CROWTHORNE MUSICAL PLAYERS

Registered charity 1139345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CMP

CMP undertakes works of musical/acting entertinment and performs three times each year in the Bracknell/Crowthorne area. We pride ourselves on developing new talent, both on and off stage, and have seen a number of cast and production team grow in ability and confidence.

Objects

To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.

Area of benefit: BRACKNELL FOREST

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: Bracknell Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recovered from pandemic effects with audience numbers returning to 2019 levels, leading to increased income. However, the trustees note continuing funding difficulties and cutbacks regarding the venue, which relies on ticket levies for support. The charity ended the year with a closing cash balance of £54,549.49.

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 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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 30/09/2023 (received 23/08/2024, 24 days after the 30/07/2024 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Louise Winnchair
• Nyck Moore
• PETER WINN

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLACTON MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY.

• CLACTON MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY income £49k
• CONGLETON MUSICAL THEATRE income £27k
• HONITON COMMUNITY THEATRE COMPANY income £37k
• ANDOVER MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £78k
• MID CHESHIRE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £72k
• CROWTHORNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £27k

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