NORTHAMPTON BACH CHOIR

Registered charity 276390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion and performance of Choral music for concerts mainly in Northampton

Objects

TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS;TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT INCLUDING THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NORTHAMPTON

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: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£50k

Latest spending

£54k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £4,035 for the year, reducing total unrestricted reserves to £54,844. The trustees report that reserves are held to approximate six months' expenditure, and the current level is above the stated policy target of £27,000 (50% of estimated annual expenditure).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' expenditure (held: £55k)

“The choir aims to hold cash reserves approximating to 6 months’ expenditure in order to fund concerts and other events where a proportion of the income only arises close to the event itself.” — page 2

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

Sarah Noelle Wisechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Claire Elizabeth Lavender Jennings
DAVID BRIAN GEORGE TRISTRAM · trustee of 1 other charity
Geoffrey Martin Gill
Iain Charles Erskine
Lady Judith Ann ELLWOOD
Rachael Gill
SHEILA ANN MOAKES
Thomas Andrew Jones

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£50k	£54k
31/07/2024	£57k	£56k
31/07/2023	£53k	£59k
31/07/2022	£65k	£72k
31/07/2021	£19k	£14k

Common questions

Is NORTHAMPTON BACH CHOIR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £4,035 for the year, reducing total unrestricted reserves to £54,844. The trustees report that reserves are held to approximate six months' expenditure, and the current level is above the stated policy target of £27,000 (50% of estimated annual expenditure). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/09/2005	£5k	Messiah

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
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	2	£40k
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	1	£141k
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£140k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£42k
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL BACH CHOIR.

BRISTOL BACH CHOIR income £31k
NOTTINGHAM BACH CHOIR income £32k
NORTHAMPTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £40k
THE CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR income £94k
BOURNEMOUTH BACH CHOIR income £36k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTHAMPTON BACH CHOIR	£50k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRISTOL BACH CHOIR FY2025	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAM BACH CHOIR FY2025	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FY2026	£40k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR FY2025	£94k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH BACH CHOIR FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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