WETHERBY CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 510264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WETHERBY AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY

Preparation of choral music for performance and to educate both the members and public in the art of choral music through the presentation of a series of concerts throughout the season.

Objects

TO EDUCATE ITS MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF CHORAL MUSIC THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF A SERIES OF CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON

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 surplus of £2,830 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £45,828 and total expenditure of £42,998. The trustees' notes confirm the charity had no liabilities at the end of the period and maintains a policy of holding six months of cash reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Cuthbertson
• Christine Outram
• Christopher Stephen Gibbs · trustee of 4 other charities
• Estelle Stanley
• Kate Auld
• Malcolm Smith
• Sarah Lane

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

Operates in: Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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