HUDDERSFIELD LIGHT OPERA COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 513212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The company is established to promote, maintain, improve and advance public education by encouraging involvement in the arts of drama, dance, singing and music, particularly with young people

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, TELEVISION, CINEMA, MIME, IMPROVISATION, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AN ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3(A) TO (R) OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.)

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 the charity achieved a net surplus of £22,104 for the year ended 30 June 2025, increasing its unrestricted funds to £110,592. The directors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Anthony Cookchair
• CHRISTOPHER MARK BREARLEY
• Emma Louise McKenna
• SHIRLEY ELIZABETH WARD
• Sylvia Collins

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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