CHELMSFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 292215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C A O D S

Performing musical theatre for the enjoyment of the company as well as the local community.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.

Area of benefit: CHELSMFORD

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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Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £966, resulting in a reduction of General and Social Funds from £73,101 to £72,135. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £72,135 and has no stated reserves policy target. The filing does not disclose any material uncertainties or risks to its ongoing operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cassie Hannah Estallchair
• Brett Bedwell
• Caroline Escott
• Caroline Froy
• DAVID ARTHUR YETTON
• Ellie Darrall
• Hayden Wagland
• Jean Pinkney
• Joanna Lench
• Kieran Bacon
• Teresa Harper

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARTFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.

• DARTFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £149k
• CHELMSFORD THEATRE WORKSHOP income £38k
• COLCHESTER OPERATIC SOCIETY income £111k
• THE STOCK EXCHANGE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC SOCIETY income £157k
• THE COUNTY AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY (LINCOLN) income £85k
• SPRINGERS AMATEUR OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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