TREASURERS REPORT 2025
Claire Atherton presented the Treasurers report with the following figures:
Main Show Income – Ticket Revenue £26,124 with income from raffle £788 and programme sales £980. Income from advertisers £450, show sponsorship £1423 and VP fees £750.
Other Income – Subscriptions were £3,111, Performance fees £1,468, Costume sponsorship £400, donations £292, Easy Fundraising £88, gift aid £948 & Miscellaneous £15.
Fundraising Income – £1,803
Main Expenditure – Theatre (Taliesin) £5,760, ticket commission £3,135, orchestra £4,840, production and creative team £3,960, MTI (royalties, music hire, etc…) £7,028 Costumes & Props £628, Programmes and Posters £1,261, deposit for next year’s show £500.
Non show expenditure – Fundraising £360, Insurance £296, NODA £238, rehearsal venues £2,630, misc £1,573
Bank Account Balances at 31[st] July 2025
Main Account £17,172 Fundraising Account £7,387
Overall profit £5,299
Employees = 18 (Orchestra, Musical Director, Director, Assistant Director, Choreographer, Photographer, Technician, Stage Manager & Accompanist.
Trustees = 4 (Claire Atherton, Annemarie Morris, Rachel Morris & Melanie Evans)
Fundraising Activities = 11 (BBQ, Film Night, Halloween, Curry Night, January Raffle, Cake Bake, Tombola, Tea & Tuck, Hoodies, Treasure Hunt & After Show Party)
Treasurers report 2024/2025
I am delighted to report another strong year for Cockett Amateur Operatic Society. This is because of a wonderfully committed Company and hard-working Committee.
It is year 2 for both me and Annemarie and we have found our own operating rhythm which appears to be working and it’s all becoming much more familiar. Thank you for bearing with me and supporting me.
Well, what a year!!! It seems like Legally Blonde was performed pre-millennium. Les Misérables has been the focus for many of us since March, however, as successful as
Les Mis was, tonight is about celebrating Legally Blonde and looking forward to our Made in Dagenham season.
That being said, I do want to touch on our collaboration with Abbey Players and Swansea Amateurs and say how proud I was to be involved and represent our Society as part of the production team and meeting and greeting patrons every evening front of house.
Abbey Players took on a huge risk when agreeing to take on this very special production. What will it cost?
Will it sell?
Will we get the right cast?
What will our creative team look like?
Will we be able to do justice to world’s biggest musical? How will the collaboration workout?
Will we have a Society left at the end of the venture?
It was HUGE… like HUGE, HUGE MAHOOSIVE HUGE… and it was incredible… beyond incredible.
Thank you to CAOS and our members who were involved. You did yourselves proud and the Society too. We have grown our reputation across the Southwest Wales musical theatre world and made many friends. And our ‘richest resource comes from our richest relationships’ and these ‘relationships/friendships’ are to be treasured.
I would like to take this opportunity to share with you that Abbey Players have made an incredibly generous donation to us amounting to £2,500. Thank you!
So, let’s rewind, back to March. The Taliesin Theatre and Legally Blonde… WHAT…A…SHOW!
96% ticket sales – super. 9[th] January we were on 29%... so we did really well during the 8 weeks before curtain up.
Costumes £548.42 – referenced richest reward in our richest relationships and this is a perfect example. Thank you.
To our show sponsors: Mary and Ray Isaac: Annemarie Morris: Spencer Jones: Harrys: Claire Atherton – thank you.
We had a 1-week sponsorship from Party Pals and our Member Nicola Jackson – amazing support thank you.
Dog Sponsors: Jodie Baker: Ursula Arnold: Pawsitivity and a special thank you to Zena.
We had many costume sponsors too – thank you so much. Special mentions to the Bennett family and Annemarie for really rising to the challenge on this and bringing in lots of support.
To our Programme Advertisers this is also a really important income stream and helps to ensure the programme is financially viable.
The front of house team was a joy to work with again this year and helped to turn the bar area ‘pink’ for every show. Celia was our FOH manager which allowed me to schmooze and run back and forth. Thank you, Celia.
Thank you to Owen too who not only audited the accounts last week, but cooked Lesley and I lunch and cracked open a bottle or two as well. It should have been the other way round, how lucky am I! But seriously, thank you for being curious and asking questions and spotting the £10 error in my adding up!!
It’s Teamwork all the way and as I said on opening night ‘the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack’. We did it. The show was outstanding, live orchestra exceptional, and we didn’t scrimp!
Looking forward to this season we’re able to review fees for our MD and Director and this gives us as a committee great pleasure. It’s wonderful that we can show our appreciation and let them know how much they are valued through this reward as well as via verbal accolades.
Finally, from me thank you to the Committee. It’s hard work but we have a giggle at the same time which makes it even more fun.
So, from Legally Blonde to Made in Dagenham, here’s to another great season.
Cockett Amateur Operatic Societ2024 - 2025
Statement of Account for Legally Blonde March 2025
| INCOME | £ | EXPENDITURE | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tickets | 26124 | Theatre +VAT | 5760 | ||
| Subs | 3111.03 | MTI | 7027.81 | ||
| VP Fees | 750 | Orchestra | 4840 | ||
| Performance Fee | 1468.78 | Costumes | 548.42 | ||
| Costume Sponsorship | 400 | Wigs | 42.52 | ||
| Easy Fundraising | 87.77 | Props | 37.43 | ||
| Programme Adverts | 450 | NODA | 237.5 | ||
| Show Sponsorship | 1423.3 | Insurance | 295.87 | ||
| Donatons | 292 | Lotery Licence | 20 | ||
| gif aid | 948.5 | Rehearsal Venues | 2630 | ||
| Programme Sales | 980 | Theatre Ticket Commissi | 3134.88 | ||
| show rafe & show week misc in | 787.57 | Dog licence | 265 | ||
| misc | 14.17 | Programmes | 1181 | ||
| 36,837.12 | MD | 1500 | |||
| Accompanist | 60 | ||||
| Choreographer | 250 | ||||
| Director | 1200 | ||||
| Posters | 80.3 | ||||
| Stage manager | 250 | ||||
| tckets return | 36 | ||||
| scenery | 1750 | ||||
| Hospitality | 44.5 | ||||
| Photographer | 300 | ||||
| Statonery & Postage | 242.86 | ||||
| technically merrell | 150 | ||||
| refreshments | 78.93 | ||||
| Asst to Director | 250 | ||||
| Gifs: Flowers: Donatons | 110 | ||||
| sum up fee Dean tckets | 3.95 | ||||
| PRIDE banner | 54 | ||||
| Adverts | 100 | ||||
| Deposit Made in Dagenh | 500 | ||||
| 32,980.97 |
| Bank Account 1st August 2024 | 13,315.99 |
|---|---|
| Proft/Less | 3,856.15 |
| Bank Account 31st July 2025 | 17,172.14 |
Scenery Deposit paid pre-pandem 600
Statement of Fundraising Account for 2024 2025
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INCOME £ EXPENDITU £
BBQ 151.32 hoodies 360
Film night 215.92
Halloween 42.78
Curry 176.96
Jan raffle 27.53
cake bake 110.92
tombola 57
tea & tuck 462.65
hoodies 300
tres hunt 104.25
AS Party 154.25
1,803.58 360
Bank Account 1st August 2024 5944.2
Profit 1,443.58
Bank Account 31st July 2025 7387.78
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BINGO NIGHT FOR LES MIS £357.39
Auditors Report 2024-2025
Cockett Amateur Operatic Society
Thank you again this year to Claire for making my role as auditor straightforward. The accounts were presented in a form that was clear and easy to understand.
Again, everyone should be congratulated, as the Society put on a highly successful production of Legally Blonde. Ticket sales were excellent, in the region of 93% and overall expenditure slightly lower than last year. Really well done for keeping the cost of the set and costumes low without affecting the quality of the production. All the hard work meant that the society made a profit of £3856.15. The bank balance increased from £13515.99 on August 1 2024 to £17172.14 on August 1° 2025. It was another successful year for the Fund-Raising Committee who raised £1443,58 from various events, with the bank balance now standing at £7387.78 on August 1 2025, This provides a solid back up for the Society in the event of any possible future show losses.
Because of the effort everyone has put in the Society finds itself financially in a very secure position.
As auditor | can confirm that the accounts and associated documents presented to me by the treasurer provide a true and accurate reflection of the financial position of Cockett Amateur Operatic Society for the year ending 31* July 2025.
Owen A. T. Jenkins - Auditor