LIBERA

Registered charity 1127722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Public church services and public concerts. Providing educational experiences both to the boys in the choir and the general public through their music. They regularly appear on television and lead acts of worship in many venues in the UK and sometimes abroad.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH TO THE ARTICLES HERETO ATTACHED:TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BOYS' CHORAL MUSIC BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EDUCATING BOYS IN CHORAL SINGING AND LEADING LITURGICAL WORSHIP AND THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, 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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Latest income

£407k

Latest spending

£434k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £27,327 for the year, resulting in unrestricted net current assets of £391,234. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover two years of regular expenditure, which is currently set at £75,000 annually. The filing confirms the charity has no long-term creditors and holds sufficient resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years' regular expenditure at current expenditure levels (held: £391k)

“The trustees agreed to maintain sufficient reserves to cover 2 years’ regular expenditure at current expenditure levels. Current annual expenditure on core activities is £75,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Director B Geraghty paid £3,000 for admin support; M Jansen (family of director A Jansen) paid £494 for technical services.

“During this period director B Geraghty was paid £3,000 for providing admin support to the charity, and M Jansen (a family member of director A Jansen) was paid £494 for providing technical services.” — page 16

“The charity uses the professional services of Intersend Limited to manage its stock fulfillment. A family member of director A Winter is a director of Intersend Limited. The amount paid for services rendered in 2025 was £3,424.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Intersend Limited paid £3,424 for stock fulfillment; a family member of director A Winter is a director of Intersend Limited.

“During this period director B Geraghty was paid £3,000 for providing admin support to the charity, and M Jansen (a family member of director A Jansen) was paid £494 for providing technical services.” — page 16

“The charity uses the professional services of Intersend Limited to manage its stock fulfillment. A family member of director A Winter is a director of Intersend Limited. The amount paid for services rendered in 2025 was £3,424.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06774391

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Libera (matched by registered charity number).

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.

JANSEN, Anna Louise — director, appointed 06/02/2018on trustee list
GERAGHTY, Barbara — director, appointed 16/12/2008on trustee list
WINTER, Andrew James — director, appointed 16/12/2008not on trustee list
TRUST ADVICE CIC — corporate secretary, appointed 28/04/2020

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£616k

Total spending

£289k

Cost of raising funds

£13k

Reserves (reported)

£417k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~17.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDY WINTER
Anna Louise Jansen
BARBARA GERAGHTY
ELEANOR CARON LEWIS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£407k	£434k
31/12/2024	£616k	£289k
31/12/2023	£257k	£304k
31/12/2022	£301k	£246k
31/12/2021	£144k	£72k

Common questions

Is LIBERA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £27,327 for the year, resulting in unrestricted net current assets of £391,234. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover two years of regular expenditure, which is currently set at £75,000 annually. The filing confirms the charity has no long-term creditors and holds sufficient resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	2	£35k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	2	£5k
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	1	£60k
THE VINEHILL TRUST	1	£50k
THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£40k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£34k
MAECENAS	1	£15k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARDS, EYNSHAM.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARDS, EYNSHAM income £237k
VIVACE CHORUS income £168k
THE ENGLISH CONCERT income £1.4m
EMMANUEL CHURCH MARLBOROUGH income £216k
THE LIBERTY MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL income £131k
GABRIELI income £994k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LIBERA	£407k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARDS, EYNSHAM FY2025	£237k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VIVACE CHORUS FY2025	£168k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ENGLISH CONCERT FY2025	£1.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EMMANUEL CHURCH MARLBOROUGH FY2025	£216k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE LIBERTY MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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