## **APPENDIX 1**
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**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
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|From|1|April|2025|To|31|March|2026|
Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator**
## **Reference and administration details**
**Charity name** Rudsambee Company of Singers **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC037564 Charity’s principal address** Mrs Susan Wexler 16 Morningside Park Edinburgh **Postcode EH10 5HB**
## **Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report**
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**not for whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
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**20**|Gordon Leckie|Administrator|||
||Rachael King||||
||Jane Watson||From 1-06-2025||
||Christopher Young||From 1-06-2025||
||Marie-Claire Grounds||||
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**APPENDIX 1**
## **Reference and administration details**
**Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)**
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|**Structure, governance and management**|||
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|**Type of governing document**
**Trustee recruitment and appointment**|||
||Rudsambee Company of Singers is a charitable unincorporated
Association and the purposes and administration arrangements are set
out in our constitution.||
||All of Rudsambee’s trustees are appointed or reappointed by the
members at our annual general meeting which is held in May or June
each year.||
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|**Objectives and activities**|||
|**Charitable purposes**
**Summary of the main activities**
**in relation to these objects**|||
||Our purposes, as recorded in our constitution, are to advance the
education of the public in the art of music, particularly, but not exclusively,
through a cappella [unaccompanied] singing.||
||Concerts where we are the sole or main performers
Joint concerts with other choirs or musicians
Singing for events organised by other charities or groups
Recording our songs||
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## **APPENDIX 1**
## **Achievements and performance**
|**Summary of the main achievements of**
**the charity during the financial period**|For our 2025 season, Rudsambee Company of Singers continued its programme
of performances across Edinburgh, bringing choral music to a range of audiences
and venues while also focusing on recruitment and community engagement.
Our performances during the year included concerts at Canongate Kirk in June, St
Giles’ Cathedral in September and December, New Town Church in December,
and Rosslyn Chapel in January. As always, we were delighted to perform in
venues with strong musical and community traditions, and we were grateful for the
warm support we received from audiences throughout the season. It has been
especially rewarding to perform as part of a growing series of daytime concerts
offered by New Town Church as a moment of calm in the centre of the capital city.
As ever, Rudsambee’s repertoire ensured a varied concert programme, and this
year we performed unaccompanied choral music from almost every continent. In
January, we performed a Robert Burns-themed programme which included
settings of his poems by former members of Rudsambee.
Alongside our concert programme, we held open rehearsals in April and August as
part of our ongoing efforts to welcome new singers and encourage wider
participation in choral music. These rehearsals provided an opportunity for
prospective members to experience the choir in an informal and supportive
environment, and helped strengthen our connections within the local community.
The year has also continued to bring challenges, particularly around sustaining
membership numbers and balancing the demands of rehearsal and performance
schedules alongside members’ personal and professional commitments. Despite
this, the choir has remained committed to maintaining high musical standards and
to fostering the sense of friendship, collaboration and well-being that comes from
singing together.
We continue to enjoy sharing music with audiences across Edinburgh and beyond,
and we look forward to building on this work in the coming year.|
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## **Financial review**
|**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**
**on reserves**
**Details of any deficit**
**Donated facilities and services (if any)**|Rudsambee held unrestricted funds of £5190at the year end. Our policy is
to hold sufficient resources to meet our regular costs (music, insurance,
venue hire, director’s honorarium etc.).|
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||We performed at St Giles’ Cathedral for no fee as usual; any donations left
in the collection boxes after our concerts go to the cathedral.|
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APPENDIX 1
Other optional information
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