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Registered charity (CIO) · Darlington

Darlingtonos (CIO)

Darlingtonos (CIO) is a registered charity (number 1190486) based in Darlington, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £287k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £287k (2024)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Darlington, Durham, North Yorkshire
Website
www.darlingtonoperaticsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£287k£294k
  • 2023£285k£283k
  • 2022£285k£283k
Earlier years
  • 2021£282k£158k

Income trend, 2021 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND STAGING ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES, PLAYS, DRAMAS, COMEDIES, OPERAS, OPERETTAS AND OTHER DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC WORKS.

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

11.5y median 6y
average tenure
32y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£287k latest income
52 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1190486
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 Jul 2020
Contact on the register
07970917532 · secretary@darlingtonoperaticsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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