BRIGHTON ORPHEUS CHOIR

Registered charity 260887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rehearsal and performance of sacred and secular musicSupport of other charities

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PERFORMANCE OF SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, ANDB) TO ASSIST CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

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

£40k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,626 for the year, with total receipts of £31,666 against expenditure of £30,040. The bank balance at year-end was £28,391, and the trustees confirmed that reserves of this amount meet their stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reports that it has avoided spending more than income for the first time in at least four years.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Hilary Brownchair
Hilary Woodward
Richard Martini
Valerie Gray

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£40k	£30k
31/08/2024	£36k	£25k
31/08/2023	£20k	£37k
31/08/2022	£24k	£33k
31/08/2021	£8k	£2k

Common questions

Is BRIGHTON ORPHEUS CHOIR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,626 for the year, with total receipts of £31,666 against expenditure of £30,040. The bank balance at year-end was £28,391, and the trustees confirmed that reserves of this amount meet their stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reports that it has avoided spending more than income for the first time in at least four years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/03/2008	£8k	Silver Song Club - singing and making music with older people