Registered charity · Cambridge
The Tenebrae Choir
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jonathan Lawrence LaneChair · since 2015
- Andrew William HalsteadTrustee · since 2011
- James Daniel Mahilrajan KanagasooriamTrustee · since 2022
- MS Elizabeth AndrewsTrustee · since 2011
- Nick BlandTrustee · since 2018
- Nicola Anne OppenheimerTrustee · since 2011
- Sabrina Lesley Shelford RodriguezTrustee · since 2022
- Stephen JohnsTrustee · since 2024
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.tenebrae-choir.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Tenebrae Choir
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.7m
- 2024£1.1m£902k
- 2023£1.1m£966k
Earlier years
- 2022£752k£662k
- 2021£318k£298k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, SPECIFICALLY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS (AND OTHER MUSICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RECORDINGS) AND BY GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE COACHED BY AND TO SING WITH THE TENEBRAE CHOIR.
Grants received
3 grants · £132,000 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
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £112,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
Most recent
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Jonathan Lawrence Lane Chair since 2015
- Andrew William Halstead since 2011
- James Daniel Mahilrajan Kanagasooriam since 2022
- MS Elizabeth Andrews since 2011
- Nicola Anne Oppenheimer since 2011
- Nick Bland since 2018
- Stephen Johns since 2024
- Sabrina Lesley Shelford Rodriguez since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Lawrence Lane Chair since 2015
- Andrew William Halstead since 2011
- MS Elizabeth Andrews since 2011
- Nicola Anne Oppenheimer since 2011
- Nick Bland since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Jonathan Lawrence Lane Chair since 2015
- James Daniel Mahilrajan Kanagasooriam since 2022
- Nick Bland since 2018
- Stephen Johns since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Andrew William Halstead since 2011
- MS Elizabeth Andrews since 2011
- Nicola Anne Oppenheimer since 2011
- Sabrina Lesley Shelford Rodriguez since 2022
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1142138
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/08/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 07549890 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07591392097 · info@tenebrae-choir.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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