Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

KINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY

Public choral concerts
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£24£23£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£13£15£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£6£6£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£8£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£19£20£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£20£21£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£29£14£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£19£17£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£20£18£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£16£19£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£15£13£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£8£3£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11*£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£8£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£7£4£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.kingtonchoral.org.uk

dick.sawle@sawle.org

01544267578

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • COLIN ROBERT PIERS Appointed: 2020
  • JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER EDGECOMBE Appointed: 2024
  • KATHRINE ANN BINNEY Appointed: 2022
  • LADY WOODHEAD CHRISTINE WOODHEAD Appointed: 2024
  • RICHARD SAWLE (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • RITA BRIDSON Appointed: 2023
  • SANDRA CAROLINE RITA SMITH Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2004, number: 1103552
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 7 days late,
Main office

Westering
Stonewall Hill
PRESTEIGNE
Powys
LD8 2HB

Objectives

TO FOSTER PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF MUSIC OF ALL KINDS, BY THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC CHORAL CONCERTS AND OTHER MUSICAL ACTIVITIES, FOR THE SOCIETY'S FUNDS AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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