Registered charity · Colchester
Colchester Chamber Choir
Colchester Chamber Choir is a registered charity (number 1149515) based in Colchester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Patricia Cosgrove since 2016. Latest income £15k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £15k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.colchesterchamberchoir.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15k£12k
- 2024£19k£16k
- 2023£18k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£21k£18k
- 2021£6k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS;2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Patricia Cosgrove Chair since 2016
- Angela Oakey-Jones since 2026
- Lesley Gunfield since 2012
- Meg Prolingheuer since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Patricia Cosgrove Chair since 2016
- Lesley Gunfield since 2012
- Meg Prolingheuer since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Patricia Cosgrove Chair since 2016
- Angela Oakey-Jones since 2026
- Lesley Gunfield since 2012
- Meg Prolingheuer since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149515
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 08/11/2010AS AMENDED ON 04/09/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01206820813 · chair@colchesterchamberchoir.org
- 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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