Ripon Choral Society

Registered charity 1185859 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: North Yorkshire

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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.

11 trustees on the board

Lucy Elizabeth Whitfield Chair since 2019
Alexandra Clare Cranfield since 2023
Andrzej Chirkowski since 2022
Brian Robert Councell since 2022
Edward John Winpenny since 2023
Jacqueline Anne Pope since 2025
Linda Ann Wainwright since 2023
Stan Kidd since 2025
Stephen Leslie Hornsey since 2023
Susan Margaret Bravender since 2025
Valerie Gail Easterbrook OBE since 2020

3.3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lucy Elizabeth Whitfield Chair since 2019
Valerie Gail Easterbrook OBE since 2020

3.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Lucy Elizabeth Whitfield Chair since 2019
Alexandra Clare Cranfield since 2023
Andrzej Chirkowski since 2022
Brian Robert Councell since 2022
Edward John Winpenny since 2023
Jacqueline Anne Pope since 2025
Linda Ann Wainwright since 2023
Stan Kidd since 2025
Stephen Leslie Hornsey since 2023
Susan Margaret Bravender since 2025
Valerie Gail Easterbrook OBE since 2020

company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
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.

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incomespending£80k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Sheffield Jazz Similar size; both Arts and culture
South House Silver Workshop Trust Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.riponchoralsociety.org.uk
Email	info@riponchoralsociety.org.uk
Phone	07743299625
Address	The Birches, The Green, Green Hammerton, YORK, YO26 8BQ

Finances

£79,531 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£8,759	£8,334
2022	£58,104	£72,800
2023	£78,090	£68,252
2024	£73,777	£56,010
2025	£79,531	£83,994

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC AND TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN APPRECIATION OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CIO THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 17 Oct 2019 as amended on 19 Nov 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees

0aged 70+

Lucy Elizabeth Whitfield Chair since 2019
Alexandra Clare Cranfield since 2023
Andrzej Chirkowski since 2022
Brian Robert Councell since 2022
Edward John Winpenny since 2023
Jacqueline Anne Pope since 2025
Linda Ann Wainwright since 2023
Stan Kidd since 2025
Stephen Leslie Hornsey since 2023
Susan Margaret Bravender since 2025
Valerie Gail Easterbrook OBE since 2020

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