THE CROYDON BACH SOCIETY

Registered charity 276843 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROYDON BACH CHOIR

Traditional choral society, with several public performances and Come and Sing Days every year in and around the Croydon area.

Objects

THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF CHORAL MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR THE WORKS OF BACH, IN ORDER TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH WORKS BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.

Area of benefit: CROYDON

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 charity remains financially viable despite lower membership numbers and ticket sales compared to pre-COVID levels. The trustees report that concerts did not generate a surplus from ticket income alone, relying instead on membership subscriptions and donations to cover costs. Specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure are not provided in the submitted text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust — “We are a registered charity, a member of Making Music and the National Association of Choirs , and are supported financially by the Humphrey…” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Voltichair
• Alan Longhurst · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Roseberg
• MARION PADGHAM
• MOIRA O'DONNELL
• Professor Elizabeth Alice Kuipers

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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