The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Society of the Guildford Symphony Orchestra

Registered charity 803751 Registered since 1990

Operates: Surrey

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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.

7
trustees on the board
6.7y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
4
trustees past 6 years
11.4y
average years in governance
6 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
2
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 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 2Property 2Business services 1

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Contact

Websitewww.g-s-o.org.uk
Emailtim.johnson.gso@sky.com
Phone07779 789208
AddressThe Beeches, 11B Oliver Road, HORSHAM, West Sussex, RH12 1LH

Finances

£44,306 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,475£6,552
2022£27,512£31,907
2023£34,736£32,457
2024£42,154£44,264
2025£44,306£47,422

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME; AND (B) IN PARTICULAR, IN ORDER TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY, TO MAINTAIN THE GUILDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ("THE ORCHESTRA") FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND WORKS AND THE GIVING OF PUBLIC CONCERTS OF SUCH MUSIC AND WORKS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26TH JUNE 1990 as amended on 03 Dec 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees
74median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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