ENGLISH SCHOOLS ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR

Registered charity 1072179 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide opportunities for young people to participate in a variety of musical activities, including orchestras, choirs and other music groups.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 25 BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF MUSICAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ORCHESTRAS, CHOIRS AND OTHER MUSIC,2) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL AND CHOIR CONCERTS AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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: Epsom and Ewell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £10,968 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £79,143. The trustees report that the charity relies on student fees, sponsorship, and donations, with no government funding received. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Stephen Whitton
• John Charles McIntosh CBE
• NIGEL BRANSON JP · trustee of 3 other charities
• SIR ROBERT BALCHIN · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENGLISH CHAMBER CHOIR.

• ENGLISH CHAMBER CHOIR income £54k
• THE ENGLISH CONCERT income £1.4m
• ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CHARITABLE TRUST income £51k
• CHILDREN'S CONCERTS income £141k
• THE CHILDRENS ART SCHOOL income £238k
• CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS income £321k

Side by side with its peers

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