Registered charity · West Yorkshire
Bradford Festival Choral Society
- 14 trustees
- Income £93k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Elaine Carol SchackChair · since 2023
- Colin Richard PenfoldTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Christopher John HealeyTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Linda WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Susan Ruth WhittleTrustee · since 2023
- Elizabeth KingsleyTrustee · since 2019
- James Roger Kuenssberg KingsleyTrustee · since 2022
- John Patrick DiskenTrustee
- Kate Emily LimbertTrustee · since 2024
- Mark ClaytonTrustee
- Sara Jane DanielTrustee · since 2019
- Sue HaytonTrustee · since 2017
- Susan Elizabeth HolmesTrustee · since 2022
- Susan Margaret BennettTrustee · since 2019
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
- Bradford City
- Website
- www.bradfordfestivalchoralsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bradford Festival Choral Society
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£93k£90k
- 2024£75k£66k
- 2023£34k£40k
Earlier years
- 2022£55k£57k
- 2021£25k£33k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE STUDY AND THE PRACTICE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ORDER TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE CHARITY THROUGH ITS TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME
Grants received
1 grant · £18,200 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,200
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Elaine Carol Schack Chair since 2023
- Colin Richard Penfold since 2022
- Dr Christopher John Healey since 2025
- Dr Linda Wilson since 2025
- Dr Susan Ruth Whittle since 2023
- Elizabeth Kingsley since 2019
- John Patrick Disken
- James Roger Kuenssberg Kingsley since 2022
- Kate Emily Limbert since 2024
- Mark Clayton
- Sara Jane Daniel since 2019
- Sue Hayton since 2017
- Susan Elizabeth Holmes since 2022
- Susan Margaret Bennett since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Kingsley since 2019
- Sara Jane Daniel since 2019
- Sue Hayton since 2017
- Susan Margaret Bennett since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Elaine Carol Schack Chair since 2023
- Colin Richard Penfold since 2022
- Dr Christopher John Healey since 2025
- Dr Linda Wilson since 2025
- Dr Susan Ruth Whittle since 2023
- Elizabeth Kingsley since 2019
- John Patrick Disken
- James Roger Kuenssberg Kingsley since 2022
- Kate Emily Limbert since 2024
- Mark Clayton
- Sara Jane Daniel since 2019
- Sue Hayton since 2017
- Susan Elizabeth Holmes since 2022
- Susan Margaret Bennett since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1141596
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/08/2010
- Companies House
- Company number 07346050 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07951865008 · bradfordfestivalchoralsociety@googlemail.com
- 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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