READING PHOENIX CHOIR — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 26 March 1976
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
Latest income: £20,073
Latest expenditure: £18,501
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: HARTLANDS, TRASH GREEN, BURGHFIELD, READING, RG30 3TS

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.readingphoenixchoir.com/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Reading Phoenix Choir is a mixed voice amateur choir. Our objectives are to educate the public in the art and science of music by the presentation of concerts and other activities. To achieve as high a standard as possible in the performance of choral and allied music. To arrange concerts, to enter music festivals and to participate in concerts arranged by other organisations.

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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 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £20,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,501

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: 13 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £22,230
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,375

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: 20 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £21,530
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,208

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 21 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £14,170
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,052

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 August 2021
Total Gross Income: £9,889
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,213

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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 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £20,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,501
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: 50

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: 13 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £22,230
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,375
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: 50

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: 20 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £21,530
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,208
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: 40

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Received Date: 21 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £14,170
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,052
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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: 7

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: READING PHOENIX CHOIR
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1976-03-26T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED JULY 1975, AS AMENDED 13 MAR 1989, 1 FEB 1993 AND 21 JUL 2008 AS AMENDED 21 JULY 2014 as amended on 11 Jul 2022
Charitable Objects: A) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES,AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC,BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES B) TO ACHIEVE AS HIGH A STANDARD AS POSSIBLE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF CHORAL AND ALLIED MUSIC,WHICH MAY BE SACRED AND SECULAR,ACCOMPANIED AND UNACCOMPANIED,ANCIENT AND MODERN,PART AND FOLK SONGS.THESE MAY BE PERFORMED BY THE WHOLE CHOIR,SOLOISTS OR A GROUP OF MEMBERS.INSTRUMENTAL ITEMS MAY BE INCLUDED IN CONCERTS C) TO ARRANGE CONCERTS,TO ENTER MUSIC FESTIVALS AND TO PARTICIPATE WHOLLY OR IN PART,IN CONCERTS ARRANGED BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS
Area Of Benefit: CENTRAL BERKSHIRE

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