WOODBRIDGE CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 276627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the Society are to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public performances of choral and orchestral music and for related activities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND FOR RELATED ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: WOODBRIDGE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased from £47,666.96 to £30,632.65, while total expenditure fell from £26,488.68 to £18,417.60, resulting in a reduced surplus. The charity holds unrestricted funds (general fund) of £4,472.16 and a restricted supporters' fund of £7,742.89, with total net assets carried forward at £66,404.13. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts are an accurate reflection of transactions, indicating no reported control failures or regulatory issues.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAWN GILMOUR
• David Henry Pearce
• JOANNA CROWE
• Neil Kevin Clayton
• Patricia Findley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sara Woolstencroft
• WILLIAM FRANK WICKHAM

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY income £116k
• THE TONBRIDGE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY income £59k
• HUTTON AND SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY income £60k
• COR MEIBION PONTARDDULAIS/ THE PONTARDDULAIS MALE VOICE CHOIR income £51k
• GUILDFORD CHORAL SOCIETY income £93k
• CITY OF LONDON CHOIR income £176k

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