ECLECTIC VOICES SOCIETY

Registered charity 1052289 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGHBURY YOUNG SINGERS

Training groups of both children and adults to sing in a choir: facilitating and promoting training workshops, rehearsals and performance of music of a wide range of genres, to give the amateur members of the choir a way to raise their game with professional support, and providing choral concerts of quality, primarily in Highbury and Central London.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE A) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC INCLUDING THE CHILDREN OF LOCAL SCHOOLS IN NORTH LONDON BY THE PRESENTATION OF AS WIDE A RANGE OF MUSIC AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING SPECIALLY WRITTEN WORKS, THIS MUSIC BEING PRIMARILY PRESENTED BY ECLECTIC VOICES AND HIGHBURY YOUTH CHOIRS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS 'THE CHOIRS').ANDB) TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE COMMITTEE IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY NORTH LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with a surplus, reporting total income of £45,919 against total expenditure of £50,125, resulting in a net deficit for the year. However, the charity holds net assets of £9,600, comprising cash and bank balances of £4,973 and Gift Aid claimed but not yet received of £4,627. The trustees consider resources adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainty disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Eclectic Voices Society (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Denise Wynnickchair
• Andrew Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra Letitia Bush · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Camden · Islington

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