CIRENCESTER CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 276649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Choir of 100 performing concerts (sometimes with profits to other charities)Running workshops and training for singers.All undertaken at minimal cost to participants with reductions for young people to enable as wide a participation as possble.

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Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£22k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £3,562 for the period, raising its accumulated unrestricted funds to £24,875. The trustees' report indicates the charity is planning a structural change to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, with assets to be transferred to the new entity. The accounts state that all funds are unrestricted and held on deposit, with no long-term investments.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least six months’ normal running costs (held: £25k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to at least six months’ normal running costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Julia Katherine Louise Haslerchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ALISON SARA CROOKS
ANDREW JOHN CRANE · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN MAXWELL DEACON · trustee of 1 other charity
Julia Elizabeth Nolan · trustee of 1 other charity
LESLEY DOROTHY NELSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Pamela Simpson · trustee of 1 other charity
Rosalind Sarah Ivison · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2026	£26k	£22k
31/05/2025	£26k	£26k
31/05/2024	£30k	£26k
31/05/2023	£27k	£23k
31/05/2022	£25k	£21k

Common questions

Is CIRENCESTER CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £3,562 for the period, raising its accumulated unrestricted funds to £24,875. The trustees' report indicates the charity is planning a structural change to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, with assets to be transferred to the new entity. The accounts state that all funds are unrestricted and held on deposit, with no long-term investments. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.