BOOKHAM CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1058863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our charity is a choral society. We perform in the Leith Hill Music Festival and hold concerts for the community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC BY PRESENTATION OF PUPLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS, BY PARTICIPATION IN THE LEITH HILL FESTIVAL AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE GREAT BOOKHAM AND NEIGHBOURING TOWNS

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

£26k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,004 for the year ended 31st March 2025, with total receipts of £25,700 against payments of £23,696. Per the trustees' report, cash funds increased to £14,939, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £7,500. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £7,500 (held: £15k)

“Considering this, the Trustees have decided that reserves of £7,500 should be maintained.”

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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Julia Fieldchair
Amy Callaghan
CAROLINE JANE GIBBONS
JANET MARY KAY
Marion Pidgeon
Meg Caroline Frost
Neil Mcdowall
Sheila Millard

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£26k	£24k
31/03/2024	£24k	£20k
31/03/2023	£14k	£18k
31/03/2022	£12k	£10k
31/03/2021	£5k	£6k

Common questions

Is BOOKHAM CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,004 for the year ended 31st March 2025, with total receipts of £25,700 against payments of £23,696. Per the trustees' report, cash funds increased to £14,939, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £7,500. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BOOKHAM CHORAL SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOOKHAM CHORAL SOCIETY as a grant recipient include HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Concerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Concerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Concerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Concerts