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Registered charity · No. 1172532CIO

The Invisible Friends

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The Invisible Friends is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, disability.

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What are the key facts about The Invisible Friends?

Reported income · year ending 2025-04-30
£7,420
Reported spending · year ending 2025-04-30
£5,905
Registered charity number
1172532
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Rugby
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

The Invisible Friends (number 1172532) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does The Invisible Friends do?

The advancement of the education of the public in the appreciation and knowledge of the art of choral singing, particularly but not exclusively by providing opportunities for disabled and able-bodied individuals to learn and take part in choral singing.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Invisible Friends

Answers The Invisible Friends gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 April 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are The Invisible Friends's highest-paid staff paid?

The Invisible Friends's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records The Invisible Friends as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

The Invisible Friends's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; People With Disabilities.

Reported activities: Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is The Invisible Friends registered for?

Education/trainingDisability

Why is there no Clarity Score for The Invisible Friends yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Invisible Friends. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is The Invisible Friends a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Invisible Friends as a registered charity (number 1172532) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Invisible Friends's charity number?
The Invisible Friends's charity number is 1172532. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1172532?
Search 1172532 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Invisible Friends do?
The advancement of the education of the public in the appreciation and knowledge of the art of choral singing, particularly but not exclusively by providing opportunities for disabled and able-bodied individuals to learn and take part in choral singing.
Does The Invisible Friends have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Invisible Friends. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Invisible Friends?
The Invisible Friends's website listed in our register data is https://www.facebook.com/TEAMTIF. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Invisible Friends's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Invisible Friends's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Invisible Friends?
The register records The Invisible Friends as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Invisible Friends's trustees paid?
The Invisible Friends's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Invisible Friends registered as a charity?
The Invisible Friends was entered on the register on 11 April 2017.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.