BASINGSTOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 264670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The orchestra comprises mainly amateur players who play to a very high standard. It currently performs three concerts a year in the Anvil Concert Hall, Basingstoke. The concert programmes include mostly popular classical music.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE BASINGSTOKE

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 ended the 2024-2025 season with a profit of £6,974.06, resulting in a closing accumulated fund of £36,868.03. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts are an accurate record of financial activities, and the chair's report indicates the orchestra is well-positioned with a strong organisational foundation.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Henshawchair
• CLIVE EVANS
• David Parkston Simmonds · trustee of 1 other charity
• Grace Elizabeth Timms
• LALAGE ANNE COCHRANE
• TOM LEE
• Timothy James Martin

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

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

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