Brightlight Trustees Report - Dec 2025
Chairs' report and update on charitable giving - Gillian Luck
Another good year for Brightlight, we have had lots of fun. From the performance of Song keeper at Frimley we purchased 7 welcome packs for refugee children coming to the UK. As always, we have donated 10% of our ticket sales to Katcando and we have awarded the Brightlight Christmas Gift split between two worthwhile charities; Ash Food bank and Charlie’s Promise, both nominated and voted for by group members.
Treasurer’s report - Greg Coles
We started the year with circa £15’000 and have ended the year with circa £17’000 in the accounts. This is due to a highly successful year of ticket sales.
Expenses have all been submitted.
We have received a one o� donation in a will which has been added to the miscellaneous figures.
We have donated 660 to Katcando from our ticket sales. Subs remain the same at present.
There are plans to make a donation to the school.
Trustees
have invested in our show lighting this year at additional cost. This lighting has enhanced our performances.
The artistic outlook this year has been incredibly strong. We have tried a new festival this year with the Start of Something at Maidenhead which was a huge success and called back for the semi final. Song keeper competed in Welwyn, performed on our main stage and in the Bromsgrove NDFA finals which was an honour to be part of. The experience of Bromsgrove was brilliant and it was great publicity for Brightlight, we have now written blog posts for the NDFA adding to our positive publicity.
We have had three phenomenal main stage productions, where we have been selling tickets in the interval for our next performance. We sold out Almost Holmes, helped in part by Christmas but in large part by our reputation of putting on good quality work.
We began the year with Glorious, every performance was amazing, Andrea did an amazing job in her role and Sylvia was praised for her commitment and for learning Spanish. The directing was acknowledged as a success.
Farndale Murder Mystery was brilliantly done, Allaine and Julie did a fantastic job bringing this together and the cast and crew worked well as an ensemble. Getting a play ‘wrong’ can be hard but we did it very ‘right’. The set was praised.
Almost Holmes was again a fantastic performance, directed by Judy this was a sell out performance. There was a huge marketing push from the whole team which made a positive impact on our sales.
Emphasis will be put on marketing pushes for future performances as well, although we acknowledge it is unlikely we will sell out outside of Christmas. Nearly 600 people are on our mailing list, we will also continue to utilise social media and WhatsApp.
Looking ahead to 2026 there is no reason we cannot continue our success. Entertaining Angels is in the process of being cast, we have already sold 29 tickets. We have also cast and will begin rehearsals next week for The Aviary which will perform at Maidenhead, Welwyn and Henley.
Our September production coinsides with the 200th anniversary of St. Peters Church, we will be writing a play specifically to sit within that celebration. We will also be asking parishioner of their memories to include in this performance.
Thank you everyone for 2025, I am constantly inspired by the commitment and dedication I see from everyone in Brightlight.
Brightlight operates as a charity with an elect committee, from our elect committee the Chair, Deputy Chair, Treasurer and Secretary also stand as our charity trustees. To be compliant with our constitution, they should be formally elected/ appointed at the AGM.
Trustees
Gillian Luck (chair)
Greg Coles (Treasurer)
Judy Price (Secretary)
Brightlight Theatre Company Accounts for the year to 31 December 2025
| HSBC Account - | 61691570 | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening balance per bank |
01-Jan-25 | 14,812 | ||
| 2025 accruals & prepaymen(Ent | Angel) | (252) | ||
| Membership fees - 2025 | 1,145 | |||
| Glorious | 961 | |||
| Farndale Murder Mystery | 1,557 | |||
| Holmes | 2,855 | |||
| Income | 2,629 | |||
| Expenses | 5,185 | 9,147 | ||
| Donations to good causes | 224 | |||
| Donations to Katcando | 660 | |||
| Christmas 2025 donations | 500 | |||
| (6,569) | ||||
| Bank balance carried forward | 17,138 |
Brightlight Theatre Company Accounts for the year to 31 December 2025
Income
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Bank interest | 256 |
| Amazon | |
| Gift Aid | 16 |
| Login Lounge | |
| Legacy Gift - D MacNeil | 2,000 |
| Songkeeper | 229 |
| Donations through Try Booking | 128 |
2,629
Brightlight Theatre Company Accounts for the year to 31 December 2025
| Expenses Storage From 1 Nov 2020 - £40 per month School Hall Hire See other tab Bank charges Projector Refreshments Engraving Other props / show expenses LED Lights and cabelling - (Jamie) Insurance to 31 August 2026 New lights and cables Square Fees Gifts etc Santa hats T Shirts Surrey Heath Camberley - advert? - 9 Jun 25 Start of Something Improv - C Mead TOTAL EXPENSES |
£ 520 2,600 48 93 105 20 764 158 274 12 84 40 189 21 78 180 5,185 0 5,185 |
|---|---|
Brightlight Theatre Company School Hall hire
Agreed rental fee is 20 per evening So annual cost = 52 weeks 2 evenings per week 2,080 approx annual cost
| Approx cost per show 693 Date From To No. 2021 Aug-21 17-Aug-21 26-Oct-21 22 Nov-21 02-Nov-21 27-Jan-21 23 2022 Jan-22 01-Feb-22 28-Apr-22 26 May-22 03-May-22 28-Jul-22 26 Jul-22 02-Aug-22 27-Oct-22 26 Nov-22 2023 02-May-23 29-Aug-23 35 Frimley Green Church Hall (temporary) School Hall to end Dec 2023 02-May-24 29-Aug-24 03-Sep-24 19-Dec-24 37 02-Jan-25 30-Apr-25 01-May-25 31-Jul-25 05-Aug-25 27-Nov-25 31-Mar-26 |
Cost 440 460 900 520 520 520 520 2,080 480 700 288 453 1,921 700 700 680 2,080 700 560 720 620 2,600 |
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We need to a profit of £693 per show to cover the rehearsal venue.
Brightlight Theatre Company Accounts for the year to 31 December 2025
Songkeeper £
| Jamie - including banner, flyers, refreshments | (326) |
|---|---|
| Income from Frimley show | 710 |
| Income from Frimley show | 35 |
| Allaine | (8) |
| Allaine | (8) |
| Alan - photographer | (10) |
| Discretionery fund | (63) |
| Judy | (100) |
229
Brightlight Theatre Company Glorious
£
| Ticket Sales Front of House Raffle Refreshments Donations Gift aid on above Expenses Hall Hire Licence fee Temporary Event Notices Publicity / leaflets etc Hamper Scripts FOH / refreshments Jamie Gillian Cat Props / costume / set Gillian Cat Alison Allaine Adam John Profit before donation |
126 36 10 108 146 26 138 |
1,890 108 530 (0) (521) (252) (42) (15) (36) (111) (172) (419) 961 |
Ticket sales Number Price 77 10 140 8 3 0 |
Total 770 1,120 0 1,890 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 220 | |||||
Brightlight Theatre Company Farndale
£
| Ticket Sales Front of House Raffle Refreshments Scripts (Denise & Jeremy) Gift aid on above Expenses Hall Hire Licence fee Temporary Event Notices Publicity / leaflets etc Hamper Gifts FOH / refreshments Jamie Gillian Cat 93 Props / costume / set Karina Alison 60 Gillian 29 Allaine 145 Andrea 51 John 52 Profit before donation |
1,994 99 734 10 (521) (252) (42) (35) (93) (338) 1,557.24 |
Ticket sales Number Price 65 10 168 8 14 0 |
Total 650 1,344 0 1,994 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 | ||||
Brightlight Theatre Company Holmes
£
| Ticket Sales Front of House Raffle Refreshments Donations Expenses Hall Hire Licence fee Temporary Event Notices Publicity / leaflets etc Kids sets FOH / refreshments Jamie Davina JP Cat Allaine Props / costume / set Jamie Alison Allaine Judy John Profit before donation |
318 20 10 20 24 65 170 60 57 |
3,020 250 680 126 111 (446) (21) (88) (32) (392) (353) 2,855 |
Ticket sales Number Price 122 10 225 8 0 |
Total 1,220 1,800 0 3,020 |
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| 347 | |||||