Registered charity · South Yorkshire
The Wombwell and District Amateur Operatic Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- LES SmithChair
- Adele MurrayTrustee · since 2019
- Christopher WakefordTrustee · since 2018
- Colleen OwenTrustee · since 2018
- Denise Oliver-HasteTrustee · since 2019
- Geoffrey FellowsTrustee
- Jennifer DixonTrustee · since 2013
- Linda RobertsTrustee · since 2018
- Lois PassTrustee
- Susan GentTrustee
- Vanessa Anne WakefordTrustee
- Vanessa Mary BatesTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Barnsley
- Website
- wombwelloperatic.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1968
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£35k
- 2024£28k£29k
- 2023£36k£32k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£29k
- 2021£33k£13k
Charitable objects
(A) TO CULTIVATE THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND IMPROVE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TASTE IN THOSE ARTS. (B) TO PROMOTE THE PRODUCTION OF DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC WORKS HAVING AN EDUCATIVE VALUE IN FURTHERANCE OF OBJECT (A) AND WITH THE FURTHER OBJECT OF RAISING FUNDS TO BE DEVOTED SOLELY TO CHARITABLE PURPOSES. (C) TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS SHALL BE CONDUCTIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- LES Smith Chair
- Adele Murray since 2019
- Christopher Wakeford since 2018
- Colleen Owen since 2018
- Denise Oliver-Haste since 2019
- Geoffrey Fellows
- Jennifer Dixon since 2013
- Lois Pass
- Linda Roberts since 2018
- Susan Gent
- Vanessa Anne Wakeford
- Vanessa Mary Bates since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Adele Murray since 2019
- Christopher Wakeford since 2018
- Colleen Owen since 2018
- Denise Oliver-Haste since 2019
- Jennifer Dixon since 2013
- Linda Roberts since 2018
- Vanessa Mary Bates since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Adele Murray since 2019
- Christopher Wakeford since 2018
- Colleen Owen since 2018
- Denise Oliver-Haste since 2019
- Geoffrey Fellows
- Jennifer Dixon since 2013
- Lois Pass
- Linda Roberts since 2018
- Susan Gent
- Vanessa Anne Wakeford
- Vanessa Mary Bates since 2013
Portfolio (1)
- LES Smith Chair
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 256339
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED APRIL 1933
- Contact on the register
- 01226 214120 · deniseoliverhaste@hotmail.com
- 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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