THE TRURO CHORAL SOCIETY (THE TRURO SINGERS)

Registered charity 281902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Truro Choral Society is an unauditioned mixed choir of approximately 150 members. Rehearsals are held weekly to prepare for three/four public performances each year. These take place in Truro Cathedral/local churches.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF TH SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CHORAL CONCERTS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED (IN PRACTICE TRURO AND SURROUNDING AREA)

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 ended the year with a net profit of £17,581.25, bringing total reserves to £32,865.21. The trustees report that these reserves remain equivalent to approximately six months of operating costs, indicating adequate financial stability despite some expensive concerts.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bryony Clare Dawson
• Dr Travis Mason
• Edward Martin Sheard
• Helen Orton
• Ivan Keith Myles
• Joyce Oughton
• Kathryn Thelma Oatey
• Robin Francis Gough Kneebone · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susanne Deneke

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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