01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 30 July 1985
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Latest income
- £34,822
- Latest expenditure
- £44,380
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 11 MAIN ROAD, BIDDENHAM, BEDFORD, MK40 4BB
Website recorded by the regulator: www.bedfordchoralsociety.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The study and practice of choral music in order to foster the public knowledge and appreciation of such music by means of public performance.To provide a regular series of first class choral concerts by maintaining a chorus, and by engaging orchestras and artists of high repute.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 March 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 March 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £34,822
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,380
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 March 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £39,111
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £42,576
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 March 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £33,796
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £39,937
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £33,102
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £36,140
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £8,943
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,710
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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 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 March 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £34,822
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,380
- 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
- 21
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 11 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £39,111
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £42,576
- 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
- 18
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 21 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £33,796
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £39,937
- 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
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 25 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £33,102
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £36,140
- 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
- 8
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cambridgeshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bedford
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Northamptonshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Central Bedfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BEDFORD CHORAL SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1985-07-30T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30/09/1974AS AMENDED ON 18/03/1985AS AMENDED ON 16/05/1988AS AMENDED ON 17/06/1995AS AMENDED ON 12/10/1995AS AMENDED ON 30/10/2000AS AMENDED ON 28/09/2015 as amended on 21 Oct 2019
- Charitable Objects
- (1) THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ORDER TO FOSTER THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. (2) TO PROVIDE A REGULAR SERIES OF FIRST CLASS CHORAL CONCERTS BY MAINTAINING A CHORUS, AND BY ENGAGING ORCHESTRAS AND ARTISTS OF HIGH REPUTE.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 81409
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- BEDFORD MUSICAL SOCIETY
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures