THE TRUST FOR SING FOR PLEASURE

Registered charity 270384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SING FOR PLEASURE

Sing for Pleasure encourages the enjoyment of better singing through:* A supportive and structured training programme for conductors, vocal leaders and teachers of class and choir.* A variety of quality singing opportunities for children and adults at all levels of experience and ability.* A well designed range of high quality singing, conducting and teaching resources.

Objects

TO PROMOTE MUSIC EDUCATION IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bolton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £8,683 for the year, with total income of £152,078.48 and total expenditure of £160,765.86. General reserves increased to £158,651.32, while the charity maintains a stated policy of holding sufficient reserves to meet its needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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)

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• NESTA — “In 2008, Paul left journalism when he was awarded the NESTA funded fellowship in creative economy on the Clore Leadership Programme.” (source page)
• Borletti Buitoni Trust — “Currently he is a trustee of the Borletti Buitoni Trust, a private foundation which supports outstanding international classical music talen…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Miles Wallis-Clarkechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Beddison
• Jane Hampson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jason Ching
• Nicholas Chalmers

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SING UP FOUNDATION.

• SING UP FOUNDATION income £66k
• THE JOYFUL COMPANY OF SINGERS (1996) income £33k
• CHILDREN'S CONCERTS income £141k
• CELEBRATE VOICE income £146k
• ORCHESTRAS FOR ALL income £853k
• HERTFORD CHORAL SOCIETY income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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