Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: -1

DORCHESTER CHORAL SOCIETY

The Society has weekly meetings in term time working towards about three public concerts each year. It also sings outreach concerts in villages around Dorchester in summer and winter, sings carol concerts with local charities at Christmas, and is involved in musical exchanges with our our twinned towns in Germany and France.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly 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
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
31/07/23		£29	£31	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/07/22		£22	£24	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/07/21		£15	£18	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/20		£25	£32	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/19		£32	£22	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/18		£33	£32	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17		£33	£32	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16		£28	£22	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/15		£26	£30	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/14		£17	£9	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/13		£18	£27	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12		£19	£15	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11		£22	£16	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/10		£23	£23	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/09		£21	£18	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/08		£19	£20	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/07		£20	£15	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/06	*	£13	£11	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 41 years

www.dorchesterchoralsociety.org

01305261410

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTINE PFAFF

DR SUSAN JANE ADAMS Appointed: 2023

ELIZABETH GRACE ADAMS Appointed: 2011

KEVIN ROGERS Appointed: 2020

SARAH MERIEL THOMSON Appointed: 2021

ELIZABETH LINDEN HUMPHREY Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: MILBORNE LADYBIRDS PLAYGROUP,

JANE PRYCE, Other trusteeships: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DORCHESTER AND WEST STAFFORD, DORCHESTER OPPORTUNITY PRESCHOOL GROUP LTD,

JANE ELIZABETH HOWARD (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeships: CLAYESMORE SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL NEEDS UK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/12/1982, number: 285911

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR06: 41 days late,

Main office

Flat 11-12
The Barley Building
12 Copper Street
DORCHESTER
Dorset
DT1 1GN

Objectives

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE DORCHESTER AND IMMEDIATE ENVIRON

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