SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 287743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH BUCKS CHORAL SOCIETY - S B C S

Presentation of three choral music concerts each year in public venues. Admission to members of the public who have bought tickets. Choir members trained by musical director at weekly rehearsals between September and April.

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Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £4,115 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £37,176. The trustees confirm that reserves are adequate for the foreseeable future and that the society has the funds to survive well into the future. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Ticket sales (46% of income)
Ticket sales totalled £14,957 — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintain reserves at such a level that... the income generated for a year... meets the cost of charitable expenditure (held: £37k)
The Trustees’ general overall objective is to seek to maintain reserves at such a level that, excluding gains or losses on investments, the income generated for a year, taking one year with another, meets the cost of charitable expenditure to support the Society’s aims. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Society is closely related to the Amersham Festival Society, a charity which has similar objects to the Society’s and whose previous Artistic Director is the Society’s Musical Director. In 2025, as in 2024 the Amersham Festival Society acted as the agent for advance booking sales for the Society’s concerts, paying over to the Society the sales proceeds net of booking fees it incurred. In 2025 the Amersham Festival Society also acted as the Society’s agent in paying orchestra members and soloists who performed at the Society’s concerts, being reimbursed by the Society.
The Society is closely related to the Amersham Festival Society, a charity which has similar objects to the Society’s and whose previous Artistic Director is the Society’s Musical Director. In 2025, as in 2024 the Amersham Festival Society acted as the agent for advance booking sales for the Society’s concerts, paying over to the Society the sales proceeds net of booking fees it incurred. In 2025 the Amersham Festival Society also acted as the Society’s agent in paying orchestra members and soloists who performed at the Society’s concerts, being reimbursed by the Society. This was also as in the previous year. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£34k£30k
31/08/2024£31k£30k
31/08/2023£31k£31k
31/08/2022£27k£29k
31/08/2021£244£515

Common questions

Is SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £4,115 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £37,176. The trustees confirm that reserves are adequate for the foreseeable future and that the society has the funds to survive well into the future. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.