Registered charity · London
ORA Choir
- 9 trustees
- Income £282k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Lizzie RiddingChair · since 2019
- Annamaria KoerlingTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Michelle CastellettiTrustee · since 2015
- Garreth SpillaneTrustee · since 2024
- Mark TatlowTrustee · since 2015
- Matthew Philip ByrneTrustee · since 2026
- Prof Henrietta Bowden-JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Richard AllainTrustee · since 2025
- Robert John Graham-CampbellTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- orasingers.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- ORA Choir
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£282k£253k
- 2024£216k£201k
- 2023£182k£232k
Earlier years
- 2022£170k£190k
- 2021£212k£131k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR CHORAL MUSIC BY ESTABLISHING AND DEVELOPING CHORAL LEADERS TO RUN CHOIRS AND BY PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.
Grants received
7 grants · £252,000 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
- John Ellerman Foundation · £132,000
- The Headley Trust · £40,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (2 grants)
- The Linbury Trust · £20,000
- Tedworth Charitable Trust · £20,000 (2 grants)
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Lizzie Ridding Chair since 2019
- Annamaria Koerling since 2015
- Dr Michelle Castelletti since 2015
- Garreth Spillane since 2024
- Mark Tatlow since 2015
- Matthew Philip Byrne since 2026
- Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones since 2023
- Richard Allain since 2025
- Robert John Graham-Campbell since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Lizzie Ridding Chair since 2019
- Annamaria Koerling since 2015
- Dr Michelle Castelletti since 2015
- Mark Tatlow since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Lizzie Ridding Chair since 2019
- Annamaria Koerling since 2015
- Dr Michelle Castelletti since 2015
- Garreth Spillane since 2024
- Mark Tatlow since 2015
- Matthew Philip Byrne since 2026
- Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones since 2023
- Richard Allain since 2025
- Robert John Graham-Campbell since 2026
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.
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
- 1160228
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 JUN 2014NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27/01/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 09090039 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07949109177 · info@orasingers.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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