Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE BACH CHOIR 

As one of the world's leading choruses, The Bach Choir's aim is to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds with the magnificence, beauty and emotional power of choral music, through the excellence of its performances, recordings and outreach work in the wider community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/22£437£404£34n/an/an/an/an/a250
31/07/21£174£162£12n/an/an/an/an/a250
31/07/20£721£611£111£42£548£4949.73250
31/07/19£420£498£-78n/an/an/an/an/a250
31/07/18£377£499£-123£0£0£0n/a019
31/07/17£478£435£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£332£315£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£360£386£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£653£674£-20£36£624£5249.310
31/07/13£303£287£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£345£320£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£399£376£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£365£370£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£366£423£-57£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£602£619£-18£82£526£5009.710
31/07/07£352£333£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£357£346£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£378£429£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£379£413£-33£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 55 years

www.thebachchoir.org.uk

genman@thebachchoir.org.uk

02071274677

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
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
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 250 volunteers

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
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - The Bach Choir
£3,000 24/03/2021
Towards core costs to programme singing workshops with Years 4 and 5 in three primary schools. The children engaged are largely in receipt of free school meals.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/15 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/1969, number: 258287
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO BOX 61756
LONDON
SW1H 0UZ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY IS THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF CHORAL WORKS OF EXCELLENCE OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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