ATHERSTONE CHORAL SOCIETY CIO

Registered charity 1163109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a mixed voice choir of 60+ members. We meet weekly during term time to rehearse and perform at least four public concerts per year mainly in North Warwickshire and surrounding areas. The music we perform is varied including classical, religious and popular. We work with a variety of soloists, musicians and school groups.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND PARTICULARLY THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

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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Registered contact address: Nuneaton and Bedworth, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a healthy bank balance of £15,710.03, representing an increase from the previous year. Although concert expenditure increased and fundraising income decreased, the society maintained its operations through sponsorship, donations, and carried-forward funds. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the continuation of the society.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: enough funds to ensure the Society is able to cover any concert abandonment (reserves figure: £16k)
“The aim of Atherstone Choral Society CIO is to maintain enough funds to ensure the Society is able to cover any concert abandonment which is held in the Business Money Maker account at HSBC and gains interest monthly.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£30k£29k
31/07/2024£25k£21k
31/07/2023£23k£21k
31/07/2022£18k£19k
31/03/2021£6k£9k

Common questions

Is ATHERSTONE CHORAL SOCIETY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a healthy bank balance of £15,710.03, representing an increase from the previous year. Although concert expenditure increased and fundraising income decreased, the society maintained its operations through sponsorship, donations, and carried-forward funds. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the continuation of the society. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BRIAN LESLIE RACHER 2004 CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYSTON CHORAL SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ATHERSTONE CHORAL SOCIETY CIO£30k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYSTON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2026£34k£5,7950unclear—no doubt
BOSTON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£12k—0unclear—no doubt
CIRENCESTER CHORAL SOCIETY FY2026£26k—0unclear—no doubt
KNOT ANOTHER CHOIR CIO FY2026£39k——unclear—no doubt
ALTRINCHAM CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt

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