Registered charity (CIO) · Chelmsford
Swap'RA (Supporting Women and Parents in Opera)
Swap'RA (Supporting Women and Parents in Opera) is a registered charity (number 1185454) based in Chelmsford, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Catherine Emma Carby since 2018. Latest income £23k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £23k (2025)
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, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.swap-ra.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£23k£18k
- 2024£0£3k
- 2023£21k£18k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£9k
- 2021£3k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1) THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE OPERA INDUSTRY, AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER OR PARENTHOOD IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION IN AND RAISING AWARENESS TO ISSUES OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.(B) PROMOTING A CULTURE IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE OPERA INDUSTRY. (C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES IN OPERA AND MAKING THE CONCLUSIONS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. (D) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING PROJECTS TO FACILITATE THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER OR PARENTHOOD IN OPERA. (E) SUPPORTING WOMEN AND PARENTS WORKING IN OPERA INCLUDING BY WAY OF GRANTS, ADVICE, COUNSELLING, MENTORING OR OTHERWISE AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT. 2) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Catherine Emma Carby Chair since 2018
- Dr John Kenneth Frederick Andrews since 2026
- Emma Lesley Black since 2026
- Mary Charlotte Steven Miller since 2023
- Samuel Shadrach Evans since 2026
- Susan Jane Young since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Catherine Emma Carby Chair since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Catherine Emma Carby Chair since 2018
- Dr John Kenneth Frederick Andrews since 2026
- Emma Lesley Black since 2026
- Mary Charlotte Steven Miller since 2023
- Samuel Shadrach Evans since 2026
- Susan Jane Young 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1185454
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Sep 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07722066564 · info@swap-ra.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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