LEDBURY AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1174743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LADS

The Society organises a range of arts events, including plays, films, music (from classics to pop) and live screenings of drama, opera and ballet; the Society owns, manages and operates the 128-seat Market Theatre in Ledbury. The Society relies on ticket sales, membership subscriptions and hiring fees to cover costs.

Objects

THE COMPANY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, AND OF EDUCATION IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS. PROVIDED THAT ALL THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

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: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£134k

Latest spending

£133k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,285 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £245,013. The trustees confirm the charity is fully expected to continue as a going concern, citing strong financial position due to volunteer reliance, ownership of the theatre, and substantial reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year of total expenditure (reserves figure: £245k)

“The Society's policy on reserves is to ensure that the general account contains enough to cover total expenditure for one year.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/05/2025

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £7,625 — grants £7,625 (1); 6% of the £134,380 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

Volunteers: 100

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £720 — grants £720 (1); under 1% of the £100,505 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 10348636

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WEST, Nicholas — director, appointed 06/06/2024on trustee list
HIGGS, Nigel — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
BENOIT, Hilary Joyce — director, appointed 02/11/2022on trustee list
CAMBRIDGE, Heather Joan — director, appointed 02/11/2022on trustee list
GRAHAM, Paul — director, appointed 26/08/2016on trustee list
STRAUSS, Patricia Marie English — director, appointed 26/08/2016on trustee list
WATSON, Craig Davidson — director, appointed 26/08/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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 (16/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sally Angharad Watsonchair
CRAIG DAVIDSON WATSON
David Graeme Coker
Debbie Upton
Dr Chris Upton
Heather Joan Cambridge
Hilary Benoit
Mary Rose Fielding
Nicholas West
Nigel Higgs
PATRICIA MARIE ENGLISH STRAUSS
PAUL GRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£134k	£133k
31/05/2024	£99k	£103k
31/05/2023	£101k	£98k
31/05/2022	£82k	£57k
31/05/2021	£21k	£16k

Common questions

Is LEDBURY AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,285 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £245,013. The trustees confirm the charity is fully expected to continue as a going concern, citing strong financial position due to volunteer reliance, ownership of the theatre, and substantial reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LEDBURY AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEDBURY AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£5k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	FY2024	£5k	Small Grants Programme

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

BRIDLINGTON AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £72k
MARKET HARBOROUGH DRAMA SOCIETY income £143k
SIDMOUTH AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LTD income £56k
CLACTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £23k
TRURO AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY LTD income £46k
DAWLISH AMATEUR REPERTORY COMPANY income £72k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEDBURY AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LIMITED	£134k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRIDLINGTON AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2025	£72k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARKET HARBOROUGH DRAMA SOCIETY FY2025	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SIDMOUTH AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY LTD FY2026	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CLACTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2025	£23k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRURO AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY LTD FY2025	£46k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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