Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

LAUNCESTON CHORAL SOCIETY 

The activities of the Launceston Choral Society are as follows:1. Rehearse selected classical choral works and sing them at concert to a paying audience, usually at the Central Methodist Church Launceston.2. Three works are performed annually, plus a Christmas Concert also with a paying audience.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
30/06/22*£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/21*£1£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/19£8£10£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/18£7£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£7£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15*£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

laintonju@aol.co.uk

01409255502

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Friday Friends
£9,952 02/06/2023
The funding will be used to run a weekly support group for people living with dementia. The project aims to offer gardening crafts singing and dancing activities to keep participant's minds active ....more
Sport England - Yes We Can
£6,850 26/05/2023
This project will run a weekly dementia friendly exercise class, including some chair based activities for 30 people. Funding is required for additional staff costs, instructor fees, facility hire ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/11/2013, number: 1154682
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR22: 20 days late, AR21: 5 days late, AR15: 22 days late,
Main office

9 The Willows
Chilsworthy
Holsworthy
EX22 7BB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE:-(A) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.(B) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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