PRISON CHOIR PROJECT

Registered charity 1174202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Prison Choir Project is a charity whose objectives are to rehabilitate prisoners, ex-offenders and people suffering mental illness through the study and performance of opera, song, and choral music. We hope to offer a pathway to reduced reoffending by building self-esteem, encouraging personal development and improving employable soft skills for all those involved.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE STUDY, PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF OPERA, SONG AND CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, IN ORDER TO FOSTER GREATER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) AMONG PRISONERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT; 2.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN MUSIC AND RELATED SUBJECTS, PARTICULARLY (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) AMONG PRISONERS AND EX-OFFENDERS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT;2.3 THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONG PRISONERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, AND AMONG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT BY:2.3.1 PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLECTIVE ACTIVITY IN CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS, INCLUDING THROUGH MUSICAL PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE; AND2.3.2 PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MUSIC IN ORDER TO DEVELOP PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES, SUCH AS CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM AND INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION CAPACITIES, IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; AND 2.3.3 ANY OTHER SUCH MEANS THAT ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES THAT THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT.

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: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,028 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £71,271 to £39,243. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with the support of its funders. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no material fixed costs or permanent premises.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 22/02/2024, 22 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Art on the Underground — “Go Find Miracles is a new sound artwork by 2023 Turner Prize-nominated artist Rory Pilgrim for Waterloo station commissioned by Art on the …” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Owen
• Daniel Ian Scott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Michael Little
• Robin Cooke-Hurle

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIBERTY CHOIR UK.

• LIBERTY CHOIR UK income £443k
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• THE THEATRE IN PRISONS AND PROBATION CENTRE income £247k
• PUTNEY CHORAL SOCIETY income £31k
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Side by side with its peers

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