Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Pwiod start date
FEB
Peri(MJ end dale
31
January 2025
2024
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charlty name
St Pauls Players
OtMr nam89 chartty16 known by
Not applicable
Reg18ternd charlty n￿nber (If any)
1182499
Charlty's prlnclpal address
5 FIRCROFT ROAD
CHESSINGTON
KT9 1RN
Nam•$ of the charlty trustees who manage the charlty
Tru•ts• n•m•
Offlc•111 •ny)
al p•rnon lor body) •ntltlod
nt tru•t••
If•n
Members
Jan Hesse
Amanda Williams
Chairperson
Producer
Treasurer
Members
Nick Williams
Memters
Memb8rs
Hannah Carter
Secrelary
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Names of the trustoos for the charfty, If any. (for example. any custodlan trustees)
Name
Dates act•d If not for vtholo
ear
Not applicable
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Namas and addrnsses of advlsers (Optlonal Informatk>n)
of advlsgr
Namè
Address
Not applicable
Name of chlèf oX•CUtlve or names of sonlor staff members (Optlonal Infomiatlon)
Section B
Structure.
overnance and mana
ement
Descrlptlon of the ¢harlty'S trust$
Charitsble Incorporated Organisab'on with Voting Members other than its
Charity Trustees, sIg￿d by Trustees on 10 March 2019
Type of goveming document
How the charity is constituted
Association
Trustee selection mellmxls
Elect&J by Membern at the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Addltk+nal gov•man¢• ls•u•• Ioptlonal Informatlon)
We Obtain￿ Register8d Charity Status on 19 March 2019.
You may ¢hoo•• to Include
additional information, where
relevant, about..
We have darif￿j to every member our Safeguardlng Pollcles for adults
and child￿n.
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction arKI
training of trustses.,
the charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works.,
Every member has signed and agreed to a Ccmje of Conduct.
Players has commercial relationship with any related part¢es.
The main risks a￿ conSide￿d to be..
(i) High inflation re8ults.ng in cost of INing crfsls - material reductlon In
ticket sales due to customers cutting b￿k on discretionary
expenditur8. Mitsgation - obtain leedback after shovts, ensu
ckets arn competitively priced and regularly revlew 8pproa¢h
to sales and marketing.
relationshlp vlth any r8lat8d
partles;
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
(ii) Parish hall - av8ilabilty of arKllor significant increases In the rent
payable, as used for ￿hearsalS and perfomiances. Mitigation-
maintain gocrfl ￿latIonShIp wlth biggest supplier end provide
volunlary support to parish hall lo minimise maintenance costs
and theref￿e future increases in rent.
Section C
Ob'ectives and activities
(1) To advan￿ the dramatic arts for the public benefit by encouraging
local people wrthin Chessington, Surrey and the surrounding area to
participate in perfonnan¢e of plays and events and to attend and
support SLth plays arMJ events,. and
(2) To support such general charitable purposes as the trustees may in
their absolutg discretion datemiire by making grants to local charities
offerirwJ support to those INing in ChessirwJton, Surrey and the
surroundi
area.
Summary of the objects of the
charlty set out In Its
governlng document
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MaTth 2012

The charity. EnhanceAble. was selected for the year at the AGM, May
2024.
The Trustees have regard to Ihe guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on the public benefit.
Summary ofthe maln
actlvltlas undertak•n for th•
publlc benefft In relatlon to
these objects (Include wlthln
th1$ $Ktlon th $tatutory
doclaratlon that trus1•o8 hav•
had regard to tho guldance
183ued by the Charlty
Commlsslon on publlc
b•rnfft)
Addlllonal detalls of obJoctlve$ and actfvftles Ioptlonal Infomiatlon)
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Please refer to Se(Iton C atK)ve for detsils of the Fwjlicy and the approach
to nominating thariti8s and making grants.
You may chom• to include
further 8tstements. where
r818vant, about..
poli￿ on grantmaklng:
policy programme related
investmenl.,
¢ontributson made by
volunteerE.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the maln
achlevoments of the charlty
durln9 the year
We began rehearsals for our summer shthv Murder Will Out in February
2024
This was performed on Friday June 7th & Saturday June 8th as we were
guardnteed this last Friday.whiGh is no longer available for Panto.
We reduced our hall rehearsal tiTrtres by 3 weeks as Jean allowed us to
use her house, however despite gcrf)d audience numbers and great
feedback wr profit was Iow8r than last year
Two quttes this year in Aprll and September proved popular and made
good profits each time, prizes were donated.
Having fyers and posters ready to promote the next show was
s(Kcessful and we seem to have developed a good lollowing.
The Panto this year was Aaddln and audience numbers vrnre high both
weekends.for mats'nee and evening performances, despite the ticket pnce
bw'ng increased to £12. Our profit was higher than last year.
Our thanks ty)ce again to Lesley arKI Sally for refreshments, wilh
athjilional Pimms in the summer 8ThJ mulled win8 In the winter both
proving a great success, to Charlotte for securing a bigger Selection of
more generous raffle prizes. to Karen and Nick for G￿leCtIng gift ald,lo
Jean for lighbng, to Ben for sound,to Bemie for props and to Geoff our
newest member for making the Cave of Wonders.
We were also pleased to welcome back to the Panto HaNey, who
worked realty hard back stsge. and Ellie and Jessle.
Our charity remained as EnharKable for another year. We pres8nted the
charity with a donation of £4,000 in January 2025.
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Section E
Financial review
Brlef statement of the
charlty's pollcy on reserves
Our policy on resèrving is to retsin sufficient funds to cover the future
replacement of sound and lights'ng systems oth8r required
equipment, to retain sufficient working capital and to maintain a
contingency to cover future unexpected costs.
Detalls of any funds matortally
In deficit
Not applicable
Furthor flnanclal revlew d¢tall8 (Optlonal Infomiatlon)
During normal limes:
You may choos• to include
additional information, where
relevant about..
the Charity's prfndpal
sources of lunds (including
any fundraising).,
how experKliture has
support8d the key objectives
of the ¢h8rity-
investment policy and
objectives Including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
our principal source of funding Is from the sale of Ickets
purchased by members of the public attending our Summer
Show arKJ Pantomime plus the sale of raffle tickets, confectionary
and drinks. At the end of Ferfom)an¢es, we ask customers to
make voluntsry donations into a 'bucket" prior to leaving the hall.
Our main expenditure remains the cost of renting iha local parish
hall during rehearsals and f￿ shows and performanc88.
Each year. we try to nominate a local charity and make a grant
based on the net income generated from our revenue generating
activitses dunng ts year.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees doclaro that Ihoy have appn>ved tho t￿￿tee$, report above.
Slgned on behalf of the ¢harity's trustees
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Slgnature{s)
Full name{s)
Po8ltlon (eg Secretary. Chalr,
etc)
Amanda Williams
Hesse
Prcrfjucer
Chairperson
Date
11£12025
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR E14GLANO AND WALE5
St Pauls Players
1182499
Receipts and payments accounts
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