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Registered charity (CIO) · Worthing

Worthing Symphony Orchestra

Worthing Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity (number 1164531) based in Worthing, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Madeline Thomas since 2026. Latest income £176k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as WSO (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £176k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Northamptonshire, West Sussex
Website
worthingsymphony.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£176k£168k
  • 2024£195k£160k
  • 2023£124k£117k
Earlier years
  • 2022£72k£75k
  • 2021£2k£5k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING AND SINGING, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR.

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

2.6y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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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 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£176k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1164531
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 24 Nov 2015 as amended on 02 Dec 2019
Contact on the register
00000000000 · secretary@worthingsymphony.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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