VIVACE CHORUS

Registered charity 1207710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance public education and appreciation of choral music in all its aspects in particular by the presentation of public concerts and by other such means as the Committee of the Choir shall determine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND BY OTHER SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY SHALL 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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Latest income

£168k

Latest spending

£149k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an overall surplus of £18,778 for the financial year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £86,758. The trustees report that these reserves are healthy and sufficient to meet the charity's stated policy of underwriting two years of future expenditure. The charity is a newly formed entity that replaced a former charity, transferring its assets to the new structure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years of unrestricted expenditure (held: £87k)

“It is the policy of the choir to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity, at a level which underwrites the net cost of the next two years’ concerts, in addition to net management and administration and support costs for those two years.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

The Bellasis Trust — “We thank The Bellasis Trust for their grant to us for the 2025 Royal Albert Hall concert.” (source page)
ROK Coffee — “We are indebted to the sponsor for the concert, ROK Coffee :” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Peters
Christopher Carl Peters
Dr Charlotte Eleanor Mathieson
Dr Philip Nigel Stanford
Hilary Elizabeth Trigg
Rebecca Jane Kerby
Richard Howard Dacey
Sarah Jane Badger

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£168k	£149k

Common questions

Is VIVACE CHORUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an overall surplus of £18,778 for the financial year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £86,758. The trustees report that these reserves are healthy and sufficient to meet the charity's stated policy of underwriting two years of future expenditure. The charity is a newly formed entity that replaced a former charity, transferring its assets to the new structure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£62k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	2	£10k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	2	£6k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£1.1m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£350k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE LINBURY TRUST	1	£100k

Charities like this

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

DURHAM CHORAL SOCIETY income £137k
CITY OF LONDON CHOIR income £176k
PHILHARMONIA CHORUS LIMITED income £251k
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £285k
WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY income £116k
OXFORD LIEDER income £710k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VIVACE CHORUS	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DURHAM CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£137k	—	above	—	no doubt
CITY OF LONDON CHOIR FY2025	£176k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PHILHARMONIA CHORUS LIMITED FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£285k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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