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Registered charity · Essex

Witham Amateur Operatic Society

Witham Amateur Operatic Society is a registered charity (number 265029) based in Essex, governed by 7 trustees. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

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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
Essex
Website
www.waos.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024--
  • 2023£97k£93k
  • 2022£83k£90k
Earlier years
  • 2021£40k£36k
  • 2020£40k£43k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION IN THE SAID ARTS BY GIVING MUSICAL AND OPERATIC PERFORMANCES IN WITHAM AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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.

7 trustees on the board

5.4y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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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 7

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 4 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
incomespending£97k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
265029
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1ST NOVEMBER 1972 AS AMENDED 18TH NOVEMBER 1981.
Contact on the register
01621 857581 · trevordrury@waos.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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