LAUNCESTON CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1154682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the Launceston Choral Society are as follows:1. Rehearse selected classical choral works and sing them at concert to a paying audience, usually at the Central Methodist Church Launceston.2. Three works are performed annually, plus a Christmas Concert also with a paying audience.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE:-(A) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.(B) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£13k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2013

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £250 — grants £250 (1); 2% of the £12,970 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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 28/06/2024, 59 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 16/05/2023, 16 days after the 30/04/2023 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 01/05/2022, 1 day after the 30/04/2022 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.

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Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£13k£12k
30/06/2024£9k£9k
30/06/2023£9k£9k
30/06/2022£5k£5k
30/06/2021£545£323