SOUTH DEVON SINGERS

Registered charity 1144469 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TEIGNMOUTH COMMUNITY CHOIR

Our aim is to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music by the presentation of public concerts and performances and by such other ways as the association through its committee shall determine from time to time. We aim to promote the public understanding and engagement with science through performing at Science Festivals.

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Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus carried forward of £11,109, representing a year-on-year increase of £4,451. Reserves held were £1,500, which the trustees explained were maintained to ensure the choir could continue to operate even if income was reduced. The document does not disclose any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure that the choir can continue to operate even if income is reduced e.g. reduced contributions from ticket sales or fees. (held: £2k)

“Reserves are held to ensure that the choir can continue to operate even if income is reduced e.g. reduced contributions from ticket sales or fees.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jane Clarkchair
Claire Frances Harding
Evelyn Isabel Marsden
Janet Richardson
Stephen Brown
Susan Joanna Daniels

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Somerset · Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£28k	£24k
31/03/2024	£27k	£25k
31/03/2023	£25k	£23k
31/03/2022	£21k	£20k
31/03/2021	£10k	£10k

Common questions

Is SOUTH DEVON SINGERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus carried forward of £11,109, representing a year-on-year increase of £4,451. Reserves held were £1,500, which the trustees explained were maintained to ensure the choir could continue to operate even if income was reduced. The document does not disclose any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/03/2013	£4k	"Singing A Woman's Century: a choral song cycle based on the words of women born in each decade of the twentieth century"