Registered charity · Oxfordshire
Abingdon and District Musical Society
Abingdon and District Musical Society is a registered charity (number 229073) based in Oxfordshire, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by David Charles Carless since 2025. Latest income £32k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as A D M S (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £32k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.adms.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£32k£32k
- 2024£30k£29k
- 2023£29k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£20k£23k
- 2021£14k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 43%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP LOCAL AMATEUR MUSICAL TALENT BOTH CHORAL AND INSTRUMENTAL.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- David Charles Carless Chair since 2025
- Dr Timothy Budd since 2021
- Elizabeth Frances Knight since 2025
- Penelope Anne Gresford since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- David Charles Carless Chair since 2025
- Dr Timothy Budd since 2021
- Elizabeth Frances Knight since 2025
- Penelope Anne Gresford since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 229073
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION APPROVED 11101962 AS AMENDED 16 SEPTEMBER 2013 as amended on 17 Sep 2022 as amended on 11 Sept 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01865391513 · beth@robinandbeth.plus.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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