SOUTH WEST ESSEX CHOIR

Registered charity 289613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S W E C

We are a non auditioning choir based in Loughton.We normally present three choral concerts per year with orchestral.Occasional choral and voice training workshops are held.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £38,515, which the trustees describe as roughly equivalent to a full year's income and sufficient to cover approximately ten difficult years. The charity reported a small net surplus of £430 for the period, with total income of £39,417 against total payments of £38,987. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANISSA MSALLEMchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Neil Hampton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Leonie Anne Whittingham
• Robert Maurice YOUNG
• SUSANNAH FRANCES PICKERING-SAQQA
• Vanessa Watling

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

Operates in: Essex · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

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