HESSLE AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 500483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HESSLE THEATRE COMPANY

Arts and culture. Mainly in East Riding of Yorkshire.

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: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE HALTEMPRICE AND 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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Latest income

£105k

Latest spending

£72k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £32,658 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted net assets increasing to £91,183. The trustees stated that these funds enable the charity to perform at prestigious venues with financial confidence, and the reserves policy is reviewed annually to maintain adequate reserves for ongoing costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain adequate reserves to fund the ongoing costs of the charity (held: £91k)

“The Trustees’ policy on retained funds is to maintain adequate reserves to fund the ongoing costs of the charity, the reserves we currently have enable us to perform at some of the region’s most prestigious venues, putting on quality, large scale productions with financial confidence.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Mark Gillyon-Powellchair
Colin Thompson
JOHN DRURY
KAREN TINA TODMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Lee Pearson
MARK JARDINE
MARTIN HENRY BEAUMONT
MRS JAN PRYBODA
Naomi Quin
Nicola Wilson
RICHARD CARMICHAEL

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£105k	£72k
30/06/2024	£83k	£71k
30/06/2023	£61k	£79k
30/06/2022	£77k	£66k
30/06/2021	£18k	£8k

Common questions

Is HESSLE AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £32,658 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted net assets increasing to £91,183. The trustees stated that these funds enable the charity to perform at prestigious venues with financial confidence, and the reserves policy is reviewed annually to maintain adequate reserves for ongoing costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

HORSHAM AMATEUR OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £155k
HESSLE SPORTING CLUB income £283k
THE FOLKESTONE - HYTHE OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £341k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, HESSLE income £303k
HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. income £319k
HERTFORD DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC SOCIETY income £107k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HESSLE AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HORSHAM AMATEUR OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2025	£155k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HESSLE SPORTING CLUB FY2025	£283k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOLKESTONE - HYTHE OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY FY2024	£341k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, HESSLE FY2025	£303k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. FY2025	£319k	Under £60,000	above	—	no doubt

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