trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
oate of
approval
S￿natUre
Print Name
JANET COLE
270225
SHEILA WALSH

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the tru8tse81
members of
East Grrnstead Choral Society
On accounts for the year
ended
31 July 2024
Charity no
(if any)
801961
Sot out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 31 July 2024.
Responsibilitles and As Ihe charity trustees of the Trust, you ate responsible for the preparation
ba818 of report of the accounts in aGGordance with the requirements of Ihe Charities Act
2011 (°the Acf).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have cornpleted rny examination. I confirm that no material rnatters have
come to my attention (ather than that disGlosed below") in connection with
the exarnination which gives rne cause to believe that in, any rnaterial
resped:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the aGGounling records
Indopendent
examinerfs statsrnent
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper underslanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please delete the words in the braGkets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
2t/o 21202 5-
Name:
nna Unsworth
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
lif any):
FCCA
Addres8:
39 Stockwell Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex. RH19 4BD
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete rf the examiner need8 to highlight rnatters of Goncern (see
CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance
for examiners).
Glve here brlef details
of any Iterns that the
xaminer wishes to
dlsclose.
IER
October 2018