EARLS BARTON MUSIC

Registered charity 1155222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EBM

Earls Barton Music is a not-for-profit community organisation. It has a choir of 200 members who perform choral works for the entertainment of the local public. It makes public performances at least twice annually and is involved in an annual carol concert that raises money for charity. It supports other local organisation through donations, loaning equipment or providing technical expertise.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF EARLS BARTON MUSIC (THE SOCIETY) SHALL BE1. 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; AND2. 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.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £1,606 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £8,443 to £6,837. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds unrestricted net assets of £6,837, represented by cash at bank and in hand less creditors. The accountant's report certifies that the accounts are in accordance with the books and records produced.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JON REESchair
• David George Lawrence
• Hugh William Murphy BSc
• PAT CHACKSFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Hollingshurst BEd

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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