THE BRIERLEY HILL MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 501045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRIERLEY HILL AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

Performance of Musical Shows, Pantomimes and Concerts by Amateur performers to the General Public

Objects

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

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: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dudley, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of resources of £11,564 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £63,523 to £51,959. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £51,959, which represent the remaining income available for general purposes.

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 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2024 (received 08/05/2025, 8 days after the 30/04/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 07/11/2023, 7 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 16/12/2022, 46 days after the 31/10/2022 due date); year ending 31/12/2020 (received 14/03/2022, 134 days after the 31/10/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jo Gresswellchair
• Anthony John Southall
• Chloe Parker
• Jessica Helen Skidmore
• Joshua Adam Hawkins
• Liam Robert Pinches
• Matthew James Hickman
• Megan Frances Luckins
• Meghan Clare Cooper
• Nichola Jane Parker
• Rachel Emma Gresswell
• Sophie Jade Southall

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

Operates in: Dudley · Staffordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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