Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHOIR SCHOOL MUSIC ASSOCIATION 

Furtherance of educational aims of Westminster Abbey Choir School through support of its musical activities and related activities of public benefit
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
29/09/23£12£9£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
29/09/22£10£7£3n/an/an/an/an/a40
29/09/21£2£5£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
29/09/20£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
29/09/19*£10£22£-11n/an/an/an/an/a20
29/09/18*£8£14£-6£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/17£10£17£-7£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/16£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/15£11£7£4£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/14£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/13£13£9£4£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/12*£7£4£3£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/11£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/10*£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/09£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/08*£7£3£4£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/07£9£11£-2£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/06£10£6£4£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/05£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
29/09/04£5£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 48 years

020 7654 4918

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/05/1976, number: 271240
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 1 days late, AR18: 164 days late, AR12: 127 days late, AR10: 132 days late, AR08: 191 days late,
Main office

WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHOIR SCHOOL
DEANS YARD
LONDON
SW1P 3NY

Objectives

TO FURTHER THE MUSICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHOOL IN ANY WAY THAT THE ASSOCIATION SHALL THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO RESTRICT IN ANY WAY THE ASSOCIATION'S ABSOLUTE DISCRETION IN THIS RESPECT, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUND BY THE PROVISION AND/OR IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDING OR OTHER SUITABLE PREMISES, BY THE PROVISION OR REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE, AND BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES OR AWARDS AND/OR THE PROVISION OF OTHER AMENITIES AND/OR SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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