GEM CONNECTION LADIES BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHORUS

Registered charity 1152040 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GEM CONNECTION

To preserve the style and to encourage the singing of barbershop harmony, both in chorus and quartet.To promote friendship through harmony.To advance, improve and maintain public education in an appreciation of the art and science of barbershop singing in all its aspects by the presentation of public barbershop concerts and the provision of educational workshops for members of thepublic.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BARBERSHOP SINGING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC BARBERSHOP CONCERTS AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

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 loss of £6,810 for the 15-month period ended 31 December 2025, attributing this to double payments for items such as PRS and website fees due to a change in accounting period. Per the financial statement, the charity held total bank and cash balances of £7,961, alongside a Gem Savings Fund of £799. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounting records are a true record of the financial affairs of the club.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Burnschair
• Catharine Warner
• Deborah Bottomley
• Delyth Knight
• Eve Blunt
• Georgina Gascoigne
• HELEN MARGARET GASKELL
• Paula Wright
• Sarah Streater

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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