OXFORD HARMONIC CHOIR

Registered charity 1023028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD HARMONIC SOCIETY

The Oxford Harmonic Society is a large amateur choir under professional musical direction which gives public performances of choral works supported by a professional orchestra and soloists. It holds three concerts a year in major Oxford venues and rehearses for two hours weekly in Oxford from early September to late June.

Objects

TO PROMOTE IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE OXFORD AND SURROUNDING AREA

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: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £6,647 for the year ended 31 July 2025. Total unrestricted funds (General Fund) decreased from £35,021 to £25,217, while the Endowment Fund increased slightly to £36,304. The trustees note that audience numbers remain disappointing due to a general reduction in concert-going post-pandemic.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA TOWNSENDchair
• Adam Martin
• Bettina Posselt
• DAVID PETER MORRIS FRSA · trustee of 1 other charity
• DIANA PICK
• Dr Robin James Wilson
• Katherine Booth Stevens
• Margarita Ann Morris
• Philip John Butcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rainer Buhler

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORD CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY.

• OXFORD CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY income £30k
• OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TRUST income £3.1m
• WATFORD PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY income £55k
• MUSIC AT OXFORD income £208k
• HAILSHAM CHORAL SOCIETY income £29k
• OXFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £43k

Side by side with its peers

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