## **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||
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**|
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||Trevor Drury|Chairman|||
||Paul Goddard|Production Manager|||
||Anita Goold|Treasurer|||
||Matthew Waldie|Secretary|||
||Emma Loring|PublicityManager|||
||Annette Maguire||||
||Ben Sawyer||||
||Elizabeth Chapman||||
||Justine Ephgrave||||
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## – 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||||
||||||
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## – 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**