DARTFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 295226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D A O D S

The charity promotes the arts in the community

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART AND DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART

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 charity funds increased to £273,917, reflecting a net incoming resource surplus of £49,768 for the year. The society maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves available to support operations and future facility improvements at Heathfield Hall.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Farliechair
• Alexander Tyrell
• Daniel Cross
• David Geoffrey Hughes
• Elaine Mason
• Jack Michael Fox
• Jasmin Howe
• John Woodley
• Julia Ann Bull
• Kaye Cooper
• Mark Fromings
• SAM EADES

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH.

• DARTFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH income £358k
• DARTFORD ROYALS F.C. income £112k
• HORSHAM AMATEUR OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £155k
• SPRINGERS AMATEUR OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £102k
• DARTFORD MASJID AND ISLAMIC CENTRE income £214k
• TONBRIDGE THEATRE AND ARTS CLUB income £163k

Side by side with its peers

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