ST ALBANS CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 287882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Society are:a) to promote the study and public education in the art and science of choral music by the presentation of public concerts and recitals and by such other ways as the Society shall from time to time determine;b) to support such charitable purpose or purposes, or such charitable institution or institutions as the Society shall from time to time determine.

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Latest income

£61k

Latest spending

£59k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £1,380 and total assets of £35,395. The trustees report that this financial position is resilient, supported by a policy to retain prudent reserves sufficient to meet contractual liabilities for the next two seasons. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern are disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the Society’s contractual liabilities based on conservative assumptions about our commitments for rehearsal and concert costs for the next two seasons (held: £35k)

“The policy of the Committee for many years has been that we should retain a prudent level of reserves sufficient to meet the Society’s contractual liabilities based on conservative assumptions about our commitments for rehearsal and concert costs for the next two seasons” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON SHIPPERLEE
Clare Curtis
Clive Flatau
David Lee · trustee of 2 other charities
GARETH TRURAN
Helen Mary Pitman
Jonathan Humphries
Julia Rouse
Michelle Thompson
Pamela Hester Firth
Peter Aubusson
SAM HENSMAN
Sally Ripley
Sarah Gooden

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
15/07/2025	£61k	£59k
15/07/2024	£55k	£53k
15/07/2023	£47k	£50k
15/07/2022	£45k	£49k
15/07/2021	£14k	£12k

Common questions

Is ST ALBANS CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £1,380 and total assets of £35,395. The trustees report that this financial position is resilient, supported by a policy to retain prudent reserves sufficient to meet contractual liabilities for the next two seasons. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern are disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.