Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire
Ware Choral Society Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- 8 trustees
- Income £27k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anne ShearmanTrustee · since 2022
- Diana Margaret PerkinsTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Colin Francis Gordon BrookbanksTrustee · since 2019
- Eleanor Margaret JardineTrustee · since 2023
- Elizabeth SweetmanTrustee · since 2023
- Lesley Julia GodfreyTrustee · since 2023
- Nicholas David GoughTrustee · since 2024
- Pauline Mary PrestonTrustee · since 2021
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
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.warechoral.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£27k£33k
- 2024£34k£31k
- 2023£34k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£35k
- 2021£5k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ORDER TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.2. TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE BY MAKING GRANTS TO CHARITIES REGISTERED WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSION FROM FUNDS RAISED AT PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF CHORAL MUSIC.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Anne Shearman since 2022
- Diana Margaret Perkins since 2016
- Dr Colin Francis Gordon Brookbanks since 2019
- Eleanor Margaret Jardine since 2023
- Elizabeth Sweetman since 2023
- Lesley Julia Godfrey since 2023
- Nicholas David Gough since 2024
- Pauline Mary Preston since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Diana Margaret Perkins since 2016
- Dr Colin Francis Gordon Brookbanks since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Anne Shearman since 2022
- Dr Colin Francis Gordon Brookbanks since 2019
- Eleanor Margaret Jardine since 2023
- Elizabeth Sweetman since 2023
- Lesley Julia Godfrey since 2023
- Nicholas David Gough since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Diana Margaret Perkins since 2016
- Pauline Mary Preston since 2021
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
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
- 1169375
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 Sep 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01992423723 · nick.d.gough@gmail.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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