HADLEIGH CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1033798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the benefits of music education and choral singing for personal well-being, and to the public by local concert performances in Hadleigh, SUFFOLK, and surrounding villages.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA AND DANCE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a relatively strong financial position with total net assets of £33,359 and unrestricted reserves of £28,393. The trustees report no going concern issues, although they identify risks related to diminishing membership and potential reductions in donations from Serendipity.

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 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• ILECS — “Hadleigh Choral Society is so excited to have ILECS, Independent Lift and Escalator Consultants of Mistley, as our sponsor for the next year…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Lesley Riddlechair
• Angela Mary McGonnell
• Elizabeth French
• Gwyneth Ann Oakshott
• Jane Louise Reader
• Jeffrey Rudman
• Jessica Helen Mary Bailey
• Martina Beatrix Shorts
• Ruth Elizabeth Turnbull

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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