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PETERBOROUGH OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIErY TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 20th May 2025 PEfERBOROUGH OPERATIC& DRAMATIC SOCIErY CHARITY DEfAILS Mr5 Tricia Glaves President TRUSTEES Mr Robert Melhuish Mrs Amanda Villamayor Mrs Jennie Dighton Miss Rebecca Piggott Mrs Georgina Kane Mr5 Laura Sorrell Miss Amy Lythgoe Chairman Vice-chairnian TreaSu￿r SecreLIry Members Repre5entatrve Members Representative Members Representative REGISTERED NUMBER 1209243 CHARITY ADDRESS Elm Tree Farm Crowland Road Eye Green Peterborough PE6 7rr INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS Joynson & Co 89A Hi8h Street Market Deeping Peterborou8h PE6 8ED BANKERS Barclays Bank PLC I Church Street Peterborough PEI IXE Page I Page 2 PETERBOROUGH OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 20TH Ma TRUSTEES 2025 The appointment of Trustees is in accordance the Socttls rules alopted in January 2024 CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES The Society Is governed by rules as apprO￿d by the Chanty Commission and regislered by them on 2￿d July 2024. The Societys objectives are lo educate the public in dramab'c and operatic arts, to further the development of public appwialion and taste in the s￿d arts, lo assist and furth8r such Charitab￿ institut￿)nS and charitable purposes as the trustees shall decide from time lo time in accordance *ith tsir financial staiu$. FINANCIAL REVIEW Pelerborough oFerat￿ & Draniatic Sctty has been a registered chanty for many years under Charity Number 286815. In 2023 the trustees decided to apply lo char¥Je the staus of the society by b8coming a Charitable Inr))rporated Organisation. The applkath)n was first fI￿d in April 2024. That first ap￿ICatiOn %fdS refijsed because wa have the vKJrd 'Socl8lf In our name and lo Gontinue lo use the sam8 nam8, to apply for pemi&8ion from Cornpan￿ House. That pemiission was granted on 23rd May 2024. The application to become a CIO Wds re-submitted and thi8 ts'me a delay Kds ¢aus8d because ￿re asked to amend our constilulion. This was done and sent lo tr* Chanty C￿Mis￿n on 19th July 2024. The application to tecome a CIO was finalty granted on 22￿j July 2024 and ￿ ￿re given Charity No.. 120943. The Sociells only real asset is its bank account and hal to apply to the Charity Commission for its authority to transfer the a3sets from th8 registered charity to the new CIO, and that was submitted on 21 st August 2024. We hèard nothing from them until they repli&J V•ith a sems ofquests'ons on 25th November 2024. A further delay caused by Christsnos 2024 m¢anl that the anJ*tr to those q￿￿nS not 8ent until 3rd January 2025. On 28m January 2025, the Charity Commi&8Ksn gaME us authorty to transfer the assets as requ8Sted. Barclays Bank, vthom the Society banked, hal alre￿lY confimEd that, as ￿ ￿re not changing the name ofthe Society or the tnjstees and thereforp the signatories lo the account. ￿ dMI not need lo ckise the registered charity's account and open a new one for the CIO. They %ff)uld simpty change the sLitus of sothty and its registered number on their records. They dhl ho¥￿Ver need that Fennission from ￿ Charity ComMiss￿n to transfer assets. That was sent to Barckys as soon as il was given in January 2025 but rt took until 20th May 2025 for Barclays to change the Charity Nun7ber on the bank account arKI tr*refore transfer 05￿￿rship of the account to the CIO. Wrthout the use of that bank aC￿Unt, the CIO could not function, so up until 20th May 2025, almost a year after the application to become a CIO haj ken granted, the society haj lo continue fvncb'oning as a registered charity. The accounts for the financial year ending May 2025 for the registered Charity ￿re prepared and audiled and have been filed wlh the Charity Commission in the usual vray. Ho￿eVer. instead of prepanng them to the usuai date of 31 st May, they were prepared to the 20th May 2025. the date the bank account was transferred to the new CIO. As a result, the CIO has no financial history for its ffrsl ￿ar of e￿$ten￿, and the axounts lo vthich this report is attathed have been completed ¥￿th nil values lo the 20th May 2025. From 215t May 2025, financial records have been kept for the CIO, and the first complete &counts wll be prepared as at 31rt May 2026 and fi￿d vith the Chaitty Commission, in &Cordar￿e Imth the legal requ1￿ment, by March 31 ￿ 2027. TEMENT OF OFFICERS RESPONSIBILITIES The Charities Act1992 requires the Trustees lo prepare financial statsTr￿Trts for fina￿la1 year give a true and fair v￿W of the stale of affairs of the Charity and of the surplus or def￿1t of the charty for that periol. In preparing those financia statements, the trustees a￿ required to.. - 1) 2) 3) Select suitable ￿cOuntrng F4)IK￿S and then apply thern consistently Make judgements and estimates that are ￿asonable and prudent. State vthetsr applkable attounb'ng standards have teen folloval, subj&t to any material departures dithsed arKI exFAained in the financial staterrEnts. p￿pare th8 financial slatements on a going thncem basis unless it is inappropriate to presum8 that the charity Vlill continue in business. 4) The trnstees are responsible for keeping proper ￿)untIng r8cords wthich disdose v￿lti ￿asOnable accuracy al any lime the financial posrtton of the Society and to enable tr￿rn lo ensure that finarKial statsmenls comply with the Charities Acl1992. They are also resronsible for safeguarding the assets of the PJx4ety and hence for taking all reasonable steps for the preventK•n and delects'on of fraud and other irregulantss. APPROVAL This report was apprO￿d by the trustees at a rxjmmlitse me6tirvJ hekl on 25th March 2026 Mr R V￿lhu1$h - Chair PETERBOROUGH OPERATIC & DRAMATIC OCIETY TA MENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE NDED 20TH MAY 025 INCOME Show income Concerts Subscriptions and Donatlons Glft Ald Tax Refund Society Fund Raising Bank Income Mlsc Income Hirelsale of Assets TOTAL Nll EXPENDITURE Show costs Goncert Costs Society miscellaneoLts expenditure Dohations to charity Fund ralsing and sponsorshlp Insurance NODA Membershlp Capital ExpenditurelDepreciation Society Publicity Scenery Storaoe Nll TOTAL NET MOVEMENT IN FUN08 FOR THE YEAR TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD TOTAL FUNDS Pelerborough Op6ratic and DramatiG SoThety is a thartty registered with the Charity Commissione￿. REGISTERED NUMBER 1209243 Page 5 PETERBOROUGH OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIErY CE SHEET 2025 FIXED ASSETS Equipment at written do￿ value CURRENT ASSETS Debtors/Prepayments Cash at Bank and in hand Nll CURRENT LIABILITIES Sundry creditors NET CURRENT ASSETS T A trlc Approved by the trustees and si8ned on their behalf. Mr R Molhuhh- ChaIrn￿n 251h March 2026 Page 6 PETERBOROUGH OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY NOT ACCOLIN YEAR ENDED 20TH MAY 20 l Accountlng Pollc Basis of preparation of accounts - The a¢counts have tr￿en prepared und•r thè historical cost convention in accordance the applicable a¢countr"ng stsndards and include the of the charl￿S operab'ons which are dèscribed in the Trustees, report and vthich are continuing. 2 Income All income is accounted for by the charrty as It is weived. No perynanant endowments have teen received. 3 SL*ff co•ts No remuneratlon was pa￿ to tha trustees during the year. Page 7