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2025-08-31-accounts

Inner Voices

Inner Voices 
Report of the Trustees for the year 2024-2025

The trustees present their annual report and audited financial statements for the year 2023-24 and confirm they comply with the Charities Act 1993, as amended by the Charities Act 2006, the trust deed and the Charities SORP 2005.

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity Name: Inner Voices

Registration Number: 1144419

Address: 
9A South Ealing Road, W5 4Qt

Board of Trustees

Edward Watkins Joanna West Kathryn Pugh Lucas George Emma Watkins

Conductor

Ed Watkins

Independent Examiner

Joe Adams

Bankers

NatWest, Brixton Branch

Inner Voices 
Report of the Trustees for the year 2024-25

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

Inner Voices is constituted as a charitable trust registered with the Charity Commission in October 2011 under charity number 1144419. It is governed by a deed of trust last updated in November 2010.

Organisational structure

The charity trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. Four trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits. One, Ed Watkins, receives renumeration for the time he spends directing the choir but not for the time he spends on the organization/admin of/for the choir.

The trustees meet together as a body c. three times a year and are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to running the choir and the activities provided by the charity.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The existing trustees are responsible for the recruitment of new trustees. When selecting new trustees we take into account competence in providing advice on the following matters: child protection; musical direction; state education in London; finance and accounts; fundraising and running events.

Objectives and activities

Our aims

**** The objects of the charity are set out in the charity’s trust deed and are summarised as follows:

Overview

The choir started our 14th year of rehearsing and performing together in September 2024 with 50 singers from a number of partner schools across inner London including:

The Grey Coat Hospital, St Marylebone, St Michael’s (Southwark), Graveney, Ark Greenwich Free School, Westminster City School, Pimlico Academy and the West London Free School

This group of singers reflected inner London’s demographic with around a third being in receipt of free school meals, a majority belonging to BAME groups and the gender balance being nearly 50/50 male to female.

Events

The year was a successful one with a good range of events including:

Eucharist in St Paul's Cathedral Global Private Banking Awards Nine Lessons and Carols with Pimlico Musical Foundation Broadcast: The Carol at the end of the King's Speech at Christmas Evensong in Salisbury Cathedral Red Earth and Pouring Rain at St Paul's Knightsbridge Recording in the Fitzrovia Chapia

Contributions from schools and parents

The choir is mostly funded by donations from grant-making bodies and private donations. These charges are waived for pupils on free school meals.

Grants and large donations

Wogen Anniversary Trust

The Williams Serendipity Trust

Together with grants from schools and parents these large donations covered our funding. We retained the surplus for the year 2025-26.

Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities

The charity trustees are responsible for preparing an annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees for the purposes of charity law who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.

Approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf by:

Edward Watkins

Charity No 1144419 perioderiod Period start date 01-Sep-24 To Period end 31-Aug-25 date

Inner Voices

Annual accounts for the perioderiod

Section A Statement of financial activities

Incoming resources
Voluntary income
Actvites for generatng funds
Investment income
Other incoming resources
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Costs of Generatng Funds
Fundraising trading costs
Investment management costs
Charitable actvites
Governance costs
Other resources expended
Total resources expended
Gross transfers between funds
Gains and losses on investment assets
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Recommended categories
by actvity
Details of own
analysis
Incoming resources from
generated funds
Incoming resources from
charitable actvites
Costs of generatng voluntary
income
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
transfers
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
other recognised gains/(losses)
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Gains and losses on revaluaton of fxed assets
for the charity’s own use
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
- - - - -
30,499 - - 30,499 21,527
9,923 - - 9,923 21,851
1,428 - - 1,428 28
1,350 - - 1,350 3,000
- - - - -
43,200 - - 43,200 46,406
- - - - -
3,174 - - 3,174 623
11,035 - - 11,035 4,801
- - - - -
16,296 - - 16,296 58,010
1,200 - - 1,200 600
- - - - -
31,705 - - 31,705 64,034
11,495 - - 11,495 (17,628)
- - - - -
11,495 - - 11,495 (17,628)
- - - - -
- - - - -
11,495 - - 11,495 (17,628)
47,764 - - 47,764 65,392
59,259 - - 59,259 47,764

Page 1

Section B Balance sheet

Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments
Total fxed assets
Current assets
Stock and work in progress
Debtors
(Short term) investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Net current assets/(liabilites)
Total assets less current liabilites
Provisions for liabilites and charges
Net assets
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds
Restricted income funds
Endowment funds
Total funds
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
Creditors: amounts falling due afer
one year
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments
Total fxed assets
Current assets
Stock and work in progress
Debtors
(Short term) investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Net current assets/(liabilites)
Total assets less current liabilites
Provisions for liabilites and charges
Net assets
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds
Restricted income funds
Endowment funds
Total funds
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
Creditors: amounts falling due afer
one year
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
£
F01
Unrestricted
funds
£
£
F02
F03
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
£
£
F02
F03
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
£
£
F04
F05
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
F04
F05
Total this
year
Total last
year
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
59,639 - - 59,639 51,764
59,639 - - 59,639 51,764
380 - - 380 -
59,259 - - 59,259 51,764
59,259 - - 59,259 51,764
- - - - 4,000
- - - - -
59,259 - - 59,259 47,764
59,259 59,259 47,764
- - -
- - -
- - -
59,259 - - 59,259 47,764
Signature Print Name
Date of
approval
Lucas George 15/06/2026

Page 2

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

As the charity is a small charity with reference to the SORP it has prepared the accounts on a cash receipts and payments basis and included some accruals and prepayments where it aids the user of the accounts' understanding.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Page 3

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Secton C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 2 Accountng Policies
INCOMING RESOURCES
Recogniton of incoming These are included in the Statement of Financial Actvites (SoFA) when:
resources · the charity becomes enttled to the resources;
· the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
· the monetary value can be measured with sufcient reliability.
Incoming resources with Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income)
related expenditure the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donatons Grants and donatons are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditonal
enttlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donatons and
gifs
Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same tme as the gif to
which they relate.
Contractual income and This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
performance related grants
Gifs in kind Gifs in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estmate of their value to the charity or the
amount actually realised.
Gifs in kind for sale or distributon are included in the accounts as gifs only when sold or
distributed by the charity.
Gifs in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when
receivable.
Donated services and facilites These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources
expended) where the beneft to the charity is reasonably quantfable, measurable and
material_._The value placed on these resources is the estmated value to the charity of the
service or facility received.
Volunteer help The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the
trustees’ annual report.
Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resultng from
revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recogniton Liabilites are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructve obligaton commitng the
charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs
Support Costs
Include costs of the preparaton and examinaton of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee
meetngs and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or consttutonal maters.
Support costs include central functons and have been allocated to actvity cost categories on a
basis consistent with the use of resources.

ASSETS

Tangible fixed assets for use by These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They charity are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.

Page 4

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Details of certain items of expenditure

3.1 Trustee expenses

Number of trustees who were paid expenses
Total amount paid
3.2 Fees for examinaton or audit of the accounts
Note 4
Paid employees
7.1 Staf Costs
Gross wages, salaries and benefts in kind
Employer’s Natonal Insurance costs
Pension costs
Total staf costs
Nature of the expenses: all normal travel or reimbursement expenses
undertaken in the course of running the charity
Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reportng on the
accounts
Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy services)
paid to the independent examiner or auditor
This year Last year
- -
£ £
- -
This year
£
Last year
£
- -
- -
This year
£
Last year
£
10,680 9,225
- -
-
-

10,680
9,225

Page 5

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Transactions with related parties

4.1 Remuneration and benefits

Name of trustee or connected party Legal authority (eg order,
governing document)
Amounts paid or beneft value Amounts paid or beneft value
This year
£
Last year
£
Edward Watkins Governing document 3,150 -

4.2 Loans

4.2 Loans
Due to trustees and
related partes
Due from trustees and
related partes
Name of trustee or
connected party
Legal authority Amount owing
This year
£
Last year
£

4.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties

Name of the trustee or
relatedparty
Relatonship to charity
Descripton of the
transacton(s)
This year
£
Last year
£

Page 6

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Inner Voices members of On accounts for the year 31 August 2025 Charity no 1144419 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-6 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 08 / 2025 .

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
15/06/2026
Joe Adams

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body ICAEW member number 1476488 (if any):

1

Oct 2018

IER

Address:

Flat 20, 1-4 Christina St, London, EC2A 4PA

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

2

Oct 2018

IER

Charity No 1144419 perioderiod Period start date 01-Sep-24 To Period end 31-Aug-25 date

Inner Voices

Annual accounts for the perioderiod

Section A Statement of financial activities

Incoming resources
Voluntary income
Actvites for generatng funds
Investment income
Other incoming resources
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Costs of Generatng Funds
Fundraising trading costs
Investment management costs
Charitable actvites
Governance costs
Other resources expended
Total resources expended
Gross transfers between funds
Gains and losses on investment assets
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Recommended categories
by actvity
Details of own
analysis
Incoming resources from
generated funds
Incoming resources from
charitable actvites
Costs of generatng voluntary
income
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
transfers
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
other recognised gains/(losses)
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Gains and losses on revaluaton of fxed assets
for the charity’s own use
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
- - - - -
30,499 - - 30,499 21,527
9,923 - - 9,923 21,851
1,428 - - 1,428 28
1,350 - - 1,350 3,000
- - - - -
43,200 - - 43,200 46,406
- - - - -
3,174 - - 3,174 623
11,035 - - 11,035 4,801
- - - - -
16,296 - - 16,296 58,010
1,200 - - 1,200 600
- - - - -
31,705 - - 31,705 64,034
11,495 - - 11,495 (17,628)
- - - - -
11,495 - - 11,495 (17,628)
- - - - -
- - - - -
11,495 - - 11,495 (17,628)
47,764 - - 47,764 65,392
59,259 - - 59,259 47,764

Page 1

Section B Balance sheet

Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments
Total fxed assets
Current assets
Stock and work in progress
Debtors
(Short term) investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Net current assets/(liabilites)
Total assets less current liabilites
Provisions for liabilites and charges
Net assets
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds
Restricted income funds
Endowment funds
Total funds
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
Creditors: amounts falling due afer
one year
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments
Total fxed assets
Current assets
Stock and work in progress
Debtors
(Short term) investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Net current assets/(liabilites)
Total assets less current liabilites
Provisions for liabilites and charges
Net assets
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds
Restricted income funds
Endowment funds
Total funds
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
Creditors: amounts falling due afer
one year
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
£
F01
Unrestricted
funds
£
£
F02
F03
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
£
£
F02
F03
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
£
£
F04
F05
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
F04
F05
Total this
year
Total last
year
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
59,639 - - 59,639 51,764
59,639 - - 59,639 51,764
380 - - 380 -
59,259 - - 59,259 51,764
59,259 - - 59,259 51,764
- - - - 4,000
- - - - -
59,259 - - 59,259 47,764
59,259 59,259 47,764
- - -
- - -
- - -
59,259 - - 59,259 47,764
Signature Print Name
Date of
approval
Lucas George 15/06/2026

Page 2

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

As the charity is a small charity with reference to the SORP it has prepared the accounts on a cash receipts and payments basis and included some accruals and prepayments where it aids the user of the accounts' understanding.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Page 3

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Secton C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 2 Accountng Policies
INCOMING RESOURCES
Recogniton of incoming These are included in the Statement of Financial Actvites (SoFA) when:
resources · the charity becomes enttled to the resources;
· the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
· the monetary value can be measured with sufcient reliability.
Incoming resources with Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income)
related expenditure the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donatons Grants and donatons are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditonal
enttlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donatons and
gifs
Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same tme as the gif to
which they relate.
Contractual income and This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
performance related grants
Gifs in kind Gifs in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estmate of their value to the charity or the
amount actually realised.
Gifs in kind for sale or distributon are included in the accounts as gifs only when sold or
distributed by the charity.
Gifs in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when
receivable.
Donated services and facilites These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources
expended) where the beneft to the charity is reasonably quantfable, measurable and
material_._The value placed on these resources is the estmated value to the charity of the
service or facility received.
Volunteer help The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the
trustees’ annual report.
Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resultng from
revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recogniton Liabilites are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructve obligaton commitng the
charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs
Support Costs
Include costs of the preparaton and examinaton of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee
meetngs and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or consttutonal maters.
Support costs include central functons and have been allocated to actvity cost categories on a
basis consistent with the use of resources.

ASSETS

Tangible fixed assets for use by These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They charity are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.

Page 4

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Details of certain items of expenditure

3.1 Trustee expenses

Number of trustees who were paid expenses
Total amount paid
3.2 Fees for examinaton or audit of the accounts
Note 4
Paid employees
7.1 Staf Costs
Gross wages, salaries and benefts in kind
Employer’s Natonal Insurance costs
Pension costs
Total staf costs
Nature of the expenses: all normal travel or reimbursement expenses
undertaken in the course of running the charity
Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reportng on the
accounts
Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy services)
paid to the independent examiner or auditor
This year Last year
- -
£ £
- -
This year
£
Last year
£
- -
- -
This year
£
Last year
£
10,680 9,225
- -
-
-

10,680
9,225

Page 5

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Transactions with related parties

4.1 Remuneration and benefits

Name of trustee or connected party Legal authority (eg order,
governing document)
Amounts paid or beneft value Amounts paid or beneft value
This year
£
Last year
£
Edward Watkins Governing document 3,150 -

4.2 Loans

4.2 Loans
Due to trustees and
related partes
Due from trustees and
related partes
Name of trustee or
connected party
Legal authority Amount owing
This year
£
Last year
£

4.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties

Name of the trustee or
relatedparty
Relatonship to charity
Descripton of the
transacton(s)
This year
£
Last year
£

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