EXETER BACH SOCIETY

Registered charity 1120011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Exeter Bach Choir

The public performance of the works of J S Bach and other composers. Musical workshops.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF AND THE STUDY OF THE WORKS OF JOHANN SEBASTION BACH.2 TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE EXETER

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: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £2,525, having received £29,221 in income and spent £26,695. Per the trustees' report, total unrestricted reserves stood at £3,828, held to fund ongoing musical events. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would hinder understanding of the accounts.

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 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Elizabeth Scorer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Hird
• Anneke Schmidt
• Ksenia Scorer
• Michael Wigney
• Nicholas Du Buisson
• Raymond Flack · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• DERBY BACH CHOIR income £42k
• LONDON BACH SOCIETY income £147k
• EXETER MOSQUE AND CULTURAL CENTRE income £256k
• Chester Music and Theatre Company income £29k
• SHEFFIELD BACH SOCIETY income £35k
• THE BELPER MUSICAL THEATRE income £38k

Side by side with its peers

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