THE LEWISHAM CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1040570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote public education in and appreciation of choral music through providing learning and singing opportunities for members and presenting at least four public concerts a year.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CHORAL CONCERTS AND RECITALS, AND TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE, LEWISHAM

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 ended the year with a surplus, bringing total unrestricted funds to £57,964, which includes £10,000 in designated funds from a legacy. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to cover the costs of the next two major concerts, indicating a stable financial position without stated risks to going concern.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRENDA SCANLANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Wheeler
• Catherine Goddard · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Freeman
• Elizabeth Glasser
• Emily Williams
• JAMES TOOHILL
• Jane Wilson
• Jon Banks
• Lara Ruffle Coles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ole Baxter
• Penelope Anne Champion
• ROSEMARY JANET SAVINSON
• Rebecca Vicary

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

Operates in: Lewisham

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