The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Southampton Choral Society

Company 01600355 Active

Registered charity: Southampton Choral Society

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

6
directors on the board
14.8y median 14.6y
average tenure
26.7y
longest tenure
4
directors past 6 years
6 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
3
also govern a charity
2
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Company details

Number01600355
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated26/11/1981
Address13 SHANKLIN CRESCENT, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 7RB
Accounts next due30/04/2027
Accounts last made up31/07/2025

Industry (SIC)

90010 - Performing arts

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (46)

  • Cobley, Barbara Frances Director · appointed 2023
  • Thompson, Claire Director · appointed 2023
  • Barnes, Diana Mary Director · appointed 2012
  • Ford, Peter Kenneth Director · appointed 2010
  • Wilkinson, Rosaleen Patricia Secretary · appointed 2007
  • Nicholls, Robert Graham Director · appointed 1999
  • Pearce, David Jack Director · appointed 1999
  • Connell, Gillian Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
  • Lund Yates, Michael John Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Savage, Susan Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
  • Powell, Richard Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2025
  • Read, Sarah Charlotte Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Barnes, Diana Former Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2024
  • Philips, Carla Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
  • Sawyer, Richard Anthony, Dr Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
  • Bennett, Jonathan Thring Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
  • Ansell, Gregory, Dr Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Palmer, David Reeve Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
  • Griffiths, Alison Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Beale, Evelyn Alice, Dr Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Ireland, Katherine Hannah Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Pearce, Nicola Jane Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
  • Baczynski, Chrystyna Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Tater, Shalini, Dr Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
  • Hartley, Virginia Anne Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Simons, Diana Mary Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Chivers, Helen Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Marsden, Frances Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
  • Davies, Jane Mary Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Penton, Margery Amy Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Beaman, Donald George Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • DOW, William Ian Mcgowan, Dr Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2013
  • Welland, Susan Anne Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Davis, Brian Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Henley, Peter John Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Jary, David Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
  • Kitcher, John Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Sabine, Fran Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Curry, Mary Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Vincent, Veronica Amy Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Clare, Marie Former Director · resigned 1994
  • King, Mary Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Bagshaw, Hazel Margaret Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Woodman, David Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Vaughan, Elizabeth Mary Former Secretary · resigned 1996
  • Crowhurst, Colin Former Director · resigned 1999

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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