Registered charity · London
Association of British Choral Directors
- 7 trustees
- Income £90k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.abcd.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Association of British Choral Directors
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£90k£100k
- 2024£95k£99k
- 2023£72k£84k
Earlier years
- 2022£68k£76k
- 2021£96k£77k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THE EDUCATION TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHORAL DIRECTORS(B) TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE SCIENCE ART AND CRAFT OF CHORAL DIRECTION CONDUCTING AND TRAINING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND LIKEWISE TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP CONDUCTING AND TRAINING OF CHOIRS AND CHORAL SINGERS(C) TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF CHORAL DIRECTION CONDUCTING AND TRAINING.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Kenneth Stephen Fayle Chair since 2022
- Craig Aston since 2025
- Gillian Mary Blazey since 2023
- Leslie Charles East OBE since 2011
- Melanie Anne Crompton since 2017
- Robert Mark Sproson since 2017
- Simon James Gregory since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Leslie Charles East OBE since 2011
- Melanie Anne Crompton since 2017
- Robert Mark Sproson since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Craig Aston since 2025
- Gillian Mary Blazey since 2023
- Melanie Anne Crompton since 2017
- Robert Mark Sproson since 2017
- Simon James Gregory since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Kenneth Stephen Fayle Chair since 2022
- Leslie Charles East OBE since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1085226
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 MAY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 AUGUST 2000.
- Companies House
- Company number 03985838 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01935 389482 · rachel.greaves@abcd.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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