CHINEKE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1165933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHINEKE

To promote diversity in classical music, for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively, through the advancement and promotion of Black and ethnically diverse classical musicians, aged 7 to 65, residing in the UK and Europe. To advance arts and culture by supporting the music careers of diverse people through the Chineke! Orchestra, Junior Orchestra, and Education programme.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE ART OF CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BYA) SUPPORTING, DEVELOPING AND TRAINING ETHNIC MINORITY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS, AGED 7 TO 26, LIVING IN THE UK AND EUROPE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH ANNUAL COMPETITIONS, AND MENTORING PROGRAMMES;B) THE STAGING OF HIGH QUALITY CLASSIC MUSICAL PERFORMANCES;2. THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF ETHNIC MINORITY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS OF LIMITED MEANS LIVING IN THE UK AND EUROPE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY SUPPORTING AND PROVIDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JUNIOR AND PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS; AND 3. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN THE UK AND EUROPE BY PROVIDING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ETHNIC MINORITY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS, AGED 7 TO 26 AND ENCOURAGING PROGRAMMES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC WITHIN SCHOOLS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £234,611 for the year, reducing its total reserves from £989,385 to £754,774. The trustees describe the reserve position as healthy, noting that unrestricted funds of £625,848 remain positive despite the fall. The charity is reliant on donations and grant income, with Arts Council England providing significant support as a National Portfolio Organisation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lubbock Fine LLP. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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)

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09553052

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chineke! Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WILLIAMS, Gawayne — director, appointed 16/12/2024on trustee list
• ASHLEY, Nathan Maron — director, appointed 16/12/2024on trustee list
• NTUMBA, Kayeye — director, appointed 13/12/2024on trustee list
• MATOVU, Harold Nsamba — director, appointed 13/12/2024on trustee list
• RAWCLIFFE, Ade — director, appointed 13/12/2024on trustee list
• SING, Samantha Geraldine — director, appointed 13/12/2024on trustee list
• DOUGLAS, Frank Lanza — director, appointed 01/12/2022on trustee list
• THARP, Kenneth Olumuyiwa — director, appointed 12/10/2017not on trustee list
• ALLEN, Candace Lamae — director, appointed 21/04/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ade Rawcliffe
• CANDACE ALLEN
• Frank Douglas
• Gawayne Williams
• Harold Nsamba Matovu
• Kayeye Ntumba
• Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE
• Mojisola Kareem
• Nathan Maron Ashley
• Samantha Geraldine Sing

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NONCLASSICAL.

• NONCLASSICAL income £196k
• SEVENOAKS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £31k
• BRIGANTES MUSIC income £90k
• NEKO TRUST income £98k
• CATHEDRAL CONCERT SOCIETY income £22k
• EAST LONDON SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC income £55k

Side by side with its peers

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