NATURAL VOICE NETWORK

Registered charity 1171644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATURAL VOICE PRACTITIONER'S NETWORK

The Natural Voice Network is a network of people who work with voice and song, and who believe that singing is everyone?s birthright, regardless of musical experience or ability.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF NATURAL VOICE SINGING WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PRACTICE OF NATURAL VOICE AND COMMUNITY SONG, AND IN PARTICULAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTITIONERS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £34,133, an increase from the previous year's £22,292. The trustees report maintaining stability in funds through a rolling 12-month budget forecast and note that the current level of general reserves is considered necessary and appropriate. The charity generated a net income of £11,841 for the year, driven primarily by membership subscriptions and fundraising events.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 50% of annual membership income (held: £32k)

“The trustees have agreed that the charity's bank account should not fall below a figure representing 50% of annual membership income.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Adelaide Carlow
Denise Dobson
Hanna Lawrence
Kirsty Abraham
Penny Stone
Rebecca Denniff
Susan Rushforth
Teresa Verney

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£102k	£91k
31/07/2024	£80k	£81k
31/07/2023	£73k	£82k
31/07/2022	£41k	£53k
31/07/2021	£39k	£32k

Common questions

Is NATURAL VOICE NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £34,133, an increase from the previous year's £22,292. The trustees report maintaining stability in funds through a rolling 12-month budget forecast and note that the current level of general reserves is considered necessary and appropriate. The charity generated a net income of £11,841 for the year, driven primarily by membership subscriptions and fundraising events. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	2	£22k
MOTABILITY	1	£1.6m
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£737k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£183k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£105k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£105k
The Considered Ask Foundation	1	£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORAM VOICE (FORMERLY VOICE FOR THE CHILD IN CARE).

CORAM VOICE (FORMERLY VOICE FOR THE CHILD IN CARE) income £2.7m
NATURE VIBEZZZ income £119k
VOICES OF THE HOLOCAUST income £141k
NATIONAL VOICES income £913k
YOUR VOICE COUNTS income £1.8m
Connected Voice income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NATURAL VOICE NETWORK	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CORAM VOICE (FORMERLY VOICE FOR THE CHILD IN CARE) FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
NATURE VIBEZZZ FY2025	£119k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
VOICES OF THE HOLOCAUST FY2025	£141k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL VOICES FY2025	£913k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUR VOICE COUNTS FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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