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Orchestra of the AGE of Enlightenment Trust

Orchestra of the AGE of Enlightenment Trust is a registered charity (number 1159451) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Adrian Charles Frost since 2020. Latest income £14k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £14k (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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.oae.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Orchestra of the AGE of Enlightenment Trust
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£118k
  • 2024£7k£131k
  • 2023£55k£48k
Earlier years
  • 2022£134k£30k
  • 2021£328k£19k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE ARTS BY PROVIDING A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY OF THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE ATTAINMENT OF ITS OBJECTS; AND2 SUBJECT TO THE OBJECT IN ARTICLE 3.1, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSIC (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCING, SINGING AND ALL FORMS CONSISTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF MUSIC) AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AS PLAYED ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS.

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.

11 trustees on the board

6.2y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
17.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

11
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 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Arts and leisure 25Finance 15Professional services 15

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1159451
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 JUL 2014
Companies House
Company number 09134080 · Active
Contact on the register
02072399385 · info@oae.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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