SONGEASEL

Registered charity 1197751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To bring art song, its poetry and music, to new audiences in South East London and beyond through an annual recital series, workshops with local schoolchildren, a Young Artists Programme and ad hoc events in unusual venues to reach new audiences.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS IN, AND PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION, COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE OF SONG, BOTH ITS POETRY AND MUSIC, THROUGH A SERIES OF EVENTS GOVERNED BY A STRONG ARTISTIC VISION INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PRINCIPALLY:A)THE ARRANGEMENT OF AN ANNUAL SONG RECITAL SERIES; ANDB)WITH A SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT INCORPORATING:(I)WORKSHOPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLCHILDREN(II)A YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAMME(III)TALKS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS(IV)AD HOC EVENTS TO BRING MUSIC AND POETRY TO NEW AUDIENCES, THE DISADVANTAGED AND MARGINALISED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY IN SOUTH EAST LONDON AND ELSEWHERE (THE OBJECT).

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,403 for the year, reducing its net reserves to £1,844. The trustees note that as a relatively new charity with limited funds, it does not have the capacity to hold a material reserve, balancing financial resilience with directing funds to charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• The Rev'd Canon Charles Faulkner Pickstonechair
• Clare Glover
• Jeremy James Young · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jocelyn Freeman
• Matthew Warwick Gasser

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Greenwich · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

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