THE WORKINGTON AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1065045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1) WORKINGTON AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY 2) W.A.O.S.

The societies activities are the production of full scale musicals performed by both senior and junior members. These members perform the musicals for the general public of Workington and surrounding area.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS

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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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society is in a healthy financial position with total net assets of £288,823.42, comprising £73,823.42 in liquid deposits and £215,000 in fixed assets. The filing reports a surplus for the year, with total income of £100,383.69 exceeding total expenditure of £91,593.07.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH TURNBULLchair
• Andrew Lewis McMinn
• Anthony Edward McGee
• Chloe Louise Harkness
• Chloe Nicole Woodward
• Jennifer Francesca Hawley-McGee
• Karen Louise Pirt
• Kris White
• NORMAN BRAYTON
• Natasha McKenzie
• Norma Nicholson
• PHYLLIS MC GEE

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTON AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY.

• ACTON AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY income £66k
• WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY income £55k
• BRIDLINGTON AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £72k
• READING OPERATIC SOCIETY income £41k
• THE WEYMOUTH OPERATIC SOCIETY income £87k
• THE WOMBWELL AND DISTRICT AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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