THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX CHOIR

Charity number: 285079
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The choir of university students and members of public from the Colchester area, prepares to a high professional standard large-scale works for 2 or 3 concerts a year. The choir is accompanied by an orchestra and professional soloists.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income: £51,445
Total expenditure: £46,889

People

7 Trustee(s)

120 Volunteer(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:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 July 1982: 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
  • 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 conflicts of interest 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MRS JAN CULLUM NASTA Chair 26 April 2012
None on record
Nicholas Edwin Taylor Trustee 21 November 2024
THE ORTHODOX PARISH OF ST HELEN OF COLCHESTER
Charity reporting is overdue by 545 days
THE ORTHODOX PARISH OF ST MARTIN AND ST HELEN, COLCHESTER
Received: On time
Catherine price Trustee 21 November 2024
None on record
Anna Hughes Trustee 23 November 2023
None on record
Julia Campbell Trustee 23 November 2023
None on record
Pauline Victoria Skerritt Trustee 20 February 2020
None on record
Andrew Dickerson Trustee 20 February 2020
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 £30.87k £13.12k £43.21k £50.46k £51.45k
Total expenditure £27.10k £14.06k £50.84k £44.20k £46.89k
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 28 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 28 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 28 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 28 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 17 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 17 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2021 09 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 July 2020 18 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 18 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 4 MARCH 1982 AS AMENDED 15 NOVEMBER 2001 as amended on 23 Nov 2023

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND SUCH OTHER LAWFUL ACTIVITIES AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
36 Oxford Road
MANNINGTREE
Essex
CO11 2AA
Phone:
01206 393293
Email:
choir@essex.ac.uk
Website:

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