COLCHESTER OPERATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1198865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLCHESTER OPERATIC SOCIETY SECOND EDITION

We're an amateur musical theatre company (consisting of members from 11 years & over) that produce shows & concerts in Colchester for the general public. Membership is open to all aged 16yrs plus & 11-24 yrs for our youth section, providing opportunities to learn, perform & participate in local Theatre. We also put on singing, acting & dancing workshops for members & the local community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND MUSICAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased from £116,397 to £113,350 during the period, driven by total payments exceeding total receipts. The unrestricted reserves, which constitute the majority of the funds, stood at £113,883 at the end of the period. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the preparation of the accounts.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katie Cutmorechair
• Ana Margarita Fernandez Lorenzo
• Caroline Fritz
• Charlotte Turnnidge
• Dr Melanie Judith Bird
• Helen Victoria Mary McCraw
• Michael Cutmore
• Rachel Emma Darley
• Susan Mitchell
• Susannah Skelton
• Valentine Cavanagh-White

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• CHELMSFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £120k
• CLACTON MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY income £49k
• THE WOKING AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY income £46k
• THE WOMBWELL AND DISTRICT AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY income £35k
• THE NEWMARKET OPERATIC MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY LTD income £141k
• ACTON AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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