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2022-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Day 1 January 2022 31 December 2022

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1043845

W M C S

Charity's principal address

The Studio 2A the Drive WORTHING, West Sussex Postcode BN11 5LL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
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Name of person (or body) entitled
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Elspeth Bunker Chair 01/01/22 – 29/06/22
Paige Blackman 01/01/22 – 29/06/22
WendyDunn
Victoria Emerson Chair
Denis Fuller
Lynn Fuller Secretary
Louise Gibbons 01/01/22 – 31/09/22
Nicole Henman Treasurer
Lee Knight Sales 01/01/22 – 29/06/22
PollyLewis 01/01/22 – 20/01/22
CharleyMoyce 29/06/22 – 31/12/22
James Reynolds
Nikki Reynolds 29/06/22 – 31/12/22
Natalie Stone 04/10/22 – 31/12/22
AmyHart

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

Association

Trustee selection methods Elected at AGM

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The Charity is established to advance the education of the Worthing public in dramatic arts, particularly the art of music and drama, by the production of musical plays and to advance such charitable purposes as the Board of Management shall determine.

Regular workshops for the youth company, supporting their learning in preparation for performance and participation in the local music festival.

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Meeting regularly twice each week to rehearse and instruct members in readiness for planned for performances.

Attending local institutions – church, convalescent homes, hospices – to provide entertainment for residents/members and to promote the profile of WMCS.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Rehearsals started again in January but were sporadic because of Covid problems. However, the production in May 2022 of Guys & Dolls was successful and well received by audience members.

We took part in the Worthing Summer Carnival, which is a charity event to provide a boost to funds for local charities and highlight the various organisations .

November production of One Show More

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity operates on a non-profit making basis. Any surplus for a financial period is retained to be utilised by WMCS for the benefit of the society and its members.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

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Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Lynn Fuller Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc)

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REG15fERED CHARifi NUMBER: 1043845 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES ANQ UNAUDrrED FINANCJAL STATEMEiifs FOR THE YEAR EIIDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 WORTHING MusfcAL COMEDY SOUETY l£ctyJ￿rYj IFIMI tirted 28 Ftrjrth Aven Hove BN3 2PJ

WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY CONTE14TS OF THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmE￿{r5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Report ol th• Tn￿tee9 i to Z XndewAd¢nt Examlnerfs Repxt statement of Fln•n¢lal Athltles 8alanc• Shert 14ot•*to th• FO￿￿14• Statemerts 6 to 10 O•t•ll•d Stat•m¢nt of Wnand•l Artl¥l 11 to 12

WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY REPORTOF THE TKusfEES FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 DE￿MBER 2022 The tnjdees present thelr rerK¥t %ith tr firtKial Stale￿ts of the for ¥ar erKled 31 Ccember 2022. The trustees have adopted provwns of P£cohJrtry arKJ Rer￿r￿j ty 0￿￿ti￿s.. atement of Reti)mmended Practice applKable to cha￿￿e$ prepariro tf'r in acLDrdarKe wrth the Final￿al Reports"ThJ Stsndard apF4Kable in the UK and RepuNic of Irdand {FRS 1021 leffertwe l JaThJary 20191. OWECTLVES AND Acrr4rrtES ObJe¢Vves and aim5 The charity Is established to atha￿e the of tr mjbk in drMiK arts. parbLIAath the art of nvJol drama, by prodLKtion of mu5Kal kws. ar¥J to tharKe wxh dkintth pwp)ses as tr Ctynnttee thall determlne. ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORJ4ANCE CharItal￿e artlvltles The Company USLkilty and ￿rf￿m$ at ast a >tar at Ctmna￿ht TheatTE. In addiL ddltbnal Concert ￿jrar￿￿ nwy ￿ prryJ￿e￿ frorn to trne. FUndraI￿n0 tirti¥itlqs The maiorfty of the ￿ety'S Ls Irom sale d tthts ftr irs p&roM￿ Cther fuTrJ rnWrwJ may be ted from time to kn￿￿. Invutm•nt p•rformanc• The Committee has tbe tWy￿er to invest the Sl￿ets fuTrJ5 In arry way the trurtees The tn&stee5 htye regard for the Ilquidty requIr￿nt rl operatiw the 9J)ety ￿ tl reseNes fft. TW hahe ¢¥efatsi a of keepng fund5 wth recognlsed Hlgh Street 6art& FINANCIAL REIIEW Reserves pollcy The Chanty operate5 ￿ a rKTrprclit makir#J Arry sw[A￿ for a fknarwl p¥kx1 Ls to be utlised by tt Chadty for rhe tenent cl tts afyj its mttnbtss aThJ to fuTrJ the main xtsvity 9xv4ty narnety the kroductbn or t￿triCal FerfOrna￿eS Fund• deflclt There a￿ no funds In deML It is tl the PJud to th to haNE in re5W¥P5 fv estlnN4ted co cl one thtlre prosucbon. STRUCTU￿ GOVERNANCÉ AND MANAfjEMEiir fjo¥•rnlng docum•nt The Charlty was e#aNlshed ￿ 2ThJ FeM4ry 1995 ty the ffmbers d W(Ytli9 Mual Sod. The Ixrfty L% t I￿or￿ated ￿JE is wverned by a Cor&bt￿On avalab to all R•ttultm•nt and appolntment of new trusteeg JI members are clrcubred ¥Yith an IrNiraDM to rNyiiinare mawpmit eomTThtr ￿￿T￿e￿[rUSt￿$ to the rExt

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for the A￿1. CurrentTrustees ￿e rKJht to InvKe tnJ5tee5 wth ￿1r ap￿n1rnert Ccffjfi￿ed at the rext AGM. Tre c4ncers aThJ t¥)ard nwntes are eletted or on an amual ba￿% Tr AQ4 Ls hebj Ih mith of ju￿ eath OryanlSatlon￿ stru¢tsr¢ The Committee can have w to 12 ￿rkne15 aJminWs cNiritylx<ty. The c(rfnntee meets ff￿)nth￿. A chaimwn is appointed at the AGM oveffthes day ro owatsjis ofthe drity. To faalrtate effective Operat￿￿5 ihe Chalmian can delegate aLrth￿ty for oFerational malt Induth¢Jn and training of n•w trustees New trusts hold an initial ffettng as soon after Ihe Al)1 as rhxsItrAe to ￿ introthx&J to marwrrent wartlce5 of the S(Kiety. Related partles Sooety own5 the entire Share captal Lrf Worthir¥J m￿Cal PrrAl￿A￿s knrrrted. ThL% ths not trac bur wis rhe freehold to the company W￿rters[r￿ar5alS faulitie& The ￿X￿r4 to trants free￿ oW[￿thp ba tri charity 50 bryj as to (J ￿ <Jes Trjicreate tsx liaÈ4be& Trues a￿ akn meffltets clu kniety aTrJ can S)*5 facts Kc¢¥¢￿.

WORThTNG MV51CAL COMEDY 50CIErY REPORT OF THE TRusfEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRAT￿ D￿AlLs Registered Charity nurnber 1043845 Prlnclpal address 2a Dri¥e Worthing West Su55ex BNLI 5LL Trustees Mrs V M Eff￿r$On Mr O Fulkr Mrs L Fuller Mlss A Hart Mlss N Henman Mrs W K Dunn Mrj W Reynokls Ms N Reyndds (ap￿n￿j 29.6.221 Ms N M Store lapwnted 4.LO.221 Ind¢￿Adent EMamln•r Galk7way5 Accounting (Hovel Llmth1 The lJd Ca4 28 Fourth Avenue We East Sussex BN3 2PJ Santsnder Bank 28 June 2023 Appro%td by order of tr* t¥)an1 d Inthes ori............................,................ * 5wJ ￿ ts bewty.. MLSS N Henm￿. Tntstee

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY Independent examiner'$ report to the trustees of Worthing Musical Come Sodety I report ro the charty trustees on rny examinauon of WortMr¥4 CO[￿ lthe Trust) for the year 31 t￿0er 2022. Responsibilities and ba$1$ ol report the Chanty trustees of t￿ Tr￿t ytyJ a￿ resprte for el the accolmts in acc{¥dan￿ the requiremerts of Il Charit￿5 Art 2011 I'ts ki'l. I rewrt In respett ￿ ny examinakn of the Tntsfs carT￿d (xrt i1￿ 5th 145 of the Act and in caryng out my eXa￿￿at￿)n I have folkN¥8J au trecbws gven ty I￿ 14515llbl or Independent examinerfg 9tstement I have c(rykted my examinatk)n. I corfinn tlwt no marerial matter5 Cr￿ to my attethfi in Comethn ¥￿th examlnatk)n gwing rne cause to beleve that ￿ any matena resm.. accountlr#J recyds were keo kn respert Tnjstas rewirbj ty Secth)n I30 cl theA¢ or the accounts do rnt ￿COrd wrth t￿ recorf5.' or the accounrs do nor comk the aFfkatle the frTh wtent of atttyjnts set tyjt In charht￿ (Aryounts and Rewrsl Re9￿1>￿ 2CQ8 O￿T than any req￿re￿￿nt that the ￿OUnts g￿e a true aTrJ fair view a rnatte¥ C￿$￿ere￿ a5 Part of an exaM￿￿tK)n. I have no ColKeN￿ aTrJ ha cthne &rp5s ro thr matters In C￿[￿￿jn wth the examtr)att¥) to whkh attenfjon shouhd te drawn In thi5 repjrt in to eThit4e a of &ctyJMS to be vth￿a Mason Galknways Accountir#J (Hovel Lkn The Old C3gr 28 Fourth Avenue Hove East Sus*x BN3 2PJ Date.. 15105../23..............

WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY STATEMENT OF FINANcIALA￿1V[riES FOR THE YEAR E14DE0 31 DE￿mBeR 2022 2022 2021 Total furnls rurn15 INCOME AND ENDOWhlENfs FROM Donabons and 106S 438 Charltabh artfjvltO¢s Choir 104 3,125 Spring Shj Autumn ￿0W Youth Company 39,869 30.825 18,165 Other tradlng athvlls 11,185 21,467 Total LOi.SYJ9 28,422 EXPENDITURE 014 Raiyng funds 7,198 3,fy)5 Ch•rltsbl• Other Charftatle Aclfvths Concert SprtTrJ Sh)w Autumn Sh Governance Cos Youth Compay 1,181 2,971 2,092 49.041 17.931 1,200 18,192 1,200 5,598 5,402 3,025 fotsl 17,891 NEf INCOME 10,531 RÉCONCIUATIOII OF FUNDS Total funds browht forward 147,757 137,226 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 149,521 147,757

WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY BALANCE SHEET 310ECEMBER 2022 2022 2021 Ihire#rthd Total ruTYJs ruTrJs FIXED ASSErs Tangib￿ assets *ial Investments 15,892 15,312 15.895 15,315 CURRENT ASSETS Stxk5 Debto Cash at bank arK1 In haThJ 30) ,374 56.462 58,498 138,338 136,836 CREDITORS An￿unts fallirg dLE ￿th5n year 14,712} 14,3941 NeT CURRENT ASSETS 133,626 132,442 TOTAL ASSEfs Less CURRENT LIABILrtlES 149,521 147,757 NET ASSETS 149,521 147,757 FUNDS Unresrricted lurn1s io 149,521 147,757 TOTAL FUNOS 149,521 147,757 The finarKial staierfths ￿tTe approved by Tru#ee5 ar>J ￿t￿)rf$e1 for on ..2a.auno.2Q23.............. al￿ on ts lyehal ty.. ML4s N HIM￿n. Tnstee P&Je 5

WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCI NOTES TO THE FINA14CIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMaER 2012 Ac¢ouNfiNG POLICIES Bas￿ of preparing the flnanclal aternents The finanaal of ￿ charty. w4hKh is a under FRS 102. have been prya￿d accordance with the Charities 9)RP {FRS 1021 'kcountirvJ arxl by CharitEs.' Statement of Recommended PrxtiTr awlKafAe to chanties Pre￿ari￿￿ ttir in acCOrda￿e wth the Firwcial Wortirhj srandard appltabk in the UK aThJ RewblK of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffectwe l Jarxjary 20191,. Finanaal Reporti Standard 102 Th FirsarKkil StaThJard In UK a￿j Repul of Ireknd. a￿j r 2011. flnancial starts￿rts teen prepared urvjer the historrA co convenbon. In¢om l i￿ome Is recognised In the Stat￿rt ol orKe the dwty has entiuement ro the fund¥ It 15 pmbable that the ￿tOrt￿ te received ar￿ tt a￿nt can k wwred rdktty. Exp•ndlturn ablliues a￿ recognised as as gY)Tr a5 there ￿ a kgal or mn￿r￿l￿e ob1gati￿ cowrniiting thanty to that expeTr4iture. It Is protsth￿ that a tr3nth ( tweffts be reryJir•Y In setdeftnt aThJ the amount of tl can be ￿a$Jr0￿ rdh1￿. E¥reTrJitwe is Kmunted for on an ￿Cr￿a& ￿S and has teeTh urkn headirvjs that &>Jreg all c¢75t reL)W to catem. Where costs wTh)t be dire attnbuted ro part￿r tt t4en to thit¥e5 cffi J b cor&ent use ol Tanglbh fix•d ass•ts Dep￿aty0n L8 woYkJ&J at th lo￿￿ThJ anrwl rates In tyder to %tr76te (rt eath a55et ts emJtsY useftjl ltre. xtures and ntdrYJ5 Comwter Wwlpn￿t . 25% on reJLKty b3k . 25% ¢)n red￿ balarKe No dep￿￿at￿n is kYDVttsJ ftr on oety as tn&ee5 cr&der ts Id5torfc cost refleas the Ya rf to tt Smi. 5￿ks a￿ valued at tr of cost ard net rtth)b￿ Va￿ after makJThJ dI￿ar￿ for obsolete and rnovlng item Taxatlon The chanty Ls eAeftw tax M Its thJraLle &lMt Fund aCC￿ntIng unre#Al￿ ful￿$ can te In wnh cWaPAe obknes at tre dI￿riOrt of twstee Restt1tt&I fvnds onty be used lor ￿tiCUtsr ￿$trItt￿ ￿rPY￿ IJ obleLlS of tJ thary. Resirkdo arise when ￿lled th)Mr cf when furbts are ra159J for Partyc￿)r retyk￿ pwposes. Further È¥r4anaikn olthe nabfft owp)se finl 15 rntes to the flTranc￿ statement& OTHER TrADING AcnvrriES 2022 2021 Fundrni9ng events tthmber5 Sub5£riFé Hall Hi Palrons 9JbkriptK￿I DIMer Dan￿ rickets Sundry Inccr S[X￿81 Incon Grdnt IrKome 20 1,920 1,154 3,545 2,953 468 77 1,454 16,573 11,185 21,467 "Thjed...

WORThING MUSZCAL COMEDY SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMeMrs- contlnued FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 DECEMBER 2022 TrusrEES' REMiINERATIOII AND 8ENEFITS There were nD tru< iemuwatb)n or ots benefs year eTrJoJ 31 ￿￿1ber 2022 Th)r for ￿ year end￿ 31 Oecember 2021. Trustses, expenses J Reyrrf)kts rec&¥ed a payft￿t of El,0￿(2D21.. Nill wrth rela1k￿ to t￿ SwT¥J ￿0￿. No cther tr￿tr expenses c4tr than to te rvmbur5ed far any arrrAJrt •]rl to te eypath on the Scoety's behalf. COMPARATIVES FOR ThE sfATEMENf OF FTNA14CIALAcllvITZES Unrethtted runds INCOME AND ENI)OWMENfs FROM [￿na￿on$ and 438 Charltsljle xtlvotles Ch(Mr Cortert YoLth Comp 104 3,12S 3,288 [￿her tradlng actmues 21,467 Total 28,422 EXPÈNDITURE ON Raising funds 3,1Y]5 Charltsble artlvltbes Other AcUvit*s Concert vemaKe Co#s Youth Comp 2,971 2.092 1.200 5,598 Other 3,025 T¢tsl 17,891 NEf IPKOME 10,531 RECONCILIATION OF FUNOS Totsl funds brought ft)rward 137,226 TOTAL FUNOS CARRIED FORWAIID 147,757 ¢￿￿￿¥j￿1...

WORThING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIEff NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpifs. cortfjnued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs Comwter 0]￿1t￿t TotsL5 COST At l January 2022 11,439 21,691 1.758 10,086 43,216 I,758 At 3L Decernber 2022 11.439 10,086 44,974 DÉPRECXATION At l January 2022 Charge for year 18,688 9,216 218 27,904 1,178 At 31 DKerthr 2022 19.648 9,434 29,082 BOOK VALue At 31 December 2022 11,439 3,Wl 652 15,892 At 31 Deceffthr 2021 IA,439 15,312 SOCIAL IIIVEsfMEf4TS Pwramme equty MARKEf VALUE At l January 2022 aThJ 31 Dtt•mb¥ 2022 NEf BOOK VALUE At 31 Ottember 2022 At 31 c￿eMber 2021 2022 2021 DEBYORS: AMOIINTS FALUNG DUE wmiiN ONE YEAR 2022 2021 Trt•Je deL*ors Other debtor5 Loan to Worthing PTCKI 1035 407 75,653 L,445 3,095 75,653 1,626 80,374 oMtyNed...

WORThING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMepirs- continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 CREDITORS.. Amoufffs FALUNG DUE WrnIIN ONE YEAR 2022 2021 Trade credito ltrr treditors 2,657 2.055 4,315 4,712 4,394 10. MOVEMENr Ir4 FUNDS At 31.12.22 At 1.1.22 n fv￿ls Unrestrbth funds Cneral 147.757 149,521 TOTAL FUNDS 147,757 149.521 Net rTrJveThMt in irKI￿ In the alknt a￿ as fokn¥%' Inc(xnlrg Restyjrces ￿VeMent Ur￿ ewdJ th funds ufirutrkt￿ fund• General fund 101,9 (IIY],1451 1,764 TOTAL FUNDS 101,sy I1￿.145) 1,764 coM￿rat5¥￿ for mo¥•m•rt ITr funth Net At 3L.12,21 At 1.1.21 In fuThts Unrestrlrted funds General fund 137.226 10,S3l 147,757 TOTAL FIINOS 137.226 10,531 147,757 Comparatrt net Th¥e￿t kn fwKl5 1thkn1 abm we as foknys: Mo1*￿￿nt in funds unrestrict￿ fund5 General fund 28,422 117,8911 10,531 TOTAL FUNDS 28.422 117,8911 10,531 eontirvjed...

VIORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY 50CIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTs- continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 io. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- contlnued A CLrnt year 12 [[￿ year 12 as fths.. Net At 1.1.21 In furrtts 31.12.22 Unrestrirted fvnds Gerra fu 137.226 12.295 149.521 TOTAL FUNDS 137,226 12,295 149,521 A current year 12 rmnths aryl 12 cryn1￿￿ In irj￿ In tt a￿e a as fckn.. Mo¥emt exp￿1 In fund5 Unrestrlcted fund General fund 130,331 1118,0361 12,295 TOTAL FUNOS 130,331 1118,0361 12,295 11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES There were no related ford >wr eThJÈd 311)wi* 2021 Page io

WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY DEfAILED STATEMEPIT OF FINANCIAL AcrIvrriES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 2022 2021 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Donations and kgxiqs Donations 1,865 438 Othertradlng actl¥ltle Fundraising events Members 5ubscnptKis 20 1,920 1,154 3,545 2,953 468 Patrong Subscrfpoons finner Dan￿ Tickets Sundry IrKon SocKIl Income Grant IrKome I,￿0 77 1,454 16,573 11,185 21,467 Charitable acti¥itias Funds Irom Youth Company Ttket Saks Spnng ￿0W TKket Sak5 Autumn Show cOn￿rt Other Incon St￿ Fees Spring Show S￿1 Fees Autumn Progrdrnme Incorr SpriTrJ Sl Prr>JraMft￿ Autumn Sh 18,165 36,011 27,499 3,288 2,530 104 ioio 595 1,848 1,526 88,859 6,517 T+)tal Incomln9 r•wJrc 101,909 28,422 EXPENDMIRE RalsSng donatlons Jnd l•gJc Rates and water Insurance Light and heat aeanlng- 2aTr Dfve Repair5 to 2a The DrThie SubstrlprK)ns S¥emlse5 ExFenses 769 1,698 1,386 1,373 269 1,332 474 13601 1,002 210 7,198 3,￿5 Charltsble athvltles Youth Company Expenses CostLJftS & Makeup Smj Costurrs & Makeup uttbn Fees Sprtng Produttbn Fees Autumn Orcfsrra Costs Sprirs S￿)W Orc￿stra Costs Autwnn INrance SpriT¥J Insurance Autumn Caffled fornarrj 18,192 3,028 354 9,626 2,378 5,349 S,S98 1.233 1,233 42.9S3 836 836 8,130 li

WORThlNG MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIErY DEfAILED STATEME1￿ OF FINANCIAL AcnvrrIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DecEMBER 2022 2022 2021 Charitable athvltles Brought fonward Concerr CDJurces a¥per*lèJ IW,145 L7,89L P4et Snmrne 1,764 LO,53L PaF 12

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