AXMINSTER MUSICAL THEATRE

Registered charity 261661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AXMINSTER AND DISTRICT AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

STAGES AMATEUR LIGHT OPERA PRODUCTIONS/MUSICALS; FUND RAISING IN RESPECT OF THIS MAIN ACTIVITY.

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.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE AXMINSTER, DEVON.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £2,489.47 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in net assets. The trustees report that expenses were high, leading to this loss despite good audience reception for their performances. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £16,804.64 (sum of Nat West Current and Business Reserve accounts), which the document presents as the balance sheet representation.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• KAREN HUSSEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary Frances Harvey · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon · Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

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