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Registered charity · Abingdon

Benson Choral Society

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £47k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
www.bensonchoralsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£47k£42k
  • 2024£41k£41k
  • 2023£40k£35k
Earlier years
  • 2022£20k£29k
  • 2021£7k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE 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.

Grants received

1 grant · £5,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-03-30
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8Other Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£47k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1001958
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED JANUARY 1979, AND AMENDED 23RD MARCH 1982, AND 27TH FEBRUARY 1990.AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 07 DEC 2021 as amended on 07 Dec 2021
Contact on the register
01865407686 · enquiries@bensonchoralsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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