Cowbridge Amateur Operatic Society

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in the appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Vale of Glamorgan

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Cowbridge Town Hall and School, Llantwit Major School

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £3,216 and spent £2,691.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 70%, from £1,891 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £3,216 in the year to 30 June 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 84% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 1 payment to this charity worth £2,960, on 1 November 2021.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

6 trustees run the charity.

• Robert BrowningChairAppointed 1 September 2018
• Danny TeagueAppointed 17 October 2024
• Dean Thomson CrossAppointed 29 March 2022
• Gillian Corinne MorganAppointed 5 October 2022
• Gregory BurkeAppointed 17 October 2024
• Karen Jayne MortonAppointed 29 March 2022

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1097412

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

8 May 2003

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 SEPTEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED 29TH APRIL 2003 as amended on 28 Mar 2022

Website

www.caosmusicalsociety.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Vale of Glamorgan

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Vale of Glamorgan Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Vale of Glamorgan's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Caerdydd Penarth