WELLS OPERATIC SOCIETY LTD

Registered charity 276308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA BALLET MUSIC SINGING LITERATURE SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £4,608 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £254,531, which the trustees consider adequate to meet future requirements. The charity's primary activities involve producing educational plays and encouraging the arts, with income derived from box office sales, donations, and other trading activities.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Hutton
• Annalisa Checchi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Sarah Tatar
• Charlotte Munckton
• Emma Louise Hardy
• Jennifer Carey
• Joanna Hartley Scammell
• Lucy Payne
• Michael John Scammell
• Roberta Ellen Bass
• Sandra Marshall
• Thomas Edward Creswick
• Victoria Jane Orman

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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