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Registered charity · Cumbria

Whitehaven and District Amateur Operatic Society

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Cumbria
Website
www.wadaos.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£16k
  • 2024£19k£21k
  • 2023£27k£17k
Earlier years
  • 2022£12k£19k
  • 2021£600£4k
Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND OPERA IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

5 trustees on the board

0.4y median 0y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
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 5Education/training 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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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£20k latest income
129 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1117264
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/11/2006AS AMENDED ON 30/09/2009AS AMENDED ON 14/01/2015
Contact on the register
01946693282 · alistair.jones1@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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