Registered charity · Berkshire
The Royal Free Singers
The Royal Free Singers is a registered charity (number 292972) based in Berkshire, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Robert James Tavinor since 2024. Latest income £43k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £43k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Robert James TavinorChair · since 2024
- Anthony James WelshTrustee · since 2025
- Christine ShepherdTrustee · since 2024
- Frances Elizabeth StringerTrustee · since 2012
- Helen Joanna ArchibaldTrustee · since 2015
- Linda Diane ChananTrustee · since 2015
- Maarten de VriesTrustee · since 2023
- Maria Lesley Crawford-SmithTrustee · since 2014
- Raymond BowyerTrustee · since 2023
- Rosamond Ann MiddletonTrustee · since 2016
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
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Website
- www.royalfreesingers.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£43k£41k
- 2024£33k£32k
- 2023£28k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£23k£33k
- 2021£7k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
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
- Robert James Tavinor Chair since 2024
- Anthony James Welsh since 2025
- Christine Shepherd since 2024
- Frances Elizabeth Stringer since 2012
- Helen Joanna Archibald since 2015
- Linda Diane Chanan since 2015
- Maria Lesley Crawford-Smith since 2014
- Maarten de Vries since 2023
- Raymond Bowyer since 2023
- Rosamond Ann Middleton since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Frances Elizabeth Stringer since 2012
- Helen Joanna Archibald since 2015
- Linda Diane Chanan since 2015
- Maria Lesley Crawford-Smith since 2014
- Rosamond Ann Middleton since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Robert James Tavinor Chair since 2024
- Christine Shepherd since 2024
- Frances Elizabeth Stringer since 2012
- Helen Joanna Archibald since 2015
- Linda Diane Chanan since 2015
- Maria Lesley Crawford-Smith since 2014
- Maarten de Vries since 2023
- Raymond Bowyer since 2023
- Rosamond Ann Middleton since 2016
Portfolio (1)
- Anthony James Welsh since 2025
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.
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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
- 292972
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6TH FEBRUARY 1985 AS AMENDED 4 DECEMBER 2002 AND 9 JUNE 2010. as amended on 09 Nov 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01753866067 · frances.stringer@btinternet.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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