OXFORD CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1084539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing public chamber music concerts in Oxford

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHAMBER MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL CONCERTS, AND THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE OXFORD.

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 Society broke even for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £30,136 and total expenditure of £30,127. The trustees report that the financial position is satisfactory and the Society holds unrestricted reserves of £9,965, which they consider sufficient to meet the costs of cancelling one concert.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• John Herbert Dunstonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Caroline Rebecca Simmonds
• Erica Kendall
• Gael Decoudu
• JENNIFER HAY
• JEREMY GOULDING
• KATRIN ANTONIE VOLTMER
• MALCOLM NIGEL PEARCE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tim Kennedy

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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