NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE GUILD OF SINGERS

Registered charity 299626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH HERTS GUILD OF SINGERS

To provide an opportunity for the people of North Hertfordshire and surrounding areas to participate in choral singing.To perform choral concerts at reasonable prices for the people of North Hertfordshire and surrounding areas.

Objects

I) 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 CHARITY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.II) TO SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THROUGH OUR MUSICAL ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.?

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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Registered contact address: Stevenage, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a surplus of £5,202 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total reserves increasing to £59,073. The Treasurer reports that the charity is in a financially good position, though it relies on fundraising and grants to meet the shortfall between membership/ticket income and programme costs. The trustees manage reserves to ensure resources are available to renew staging within three years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £49k)

“we need to plan finances so that within 3 years we will have the resources to renew our staging whenever this becomes necessary. (See reserves policy).”

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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Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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 31/07/2025

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £400 — grants £400 (1); under 1% of the £49,244 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £250 — grants £250 (1); under 1% of the £43,567 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £250 — grants £250 (1); under 1% of the £43,595 total gross income on the same return

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Hertfordshire County Council — “We are grateful to the following organisations for their generous help and support: Hertfordshire County Council” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JAMES TINNEYchair
ANNE MARGARET BLACKMAN
CHRISTINE IRIS GOODWIN
DEBORAH JANE DEAN
DIANE RICHARDS
JANE ANN KIRK
Katharine Rowe · trustee of 1 other charity
PHILIP ROWE · trustee of 1 other charity
SUSAN BARBARA CLARK

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£49k	£44k
31/07/2024	£44k	£44k
31/07/2023	£44k	£41k
31/07/2022	£30k	£26k
31/07/2021	£23k	£17k

Common questions

Is NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE GUILD OF SINGERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a surplus of £5,202 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total reserves increasing to £59,073. The Treasurer reports that the charity is in a financially good position, though it relies on fundraising and grants to meet the shortfall between membership/ticket income and programme costs. The trustees manage reserves to ensure resources are available to renew staging within three years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

HERTFORD CHORAL SOCIETY income £66k
HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY income £58k
HAVERING SINGERS income £29k
THE ROYAL FREE SINGERS income £43k
THE SAINSBURY SINGERS income £65k
NONSUCH SINGERS income £32k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE GUILD OF SINGERS	£49k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORD CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£66k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£58k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAVERING SINGERS FY2025	£29k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL FREE SINGERS FY2025	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SAINSBURY SINGERS FY2025	£65k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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