LOST CHORD UK

Registered charity 1099385 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOST CHORD · also registered in Scotland as SC052157 (OSCR)

Lost Chord UK's mission is to improve the mental health, well-being, and quality of life of people with dementia and other neurological conditions, and those that care for them, through the transformative and therapeutic power of interactive music sessions by professional musicians in community and care home settings, across the UK.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PERSONS RESIDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE LIVING WITH (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) DEMENTIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING INTERACTIVE MUSIC SESSIONS BOTH LIVE AND BY A DIGITAL MEDIUM AND BY PROVIDING OTHER FACILITIES AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION FOR THEIR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION. NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit of £44,137 for the year, a significant improvement from the £102,522 deficit in the previous period. Per the trustees' report, total funds carried forward were £80,279, with unrestricted reserves standing at £43,760. The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, citing improved cost recovery and a strategic plan for long-term resilience.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 26/03/2024, 55 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04793062

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lost Chord UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Lost Chord UK receives £20,000 National Lottery grant to grow “Choir that Cares” across the UK Lost Chord UK is delighted to announce that i…” (source page)
• The Boulding Foundation — “The Boulding Foundation Brings Music Back to Bluebell Wood Families in 2026 We are sharing some truly wonderful news. Lost Chord UK is deepl…” (source page)

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.

• CLEARY, Kathleen Bernadine Katrina — director, appointed 18/07/2025on trustee list
• PROCTER, Mark Edmund John — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
• FRITH, Benjamin William — director, appointed 28/09/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BENJAMIN WILLIAM FRITHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathleen Bernadine Katrina Cleary
• Mark Edmund Procter Mr

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONTENTED DEMENTIA TRUST.

• CONTENTED DEMENTIA TRUST income £55k
• OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR income £204k
• DEMENTIA CLUB UK income £38k
• MUSIC FOR MY MIND income £111k
• CAMDEN CHOIR income £46k
• MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.