ABINGDON OPERATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 273149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts.To introduce young people to the stage by encouraging them to take part in productions and fostering their participation in the dramatic arts.To assist other societies and schools by making available costumes and props.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS (TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.)

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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Latest income

£96k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,365, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining a minimum of 50% of the cost of a production in reserve. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, and the trustees confirmed no material matters arose during the review.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 50% of the cost of a production (held: £73k)

“The trustees aim to keep a minimum of 50% of the cost of a production in reserve to cover the expenditure for the next show prior to ticket sales.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOY SKEELSchair
Alistair Ballard-Martin
Deborah Bater
Helen Hawkins
Jemma Komodromou
Lucy Littlejohn
Matthew Foster
Sarah Louise Walters
Tara Watts

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£96k	£88k
31/12/2024	£84k	£78k
31/12/2023	£94k	£81k
31/12/2022	£63k	£66k
31/12/2021	£24k	£32k

Common questions

Is ABINGDON OPERATIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,365, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining a minimum of 50% of the cost of a production in reserve. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, and the trustees confirmed no material matters arose during the review. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/09/2000	£5k	"This Operatic Society produces two new shows a year with occasional concerts and workshops. Their project is to publish a book for the Mille"