Registered charity (CIO) · London
Metropolitan Police Choir
Metropolitan Police Choir is a registered charity (number 1188701) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Simon Richard Messinger since 2021. Latest income £35k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as MET Police Choir (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Simon Richard MessingerChair · since 2021
- Bartlomiej MielniczukTrustee · since 2024
- Caroline SaundersonTrustee · since 2023
- Claire Maree Ritchie BaileyTrustee · since 2025
- David Patrick LaneTrustee · since 2021
- Joanna StentonTrustee · since 2026
- Rebecca Nicholson-LordTrustee · since 2024
- Richard FoxTrustee · since 2021
- Stevie Rachel BullTrustee · since 2025
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Surrey, Throughout London
- Website
- www.metropolitanpolicechoir.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£27k
- 2024£41k£48k
- 2023£30k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£16k
- 2021£11k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE CHOIR ARE AS FOLLOWS:(A) TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN RELATION TO THE ARTISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC ATTRIBUTES PERTAINING TO CHORAL MUSIC UNDERTAKEN BY THE METROPOLITAN POLICE CHOIR;(B) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC INTEREST IN CHORAL MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES INVOLVING OR RELATING TO CHORAL MUSIC;(C) TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE AND THE BRITISH POLICE SERVICE; (D) TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE EFFICIENCY OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE THROUGH GREATER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND COHESION WITH THE PUBLIC; AND(E) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE(S) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, THINK FIT. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS BY NO MEANS LIMITED TO: (I) THE MAKING OF GRANTS; (II) DONATIONS; AND/OR (III) SUPPORTING OTHERS IN CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Simon Richard Messinger Chair since 2021
- Bartlomiej Mielniczuk since 2024
- Caroline Saunderson since 2023
- Claire Maree Ritchie Bailey since 2025
- David Patrick Lane since 2021
- Joanna Stenton since 2026
- Rebecca Nicholson-Lord since 2024
- Richard Fox since 2021
- Stevie Rachel Bull since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Simon Richard Messinger Chair since 2021
- Bartlomiej Mielniczuk since 2024
- Caroline Saunderson since 2023
- Claire Maree Ritchie Bailey since 2025
- David Patrick Lane since 2021
- Joanna Stenton since 2026
- Rebecca Nicholson-Lord since 2024
- Richard Fox since 2021
- Stevie Rachel Bull since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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.
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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
- 1188701
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Mar 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02072301212 · mpschoir@met.police.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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