Black British Classical Foundation Limited

Registered charity 1156138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBC FOUNDATION, BLACK BRISITH CLASSICAL FOUNDATION LTD, BLACK BRITISH CLASSICAL FOUNDATION LTD · filing overdue (register status)

THE CHARITY EXISTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF NURTURING AN INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CLASSICAL ARTS, IN PARTICULAR OPERA, AMONGST COMMUNITIES OF COLOUR IN THE UK AND BEYOND.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ENCOURAGING THOSE FROM THE ETHNIC MINORITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AND APPRECIATE THE ART OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.(2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; (C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; (D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2024 (received 11/02/2026, 164 days after the 31/08/2025 due date); year ending 31/10/2022 (received 20/12/2023, 111 days after the 31/08/2023 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ayodeji Ayoola
• Michael Higgins
• Olayimika Cole

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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