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2026-06-30-accounts

LOUGHTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Annual Report 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026 Presented to the LADS AGM on 8 July 2026

Charity Registration Number: 270635 registered in England & Wales Website: www.lads.org.uk e-mail: contact@lads.org.uk

Aims : To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts, to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.

Officers of the Society:

Chair: Jenny Skinner Artistic Director: Andrew Rogers Secretary: Valerie Jones Treasurer: Martin Howarth Ticket Secretary: Michael Lewkowicz Publicity Officer: Howard Platt Wardrobe Officer: Liz Adams

Elected members to the General Committee (for 2025-26): Penny James, Phil Preston and Mel Taylor

Honorary Independent Examiner of the Accounts: Mr Garry Cooper

Bankers: CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling ME19 4JQ Current Account: £5 charge per month

Deposit Account: Gold Account 2.00% interest

United Trust Bank: Charity 1 Year Bond 4.37% interest [£10,937 invested]

Paid up members: 51

Season ticket holders: 0

Plays Performed

Seats sold Profit / (Loss)
Home, I'm Darling 372 £630.40
The Welkin 363 (£56.75)
The Herd 327 (£250.70)
After Life 329 £129.41

30 June 2026

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Notes to Accounts for the year 2025-26

  1. The accounts are prepared on a cash basis as required by the Charity Commission.

  2. The accounts for the year 2024-25 were signed by the Independent Examiner. These were as presented to the AGM in July 2025.

  3. The accounts presented overleaf are draft accounts and will be passed to the Independent Examiner for scrutiny by the end of August 2026.

  4. Pre-payments. Pre-payments of £1,339.20 were made during the year for rights for the season 2026-27 for 4 plays and £373.27 for scripts for 2 plays.

  5. Reserves. £398.42was removed from reserves for the year 2025-26. At the year-end, 30 June 2026, the reserves were £17,758.91. This is considered sufficient to fund cash-flow for the year and to provide adequate support for the Society’s activities.

  6. Remuneration. No trustees were paid for their work.

  7. Creditors / Debtors. There are no creditors or debtors at the year-end.

  8. Costume storage. Christine Eckley has decided to sell her garages where we are storing the LADS costumes. We have rented the use of 2 storage containers. This is an additional cost of £3,600 pa less £160 for rental of 1 garage.

  9. Gift Aid. 25 members have signed Gift Aid forms. This will give recovery of £218.75 from HMRC for the year 2025-26.

30 June 2026

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Loughton Amateur Dramatic Society

Charity Registration Number: 270635

Accounts for 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026

Accounts for 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026 Accounts for 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026 Accounts for 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026
Income
Members subscriptions
Bar Profit
Set-up lunches
Christmas Social
Donations
Start of season event
End of season event
Open evening
End of season BarBQ
Polo Shirts sales
Charity money raised from Ladykillers - sale of programs
Costume hire income
Centenary event - Receipts
Gift Aid refund 2023-24 (2022-23)
Bank account interest
Ladies Day (Banch of Amateurs) program advertising
Home, I'm Darling (Suspicions of Mr Whicher)*
 The Welkin (Last of the Pelican Daughters)
 The Herd (The Ladykillers)
After Life (Ladies Day)*
Expenses
Donation to Lopping Hall for Lighting
Spark - Program sales for The Ladykillers
Charity donaton to Foodbank and LMC re: loughton Day
Hall hire - AGM etc
BarBQ
Garage rent
Container storage
Insurance
NODA membership
General - sound annual subscription
General expenditure
Workshop costs
Polo shirts purchase
Website
Bank / card reader charges
Stationery, postage etc.
Rights for 2026/27 (2025/26) season
Scripts for 2026/27 (2025/26) season
 Home, I'm Darling (Suspicions of Mr Whicher)
 The Welkin (Last of the Pelican Daughters)
The Herd (The Ladykillers)*
 After Life (Ladies Day)
Total added to reserves /(taken from reserves)*		 2025/26
1,744.50
2,647.83
134.57
5.00
82.00
148.00
141.91
89.00
565.68
30.00
5,576.20
5,389.00
4,906.00
4,983.00
26,442.69
(50.00)
(23.94)
(3,775.00) (1)
(450.61)
(215.00)
(965.65)
(554.45)
(216.44)
(69.37)
(1,339.20)
(373.27)
(4,459.53)
(4,950.36)
(4,850.70)
(4,547.59)
(26,841.11)
(398.42)		 2024/25
1,890.00
1,417.05
11.00
(45.36)
24.00
3.05
35.14
458.00
154.35
6.00
2,480.00
661.61
50.00
5,243.50
6,340.18
5,078.80
4,927.00
28,734.32
(1,000.00)
(105.37)
(69.12)
(187.84)
(160.00)
(2,818.35)
(322.71)
(205.00)
(190.02)
(1,166.49)
(742.04)
(132.94)
(1,249.99)
(212.79)
(1,256.40)
(337.26)
(4,028.98)
(4,380.75)
(4,809.24)
(5,529.89)
(28,905.18)
(170.86)
Balances at:
CAF Bank - Current - (£5 per month fee)
CAF Bank - Deposit - (2.00% pa credit interest)
United Trust Bank (1 year bond 4.37% pa interest)
[matures 3 May 2026]
Cash - bar / tickets / program float
Cash
Total Reserves		 30 Jun 26
1,073.88
5,015.95
11,414.95
240.00
14.13
17,758.91		 30 Jun 25
186.83
6,779.37
10,937.00
240.00
14.13
18,157.33

(1) Container - deposit £150 Sep 2023

- deposit £150 Jan 2025

07/07/2026

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Loughton Amateur Dramatic Society

Accounts for 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026

Ticket numbers(exc Comps)
Comps
Seats available / night
Seat Utilisation
Ticket sales
Program sales
Program advertising
Scripts receipts from cast
Sale of staging
Income
Scripts
Hall hire
Printing
Glossy posters
A5 flyers
Programs
Props
Staging
Costumes / wigs
Sound
Projector hire
Van Hire
Steeldeck hire
Smoke machine
Lighting hire
Sound hire
Expenses
Total current a/cyear
Pre-paid 2024/25
Rights
Scripts
Profit/(loss)		 372
5
146
84.9%
5,210.00
126.20
50.00
120.00
70.00
5,576.20
(2,383.12)
(160.00)
(270.00)
(79.76)
(301.69)
(35.15)
(100.01)
(360.00)
(439.20)
(330.60)
(4,459.53)
1,116.67
(338.40)
(147.87)
630.40
Home, I'm Darling		 363
6
146
84.6%
5,082.00
113.00
50.00
144.00
5,389.00
(13.59)
(2,423.02)
(160.00)
(240.00)
(192.99)
(504.45)
(177.31)
(288.00)
(30.00)
(590.40)
(330.60)
(4,950.36)
438.64
(306.00)
(189.39)
(56.75)
The Welkin		 327
5
76.2%
4,632.00
94.00
80.00
100.00
4,906.00
(124.68)
(2,348.46)
(160.00)
(208.00)
(87.78)
(826.79)
(23.99)
(312.00)
(428.40)
(330.60)
(4,850.70)
55.30
(306.00)
(250.70)
143
The Herd		 329
3
146
4,582.00
114.00
125.00
162.00
4,983.00
(171.81)
(2,412.26)
(160.00)
(208.00)
(94.36)
(79.46)
(97.50)
(384.00)
(609.60)
(330.60)
(4,547.59)
435.41
(306.00)
129.41
75.1%
After Life		 Total
1391
19
581
80.9%
19,506.00
447.20
305.00
526.00
70.00
20,854.20
0.00
(9,566.86)
(640.00)
0.00
(926.00)
(454.89)
(1,712.39)
(333.95)
0.00
0.00
(1,344.00)
(2,067.60)
(1,322.40)
(18,808.18)
2,046.02
(1,256.40)
(337.26)
452.36		 Total prev yr
Ticket numbers(exc Comps) 1501
Comps 22
Seats available / night 576
Seat Utilisation 88.1%
I
N
C
O
M
E		 Ticket sales
Program sales
Program advertising
Scripts receipts from cast
Sale of staging
Income		 18,014.00
451.02
330.00
498.00
280.00
19,573.02
E
X
P
E
N
D
I
T
U
R
E		 Scripts
Hall hire
Printing
Glossy posters
A5 flyers
Programs
Props
Staging
Costumes / wigs
Sound
Projector hire
Van Hire
Steeldeck hire
Smoke machine
Lighting hire
Sound hire
Expenses		 (457.32)
(8,973.55)
(160.00)
(480.00)
(900.00)
(1,912.83)
(471.45)
(8.11)
(120.00)
(1,344.00)
(3,014.40)
(907.20)
(18,748.86)
824.16
(1,256.40)
(105.48)
Profit/(loss) 630.40 (56.75) (250.70) 129.41 452.36 (537.72)

07/07/2026

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In connection with my examiDalion. no matter has come lo my attention: l. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe thai in any Material respeci the requ1￿ments To keep accounting records in acconlance with seciion 41 of the Charities Aci I W3: and To prepare accounts which accord with the accountkng records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met: or 2. To which, in my opinion. attention should hav¢ b¢¢n drawn in order to enable a proper undeTsthnding of the accounts to be reached. Signature: Name: Garry D Cooper Address: 28 Woodland Way, W￿dford Gree￿ Essex. IG8 OQG Date: 2 August 2026