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Registered charity · Merseyside

The Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust

The Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust is a registered charity (number 259306) based in Merseyside, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Keith Blackwell since 2016. Latest income £271k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £271k (2025)
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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Wirral, Liverpool City
Website
www.bostmusicals.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£271k£284k
  • 2024£247k£278k
  • 2023£447k£352k
Earlier years
  • 2022£44k£38k
  • 2021£23k£18k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 76%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) THE PROMOTION OF FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION IN AND KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF OPERA, BALLET, MIME, DRAMA, MUSIC AND SINGING OR OF ANY ONE OF MORE OF THOSE ARTS OR B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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.

10 trustees on the board

6.1y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

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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 10Education/training 10

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£271k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
259306
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 18 NOVEMBER 2002 AS AMENDED 27 NOVEMBER 2003AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11/01/2016
Contact on the register
01516661200 · enquiries@bostmusicals.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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