DERBY CHORAL UNION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 30 March 1992
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
Latest income: £26,920
Latest expenditure: £29,488
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Spinney Lea, Clifton, ASHBOURNE, DE6 2GL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.dcu.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Derby Choral Union performs concerts and holds other choral events. It aims to increase the public knowledge and appreciation of music by the practice and performance of oratorios and other musical works of high excellence, sacred and secular.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,920
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,488

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 15 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 15 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £25,361
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,835

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 18 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £20,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,449

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £10,695
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,958

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 13 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £4,112
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,879

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,920
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,488
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 11

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Received Date: 15 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £25,361
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,835
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 11

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £20,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,449
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 11

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £10,695
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,958
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Derby City
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Derbyshire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DERBY CHORAL UNION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1992-03-30T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: RULES ADOPTED 1866 AS AMENDED 29 OCTOBER 1991
Charitable Objects: TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC BY THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF ORATORIOS AND OTHER MUSICAL WORKS OF HIGH EXCELLENCE SACRED OR SECULAR WHICH MAY INCLUDE ORCHESTRAL ITEMS
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE DERBY

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures