FINCHLEY CHILDREN'S MUSIC GROUP

Registered charity 1160096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FCMG

FOUNDED IN 1958, FCMG IS A HIGHLY VERSATILE GROUP OF MIXED-VOICED CHOIRS AND IS COMMITTED TO THE PROMOTION OF SINGING AND CHORAL MUSIC FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 4 AND 18. FCMG BECAME A CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2015. FOR INFORMATION ON THE CHOIRS AND THE TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS PRIOR TO THIS DATE, PLEASE CONTACT [email protected].

Objects

"TO PROMOTE IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE ORGANISATION THROUGH ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME."

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 generated a total surplus of £9,325 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with free reserves increasing to £53,032. The trustees aim to maintain reserves to cover foreseeable expenditure and significant fluctuations in receipts, noting that reserves were previously drawn down for anniversary celebrations and are now being built up for future milestones. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Leapman Weiss. 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
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Finchley Children's Music Group (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Theresa Wardchair
• Judith Iacovou
• Kunal Dutta
• Michael Clive Lewis Brookes
• Paul Guenault
• Sarah Phillips

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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