01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 19 May 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 19 May 2024 – 18 May 2025
- Latest income
- £50,276
- Latest expenditure
- £50,210
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: CROTCHETY COTTAGE, MARTINS MOSS LANE, SMALLWOOD, SANDBACH, CHESHIRE, CW11 2UW
Website recorded by the regulator: www.csso.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The City of Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra exists to promote, advance and improve public education in and appreciation of music. The CSSO achieves these goals through the presentation of public concerts, the provision of educational and other community engagement programmes and through other projects such as school workshops.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 18 May 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 18 March 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 March 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 March 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £50,276
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £50,210
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 May 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 18 May 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 18 March 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £35,800
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,260
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 May 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 18 May 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 18 March 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,782
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,884
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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
- 19 May 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 18 May 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 18 March 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 17 March 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £50,276
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £50,210
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £10,000
- 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
- 15
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 May 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 18 May 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 18 March 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 28 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £35,800
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,260
- 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
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 May 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 18 May 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 18 March 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 18 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,782
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,884
- 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
- 4
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Staffordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Stoke-on-trent City
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cheshire East
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- 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
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- City of Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-05-19T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 May 2022 as amended on 23 Jan 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE (1) TO PROMOTE, ADVANCE, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMES AND OTHER PROJECTS, AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CIO THROUGH ITS TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME; (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF MUSIC.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 654099
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- SYMPHONIA VERBUM ORCHESTRA
- Charity Name Id
- 687940
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- The City of Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra
- Charity Name Id
- 654098
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE SYMPHONIA VERBUM ORCHESTRA
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling