CCEW Charity Commission profile

BRIGHTON ORPHEUS CHOIR

Registered charity 260887 · organisation 260887

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
25 March 1970
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income
£39,785
Latest expenditure
£30,040
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 91 Woodland Avenue, HOVE, East Sussex, BN3 6BJ

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Rehearsal and performance of sacred and secular musicSupport of other charities

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received
7 November 2025
Date Accounts Received
7 November 2025
Total Gross Income
£39,785
Total Gross Expenditure
£30,040
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received
17 November 2024
Date Accounts Received
17 November 2024
Total Gross Income
£36,271
Total Gross Expenditure
£24,842
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received
29 February 2024
Total Gross Income
£19,958
Total Gross Expenditure
£36,991
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received
21 May 2023
Total Gross Income
£24,280
Total Gross Expenditure
£33,143
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received
31 March 2022
Total Gross Income
£7,971
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,961

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 September 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2025
Ar Due Date
30 June 2026
Ar Received Date
7 November 2025
Total Gross Income
£39,785
Total Gross Expenditure
£30,040
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
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2024
Ar Due Date
30 June 2025
Ar Received Date
17 November 2024
Total Gross Income
£36,271
Total Gross Expenditure
£24,842
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
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2023
Ar Due Date
30 June 2024
Ar Received Date
29 February 2024
Total Gross Income
£19,958
Total Gross Expenditure
£36,991
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
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 August 2022
Ar Due Date
30 June 2023
Ar Received Date
21 May 2023
Total Gross Income
£24,280
Total Gross Expenditure
£33,143
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
20

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
East Sussex
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Brighton And Hove
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
117
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Other Charitable Purposes
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
310
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Other Charitable Activities
Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
BRIGHTON ORPHEUS CHOIR
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1970-03-25T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19/03/1970AS AMENDED ON 10/01/1990AS AMENDED ON 19/02/1997AS AMENDED ON 24/02/1999AS AMENDED ON 10/10/2007AS AMENDED ON 07/11/2012 as amended on 25 May 2022 as amended on 08 May 2024
Charitable Objects
A) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PERFORMANCE OF SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, ANDB) TO ASSIST CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Area Of Benefit
NOT DEFINED

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures