LINCOLN CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 505023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LINCOLN MUSICAL SOCIETY

The Society was founded in 1896 with the object of educating the public in the arts and sciences and in particular the art and sciences of music by the study, practice and performance of music and other such activities as may be felt by the committee to be incidental to the achievements of these objectives.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: LINCOLN

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 ended the year with a profit of £9,945.75, reversing significant losses from previous years. Per the trustees' report, the society is in a sound financial position to go forward for the next few years following measures to reduce concert costs. Total funds held in bank accounts amounted to £18,982.34 at the year end.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Mary Bracechair
• Alan Gerald Humphries
• Diane Elizabeth Swales
• Dr Elisabeth Murray
• Dr Jane Marshall
• Dr Paul Stratton
• Dr SUSAN LILIAN MARRIS
• Janice Irene Sherlock
• Julia Woodthorpe
• Susan Townsend

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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