COLCHESTER CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 278894 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Colchester Choral Society works to uphold and strengthen the English Choral tradition by performing public concerts to a high standard with professional soloists and orchestras.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND IN PARTICULAR OF CHORAL MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £31,346 against total payments of £15,594, resulting in a surplus. Reserves at the end of the period were £14,711, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £5,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER LESLIE BARTLETTchair
• Jane Margaret Macallan Askew
• LINDSAY ANNE HAY WILSON
• NIGEL GORDON HUMPHREYS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Patricia Diddams

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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