Registered charity · West Yorkshire
The Leeds Amateur Operatic Society
Also known as L A O S (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £468k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Paul HopkinsChair · since 2017
- Beverley BoothTrustee · since 2021
- Gillian Margaret EllisTrustee · since 2017
- Ian ThomsonTrustee · since 2024
- Janet Dorothy PageTrustee · since 1988
- John Marsden FairfootTrustee
- Kirsty Leanne TownendTrustee · since 2023
- Mike PorterTrustee
- MR Andy ThomsonTrustee · since 2013
- Ryan BrownTrustee · 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
- Leeds City
- Website
- www.thelaos.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£468k£403k
- 2024£204k£174k
- 2023£188k£164k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£7k
- 2021£1k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO FOSTER THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND DRAMA BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Paul Hopkins Chair since 2017
- Beverley Booth since 2021
- Gillian Margaret Ellis since 2017
- Ian Thomson since 2024
- Janet Dorothy Page since 1988
- John Marsden Fairfoot
- Kirsty Leanne Townend since 2023
- Mike Porter
- MR Andy Thomson since 2013
- Ryan Brown since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Hopkins Chair since 2017
- Gillian Margaret Ellis since 2017
- Janet Dorothy Page since 1988
- MR Andy Thomson since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Gillian Margaret Ellis since 2017
- Ian Thomson since 2024
- Janet Dorothy Page since 1988
- Kirsty Leanne Townend since 2023
- Mike Porter
- Ryan Brown since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Paul Hopkins Chair since 2017
- Beverley Booth since 2021
- John Marsden Fairfoot
- MR Andy Thomson since 2013
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 509915
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES REVISED 1966 AS AMENDED 30 OCTOBER 1967 AND 25 OCTOBER 1976
- Contact on the register
- 07718188379 · treasurer@thelaos.org
- 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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