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Registered charity · East Sussex

Sussex Opera and Ballet Society

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £3k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex, Throughout London
Website
www.sussexoperaandballetsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1976

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3k£8k
  • 2024£12k£9k
  • 2023£7k£7k
Earlier years
  • 2022£7k£7k
  • 2021£1k£5k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF OPERA, BALLET AND DRAMA BY HOLDING EVENTS TO THIS PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE BURSARIES TO PROMISING STUDENTS STUDYING BALLET AND OPERA, NORMALLY ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TEACHERS OF THE INSTITUTES CONCERNED PROVIDED THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS WITHIN THE SOCIETY.

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.

6 trustees on the board

5.7y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 6Education/training 6Amateur Sport 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£12k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
271113
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 4 MAY 1975 AND AMENDED 29 SEPTEMBER 1991, 14 MARCH 1993, 16 MARCH 1997, 28 APRIL 2002 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2005 as amended on 27 Jan 2019 as amended on 01 Dec 2020
Contact on the register
01323638021 · deborah.hatfield@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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