BANBURY CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1132092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Society are 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 Society sees fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals.

Objects

The objects of the society shall be: 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; 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, LOCAL

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 Banbury Choral Society reported a net surplus of £5,338 for the year ended 31 August 2025, bringing total net assets to £13,683. The trustees' report confirms the society is in a healthy financial position, supported by strong membership and community contributions.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR LIZ SCAMANS
• Daniel John Roberts

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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