Registered charity · North Yorkshire
Settle Orchestral Society
Settle Orchestral Society is a registered charity (number 1025554) based in North Yorkshire, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Charles Dobson since 2014. Latest income £30k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Settle Orchestra (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £30k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Charles DobsonChair · since 2014
- Andrew LipscombeTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Fiona Annabel NicholsonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Paul AtkinsonTrustee · since 2021
- Elizabeth Ann SmailesTrustee · since 2025
- Jillian Sara GatesTrustee · since 2022
- Judith Elizabeth SumnallTrustee · since 2021
- Lucy Irene Graham MartinTrustee
- Margaret Catriona CrossleyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire
- Website
- www.settleorchestra.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£30k£22k
- 2024£17k£16k
- 2023£23k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£14k
- 2021£4k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER 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
- Charles Dobson Chair since 2014
- Andrew Lipscombe since 2014
- Dr Fiona Annabel Nicholson since 2025
- Dr Paul Atkinson since 2021
- Elizabeth Ann Smailes since 2025
- Jillian Sara Gates since 2022
- Judith Elizabeth Sumnall since 2021
- Lucy Irene Graham Martin
- Margaret Catriona Crossley since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Dobson Chair since 2014
- Andrew Lipscombe since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Andrew Lipscombe since 2014
- Dr Fiona Annabel Nicholson since 2025
- Dr Paul Atkinson since 2021
- Elizabeth Ann Smailes since 2025
- Jillian Sara Gates since 2022
- Judith Elizabeth Sumnall since 2021
- Lucy Irene Graham Martin
- Margaret Catriona Crossley since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Charles Dobson Chair since 2014
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
- 1025554
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26 JUNE 1972 AS AMENDED 23 OCTOBER 1981 AND 14 MAY 1993 AND 20 OCTOBER 2000. as amended on 21 Oct 2011 as amended on 27 Oct 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07432130693 · SETTLEORCHESTRAVENUES@GMAIL.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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