HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 508140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rehearsals and Concerts for a membership of 200 singers; concerts promoted throughout Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; diseminate information about singing and concerts to membership; Friends' organisation to support the aims of the Society

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 AND BY THE PREPARATION OF MEMBERS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL MUSIC MEETINGS OF THE THREE CHOIRS OF GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER.

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 small surplus of £480 for the year ended 31 July 2025, compared to a deficit of £747 in the prior year. The trustees note that the audit requirement under the Charities Act 2011 does not apply, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters required attention regarding accounting records or compliance. Free reserves held in bank accounts total approximately £33,000, providing a buffer against the annual expenditure of roughly £58,000.

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 4 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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Ian Roperchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Wright
• Frances Anne Roper
• Jennifer Mary Axtell
• Karen Joy Hall
• Lucy Hargrove
• Lucy Mary Walden
• MARK EWINS
• Michael Charles Hasler
• Rachel SOBLE

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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