Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

OUSE VALLEY SINGERS

Ouse Valley Singers is a choir based in Sharnbrook, North Bedfordshire.We normally sing 4 part choral pieces (soprano, alto, tenor,bass) and sing a wide range of sacred and secular music. We perform regularly in churches and village halls. We have about 30 singers on roll and are lead by Janet Welsh, an extremely competent and well known musician in Bedfordshire.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
30/04/23£2£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/22£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/20£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/19£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/17£4£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/16£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/15£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/14£3£4£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/13£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/12£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/11£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/10£3£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/09£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/08£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/07£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/06£3£2£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

mbonney@hotmail.co.uk

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

  • MIKE BONNEY
  • MARYKE COOPER Appointed: 2022
  • ROSE JOHNSTON Appointed: 2015
  • SUSAN PLANT (Chair)
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2006, number: 1113017
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 LODGE CLOSE
SHARNBROOK
BEDFORD
MK44 1JS

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS;2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. BEDFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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