HARPENDEN CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 275986 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Harpenden Choral Society has about 75 members and performs four concerts a year in Harpenden, including a carol concert. The Society aims to perform an increasing range of choral music of all periods, both sacred and secular, to a high amateur standard with the help of professional soloists and instrumentalists. The Society promotes singing as a social activity and strives to attract new members.

Objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC BY THE STUDY, PRACTICE AND CONCERT PERFORMANCE OF CHORAL WORKS AND BY 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 Society ended the financial year with a surplus of £1,151.57 and unrestricted cash and bank balances of £14,434.72. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are within the target range of £12,000 to £15,000, and the budget indicates this level is expected to be preserved. The Society has no property, no funds materially in deficit, and no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Williams Church Music Trust — “We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of our current Sponsors the Williams Church Music Trust” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Melanie Evans
• David William Nye · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Mary Mayall
• Melanie Clare Gaches
• Michael John Walker
• Rosemary Ann White
• Rosemary Heather Russell
• Sheila Karen Mitchell

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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