01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 6 December 1982
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Latest income
- £34,196
- Latest expenditure
- £35,946
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Flat 11-12, The Barley Building, 12 Copper Street, DORCHESTER, Dorset, DT1 1GN
Website recorded by the regulator: www.dorchesterchoralsociety.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Society has weekly meetings in term time rehearsing for three or so public concerts each year, including outreach concerts in villages around Dorchester in the summer. It sings carol to raise money for local charities at Christmas, and is involved in musical exchanges with our our twinned towns in Germany and France.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £34,196
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £35,946
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £19,844
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,404
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £29,213
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £31,475
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £22,462
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £24,191
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £14,595
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,567
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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 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £34,196
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £35,946
- 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
- 75
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £19,844
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,404
- 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
- 60
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 4 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £29,213
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £31,475
- 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
- 60
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 2 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £22,462
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £24,191
- 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
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 17 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £14,595
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,567
- 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
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Dorset
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DORCHESTER CHORAL SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1982-12-06T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 22ND OCTOBER 1979AS AMENDED ON 30 SEP 2019 as amended on 28 Mar 2022
- Charitable Objects
- TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE DORCHESTER AND IMMEDIATE ENVIRON
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures