ENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 293997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY (CHRIST CHURCH)

PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CHORAL CONCERTS AND RECITALS

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CHORAL CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: ENFIELD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £6,693 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £24,582 to £17,889. The trustees note that the continuing inflationary situation and the costs of ambitious concerts reduced reserves, and that the society's activities continue to rely on member loyalty and enthusiasm. The reserves policy targets maintaining cash reserves equalling 25%-50% of annual expenditure, but the current unrestricted general fund balance of £15,653 is below the lower end of this target range.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 25%- 50% of its annual expenditure (reserves figure: £16k)

“The Society's committee has agreed it to be prudent to maintain cash reserves equalling 25%- 50% of its annual expenditure to ensure that running costs and concert expenses may be met as they fall due.” — page 5

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 65

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 09/07/2022, 9 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Place
David Luckcock
Hilary Margaret LUCKCOCK
Janet Elizabeth Pallace
Ruth Cappleman
Stephanie Lane
Teresa Place
Vivien Taylor

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

Operates in: Enfield

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£26k	£32k
31/08/2024	£27k	£27k
31/08/2023	£22k	£21k
31/08/2022	£16k	£19k
31/08/2021	£6k	£11k

Common questions

Is ENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £6,693 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £24,582 to £17,889. The trustees note that the continuing inflationary situation and the costs of ambitious concerts reduced reserves, and that the society's activities continue to rely on member loyalty and enthusiasm. The reserves policy targets maintaining cash reserves equalling 25%-50% of annual expenditure, but the current unrestricted general fund balance of £15,653 is below the lower end of this target range. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, OAKWOOD	1	£20k
DUMBRECK CHARITY	1	£6k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHEADLE	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DAGENHAM	1	£4k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS	1	£3k
THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WALLINGTON	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FORDHAM & EIGHT ASH GREEN	1	£2k
MARINERS GLOUCESTER	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EALING CHORAL SOCIETY.

EALING CHORAL SOCIETY income £61k
CHURCH SOCIETY income £301k
CONGLETON CHORAL SOCIETY income £42k
ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH CHORAL DIRECTORS income £90k
CROWBOROUGH CHORAL SOCIETY income £28k
CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EALING CHORAL SOCIETY FY2026	£61k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHURCH SOCIETY FY2025	£301k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
CONGLETON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH CHORAL DIRECTORS FY2025	£90k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CROWBOROUGH CHORAL SOCIETY FY2026	£28k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.