01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 31 May 2005
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £31,317
- Latest expenditure
- £27,732
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Mole Hole, Station Road, Launton, BICESTER, Oxfordshire, OX26 5DS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.bcoswesing.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RECENT YEARS2014: VERDI REQUIEM / HANDEL MESSIAH2015: IOLANTHE / ROSSINI PETITE MESSE SOLENELLE2016: CARMEN THE MUSICAL 2017: HMS PINAFORE2018: CHESS2019: EVITA
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £31,317
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,732
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £28,600
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £28,763
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £28,644
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £28,950
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £14,493
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,198
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 8 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £6,452
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,930
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 22 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £31,317
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,732
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £1,750
- 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
- 65
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 18 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £28,600
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £28,763
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £750
- 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
- 60
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 12 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £28,644
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £28,950
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £750
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 13 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £14,493
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,198
- 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
- 4
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Oxfordshire
- 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
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BICESTER CHORAL AND OPERATIC SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2005-05-31T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16/03/2005AS AMENDED ON 29/01/2014
- Charitable Objects
- TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE CHORAL, ORCHESTRAL, DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. BICESTER
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 466320
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BCOS
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries