Registered charity · London
Community Albums
- 5 trustees
- Income £87k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Newham, Oxfordshire, Burundi, Uganda and more
- Website
- www.communityalbums.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Community Albums
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£87k£82k
- 2024£95k£114k
- 2023£72k£105k
Earlier years
- 2022£108k£89k
- 2021£76k£73k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3% · Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH PROMOTING SUSTAINING AND INCREASING THE KNOWLEDGE SKILL AND UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THE USE OF MUSIC AND MEDIA.2. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP THAT IS ENCOURAGED IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THOSE WITHOUT A VOICE OR WITH PERCPTIONS OF LESS INFLUENCE, TO FIND EXPRESSION TO THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT MIGHT BE LOCAL REGIONAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL THROUGH THE USE OF MUSIC AND MEDIA
Grants received
10 grants · £82,268 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- BBC Children in Need · £30,065 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £29,579
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,996
- The Funding Network · £5,628
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £4,250 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- David Mann Chair since 2016
- Bernard Peter Laing since 2022
- Chrispin Phiri since 2024
- David Newman since 2014
- Rev David Pilkington since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- David Mann Chair since 2016
- David Newman since 2014
- Rev David Pilkington since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Chrispin Phiri since 2024
- David Newman since 2014
- Rev David Pilkington since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- David Mann Chair since 2016
- Bernard Peter Laing since 2022
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1140485
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 OCTOBER 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 07424717 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07958902328 · jan@communityalbums.com
- 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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