NEW LONDON COMMUNITY CHOIR

Registered charity 1203359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLERKENWELL COMMUNITY CHOIR, ST CLEMENT'S COMMUNITY CHOIR

To improve, develop and maintain public education through choral music in the community, through rehearsing and giving concerts in London and elsewhere and for exchanges with other musical organisations

Objects

TO IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH CHORAL MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH REHEARSING AND GIVING CONCERTS IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE AND FOR EXCHANGES WITH OTHER MUSICAL ORGANISATIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £33,583 and incurred charitable expenditure of £30,374, resulting in an unrestricted surplus of £3,209. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stand at £11,628, which they acknowledge is below their stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to a term's expenditure, though they remain comfortable with this level. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The level of unrestricted funds at the year-end is £11,628, which is below the level of expenditure in Summer 2025 which was high with the A Season to Sing performance.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 3% of the £36,952 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£34k£31k
31/08/2024£37k£22k

Common questions

Is NEW LONDON COMMUNITY CHOIR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £33,583 and incurred charitable expenditure of £30,374, resulting in an unrestricted surplus of £3,209. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stand at £11,628, which they acknowledge is below their stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to a term's expenditure, though they remain comfortable with this level. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.