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.

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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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Heather Joan Cambridge
• Hilary Benoit
• 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

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Known funders

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