MARKET HARBOROUGH DRAMA SOCIETY

Registered charity 1162014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MHDS

Owns and operates a theatre on an almost entirely amateur basis. Operates a membership scheme. Selects, produces and presents a season of publically performed plays each year. Provides opportunities to develop theatrical skills. Hires out space to other groups for dramatic productions and other community activities.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, STUDY AND PRACTICE OF DRAMATIC ART, IN ALL ITS FORMS AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF MARKET HARBOROUGH AND ELSEWHERE (FOR FURTHER DESCRIPTION, SEE CONSTITUTION)

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 accounts state that the charity achieved an operating profit of £17,744 and a net profit of £5,799 for the year ending July 31, 2025. Reserves stood at £93,540, with £65,000 designated for contingencies, and the cash position was reported as strong with £111,657 in bank and hand. The trustees consider the reserves adequate to ensure the theatre continues to operate safely with resilience and sustainability.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Mark Wallerchair
• Anthony William Ruscoe
• Christopher John Raymakers
• Jan Ethalfrida Wilson
• Jill Anne Moore
• Lynda Lioba Jaycocks
• Maxine Jane Kempster
• Paul David William Barrass
• Susan Lesley Waller

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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