CHOIR 2000

Registered charity 1090489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Three main choral concerts throughout the year. An open Come-and-Sing day once every other year.Entertainment for residents of retirement and nursing homes involving a small group from main choir. Involvement of local youth choirs in one of the main concerts. Fund raising for third-party charity organizations at one of the main concerts. Involvement in local community events when required.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE (PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY) PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CHOIR, THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £32,032.22 and incurred total expenditure of £32,880.28, resulting in a deficit of £848.06 for the year ended 31 July 2026. The unrestricted reserves decreased from £5,835.58 to £4,987.52 during this period. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 22/06/2024, 22 days after the 31/05/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2026£32k£33k
31/07/2025£35k£30k
31/07/2024£30k£31k
31/07/2023£27k£25k
31/07/2022£10k£17k

Common questions

Is CHOIR 2000 financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £32,032.22 and incurred total expenditure of £32,880.28, resulting in a deficit of £848.06 for the year ended 31 July 2026. The unrestricted reserves decreased from £5,835.58 to £4,987.52 during this period. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2006£3kChoral Day
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2004£5kCome & Sing

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HAWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST1£45k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST1£18k
DUMBRECK CHARITY1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHOIR 2000£32k——unclear—no doubt
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR FY2025£72k—0below—no doubt
WETHERBY CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
QUESTA FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARLIAMENT CHOIR FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY CHORUS FY2025£41k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.