The Wordsworth Singers

Registered charity 1078908 Registered since 2000

Operates: Cumbria

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5.7y median 6y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.9y

average years in governance

9 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 2Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

Boards that share trustees

Keswick Music Society 1 shared trustee
The Penrith Singers 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Penrith Singers 1 shared trustee
Keswick Music Society 1 shared trustee
North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra Similar size; both Arts and culture
Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society Similar size; both Arts and culture
Hepner Foundation Similar size; both Arts and culture
Blackheath & Bramley Choral Society Similar size; both Arts and culture

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Contact

Website	www.wordsworthsingers.org.uk
Email	finance@wordsworthsingers.org.uk
Phone	01228 380201
Address	2 Barton House, Pooley Bridge, Penrith, CA10 2NG

Finances

£14,141 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£5,301	£3,860
2022	£14,829	£19,370
2023	£10,737	£9,141
2024	£9,841	£7,132
2025	£14,141	£10,547

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe 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 CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CHORAL CONCERTS, RECORDINGS, BROADCASTS OR OTHER MEDIA AND MEANS.

Governing document: Scheme dated 07 Mar 2016

Trustees (10)

10trustees

56median age

0aged 70+

Simon Nicholas Mortimer Chair since 2018
Barbara Dorothy Gibson since 2024
Catharine Sharman since 2018
Georgina Elizabeth Harland since 2020
Gesa Renate Blackmoreage 56 since 2025
Helen Hutchinson since 2023
Janet Ruth Elizabeth Hornby
JOY Hall since 2011
Martin Ulyatt since 2019
Susan King-Smith since 2025

Connected charities (2)

Keswick Music Society 1 shared trustee
The Penrith Singers 1 shared trustee

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