Registered charity · Cobham
Woking Symphony Orchestra
Woking Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity (number 295247) based in Cobham, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Derek Gilbert since 2013. Latest income £22k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £22k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.wokingso.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£18k
- 2024£22k£14k
- 2023£26k£14k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£13k
- 2021£8k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PERFORMANCE OF ORCHESTRAL WORKS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE ORCHESTRA THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.
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
- Derek Gilbert Chair since 2013
- Daphne Balchin since 2015
- Jennifer Susan Sohl since 2015
- John Nigel Mitchell since 2015
- Martin Ingram since 2004
- Nicholas Anthony Barratt since 2018
- Tessa Radwan since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Derek Gilbert Chair since 2013
- Daphne Balchin since 2015
- Jennifer Susan Sohl since 2015
- John Nigel Mitchell since 2015
- Martin Ingram since 2004
- Nicholas Anthony Barratt since 2018
- Tessa Radwan since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Derek Gilbert Chair since 2013
- Daphne Balchin since 2015
- Jennifer Susan Sohl since 2015
- John Nigel Mitchell since 2015
- Martin Ingram since 2004
- Nicholas Anthony Barratt since 2018
- Tessa Radwan since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 295247
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 19TH JULY 1944 AMENDED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1984
- Contact on the register
- 07876 352353 · wokingsymphonyorchestra@gmail.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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