01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 14 November 2011
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £7,148
- Latest expenditure
- £7,296
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Suite 2A, Blackthorn House, St Pauls Square, Birmingham, B3 1RL
Website recorded by the regulator: www.bgso.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Charity operates an LGBT orchestra which rehearses and performs at venues in Birmingham.
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
- 19 April 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £7,148
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,296
- 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
- 28 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £6,520
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,600
- 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
- 26 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,965
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,661
- 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
- 29 May 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £6,512
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,935
- 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
- 1 May 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,511
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £684
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
- 19 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £7,148
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,296
- 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
- 6
- 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
- 28 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £6,520
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,600
- 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
- 6
- 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
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,965
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,661
- 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
- 3
- 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
- 29 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £6,512
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,935
- 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
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 1 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,511
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £684
- 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
- 3
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Birmingham City
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
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
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BIRMINGHAM GAY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2011-11-14T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 15 OCT 2019 as amended on 11 Jul 2022
- Charitable Objects
- 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL SEXUALITIES TO EXPLORE, PERFORM AND EXPERIENCE MUSIC TOGETHER, PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH MUSICAL REHEARSALS AND CONCERTS;2. THE PROMOTION OF DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY BY DEMONSTRATING THROUGH ITS MUSICAL ACTIVITIES THAT LGBT PERSONS PARTICIPATE EQUALLY IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC LIFE;3. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL SEE FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, LGBT MEANS IDENTIFYING WITH ANY SEXUALITY OTHER THAN HETEROSEXUAL.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED.
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 510670
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BGSO
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures