EAST BERKSHIRE OPERATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1140993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EBOS, EBOS Musical Theatre

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

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.

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

£99k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £15,495 for the year ended 31 December 2024, bringing its general reserves to £51,334. The trustees note that while membership levels have returned to pre-pandemic figures, the society has faced increased running costs, particularly electricity, which has almost doubled since the previous year. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no material matters coming to the examiner's attention.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Coechair
Amy Cowie
Amy Williams
Duncan Bruce
Gareth Watkins
Gillian Reid
JAMES LOLE
Jon Nixon
Kirsty McDougall
Makenzie Thorpe

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£99k	£82k
31/12/2023	£67k	£58k
31/12/2022	£57k	£73k
31/12/2021	£43k	£35k
31/12/2020	£6k	£13k

Common questions

Is EAST BERKSHIRE OPERATIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £15,495 for the year ended 31 December 2024, bringing its general reserves to £51,334. The trustees note that while membership levels have returned to pre-pandemic figures, the society has faced increased running costs, particularly electricity, which has almost doubled since the previous year. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no material matters coming to the examiner's attention. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.