BANBURY OPERATIC SOCIETY (BOS) AND YOUTH OF BANBURY OPERATIC SOCIETY (YOBOS)

Registered charity 1193199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Oxfordshire-based musical, operatic and dramatic arts company creating theatrical productions to entertain and educate the general public. Typically performing two shows a year or a show and a concert.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES USING THE MEDIUM OF MUSICAL, OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC ARTS AND PERFORMANCE BASED ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES:-1.THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL, OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC ARTS AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SAID ARTS 2.TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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's unrestricted resources are sufficient to meet outgoings for at least the next year and remain in an extremely healthy financial state. The charity has no funds materially in deficit and no outstanding secured debt. The trustees confirm that the current financial position is expected to remain stable for the foreseeable future.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Anderson BSc, PhD
• Benjamin James Coleman PGCE, QTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline Anne Slatter
• Leslie Richard Pratt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Joel Melzack
• Samantha Ann-Calverley Briggs

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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