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ASHTEAD CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 265400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The performance of sacred and secular music

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE BY THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF SACRED AND SECULAR CHORAL MUSIC.

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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Registered contact address: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£45k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £1,057 during the year, resulting in total unrestricted cash reserves of £16,582. This figure is above the trustees' stated policy target of £12,000 in unrestricted funds. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £12,000 in unrestricted funds (held: £17k)
“Having considered these issues the Trustees have decided that an appropriate level of reserve to be held is £12,000 in unrestricted funds.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£49k£45k
30/06/2024£80k£86k
30/06/2023£48k£60k
30/06/2022£35k£42k
30/06/2021£12k£8k

Common questions

Is ASHTEAD CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £1,057 during the year, resulting in total unrestricted cash reserves of £16,582. This figure is above the trustees' stated policy target of £12,000 in unrestricted funds. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
RONTADES LIMITED1£453k
BEAULAND LIMITED1£252k
SABENO LIMITED1£137k
GREATGREEN LIMITED1£120k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED1£113k
PARKWATER FOUNDATION1£110k
ORTERSHAM LIMITED1£80k
C R AND I TRUST LIMITED1£32k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASHTEAD CHORAL SOCIETY£49k—0above—no doubt
CROWBOROUGH CHORAL SOCIETY FY2026£28k——above—no doubt
THE HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£302k—0unclear—no doubt
BENSON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARLIAMENT CHOIR FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH, UXBRIDGE FY2025£231k—0unclear—no doubt

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