Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

GLASS ENSEMBLE 

We are a choir of about 25 female voices. We give three or four concerts each year in and around the Reading area. Our aim is to cover a wide range of musical styles in order to access as diverse an audience as possible. The choir rehearses each week at Charvil village hall.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely female

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/08/22£8,412£8,516£-1040
31/08/21£3,959£4,869£-9100
31/08/20£7,245£5,758£1,4870
31/08/19£7,447£6,746£7010
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.glassensemble.com

glassensemble@gmail.com

01189479997

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, Reading,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2018, number: 1177901
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 GORSELANDS
EMMER GREEN
READING
RG4 8QZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE: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 PROVIDE FACILITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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