FARNHAM AND BOURNE CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 288900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making choral music available to all within our community. Staging normally four concerts annually at a variety of venues within the Farnham area.

Objects

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 PESENTATION OF PUBLIC CHORAL CONCERTS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE, SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.THE SOCIETY THOUGH AUTONOMOUS SHALL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FARMHAM AND BOURNE MUSIC CLUB.

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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Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£35k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of receipts over payments for the second successive season, with unrestricted cash funds totaling £15,540 at the end of the period. The trustees consider the level of reserves to be sufficient to meet the charity's main objective in the face of unexpected financial turbulence. An independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient in the face of unexpected financial turbulence for the Society to meet its main objective (held: £16k)
“The level of reserves should be sufficient in the face of unexpected financial turbulence for the Society to meet its main objective.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£38k£35k
31/08/2024£32k£30k
31/08/2023£28k£32k
31/08/2022£23k£28k
31/08/2021£3k£3k

Common questions

Is FARNHAM AND BOURNE CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of receipts over payments for the second successive season, with unrestricted cash funds totaling £15,540 at the end of the period. The trustees consider the level of reserves to be sufficient to meet the charity's main objective in the face of unexpected financial turbulence. An independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.