THE DOWNLAND CHORALE

Registered charity 287877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PURLEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

Members of Downland Chorale belong to the choir to enjoy rehearsing and performing together. Founded over 40 years ago, membership varies between 50- 60, and covers the full voice range. Members fund rehearsals and performances, but members of the public are invited to attend our concerts to help defray costs. We currently have no sponsorship or local authority funding.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS 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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Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant surplus for the 2024/25 year, driven by a 21% increase in underlying income and historic Gift-Aid claims. Reserves have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, with the trustees targeting one-third of annual turnover as a reserve policy. The financial position is described as stable, with no material uncertainties reported.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust — “We are supported by the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rosemary Vivien Viggianichair
• ANNE LOUISE ODAMS
• Deborah Anne Collymore
• Dr Paul Howard Eldridge
• Elizabeth Donaldson Watts-Read
• Joan Vivian May Currion

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

Operates in: Croydon · Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CARSHALTON CHORAL SOCIETY.

• THE CARSHALTON CHORAL SOCIETY income £34k
• SOUTHEND BOYS' CHOIR AND SOUTHEND GIRLS' CHOIR CIO income £59k
• HARPENDEN CHORAL SOCIETY income £36k
• THE GODALMING CHORAL SOCIETY income £34k
• THE SUTTON COLDFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY income £24k
• THE DORE MALE VOICE CHOIR income £36k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.