OVO

Registered charity 1159409 CIO Registered since 2014

Operates: Hertfordshire

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Adam Dominic Nichols since 2014
Andrew Sawford since 2023
Professor Timothy John Boatswain since 2024

5.7y median 3y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Adam Dominic Nichols since 2014

15y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Adam Dominic Nichols since 2014
Andrew Sawford since 2023
Professor Timothy John Boatswain since 2024

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 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2Other services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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 4 years.

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£689k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.0 in 2022

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Emergency Exit Arts Similar size; both Arts and culture
Institute of International Visual Arts Similar size; both Arts and culture
Go Live Theatre Projects Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Mozartists Similar size; both Arts and culture
Black Country Touring Similar size; both Arts and culture
Zabludowicz ART Projects Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ovo.org.uk
Email	help@ovo.org.uk
Phone	07771 362387
Address	Maltings Theatre, Level 2, The Maltings, St Albans, AL1 3HL

Finances

£688,770 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2022	£542,285	£502,043
2022	£542,285	£502,043
2023	£757,580	£752,387
2024	£372,920	£363,467
2025	£688,770	£616,865

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE PERFORMING ARTS.2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Dec 2014

Trustees (3)

3trustees

50median age

0aged 70+

Adam Dominic Nicholsage band 50-54 since 2014
Andrew Sawfordage band 50-54 since 2023
Professor Timothy John Boatswain since 2024

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