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THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 273310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RTWCS

To provide musical education and entertainment for the general public and for society members by preparing and giving concerts of classical choral music.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE ART OF CHORAL SINGING BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - NORMALLY LOCAL

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: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position at year-end is healthy, with unrestricted reserves of £47,640 held as an appropriate buffer to maintain activity levels. The charity operates on a net deficit basis for the period, with total expenditure of £36,745 exceeding total incoming resources of £38,611, resulting in a net movement in funds of £1,866.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£39k£37k
31/07/2024£50k£53k
31/07/2023£35k£31k
31/07/2022£28k£32k
31/07/2021£8k£7k

Common questions

Is THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position at year-end is healthy, with unrestricted reserves of £47,640 held as an appropriate buffer to maintain activity levels. The charity operates on a net deficit basis for the period, with total expenditure of £36,745 exceeding total incoming resources of £38,611, resulting in a net movement in funds of £1,866. 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
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£16k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CHORAL SOCIETY£39k—0above—no doubt
THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FY2026£129k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
THOMAS TALLIS SOCIETY FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
BATH CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£83k—0unclear—noted
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt

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