ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH CHORAL DIRECTORS

Registered charity 1085226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABCD

The promotion of skills in choral leadership.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THE EDUCATION TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHORAL DIRECTORS(B) TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE SCIENCE ART AND CRAFT OF CHORAL DIRECTION CONDUCTING AND TRAINING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND LIKEWISE TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP CONDUCTING AND TRAINING OF CHOIRS AND CHORAL SINGERS(C) TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF CHORAL DIRECTION CONDUCTING AND TRAINING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL.

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 reported a net expenditure deficit of £9,392 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in a decline in total reserves from £23,340 to £13,948. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves have fallen to £8,048, representing only 10% of core costs, which is below their stated policy target of one year's core costs. While the organization remains solvent with adequate current assets, the trustees highlight that increasing membership and raising external funds are priorities to improve long-term financial resilience.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03985838

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ASTON, Craig — director, appointed 09/04/2025on trustee list
• BLAZEY, Gillian Mary — director, appointed 07/01/2023on trustee list
• GREGORY, Simon James — director, appointed 03/11/2022on trustee list
• FAYLE, Kenneth Stephen — director, appointed 24/06/2022on trustee list
• SPROSON, Robert Mark — director, appointed 01/03/2017on trustee list
• CROMPTON, Melanie Anne — director, appointed 01/03/2017on trustee list
• EAST, Leslie Charles — director, appointed 04/08/2011not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• KENNETH STEPHEN FAYLEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Craig Aston
• Gillian Mary Blazey
• LESLIE CHARLES EAST OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Melanie Anne Crompton
• Robert Mark Sproson
• Simon James Gregory

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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