The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra

Registered charity 296902 Registered since 1987

Operates: East Sussex

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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.

5 trustees on the board

6.4y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

2
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 5Education/training 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 7Arts and leisure 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£19k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eso.org.uk
Emailthornley4@hotmail.com
Phone01323642875
Address4 Cobbold Avenue, EASTBOURNE, East Sussex, BN21 1XA

Finances

£17,490 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,175£3,885
2022£14,577£15,447
2023£19,300£16,111
2024£18,619£20,707
2025£17,490£16,372

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS RESIDENT IN EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT BY THE PROVISION OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH AND EXPERIENCE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH CONCERTS AND SUCH OTHER MUSICAL EVENTS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DEEM SUITABLE. TO PROMOTE IMPROVE AND DEVELOP PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND SUCH OTHER MUSICAL EVENTS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DEEM SUITABLE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11TH OCTOBER 1986 AS AMENDED ON 8TH OCTOBER 1988 AND 16TH MAY 1998

Trustees (5)

5trustees
74median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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