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Orchestra of the AGE of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the AGE of Enlightenment is a registered charity (number 295329) based in London, governed by 15 trustees. Latest income £4.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
- 15 trustees
- Income £4.0m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Adrian Charles FrostTrustee · since 2019
- Alexandra BellamyTrustee · since 2024
- Alison McfadyenTrustee · since 2021
- Cecelia Catherine BruggemeyerTrustee · since 2023
- Christine SticherTrustee · since 2022
- Crispin Peter WoodheadTrustee · since 2014
- Daniel Alexander KCTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Daniel EdgarTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Susan Mary TranterTrustee · since 2020
- Eleanor Patricia WilliamsonTrustee · since 2025
- Emma-Jane AzkoulTrustee · since 2025
- Imogen Patricia Charlton-EdwardsTrustee · since 2018
- Katherine Ann SpencerTrustee · since 2023
- Lord Chris SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Roger MountfordTrustee · since 2025
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
- Throughout England, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark and more
- Website
- www.oae.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Orchestra of the AGE of Enlightenment
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.0m£4.2m
- 2024£3.8m£3.7m
- 2023£2.9m£3.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.2m£3.3m
- 2021£1.9m£2.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC, DRAMA, SINGING AND ALL FORMS CONSISTING IN WHOLE OR PART OF MUSIC) AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AS PLAYED ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS
Grants received
17 grants · £982,596 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £415,312 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £179,504 (2 grants)
- The Linbury Trust · £150,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £123,900 (2 grants)
- CAF · £45,380
Most recent
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Adrian Charles Frost since 2019
- Alison Mcfadyen since 2021
- Alexandra Bellamy since 2024
- Cecelia Catherine Bruggemeyer since 2023
- Christine Sticher since 2022
- Crispin Peter Woodhead since 2014
- Daniel Alexander KC since 2021
- Dr Daniel Edgar since 2024
- Dr Susan Mary Tranter since 2020
- Eleanor Patricia Williamson since 2025
- Emma-Jane Azkoul since 2025
- Imogen Patricia Charlton-Edwards since 2018
- Katherine Ann Spencer since 2023
- Lord Chris Smith since 2026
- Roger Mountford since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian Charles Frost since 2019
- Crispin Peter Woodhead since 2014
- Dr Susan Mary Tranter since 2020
- Imogen Patricia Charlton-Edwards since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Alexandra Bellamy since 2024
- Cecelia Catherine Bruggemeyer since 2023
- Christine Sticher since 2022
- Crispin Peter Woodhead since 2014
- Daniel Alexander KC since 2021
- Dr Daniel Edgar since 2024
- Dr Susan Mary Tranter since 2020
- Eleanor Patricia Williamson since 2025
- Emma-Jane Azkoul since 2025
- Lord Chris Smith since 2026
- Roger Mountford since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Adrian Charles Frost since 2019
- Alison Mcfadyen since 2021
- Imogen Patricia Charlton-Edwards since 2018
- Katherine Ann Spencer since 2023
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 295329
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/07/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/01/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/05/2013 as amended on 04 Sep 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 02040312 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072399370 · info@oae.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th 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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