INTERNATIONAL GILBERT AND SULLIVAN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1103178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GILBERT & SULLIVAN FESTIVAL, G&S ASSOCIATION

To promote the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the works of WS Gilbert and/or Sir Arthur Sullivan particularly amongst youngsters and schools.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR IN THE WORKS OF W S GILBERT AND ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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 achieved a surplus of £10,295 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £88,769 and resources expended of £78,474. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £212,110, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of a minimum of £100,000. The trustees confirmed that no material matters came to the examiner's attention and that the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEIL GRANVILLE SMITHchair
• BERNARD ROBERT LOCKETT
• JANET LOUISE SMITH
• Peter Crichton
• Philip Norman Barton · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Kirk Godward
• Susan Mary Overvoorde · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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