THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX CHOIR

Registered charity 285079 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The choir of university students and members of public from the Colchester area, prepares to a high professional standard large-scale works for 2 or 3 concerts a year. The choir is accompanied by an orchestra and professional soloists.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND SUCH OTHER LAWFUL ACTIVITIES AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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 the charity entered the 2025-26 season with an opening cash balance of £34,454 after recording a deficit of £3,733 for the 2024-25 season. The trustees describe the financial position as stable and healthy, noting that while a grant from the University will cease in the coming year, the outlook remains positive with expected surpluses in subsequent periods.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

• MRS JAN CULLUM NASTAchair
• Anna Hughes
• Catherine price
• Julia Campbell
• Nicholas Edwin Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pauline Victoria Skerritt

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

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