# ESSEX CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1165144
- **Other names:** ECHO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 12, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1165144


## Contact

- **Address:** The Hollies, Archer Street, Bishop Norton, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
- **Phone:** 07879348994
- **Email:** elaine.harden1603@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.essexchamberorchestra.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A) THE OBJECTS OF THE ORCHESTRA SHALL BE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SEES FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS;B) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The Essex Chamber Orchestra, popularly known as ECHO, comes together three times a yearfor intensive weekend rehearsals followed by a concert, usually at venues in Essex. Althoughoriginally conceived as a chamber orchestra, ECHO varies its forces to perform a wide varietyof programmes ranging from Baroque and Classical works to the repertoire of the 20thCentury.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £18930 | £19012 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £21226 | £18833 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £15578 | £16977 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £6000 | £7336 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £1 | £260 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew Craig — appointed Jan. 12, 2016
- ELAINE HARDEN — appointed Jan. 12, 2016
- Hazel Judith Arnill — appointed Sept. 7, 2019
- Helen Smith — appointed Sept. 10, 2022
- Peter Lovelock — appointed Nov. 27, 2023
- Rachel Simnett — appointed Sept. 10, 2022
- Richard Brittain — appointed Sept. 7, 2025
- SUSAN EVERSDEN — appointed Jan. 12, 2016