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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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. (reserves figure: £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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £3,193 — grants £3,193 (4); 11% of the £28,004 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £1,225 — grants £1,225 (5); 5% of the £26,876 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £2,325 — grants £2,325 (4); 9% of the £24,950 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 03/03/2024, 32 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 19/02/2023, 19 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

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"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HACKNEY SINGERS.

HACKNEY SINGERS income £60k
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY income £45k
SUSSEX CHORUS income £30k
SHERBORNE CHAMBER CHOIR income £28k
CÔR Y GLEISION/CARDIFF BLUES CHOIR income £52k
ASHFORD (KENT) CHORAL SOCIETY income £52k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH DEVON SINGERS	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HACKNEY SINGERS FY2025	£60k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUSSEX CHORUS FY2026	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERBORNE CHAMBER CHOIR FY2025	£28k	—	above	—	no doubt
CÔR Y GLEISION/CARDIFF BLUES CHOIR FY2025	£52k	£5,832	unclear	—	no doubt

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