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Chingford Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society

Chingford Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society is a registered charity (number 1199238) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Barbra Sharon Wilson since 2024. Latest income £81k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

8 trustees
Income £81k (2025)

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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: Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
Where: Waltham Forest
Website: www.cados.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2022

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£81k£65k
2024£82k£92k
2023£0£0

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.

Grants received

1 grant · £208,283 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

The National Lottery Community Fund · £208,283

Most recent

The National Lottery Community Fund £208,2832026-02-12

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

3.2y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

3.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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 8Recreation 8

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 3 years.

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£81k latest income

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1199238
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Jun 2022 as amended on 01 Jul 2024
Contact on the register: 02085245915 · cadoschingford@gmail.com
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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