Registered charity (CIO) · Romford
High Voltage Performing Arts
- 8 trustees
- Income £31k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Gaynor SwindellChair · since 2018
- Andrew ParkerTrustee · since 2018
- David SwindellTrustee · since 2018
- John HanleyTrustee · since 2024
- Keith SmithTrustee · since 2018
- Raymond SteadmanTrustee · since 2018
- Sarah SmithTrustee · since 2018
- Steve LeesTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- Raiders Performing Arts · 1 shared trustee
- Independent Living Agency · 1 shared trustee
- Barking and Dagenham AB Phab Youth Club · 1 shared trustee
- Dagenham Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Essex, Kent, Barking And Dagenham, Havering and more
- Website
- www.hvpa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£31k£24k
- 2024£37k£30k
- 2023£31k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£21k£13k
- 2021£4k£6k
Charitable objects
3.THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ART OF MUSIC, 2. THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS; 3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING DISABLED PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE DISABLED PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY THE PROVISION OF MUSICAL ACTIVITY, EDUCATION, INFORMATION, TRAINING, SUPPORT AND ADVICE 4. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Gaynor Swindell Chair since 2018
- Andrew Parker since 2018
- David Swindell since 2018
- John Hanley since 2024
- Keith Smith since 2018
- Raymond Steadman since 2018
- Sarah Smith since 2018
- Steve Lees since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Gaynor Swindell Chair since 2018
- Andrew Parker since 2018
- David Swindell since 2018
- Keith Smith since 2018
- Raymond Steadman since 2018
- Sarah Smith since 2018
- Steve Lees since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Gaynor Swindell Chair since 2018
- Andrew Parker since 2018
- David Swindell since 2018
- John Hanley since 2024
- Raymond Steadman since 2018
- Sarah Smith since 2018
- Steve Lees since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Keith Smith since 2018
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1189028
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Apr 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07970162436 · Info@hvpa.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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