Registered charity 1210679

The Phoenix Singers / y Cantorion Phoenix

What it does

Cantorion Phoenix Singers brings women together through singing. Based in Mountain Ash, RCT, we rehearse weekly to enable us to perform both free and ticketed concerts and events for the general public. We aim to provide well-being through music for our members and audiences, and to promote and continue the cultural heritage of women's choirs in Wales.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE: 1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC EVENTS 2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Who it helps: Other defined groups
The general public
How it works: Provides services

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Rhondda Cynon Taf

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £12,149 and spent £11,717.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2026	£12,149	£11,717	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2025	£10,382	£9,808	Not reported	45

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 17%, from £10,382 in the year to 31 March 2025 to £12,149 in the year to 31 March 2026.
Spending against income: It spent 96% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent less than its income in each of the 2 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2026: £2,945 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2026	£2,945 from 1 grant	Not reported
31 March 2025	£2,500 from 3 grants	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

5 trustees run the charity.

Alison JenkinsChairAppointed 3 October 2024
Angela BowenAppointed 3 October 2024
Caris MorrisAppointed 3 October 2024
Margaret MooreAppointed 18 June 2026
Susan HitchinsAppointed 18 June 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 2 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2026	31 January 2027	Received 30 September 2026, 123 days early	Not required
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 15 October 2025, 108 days early	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1210679
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 28 October 2024
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 03 OCT 2024
Council area of its contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2026

£12,149

£11,717

Not reported

31 March 2025

£10,382

£9,808

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2026

£2,945 from 1 grant

Not reported

31 March 2025

£2,500 from 3 grants

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2026

31 January 2027

Received 30 September 2026, 123 days early

Not required

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 15 October 2025, 108 days early

Not required