Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 June 2024 31 May 2025 T From o
Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~
Charity name Bournville Musical Theatre Company ~~PO~~ Other names charity is known by BMTC ~~PO~~ Registered charity number (if any) 1135465 ~~|~~
Charity's principal address Flat 11 Garden Court
| Design Close | |
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| Bromsgrove | |
| Postcode | B60 3GS |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name Office (if any)
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1 Lily Moore Chairperson Treasurer
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2[Stuart ] McDiarmid
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3 Lottie Flynn Secretary 4[Lisa Colvin-] Grieve
Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
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5 Rhian Ghilling 6 Claire Brough
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7 Yvonne Snowe
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8 Rachel Fox 9 Meg Donovan
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted Association
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Elected by the membership at the Annual General Meeting
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C Objectives and activities
| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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) |
The objective of the charity as defined in the constitution is “to educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts, and to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.” The charity aims to achieve this objective by: 1. Providing opportunities for performers of all ages and abilities to develop their skills and to experience the benefts of rehearsing and performing musical theatre together. 2. Performing and promoting plays, drama, comedies, operas, operettas and other dramatic and operatic works of educative value to the public. |
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| The charity continued to recruit new members, publicise its activities and provide weekly musical theatre rehearsals for its acting members at The Quaker Meeting House, Cotteridge. The musical theatre web-site(www.bmtcweb.co.uk)was maintained as a key communication channel, as well as accounts held on social media sites and press articles appeared in the local media and on local radio. Additional promotional material was distributed at performances. The charity continued to provide and identify new opportunities for the acting members to perform to the public and the company performed a varied selection of music. All trustees have acquainted themselves with the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and confirm that appropriate consideration has been given to it. The company’s activities throughout 2022-2023 have been for the benefit of the public. |
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
1. Operational Performance
The charity recruited a number of new acting members replacing those that has been lost. Membership now stands around 42 acting members and 3 non-acting members. The recruitment of new members was done in a structured way to ensure an even distribution of males and females with appropriate vocal range.
For the concert this year the company performed at Routh Hall. This time a concert based around Film to Musical adaptations. This was well received by audiences and reviews alike and received a nomination at the NODA awards for best concert.
The main production in May 2025 was Sweeney Todd, held at the Crescent Theatre. The company enjoyed the challenge of the change of pace with this show compared to the previous few years, with lots of big challenging company songs. The show was received well by audiences with ticket sales hitting 83%.
- Fundraising Performance
Funds were raised during the year from subscriptions and donations and by giving performances as shown in the attached financial statement.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the The executive committee has resolved to hold reserves charity’s policy on reserves to meet the following commitment:
a. To ensure the charity’s continued operation in terms of regular rehearsals and performances for a period of one year without income.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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
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| Signature(s) ~~AMO~~ |
~~AMO~~ | ~~AMO~~ | ~~AMO~~ | ~~AMO~~ |
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| ~~AMO~~ | ~~AMO~~ | ~~AMO~~ | ~~AMO~~ | ~~AMO~~ |
| Full name(s) Lily Moore | Stuart McDiarmid | |||
| Position (eg Secretary, | Chairperson | Treasurer | ||
| Chair, etc) | ||||
| Date15/01/2026 |
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| ~~————~~ | Charity Name ~~————~~ |
Charity Name ~~————~~ |
Charity Name ~~————~~ |
Charity Name ~~————~~ |
Charity Name ~~————~~ |
No(if any) ~~————~~ |
No(if any) ~~————~~ |
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| Bournville Musical Theatre Company ~~————~~ |
1135465 ~~————~~ |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts ~~————~~ |
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| For the period from ~~————~~ |
Period start date ~~————~~ |
To ~~————~~ |
Period end date ~~————~~ |
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| 01/06/2024 ~~————~~ |
31/05/2025 ~~————~~ |
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| Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year ~~————~~ |
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| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
| Adverts | 190 | - | - | 190 | 1,310 | ||||
| Aftershow | 382 | - | - | 382 | 294 | ||||
| Bank Interest | 600 | 600 | 431 | ||||||
| Benevity | 360 | 360 | 661 | ||||||
| BMTC Party | 1,292 | 1,292 | 1,420 | ||||||
| Charity Collection | - 0 | - | 417 | ||||||
| Costume Levy | - 0 | - | 36 | ||||||
| DVD & Photos | 80 | - | - | 80 | 337 | ||||
| Fundraising | 443 | 443 | 680 | ||||||
| Gift Aid | - 0 | - | 1,409 | ||||||
| Membership | 6,812 | 6,812 | 7,215 | ||||||
| Misc. | - 0 | - | 514 | ||||||
| Raffle & Programmes | 3,216 | - | - | 3,216 | 842 | ||||
| Set Deposit Return | 400 | 400 | - | ||||||
| Tea Money | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||||||
| Tickets | 18,169 | - | - | 18,169 | 28,351 | ||||
| T Shirt Income | 979 | 979 | - | ||||||
| Sub total_(Gross income for AR) _ | 32,933 |
- | - | 32,933 | 43,937 | ||||
| ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| ~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| ~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
- 0 ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| Sub total ~~SSS~~ |
Sub total - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
- 0 ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| Total receipts ~~SSS~~ |
32,933 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - 0 ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | 32,933 ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
43,937 ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
| A3 Payments | ~~55~~ | ~~55~~ | |||||||
| Aftershow | 256 | 256 | 296 | ||||||
| Advert | 25 | 25 | |||||||
| Band | 6,660 | 6,660 | 5,780 | ||||||
| BFame | 20 | 20 | 25 | ||||||
| BMTC Party | 275 | 275 | 1,403 | ||||||
| BSL Interpreter | 250 | - | - | 250 | 506 | ||||
| Charity Donation | 284 | 284 | 426 | ||||||
| Costume | 243 | - | - | 243 | 2,173 | ||||
| DVD | 25 | 25 | 406 | ||||||
| Independent Examination | 200 | 200 | |||||||
| Insurance | 947 | 947 | 931 | ||||||
| Lighting | 2,700 | 2,700 | |||||||
| Membership Refund | 90 | 90 | |||||||
| Microphone License | 112 | - | - | 112 | 247 | ||||
| Misc | 205 | 205 | - | ||||||
| NODA Membership | 260 | 260 | 230 | ||||||
| Printing | 700 | - | - | 700 | 890 | ||||
| Production Team | 4,221 | 4,221 | 5,100 | ||||||
| Props | 190 | - | - | 190 | 347 | ||||
| Libs & Royalties | 500 | - | - | 500 | 8,267 | ||||
| Rehearsal Room | 4,133 | 4,133 | 4,492 | ||||||
| Set Hire | - 0 | - | 5,452 | ||||||
| Theatre Hire | 4,883 | - | - | 4,883 | 2,848 | ||||
| Ticket Refund ~~==s====~~ |
78 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 78 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 190 ~~==s====~~ |
| T Shirt Expense ~~==s====~~ |
1,043 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | 1,043 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
| Website ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 263 ~~==s====~~ |
| Sub total ~~==s====~~ |
28,300 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 28,300 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 40,272 ~~==s====~~ |
| ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table) ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ |
| ~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ |
| ~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ |
| Sub total ~~==s====~~ |
- 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
| ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ |
| Totalpayments ~~==s====~~ |
28,300 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - 0 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 28,300 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 40,272 ~~==s====~~ |
| ~~==s====~~ ~~—~~ |
~~==s====~~ ~~—~~ |
~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ | ~~==s====~~ |
| Net of receipts/(payments) ~~==s====~~ ~~—~~ |
4,633 ~~==s====~~ ~~—~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | - ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 4,633 ~~==s====~~ |
~~==s====~~ | 3,665 ~~==s====~~ |
| A5 Transfers between funds ~~—~~ |
- 0 ~~—~~ |
- | - | - | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end ~~—~~ |
42,532 ~~—~~ |
- | - | 42,532 | 38,867 | ||||
| Cash funds thisyear end ~~—~~ |
47,165 ~~—~~ |
- | - | 47,165 | 42,532 | ||||
| ~~—~~ | ~~—~~ | ||||||||
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Details Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds ~~= =~~ |
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| ~~=a~~ | ~~=a~~ | ~~=a~~ | to nearest £ ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | to nearest £ ~~=a~~ ~~= =~~ |
~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
to nearest £ ~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
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| B1 Cash funds ~~=a~~ |
Barclays Community Account ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | - ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | - ~~=a~~ ~~= =~~ |
~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
- ~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
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| Barclays Community Account (2) ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | - ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | - ~~=a~~ ~~= =~~ |
~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
- ~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
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| Barclays Business Saver ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | 47,165 ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | - ~~=a~~ ~~= =~~ |
~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
- ~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
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| ~~=a~~ | Total cash funds ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | 47,165 ~~=a~~ |
~~=a~~ | - ~~=a~~ ~~= =~~ |
~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
- ~~=a~~ ~~=~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1
30/06/2024
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~=—===~~ Fund to which asset Current value Details belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B3 Investment assets - - - - - - - - - - ~~===~~ Fund to which asset Current value Details belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B4 Assets retained for the - - charity’s own use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~===~~ Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities - - - - - Signed by one or two trustees on behalf Signature Print Name Date of approval of all the trustees Lily Moore 01/07/2025 ~~==~~
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
30/06/2024
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Bournville Musical Theatre Company
On accounts for the year 31 May 2025 Charity no 1135465 ended (if any)
Set out on pages 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ~~Pe~~
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/05/2025 DD / MM / YYYY .
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of basis of report the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Signed:
Nana Opoku Barfi
Date: 22 January 2026
Name: Nana Opoku Barfi ~~Po~~
Relevant professional qualification(s) or body
- Member – Association of Charity Independent Examiners (MCIE) 2. Fellow – Association of Certified Public Accountants (FCPA)
(if any):
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Address: Dumas Accounting and Business Support Limited 16 Butlers Grove, Great Linford Milton Keynes MK14 5DT
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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