Registered charity · Warwick
The Orchestra of the Swan
- 9 trustees
- Income £672k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Caroline Susannah Pugh EvansTrustee · since 2024
- Carolyn Fiona HodgesTrustee · since 2024
- Christopher WheelerTrustee · since 2015
- Hilary Clare EvansTrustee · since 2021
- John William Ewart LigginsTrustee · since 2011
- Marcus Boyd WillettTrustee · since 2020
- Roger WilsonTrustee · since 2022
- Simon Roy LittlewoodTrustee · since 2020
- Sunney SharmaTrustee · since 2022
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.orchestraoftheswan.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Orchestra of the Swan
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£672k£668k
- 2024£729k£727k
- 2023£696k£694k
Earlier years
- 2022£760k£754k
- 2021£562k£539k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, RECITALS, FESTIVALS, OPERA, BALLET, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC WORKS AND DISPLAYS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OF ALL KINDS INVOLVING ORCHESTRAS, THE THEATRE, VARIETY STAGE, MUSICALS, RADIO, TELEVISION AND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMITTING SOUND OR PICTORIAL AFFECTS ("THE EVENTS") FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Grants received
14 grants · £529,207 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- John Ellerman Foundation · £150,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £130,000 (3 grants)
- Veterans Foundation · £59,497 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £54,822 (2 grants)
- Ministry of Defence · £52,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
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
- Caroline Susannah Pugh Evans since 2024
- Carolyn Fiona Hodges since 2024
- Christopher Wheeler since 2015
- Hilary Clare Evans since 2021
- John William Ewart Liggins since 2011
- Marcus Boyd Willett since 2020
- Roger Wilson since 2022
- Simon Roy Littlewood since 2020
- Sunney Sharma since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Wheeler since 2015
- John William Ewart Liggins since 2011
- Simon Roy Littlewood since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Caroline Susannah Pugh Evans since 2024
- Carolyn Fiona Hodges since 2024
- Marcus Boyd Willett since 2020
- Roger Wilson since 2022
- Sunney Sharma since 2022
Portfolio (4)
- Christopher Wheeler since 2015
- Hilary Clare Evans since 2021
- John William Ewart Liggins since 2011
- Simon Roy Littlewood since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068570
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 OCTOBER 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 FEBRUARY 1998 as amended on 19 Feb 2021 as amended on 21 Apr 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 03458051 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01926 350028 · info@orchestraoftheswan.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.
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