SOUTH WEST LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1006413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of choral and other music, principally through organising regular choral music concerts in the Wandsworth area of London

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE. DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF CHORAL, ORCHESTRAL AND CHAMBER MUSIC IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC, CHORAL, ORCHESTRAL AND CHAMBER CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME, WITHIN THE GREATER LONDON AREA AND ELSEWHERE.

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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Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,816 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £32,062 and total expenditure of £28,246. The trustees confirmed that accumulated funds held at the year-end were above the stated reserves policy target of covering at least one concert or a year's expenditure. The society has no employees and operates under an independent examiner's report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Members’ subscriptions (60% of income)

“Members’ subscriptions 19,060” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least one concert and preferably a year's expenditure (held: £23k)

“The trustees consider it prudent that the Society should maintain reserves sufficient to cover the cost of at least one concert and preferably a year's expenditure.” — page 5

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

JANET MARY BARKchair

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£32k	£28k
31/08/2024	£30k	£29k
31/08/2023	£33k	£24k
31/08/2022	£14k	£15k
31/08/2021	£2k	£2k

Common questions

Is SOUTH WEST LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,816 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £32,062 and total expenditure of £28,246. The trustees confirmed that accumulated funds held at the year-end were above the stated reserves policy target of covering at least one concert or a year's expenditure. The society has no employees and operates under an independent examiner's report. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	2	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WEST ESSEX CHOIR.

SOUTH WEST ESSEX CHOIR income £39k
WETHERBY CHORAL SOCIETY income £46k
The London Chorus (London Choral Society) income £101k
NORTH LONDON CHORUS income £50k
SUMMERTOWN CHORAL SOCIETY income £38k
EASTBOURNE CHORAL SOCIETY income £33k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH WEST LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY	£32k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH WEST ESSEX CHOIR FY2025	£39k	—	within	—	no doubt
WETHERBY CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£46k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The London Chorus (London Choral Society) FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH LONDON CHORUS FY2025	£50k	—	above	—	no doubt
SUMMERTOWN CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£38k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.