SOUTHWICK OPERA

Registered charity 263312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SO Musical Theatre, SOUTHWICK OPERATIC SOCIETY, THE SOUTHWICK OPERA

The presentation of performances of Grand and Light Opera and the promotion of the Arts and Music.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 Southwick Opera incurred a loss of £7,705 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a closing balance of £4,953. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £3,986 (cash in hand and at bank) plus £15,152.46 in a CAF Gold Account investment, totaling approximately £19,138.46 in liquid assets against current liabilities of zero.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Jane Etheridge
• Graham Lewis-Pond
• Margaret Bysh
• SUSAN GOTHAM
• Sally Walker
• Stephen John Robertson
• YVONNE FAIR · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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