Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 0

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Very static board: -5
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

BEDFORD MESSIAH CHOIR

Public Education1 Engaging a professional conductor2 Engaging professional vocal and instrumental soloists.3 Promoting an annual performance of Handel's Messiah.Furtherance of Charitable Purposes1 Nominating a local charity to receive net proceeds of performance.2 Offering additional publicity to chosen charity.3 Providing facilities for charity to showcase its activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/06/22	*	£9	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/21	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/20		£6	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/19	*	£5	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18		£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/17		£4	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/16		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/15		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/14		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/13		£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/12		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/11		£4	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/10		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/09	*	£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/08	*	£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.bedfordmessiahchoir.org.uk

chairman@bedfordmessiahchoir.org.uk

01234781551

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Bedford, Central Bedfordshire,

Who it helps

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

ROLAND PAUL CARPENTER Appointed: 2012

DR RICHARD GALLIVAN Appointed: 2012, Other trusteeship: THOMAS CHRISTIES ALMSHOUSE & RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY,

SIAN WOODFINE (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeships: BROMHAM VILLAGE HALL, ELISABETH CURTIS CENTRE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/01/2007, number: 1117616

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR21: 2 days late, AR19: 335 days late, AR09: 221 days late, AR08: 385 days late,

Main office

7 COXS CLOSE
SHARNBROOK
BEDFORD
MK44 1JU

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

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