THE PRESTON MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1190937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PMCS

To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts, and to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £12,598 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £46,966. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to cover the cost of the next production and any unforeseen liabilities. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 12/05/2024, 12 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 08/08/2022, 100 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Howardchair
• CHRISTINE SANDERSON
• Declan John Murray
• Hannah Alice Riordan
• Hatherleigh Pridmore
• James Ian Moss
• LIAM JAMES BURNS
• Lauren Twist
• Neil McKnight
• RUTH ELIZABETH CARTER

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRESTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED.

• PRESTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £102k
• BRISTOL MUSICAL COMEDY CLUB income £81k
• YORK MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £29k
• Chester Music and Theatre Company income £29k
• THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND OPERATIC SOCIETY income £242k
• HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. income £319k

Side by side with its peers

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