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English Chamber Orchestra Charitable Trust

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £51k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
Linked company
English Chamber Orchestra Charitable Trust
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£51k£99k
  • 2024£91k£49k
  • 2023£40k£64k
Earlier years
  • 2022£95k£101k
  • 2021£35k£45k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 31% · Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MUSIC AND IN SO DOING:-(1) TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS FORMS AMONGST ALL PERSONS ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PLACES OF LEARNING. (11) TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER 0THE PLAYING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BY ALL PERSONS ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS AND TO SEEK AND RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THE FULFILMENT OF ALL SUCH OBJECTS BY THE ACQUISITION AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS, SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF LEARNING. (111) TO FURTHER THE CAUSE AND ENHANCE THE STANDARD OF MUSICAL EDUCATION AMONGST ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF LEARNING AND IN PURSUANCE THEREOF TO ARRANGE AND PRESENT CONCERTS AND OTHER MUSICAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE RECORDING AND DISSEMINATION BY GIFT OR SALE OF MUSICAL RECORDINGS IN ALL SOUND AND VIDEO MEDIA AS AMY BE AVAILABLE FROM TIME TO TIME. (1V) TO INTRODUCE A WIDE ORCHESTRAL AND CHAMBER MUSIC REPERTOIRE TO ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN ND YOUNG PERSONS AND TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER THEIR MUSICAL INTEREST BOTH AS PARTICIPANTS AND AUDIENCES. (V) TO PROMOTE ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE THE AWARENESS OF THE BENEFICIAL VALUE OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC GENERALLY IN ALL ITS FORMS BY SUCH MEANS AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONSIDERED EXPEDIENT AND APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES.

Grants received

2 grants · £22,181 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,339
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,842

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,3392004-09-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £2,8422004-09-30
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.

3 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 3Education/training 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 4Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£51k latest income
62%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1071240
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/01/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/06/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16/11/2011
Companies House
Company number 03301572 · Active
Contact on the register
01223 352542 · ecoctcmr@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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