Cbaritynumber: 1078611
Companynumbcr: 3768900
WestEnd Opefattc SociefyLimited
(A company limrted by guarantee)
Trnstees. report and fU￿nciaLstQtsrne￿ts
for the year ended 30 J.uDe2024

West Operatic Society Limited
(A company limited.by guarantee)
Contents
Indepeudellt examiners. [C￿)rt
StateM￿t of financial activities
B2lance sheet
Notés kn the ffi]aThcial"statements
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West End Operatic SocietyLimited
(A eompany lin)ited by guarantee)
Legal and administrative illfonnation
Charity number
1078611
Companyregistration Dumber 37689
Reglsteredoffiee
38 Stallho￿ Road
South Shieldq
Tyne 3Jxl Wèar
NE33 4BT
TnL5tees
Steve Woollei,
"F.rancesca Patt¢Tron
Sharon Jones.
￿￿1¢a Jones
.Alex Davison
Haz£l Glynn
Allgela McLe
Secretary
Frdnces¢a PatteT50n
Accollntsnts
TPA Conne£t Ltd
38 Stanhope Road
South Shields.
Tyne atid Wear
NE)3 4BT
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WestEnd Oper.alicSocMety Limited
(A company ]Rmited by guarantee)
Report of thetrustees (incorporating the dtre£tors' report)
for the year ended 30 June 2024
The tNstees present their Teport and the financial statemem& for tbe year ended 30 June2024..The tnL8tees, Ivho are also
dii'ectors of West End Owic SocictyLimit￿l for the p￿7)DseS ofcompaay law and who thed duTin£the yeai. and up
to the date ofthigreport are setout onpage L
StrllCtur4 goverjrance and management
LegalStaftLY
West End ope￿tle S()ciety. ￿ a. priyate co]Dpany, litnited by guarantce. inc(Kporated ifj ￿ll￿and aiid .is a rcgisleiLd
charity. It was incoW" ..on 7th May. 199) and is governed in a¢L￿r<knee with its."Memordth and kn.ticles of
Association
Trns£eeSeleetion
The T￿ste4 who area]50 Directorsunder Company Law, are appintcd byth¢ b)ard Qr.Tn￿tffS
Objectives and athitles
Cliaiilv objgcts
To educate the public in th.e dr￿"tiC and operatir arts and to fillthcr the devel.opmen.t of publicappreciation <md taste
the 8aid arts. T.o""&wist and futther.such clwitable institittions and charitable puw. as.the Trusiees sknll from time to
tiine detennine..The"1n￿teeS..C0ns1d¢r th&tthe activittes outlined alx)ve WO￿ to the.pub]Ic benefit aud that they comply willi
requirements.in this Tcgatd:
Achievernents andperforniance
The Society presented one s]￿w. Evit4 in April 2024.
Flnancial reTriew
Thc results for the yeare4r sl￿Wn from pag&9 5 to l? Thcre was a sU￿]uS of £14,706
The Charity'spolicyon rawves
It is the policy of the Ttustees to.maltts￿.￿ffic. lent reserves to cover 1hes￿lety's operatiolls. The .Tnkn consider that
urrent reserves retnain iDadequat butthe pisition ha8 ￿bStantiallY • in the past.two Ye￿3.
Fuiureplans
The Society inten(b to prth AnYthingG￿$ in.2025.
Contrlbutions made byirolunteers
The Society relies on unpaid volunteers for many of its activiti￿ 8nd is grat¢ful to th¢ membos and non-
members who contTibute their timc to th¢ Society.

West End Operatic Society Limited
(A companylimitedby guarantee)
Report ofthc trustees (]"ncorporating thEdxrectors' report)
for the yvarended 30 June 2024
Statement of trustees, responsibilities
The truytees. (who tho directors of Wcst Eud Oporatic Society Limited for the purpoge of company law) arc
r¢sponsible for pryaring the Annual Report 2nd the financial stateDwts" in ￿￿Ordance.￿lth applicablc law
and Unite&Kingdo￿ fjcnezallyAccq)led A¢countiug PrnEtice.
Company law￿li￿reS Ihe"InLgtees to".prq)are fi[￿ncl81 s¢atements"for each fitwic1￿ yearwhith.givtr a true arid fair VILNV
of the slaleof arairs of the"clwilable"comp3ny and of tli'e iTKomillg resources.and app]ication""of resouwes: including the
income and expenditsJrw."of"the charitable conwauy lor that period". ID preparfft￿ these fioaucial stalemenis, the IrusteLb
are requited to:
select sTr)itableaccowitiDg.policie&and then apply the￿ wDSisten￿y.
observe the meih(hJsand piinciples in theCh2rities SORP,.
judgtDcnts and estimatrs that4r¢n￿l￿]eand prLySenL:
state whether a￿l]￿ble UK Ac￿)Unting Staudards have been foll￿ved. subject to any uthrial (kparturcs disLIobbd
and explained iu the f￿￿la1 statements: and
prepare the.fll)ancial *atsments on Ibe goin"g"..concerry knis unles5 it is inawro"priate" to presum" e tha.t the Lharitablc
Lompanywill cA)ntinue inA)perdtio
The trustees are responsThJ le.for keq)i]ig proper accoullting TLYOTds whith.disck)se with rea%)nable aecurdLy at ally tini¥
th¢ fmancial position of t1￿ chatitab.le conJp9ny and which enable tIwD to"ensuiE that".thc financ" ial ststements oomply
with the Comp8Dies Act21X)6. They. a￿.3kn rnpotLsible for ￿fegUardillg.d￿ awas.of the ¢hatitsble company and hLnLL'
for taking Y￿SOnable stwfor theprevenlion and dctcction of fraud andother i[re￿arItIeS.
Small company provisions
The company I￿$ tthnadvanta"ge"of.thc small ￿)Mp9￿1&8' excwtioD"in.preparing."the report.""abov.e.
The trustees declare that they have approved the truste&, report (includkng directors. report) above.
On behalf of thotntste
Fraiicesca Pattern)n
Secretary

West End Operatic Society Limited
(A company limited by guarantee)
Independent examiner's report.tothetrustees on the unaudited fillaneial statements of West
End Operatic SocaetyLiniited.
I r¢port oothe ac¢ountsDf West End Op¢ralÈc SocietyLitnited forthe yeareimled 30 June 2024 set out on pages 5 to 12.
Respectlyeresponslbilitses of trustees and illdependent exall￿ner
The charity's trustees (who are also the dirert0￿. of the Got]]pany for purposes ofeompany law) reS￿nSIble for the
preparation ofthe accowlts" .The.trus"teeseo]Jsidcr that an audit is not requrcd for"thI&"y￿Ullder section144) of thc
Charities A¢t2iJll {theActj: and that.an independent ¢x8mtnation is Deeded. It is r•)nsibility to examine the
aLLounts tmder 8eCtioii 145 oF.thè ACL as amende4L' to follow the procedurcs laid do.wn in thc Gen"cTr] DiFLCtions given
by the Cliarity COMMI￿10￿.U￿der section 145(SJ(b)) of ttLe A¢¢ ar￿ to 31ate whcther particuknmatters haire come to my
attention.
Basis ol'independentexaminer'.s statememt
My examinatiou was C4TTied out" in accordance with the General Directi{)1￿ Eivej) by the Charity Cornmission. An
examination ÈncludG¥ a review"Df the.aco)uJthg re£ords ketk by the charity. and a compaTison of the Accoiints presented
with those records: It. also included"" considcrntion of atiy unusual items or disclosures ID the accounts, and seeking
explanations froJD you tnistes" Co￿en11n8 any sucb mailers. The procedures "u[￿¢rtaken do"...not provide all the.
evidence that. would.be rcqui.red.in an"audit ar&d ¢QD5equently no opini(>n is giFm]". as to whrfher the acc'punts preseni a
'truc and fair view and the report is limited to"those matters set oui in.the statm.ent below..
IndependenteTaminer's statement.
In co]￿ection wi1hmy.exami￿tiO4no matter ha"s"come to my attentio
(i) which.giv¢s:me r¢asotsble io" beliève that in any ￿￿terial respect.thereq"uiremellts:
to keep proper aw)unting records in ac¢K)rdance w(th section 386 of thecompanies AGt2U06" and
.to prepaw a(￿unts. which accord with the accounling records. comply with the accounting requirLmtnts ot
section 396 of the Collwies Act 2006 and with the incihods and prllryl&q of the Statemcnt of
RelY)M￿¢nded Practi￿ Accouuting and ReEKTrrting by Charities ￿)d FRS 102
have.not b￿n n*..or
(li) to Ivhic& in my opini(>￿ attention SI￿um be drawn tu ord¢r to enable & pmperwidaththg of the accounts to be
reached.
￿rJTHc￿g
Chartered Accountant
Independentexamiller
38 Stanhope Road
Soutli Shields-
Tyne and Wear
NE33 4BT
9 September 2024
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West End Operatic Society Limited
(A company limited by guarantee)
Statement of fmancial activities (]ncl summary income and expenditure.*Thmt)
For the year ended 30 J.une2024
2024
2U23
Total
Total
Incoming resources
Incoming r[￿N￿¢c8 fromgeDerdting"funds:
Volvnlary illcome
29,296
Activitie6"for.ge.nernting fimds
lTrv.e5tmert""iiicrniie
Total illeominE resource$
Resour¢e$ expended
Costs of gen¢TatingfuDds'
Fundraising.cxpenditure."
ost ofg(KKIs 501d ond other costs.
.76.076
Governatjwand admI￿V¢ costs
Total resource5 expended
66,479
Net ineomingl(olltgoIn￿ resources for the yearl .
Net incomel(expenditure) for the year
14.706
Total futtds brought forward
Total funds carried fornard
All transaetiolls relate to ullre￿d funds
The note5 on pa£e5 8 to.1"2 form iutegral pgrt of th￿e financial statemeuts:.
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West Ei nd Operatic Society Limited
(A company limited by guarantee)
Balance sheet
as at 30 June 2024
2024
Totsl
2023
Total
.Notes
Current assets
Debt(Jrs
io
Cash at bank in hand
2.371
3,240
Creditors: amounts falling due within one ycar
li
(7.7161
(787)
Net current amets
Lyet assets
Funds
Unrestricted"income fimds
68211
53,505
Total funds
53,505
ThL Balance..Sheci continuèson.the fo11thyi￿page.
All transactions relate to unrestrricted f.und5
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WestEnd Operatic SocittyLimited
(A company limited by guarantee)
Balance sheet (£ontillued)
Trustees statements required by the CompaniesAct 2006
for the year ended 30 June 2024.
In approving these financiaLstatemenL*-as ITUStees of the ¢i)mpmy confirni:
{al that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under S477 of the Comiianies Act 21J(16 relating to small
companics-
{b) tbai the mèmbers have not required the company to obtain an auditin a<cordance with S476 of the Cornpallies ALI
2006..
(c) tliat we acknoivledge our respon&l)ilities for complying with the Tequiranents of the Companies Act with reSp￿t to
a¢coimtingrecoTds llndtheprepardtiim of accounts.
These accounts have".been p.Tepared..in ac¢(>rdance""MTith the proyisions applicable to SO￿ll companies subject to the sniall
Comp￿leS regime and lnocc0rdat￿e WAthFRS102 and the Charities SORP
The financ￿] statements vffte appmvedby the board on 9 SeptètnFJer2024 a￿1 signed on its behalf by
Ruth Barber
Director
Th￿￿￿teS Dn pages 8 to 12 fonll an iutegral part of these financlal statement&
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West End Operatic Society Limited
(A company limited by guarantee)
AecountinEpoIiciLs
The principal accouotiDgpoJi¢ies are sUnu￿rIs￿￿ klow. The accounting ￿)lICIeS have been applied consistently
thToughout the year and the preceding year. There have beeftF no changes of accounting p)licy and iio chan8es lo
acCouDting"estin￿"1e￿.
Basis of accounting
These accowits have.b"een.prepared under tbe histori￿1 cost conyelltion with items rewIs￿". at. cost. The accounts
have been prepared in accordance with the statement.of Rixoprnended P)Ictice: Accounting and Reporting by
Charities preparmg their account¥ in ac¢ordance with the FinaTtcial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
RepublicofIrelalld (FRS 102) issued on 16(b July2014, and in accordance with FRSIO2.
1.2. Incomingresources
All incorninE.Tesources.ar& iochmled in the statetiient of"financial a￿Vitie& (S.O."FA".)Wh￿ the cliarily is enliiled
to the inc(>me.alld the amount can be qudntified wtth rwonable. accuracy" .. Thc"folloivmg. spccifiL poli¢ies arL'
applied particular Categori￿ of iiKome.-
Vokniitsry income is" received. by. way of donations and subsGriptions"and i& incluiled in.fi]IL in Ibe statement of
financial aetivitses kn"receivable. rec12ims are included in the SOFA in lhe.year when.they are claimed.
Income from"tnvestsllents..is included inthe Y￿ in whidi il is receivable.
The value of2ny volunteerhelp LYeiYed is not iD¢ludeAI in the accounts but is descriljed in the ttws. annual report.
Income frommemb"trsknp.subscnptii)ns.are [￿Qg￿lS¢￿ itl voluntary incoIiie.
1.3. Resource5 expended
Expenditure is recogn.ised an ac¢n￿l basis a5 a liability is incutred. Ex￿idItLWe includes any VAT whitih
annot befi￿y[Clx>Ve[Cd and is reported.as part of the expendittwe to whiGh it￿la*s.
Costs of generating funds coM￿Se the costs associated wilh attracting voluntary income And the costs of
pr(xEuction oftbe chatitys show&
Voluntary income
.2024
2023
Total
Donations received.
Theatre Tax Credit
507
.SubsGnptions
.950
930
29296
All transactions relgte to unrestrleted funds
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West End Operatic SoeietyLimited
(A company limited by guarantee)
Aetivities for. 2eneraline funds
21124
2023
Tot41
Ticket sales and Telatedineon
76.423
62,649
Oihw"income
2.898
2.514
79.3-21
65,163
Inve5tmentincome.
2024
Total
Total
BaDk.interest receivable".
Fundraisfing expenditure
2024
Total
2023
Total
lioyaltio% 8nd licei
Rehearsaland pmductionrosts
29.0.33
Theatre hittand ailministratio
Reh¢wsal room htre-
Advertisingand promotion costs
ThQatre..tt￿ creditcos
TJ8T
1.920
76.076
63,571
AU tr2Dsactions relate to"unrestricted hnds
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West End ￿eratic.soCIctyLlrnlted
(A company limtted by.guarAntee)
Governance andadmini5tratiY¢ costs
2U23
Total
TotAI
471
.Jndepathnt ￿amineeS fee5 and disbursemenLq
193
733
1.575
1,444
NODA
2,908
Indeptndenl examiner's fees"relate exclusively to the productiorf of"theannual re￿)rt.and re.latc"d tasks. During the
year Ihey wtre..paid a.further"£918 in rela.tton to acci)witing softwAr4 b￿kkeepIng a&sistance and irninin&'.
Net outgoing resources for the year
2024
Totsl
2023
Total
Nctoutgojng resourccs is slated alkn cb2rging'.
DeP￿CIatIon and other amoutts ￿Itten off tangible tixed assets
Trustees, en￿1￿ments and employees
There were lio￿ld employees duriDgthe year.
Ttustees do not.teceive T￿1]Un¢￿tiOn
Taxation
The charity5 activities fall within the exemptions afforded bi" the provisions of the Income and Corporation
TaxesAct 1988. AcC￿di]￿Y.lbc￿iS Do taxation charge in th￿4CCOunts.
All traDsactlotis relate to unrestrAeted"fuDds
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West End Operatic Society Limited
(A company.limited by guarantee)
10. Debtors
2024
Total
2023
Total
Depo. sits for fikn knvs
3,240
ii.
Creditor5: amounts falling due
ithin one year
2024
"Total
2023
Total
787
12,
Anatysis of netRssets betwoen funds
ljnrestrieted
Unrestricted
balauces at 30 Ju￿e 2024 as represent￿ by..
Tangible f￿¢dasSets
54,292
7871
68211
53.505
Pagell

West End Operatie Society Limited
(A company limited by guarantee).
13. Unrestrictedlunds
At
oi-i
Incoming.
Ouooing
resour£es resources
30-Jun
2024
53,505
95.083
Conipany limited byguarantee
West End Op¢Tati¢ Society Iimited is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not hav¢ a shal'e
capital.
Every member of the cojnpally und¢rtakes to Colltribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the
assets of the.¢haritabie company""in the ev.ellt of its being wound."up. while.he" or.she is a niember..or N¥'ithin one
year &fterhe-orsfie c£￿eS to be. amember.