ESSEX CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Charity number: 1165144
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Essex Chamber Orchestra, popularly known as ECHO, comes together three times a year for intensive weekend rehearsals followed by a concert, usually at venues in Essex. Although originally conceived as a chamber orchestra, ECHO varies its forces to perform a wide variety of programmes ranging from Baroque and Classical works to the repertoire of the 20th Century.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £21,226
Total expenditure: £18,833

People

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 January 2016: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • ECHO (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses 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
Peter Lovelock Trustee 27 November 2023
None on record
Rachel Simnett Trustee 10 September 2022
None on record
Edward Price Trustee 10 September 2022
LONDON GAY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Received: On time
Helen Smith Trustee 10 September 2022
None on record
Hazel Judith Arnill Trustee 07 September 2019
None on record
ELAINE HARDEN Trustee 12 January 2016
None on record
SUSAN EVERSDEN Trustee 12 January 2016
None on record
Andrew Craig Trustee 12 January 2016
BISHOP NORTON VILLAGE HALL
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £9.79k £1 £6.00k £15.58k £21.23k
Total expenditure £11.11k £260 £7.34k £16.98k £18.83k
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 30 June 2024 05 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2023 21 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2022 08 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2021 13 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2020 21 August 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 Not Required
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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 04 APR 1998 AS AMENDED ON 10/01/2016

Charitable objects

A) THE OBJECTS OF THE ORCHESTRA SHALL BE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SEES FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS; B) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

Contact information

Address:
The Hollies
Archer Street
Bishop Norton
Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
Phone:
07879348994
Email:
elaine.harden1603@gmail.com
Website:

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