YORK PHILHARMONIC MALE VOICE CHOIR (FLETCHER MEMORIAL CHOIR)

Registered charity 529713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Developing the skills of choral music and presenting concerts for the financial benefit of charitable and community groups. Performances are mostly , but not exclusively, within the City of York and North Yorkshire

Objects

THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ORDER TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

Area of benefit: YORK

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 achieved a modest surplus of £5,813 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £34,332. The trustees identified financial sustainability as a risk, particularly following significant expenditure on uniforms and centenary celebrations, but noted that reserves remain within policy limits. The charity relies on active recruitment and income-earning concerts to sustain its operations.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir (The Fletcher Memorial Choir) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Lampitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Christopher Clarke
• Michael Nokes
• Robert David Askew
• Stephen Poole

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

Operates in: Belgium · City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · France · Germany · Ireland · Netherlands · North Yorkshire · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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