NOTTINGHAM BACH CHOIR

Registered charity 1194215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Nottingham Bach Choir educates the public in the art and science of music, in the presentation of concerts. A particular activity is the study and performance of the music of J S Bach and his contemporaries.The choir rehearses weekly during term time at St John's Church, Carrington and performs three or four times a year in mainly church venues in the city and county of Nottinghamshire.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. A PARTICULAR OBJECT SHALL BE THE STUDY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MUSIC OF J. S. BACH AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

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: Newark and Sherwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,098 for the year ended 31 July 2025, compared to a surplus of £41,469 in the previous period. Total receipts decreased from £98,294 to £31,691, while total payments fell from £56,825 to £38,789. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records.

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What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Conflicting interests
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding 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 (18/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Jane McLellandchair
• Andrew Bennett
• CATHERINE CLARE MACKIE
• Christopher Michael Steel
• Elizabeth Anne Cordle
• Gordon Brian Stoner
• Philip Alexander Robert Wye
• SOPHIA VERITY LEWIN
• Timothy David Lewis

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

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• NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE BACH CHOIR SOCIETY income £57k
• GWENT BACH CHOIR income £27k
• NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CHOIR OF GREAT BRITAIN income £333k
• NEW LONDON MUSIC ASSOCIATION income £113k
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