Registered charity · South Glamorgan
Penarth Operatic and Dramatic Society
Penarth Operatic and Dramatic Society is a registered charity (number 1059300) based in South Glamorgan, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Mary Elizabeth Gardner. Latest income £131k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as P O D S, Pods (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £131k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Penarth Operatic and Dramatic Society. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Cardiff, Vale Of Glamorgan
- Website
- www.podspenarth.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£131k£125k
- 2024£81k£78k
- 2023£70k£64k
Earlier years
- 2022£41k£44k
- 2021£4k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE AND FURTHER THE APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, AND TO ASSIST SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Mary Elizabeth Gardner Chair
- Deborah Apollonio since 2016
- Melissa Rabaiotti since 2016
- Robert James Tucker since 2020
- Wendy Queenie Huxtable-Mcturk
Trustees past 6 years
- Deborah Apollonio since 2016
- Melissa Rabaiotti since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Mary Elizabeth Gardner Chair
- Deborah Apollonio since 2016
- Melissa Rabaiotti since 2016
- Robert James Tucker since 2020
- Wendy Queenie Huxtable-Mcturk
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1059300
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 JULY 1996 AS AMENDED 20 OCTOBER 1996
- Contact on the register
- 07886088607 · Treasurer@podspenarth.org
- 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data