Our Dementia Choir (Registered charity, number 1187483) Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025
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Our Dementia Choir annual report for the year ended 31 August 2025
Full name Our Dementia Choir
Registered charity number 1187483
Principal address
c/o HSKS Greenhalgh Ltd, Butt Dyke House, 33 Park Row, Nottingham, NG1 6EE
Trustees
Grace Meadows Colin Peacock Ajay Sethi Mark De Lisser, until 23/09/25 Thomas Dening Les Marshall, until 24/02/25 Peter Coventry Robert Tomlinson, until 24/03/25
Independent examiner
Eva Stevens, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
Governance and management
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 19/09/2019 and most recently amended 03/01/2020.
All Trustees are given an induction pack and an individual introductory session. All Trustees are expecte responsibilities to the Charity.
The Trustees have a strategic vision for the organisation that is articulated in a plan. ssion), the Trustees monitor financial performance and projections on a regular basis. Trustees ensure that obligations to funders are fulfilled through the monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the head of charity on a regular basis.
The Trustees ensure that there are adequate operational policies and procedures in place in relation to employment law, volunteers, health and safety, vulnerable adults. Although not rising often, the board of Trustees will deal with conflicts of interest on the c constitution. It is important to the Board of Trustees to ensure there is an appropriate range of expertise, experience and diversity to make it an effective governing body and that it receives adequate information in the right format and at the right time to make informed decisions.
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Our Dementia Choir
The charity works with a wide range of external organisations to support the members, carers and wider communities. These include:
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Local Universities
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Dementia Connect
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Social Prescribing
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BBC and Curve Media
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Music for Dementia
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Inspire Music
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Local NHS and Local Authorities
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Nottingham Forest Football Club
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Young Dementia Network
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Local Business & Other Charities locally
Objectives and activities
Our Dementia Choir offers a choir for a wide range of age groups who are living with dementia.
people with dementia, their families and carers particularly, but not exclusively through the provision of a choir.
Public benefit statement
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit
During the year we have supported people affected by dementia and their carers through the provision of a choir that is specifically organised for people living with dementia to join.
The charity provides help with the logistics and expenses involved with getting members of the choir to rehearsals and performances, as well as wellbeing events to support them.
We aim to provide a safe and suitable environment for choir members to come together and practise and perform. Members of the choir have direct benefits which flow from this that include a sense of purpose and well-being, an increase in selfesteem and confidence and the great bond of friendship.
We raise awareness of dementia for the public benefit by setting up the choir to perform at concerts and events nationwide. We support other dementia activities and charities, NHS, Local Authorities and businesses by performing at their events and hence contributing to their fundraising efforts.
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Our Dementia Choir
The beneficiaries are the individual members of the choir, their carers and relatives as the charity was grateful to receive contributions to the activities of the charity by 20 volunteers.
Summary of the main achievements during the period
Achievements, performance and challenges
There are almost 1 million people in the UK who live with a form of dementia, and despite the progress being made in the search for a cure, it is unlikely to come quickly ving with their dementia here and now.
Choir members throughout the year, but their families, friends and carers, through the provision of uplifting social experiences that provide relief and moments of joy. The choir also provides valuable social volunteering opportunities for recently widowed relatives of choir members.
The Choir has been proud to appear at a number of events during this financial year. The choir has been involved in various high profile televised performances, raising awareness of the difficulties for those living with dementia. In 2024/5 it participated in a range of high profile performances such as the BBC/National Lottery Big Night of Musicals, performing alongside Michael Ball, being involved in filming of Channel 4 Hollyoaks, recording backing vocals for an Ed Sheeran album track. The choir also performed at the Debdale and Nottingham Splendour Festivals, in addition to visiting many schools, care homes and hospitals to sing throughout the year. It is estimated that the choir performed to (and educated) face to face audiences of over 50,000 people in 2024/2025.
The Choir is proud to contribute to a wide societal behaviour change movement that is advocating for non-medicalised, musical-based interventions to support quality of life for those living with dementia, and their carers/families. The charity is committed to advocating for and championing a world where music is fully integrated and accepted into standard dementia care.
Societal challenges remain for the charity securing ongoing core funding, recruiting new choir members, and supporting choir families through ongoing challenges with dementia care and support. The overall climate for the not-for-profit/charitable sector is challenging, with core funding opportunities becoming scarce and increased competition for funding.
The Trustees are looking forward to growing the charity within the 3-year strategy.
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Our Dementia Choir
Financial review
During the year, the charity raised funds totalling £204,117 (2024: £229,996) of the funds generated £44,880 (2024: £32,424) was from JustGiving donations received through our website, as a result of the public relations work undertaken with the BBC.
At the year end, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £133,210 (2024: £91,292). The Trustees have established a 3-year strategy that is on target and being developed as the charity becomes more established. Budget planning has shown that the choir requires £200,000 per annum to run successfully. This is being maintained at present.
The Trustees consider that the charity should carry reserves equal to one and a half expenditure of the charity. It is currently compliant with this requirement.
Signed ______ Date _26.03.26 Grace Meadows, Chair of Board of Trustees
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Independent e report to the trustees of Our Dementia Choir for the year ended 31 August 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Our Dementia Choir (the charity) for the year ended 31 August 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in I report in respect of my examination of the charity 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 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
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 ____ Date _______27/03/2026 Eva Stevens BSc, CPFA Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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Our Dementia Choir Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 August 2025
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Our Dementia Choir Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 August 2025
| 2024 £ Cash assets Note 91292 Bank accounts 91292 Other monetary assets 8331 Debtors 920 Prepayments - Insurance 9251 Liabilities (13546) Creditors 3 (13546) |
2025 £ 133210 |
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| 133210 - 978 |
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| 978 (13013) |
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These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed _____ Date _____ Grace Meadows, Chair of Board of Trustees
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Our Dementia Choir Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025
1. Receipts & payments accounts
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
2. Grants & donations
3. Creditors
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Trustee, Grace Meadows, was reimbursed £253 travel expenses during the period.
5. Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions during the period.
6. Glossary of terms
Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
Debtors: These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period.
Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
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