# WORCESTER OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1091564
- **Other names:** WODS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 8, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1091564


## Contact

- **Address:** 421 Astwood Road, WORCESTER
- **Postcode:** WR3 8HB
- **Phone:** 07980056615
- **Email:** info@wods.co.uk
- **Website:** www.wods.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

**Activities:** The performance of three full-scale musical productions per annum in local theatres and other smaller scale musical and dramatic works in other venues in the Worcester area.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORCESTERSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £137121 | £134638 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £119910 | £122022 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £108955 | £119997 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £39445 | £27178 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £30561 | £13352 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MR CHRIS HOLLOWAY BA QTS** (Chair)
- Abbi Jakeman — appointed April 27, 2023
- Andrew David Hopkins — appointed May 9, 2024
- Christopher Hooper — appointed May 23, 2019
- David Goldney — appointed March 27, 2025
- David Joseph Skelton — appointed April 25, 2024
- Dr MICHAEL ASTLES — appointed March 31, 2022
- Ethan Cook — appointed April 25, 2024
- Jeremy Paul Field — appointed April 28, 2021
- Lyndsay Berryman — appointed Sept. 9, 2021
- Melissa Goldney — appointed March 27, 2025
- Rachel Price — appointed April 25, 2018
- Sarah Elizabeth Gilhooly — appointed March 31, 2022
- Toby Daniel Edwards — appointed April 25, 2024