THE
HERITAGE SINGERS
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS
The
Trustees
Mr.
Tim Knight
Mr. Edward Turner
Mrs. Julie Smith
Mr. Alan Smith
Mrs
Joanne Shaw
Principal
Address
c/o
E C Turner
3
Warrels Grove
Bramley
Leeds
LS13
3NN
Choir
Examiners
John
Hempsell
20,
Vyner House,
Front
Street,
Acomb
York
YO24
3DW
Ken
Keeping
Lacy
Villa,
off
Moorlands Road,
Dewsbury
WF13
2LF
Bankers
and Other Financial
Advisors
HSBC
4
Otley Road
Headingley
LS6
2DS
Introduction
The
choir was established in 1993 and decided
to apply for charitable status at the AGM on 1st.
February 2004.
This process was completed on 9th. May 2005. The
charity is an
unincorporated association, registered under the Charities Act 1960,
registration number 1109375.
Governing
Document
The purposes and administration of
the choir are
regulated by the Heritage Singers Constitution, which was drawn up and
adopted
by the choir in 2004, and amended in April 2005.
Objectives
of the Charity
To promote, develop and maintain
public education in
and appreciation of the art and science of choral music in all its
aspects by
the provision of music for church services, the presentation of public
choral
concerts and for the general purpose of such charitable bodies, or for
such
other purposes as shall be exclusively charitable as the committee may
from
time to time determine.
Review of
Developments, Activities and
Achievements
This year the
choir has:
·
visited
several
churches to assist in worship;
·
performed
several concerts;
·
sung at a
number of weddings to raise funds;
·
spent a
weekend
in Northumberland where two concerts were given along with morning and
eveing
service at Hexham Abbey;
·
visited
Budapest
to sing at three concerts and featured the music of living English
composers;
and
·
finished
paying
off the outstanding cost of the USA tour in 2005.
The
transactions during the year
and the financial position are set out on pages 5 to 6. It is
the intention
of the trustees to continue to use available funds to promote, develop
and
maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of
choral
music.
The
Trustees
The trustees
who served the charity during the period were
as follows:
Mr.
Tim Knight
Mr.
Edward Turner
Mrs.
Julie Smith
Mr
Alan Smith
Mrs
Joanne Shaw
The
power of appointing and removing trustees
is vested in the trustees for the time being.
Accounting
Policies
Basis of Accounting
The
financial statements have been prepared as a receipts and payments
account, and
in accordance with the Charities Act 1993 and the Statement of
Recommended
Practice on accounting by charities.
Responsibilities
of the Trustees
The
Charities Act 1993 requires the trustees
to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a
true and
fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the ending of the
year and
of the surplus or deficiency for the year then ended.
The
trustees are required to select suitable
accounting policies, as described above, and then apply them on a
consistent
basis, making judgements and estimates that are prudent and
reasonable. It
is the responsibility of the trustees to determine and maintain the
level of
reserves that it is appropriate to maintain in order to meet its
objectives.
The
trustees are responsible for keeping
proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at
any time
the financial position of the charity and to enable them to comply with
The
Charities Act 1993. The trustees are also responsible for
safeguarding
the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed by order of the trustees
……………………………………
Tim Knight
…………………………………….
Edward Turner
……………………………………..
Alan Smith
Approved
by the trustees on 20th.
April 2008
THE
HERITAGE SINGERS
Choir
EXAMINERS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
YEAR
ENDED 31
DECEMBER 2007
This report on
the financial statements of the Heritage
Singers for the year ended 31 December 2007, which are set out on pages
5 and
6, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with
section 43 of
the Charities Act 1993 and with the choir’s constitution.
Basis
of Opinion
We conducted
our examination in accordance with the General
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of
the
Charities Act 1993. That examination includes a review of the
accounting
records kept by the choir and a comparison of the accounts with those
records.
It includes considering any unusual items or disclosures in the
financial
statements and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any
such
matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the
evidence that would
be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit
opinion on
the view given by the accounts.
We planned and
performed our examination so as to obtain
all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in
order to
provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that
the
financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether
caused by
fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming our opinion
we also
evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in
the
financial statements.
Choir
examiners’
statement
In connection
with our examination, no matter has come to our
attention:
·
which gives us
reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements;
–
to keep
accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Charities Act
1993; and
–
to prepare
financial statements, which accord with the accounting records and
comply with
the requirements of the Charities Act 1993
have not been
met; or
·
to which, in
our
opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of
the accounts to be reached.
___________________________________
John
Hempsall
Ken
Keeping
THE
HERITAGE SINGERS
RECEIPTS
AND PAYMENTS
ACCOUNT
FOR
THE YEAR ENDED 31
DECEMBER 2007
Receipts
|
2007
(£)
|
|
2006
(£)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrestricted receipts from donors and members
|
|
|
|
|
|
Members
subscriptions
|
700.00
|
|
856.50
|
|
|
Donations
|
130.00
|
|
139.00
|
|
|
|
|
830.00
|
|
995.50
|
|
Unrestricted
receipts from activities to further the work of the choir
|
|
|
|
|
|
Choir
concerts
|
592.00
|
|
124.00
|
|
|
CD
sales
|
170.00
|
|
298.47
|
|
|
Fees
paid for choir weddings
|
250.00
|
|
900.00
|
|
|
|
|
1012.00
|
|
1322.47
|
Receipts
from fund-raising events and activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recitals
etc by choir members
|
-
|
|
204.50
|
|
|
Raffles
|
60.00
|
|
19.00
|
|
|
“Buy
At” website commission
|
24.50
|
|
65.49
|
|
|
Carol
singing
|
215.05
|
|
53.80
|
|
|
Coach
trip to Grassington
|
304.00
|
|
-
|
|
|
Anthem
competition fees
|
135.00
|
|
255.00
|
|
|
|
74.00
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
812.55
|
|
597.79
|
|
Restricted
donations for tours (Amsterdam 2006 and Budapest 2007)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Donations
made by members towards tour costs
|
1080.00
|
|
89.11
|
|
|
|
|
1080.00
|
|
89.11
|
Other restricted receipts
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collection
for members’ wedding gift
|
91.00
|
|
|
|
|
Choir
meal deposit
|
10.00
|
|
-
|
|
|
Donations
towards purchase of mens’ uniforms
|
572.5
|
|
-
|
|
|
Lottery
grant for purchase of new music
|
-
|
|
4000.00
|
|
|
|
|
673.50
|
|
4000.00
|
Receipts
from investments etc
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank
credit adjustment
|
-
|
|
30.00
|
|
|
Bank
interest
|
-
|
|
1.69
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
31.69
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL RECEIPTS
|
|
4408.05
|
|
7036.56
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments
|
2007
(£)
|
|
2006
(£)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments
for choir core activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Music
|
972.57
|
|
2937.06
|
|
|
Accompanist’s
fees
|
25.00
|
|
170.00
|
|
|
Purchase
of mens’ uniforms
|
760.00
|
|
-
|
|
|
Hire
of church for regular rehearsals
|
210.00
|
|
367.00
|
|
|
|
|
1967.57
|
|
3474.06
|
Payments for choir administration
|
|
|
|
|
|
Printing
of programmes, letters, postage cost etc
|
-
|
|
9.48
|
|
|
Administrator’s
expenses
|
22.18
|
|
40.00
|
|
|
|
|
22.18
|
|
49.48
|
|
Payments
for fund-raising and publicity
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prize
for anthem competition winner (2006 competition)
|
100.00
|
|
-
|
|
|
Grassington
coach trip costs
|
445.00
|
|
|
|
|
CD
purchase costs
|
-
|
|
150.00
|
|
|
|
|
545.00
|
|
150.00
|
|
Payments
for tours (Budapest 2007, Amsterdam 2006 and USA 2005)
|
|
|
|
|
|
USA
flight costs
|
1250.00
|
