# BENSON CHORAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1001958
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 19, 1991
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1001958


## Contact

- **Address:** WITTAS HAM COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, LONG WITTENHAM, ABINGDON
- **Postcode:** OX14 4QH
- **Phone:** 01865407686
- **Email:** enquiries@bensonchoralsociety.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bensonchoralsociety.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Public performance of major choral works.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £40834 | £40917 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £39575 | £34855 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £20420 | £29223 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £6509 | £4172 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £26878 | £25900 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Helen McClure** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 10, 2024
- Beatrice Earland — appointed Dec. 7, 2021
- Celia Barnshaw — appointed Dec. 7, 2021
- Claire Speirs — appointed Dec. 6, 2022
- Enid Stevens — appointed Oct. 21, 2025
- Gillian Nahum — appointed July 2, 2024
- Martin Mellor — appointed Sept. 1, 2016
- Michael Lewers — appointed Oct. 21, 2025


