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ABERDEENSHIRE SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA

SCO 49599

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

		Year to 31 March 2025	Year to 31 March 2025	Year to 31	March 2024
RECEIPTS			E	£
	Membership Subscriptions		7358	7075
	Workshops		1545	2627.5
	HMRC Gift Aid		2586.2	0
	Donations	chair-commisioned music	1000	600	Inverurie Choral Society
		Inchmario	404.2	591.85	refreshments
		Newton Dee	290	547	ticket sales (June, Dec)
		Keith Church	250	308	raffle (June)
		refreshments	219	171.95	Mandy's musical items
		Strathbogie Church	190	65.11	amazon/easy fundraising
		insch Church	172.5	50	sax repair
		Bartho!l Chapel!	100	37.87	Phoenix orchestra
		$ax repair	30
		easy fundraising	26.01
	Bank Interest		182.13	311.26
	Total Receipts		14353.04	12385.5
PAYMENTS
	Conductors’ fees		6907.38	8296.16	Conductors’ fees
	instruments		5026	1127.8	Hall rental!
	Music		1241.98	1018.31	Audio-visual, banners podium
	Hall rental		1200	724.53	Refreshments and gifts
	internet and zoom		249.49	519.06	internet and web
	Making Music		221	323.72	Publicity Expenses
	Publicity		126	300	Phoenix orchestra
	Accounts audit		120	259	Making Music
	Gifts		64.7	120	Auditofaccounts
	refreshments		51	112.93	Instruments
	audio-visual		17.49
	Total Payments		15225.04	12801.51
	Surplus (Deficit) forthe Period		£872	415.97
STATEMENT	OF BALANCES
	Total funds at	31 March 2024	7050.12
	Totalfundsat	31March2025	6178.12

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra Registered Charity Number: SC0495999

| report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 enclosed.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulations 10(1) (d) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c.) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examiner's statement My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently | do not express and audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner's statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

   • e to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

   • e to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

2. have not been met or

3. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signe

Pe ENN SOME Rn eT ASCT

Name

Designation: Finance Treasurer - Inverurie Orchestra

Address:

Date: 17

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT

ABERDEENSHIRE SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA. SCO 49599

25 June 2025

Trustees at year end:

Charity address;

c/o 7 The Quay Newburgh Ellon AB41 6DA

The above Orchestra is an unincorporated association. It operates with a constitution and is named ABERDEENSHIRE SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA. The Trustees are the volunteer adults appointed as Trustees in terms of the Constitution.

The charitiy’s aim is to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in musicand appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and recitals.

During the above period the charity comprised of 26 adult players and 3 student players.

The charity’s main income is subscriptions from adult players and the aim is to hold sufficient cash funds to meet all expenditure due and anticipated during a 12 month period. The Trustees received no remuneration for travel or other expenses. There were no services or facilities donated to the charity. There was no operating deficit.