NEW LONDON SINGERS

Registered charity 234280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

New London Singers is an organisation of volunteers promoting and providing choral music to the general public primarily in London, and supporting music students through sponsorship and commissioning of new music compositions

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF CHORAL MUSIC, PARTICULARLY BY THE PERFORMANCE OF CHURCH MUSIC.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£29k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £20,596 at the end of the period, which the trustees describe as approximately six months' worth of expenditure. Total income for the year was £26,787 against total payments of £29,082, resulting in a net deficit of £2,295 for the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions

“The charity’s principal source of funds is membership subscriptions.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months’ worth of expenditure (reserves figure: £21k)

“The charity holds approximately six months’ worth of expenditure in reserve to provide for unforeseen events.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management

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: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 6

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Gordon Jones Mrchair
Alistair John Cromwell
Susannah May

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£27k	£29k
31/08/2024	£25k	£23k
31/08/2023	£15k	£13k
31/08/2022	£20k	£13k
31/08/2021	£2k	£2k

Common questions

Is NEW LONDON SINGERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £20,596 at the end of the period, which the trustees describe as approximately six months' worth of expenditure. Total income for the year was £26,787 against total payments of £29,082, resulting in a net deficit of £2,295 for the period.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW LONDON ORCHESTRA LIMITED.

NEW LONDON ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £62k
The London Chorus (London Choral Society) income £101k
NEW LONDON MUSIC ASSOCIATION income £113k
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS income £167k
THE ELYSIAN SINGERS OF LONDON income £29k
LONDON CONCERT CHOIR income £93k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEW LONDON SINGERS	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW LONDON ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025	£62k	—	unclear	—	noted
The London Chorus (London Choral Society) FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW LONDON MUSIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS FY2025	£167k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ELYSIAN SINGERS OF LONDON FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.