TILFORD BACH SOCIETY

Registered charity 230601 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Tilford Bach Festival

We are a music promotion society.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION BY THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF:- (A) WORKS BY JS BACH IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE STYLE AND DEMANDS OF HIS PERIOD (B) WORKS BY OTHER COMPOSERS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE. (C) WORKS WHICH THE SOCIETY MAY COMMISSION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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
£25k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £15,912 at the end of 2024, following a net movement in funds of -£5,702. The trustees report that the charity is in good shape with strong finances and confident that sufficient reserves remain for 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Reading · Slough · Surrey · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£25k£31k
31/12/2023£33k£23k
31/12/2022£29k£26k
31/12/2021£24k£22k
31/12/2020£14k£13k

Common questions

Is TILFORD BACH SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £15,912 at the end of 2024, following a net movement in funds of -£5,702. The trustees report that the charity is in good shape with strong finances and confident that sufficient reserves remain for 2026. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2004£3kMusic festival