Registered charity · London
Association of English Singers and Speakers
- 10 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Brian ParsonsTrustee · since 2019
- Carolyn WestripTrustee
- Dr Christopher Stephen VarcoeTrustee
- Dr Lynda MorganTrustee · since 2018
- James GilchristTrustee · since 2025
- Julia DewhurstTrustee · since 2025
- Marilyn CuttsTrustee · since 2024
- Nicola HarrisonTrustee · since 2022
- Patricia WilliamsTrustee
- Wendy GadianTrustee · since 2025
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.aofess.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£16k
- 2024£17k£18k
- 2023£13k£18k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£19k
- 2021£25k£18k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CULTIVATION AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCE OF COMMUNICATION OF ENGLISH IN MUSIC AND SPEECH AND TO AFFORD FACILITIES FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT BY ASSISTING WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF PERSONS DESIROUS OF ACQUIRING A KNOWLEDGE THEREOF THROUGH THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, THE PROVISION OF RECITALS IN ENGLISH SONG AND THE HOLDING OF COMPETITIONS AND AWARDING OF PRIZES FOR THE SINGING AND SPEAKING OF ENGLISH.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Brian Parsons since 2019
- Carolyn Westrip
- Dr Christopher Stephen Varcoe
- Dr Lynda Morgan since 2018
- Julia Dewhurst since 2025
- James Gilchrist since 2025
- Marilyn Cutts since 2024
- Nicola Harrison since 2022
- Patricia Williams
- Wendy Gadian since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Parsons since 2019
- Dr Lynda Morgan since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Brian Parsons since 2019
- Carolyn Westrip
- Dr Lynda Morgan since 2018
- Julia Dewhurst since 2025
- Marilyn Cutts since 2024
- Nicola Harrison since 2022
- Patricia Williams
- Wendy Gadian since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Christopher Stephen Varcoe
- James Gilchrist since 2025
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106279
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 SEPTEMBER 2002 AS AMENDED 14 MARCH 2004 AND 16 MARCH 2008. as amended on 14 Apr 2019 as amended on 26 Sep 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07858784853 · charity@aofess.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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