# ROMSEY AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY (RAODS)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1161097
- **Other names:** ROMSEY AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY, RAODS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 27, 2015
- **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=1161097


## Contact

- **Address:** Plaza Theatre, 40 Winchester Road, Romsey
- **Postcode:** SO51 8JA
- **Phone:** 01794523054
- **Email:** info@plazatheatre.com
- **Website:** www.plazatheatre.com



## Activities

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

**Activities:** RAODS produces 12 to 14 shows each year, the programme being a mix of drama, comedy, musicals and pantomime. They also include youth shows. In addition we make the Plaza Theatre (which we wholly own) available to other amateur groups and professional acts.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cornwall
- Hampshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £571782 | £278853 | £1470750 | 0 |
| March 31, 2024 | £373886 | £322789 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £249396 | £170953 | — | — |
| May 1, 2022 | £235183 | £167640 | — | — |
| May 1, 2021 | £73217 | £57350 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Neil Alan Gwynne** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 22, 2021
- Alan Paul Rimmer — appointed Nov. 15, 2024
- BARRY YOUNG — appointed Sept. 28, 2022
- Bryan Bolton — appointed Sept. 22, 2021
- Caroline Egg — appointed Sept. 22, 2021
- Jane Russell — appointed Sept. 22, 2021
- Lisa Anne Holmes — appointed Nov. 15, 2024
- Lynette Butcher — appointed Oct. 2, 2025
- Paul Sheppard Green — appointed Sept. 22, 2021
- Sandra Kerrell — appointed Sept. 20, 2023
- Simon Kenneth Parsonage — appointed Nov. 15, 2024