THE ALOUD CHARITY

Registered charity 1147922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is an umbrella organisation that devises, manages and delivers the activity of Only Boys Aloud, Only Girls Aloud, and Only Kids Aloud, and exists to promote and develop choral signing as a vibrant and essential element in the cultural landscape of Wales.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £109,284 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total reserves of £142,524. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level represents 4.54 months of core expenditure, which is above the stated policy target of retaining a minimum of three months' expenditure in reserves.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08116295

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Aloud Charity (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.

• SMITH JONES, Elizabeth Sarah Ann — director, appointed 01/10/2025not on trustee list
• DAVIES, Rhian Angharad — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
• SWEETMAN, Rosemary Denise — director, appointed 10/10/2023on trustee list
• TREGALE, Lisa — director, appointed 04/04/2023on trustee list
• BARRY, Julia Claire — director, appointed 03/01/2023on trustee list
• HAM, Brandon — director, appointed 03/01/2023on trustee list
• REES, Ian James, Dr — director, appointed 11/02/2021on trustee list
• JONES, Awen Fflur — director, appointed 29/09/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Awen Fflur Jones
• Brandon Ham
• Elizabeth Sarah Ann Smith Jones
• Ian James Rees
• Julia Barry
• Lisa Tregale
• Rhian Angharad Davies
• Rosie Denise Sweetman

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).