Registered charity · County Durham
The Cobweb Orchestra
- 10 trustees
- Income £92k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Andrew William Neil ForsythTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Catherine PrestonTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Emma Jane PearsonTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Margaret Perenna RogersTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Paul David Alan MillsTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Silvia OrrTrustee · since 2022
- Elaine WillmoreTrustee · since 2023
- Lesley WearmouthTrustee · since 2023
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- Samuel David BainesTrustee · since 2019
- Susan BakerTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- Berwick Music Society · 1 shared trustee
- Morpeth Dispensary · 1 shared trustee
- The Hadfield Charitable Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Gateshead, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland and more
- Website
- www.cobweborchestra.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Cobweb Orchestra
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£92k£90k
- 2024£80k£84k
- 2023£72k£73k
Earlier years
- 2022£43k£47k
- 2021£28k£23k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS
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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
- Andrew William Neil Forsyth since 2022
- Dr Catherine Preston since 2021
- Dr Emma Jane Pearson since 2020
- Dr Margaret Perenna Rogers since 2024
- Dr Paul David Alan Mills since 2023
- Dr Silvia Orr since 2022
- Elaine Willmore since 2023
- Lesley Wearmouth since 2023
- Samuel David Baines since 2019
- Susan Baker since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Samuel David Baines since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Emma Jane Pearson since 2020
- Dr Margaret Perenna Rogers since 2024
- Dr Paul David Alan Mills since 2023
- Dr Silvia Orr since 2022
- Lesley Wearmouth since 2023
- Samuel David Baines since 2019
- Susan Baker since 2021
Portfolio (3)
- Andrew William Neil Forsyth since 2022
- Dr Catherine Preston since 2021
- Elaine Willmore since 2023
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
- 1118758
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLED INCORPORATED 6 JANUARY 2007 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 12 JUNE 2010.
- Companies House
- Company number 06057812 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01913866355 · lwearmouth@hotmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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