TEWKESBURY CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 260811 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TEWKESBURY AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY

Provides classical choral music performances for the public and musical training/education.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE TEWKESBURY

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: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income of £34,600 exceeded expenditure by £6,254, resulting in free reserves of £35,427. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity continuing as a going concern. Reserves are held in a Community Savings Account to cover the cost of concerts in case of total loss of concert income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Members subscriptions, concert ticket sales and Patron subscriptions
“Members subscriptions, concert ticket sales and Patron subscriptions”
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 118

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£35k£28k
31/07/2024£30k£23k
31/07/2023£24k£25k
31/07/2022£20k£21k
31/07/2021£2k£4k

Common questions

Is TEWKESBURY CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that income of £34,600 exceeded expenditure by £6,254, resulting in free reserves of £35,427. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity continuing as a going concern. Reserves are held in a Community Savings Account to cover the cost of concerts in case of total loss of concert income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TEWKESBURY CHORAL SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TEWKESBURY CHORAL SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE GORDON GRAY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2021£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TEWKESBURY CHORAL SOCIETY£35k—0above—no doubt
TRING CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
WETHERBY CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£39k—0above—no doubt
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
ILKLEY CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt

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