SAFFRON WALDEN CHORAL SOCIETY

Charity number: 1180134
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Community choir performing major choral works to a high standard and running singing workshops. Membership of approx 90 singers is drawn from a wide geographical area covering Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire. Main concert venues are Saffron Hall and St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden. The choir has close links with local schools, regularly sharing concerts.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income: £60,279
Total expenditure: £60,852

Total income includes £300 from 1 government grant(s)

People

12 Trustee(s)

15 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 September 2018: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mark Phillips Chair 22 January 2024
None on record
Stephanie Emberson Trustee 27 January 2025
None on record
Margaret Griffiths Trustee 27 January 2025
None on record
Hayden Rocks Trustee 27 January 2025
None on record
Simon Walker Trustee 22 January 2024
None on record
CHARLES PETER SOLWAY Trustee 22 January 2024
THE INCORPORATED BISHOP'S STORTFORD COLLEGE ASSOCIATION
Received: On time
Abigail Rosalind Booth Trustee 22 January 2024
None on record
Robert Andrew Goldsmith Trustee 30 January 2023
None on record
Alison Elizabeth Hall Trustee 04 June 2021
None on record
Paul Edward Parker Trustee 04 June 2021
None on record
Emma Lucy Thomson Trustee 13 January 2020
None on record
Christine Anne Hall Trustee 01 December 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Total gross income £31.47k £15.61k £56.90k £61.54k £60.28k
Total expenditure £30.85k £11.41k £58.24k £61.19k £60.85k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £300 N/A N/A N/A £300

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 July 2024 31 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 31 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 04 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 04 March 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 16 March 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 16 March 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2021 27 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 27 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2020 25 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 25 February 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Sep 2018 as amended on 18 Mar 2024

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE 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 FROM TIME TO TIME.

Contact information

Address:
Conkers
Wenden Road
Arkesden
SAFFRON WALDEN
Essex
CB11 4HB
Phone:
07818010399
Email:
chair@swchoral.org.uk
Website:

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