THE CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR

Registered charity 261961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Performance of works of music

Objects

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

Area of benefit: CHELTENHAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£94k

Latest spending

£92k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall profit of £6,525 for the 16-month period ending 31st August 2025. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £94,901, while restricted funds held £15,085 and £33,744 respectively. The trustees report that efforts continue to manage concert costs effectively despite a programme loss.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicola Bryantchair
Adrian Nicholas Salter
Alan Hazell
Alan Winwood · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Ryan
Dr Katherine Jane McIntosh Steinhardt
Dr Katherine Victoria Parkin
Dr Rebecca Rea
Dr SHIRLEY ELLIOTT
EMMA REED
Margaret Helen Louise Salter

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£94k	£92k
30/04/2024	£133k	£48k
30/04/2023	£59k	£71k
30/04/2022	£36k	£47k
30/04/2021	£29k	£13k

Common questions

Is THE CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall profit of £6,525 for the 16-month period ending 31st August 2025. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £94,901, while restricted funds held £15,085 and £33,744 respectively. The trustees report that efforts continue to manage concert costs effectively despite a programme loss.

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
JERWOOD FOUNDATION	1	—
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£32k
THE MILA CHARITABLE ORGANISATION	1	£30k
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION	1	£20k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£10k
THE JECTUS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOURNEMOUTH BACH CHOIR.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR	£94k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH BACH CHOIR FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHICHESTER CHAMBER CONCERTS FY2025	£29k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHELTENHAM CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDREN'S CONCERTS FY2025	£66k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LEICESTER BACH CHOIR FY2025	£34k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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