THE BURTON MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1003451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT OPERATIC SOCIETY

The object of the Society is to educate the public in the dramatic and performing arts to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts to assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the Committee shall from time to time determine.

Objects

(1) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS(2) TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEESSHALL DETERMINE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the organization operated at a net loss of £9,964 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with total payments exceeding total receipts. Per the trustees' report, the entity holds unrestricted cash funds of £50,962 and tangible assets valued at £19,607, noting that the financial accounts are simple receipts and payments accounts without provision for debtors or creditors.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Lindsay Hambleton
• Lee Smith
• Oliver Wright
• Samantha Jayne Walker

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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