SHEFFIELD ORATORIO CHORUS

Charity number: 500578
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We perform up to four major choral concerts a year, in Sheffield Cathedral and other venues. Member of Making Music. Currently around 85 singing members. We hold voice training workshops to improve the quality of our singing, and are exploring new ways to extend the range of our membership and reach new audiences.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income: £40,182
Total expenditure: £40,202

People

8 Trustee(s)

83 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:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Sheffield City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 02 December 1970: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • 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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
HILARY FAWCETT Trustee 01 February 2023
None on record
Helen Julia Smith Trustee 01 February 2023
None on record
HELEN ELIZABETH STANSFIELD LEDGER Trustee 09 February 2022
None on record
PHILIP HIRST Trustee 09 February 2022
FEOFFEE ESTATE
Received: On time
Kirsten Mary Cubitt Thorley Trustee 07 July 2021
None on record
JANET CHRISTINE SMITH Trustee 23 November 2016
None on record
Lois Ruth McGrath Trustee 10 December 2014
CEMETERY ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, SHEFFIELD
Received: On time
LYDIA RUTH FIELDER-LORD Trustee 17 November 2010
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 £30.51k £15.04k £23.11k £39.12k £40.18k
Total expenditure £30.99k £8.46k £28.90k £37.73k £40.20k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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
Annual return 31 July 2024 25 February 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 16 April 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 06 March 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 06 March 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 05 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 July 2021 15 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 July 2020 22 February 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 22 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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 SEPTEMBER 1970 AS AMENDED 3 OCTOBER 1979, 18 FEBRUARY 1987, 30 SEPTEMBER 1992, 13 OCTOBER 1993,12 MARCH 1997, 25 JUNE 2003 AND 8 JULY 2009 AS AMENDED ON 23 NOV 2016

Charitable 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 FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE SHEFFIELD.

Contact information

Address:
101 Whirlowdale Road
SHEFFIELD
S7 2NF
Phone:
07958652534
Email:
admin@sheffieldoratorio.org.uk
Website:

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