SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 504393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To educate the public by the study and practice of choral music and the concert performance of choral works.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF CHORAL MUSIC AND THE CONCERT PERFORMANCE OF CHORAL WORKS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE. SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT.

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: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£26k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £477.20 for the year ended 31 May 2026, increasing its total funds to £37,026.46. The trustees confirm that trust assets are adequate to fulfil obligations and that the level of financial reserves matches the needs of the Society. The surplus was attributed to a successful concert and a one-off boost to Gift Aid income.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Society believes a policy is needed so that it can be confident that the level of financial reserves matches the needs of the Society. (held: £37k)

“The Society believes a policy is needed so that it can be confident that the level of financial reserves matches the needs of the Society.” — page 5

Per its FY2026 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Godfreychair
Amanda Barnard
Carolynne Hannabuss
Catherine Helen Lloyd
Elisabeth Anne Hoyle
Helen Elizabeth Singleton
Joanna Clare Roche
Michalina Wroblewska
Rev M B Burton · trustee of 1 other charity
STEPHEN CALDWELL
Sarah Robson
Susan Simpkin

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

Operates in: North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2026	£27k	£26k
31/05/2025	£35k	£41k
31/05/2024	£42k	£22k
31/05/2023	£23k	£27k
31/05/2022	£18k	£26k

Common questions

Is SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £477.20 for the year ended 31 May 2026, increasing its total funds to £37,026.46. The trustees confirm that trust assets are adequate to fulfil obligations and that the level of financial reserves matches the needs of the Society. The surplus was attributed to a successful concert and a one-off boost to Gift Aid income. Its FY2026 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
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

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

SPELTHORNE CHORAL SOCIETY income £42k
THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD CHORAL SOCIETY income £38k
BINGHAM AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY income £26k
SHERBORNE CHAMBER CHOIR income £28k
ASHFORD (KENT) CHORAL SOCIETY income £52k
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY income £45k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY	£27k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SPELTHORNE CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£38k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BINGHAM AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY FY2026	£26k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERBORNE CHAMBER CHOIR FY2025	£28k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ASHFORD (KENT) CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£52k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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