PETERBOROUGH OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 286815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The society's objectives are to educate the public in dramatic & operatic arts, to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts, to assist and further charitableinstitutions and charitable purposes as the trustees shall decide from time to time and in accordance with their charitable status.

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 CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS CHA CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS.

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 total funds decreased from £74,000 to £65,058 due to a net movement in funds deficit of £8,942. The Trustees Report notes that cash reserves are supplemented by £45,494 in a building society bond, stating the society is financially able to meet its commitments for the upcoming year. However, the current year's accounts do not accurately reflect the final financial position of the 'Beauty & the Beast' production, which is expected to result in a loss.

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 handling
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Lythgoe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Georgina Kane · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Dighton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Sorrell
• Mark Alan Thomas · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rebecca Ellen Piggott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Melhuish · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

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