Sale and Altrincham Musical Theatre Treasurers’ Report 2024-2025
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Accounts for the period 1[st] Sep 24 to 31[st] Aug 25
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Total Assets of £11,744 (being Cash at bank and in hand)
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A reduction of £700 on the prior year closing balance
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Deficit of £718 for the year
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Total Income of £10,252 for the year
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Total Expenditure of £10,970 for the year
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SAMT put on two shows during the financial year ;
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Company
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Showcase 25
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Company was performed at Altrincham Little Theatre in March 25
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Income was £8,268
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Costs of £7,643
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Resulting in a surplus of £625
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Ticket sales were initially slow but came through strong in the final two weeks. Operating costs, whilst continuing to spiral under inflationary pressure, were managed tightly, whilst investment in the show lighting and sound was made.
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Showcase 25 was our traditional appearance at the multi-society evening at the Lowry Theatre, Manchester in July 25
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Income £820
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Costs of £786
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Resulting in a surplus of £34
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We always aim to cover the rehearsal costs with the show and rehearsal income from our performers.
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The society also held a watch party and social event for the Addams Family cast members that generated a surplus of £50
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Additional income of £1k and costs of £2.4k (some relating to future events) incurred in the general running of the society resulted in a deficit of £718 being generated
Lindsay King Treasurer
21[st] April 2026
Sale and Altrincham Musical Theatre Chair’s Report 2024-2025
A warm welcome to our AGM for the fiscal year 2024-2025
The society enjoyed a quieter, yet successful year with a single production and our continued appearance at the annual Showcase performance at the Lowry Theatre.
Our intentions to take a show week at the Altrincham Little Theatre, prior to Christmas 2024 were unfortunately dented by a number of factors, and we had to cancel our plans before incurring any detrimental costs.
This did leave us with a gap in our expected revenues for the fiscal year.
In February 2025, we welcomed Ed Prophet as director of our first show of the year. Ed took on the reins of Stephen Sondheim’s Company at the Altrincham Little Theatre, part of a two week Sondheim mini-season where we shared the stage and billing with SMAOS who performed A Little Night Music the week prior to us.
Ticket sales were eventually quite strong and the production was a resounding success. Tim Wood who played Bobby was presented with the Liam Sammon Award for Outstanding Performance at the after-show presentation and the whole cast was awarded the Peter Clough Comedy Award in recognition of their collective performances. The shows’ success was further recognised later in the year by receiving twelve NODA nominations.
We completed our season of productions with our annual Showcase performance at the Lowry Theatre in July, performing excerpts from Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, again to excellent reviews and audience appreciation.
During the year, Phil Callaghan stepped down as Secretary and away from day-to-day society management and Jill Chamberlain took up the reins of that post. Ed Prophet joined the management committee.
We are currently looking for a new treasurer and would ideally like to recruit a large number of additional volunteers to the day-to-day management committee. We will shortly be kicking off a social media driven recruitment campaign to hopefully fill some of these positions.
Our next year (25/26) has started brightly with Chicago (Teen) at the ALT in December 25, followed closely by Allo Allo (The Play) in March 26 and a further visit to the Lowry in July 26 to perform excerpts from Spamalot.
Thank you to all of the trustees and management team for your continued support throughout the year – it has been hugely appreciated.
Owen Henshall Chair Sale & Altrincham Musical Theatre 21[st] April 2026
Independent examination checklist Sale & Altrincham Musical Theatre 1st September 2024 - 31st August 2025 I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Salè & Altrincham Musical Th8atr8 {Ihe Trust} for tt)e year ended 31st Augusl 2025. R•8ponslbIlltl and ba818 ol r•port As the charlty Iruste88 of the Tru8t you are respc%[ble for the Pfeparatlon of lh6 accounts In accor08nc8 wlth th8 ]ulr88nts of the Chadties Act 20111.the Act'l. I f8POrt In r8sp8ct of my examSnatSon of Trust's accounts carrted out under sectton 145 of the 2011 Acl. and In rryIng out my examinalion, I have followed all the appllcable Dlreclions given by the Charity Commissicffl under sOn 145(5)Ib) of tho Act. Indepond•nt oxamln•r'• •tst•ment I have M4•to(j my examination. I confimi that have com8 to my attention In connectbn wlth the eXamInaon me cause to belleve that In any malerfal respect: 1. aecountlng records were not kept In r88pecl of the Trust as rgqulred by secllon 130 of the A¢1; or 2. the accounts do not accord wllh thoso records. I have no concem8 and have come across no other matters In eAinn8Ctlon wllh the èxamSn8llon to which att8nb.on Should be drawn in Ihis rep)rt in order lo enable a proper understandino of Ihe accounts to b8 reached. Slgned.. Name.. Karen Garratuey ICB Member PM.Dip Address.. 18 mald Avenu&. Str8tlord. M8nche8tsr. M32 9HL Date.. Emall: k Date:
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Balance Sheet- Financial Year 2024- 2025 Sale and Altrincham MusicalTheatre As at 31 August 2025 Cuttt Assets C•th •tb•k In r+aiwtt* CuirefitkLnI 11.744.S• IA.114. Ilei Curr•ntAMets ILl•b41rtiesl Tot•lAss•is less Cuty•ntLl•bllltl Not Ass¢ts U.744 C4 'tal•rMI ReseThes ¢7JL37J U.744 •idi