SOUTHEND BOYS' CHOIR AND SOUTHEND GIRLS' CHOIR CIO

Registered charity 1161752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Southend Boy's and Southend Girl's choir enable music to be performed for the public benefit. Young people are given training and access to choral music to enable them to enjoy singing for the public across the country and the worldand to gain skills. Young people sing together under the direction of a musical director, and learn to appreciate the skills of choral music.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE (A) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF CHORAL MUSIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, RECITALS BROADCASTS RECORDINGS OR AT THE INVITATION OF PROMOTERS, ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER ARTISTIC BODIES; AND (B) TO EDUCATE AND ENHANCE THE SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF ANY CHOIR RUN BY THE CIO THROUGH A RANGE OF PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UK AND ABROAD.

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: Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of SOUTHEND BOYS' CHOIR AND SOUTHEND GIRLS' CHOIR TRUST (charity 1118040) — merger registered 05/09/2016.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£59k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £60,979.27 at the end of the financial year, a figure the trustees describe as satisfactory following the pandemic recovery period. The charity operates with no subscription fees for members and relies on a mix of donations, engagements, and grants, while actively seeking further funding through applications to various funds.

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 3 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 handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southend Choirs (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Roger G Davischair
Anne Jones
Christine Wallen
Emer McNeela
Ian Mark Elson Croft
James Devor
Julie Kathleen Cushion · trustee of 4 other charities
Julie Kathleen Cushion · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£59k	£59k
31/08/2024	£70k	£61k
31/08/2023	£72k	£71k
31/08/2022	£65k	£77k
31/08/2021	£26k	£27k

Common questions

Is SOUTHEND BOYS' CHOIR AND SOUTHEND GIRLS' CHOIR CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £60,979.27 at the end of the financial year, a figure the trustees describe as satisfactory following the pandemic recovery period. The charity operates with no subscription fees for members and relies on a mix of donations, engagements, and grants, while actively seeking further funding through applications to various funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/07/2016	£10k	"Never Forget: an oratorio to commemorate The Somme, June 1916"

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with S C CHOIRS CIO.

S C CHOIRS CIO income £42k
SOUTH CHILTERN CHORAL SOCIETY income £27k
SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY income £34k
SOUTHWELL CHORAL SOCIETY income £45k
SOUTH WEST LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY income £32k
SUMMERTOWN CHORAL SOCIETY income £38k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTHEND BOYS' CHOIR AND SOUTHEND GIRLS' CHOIR CIO	£59k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
S C CHOIRS CIO FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	noted
SOUTH CHILTERN CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£34k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHWELL CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	noted
SOUTH WEST LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£32k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.