THE BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR

Registered charity 1194569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Birmingham Bach Choir exists to give inspiring live performances to professional standards that engage our audiences with a distinctive mix of new and established repertoire. We aim to communicate our enthusiasm for great choral music to an increasing audience with concerts that, like our rehearsals, are both purposeful and enjoyable.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC BY ITS STUDY, PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE, AND TO FOSTER PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC THROUGH THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF MUSICAL EVENTS AND CONCERTS, AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £72,279, with unrestricted reserves of £35,778. The trustees consider the charity to be in a good financial position to fulfill its aims and have no uncertainty about continuing as a going concern.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The John Feeney — “The Birmingham Bach Choir gratefully acknowledges the financial support of The John Feeney.” (source page)
• Broughton Pianos — “Also to Broughton Pianos for their provision of a rehearsal piano.” (source page)
• The Grimmit Trust — “We have also received grants from: The Grimmit Trust” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Angus Bellshawchair
• James Henry Langstaff · trustee of 2 other charities
• Pauline Hygate

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• THE BACH CHOIR income £443k
• BRISTOL BACH CHOIR income £31k
• THAMES PHILHARMONIC CHOIR income £96k
• BOURNEMOUTH BACH CHOIR income £36k
• BINGHAM AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY income £26k
• CITY OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR income £72k

Side by side with its peers

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