BURY ST EDMUNDS' FRIENDLY ORCHESTRA
Charity Number: 1157702
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
WE ARE AN ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEUR ORCHESTRA BASED IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK. WE PUT ON THREE PUBLIC CONCERTS A YEAR AND WE ENCOURAGE CONCERT GOERS BY ENSURING OUR CONCERTS ARE AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024
Total income: £12,320
Total expenditure: £12,068
People
8 Trustee(s)
1 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
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:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
Governance
Registration history:
- 03 July 2014: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- BFO (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
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
8 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Susannah Smith | Chair | 08 November 2022 |
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| Dr Mary Brookes | Trustee | 21 November 2023 |
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| Lucinda Fry | Trustee | 21 November 2023 |
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| Jack Skinner | Trustee | 21 November 2023 |
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| Dr Colin Paton | Trustee | 21 November 2023 |
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| Paul Kay | Trustee | 08 November 2022 |
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| Nicola Macrae | Trustee | 06 November 2018 |
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| Jane Roberts | Trustee | 02 April 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £14.62k | £5.36k | £12.11k | £15.43k | £12.32k | |
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Total expenditure | £14.03k | £6.23k | £10.61k | £12.74k | £12.07k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 |
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| Annual return | 31 July 2024 | 02 May 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2024 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 July 2023 | 09 May 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2023 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 July 2022 | 07 April 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2022 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 July 2021 | 17 April 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2021 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 July 2020 | 07 February 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2020 | Not Required |