SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR

Registered charity 1003687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music.

Objects

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 CHOIR THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £23,142, which remains above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £8,000 held as a contingency. The charity reported a small deficit of £154 for the year, noting that finances have been stabilised by careful spending and larger audiences.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £8,000 (held: £23k)

“The trustees’ policy on reserves is that at each financial year end a balance at least equal to the worst-case loss of one major concert, which has been demonstrated to be approximately £8,000, be held as a contingency against unexpected deficits in the following year.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Rebecca Jane Eldertonchair
ADRIAN MALE
ANNETTE JOY MILBURN BA HONS
Dr Raymond William Singleton
JANICE COLLINS
LIN WINSTON
PHILIP RICHARD BEVAN B.Sc ECON · trustee of 1 other charity
RACHEL MARY WILLIAMS
TIMOTHY WILLIAM HUNT LEWIS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£40k	£40k
31/03/2024	£36k	£29k
31/03/2023	£31k	£29k
31/03/2022	£10k	£15k
31/03/2021	£12k	£4k

Common questions

Is SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £23,142, which remains above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £8,000 held as a contingency. The charity reported a small deficit of £154 for the year, noting that finances have been stabilised by careful spending and larger audiences. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.