HAYLING MUSICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 267293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HMS, THE HAYLING ISLAND OPERATIC SOCIETY

Promotion of Musical performances of educative value.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID 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 unrestricted funds increased from £33,435 to £34,840, resulting in a net surplus of £1,405 for the year. The charity maintains positive unrestricted reserves with no disclosed liabilities or material uncertainties regarding its financial position.

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 policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT WILLIAM MCGOUGHchair
• Emily Harkness
• Hayley Wallage
• Iona Harkness
• Joseph Coates
• Lisa Willis
• Samantha Crook
• Susannah Elizabeth Barrett

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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