Registered charity · Oldham
Oldham Choral Society
Oldham Choral Society is a registered charity (number 518255) based in Oldham, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Paula Butterworth since 2025. Latest income £22k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £22k (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
- Oldham, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Kirklees and more
- Website
- www.oldhamchoralsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£25k
- 2024£19k£24k
- 2023£22k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£15k
- 2021£94£687
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES.
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
- Paula Butterworth Chair since 2025
- Alan Scott since 2018
- Caroline Knights since 2025
- Valerie Kavanagh since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Scott since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Paula Butterworth Chair since 2025
- Alan Scott since 2018
- Caroline Knights since 2025
- Valerie Kavanagh 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
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
- 518255
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 13/06/1983AS AMENDED ON 12/05/1986AS AMENDED ON 20/03/2000AS AMENDED ON 25/06/2012 as amended on 24 Jun 2019 as amended on 01 Sept 2025 as amended on 01 Sept 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07948066669 · s.butterworth654@btinternet.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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