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TRING CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 276980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Choral Society performing 3 concerts annually.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MUSIC IN THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND 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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Registered contact address: Dacorum, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on the general account of £15,867, which offset a deficit on the concert account of £4,665, resulting in a net increase in free reserves of £11,202. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains stable, with free reserves carried forward at £7,809. The charity maintains additional designated reserves for staging (£37,000) and concerts (£12,000) to mitigate risks such as falls in ticket sales.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximate costs of two concerts (held: £8k)
“In addition to the free reserves, the Society maintains a reserve amounting to the approximate costs of two concerts against the risk of a substantial fall in ticket sales.”
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

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£35k£24k
31/07/2024£31k£25k
31/07/2023£23k£22k
31/07/2022£17k£18k
31/07/2021£0£5k

Common questions

Is TRING CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on the general account of £15,867, which offset a deficit on the concert account of £4,665, resulting in a net increase in free reserves of £11,202. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains stable, with free reserves carried forward at £7,809. The charity maintains additional designated reserves for staging (£37,000) and concerts (£12,000) to mitigate risks such as falls in ticket sales. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£16k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRING CHORAL SOCIETY£35k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWBURY CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£34k—0above—no doubt
BATH CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£83k—0unclear—noted
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
CROYDON PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY FY2025£35k—0unclear—noted

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