THE FORGET-ME-NOT CHORUS CARDIFF

Registered charity 1151812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FMN, THE FORGET-ME-NOT CHORUS

Forget-me-not Chorus supports those living with and alongside dementia through the power of song. Inclusive singing sessions in community, care home, hospital and online settings empower participants to use their creative voice: stimulating pride, improving wellbeing and challenging stigma. FMNC began in South Wales in 2011 but has now expanded its musical community across Wales and the UK.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH MEMORY LOSS AND THEIR CARERS BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED MUSIC AND ART THERAPY SERVICES.

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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Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £73,206 for the year ended 30 April 2026, with total incoming resources increasing to £369,293. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £141,746, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of six months of core running expenditure. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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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• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bryan Hugheschair
• Christine Lewis
• DANIEL BENHAM
• Dendy Vickery
• Dr Gavin Davies
• Dr Gwawr Ifan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Haydn Mayo
• Dr RACHEL AKANDE
• Sean Mayo

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR income £204k
• FORGET ME NOT MEMORY CAFÉ CHARITY income £148k
• MINDSONG income £336k
• MUSIC FOR MY MIND income £111k
• LOST CHORD UK income £108k
• The Forget Me Not's (Crawley) income £28k

Side by side with its peers

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