DECIBELLAS

Registered charity 1197363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Decibellas is open to all upper voice singers. We are based in Cheshire.We hold weekly rehearsals in term time led by a music director to learn choral works and improve our musicality and choral singing.We hold public concerts and other performances to share our our pleasure in singing

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHOIR SHALL BE:I. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS;II. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE;III. TO SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANT FUNDING IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE FURTHERANCE OF THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,700 at the end of the financial year, with additional restricted funds held for music deposits and future tours. The trustees indicate that the remaining balance is retained for working capital and unforeseen circumstances, suggesting a focus on liquidity for immediate operational needs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Joan Linda Masonchair
• Amanda Jane Moran
• Anne Elizabeth Pover
• Caragh Ashley
• Elizabeth Ostrowski
• Jacqueline Mary King
• Rosemary Helen Hudson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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