TINKERS FARM OPERA

Registered charity 1138087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TFO

A society putting on Musical Theatre, Theatrical and Music productions for the local community and it's members

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE OPERATIC ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE BIRMINGHAM CITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wyre Forest, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £9,230.75 for the year ended 30th June 2025, compared to a surplus of £7,149.85 in the previous year. Cash at bank decreased from £15,726 to £6,496 over the same period. The document does not disclose any reserves policy or specific reserves figures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Paul Guest Chartered Accountant. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2024 (received 01/05/2025, 1 day after the 30/04/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Cooperchair
• John Cooper
• Valerie Harley

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• READING OPERATIC SOCIETY income £41k
• WEST WICKHAM OPERATIC SOCIETY income £144k
• CHELMSFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £120k
• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k
• CLONTER FARM MUSIC TRUST income £673k
• THE MASKERS THEATRE COMPANY income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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