GODALMING OPERATIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 802888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting public interest in and knowledge of the works of W S Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan and in the dramatic and operatic arts.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORKS OF W S GILBERT AND ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

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 a net surplus of £5,759 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £128,542. The trustees report that reserves are monitored to ensure they remain sufficient to cover the costs of the annual February show and any associated festival performances.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lee Powerchair
• CHRISTINE HOWARD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Alexander Plummer
• Helen Janet Jennings
• Michael John Barker
• Richard Wyndham Arthur
• Stephen Wing
• Timothy Christopher Dutton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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