The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Saffron Walden Orchestral Society

Registered charity 1028429 Registered since 1993

Operates: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.1y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£44k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.saffronsymphony.org
Emailenquiries@saffronsymphony.org
Phone07710388787
Address2 CHANTRY ROAD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 2SF

Finances

£44,454 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,470£837
2022£35,565£28,039
2023£38,978£33,772
2024£40,892£30,493
2025£44,454£37,194

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, 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 SHALL SEE FIT, INCLUDING THE PRESENTATION OR PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS, THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SAFFRON WALDEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12/10/1993AS AMENDED ON 29/09/2013

Trustees (8)

8trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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