THE WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1043845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Regular workshops for the youth company, supporting their learning in preparation for performance and participation in the local music festival. Meeting twice each week to rehearse and instruct members in readiness for planned performances. Attending local institutions - church, convalescent homes, hospices - to provide entertainment for residents/members and to promote the profile of WMCS.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC ART, PARTICULARLY THE ART OF MUSICAL THEATRE, BY THE PRODUCTION OF MUSICAL PLAYS.B) TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE WORTHING

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £161,286 to £192,276, resulting in a net income surplus of £30,990 for the year. The trustees report that there are no funds in deficit and the charity operates on a non-profit making basis. The financial review notes that the aim is to hold cash reserves equivalent to the estimated cost of one entire production.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Hart
• DENIS FULLER
• Dean Aaron Lawrence
• Heather Elizabeth Roberts
• James Warwick Reynolds
• Laura Michelle Burrows
• Lindy Stannard
• Nigel Charles Francis Newman
• Nikki Reynolds
• Victoria Emerson
• Wendy Karen Dunn

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORTHING MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY.

• WORTHING MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £106k
• THE NEWMARKET OPERATIC MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY LTD income £141k
• RAOS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £117k
• LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD income £397k
• CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE income £131k
• MUSICAL THEATRE STAFFORD income £143k

Side by side with its peers

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