NEWBURY CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 291321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Choral Society performing 3 concerts a year to the public. Membership open to anyone who can read music, sing in tune and commit to attending approximately 40 rehearsals a year. A subscription fee is charged.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIEMCE OF CHORAL MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS 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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Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £2,248 and unrestricted reserves of £14,251. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover nine months of normal operating costs, which the current reserves exceed. While the charity achieved a surplus overall, three of its four concerts resulted in significant losses, highlighting a dependency on membership subscriptions to offset performance deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 9 months of normal operating costs (held: £14k)

“reserves continue to be maintained at a level to cover 9 months of normal operating costs.”

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.

Paying staff

Trustees · trustee networks

MRS LIZ WALLACEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
MIKE BARTHORPE
Natalie Emma Smith
TRACY JANE SMITH

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Berkshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£27k	£25k
31/07/2024	£20k	£15k
31/07/2023	£19k	£11k
31/07/2022	£18k	£13k
31/07/2021	£8k	£5k

Common questions

Is NEWBURY CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £2,248 and unrestricted reserves of £14,251. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover nine months of normal operating costs, which the current reserves exceed. While the charity achieved a surplus overall, three of its four concerts resulted in significant losses, highlighting a dependency on membership subscriptions to offset performance deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.