CHESTER ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1181355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

CHESTER ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY, PERFORMING AS CHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, IS ONE OF THE NORTH WEST'S PREMIER NON-PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS. WE HOLD 4 MAIN CONCERTS A YEAR, PARTICULARLY PROMOTING YOUNG SOLOISTS FROM THE AREA. OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY IN OR LISTEN TO VARIED PROGRAMMES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.

Objects

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 THAT THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.

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: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds increased from £30,114 to £36,492 during the period, driven by unrestricted receipts of £26,419 against payments of £29,581. The trustees report that the 2024-25 season was successful and that the charity will continue to operate in a similar manner going forwards.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Diana Mary Andersonchair
• ALEXANDRA JOAN STUBBS
• Dr James Andrew Warwick
• Jane Rebecca Holmes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Madeleine Mary McCraight
• SUSAN MARGARET TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Dawn Slater

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• CHESTER MUSIC SOCIETY income £87k
• WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY income £81k
• SETTLE ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY income £30k
• EASTER ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY income £60k
• THE NORFOLK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £41k
• NORTH LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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