GROBY SINGS

Registered charity 1180490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Groby Sings is a large community choir in Groby, near Leicester, for adults and children of any ability or experience. We especially welcome anyone who is socially isolated. We sing songs from musicals and other popular songs in weekly rehearsals leading up to concerts at the local college. Cake and conversation help us to relax and have fun. To find out more, please visit www.grobysings.org.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC AWARENESS IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A FULLY SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY CHOIR AND THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS.

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: Hinckley and Bosworth, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£19k

Latest spending

£15k

Registered

2018

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Policies the charity declares

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); 3% of the £18,963 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 12% of the £16,299 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2023

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 18% of the £10,933 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CLIFFORD JOHN ASHBY
JILL MARGARET MACLAUCHLAN
Keith Raymond Wignall
LINDA JANE BROWN
LOUISA DEBORAH ROSS
NICOLA DOROTHY BASHFORTH
PAUL WILLIAM COX

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£19k	£15k
31/01/2024	£16k	£15k
31/01/2023	£11k	£9k
31/01/2022	£4	£193
31/01/2021	£2k	£3k

Common questions

Who funds GROBY SINGS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GROBY SINGS as a grant recipient include THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2022	£500	Casual Donation.