WARE MUSICAL THEATRE

Registered charity 282781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARE OPERATIC SOCIETY

Participating in the performing arts

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, RECITALS, AND DRAMATIC ARTS; 2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE WARE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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 Ware Musical Theatre reported a net surplus of £3,099 for the year ended 31st July 2025, resulting in accumulated reserves of £14,456. The entity includes a trading subsidiary, Ware Musical Theatre Ltd., which provided a loan to the charity. The filing was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN WORTHINGTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Barrie Clifford Hozier
• Christine Joy Hozier
• Doreen Spielman
• Joanne Catherine Griffin
• Sally Page
• Susan Mary Mulligan

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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