PATELEY BRIDGE DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 260045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PATELEY BRIDGE AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Amateur dramatics from our own theatre

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE PATELEY BRIDGE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£21k
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £22,137 to £26,428, resulting in a net surplus of £5,291 for the period. Cash funds at year-end totaled £32,724, with unrestricted cash balances of £20,961 and savings of £10,507. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy 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 3 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 5% of the £39,595 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 135

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£26k£21k
31/12/2024£40k£33k
31/12/2023£39k£29k
31/12/2022£30k£113k
31/12/2021£54k£20k

Common questions

Is PATELEY BRIDGE DRAMATIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £22,137 to £26,428, resulting in a net surplus of £5,291 for the period. Cash funds at year-end totaled £32,724, with unrestricted cash balances of £20,961 and savings of £10,507. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WESTOVIAN THEATRE SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PATELEY BRIDGE DRAMATIC SOCIETY£26k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WESTOVIAN THEATRE SOCIETY FY2025£70k—0unclear—no doubt
HASLAND THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
COMPANY THREE THEATRE FY2025£554kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
SUTTON THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt
YEADON THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt

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