KINGS LYNN FESTIVAL CHORUS

Registered charity 292455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KINGS LYNN CHORUS

CHOIR

Objects

A. 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 CHORUS THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME. B. TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE CHORAL SINGING OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD. C. TO SING AS THE KING'S LYNN FESTIVAL CHORUS AT SUCH TIMES AS DETERMINED BY THE SOCIETY.

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 the charity reported a deficit of £7,035 for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £29,370 to £22,336. The Chair's report highlights challenges from rising costs for venues and musicians but expresses confidence in the choir's sustainable future through continued member support and high-quality performances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michelle Marplechair
• Amanda Claydon
• Andrew John Hiles · trustee of 3 other charities
• Fiona Ross
• Janice Helen Willson
• Kevin John Carruthers
• Nicola Jane Berns
• Sara Rosalind Barns

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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