# BURY ST EDMUNDS' FRIENDLY ORCHESTRA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1157702
- **Other names:** BFO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 3, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1157702


## Contact

- **Address:** The Dairy, Bowbeck, Bardwell, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Suffolk
- **Postcode:** IP31 1BA
- **Phone:** 07931 420218
- **Email:** buryfriendlyorchestra@gmail.com
- **Website:** https://www.buryfriendlyorchestra.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** (I)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;(II)TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

**Activities:** WE ARE AN ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEUR ORCHESTRA BASED IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK.  WE PUT ON THREE PUBLIC CONCERTS A YEAR AND WE ENCOURAGE CONCERT GOERS BY ENSURING OUR CONCERTS ARE AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Norfolk
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | £12320 | £12068 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £15432 | £12743 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £12107 | £10610 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £5360 | £6231 | — | — |
| July 31, 2020 | £14617 | £14025 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Susannah Smith** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 8, 2022
- Dr Colin Paton — appointed Nov. 21, 2023
- Dr Mary Brookes — appointed Nov. 21, 2023
- Jack Skinner — appointed Nov. 21, 2023
- Jane Roberts — appointed April 2, 2015
- Lucinda Fry — appointed Nov. 21, 2023
- Nicola Macrae — appointed Nov. 6, 2018
- Paul Kay — appointed Nov. 8, 2022