CONCERTS AT CRATFIELD CIO

Registered charity 1169617 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of chamber music in all its aspects by the presentation of professional public concerts and by such other ways as the society through its committee shall determine from time to time

Objects

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

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £4,758 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £40,040.94 against expenditure of £35,282.94. Free reserves increased to £32,739.81, representing a 17% rise from the previous year. The trustees note that the charity has consolidated its strong financial base following the pandemic, though expenditure growth outpaced income growth in 2025.

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 3 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 7

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Hyatt King
Christine Campbell Delvin
Graham Ingham
Jane Glenda Bennett
Jonathan Birt
Marilyn Reeves
Simon Whitney-Long
Victoria Bennett-Hall

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£40k	£35k
31/12/2024	£38k	£29k
31/12/2023	£33k	£26k
31/12/2022	£20k	£23k
31/12/2021	£7k	£7k

Common questions

Is CONCERTS AT CRATFIELD CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £4,758 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £40,040.94 against expenditure of £35,282.94. Free reserves increased to £32,739.81, representing a 17% rise from the previous year. The trustees note that the charity has consolidated its strong financial base following the pandemic, though expenditure growth outpaced income growth in 2025. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£28k
THE THOMAS HOWELL'S EDUCATION FUND FOR NORTH WALES	1	£10k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	1	£2k
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£400

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHERBORNE CHAMBER CHOIR.

SHERBORNE CHAMBER CHOIR income £28k
NEW SINFONIA income £203k
CATHEDRAL CONCERT SOCIETY income £22k
O/MODERNT FOUNDATION income £456k
CHAPTER HOUSE CHOIR income £45k
CHICHESTER CHAMBER CONCERTS income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CONCERTS AT CRATFIELD CIO	£40k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERBORNE CHAMBER CHOIR FY2025	£28k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEW SINFONIA FY2025	£203k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CATHEDRAL CONCERT SOCIETY FY2025	£22k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
O/MODERNT FOUNDATION FY2026	£456k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHAPTER HOUSE CHOIR FY2026	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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