Registered charity (CIO) · London
London Youth Choir
- 8 trustees
- Income £776k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dame Deirdre Mary HuttonChair · since 2018
- Duncan Stuart Martin WattsTrustee · since 2018
- George Alexander WillsTrustee · since 2018
- Kate Victoria LudlowTrustee · since 2020
- Lucy Margaret NobleTrustee · since 2023
- Michael Llewelyn-JonesTrustee · since 2016
- Sir Andrew HainesTrustee · since 2025
- Trevor FordTrustee · since 2025
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 London
- Website
- www.londonyouthchoirs.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£776k£875k
- 2024£736k£726k
- 2023£744k£739k
Earlier years
- 2022£469k£462k
- 2021£393k£319k
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING OR EDUCATED IN LONDON IN THE SUBJECT OF MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR CHORAL MUSIC. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS, 'LONDON' MEANS THE BOROUGHS COVERED BY THE GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY OR ANY SUCCESSOR BODY, AND THE CITY OF LONDON.THE CHARITY WILL ACHIEVE THIS BY - 1) PROVIDING A WORLD-CLASS CHORAL TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE;2) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING MUSICAL AND CHORAL EDUCATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND;3) DELIVERING OPEN-ACCESS WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE; AND4) FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENABLE THEM TO RECEIVE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD AND TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Dame Deirdre Mary Hutton Chair since 2018
- Duncan Stuart Martin Watts since 2018
- George Alexander Wills since 2018
- Kate Victoria Ludlow since 2020
- Lucy Margaret Noble since 2023
- Michael Llewelyn-Jones since 2016
- Sir Andrew Haines since 2025
- Trevor Ford since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dame Deirdre Mary Hutton Chair since 2018
- Duncan Stuart Martin Watts since 2018
- George Alexander Wills since 2018
- Kate Victoria Ludlow since 2020
- Michael Llewelyn-Jones since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dame Deirdre Mary Hutton Chair since 2018
- Duncan Stuart Martin Watts since 2018
- George Alexander Wills since 2018
- Kate Victoria Ludlow since 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Lucy Margaret Noble since 2023
- Michael Llewelyn-Jones since 2016
- Sir Andrew Haines since 2025
- Trevor Ford since 2025
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
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151714
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 22 Apr 2013
- Contact on the register
- 07388 623178 · office@londonyouthchoirs.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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