HUTTON AND SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 273001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of choral and orchestral music in all aspects by the presentation of public choral and orchestral concerts and for the general purposes of such charitable bodies or for such other purposes as shall be exclusively charitable as the trustees may from time to time decide.

Objects

TO PROMOTE , IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS; AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: HUTTON AND SHENFIELD

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: Epping Forest, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£60k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at just over 1.9 times the annual concert turnover, which comfortably exceeds the charity's policy target of maintaining reserves comparable to approximately half of the annual concert turnover. The charity reported total assets of £48,302 with no liabilities due within one year, resulting in a net current asset position of £48,302.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“No grants were received during the year.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DEBORAH ANNE GILL
David John Philpott
Dr JOHN ERIC KELK
ESME BURTON
Ian Michael Hollocks
Jane Anne Davenport
Marina Maher
Patricia Ann Clark
ROBERT IAN SCOTT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£60k	£62k
31/07/2024	£65k	£54k
31/07/2023	£46k	£41k
31/07/2022	£35k	£33k
31/07/2021	£2k	£12k

Common questions

Is HUTTON AND SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at just over 1.9 times the annual concert turnover, which comfortably exceeds the charity's policy target of maintaining reserves comparable to approximately half of the annual concert turnover. The charity reported total assets of £48,302 with no liabilities due within one year, resulting in a net current asset position of £48,302. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

HARROW CHORAL SOCIETY income £59k
DURHAM CHORAL SOCIETY income £137k
WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY income £116k
ROMSEY CHORAL SOCIETY income £37k
CITY OF LONDON CHOIR income £176k
THE HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY income £302k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HUTTON AND SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY	£60k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARROW CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£59k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DURHAM CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£137k	—	above	—	no doubt
WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROMSEY CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£37k	—	above	—	no doubt
CITY OF LONDON CHOIR FY2025	£176k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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