THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY

Registered charity 1062970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The society organises events throughout the year to promote greater knowledge of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan to members and the public in general. We provide an up to date Gilbert and Sullivan library at the Barbican in London and publish the Gilbert and Sullivan news three times a year. The society also makes occasional grants to similar organisations.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN'S WORKS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF LECTURES, CONCERTS THE MAINTENANCE OF A GILBERT AND SULLIVAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM AND THE PRODUCTION OF A REGULAR GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PUBLICATION FOR MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 charity's total funds increased to £643,240 as of 31 March 2025, up from £463,507 in the previous year, driven by significant investment gains and restricted fund inflows. The trustees report that sufficient funds are available to continue operating on a going concern basis for the foreseeable future. The charity employs no staff and relies on volunteer trustees and committee members for its operations.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN PENNchair
• ANGELA MAY PENN
• CELIA LYONS
• John Peter Robert Mountsteven
• John Tritton
• Katharine Kelly Barnes
• LEON PETER FRANCIS BERGER · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT GRAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Scott Weddell

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL GILBERT AND SULLIVAN ASSOCIATION.

• INTERNATIONAL GILBERT AND SULLIVAN ASSOCIATION income £89k
• GILBERT AND SULLIVAN FELLOWSHIP, PLYMOUTH income £29k
• IPSWICH GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY income £33k
• THE BYRON SOCIETY income £197k
• BRISTOL GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERATIC SOCIETY income £27k
• LEEDS PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY LIMITED income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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