Registered charity (CIO) · East Sussex
Liberty Choir UK
- 6 trustees
- Income £443k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- libertychoir.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£443k£446k
- 2024£388k£375k
- 2023£349k£268k
Earlier years
- 2022£202k£250k
- 2021£162k£158k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SETTING UP CHOIRS IN PRISONS AS A MEANS TO BUILD THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF OFFENDERS SO THAT THEY CAN BREAK THE CYCLE OF RE-OFFENDING ON RELEASE.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A PROGRAMME OF HIGH-QUALITY SINGING DESIGNED TO HELP DEVELOP SKILLS AND SELF-CONFIDENCE WITH THE AIM OF ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
Grants received
16 grants · £265,055 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £127,000 (4 grants)
- Tedworth Charitable Trust · £55,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (2 grants)
- The Wimbledon Foundation · £10,000
- Pears Foundation · £10,000
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Alexandra Felix since 2020
- Jennifer Holden since 2023
- Nicholas Lionel Hardwick since 2025
- Oliver Huggins since 2023
- Paul Webster since 2018
- Stephen John Manwaring since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexandra Felix since 2020
- Paul Webster since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Alexandra Felix since 2020
- Jennifer Holden since 2023
- Paul Webster since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Nicholas Lionel Hardwick since 2025
- Oliver Huggins since 2023
- Stephen John Manwaring 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.
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
- 1173799
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Jul 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07833581644 · info@libertychoir.org
- 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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