Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside Organists Association

Registered charity 516899 Registered since 1985

Operates: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Lancashire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5y median 4.5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.7y

average years in governance

5 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Recreation 8General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board

Boards that share trustees

Rochdale Phoenix Opera Society 2 shared trustees
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Bartholomew 1 shared trustee
Chadderton Historical and Heritage Society CIO 1 shared trustee
Charity of Thomas Hill 1 shared trustee
Friends of Rochdale ART Gallery 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Rochdale Phoenix Opera Society 2 shared trustees
Chadderton Historical and Heritage Society CIO 1 shared trustee
Charity of Thomas Hill 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Bartholomew 1 shared trustee
Friends of Rochdale ART Gallery 1 shared trustee
The Metcalfe Society Similar size; both Recreation

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Contact

Website	www.iao.org.uk/ortoa/
Email	barrie.brailsford@gmail.com
Phone	01706343163
Address	2 HIBSON AVENUE, ROCHDALE, OL12 7RU

Finances

£2,262 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,132	£1,307
2022	£2,912	£4,473
2023	£2,085	£2,791
2024	£1,982	£2,773
2025	£2,262	£1,868

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceRecreation

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF THE ART OF MUSIC, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LITOROGICAL AND ORGAN MUSIC.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 5TH MAY 1979.

Trustees (10)

10trustees

0aged 70+

Dr Elizabeth Jane Cooper Chair since 2021
Barrie John Brailsford
Edward Rigg
Edward James Mchale BSc since 2022
Graham Peter Chamberlain BA since 2016
Joe Dawson since 2017
John Graham Ramsbottom since 2025
Mark Joseph Johnson
Philip John Lowe
Steven Miller since 2025

Connected charities (5)

Rochdale Phoenix Opera Society 2 shared trustees
Friends of Rochdale ART Gallery 1 shared trustee
Chadderton Historical and Heritage Society CIO 1 shared trustee
Charity of Thomas Hill 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Bartholomew 1 shared trustee

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