AMICI CANTATE

Registered charity 1149824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance, improve and maintain the public appreciation of music through Concerts and recitals in the local area in support of Cantate Youth Choir and other local charities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE:1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.3. TO SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES OF CANTATE YOUTH CHOIR IN VIEW OF THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE TWO SOCIETIES.

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 small loss of £468 for the year ended 31 July 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Despite this, the trustees confirm the choir remains in good financial condition with unrestricted reserves held on deposit. The total income was £29,800 against total expenditure of £30,268.

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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graeme Proudfoot · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jane Burnett Watkins
• John Barry
• KATE ELIZABETH FOXWELL
• Maureen Hopkins
• SIOBHAN NUNDRAM

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire

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