Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE PONTEFRACT CHORAL SOCIETY

The Pontefract Choral Society aims to make choral music readily accessible to the wider community through live concerts, and to provide the opportunity for local people to develop their musical skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • 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
31/07/23*£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22*£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20*£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£11£13£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£15£12£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16?£15£14£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/15£10£10£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/14£9£9£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/13£9£10£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/12*£7£6£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/11£7£9£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/10*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/09£5£7£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/08*£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/07?*£6£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/04£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

  • ALISTAIR YAGER Appointed: 2018
  • DAVID ROYDHOUSE
  • GILL FLETCHER (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • JOAN JEWSBURY
  • MOLLIE GARBETT
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/03/1994, number: 1035380
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR23: 58 days late, AR22: 36 days late, AR20: 3 days late, AR12: 7 days late, AR10: 174 days late, AR08: 135 days late, AR07: 70 days late,
Main office

Arcadia Estcourt Road
Darrington
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF8 3AL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE,IMPROVE,DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE IN MUSIC IN ALL ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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