Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

HITCHIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

Presenting public orchestral concerts in Hitchin and the surrounding area, to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of orchestral music in all its aspects.
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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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£10£13£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/22£10£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/21£0£2£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£11£8£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/19£23£14£9n/an/an/an/an/a40
30/06/18£14£10£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£11£8£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£10£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11*£7£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£8£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£8£9£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£11£9£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£11£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£11£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£7£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.hitchinsymphony.org.uk

chairman@hitchinsymphony.org.uk

01462629500

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/05/1998, number: 1069554
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 1 days late,
Main office

8a Old Oak Close
Arlesey
SG15 6XA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS; AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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