Registered charity · Canterbury
Canterbury Cantata Trust
To advance the education and training of amateur singers of all abilities by offering an opportunity for anyone to sing with others without an audition or former experience of choral singing, in particular but not exclusively for those with a...
- 5 trustees
- Income £169k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Kensington And Chelsea, Kent
- Website
- www.canterburycantatatrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Canterbury Cantata Trust
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£169k£88k
- 2024£52k£80k
- 2023£100k£81k
Earlier years
- 2022£85k£53k
- 2021£64k£37k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
To advance the education and training of amateur singers of all abilities by offering an opportunity for anyone to sing with others without an audition or former experience of choral singing, in particular but not exclusively for those with a disability to help relieve their condition. To advance the health and well-being of the public by participating in research and education in singing and musical activities, in particular but not exclusively for younger people and those with a disability or long-term illness.To promote, sustain and increase the personal development and skills of individual musicians and their performances of music and other cultural and educational activities in order to make music more accessible to the public.To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving need amongst those who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.For the purposes of this article socially excluded means being excluded from society or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: youth or old age; physical or mental ill health; substance abuse or dependency including alcohol or drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship or family breakdown; poverty; homelessness.
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
- Roshna Ahmad BA Chair since 2014
- Dr Emily Sayers since 2026
- Dr Nazir Bashir since 2022
- Laurence Green BDS since 2014
- Miss JO Heath since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Roshna Ahmad BA Chair since 2014
- Laurence Green BDS since 2014
- Miss JO Heath since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Roshna Ahmad BA Chair since 2014
- Dr Emily Sayers since 2026
- Laurence Green BDS since 2014
- Miss JO Heath since 2014
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Nazir Bashir 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163197
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 MAY 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/08/2015 as amended on 21 Dec 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 08293466 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07808905386 · r.ahmad@canterburycantatatrust.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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