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CLACTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1154362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CADS

Performing plays to the public by members of the society which include children, teenagers and adults of mixed abilities, gender and ability.

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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Registered contact address: Tendring, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£23k
Latest spending
£14k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an excess income over expenditure of £5,008 for the year ended 30 June 2025. Free reserves, represented by the net current assets of £26,282, increased from the previous year's £21,274. The trustees have approved the accounts following an independent examination.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2026

  • Volunteers: 30

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

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2026£23k£14k
30/06/2025£42k£37k
30/06/2024£17k£15k
30/06/2023£8k£22k
30/06/2022£11k£5k

Common questions

Is CLACTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an excess income over expenditure of £5,008 for the year ended 30 June 2025. Free reserves, represented by the net current assets of £26,282, increased from the previous year's £21,274. The trustees have approved the accounts following an independent examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
CONGLETON INCLOSURE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDLINGTON AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLACTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY£23k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDLINGTON AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2025£72k——unclear—no doubt
CLACTON MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY FY2025£49k—0above—no doubt
WINCHESTER DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2025£210k—0above—no doubt
CONGLETON MUSICAL THEATRE FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt
MACCLESFIELD AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.