Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1 January 2022 Period start date To 31 December 2022 Period end date
Charity name: Witham Amateur Operatic Society
Charity registration number: 265029
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to further the development of the public appreciation in the said arts by giving musical and operatic performances in Witham and the neighbourhood. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
Staging two musical productions each year; putting on occasional workshops relating to teaching dramatic and operatic skills. The junior section puts on one production each year; it also holds several workshops, plus a weeklong summer school. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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|---|---|---|
| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Election to post, as member of Executive Committee |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 |
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|---|---|---|
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Witham Amateur Operatic Society |
|---|---|
| Other name the charity uses | WAOS |
| Registered charity number | 265029 |
| Charity’s principal address | |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Drury | Chairman | |||
| Paul Goddard | Production Manager | |||
| Anita Goold | Treasurer | |||
| Matthew Waldie | Secretary | |||
| Emma Loring | PublicityManager | |||
| Annette Maguire | ||||
| Ben Sawyer | ||||
| Elizabeth Chapman | ||||
| Justine Ephgrave | ||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date
Charity Commission Income and expendit
| Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Betty Blue Eyes | Box Ofce | £ 14,433 |
| Production fees etc | £ 2,380 | |
| Front of House | £ 2,061 | |
| Bar | £ 3,229 | |
| Flames of Injustice | Box Ofce | £ 17,187 |
| Production fees etc | £ 1,870 | |
| Donation BDC | £ 1,500 | |
| Front of House | £ 1,917 | |
| Bar | £ 4,152 | |
| Guys & Dolls | Box Ofce | £ 15,285 |
| Production fees etc | £ 2,055 | |
| Front of House | £ 2,219 | |
| Bar | £ 2,840 | |
| WAOS general | £ 6,916 | |
| WOW general | £ 5,123 | |
| £ 83,168 | ||
| Spend | ||
| Betty Blue Eyes | Royalties / fees | £ 2,941 |
| Production Direct | £ 21,165 | |
| Front of House | £ 963 | |
| Bar | £ 1,445 | |
| Flames of Injustice | Royalties / fees | £ 968 |
| Production Direct | £ 21,831 | |
| Front of House | £ 877 | |
| Bar | £ 1,451 | |
| Guys & Dolls | Royalties / fees | £ 3,286 |
| Production Direct | £ 20,212 | |
| Front of House | £ 456 | |
| Bar | £ 1,164 | |
| WAOS general | £ 7,635 | |
| WOW general | £ 5,847 | |
| £ 90,240 | ||
| -£ 7,073 |
ture. 2022
| Box Ofce | £ 46,905 |
|---|---|
| Production fees etc | £ 6,305 |
| Front of House | £ 5,780 |
| Bar | £ 7,987 |
| £ 66,977 |
| Royalties / fees | £ 7,195 |
|---|---|
| Production Direct | £ 63,208 |
| Front of House | £ 2,296 |
| Bar | £ 4,060 |
| £ 76,759 |
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1 January 2022 Period start date To 31 December 2022 Period end date
Charity name: Witham Amateur Operatic Society
Charity registration number: 265029
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to further the development of the public appreciation in the said arts by giving musical and operatic performances in Witham and the neighbourhood. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
Staging two musical productions each year; putting on occasional workshops relating to teaching dramatic and operatic skills. The junior section puts on one production each year; it also holds several workshops, plus a weeklong summer school. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
||
|---|---|---|
| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Election to post, as member of Executive Committee |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 |
|
|---|---|---|
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Witham Amateur Operatic Society |
|---|---|
| Other name the charity uses | WAOS |
| Registered charity number | 265029 |
| Charity’s principal address | |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Drury | Chairman | |||
| Paul Goddard | Production Manager | |||
| Anita Goold | Treasurer | |||
| Matthew Waldie | Secretary | |||
| Emma Loring | PublicityManager | |||
| Annette Maguire | ||||
| Ben Sawyer | ||||
| Elizabeth Chapman | ||||
| Justine Ephgrave | ||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date