SIDMOUTH AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LTD

Registered charity 1117250 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The society is established to promote the advancement of education in the art of drama and to encourage public appreciation of such art and to produce drama to the highest possible standard and to involve members in all aspects of theatre, including on stage, backstage and administrative skills.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ART OF DRAMA AND TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART AND TO PRODUCE DRAMA TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS AND TO INVOLVE MEMBERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEATRE, INCLUDING ONSTAGE, BACKSTAGE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, SIDMOUTH, DEVON.

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 charity reported a surplus of £7,971 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total income of £52,909 and total expenditure of £44,938. Unrestricted reserves stood at £80,965, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated target of £13,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05883014

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SPENCER, Avril Veronica — director, appointed 07/02/2025on trustee list
• WAKEFIELD, Nathan — director, appointed 07/02/2025on trustee list
• POMEROY, Joyce — director, appointed 11/11/2024on trustee list
• LISTER, Barrington — director, appointed 25/06/2015on trustee list
• HAMMOND, Elizabeth Mary Louise — director, appointed 12/07/2011on trustee list
• HODGE, Heather May — director, appointed 02/10/2006on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Rosechair
• Audrey Harcourt
• Avril Spencer
• BARRINGTON LISTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELIZABETH MARY LOUISE HAMMOND
• HEATHER MAY HODGE
• Joyce Pomeroy
• Nathan Wakefield

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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