The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The British Double Reed Society

Registered charity 1080461 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3 trustees on the board

0.3y median 0y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 4Business services 1Manufacturing 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£28k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bdrs.org.uk
Emailsecretary@bdrs.org.uk
Phone07501 259346
AddressCotswold, Heath End, NEWBURY, Berkshire, RG20 0AP

Finances

£27,544 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£24,971£20,353
2021£24,387£20,856
2022£25,343£23,326
2023£75,501£24,757
2024£27,544£23,443

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE AND FOSTER INTEREST, EDUCATION, STUDY, DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND MUSIC MAKING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS INVOLVING DOUBLE REED WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE OF THE OBOE AND BASSOON FAMILIES.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25TH APRIL 1999 as amended on 16 Nov 2025

Trustees (3)

3trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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