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The Stratford-Upon-Avon Symphony Orchestra

The Stratford-Upon-Avon Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity (number 1120845) based in Stratford-upon-Avon, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by David Alabaster since 2017. Latest income £21k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £21k (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Warwickshire
Website
www.stratfordsymphony.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21k£17k
  • 2024£20k£17k
  • 2023£17k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2022£14k£15k
  • 2021£1k£7k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ORCHESTRA’S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, AND PARTICULARLY ORCHESTRAL AND ENSEMBLE PLAYING; BY I. PERFORMING AND PRESENTING CONCERTS AND RECITALS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND PARTICULARLY IN OR AROUND THE TOWN OF STRATFORD UPON AVON, IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND; II. PROMOTING, IMPROVING, DEVELOPING, ASSISTING, MAINTAINING, SUPPORTING AND COOPERATING WITH ANY CHARITABLE OR OTHER BODY WITH OBJECTS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL TO, OR IN THE REASONABLE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE, COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE OF THE ORCHESTRA; III. PROMOTING, IMPROVING, DEVELOPING, ASSISTING, MAINTAINING, SUPPORTING AND COOPERATING WITH ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OR OTHER BODY WHICH THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE TO SUPPORT.

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.

7.9y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£21k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1120845
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 7 MAY 1965 AS AMENDED 29 SEPTEMBER 1995 AND 8 NOVEMBER 2002.AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 01 MAR 2019 as amended on 14 Oct 2022
Contact on the register
01789 268211
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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