METROPOLITAN POLICE CHOIR — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received Late
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 23 March 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
Latest income: £35,043
Latest expenditure: £27,439
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Metropolitan Police, New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, LONDON, SW1A 2JL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.metropolitanpolicechoir.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The choir performs to members of the public and at internal events in our own right, but also in support of of other charities and community groups across London.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 6 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 6 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £35,043
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,439
Accounts Qualified: Yes

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 14 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 14 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £40,612
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,652

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 11 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £29,507
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,017

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 27 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 27 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,737
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,779

Fin Period Start Date: 23 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 26 February 2022
Date Accounts Received: 26 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £10,599
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,220

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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 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 6 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £35,043
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,439
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 14 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £40,612
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,652
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 70

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 11 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £29,507
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,017
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 60

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,737
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,779
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
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: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 60

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 23 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 26 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £10,599
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,220
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Surrey
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout London
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: METROPOLITAN POLICE CHOIR
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2020-03-23T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Mar 2020
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE CHOIR ARE AS FOLLOWS:(A) TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN RELATION TO THE ARTISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC ATTRIBUTES PERTAINING TO CHORAL MUSIC UNDERTAKEN BY THE METROPOLITAN POLICE CHOIR;(B) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC INTEREST IN CHORAL MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES INVOLVING OR RELATING TO CHORAL MUSIC;(C) TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE AND THE BRITISH POLICE SERVICE; (D) TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE EFFICIENCY OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE THROUGH GREATER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND COHESION WITH THE PUBLIC; AND(E) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE(S) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, THINK FIT. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS BY NO MEANS LIMITED TO: (I) THE MAKING OF GRANTS; (II) DONATIONS; AND/OR (III) SUPPORTING OTHERS IN CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 627684
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: MET POLICE CHOIR

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries