EAST GRINSTEAD CHORAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 801961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Creating a choir from the local community to perform concerts of a high musical standard in local halls and churches supported by orchestras and instrumentalists.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES.

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 unrestricted cash reserves increased by £2,596 to £32,238 at the year end, with total receipts of £41,025 exceeding total payments of £38,429. The trustees report that careful planning allowed the society to balance costly events with lower-cost concerts, resulting in a net surplus for the period.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Colechair
• Gillian Wilton
• Jayne Barry
• Kathryn Elizabeth Draper
• Sheila Mary Walsh

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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