Taunton Amateur Operatic Society
Cafthrt Ham, 15 ￿ Road. Ta￿tl￿. TA2 7&4
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 DeceAnber 2024
1&2
6t08
io

Taunton Amateur Operatic Soriety
Annual Report of the Thstees
For the year ended 31 Decembtr 2024
The ts athinister& by a f*nttal Ci¥Nnthe c<ryiyng:
Pre%dent
JAVU
S Totlle
P Cox (R￿. 19 Mar 2025)
BCOK
G&￿ts
8 Tumer [Rs.g￿d- 19 2025)
C Mkins {ResNTh*d- 19 Mar 2025)
M Webber
Tsknn
K Warcup
The day to manageTr￿t rfthe is by the"RU￿ Sooty . 2016". These sti￿￿￿te
inter alra, that the Offi￿rS of the knety the g￿tsaI cotYunitt& are to te el￿d at ts
Annual Ger￿TrI MeetiNJ and wil ￿k* Offi￿ for rTh y. ￿ we dKJible for r￿e*t￿th.
The title to Ihe re￿￿rSal prernw (kncwn a5 the Cal&•rt Ilall) 15 in the nar1￿ rAthe ￿k￿lIng The
priyrty is ma￿tta￿1&Y to a gctd stsr￿aTd by (knl arml Qknitys UJCLYne 15
Sup￿en￿nt￿ by hiring these facibtt5 to smikr
The wincipal object of the Soc*ty 15 to èjwate the mjblic in the drarnalK and oFeratic arts. to further tt
develormnent of appreGwti￿) taste ￿ the said to assst and ffft 9Jch thar*ab
rtUtI¢M￿ tharitable ptWNX5es as the cornmiti* frt)m tlY* to In ￿lt of trms
sabj obht the Charity has po￿￿rS to:
al pramote <weras. (wdtas and other thamatr wcrts of aknavle vakje"
b) acqLvre interesL£ in the c(WTight or S￿re other rv4hts en6bting thÈ p*if(fftaKe of the alfft YK*ks;
c) purchase. OT Otherwise ècquire the ne￿$sary ass&s and ￿f￿ts. kKknffing red and leasehojd prcyty..
&Kiety shall not ery4age in pwftk3￿nt trath"ThJ ￿tv￿25.
e) do all such fL¥ther W actibit￿ o furtl*r tho thie
In pkinntiig c4Jr octivitits for the year Y* kert ￿ mixl ts (knwity CoTThrnKm's on tonefft at
r trustee meetings. C￿r TTrain artN1t￿ remain ￿ stajry cl li¥e t￿￿31 ¢¥￿ts, of a size and scak that
wojld ott￿￿'Se be un3vaila￿e to the kKal aJ(knc& We a&0 wr fflernbe￿ iknelop sts9e craft

Annual Report of the Trustees {cortlnued)
For the year ended 31 De£emkn 2024
Ihe Adarns Famly.
pr5￿7￿1 ofthe &xW are the fm d ￿reSti1￿ fiwM15. At 31 2024 tre totsl
of unrestficted fijrwts anM)unted to £61.730 {2023: n3,567). It s Fdicy d the TnJ5tee5to r4ain yJffia'&)t
qu6d fvnd5 to wneet norn￿ osh re4Ltrements to fiJr#l C4Atal projects.
The {je￿at￿￿ a net ￿￿[it (or Ihe tl £11.837 W*￿h is a c￿par￿j with
the pricf net defi{* of £4.862.
Rlsk
Any ggnificant risks a￿ regularly revie¥￿1 TnJ5tLts, arwKthI re*E4¥ ￿ the (
key financial wsterrs and arpAs rf orw0t￿. The 0￿firM trot WLKakres hwe Lwi
estat￿￿1XI to mitgate suth Tisks.
Fulurn Wans
The 9xiety aiffs to pth the Grease in 2025 aThl society is to that am wc6pe£b¥E
future slKbWS we cost contrdted to pre%Ent dE￿ots ￿￿19 fcThard Imrt contwwe to meet the
obJ'ertNes of the 5C(*ty.
S Tottle (Chaimian)
ax.J.:-...l.&o& S

fauntsn Amatwr Opwatlc So(iety
Independent Examinerfs R￿￿t to the Trnstees
For the year ffided 311)e￿ber 2024
I rel￿ to Ihe d)arity tMs1￿ (m my eyaryknkn of attcrtyts ￿ the Amatew (Watic &)ctty for
the year eTr*d 31 tkcernb￿ 2024.
r￿uIrements of the tharities kt 2011 (the A(Y).
I rer#)rt in rty of my examtnation ofthe Charitys atccrtft)ts carrial (￿rt ￿on 145 of the Att aThJ in
carrying Iwt mv examination I have follo*ed all atpFirat4e CIT￿lI0r& gfven by the Chanty Comrri
Mler secthjn 145(5Xb) of Art.
I Iwwe c(￿npleted ry wminabon. I (0[￿rM tt￿t Tr) material mattas ha￿ c(wne to my attertim kn Comedion
with the exwnlnatk)A me TrJ5e to telithe that vi 6rry material rw."
l. accwnting record5 were kept in resw of ￿ Chaiity as requiroj ty s￿￿on 130 of ts Att;
2. the accojnts did not acctyd with tFN)se ￿.
3. the ￿nts do rK)t comply vrith ts￿ cLYrem¥NJ tt* fom) and [￿tert
of accounts set out in the (haritits (Accolrts and Repixts) R8JLA&K¥ris 20rffj otrEr ihan any ￿L￿reMent
that the ￿lI￿nts gve a lJue arxl VEW svlith Is a matter mrtsidLTed as
attention sh￿￿ I￿ (kawn In tIMs re￿rt in to a prryv of the accc*#*s to be
reached.
Monahan5
Charteroj Accowitant5
Jlte B
Blac*down House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
SorvEr5c*
TAI 2PX
81 Ocltkn 2a2r

Taunton Amateur operatic So(iety
Chartty n(* 263430
Balance Sheet
As at 31 December 2024
3111212024
311121Z023
Fixed Assets
Tangible Assets
29.795
Debtor5 Pfep8yftents
Virgin lJ81ity Deposit
Centenary Ed￿tion EThJowma)t Fund
Bank Current acc(￿
1,505
2.on
12
1.269
1,334
Current Liabirrtks
Creditc¥s al￿ aQTuals
33,074
44.182
Funds
5&6
Centenary Ed￿tIOn Fund (Femwnart)
Centenary Education Endort Fund {exp￿￿lat￿)
1.140
194
1.334
61,536
1,140
129
1,269
Unrestrirtoj income {g￿thI)
74.707
l.o.Il_)£.. •id on ￿ bEIHII by
Approved by the GerteTal Q)mnMttee M ....
S Totue (Chairnian)
. Jw£ IDlh

4YS
JY.435
21101
9,5
&Nrt5*5
W5
Ai
lo.￿1
4317
JO.661
(IL￿}
(<9aJ
1*•6
TaialffupAfs
1.14)
izg

Taunton Amateur Operatic Soclety
Iloteg to the Accounts
For the ye74r ended 31 De￿mber 2024
Ll B45is of accounting
Taunton Amateur OwatK thaity. althess Of￿ d￿￿Y
CaNebaut Hall, IS Klr¥J#on Rcad. Taunton, TA2 The r*knre of the (tsriV5 aThl
its primipal actibities are set wt in the Tmstees on I
in accorda￿ wth the awftJ"es SORP (FRS 102)'AcccxKlir4J Ltsrittes: Strtanent
Recommended PractKe wlicatle to chawities kyepartng ac£umts in ￿rdaTrtr wth the FThroal
Rqjorting &arNJard applioiAe in the UK and IrdaTrl (FLS 102) (effec1Ne l Jafw 2019)..
FIna￿(ial RqKrtit¥J Starnlard 102 Yhe FiFkwKial Rerxytiry 9Jbdard in the UK * Rewblic
(rf I￿land, and the Chatities Act 2011. s￿t￿l￿5 have iren pr￿ared WKler the h"siorical
fixed asets iimtialty rÉ*Thknl at LUSL
and &Jildrys
ofthe Tofytee5 ￿ res*k47b market the fFeeknbJ land exceeds
the a￿rert tM)ik of E26.875. It i5 the chatws Th)t to leva
20% per ar￿rn a rakniNJ b3*e ba
1.4 Income
Jl inc(Mne is reCt￿l*ll the dwity has that the r￿jr(￿S wll receNed
l [￿metrry v*ue cf ircomfiro rvsoJ1￿ on t* rneawred wilh reliatdty.
L5 EXP￿d*￿Te
abilitis are recwised as expthditure a5 as tset5 a c(¥￿t￿ obtwati￿ comrnityvj
the dmrity to the expenthrture. All eXp￿rfth is acc(￿Le0 foron ￿ acin* basis aThJ has bep
dassrf￿d uTrJei headw¥Js that agJregate all costs rdated to trt category.
1.6 Valu0•AId￿ Tax
Value Tax is r￿￿rab* ty the Charityarn1 ass7th is Im￿ded ￿ the felevart c(Gts ￿ the
ac£iMJnts.
productiims.
1.8 St(
Are held at tt* of cost net realsatde Walt￿.

Taunton Amateur Operatic Sotiety
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1.1 Cash at bank and kn hond
1,11 Creditors
event tl*it p￿rt￿￿tY r￿ult in the trai&er rffuTrJsto a ttmrd Flarty ar¥J due to setde t
1.12 Tax stat
attathing to grts aThJ {￿a￿fysng (knatiLY
rtspett ¢A a period of at ka5t 01￿ yeai from thedate of autlh)Wlh)n r)f tr* *YCmUllts. tWU5tees have
rDfKluded that the chaity ha5 aJeq* to cothue in (watmmal eli4e1￿ the I￿e￿ble
Freehold
ttin9s &
Ag at l JaThJary 2024
As 4t 31 2024
56
26
A5 at l knuary 2024
arge for ￿ year
At 31 Oeceffiber 2024
13.531
730
13.531
As at 31 ttcufilyer 2024
26
P6 at 31 L*ctsnl)e¥ 2023
26

Taunton Amateur operatic
Notes to the Ac￿￿nts
For the year ended 31 Decemw 2024
3111212024
3111212023
on
3111212024
3111212023
gjbseowrt fvtdrabitvj.
fwd. TIMS hjrt may be apthied ts trai¥ryJ wrp)se5 in on*r to de*lrJP ffleMb￿
6 Unrestricted fund
WIH make due prtr4i9M for the mainterorKE aNI of GINebB￿ Hbll (ts S(£ietrfs
princi￿1 fved asset) for possib￿ kjsses th fyAuTe w(>*KJ•￿.
No ex￿Se5 We￿ paid to mIsttts durirbj tl* year irTr of exper
chaTty'S obiectivts in pr&e(litv3 ￿r.
No Tntstee re£eivecl ary fawJeTalim durw¥J ￿year pl￿ed￿0 yew.
Total
29.T)5
31,740
194
1,140
61.536
194
endowmu
Permanent eNlowment

SummaryofProdu¢tion Rtsu
IW4 a124 Y•W311W2ts24
T¢ttal 3111212DI3
Incone
Box ollke
J&.750
219S8
330
913
9J3
Total iT•come
Expenses
ioj
T*￿eltre
4420
5.255
8.256
5.255
Proftsi(naJ f
1.018
1.456
112
1,456
J42
Slmoiy ewses
rotsfdOrertCOAf
195
195
15
3,Ir
15
Bar& ￿rgeS
515
913
515
913
i.q78
67
1,478
IndEpmdertexa*i)￿$ f&5
Insurar
272
836
1,148
L558
1.146
J31
218
218
.647
35.4AT
27￿0
3Z3J7
5urpJus/(defidt) on woductkns
259
216

Taunton Amateur Operatic S￿￿ty
Callebaut Hall income and exwKllbJrn
For the year ended De￿mber 2024
3111212024
3111212023
Zftcome
Total income
Expenditure
Q￿nal tax watw r
ertricity arky ga5
CF&irring and maintenar
1r￿￿rarKe
Sundry ewenses
529
4.472
4,4YJ
497
4.119
5,381
345
Totsl expenditure
Excess for the year
553
io