Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside Organists Association
Registered charity 516899 Registered since 1985
Operates: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Lancashire
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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
- 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
5y median 4.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Graham Peter Chamberlain BA since 2016
- Joe Dawson since 2017
7.8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Elizabeth Jane Cooper Chair since 2021
- Barrie John Brailsford
- Graham Peter Chamberlain BA since 2016
- John Graham Ramsbottom since 2025
- Philip John Lowe
Portfolio (5)
- Edward Rigg
- Edward James Mchale BSc since 2022
- Joe Dawson since 2017
- Mark Joseph Johnson
- Steven Miller since 2025
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company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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
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.
incomespending£2k 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.
Related organisations
- Rochdale Phoenix Opera Society 2 shared trustees
Connected through a 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
- Friends of Rochdale ART Gallery 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Metcalfe Society Similar size; both Recreation
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.iao.org.uk/ortoa/ |
| 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/scienceRecreationWho
Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Other Charitable ActivitiesCharitable 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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