2023-05-31-accounts - Market Drayton Amateur Operatic And Dramatic Society

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Market Drayton Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (MDAODS) CIO 1192602

Annual Report 2022/23

The 2022/3 season saw our first return to the stage after COVID since February 2020.

Our first production ‘Our Favourite Things’ – June 2022 - was a modest concert type show (to keep costs minimal) offered at a reduced price to encourage our audiences to return to local live theatre. This proved very encouraging and set us in good stead for the remainder of the year.

In October 2022 we produced ‘The Vicar of Dibley – The Second Coming’. This was well received and well attended bringing our audience numbers back near to pre-COVID level.

To round off the season we returned to our very popular pantomime which again was a great success and saved us considerable outlay due to it being home written. Audiences were slightly down on pre-COVID but very encouraging for the future.

Membership has steadily grown over the year, although we are trying hard to encourage younger members to join. Nevertheless, our ‘Junior Theatre Workshop’ (8yrs-16yrs) is thriving and planning to produce their own show for October 2023

Our ‘Little Voices’ choir continues to be very popular with our members. They were first back after COVID, managing to rehearse more easily with social distancing and have now reached an excellent standard which is in constant demand for local events.

On a slightly less upbeat note we discovered our building (parts of which date back to 1807!) requires some fairly costly maintenance work which will need to be carried out next year, but thankfully we have funds to cover it.

Our Trustees (Committee) have had several changes over the year and it is very encouraging to see a younger generation keen to be involved in the running of the society.

Finally, we have a full list of shows planned for 2023/4, including a home written musical, a Junior Theatre Workshop show and the usual pantomime and we look forward to a successful year with COVID behind us.

Graham Edwards (Secretary)

Charity Commission

Charity Commission Annual Return 2023

MARKET DRAYTON AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Charity registration number: 1192602

Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2023.

Financial period

Financial period start date

01/06/2022

Financial period end date

31/05/2023

Income and spending

Income £

£16,101

Spending £

£15,181

Number of contracts from government

How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

Number of grants from government

How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

Income breakdown

Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)

£1,591

Charitable activities

£12,405

Other trading activities

£1,801

Investments

£304

Other

£0

Recipients of grants

Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals

£0

Other charities

£0

Other organisations that are not charities

£0

Trustee payments

Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?

⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid

Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?

Income from outside the UK

Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom

Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Spending outside England & Wales

Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Trading subsidiaries

Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?

Charity contact details correct

Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?

Yes

Charity headquarters details correct

Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?

Yes

Charity contact address

BRAMBLE COTTAGE

TERN RIDGE

MARKET DRAYTON

BRAMBLE COTTAGE

TERN RIDGE

TF9 1JJ

Charity Headquarters address

BRAMBLE COTTAGE

TERN RIDGE

MARKET DRAYTON

BRAMBLE COTTAGE

TERN RIDGE

TF9 1JJ

Membership type

Is the charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?

no, the charity is not part of a wider group structure

Employment contract types

People were permanently employed by your charity

People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity

Self-employed people were working for your charity

Governance policies

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Yes

Financial reserves policy and procedures

Complaints policy and procedures

Yes

Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Yes

Internal risk management policy and procedures

Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Yes

Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Yes

Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Not applicable

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Yes

Social media policy and procedures

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Not applicable

Safeguarding

Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return?

External risk and impact

Donations,

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Other income - grants

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Other income - contracts

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Other income - investment

Positive

Expenditure on charitable activities

Negative

Expenditure on overheads

Negative

Number of volunteers

Positive

Number of employees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Number of trustees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Fundraising activities

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Capacity to deliver services

Negative

Total service demand

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Volunteers

Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?

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Declaration

Your role at the charity (select one):	Your role at the charity (select one):
⊠Trustee
Given names	Graham Stuart

Family name	Edwards

Telephone	01630698088
number

Email	edwsg47@gmail.com

Date submitted	16/12/2023

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