01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 22 April 2013
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £775,794
- Latest expenditure
- £874,778
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: London Youth Choirs, St. John's Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TY
Website recorded by the regulator: www.londonyouthchoirs.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
London Youth Choirs (LYC) raises voices and shapes lives through singing for young people aged 7-23. Founded in 2012, LYC runs 10 choirs and free school and community programmes, reaching over 15,000 singers. Members explore diverse classical and contemporary music at leading venues alongside top artists. Subsidised places, full bursaries, uniforms and travel support ensure cost is never a barrier
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £775,794
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £874,778
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £735,722
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £725,697
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £744,197
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £738,515
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 June 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £468,752
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £462,414
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 June 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £392,819
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £318,808
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £775,794
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £874,778
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £25,435
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £735,722
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £725,697
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £18,500
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £744,197
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £738,515
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £15,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 14 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £468,752
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £462,414
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £579
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £392,819
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £318,808
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 1
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 556265
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 215098
- Income Investments
- 4431
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 775794
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £144,069
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £730,709
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 874778
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 3150
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 82269
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5272
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £137,106
- Assets Total Fixed
- 27839
- Assets Own Use
- 27839
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £138,203
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £28,576
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £137,466
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 28576
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £108,340
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 137106
- Funds Restricted
- 360
- Funds Total
- 137466
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 534412
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 181712
- Income Investments
- 4598
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 720722
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £91,062
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £634,635
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 725697
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 3270
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 80083
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4070
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £222,253
- Assets Total Fixed
- 13837
- Assets Own Use
- 13837
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £245,383
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £22,770
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £236,450
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 22770
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £213,161
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 236090
- Funds Restricted
- 360
- Funds Total
- 236450
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 534955
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 206396
- Income Investments
- 2846
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 744197
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £63,906
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £671,411
- Expenditure Other
- 3198
- Expenditure Total
- 738515
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 4623
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 77957
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5685
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £215,479
- Assets Total Fixed
- 10588
- Assets Own Use
- 10588
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £266,478
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £35,639
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £241,427
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 35639
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £251,732
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 241067
- Funds Restricted
- 360
- Funds Total
- 241427
- Count Employees
- 8
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout London
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- LONDON YOUTH CHOIR
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2013-04-22T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - Foundation Registered 22 Apr 2013
- Charitable Objects
- FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING OR EDUCATED IN LONDON IN THE SUBJECT OF MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR CHORAL MUSIC. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS, 'LONDON' MEANS THE BOROUGHS COVERED BY THE GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY OR ANY SUCCESSOR BODY, AND THE CITY OF LONDON.THE CHARITY WILL ACHIEVE THIS BY - 1) PROVIDING A WORLD-CLASS CHORAL TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE;2) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING MUSICAL AND CHORAL EDUCATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND;3) DELIVERING OPEN-ACCESS WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE; AND4) FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENABLE THEM TO RECEIVE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD AND TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 627295
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- LONDON YOUTH CHOIRS
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests