IPSWICH CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 278866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Choral singing

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN THE PRESENTATION F CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: IPSWICH

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,408 for the year, driven by increased membership subscriptions which offset reduced concert turnover. Operating expenses increased slightly due to one-off costs from previous years, while concert activities resulted in a reduced loss compared to the prior year. The trustees report that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Paul Alcockchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Mary Pearce · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Michael James Robertson
• Dr Paul Joseph Kearney
• Fenella Charlotte Andrews
• Jacqueline Cant
• LIONEL JAMES MACKAY
• Monica Beatriz Chehin-Cruz
• Pamela Hilary Sutton
• Philip John Hall

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).