LIBERTY CHOIR UK
Registered charity 1173799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Promote the rehabilitation of prisoners for the public benefit by setting up choirs in prisons to build the skills and capacity of offenders so that they can break the cycle of re-offending on release.Promote social inclusion amongst socially excluded people by providing a programme of high-quality singing to help develop skills and self-confidence to assist them to integrate into society.
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SETTING UP CHOIRS IN PRISONS AS A MEANS TO BUILD THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF OFFENDERS SO THAT THEY CAN BREAK THE CYCLE OF RE-OFFENDING ON RELEASE.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A PROGRAMME OF HIGH-QUALITY SINGING DESIGNED TO HELP DEVELOP SKILLS AND SELF-CONFIDENCE WITH THE AIM OF ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
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: Hastings, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Liberty Choir UK reported a net loss of £3,154 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £442,787. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £82,798, which the trustees confirm exceeds their stated policy target of three months of operational costs. The trustees are confident that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operational costs (reserves figure: £83k)
“we should seek to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of operational costs” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 11
“During the accounting period the charity received donations from Trustees totalling £5,000. There were no conditions placed upon these donations.” — page 26
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 handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- 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
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 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 200
- Government income: £35,125 — grants £35,125 (3); 8% of the £442,787 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 180
- Government income: £4,959 — grants £4,959 (1); 1% of the £388,499 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Liberty Choir UK (matched by registered charity number).
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LIBERTY CHOIR UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Liberty Choir UK reported a net loss of £3,154 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £442,787. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £82,798, which the trustees confirm exceeds their stated policy target of three months of operational costs. The trustees are confident that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds LIBERTY CHOIR UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LIBERTY CHOIR UK as a grant recipient include THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND, THE MARCHUS TRUST, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, BELVEDERE TRUST.
Known funders
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