# SLAITHWAITE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 506840
- **Other names:** SLAITHWAITE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, SPO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 11, 1977
- **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=506840


## Contact

- **Address:** 10 SCAPE VIEW, GOLCAR, HUDDERSFIELD
- **Postcode:** HD7 4DH
- **Phone:** 01484648866
- **Email:** info@spo.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.spo.org.uk



## Activities

**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 ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY, THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE, SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

**Activities:** The objectives of the Society are to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of orchestral music by the presentation of public concerts and recitals and by such other ways as the Society may determine.  SPO rehearses once a week, for approx 44 weeks a year and currently performs four concerts per year in Huddersfield Town Hall, plus other concerts elsewhere.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kirklees



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £43203 | £48000 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £56346 | £74054 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £75588 | £48489 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £35564 | £34192 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £7702 | £8884 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MR CHRIS WOODHEAD** (Chair)
- Adam Harris — appointed Aug. 31, 2018
- FELICITY ALETHEA CECILIA FULLER
- GORDON JAMES BEEVER — appointed Sept. 23, 2022
- JENNIFER EDITH NICKS
- KEVIN COOK — appointed Sept. 30, 2013
- MR LES MEASURES
- Nareece Forrest
- Ruth Elizabeth Aldred — appointed Sept. 18, 2024
- Susan Morgan — appointed June 26, 2024