**THREE SPIRES SINGERS   Charity No 900017 ANNUAL REPORT for Charity Commission 1[st] AUGUST 2023 to 31[st] JULY 2024** 

## **1. OBJECTS** 

The objects of Three Spires Singers are to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects, by the presentation of public concerts and recitals and by such other ways as the committee shall determine. 

**2. TRUSTEES** (elected at AGM 11th September 2023) 

Chair Lora Wicks Treasurer Simon Price Secretary Sally Williams Camilla Comeau Sally Hind 

## **3. MUSICAL DIRECTOR** 

James Anderson-Besant was appointed Musical Director starting in September 2023. 

## **4. MEMBERSHIP** 

There were approximately 130 singing members and 105  subscribing Patrons and Friends. 

## **5. MUSICAL ACTIVITIES** 

(numbers in brackets are approximate audience numbers) 

## **18[th] Nov 2023** 

Bach _Magnificat;_ Mozart _Requiem;_ Mozart _Horn Concerto 4_ (414) 

## **23[rd] March 2024** 

Bach _Mass in B Minor_ (350) 

## **6[th] July 2024** 

Parry _Hear my Words;_ Rutter _Requiem;_ Bernstein _Chichester Psalms_ ; Vaughan Williams _Five Mystical Songs_ 

## **6. OTHER ACTIVITIES** 

None. 

**7. PRESENT COMMITTEE** (re-elected at AGM 11[th] September 2024) 



|Chair|Lora Wicks *|
|---|---|
|Treasurer|Simon Price *|
|Secretary|Sally Williams *|
|Other members|Camilla Comeau *|
||Sally Hind *|
||Janet Harvey|
||Maureen Metcalfe|
||Sarah Williams|
||Nicola Taylor|



* _Trustees_ 

Simon Price Honorary Treasurer 19/05/2025 



## **THREE SPIRES SINGERS Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 July 2023 Registered Charity Number 900017** 

||**2023 LAST YEAR**|**2023 LAST YEAR**|**75,027.15**<br>**75,987.97**<br>960.82<br>-||**2024  THIS YEAR**|**2024  THIS YEAR**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RECEIPTS**|£|||£|||
|Members subscriptions|22,808.00|||24,638.00|||
|Patrons subscriptions|3,425.00|||3,530.00|||
|Friends subscriptions|1,703.00|||1,948.00|||
|Tax refunds|4,793.23|||6,171.71|||
|||32,729.23|||36,287.71||
|Bank interest gross||46.46|||152.39||
|Concert tickets, progs & ads||36,131.86|||21,465.52||
|Sponsorship and Donations<br>(Incl. £6.5k Fitkin project grants)||2,931.00|||1,920.00||
|Hire/Sale of music||104.00|||-||
|Fund raising||298.13|||171.99||
|Other income||2,586.47|||-||
|Float back in||200.00|||200.00||
|**Total receipts**||||||**60,197.61**|
||||||||
|**PAYMENTS**|||||||
|Rehearsals Fees|5,963.00|||6,029.00|||
|Venue|2,392.50|||2,057.28|||
|||8,355.50|||8,086.28||
|Concerts|||||||
|Conductor|3,800.00|||2,125.00|||
|Orchestra, music scores and instruments|29,502.01|||15,714.00|||
|Soloists|13,500.00|||7,630.00|||
|Venues & PRS|11,180.32|||15,276.27|||
|Advertising|40.00|||40.00|||
|Printing|3,829.38|||2,644.98|||
|Equipment costs (staging+transport)|837.00|||834.00|||
|Music purchase|-|||160.70|||
|Music hiring|758.35|||861.82|||
|||63,447.06|||45,286.77||
|Fund Raising costs|50.00|||-|||
|Administration etc|1,137.66|||531.61|||
|Other expenditure|2,797.75|||1,182.84|||
|Float out|200.00|||200.00|||
|Commissions|-|||-|||
|||4,185.41|||1,914.45||
|**Total payments**||||||**55,287.50**|
||||||||
|**Balance of receipts over payments**||||||4,910.11|
||||||||





|**Accumulated fund/Cash funds**||**2023**||**2024**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Accumulated fund brought forward**||45,766.17||44,805.35|||
|Excess of receipts over payments for year|-|960.82<br>-||4,910.11|||
|**Cash funds carried forward**|||44,805.35||**49,715.46**||
|**Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 July**|||||||
|**Cash funds**|||||||
|**Current account**|||44,805.35|49,715.46|||
|**Other monetary assets**|||||||
|**Assets retained for choir's own use**|||||||
|Music (nominal)||1,444.00||1,444.00|||
|Concert music stand (cost)||300.00||300.00|||
|Rehearsal music stand (cost)||30.00||30.00|||
||||1,774.00||1,774.00||
|**Liabilities**|Hire of cathedral July concert||1,779.00|Hire of staging July concert|125.00|est|
||Deposit Nov 2023concert paid||824.1||||
|**Debtors**||||Michael Spiers July advert|153.00||
|**BANK ACCOUNT AND RECONCILIATION**||31-Jul-23|||31/07/24||
|Balance brought forward||45,766.17|||44,805.35||
|Income for year||75,027.15|||60,197.61||
|Expenditure for year|-|75,987.97<br>-||-|55,287.50<br>-||
|Balance carried forward|||44,805.35|||**49,715.46**|
||**Barclays Bank**|||**Barclays Bank**|||
||Balance per bank statements at Jul 31st 2023|||Balance per bank statements at Jul 31st|||
||Community account|33,690.58||Community account|38,248.30||
||Business reserve account|11,114.77||Business reserve account|11,267.16||
||**GRAND TOTAL**||**44,805.35**|Cash in hand|200.00||
|Simon Price||||**GRAND TOTAL**||**49,715.46**|
|_Hon. Treasurer_|||||||



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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
! Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
THREE SPIRES SINGERS
On accounts for the year
ended
Charity no
(if any)
900017
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charrties Act 2011
('the Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5){b) of the Act.
Independent
examiner's statement
apphea￿. Delete [ ] if iiot appliGable.
I have completed my exarnination. I confinn that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records", or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no COn￿rnS 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.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
So- a£_2*.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
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IER
Oct 2018

(if any):
Address:
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018