BASINGSTOKE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1103166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAOS

Operatic Society

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AN APPRECIATION OF ART AND SCIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES IF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE.

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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Latest income
£75k
Latest spending
£71k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the society made a small surplus and is in a good, secure financial position. The trustees' report indicates that the society maintains free reserves to cover management and administration costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of unrestricted expenditure
“It is the policy of the society to maintain its free reserves at a level which equates to between 3 and 6 months’ unrestricted expenditure (~£25,000).” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£75k£71k
30/06/2024£83k£81k
30/06/2023£70k£78k
30/06/2022£72k£72k
30/06/2021£5k£8k

Common questions

Is BASINGSTOKE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the society made a small surplus and is in a good, secure financial position. The trustees' report indicates that the society maintains free reserves to cover management and administration costs.