BURNLEY LIGHT OPERA SOCIETY

Registered charity 505288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide musical/show entertainment

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, (TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE ABOVE CONSTITUTION OF 2 JUNE 1976.

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 general reserves increased to £38,691, which exceeds the charity's stated policy target of keeping in reserve the cost of one production. The charity reported a net surplus of £20,847 for the year, funded by ticket sales, donations, and fundraising activities, with no material uncertainties noted by the independent examiner.

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 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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Cheshirechair
• ANNE WHITTAKER-PEARCE
• Alan Whittaker
• Anne Elizabeth Baron
• CYNTHIA MORRIS J P
• Geoffrey Edward Baron
• HIS HONOUR RAYMOND BENNETT
• Howard Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth Hardwick
• Peter Gardner
• SUSAN ELIZABETH HARDWICK
• Susan Avanson

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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