Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 2

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

SOUTHEND BOYS' CHOIR AND SOUTHEND GIRLS' CHOIR CIO

The Southend Boy's and Southend Girl's choir enable music to be performed for the public benefit. Young people are given training and access to choral music to enable them to enjoy singing for the public across the country and the worldand to gain skills. Young people sing together under the direction of a musical director, and learn to appreciate the skills of choral music.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£72	£71	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22	£65	£77	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21	£26	£27	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20	£58	£53	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	£99	£86	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	£180	£170	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17	£72	£97	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16	£126	£69	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.southendchoirs.org.uk

southendchoirs@gmail.com

07774004699

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Southend-on-sea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Boys' and Girls' Choir CIO
£5,000	16/05/2023	to support a performance focused on climate change and a performance of Noyes Fludde by the Southend Boys' and Girls' Choir
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Restricted - Southend Boys and Girls Choirs
£500	21/10/2022	to support young people.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Boys' and Girls' Choir CIO
£7,500	19/05/2022	for a project working with over 450 primary school children across 16 schools to help to create and perform in a new commissioned work called “Unlocked”
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Southend Boys' and Girls' Choir CIO
£7,272	14/03/2018	Towards the running costs of the choir
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Southend Choirs
£10,000	21/07/2016	Never Forget: an oratorio to commemorate The Somme, June 1916

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

CHRISTINE WALLEN Appointed: 2020

EMER MCNEELA Appointed: 2021

JACQUELINE MULLAN (Chair) Appointed: 2015

JULIE KATHLEEN CUSHION Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Patient Support Services Manag

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/05/2015, number: 1161752

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

05/09/2016 - Asset transfer in from SOUTHEND BOYS' CHOIR AND SOUTHEND GIRLS' CHOIR TRUST
13/09/2024 - Asset transfer in from BOBBY BIRN MEMORIAL TRUST

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BOBBY BIRN MEMORIAL TRUST on 13/09/2024

Main office

9 VERMEER CRESCENT
SHOEBURYNESS
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS3 9TJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE (A) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF CHORAL MUSIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, RECITALS BROADCASTS RECORDINGS OR AT THE INVITATION OF PROMOTERS, ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER ARTISTIC BODIES; AND (B) TO EDUCATE AND ENHANCE THE SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF ANY CHOIR RUN BY THE CIO THROUGH A RANGE OF PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UK AND ABROAD.

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