CROYDON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 213084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROYDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR, CROYDON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY CHOIR

Traditional choral society, performing several times per year in and around the Croydon area, with occasional additional activities.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CHORAL MUSIC, AND AS MEANS TO THIS END, THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF CHORAL WORKS BY ITS MEMBERS CONSTITUTED IN A CHOIR CALLED CROYDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR.

Area of benefit: CROYDON

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: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £334,691, comprising a General Fund of £50,634 and a Reserve Fund of £284,057. While the concerts incurred a deficit of £6,246, this was covered by membership fees and returns on reserves, resulting in an overall net surplus for the year. The trustees note that future costs will rise due to a major concert, requiring larger audiences to cover costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Overall, the Choir's General Fund increased a little during this year. However, next year will see higher costs as we will be mounting a major concert in the Fairfie Hall in spring. Clearly we need to attract larger audiences, both because this will boost the choir's performance and to enable us to continue to cover our costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

DR KATHARINA KREISSIG
Karen Williams
Lisa Kirk
Martin Richard Day
ROSEMARY STONE
Rev Stephen Wright
Sheila Reed

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

Operates in: Croydon · Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£35k	£32k
30/06/2024	£52k	£58k
30/06/2023	£145k	£25k
30/06/2022	£31k	£39k
30/06/2021	£18k	£7k

Common questions

Is CROYDON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £334,691, comprising a General Fund of £50,634 and a Reserve Fund of £284,057. While the concerts incurred a deficit of £6,246, this was covered by membership fees and returns on reserves, resulting in an overall net surplus for the year. The trustees note that future costs will rise due to a major concert, requiring larger audiences to cover costs. 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 LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £285k
TRING CHORAL SOCIETY income £35k
CROYDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £27k
PHILHARMONIA CHORUS LIMITED income £251k
HUNTINGDONSHIRE PHILHARMONIC income £43k
SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY income £34k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CROYDON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY	£35k	—	unclear	—	noted
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£285k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRING CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CROYDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FY2025	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PHILHARMONIA CHORUS LIMITED FY2025	£251k	—	above	—	no doubt
HUNTINGDONSHIRE PHILHARMONIC FY2025	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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