BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 510847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B F C S

We meet every week to rehearse for concerts and other musical activities, which we perform at least four times a year. Every Christmas, we sing in a charity concert with all the proceeds being donated to a local charity.

Objects

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 SOCIETY, THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE, SHALL DETERMINE.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 May 2026 have been subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would suggest the accounts do not comply with applicable regulations or that accounting records were not kept. The document does not provide specific financial figures regarding reserves, income, or expenditure to assess financial health further.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birmingham Festival Choral Society (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Carol Howarth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Elizabeth Wright
• Jane Myra Mosedale
• Judith Barbara Prever
• Mary Elizabeth Maybank
• Patricia Mary Smart · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roger David Monk
• Tracy Piotrowska-Cunniam

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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