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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

1.8y median 0y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

2
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 6Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 6

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 2Health and social care 1

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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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£23k latest income

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
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