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Oxford Youth Choirs
Oxford Youth Choirs is a registered charity (number 299109) based in Oxford, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Lydia Vella since 2023. Latest income £35k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Oxford Boys' Choir, Oxford Girls' Choir (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Lydia VellaChair · since 2023
- Alexander James MilodowskiTrustee · since 2026
- Alexander James Stewart SilvermanTrustee · since 2023
- Arabella SaerTrustee · since 2024
- Catherine WeardenTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Camilla Lan-Chih IpTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Matthew Francis BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Robert John LeggTrustee · since 2024
- Geoffrey John SuttonTrustee · since 2014
- Jerome Gregory FinnisTrustee · since 2023
- Maria ChatawayTrustee · since 2022
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
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.oxfordyouthchoirs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£38k
- 2024£38k£36k
- 2023£41k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£37k£45k
- 2021£33k£34k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, 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 AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CHOIR THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINED 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.
11 trustees on the board
- Lydia Vella Chair since 2023
- Alexander James Milodowski since 2026
- Alexander James Stewart Silverman since 2023
- Arabella Saer since 2024
- Catherine Wearden since 2022
- Dr Camilla Lan-Chih Ip since 2026
- Dr Matthew Francis Brown since 2024
- Dr Robert John Legg since 2024
- Geoffrey John Sutton since 2014
- Jerome Gregory Finnis since 2023
- Maria Chataway since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Geoffrey John Sutton since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Lydia Vella Chair since 2023
- Alexander James Milodowski since 2026
- Alexander James Stewart Silverman since 2023
- Arabella Saer since 2024
- Catherine Wearden since 2022
- Dr Camilla Lan-Chih Ip since 2026
- Dr Matthew Francis Brown since 2024
- Dr Robert John Legg since 2024
- Geoffrey John Sutton since 2014
- Jerome Gregory Finnis since 2023
- Maria Chataway since 2022
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
- 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
- 299109
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20TH OCTOBER 1985 AS AMENDED ON 19TH MARCH 1988 AND 10 JUNE 2000
- Contact on the register
- 07927710180 · admin@oxfordyouthchoirs.org.uk
- 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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