# COMMONWEALTH YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1145187
- **Other names:** CYO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1145187


## Contact

- **Address:** Hill View Farm, Laxfield Road, Fressingfield, EYE, Suffolk
- **Postcode:** IP21 5PY
- **Phone:** 02072225777
- **Email:** cyo2023@outlook.com
- **Website:** www.commonwealth-music.net



## Activities

**Objects:** THE COMPANY’S OBJECTS ARE:-(A)TO PROMOTE THE ART OF MUSIC BY ASSISTING YOUNG MUSICIANS TO PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH MEMBER STATES;(B)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG MUSICIANS IN THE COMMONWEALTH MEMBER STATES TO HELP THEM ENTER INTO A TRADE OR PROFESSION WITH THE AIM OF ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE;(C)TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC IN THE COMMONWEALTH MEMBER STATES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HOLDING EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS, MASTER CLASSES AND PROVIDING INFORMATION; AND(D)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG COMPOSERS IN THE ART OF ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION.

**Activities:** USING MUSIC AS A MEANS OF INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE, KNOWING NO BOUNDARIES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Antigua And Barbuda
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Saint Vincent
- Samoa
- Scotland
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts And Nevis
- St Lucia
- Tanzania
- The Bahamas
- Tonga
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £18972 | £18944 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £30310 | £29330 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £21123 | £20216 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £35438 | £34766 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £3241 | £3193 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Professor David Edwin Rowland** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 1, 2011
- Helen Denise Carroll — appointed Feb. 27, 2024
- Julia Frances Charlton — appointed March 11, 2024
- Stephen Norton William Kellett — appointed Feb. 27, 2024
- TRACEY ANNE KELLETT — appointed May 26, 2013