SWANAGE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 293789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S C O S, SWANAGE CHORAL AND OPERATIC SOCIETY

The objects of the Charity are to educate the public in the dramatic, musical and operatic arts, to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts and to assist and further such charitable purposes as the committee shall from time to time determine.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC MUSICAL AND OPERATIC ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS AND TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a total surplus for the year of £1,408.84, bringing funds brought forward to £46,988.75. The organization holds unrestricted cash and deposit assets totaling £44,338.84, representing the majority of its net assets. The filing does not disclose any material uncertainties or risks regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£27k£26k
31/08/2024£23k£23k
31/08/2023£23k£20k
31/08/2022£16k£15k
31/08/2021£431£3k

Common questions

Is SWANAGE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a total surplus for the year of £1,408.84, bringing funds brought forward to £46,988.75. The organization holds unrestricted cash and deposit assets totaling £44,338.84, representing the majority of its net assets. The filing does not disclose any material uncertainties or risks regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST1£4k
YOUNG MANCHESTER1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNDERLAND THEATRE COMPANY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SWANAGE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY£27k—0unclear—no doubt
SUNDERLAND THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
YORK MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2026£29k——above—no doubt
MANOR MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARROGATE DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
MUSICAL THEATRE SALISBURY FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.