LONDON BACH SOCIETY

Registered charity 1082788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LBS

The promotion of the music of J S Bach, his family - antecedants and descendants - his contemporaries and other relevant composers in public activities that include an annual Bachfest. We publish a free journal, maintain a Bach orchestral library for public benefit and own a chamber organ, also hired out. We provide an entree to the Bach world and information via our website and emailing services.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND IN PARTICULAR TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE MUSIC OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH AS WELL AS THAT OF HIS FAMILY (BOTH ANTECEDENTS AND DESCENDANTS), HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND ANY OTHER COMPOSERS WHOSE WORKS CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £254,889, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three months' running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £80,356 for the year, supported by a substantial legacy received from the Estate of Stephen Roberts.

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 6 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Andor Charitable Trust — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The John S Cohen Foundation — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Derek Hill Foundation — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Foyle Foundation — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Golsoncott Foundation — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Hargreaves & Ball Trust — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Edward Harvist Trust — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• The Manifold Trust — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)
• Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement — “CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation: The Andor Charitable Trust: The John S Cohen Foundation : The Derek Hill Foun…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• INGE-LISE MACKAAY
• PETER MENZIES SMAILL · trustee of 2 other charities
• RUPERT JAMES FRASER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED.

• ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £285k
• LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £156k
• THE STRATFORD UPON AVON CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY income £128k
• BRIGHTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED income £217k
• THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS OF GREAT BRITAIN income £1.4m
• THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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