BATH CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 263086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BATH CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

Performance of Choral Music, mainly classical, usually with orchestral accompaniment.

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

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £1,152 for the year, supported by strong membership subscriptions and Gift Aid income which offset losses from concerts. The Treasurer notes that reserves are susceptible to erosion due to variable income and rising costs, describing the financial position as challenging but currently stable due to a 'strong bedrock of reserves'.

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.

• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• Patricia Dunlopchair
• MR GEOFF FRANKCOM
• Michael Ledbury

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Gloucestershire · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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