DANESBOROUGH CHORUS

Registered charity 1188026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a community choral society. We rehearse choral works composed between 1600 and the present day, mainly of classical repertoire, and perform them to the general public in high quality concerts with professional soloists, instrumentalists and orchestras. We also undertake training sessions and fund-raising activities such as singing at weddings and carol singing.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CIO IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity emerged from a challenging season with reserves intact, totaling £33,846.97. The trustees note that while concerts with professional soloists run at a loss, fundraising efforts and membership subscriptions have helped bridge the gap. The charity maintains a reserve policy to cover the average cost of a season's concerts, a target which they currently exceed.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Richard Roberts
• IAN GORDON SMITH
• Imogen Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICHOLAS WOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER JOHN SNELLING
• Professor Emeritus Keith Attenborough · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Gammon
• Sian Marie Clare Rees

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

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