RIPON CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1185859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the CIO are to educate the public in the art and science of choral music and to promote, develop, and maintain appreciation of choral music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts , and by such other ways as the CIO through its committee shall determine from time to time.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £4,464 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting from expenditure of £83,994 against income of £79,531. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the current level of unrestricted reserves provides a prudent buffer, with cash funds closing at £63,326. The society delivered a full programme of concerts and maintained strong membership throughout the season.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucy Elizabeth Whitfieldchair
• Alexandra Clare Cranfield
• Andrzej Chirkowski
• Brian Robert Councell
• Edward John Winpenny
• Jacqueline Anne Pope
• Linda Ann Wainwright
• Stan Kidd
• Stephen Leslie Hornsey
• Susan Margaret Bravender
• Valerie Gail Easterbrook OBE

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.