NEWThRT PLAYGOERS. SOCIETY
couyctL'S REPORT ￿¥D
UYAUDrrED FINA￿cL￿ *fATEMEFtrs
FOR THE YEAR Ef*T)ED 31- MARCH 2025
REGISTERED CEL4RITY NL'MBER- 232628

NEIVPORT PLAYGOERS, SOCIETY
REPORT LN1) F￿￿)CL￿L ST4TEItEYTS
FOR TUE YEAR LNIDED 31- MARCH 2025
Cor￿ENTs
Page
Council'5 RqK*rt
Inde￿ndent Examiner's iiwrt
Statement of Financial Activities
9-10
Bala[￿e Sheet
11-20
Not&s kn theFiDattcial Stste]neots

NEWPORT PLAYGOERS. SOCIETY
COL.NCtL'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR E)DED 31ST MARCH 2025
The Council presents its ajjnual report attd fmancial statemenL8 of the Society for th¢ year ffl¢J¢d 31" March 2025. The CoutKii
h&$ adopted the provisions of Account￿g aDd Repo]tti)g bv Chariues". S￿le￿-￿t of RecommeJJded P¢a¢tic¢ appli¢able to
chartties preparing their a¢coLDts in a¢¢ordan¢e with the Fittancial Rewttsng StatyJard app]i¢able LTJ the UK aad Republic of
Ireland (FRS102) (¢ffe¢tive I. January 2019).
PRESIDEE*T'S tNTRODUCTIOf*
Once again, the NeTryort PI*y8oers' &Ki¢ty h&s had a pr￿l￿cliNe )¢ar, presenting a IL.verse range of plays that i)av¢ garnered
both rn¢rAbers and visitors. This suc¢¢ss is a testalli¢nt to th¢ dedicat¢d ¢fforts of our ArtibrtJ"c Committee ill selecting plays that
have res¢)nated wth a broadL audien¢e.
We extend our simcere 8r&titude to our extenMI htrers. whose uowavering support has enabled us to h05t exceptiottal affay of
mu8ical, dance, and thaw perfortnan¢¢s. Wi¢hout theit iiMluabl¢ collttibutious. our 0[g￿lISatiOn wou]d not be ablt to ¢ontinuc.
We aI80 a¢knoTh'ledge the Ullwavering Sup￿ of our membm, whose colltinued patronage has becn thstruthcntal in the success
of thi5 se￿0￿. We trust that you have tknroughiy enjoyed theperfornwices, as we have.
Sillcerely,
Jatnes Reynolds
President
OBJEcrs
The Soci¢ty's principal ob)￿ts a5 Set outiD its Gollstitution alldrults are as follows."
To Sti￿ulAte all illteresE ill and a ¢JJdy of the Drama and Dratnatic Ar¢ and to support ail that is best ill the Theatre, and
itb this object ill view to keep the plays of Siiakespeare in its repertory and ty revis'e whatever else is vital ill English
Cla&8ical D&TrTDa.
To prevcnt modern plays ofwatmoit from falliDS into obbvio
iiE) To produ¢e aew plaj's and to furtb¢rthe developrnent of.Modem Dr8m&
iv) To produce translaLiou or repr¢sentstiQllS of Foreigo DrLm4 Ancie0¢ and Modem.
To stimulat¢ the of Acting for tbis purp)se to hold class¢s and to gi%'e le¢trm upon play production, voice
productioo movemeoL ￿ake-Up. lighting. tnoLuJfillg and other arts of the Theatre.
To 5UPPOrt charities other a&s(Kiali0￿ fotllKd forclwitable and educattonal pury>ose&
PUBLIC BENEFrr
The Society 18 a public benefir entity. The Council h&4 complied with the (hty in Settion 4 17(5) of the Chariues Act 2011 atsd
has referred lo the gutdance published by the c[￿rity Commission on ￿bE:( itnefii wher. rewewing the S￿iety's airns aud
objcctives and its plannllkg its rnttjre atti*ities. In pthicui8r. the Council cotssida l￿W pLaDned Acti￿LIeS will contrribute to the
aims a￿d objertiv¢$ it Ews seL The Stti¢ty'S &USlties to the qu81ity of of the I￿31 cou)llLuDity througb the
provision of affordabk knve theatrE pfffoT[t￿IGtS by hitip.g to local gtoup& Ill p8rticular. a range of ticket PfiCES includins
ronGt&sior.s for certain groups. enablt all èectiovs of the COJLiriuniry to atttlld rKrfoTllMllces at the theatre. The refiirbishment of
tELe theatre kn provided better acce&8 .or those w'tEb nioSii(ty diificulties. The Society elldeavours to encourdge au rnemb¢rs of
tbe commiullty to take part in its actiYiti&s tlld to attendthe theatr
GOVERLNThG DOCUMEB
TILe Sociery is govemed by its cotistimtiOD attd njles.

NEIVPORT PL4YGOERS' SOCIETY
COL), CtL'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR thDED 31 MARCH 2025
RECRurrMEf4T AND APPOIP4TMEYf OF COUP4CIL MEMBERS
The Society is managed by IL8 Tnsteeg that are Coun¢il Members elected by the ADnual Generdl Me¢tir.g. Nominations for
Members of the Council must be in writillg. Sign￿ by metnbets 8lld the r￿minee, alld rtyxived by the General S￿retary at
least 28 days before th.e Atllwal G¢ll￿al Meeting.
ATTEL44DANCE OFCOLTrICIL ME.IIBERS AT MEETINGS DiryUNG THE 2024125 SEASON
Countil Member
AtteThdances
J&￿e5 Re
olds
Rebecca PhilLi
Jalncs Barrett
nn Philli
Alth Trott
Sue Bur
AIAn Henshall
Moel
Eleanor Asto
C&th¢rin¥ Mor
Stuart Fouweather
Nathan Hod
Ben HITrlc
Gordon Collins
Emma Mccarth
Jack Guard
Moira Maillwa
Jeall Rowe
515
115
215
315
es5
515
315
415
115
215
015
415
215
315
414
214
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Detai18 of the Society'5 perf0Mw￿£ for 202425 are give￿ itj the StatemeDt of Financial Activities oll page 8 and the w8ition OF
thc Society at the end of the fmawiai year is given in the Balance sh￿ oa page 9.
During the year ikne Society received gr3nts tothl]mg £646939. iLcludillg YDDI Cymrn Capitsl Grant Funding fJDm tbe Welsh
Goven)ment amounting to £626.908 which enabled the Society to 4uire & Smart LA]¢ai En¢rgy System.
The Society's results for the yvar in¢￿d£S net lo&￿ totsLiing £2,648 io the m&*et value of its inve5tmellts in the Charities
Official Inve5ttttent Fund and M&G tDveg￿ts Charifi￿.
The Society'5 net SUrph￿ for the year after aecounti)7g for th¢se grants and inv¢5tmeut lo￿￿ was £609,684 and at the end of the
rlljancial yeaT its netassets amounted to £g)6,630.
The Society's total tund5 at 31'Marcb 2025 amounted to £906.630. of wbich £878,022 aTr twtTi¢k
The Society's key fthancial &ira remains to be a finallciaily S￿8[al￿]e theatre.
INVESTMENf POLICY
The Council, haviw regard to the liquidity requiJetn¢ots of operating the theatre. ci)Dsider the most appropriat ￿l1¢Y for
ink'esting funds is to plave th¢m in d¢p)sit a¢¢ounts attG ¢batity io.&esaEellt fiEtMls and seek to acliiev¢ a rat¢ of tEturn wh]"ch
exceeds inflatson.

NEIITORT PL.4yc￿ERS' SOCIETY
COLThCIL'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENTrED 31 MARCH 2025
FUP4DBAtSING
The Councll explore ￿nd-raISing opportunitLe5 15.hich they consider are 4yopri&te to the So¢iery's objectives andactivities.
RESERVES POLICY
Reseryes are aeed￿ to bridge the gap bettY¢ett the ￿CeIpt of iL¢ome 8lld the paYll￿r￿1 of cxpcllscs and to cover utJplann¢d
expellth'tttye. It is the po￿¢) of the Couttcil to maititaiu free rekm'£s of the kniety. in UErG8trictcd thnds at 84 level that cquarcs to
approximately three mon*s of expenditure, ealculakda% between L<5,0(K> and £60,0￿ for th¢ forthcorning fill￿ClaI year.
Free reserve8 of the Society are arrived at by deductsng frorn totsl reserves. d¢sigo&ted and fund6 I￿r¢S￿ntillg fLTEd a￿t$
for cELaritAble use. At 31"March 2025. the free r&8etves of the &Kiety, ¢alqt]at¢d ustng the above fomiul4 gre £14.120.
ACTIVITIES
The Society's major artiviti¢s are the productsoD of plays and the letting of its facilitics to other tbeatrical societie$ and groups.
The Society places a huge emphasis on the developulent tsf people in the education and encouragement of all aspects of
dr8tnAtic art and promotrs the arts by the p[0￿￿1(>￿ of facibts¢s for tILC education and recreation forthepubIic ill tkne CODJmullity.
ACH]EVEI¥IENTS
TtLiS year witncssed the inaugural perfor￿￿e¢ OF our m￿lea1 group. Playgoers Musicat Company. The production was a
rc50unding 5UCCC8s, attrdcting high capacity audieDcG8 each evening.
Similarly, our youth group, Dolmall Theatre Works, exp¢rien¢ed signifi¢ant de]nan4L Deces$itAtiog the &dth'tion of arl extra
perfornauce night.
The artistic commiti¢e has Consistell￿y refmed its &pproa¢b to seasoll Selectio￿ re￿ItIng in a resurgenc¢ of 8uth'en¢es to
levels llot obseLv¢d siJxc¢ prior 10 COVU).
In re¢o8nition of the TLeed foE SUPPOrt for in￿.vidUal$ iiw with dernentia, we 1&Wicb￿ our m¢raberthip pr0￿M Iwt y¢ar,
which has [￿-1Ved wid65pread acclaim alld continued supporL
Furthermore. an eller￿ grant ejthled us io undertake a substantial renovation, encotnpassing the installatioti of updated
lighting at)d beatin8 Sy$t¢ms, as w¢ll as the integrntion of SO1& pane]s and batteries. These in]proi'ements will ]kave long-temi
imphcations, enabling u5 to Substantially reduc¢ ourenergy ¢otLSUmPiiOll.
Con¢luduw thts year's attomplisbments. we celebrated out ceutctwy with a CODllnernorative event in January. AdditiotMIIy,
we collaborated with rell0Tr￿td gjjthor Bruce Call¥bell to ¢x¢ate an exceptiona] brochure.
We ¢ag¢rly allticipate the futt]re a￿d anticÉpate fiLrther growth aDd SUCC￿ in the coming de¢ades.
VOLUNTEERS
The Sttiety continues 10 rely on the support of its nwiy voluntm IDCh￿]ng those who &￿]st with the many Front gf House
duties, enabling th¢ Society to reduGe its staff costs.
PLANS FOR FUTURE PEIUODS
The Coullcii alld Mana8emeni ￿1]till￿e to striv¢ to m8kn inwovements to the theatse, inc]ud]llg a£ce5sibllity, tknt the Doknnan
remains attractive to its members, guests and birers.

NEWPORT PL4YGOERS' SOCtETY
COL)CIL'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENT)ED 31- MARCH 2025
Th¢ NPS 202512026 se&son'.
September 10th- lJt4 2025- A MidsummerNight's Dr¢am
November 12th-15th 2025 - li's a Wonderfvi Life
D¢¢¢mber 10th- 15ilL 2025 - Elf Jtjr Dolman Theatreworks (not included on membetship}
February 4th- 7th 2026- EducaiiDg Rits
M&rcb 4tIL- 7th 2026- The Mirror Cracvd
M&y 13th- 16tEL 2026 - Come Frorn Aw'ay
June 10th- 13th 2026- Allo Allo ? The Camenjbcrt Caper

NEWPORT PLIYGOERS, SOCIETY
COL)CIL'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3I-.MARCH 2025
CHARftY REGtSTRATION NLThBER: 2326?
TRUSTEES, PRtNCIPAL OFFICERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
James Reynolds
Rebecea PILiLiips
President and Chair of Council atLd MaDagezneut
Vice Presideot
Head ofwantrobe
Honorary Secrttzry
Financial Advisor
TreaJwreT {rtSI￿ed Juty 2024)
Ch8iT of Artistic Comnlittee
He8d of Ligllts
Secretary Arti%Lie (resignejj December 2024)
Head of Stage
Chair of Te¢hnica]
Membershit) S¢retary
Honorary Legal Advisor
LibTariA
Head of Bar
GetL¢ral Mcmber
General Member
Head of Dé£or (TESTgLCIt July 2024)
Chair of Fronr of House (resigned July 2024)
Head of Studio
Chair of
Lynn Phillips
Hugb mo£lW￿.HU8￿e8
Mikc Ford
Sue Burgess
Eleanor Astoo
Ja¢k Guard
Alan Henshall
James Barrett
J¢att ROWE
AiatL Trott
Catherine Morgall
Moira Maillwaring
Nathan Hodge
Stuart Fouweather
malcol￿ Davies
Stephen Bissex-WiI'ians
EJnm2 M¢Carthy
Ben Hurley
PR￿NC￿AL 0F￿CK
DolmaTL Theatre
KiDgswÈy
Newport
South Wales
NP20 IHY
The Co-opcr&tive Bank Pl¢
ComTneTcial Strect
Newport
NY20 IHU
IP4DEPENDEThT EXAMINER
Arthur Gait & Compatjy Linjitcd
Chartered CertÉfied A¢¢ountants
18 Gold Top8
Ne￿)Ort
NP20 5WJ

NEWPORT PL.4YGOERS' SOCIETY
COU.NCIL'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31. ￿lARCH Z025
INDEPEIYDEI¥4T EL4MI)4ER
iesoluiion 10 appoint Arthur CJait & Cotnpany Liimited as the Society's Independent ex2mincr will be proposed al the
forthcoming Annual fTenerhl Meeting.
APprO￿¢d by ordei of the Council otl I sli11￿1( and signed on its behalt by..
James Reynolds

INDEPE.NDEliT EXAfvIINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
I EWPORT PI.AYGOERS' SOCIETY
Independent exatniner's r¢port t(b the trustees of Newport Playgoer5' Societv
I report 10 Ilie charity ttustt¢5 on my examittaijon of the accounts of Newport Playgoers, So¢iety (the Trust) for the year
ended 31, March 2025.
Respon$lbllities dnd bas15 of report
As the charity tnistees of the TtU5t you arc iesponsible for the preparaiion of the accounts in ac¢or(lan¢e with the
requirements of the Charities Aci 20 I I I'the Acl'l.
I report in rcspeLt of Tny examination ol-thL Trust's accoiinls carried out under SeLlion 14) of the ALt and in carryin8 Ollt tny
examination I have follow¢LI dll dppliLable DirLLtions given by the Charity Cominissiun under Seetion 14515llbl of tlie Aci.
Independent examiner s 5tatemertt
I haTre coinpleied niy cxaniination. l Confim thai no maierial matters have come lo my attention in connection with the
examination giving me cause to believe thai in aDy material respect..
accounting records were not kepi iji respect of th¢ Trust as reqiiired by Section 130 of the Act,. or
the a¢¢ounis do not accord with Ih05e records; or
the accouiits do noi comply with the applicable requireTnents concerning the fomi and conient of accounts
set out in the ChiL rilies (Accounts and Reponsl RegulatlQT15 2008 uiher than any rcquircmcnl thai the
accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an indlpendenl examination.
I have no concems and have com¢ a¢russ no other matiers in co[￿eLtiOn with thc exaTnination to which atlenlion should be
drawn in Ihii report in order to etJ(ible a prtsper undersianding of the accounts lo bc reached.
ahill Khawaja FCCA
Associatioii of CharteTed Cenified Accountants
AnhLir Gait & Cotnpany Limil¢d
Chartered Certified Accountant5
18 Gold Tops
Newport
NP20 5WJ
?liiltS

NEWPORT PLAYGOERS. SOCIETY
BALA.NCE SHEET ICOINTI.NLIEDI
AS AT31.
I IARCH 2025
All activiiies of tlie Socicty are conijlluing.
There have been no recognised gains and losses for the Current or prior financial year other than as stated in the Staiement or
Ftnancial Aciivities.
Thcre are no movements in funds other that] a5 Staled in Ihe Siattmeni of Financial Activities.
These financial siatemenis weTe approved by Ilie Council on Isliiltsts
2nd were signed on lis behaifby..
(-J)IV
Jatnes Reyiiolds
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hT1?￿RT PLAYCOERS. SOCIETY
LYOTES TO THE FLYLNCIAL ST.4TEIIEP413
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sf MARCH 21125
GELYERAL INFOBMATION
Newpott Playgoers. Society is a¢harity re￿{ed in Englandandwales and i5 govern￿ by its co]]stibJtioll and rule5.
The Society is a pub]iG bell¢fit ¢ntity.
A d&scriptiorL of &e nawre of the Society's opeTrtions, its pr]r￿1paI a¢tivitie$ 8ud the address of its principal office may
be fouttd the Council's Rq)orL
The prasetttstion ¢wYell¢y of th¢ finall¢￿ stakments is the Pound Sterling (£).
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basts of Preparatioll attd Asse$5me]rt of Goirt8 CoD¢ern
The fjjjancl￿ statements of tbe Society, wkn"¢h is a publi¢ b¢nefii entiry ￿der FRS102, ar¢ prepared lli accordan¢¢ with
th¢ Chariti¢s SORP, (FRS102) 'AccouJting and Ret￿mg by Charities.. Stat¢￿ent of Re¢omm¢ttded Pra¢ti¢¢
8pplicable to ch&itr.es preparing ther a¢coullLq in ac¢on18n¢e with the FllLaucial Rq)ortng Stalldard applicable in tEL¢
UK and Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS102) (effe¢ts"Ye l January ?0191, Fitwjciat Reportjng Standard 102 'The Firwicial
Reportmg Standard applicable in the UK attd Repubhc of trrlomd, andthe Charitie5 Art 2011.
There ￿t llo material ￿Certa]ntieS about the Society's abaity to coDtinue ￿ a going concern.
FuMlleTal Reporting Stattdard 1112-Reduce41 Disc105ure ExernplioD5
The Society bas rakeD advalltage of the disclosure exemption from the re4pirements of Swton 7 Statement of Cash
Flow5 in preparing these finallcial statemellt4 as perniitted by FRSL02'The Finaticial ilwortitjg SLwdard app￿"¢able in
the UK atkd Republie of Ireland,.
Acco￿nI1￿% Conventlon
The finartciai $ratemenLS ar¢ p￿pt[¢d the bistorical ¢ost convention. except for inyestrents which &re ￿ClUded at
market v￿U¢.
Illco￿e
Income is rxognised IA the Statement of Finmcial Acliyitiu vknen the effect of a rr8nsactitin or other eveni results in an
Incre￿ its the Socxety's assets. Thts only arises when the So¢iew i% etititI￿ ty the r¢&kur¥e. i.e. il h&$ control over the
r￿hIS or to the resouT- et)8biing li to dewjnine its fiItt￿¢ appacatioll" when thc Society 15 virtually certain that
the resource wi'l be received.. when the Society ¢4D measure the tnonetpry yah￿ of the income Vyith s￿￿]c1¢￿t
reb"abi]ity.
The following 4)ecific policies are appkd to partiCLiI&T categories of incom¢'.
Income from wts, legacies, donatiojjs and sponsotship ofplays art recO￿ts￿ wbrn ￿ceIvable.
Itscojne from Gharitable activ1u￿ including income from subscriptiOll5. Visitots alld hire of the theatre are recoglli8ed
vILett itCEivable. TnGom¢ 15 defetr¢d wP.eu I￿￿si[S are teceived ill advance.or the bireof the tbeatre.
Illcomt fro￿ tradiDg acti￿ltieS iuc]uditLg income gen-rated frojn bar, tsa aad coffee, wffe¢lionery and ice sale8
aJd other activities carriui out by the &Kiety primarily to s￿erat¢ resouwes Twhich will be used to undertak¢ its
ebaritable activities are reCo￿ls¢d to the extentthatthe Society hasproiid¢d the goods znd seryic¢s.
Investmenttn¢ome is Tecognised when receivable.

LYEITrN)RT PLAYr￿FRS. SOCIETY
NOTES TO THE FINLICIAI. sfATEllb.NTS
FOR THE YEAR EhTrED 31 MARCH 2025
Expendlture
Liabdits'es are recogDised ￿ expenditur¢ as s￿1 as there is a leg81 or constsucuv¢ obligation committing the ￿lety to
e expenth'twe. This nomially oc¢urs or.¢c the supplier of the goo&s or servi¢es has wformed tlieir part o". the contract
i.e. delivered the goods or provided t￿e 5¢rvicts. .4ll exwth.wre is accounted for oll an accruals b￿]$ and has b¢en
lassified under kneaditLg5 that aggregate all costs re]ate4J to the ¢a:egory.
Costs of generating funds &sgoci2ted ge[￿ltJttg ill￿￿¢ frorn all Sourc￿ othcr th8JJ from undertsking chantable
a¢tihiti¢s include those resourc&s expetJd¢d ￿ attsacting ￿nations and the purchase of bar, t¢a and Gofftt. GODte£tionery
and ice crcam stocks.
Expenditure op. charitable activities that att applied by the So¢iery in undemaking its work to its ebaritable
activities include expendituw on the ptoduciion of plays a[￿ th¢ op¢rntion and mailllaLaThc¢ of the theatre.
Governan¢e costs that are associated meetir.g the Constitutional and Strdtutory reqU￿￿ents of th¢ So¢iety include
indep¢ndettt exwiiner's #nd Accountancy fres and ¢osts Imked to the strategic nwerllellt of the Society.
Irrecoyenble VAT
Irrecovernble VAT is chaTg¢d agall￿t the caicgory olexpelldibjre forwbi¢h it was incurred.
Pay Policy for SeDiorStaff
The trEs*es ¢ouid¢r that the mernb¢t5 of the CounciL who are the Society's trustees. elld the Theatre Manager
cotnprise the key management persoT]nel of the Sociw in ¢barge of directir.g and co[￿olling, ruuDiDg l￿d operating the
Society Oll a day404ay b￿15. All raernber5 of the CouDciI of their tillje freely and no m¢mb¢r received
Temuneratiot] the year. The pay of the senior sraff is resi¢wed aDtwally alld nornaity in a(cordat)¢e tyéith
average eatnings.
Pellslons
Employee5 of the Sociely entitled to join a defitted contribution 'money pu￿1￿$¢. $chtXD¢. The Society's
Lonknjution is restricted lo the contnluttons disclosed Li Dote 4.
Tangible FhÉd Astr¢ts
rndividual tangible fixtd assets are capialtsed at th¢ir purcbast cosr are included in the firjanctaj statements at cost
Iws ¥CU￿ulated deprEciatioll. The ¢osts of mitior addrtioDs or tbose costillg below£l(H) are ttot ¢apitslise
Depreciatioll is provided at th¢ following alluual rate ID order to write off the cost less astitsjated residuat value of each
a55et over its estimat¢dw¢ful jifr..
Sniart Local Energy Sy8tern- 5g/a ori cost
Furni￿re, Fa￿uShingS alld equipmetLt_ 150/0 r¢ducing balance
[mpair￿¢￿t review5 aT¢ only carried out when is some iDdication that the r￿0Verable amouttt ol a fixed ￿6[
bell￿ the higher of its net realisable Yajue Yalue in use, 15 below its ret ly)ok val.Je.
Fixed Asset Investments
Invcsttnents held ￿ fJAed a55ets a forni of b￿"¢ ji￿9￿ClaI itjstiutnellt #nd i2itially recogllised at their transaction
value 8t￿ subsequelldy [ll¢a￿red at their fatr valu¢ as at th¢ balallc¢ sheet date USiDg the closing quoted nwket prt¢e.
The StatEment of Financial Actihities irLclud¢s th¢ net gaths and losse5 arising on revaluation and dispo•is tkntouglLOUt
the year. The rDain fow. of fjn2ll¢ia' risk faced tbe s￿.lety is that of volatiIit}' in ¢q￿ty Jnarkets and iLvestttt¢ttl
marknts due ts wid¢r ¢cotwJni¢ ¢ond]"tiolls. the attiL.de of inv&th)rs ts) investm¢rtt risL and chauges in sentimEllt
CQllCernillg equitxes attd within particulat $wto￿ or5ub ￿t0[5.
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riEVTORT PL4YCOERS' SOCIETY
NOTES TO THE FL1￿￿cL4L STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR Ef*T)ED 31- MARCU 2025
Stoeks
Stocks aro stated at the lower of cost and rnet re4lis&ble valu¢. C05t is based on the ¢ost of puKhase and net re￿18able
value is batsed on £stillMted sellin8 PTiee.
Debtors
Trade alld other debtors tha,. Are TECtivable withiu olle yeaT and do not consLitytr a finwing tr2usa¢tion are r￿ed ot
the undis¢ount¢d amoutyt exp¢c*td to bc tEcejved, net of impairmeDL
Creditors And proTrisions
CrediA)rs and prow5ions are reeognised w]tere tse Society has a pr8￿t o?ligatioD resJlting from a vast event tbat will
probably result in the trallsfer of fijnds to a thtrd party aad the atllount due to settle the obligation can be Tlleasured or
esitmated r¢bably. Crditors and provisions are nonllaIty re￿8￿Sed at the￿ Settle[ne￿ tfter allowing for &ny
distyounts due.
Flnall¢tsl lllstrumellts
The Society only hag fillancial &vts and fillaDcial li&btiities of a kind that Qu￿tfy &$ basi¢ finan¢ial instruments. Basic
firjancial ￿s￿j￿£llts are iDitiaity r¢co8nised at traDwtionvalue and subswmtly M¢￿ured at their settlem¢ntvalue.
Reall5ed GaiThs &nd I￿￿e$
All gains and I0￿S are taken to the Ststement of Fitiao¢ial Acti￿lEtS ls they arise. Realiseil gains Snd losses on
investtnents are calculated as the d;ffeto]c- betwrcll sales ptxKeeds and their opening carying vatue or L4eir purchase
Yalue if acquired subsequettt to the ftrst d*y of the flljgncial yea-. u1￿¢alised gains and losses are caiclllated as the
th'fferen¢¢ beN'een the fair *alue at tb6 year end aud tbeir Ca￿l￿g value. Realised and unreab'sed investment gains and
los￿9 w1nbin￿ in the statCU￿ntof Financial ActivitiGs.
Funds Strneture
Unrestricted fi]nds cotnprise those Thqhich the Coun¢il are frt to use for any purpose its fijrthernnce of dLe
Society's objects.
Restricted fi￿d8 comprise fimds which are held OD sperifle trusts underchaTity ]aw. The specific ttwts may ￿ d￿lared
by the donor when xnaking th¢ g]ft or tna). r¢suli fix>m ti]e ierll]s of 8ll appea] for fi]nds. The sF¢ifi¢ In￿ ¢stablish the
purpos¢ for which tbt Society call laThthlly use the restricted full￿. The Soci¢Ly's re5tri¢ted funds includ¢ ￿ndS
striGtcd for rie 501¢ purpose of acqlliri￿ a freehold theatre wbeo th¢ So¢iety's lease expires on 31" March 2092. or
FAK)nEr if the &Kiety no Ion8eriKcupi&8 theDoImm Theatre.
Ethwment fullds comprise those fiwds whi-h are held on tswt to ￿ trtailled foi the bellefit of tlLe Society as a capital
d. Tht Society h&5 a 8ingl¢ pem)an¢it endowmellt the Styler Bu￿ary that proviik5 for the Couucil to invest the
Capital ￿ perpetuity. the irtcon￿ from whi¢kn is r￿ti¢led to youDg tDeTnber of the Society wishing to advanc¢ th¢ir
usica] or theatre talents.
The Society is a registered charity and as such its income and gaios at¢ exc[￿>t frollk eotporntion M to the extent that
they are appl'.ed to its charitable obj￿Ilve$.
Leasing
Renta15 appLicable to operattllg le&ses where substantiallv all of the benefits 8nd risks of Owne￿Ip remain with ibe
lessoT are charged to tbe Siateraent of an¢ial A¢tiviti¢i as in¢urrt(l.
13

NEWPORT PLAYGOERS. SOCIETY
NOTES TO THE FL).&NCIAL sr,ITEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 K4RCH 2025
INFOR1￿TIOr* REGARDtYG IIIEMBERS OF COUNCIL RELATED PARTIES
Coun¢ll EmolumeDts
No remun¢rntton was paid to ¥JJy mctnberof the CouDciI duriDg the year (2024 £Ql.
No expenses were Pa￿ to atly meEllber of the Councd during the year{2024 £0).
Related Partles
There were no tcatisactions with fflateAf parties dwing the yw (2024 £01
EMPLOYEES
2025
2024
Staff Costs
Wages at￿ Salaries
P¢Dsion Costs
44,039
868
43,792
939
44,907
44.731
202S
21124
Employee benefits received by key managementpttwt]n¢l
?8.010
No ¢mployee earned £60:(W Peranm￿ ormor
21n5
No.
2024
No.
Average Number of Perso￿ Etnployed
Manager and Car¢tak
GIL4NTS, DON.4TIONS AL¥D LEGACtES
2025
2024
Exptnditurt
Net
Welsh fjoVerll￿tDt graDt
New[￿ City Coiincll 8rants
Donation$
626,908
20.031
626,W8
20,D31
30.229
2,000
8.658
8,658
677.168
677,168
10.658
10,658
14

.vEMq￿RT PLAYGOERS, SOCIETY
rioTES TO THE FL}￿NcIAL STATE.￿￿￿Ts
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
CllARrrABLE ACTivfnF3
2025
2024
Illcome EXpendI￿re
Net
SubscriptioDS
Visitors
B¢xiking Fees
Ibre of Th¥dtr¢
Hire of CostrJmes, Props. etc
Youth A¢tiYities
Ra*s And Watet B2tes
Staff Costs
24.767
37258
14.417
80,845
255
4.555
24,767
37258
14,417
80,845
255
(280
(lJ42)
{44.907)
(142fA))
(23.045)
(5,969)
(3,9011
(428)
(2,757}
(1,829}
{20,7191
12,815)
(60.300
(4.9821
24,921
26,937
10954
76,325
151
3,600
24,921
26,937
10,954
76.325
4,841
lJ42
44907
14260
23.LN15
5.969
3.901
428
2.757
1.829
20.719
2,815
,306
4,982
3,800
1.312
44.731
11.796
20,496
6,455
4,682
971
1,548
1.448
16,732
2.026
29.731
6.015
(21X))
(1,3121
144,731)
111,796)
120,496}
16,455)
(4,682}
19711
{1,548}
(1,448)
(16,732)
(2.026)
(29,7311
(6,015)
Electric
ProductiorL Expens
RoyaitiC8
Books and Plays
Printing attd Stationrry
Telephone attd Postage
LILYnr¢5 and Subscriptions
R￿airS aDd ￿laintenance
L£gaL P￿d Profe55ionai Fees
tlldtpelld¢ni Exattuller's and
ACCOU￿ta￿cY Fees
Cleallin8
Ticketing
Sundries
Advertising and Publicity
Progr&mm¢s
Bursaries
Ballk and Credit Card Charges
Depreciatioll
6,120
29,878
(A120}
(29.878}
{4.3?1)
243
(9.727)
4,750
28.324
3256
2,048
13,4¢M
683
1,000
5,281
3,008
(4,750)
(28,324)
{3,256)
{434}
{13,444}
258
(I,000}
(5,281)
(3,008)
3.352
3.1(P)
9.727
1,614
1.056
1,21X>
5,968
2J57
(5,968)
{25571
166,505
255.871
(89,366)
145.443
213,S37
(68,094)
Bursaries amounting to £12(M) (2(124 £1.(XX>) te]ate to endowjnent fitnds.
15

NEIITORT PL4YGOERS' SOCIETY
NOTES TO THE FINLNCtAL ST4TEfvtENrs
FOR TUE YEAR El*￿ED 3IST K4RCH 2025
OTHER TRADING ArfiviTIES
2024
Net
JDUbroe ExpeDdlknre
Net
Bar
Tea atLd Coffte
Confectionery, Ice Cream atld
Vellding Machines
Fundraising
27,918
lJ51
12,341
1284
15,577
67
24,440
1276
9,865
459
14,575
817
17.886
1.639
12275
87
5,611
1,552
15.480
1,302
10,708
68
4,772
1,234
48.794
25.987
22,807
42.498
21,10
21,398
4VESTMENT ThCOL
21125
2024
lo¢ome ￿pe￿i￿r?
Expenditllre
Net
Bank Interest
Dividettds
416
1.307
416
1.307
122
1,242
122
1,242
1,7?3
1,364
1,364
Dividend¥ atnounting to £IJ07 {2024 £12421 rela* to endornt fund
TANGIBLE FLYED ASSETS
s￿art
Furniture,
Local Furllishtngs
Sy$tem
Equipment
TOTA
Cost
Additions
654.971
654,971
D¢pr¢ciAtion
Charge for the Ye
2557
2,557
L¥tt Book Valtse
At 31. March 2025
6)4,971
14,488
669,459
At 31° MaTbh 2024
17,045
17,045
Reco￿5 of the Cost and accU[n￿lat￿ deprecia￿On amounts of of the Swiety's fLrnlt[￿e. fumishings and
eqUIp￿¢￿t do llot existalld therefore the total CQSL and accumulated depieciation balances 8re not sho*Th above.
16

NEWPORT PLAYGOERS, SOCIETY
NOTES TO THE FLI.￿￿CIAL StATEIIEf4TS
FOR THE YEAR EP*DED 31ST MARCH 2025
io.
FIXED ASSET INVESTMENrs
2025
2024
Restrkted Funds
UK Invc5tttJettts in COIF Chsrities Inves1T￿r Fund-Accun)ulatioD Units:
Bal¥￿ce at 1° ApEiI at Markct Value
Disposal
Nee UnreaLged (tnS8yGaiJL-D￿te3seJUllttt￿$eYu1 M￿k¢1 v￿￿e
215,679
(40.¢XK))
(3.54D
192,(140
23,639
Balance at 3151 MarEh at Matknt Value
172,132
215,679
HisloTi¢ Cost ai 31" March
46,625
70,961
Endowmellt FuDd8
UK Ittvesttnents in M&G investments cknarifiu￿-
Egw'ti¢s lllve8tsnent Fund forchanties {in¢ome).'
B&aoce ijt I" April at Market Vai*Je
Net Uttreali8ed G8its'(Loss)- Inci¢a%¢l{Decre￿) in Matht Vatue
21,0?9
899
21,421
1392)
Balance at 31. March at Markd Value
21,029
Historic Cost at 31° March
20,0(10
20,(M)O
Tot
Balan¢¢ at 1° April at Market N'aIue
Diwsals
NEtUT]]Ea]L5￿j L05565- D¢crea5e ill Market Value
236.708
(40,0001
(2,fy18}
213,461
23247
Balauce at 31. March atmarkel Value
194.060
236,708
Historic Cost at 31YMarch
66,625
90,961
17

NEWPORT PLAYGOERS. SOCJETY
NOTES TO THE FL)LNCL4L STATEMENTS
FOR TUE YEAR Ef4DED 31st MARCH 21125
ii.
STOCKS
2025
2024
2227
326
1,773
Tea aTLd Coffee
Collfcctiollery, Ice Cream and Vending Mathttses
577
1,656
4,326
4,677
12.
DEBTOBS: AMOLwfs FALLLYG DUE WITHIN ONE YFAR
2025
2fr24
Trade Debtors
Vatue Added T
Other D¢btors
Pwaymeots
1,339
2,764
2,818
18,952
7,803
4,036
2,493
13,853
25,873
28,185
13.
cRED￿ORS. A￿loUNTs FALLINCDUE ONE YEAR
2025
2024
Trade Creditors
Tax&tion and So¢ial Seth￿ty
Oth¢r Creditors
Acfflia15 and Defctred IncollLe
463,8N2
907
41.631
25.(M)3
7246
467
29,451
18,796
531.343
55,960
18

NEWPORT PL4YGOERS' SOCIETY
NOTES TO THE FIN￿)CIAL STATEMEYrs
FOR THE YEAR EIWED 31sr ￿￿RCH 21)25
14.
DEFERRED INCOME
Creditors in¢lude def¢Trtd income amountittg to £14.304 {2024 £8262) COllLpfi5ing'.
DeposiLg rcceived tn advance for the hirr of the DoltJsll Theatre after 31° March 21Y25..
202S
2024
BalallGE at I" ApriL
Atnounts Rcle&%Ed to tllcome
Amounts Deferred in the Year
7.5tr2
{6.837)
5,975
6,475
(5,904)
6,931
Baiallce at 31*Mareh
7,502
Ti¢kets sold in advallce for prothL¢¢iOtsS after 31° MaTcb 2025:
2025
2024
Balance at I" Awil
Atnounts Releas￿t0 InL¥)tDe
AIlloL￿ts DeferT2d ill the Y¢ar
760
1760)
872
(872)
760
Balallce at 31. M￿ch
7.664
760
Is.
STATEMENf OF FbryDS
Atl"
April
2024
l*et Galll
ossesl on
IDCOULe Expenditure Investments
At31"
Trnth$fer5
2025
Unrestrlcted Funds..
G¢tttralFutLd
57J22
245,944
(274,658)
28,608
Restricted Funth
215,679
646.939
(6,000)
(3,547)
853,071
End0iTrmentFu￿d',
styler Bw3ary
23.945
I J07
(1200}
899
24,951
Totsl Fund$
296,946
894.1
(281.858)
(2.648)
906,630
The Generd Fund is available to be spent forany of the pwrM)ses of the Society.
The Styler W fuod derives from the will of Jon Styl¢r which left th¢ Sociery with dle sutll of £20,0￿ for
providing by th¢ inCOTne therefrom a bur83ry to be L-.own as 'The Jon Slyler Bursarf. to buch mentters of its youth
th¢atre wishing'.0 develop their thealrical or musicol sL.Il$ as the Council ofthe Society thall from time to time and
itb. ab501ute discretion judge to be the most fit and ptoper to rt¢eive the 5atlle. The Sociery is the Tll￿te¢ of the Capital
andthe bencficial oMqJers ar¢ the recipiellLS of bursaries pavj frojll the interest ￿rned
19

WEWPORT PL4YGOERS' SOCIETY
r40TES TO THE FLYthc￿ STATETrIEhTS
FOR THE YKAR EINI)ED 31sr MARCH 2025
Restricted fjLids repr¢ieDt fvnd5 held in the Society'5 investment account with th.e Chariti¢5 Official Ini'e51ment Fund
(COIFJ which was opelled on 15th April 1966. The COIF fund requEred by the Charity Colluni5siorn¢¥s in the
followin8 way.
Aldennan Anbur Dolmao so￿¢1k0r, Prestdent of Newport Playgoers Society, Leader of the rubng Conservatives orl the
New>ort County Borough Council and Cbair[￿ of the Plwillg Comnjittee negotiated the acquisition o.. a pulpose
built Theatre on A Lease of 12£ }'ears at otte peony a yeat in excjwige for our fr&-hoias.' the Littl¢ Theatre aud its
outbuildiTW pl￿8 2 SILOPS
but alle￿]￿8 owll￿ freeholds requiml the pennission of the Ch&rity
Cotllrnissioners a5 evideuced bythe lollowing tecor(L.
"Minutes ora {Playgi)ersJ CouDciI meeting held at Little Theatre OD Wednesday 26th January 1966"
'Wew Little Theatre- The President [q￿rted L4at be was in CODllnTmication witb tbe Charitv Coln￿Essioners who
wished the Sociery to take steps to redeern the 125 years. Lease of the site in order to obtaia the freehold by pa?illg 8n
gnnuai swn &5 Iwehold redempuon of app."oximarely £51)O. The President was of the opinion that this matter could be
d¢all WI￿ tr.uch morE cmnomicalls by means ol wise inv*iill¢n4 and he wou]d report on hi% deliberations with the
CILanty Coln￿ls510￿¢tS at a lattrdat."
Latcr tnioutes aTe Sile￿ on subject. but the Ch￿ity Q>D]llLi55iOlla5 rnust tLave been 5thfied with AFthur Dolmau's
proposa15 because tbe property tra￿￿tion wellt 8h7d, and the Society's investtnent account with ttLf CIL3rities Official
Investment (COiTr) w&s opcued on lith April 1966.
inveslmeDt was for the Sole pury>ok- of aCqUir￿g a Fteehoid Theatre when the Le￿ CKpi￿ on 3 IEt March 2092
(or sooller if NPS no IoDger occupies the Dohnall Theatre).
The Society is the ts7￿¢e of the capital at)d the beneficial owller5 are the s￿Iety's nJeJnbers in 2092. The pre8ent
members of the Society are noi the betheficial
The Society holds sufficient resourcas xtl an appiopnate form to each to be 8pplted IJJ ac¢ordattce with any
restrictions.
16. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
2025
2024
Fin￿claI assE¢S mea￿ed at farvah
194.060
36,708
20