Registered charity · Sheffield
The Sheffield Youth Orchestra
The Sheffield Youth Orchestra is a registered charity (number 501699) based in Sheffield, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Lynn Dronfield-Whitaker since 2025. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £16k (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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City, Derbyshire
- Website
- www.sheffieldyouthorchestra.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1973
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£18k
- 2024£13k£18k
- 2023£3k£15k
Earlier years
- 2022£35k£7k
- 2021£5k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND LOVE OF MUSIC AND THEIR ABILITY TO DEVELOP MUSICALLY TO THE MOST ADVANCED STANDARD OF WHICH THEY ARE CAPABLE.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Lynn Dronfield-Whitaker Chair since 2025
- Alison Heath Cook since 2025
- Charlotte Sarah Hoult since 2025
- David John Morton since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Lynn Dronfield-Whitaker Chair since 2025
- Alison Heath Cook since 2025
- Charlotte Sarah Hoult since 2025
- David John Morton since 2025
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 501699
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1964 AMENDED 5 SEPTEBER 1972 as amended on 09 Nov 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07713608464 · SHEFFIELDYOUTHORCHESTRA@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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