SOUTHPORT DRAMATIC CLUB

Registered charity 1164398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the Charity are the production and performance of dramatic plays, the encouragement of dramatic art and the raising of funds for charitable purposes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF DRAMATIC PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF DRAMATIC ART; AND(2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.

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: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a stable position with a surplus of unrestricted funds and a marked improvement compared to the prior year. The trustees acknowledge that reserves are sufficient for the next 12 months based on maintained income streams, and they are satisfied that sufficient funds exist to continue meeting the charity's main objectives.

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 5 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 handling
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £96k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~35.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TRUDI LOUISE HIRSCHchair
• ALAN VIVIAN NEWPORT
• Adrienne Frances Ledson
• Catherine Elizabeth Leight
• Diane Patricia Hutchinson
• Katherine Naomi Miles-Roberts
• Peter Philip Macgregor-Forshaw
• Rikki Luke Spofforth
• Sandra Jane Unsworth · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Kenneth Pritchard

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SALTERTON DRAMA CLUB.

• SALTERTON DRAMA CLUB income £35k
• THE SEAFORD DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £34k
• THE PORTSMOUTH PLAYERS income £131k
• SOUTHAMPTON OPERATIC SOCIETY income £36k
• SOUTHPORT SPOTLIGHTS MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY income £117k
• SOUTHAMPTON MUSICAL SOCIETY income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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