NORWICH CHAMBER MUSIC

Registered charity 278446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NCM, NORFOLK & NORWICH CHAMBER MUSIC, NORFOLK AND NORWICH MUSIC CLUB

The club promotes professional music recitals and concerts and other related activities. It promotes educational projects with professional musicians for schoolchildren and young adults in Norfolk and Norwich.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION BY@THE PROMOTION OF PROFESSIONAL MUSIC RECITALS AND CONCERTS, AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES.THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS WITH PROFESSIONAL FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN NORFOLK AND NORWICH

Area of benefit: NORFOLK

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

Latest income

£78k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £99,310 are above the stated policy target of approximately £52,000. The trustees report that the state of the charity’s affairs is satisfactory and confirm adequate resources for going concern. However, the charity recorded a net expenditure loss of £12,729 for the year, driven by a £2,514 loss on investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £52,000 (held: £99k)

“In total, the current reserve requirement is approximately £52,000, a level at which, the Management Committee would feel able to continue the current activities of the charity without financial risk in the event of a significant drop in funding.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The brother of trustee Julia Donat, Misha Donat, has received fees totalling £876 (2024 : £1,149) for providing pre concert talks

“During the year, the charity contracted with Misha Donat, the brother of one of the trustees, to provide pre-concert talks.” — page 4

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

Professor Sir David Baulcombechair
CLARA ELIZABETH CROCKATT
Dr John James Harris-Hall
Dr Timothy Matthew Gent
Helen Colyer
Jill Christine Halliday · trustee of 1 other charity
Josephine Curry
Robert William Mitchell
Simon Dell
YARASLAVA KHIMYAK

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£78k	£88k
30/06/2024	£79k	£95k
30/06/2023	£71k	£93k
30/06/2022	£46k	£42k
30/06/2021	£46k	£42k

Common questions

Is NORWICH CHAMBER MUSIC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £99,310 are above the stated policy target of approximately £52,000. The trustees report that the state of the charity’s affairs is satisfactory and confirm adequate resources for going concern. However, the charity recorded a net expenditure loss of £12,729 for the year, driven by a £2,514 loss on investments. 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	24/11/2006	£2k	First Schools Music Project

Charities like this

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

NORTHAMPTON BACH CHOIR income £50k
SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR income £40k
NORVIS income £75k
THE NORFOLK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £41k
ENGLISH CHAMBER CHOIR income £54k
NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORWICH CHAMBER MUSIC	£78k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTON BACH CHOIR FY2025	£50k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR FY2025	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORVIS FY2025	£75k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORFOLK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FY2025	£41k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ENGLISH CHAMBER CHOIR FY2025	£54k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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