## Chairman’s Report 

TADS AGM 2025 Michelle Stanton 19th  May 2025 



## Membership 

- We currently have 75 members + 2 Honorary Life Members –which is 2 below last year at this time but we have 5 further memberships in progress 

- Teens Membership has increased to 24 (with a Waiting List) – thank you to those that support our young people – PH, CW, JW, CW, NT & FM 



## Events 

- We have had a variety of Events this year 

- Summer Dinner/Awards Evening 

- Open Mic Nights 

- Play Readings 

- Book Club 

- Quiz Nights 

- Village Fete 

- Village Act of Remembrance 

- This year we look forward to continuing to socialise together and providing more events for you our members and your families and friends. 



## Hire of Premises 

- Thank you to Paul Horsler our Premises manager for all his help and support with this 

- Theatre Groups – AFDS, Parados, St Andrews, Phoenix Players 

- Garret Sessions 

- Hiring our premises is a source of income for the group and where this doesn’t clash we will always try to accommodate bookings as it also increases our profile externally; if anyone feels that they could support with manning the bar during our hall bookings please could you let Paul know so that we can increase people that we can call on 



## Past Productions 

- Charley’s Aunt 

- Musical Mayhem 

- The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 

- Sinders 

- TADS Teens Musical Takeover 



## Current Productions 

- Vicar of Dibley– Rehearsals are well under way – 4/5/11/12 July 

- If you haven’t already make sure that you book your tickets for what promises to be a fun evening! 



## Future Productions 

- Cinderella – Dec 2025 

- Snow White – Rotten to the Core – Jan/Feb 2026 

- Legally Blonde Jr – 6[th] – 8[th] March 2026 

- Summer Production – TBC 

- Wyrd Sisters – September 2026 

- Wizard of Oz – December 2026 



## Awards 

- NODA Nominations 

- Best Technical Production – The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 

- Best Young Performer for NODA Region3 – Freya Mullen for Widow Twankey in Trouble in Pantoland 

- Another amazing year for TADS at the NODA awards where Freya was named best Young Performer for the whole region which we have fortunate to have won/co-won for the last 2 years which is testament to the young talent that we have within TADS. 



## Premises 

New Lighting Rig Changing Room External Wall + Replacing the decking Decoration of the Changing Room and Foyer Ceiling Boards Replaced in the Auditorium New PC for the tech box to support sound and lighting Purchase of Carpet Tiles for the Stage Extension Purchase of New larger Noticeboard 

We have just agreed to co-rental of a storage unit/workshop with 3 other local groups to support with the storage and sharing of props and costumes +provides an off site location to build props.  We are also going to be asking for quotes to replace the decking sleepers which are starting to rot 



## Committee Thanks 

- On behalf of all members I would like to thank your hard working committee 

- Anni Bacon– Vice Chair                   Darren Adams 

- Paul Horsler– Secretary 

Connie Wiltshire 

- Gemma Bayliss– Treasurer          Alaina Hounslow 

- Emma Lidford 

Natalie Shearer 

- Bryony Reynolds 

- Sarah Benjamin 

- Sophie Venn 

- Morgan Wiltshire 

- Janine Wall 

- Emily Rust 

- Mark Tuck – who needed to step down due to work commitments at the beginning of the year 



## What has gone well this year 

- Membership has grown in the past 12 months and continues to be healthy and TADS Teens is now at full capacity with a Waiting List 

- We provided a variety of different productions this year to positive feedback from our audiences and NODA 

- Hall bookings from external hires has increased and this has been an additional form of revenue not just from the hire fees but also linked to bar takings 

- Social Media has increased and posts have between1.5k and 3k and we share all our productions across local sites, other theatre groups and the wider area – this is for auditions, productions and social events 

- We have increased our visibility by being involved in as many local events as we can and have met with the Parish Council to be a part of their Neighbourhood Plan. 

- We received a £300 grant from the Parish Council to fund the carpet tiles, noticeboard and glasses 

- We ran Summer School in 2024 which was really successful and increased our profile and we are excited to run this again in August 2025 



## Where can we improve 

- We are looking at ways that we can improve our grant bids to give us the best chance of success and Anni has worked really hard this year to try and secure us further funding. We need to look for sources of income and investment to maintain and improve your theatre 

- We still struggle for numbers at working parties and set build and we need people to enable us to maintain the theatre etc- we really need your support with this. 

- We are always excited to have new people to direct and if you are interested in this then please bring your ideas to the committee. 



## The Future 

- Thank you for accepting me as your Chairman for the past 3 years and sad to be standing down but my heart will always be a part of TADS. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and will continue to support via the committee and wherever I can. 

- To continue to grow as a group and enjoy our love of theatre 

- To ensure that everyone who enters TADS is welcomed and wants to stay – retention of members is vital to enable us to continue to move forward and provide an array of talent. 

- TADS has always felt different often described as a  family and that’s how I hope that we will remain where everyone feels that their talent (whatever that is) is acknowledged and valued. TADS feels to many like a safe space where regardless of who you are and whatever your background you will always be a part of us. 




Profit and loss statement 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 

||**2025**|||**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income**|||**Income**|||
|Productions|||Productions|||
|Trouble In Pantoland|1,766|93%|Panto/Tango in Little Grimley|1,083|99%|
|The Lion, The Witch & The|||The Phantom of the Talent|||
|Wardrobe|3,213|39%|Factor|1,213|87%|
|Charley's Aunt|1,537|46%|Broadway Through The Ages|2,172|82%|
|Musical Mayhem|1,399|83%|Aladdin|4,458|63%|
|Sinders|5,563|56%|Trouble In Pantoland|||
|Cinderella|||The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe|||
|Musical Takeover|1,555|76%|Time To Get A-Lad-In|3,374|80%|
|Legally Blonde Jr||||||
|Vicar of Dibley||||||
|Total production income|15,033|53%|Total production income|12,301|67%|
|**Other**|||**Other**|||
|Summer School|4,200||Summer School|1,150||
|Theatre hire|870||Theatre hire|1,725||
|Programme adverts|125||Programme adverts|330||
|External Box Office|||External Box Office|295||
|Fund raising|2,889||Fund raising|1,398||
|Bar|6,393||Bar|6,880||
|Membership fees|1,220||Membership fees|920||
|Donation/Grants|33||Donation/Grants|21||
|Social|473||Social|65||
|Miscellaneous / General|841||Miscellaneous / General|931||
|Total other income|17,045||Total other income|13,714||
|Total income|32,077||Total income|26,014||
|**Expenditure**|||**Expenditure**|||
|Productions|||Productions|||
|Trouble In Pantoland|132||Panto/Tango in Little Grimley|13||
|The Lion, The Witch & The|||The Phantom of the Talent|||
|Wardrobe|1,976||Factor|159||
|Charley's Aunt|836||Broadway Through The Ages|391||
|Musical Mayhem|236||Aladdin|1,640||
|Sinders|2,460||Trouble In Pantoland|547||
|Cinderella|206||The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrob|600||
|Musical Takeover|371||Time To Get A-Lad-In|668||
|Legally Blonde Jr|555|||||
|Vicar of Dibley|323|||||
|Total production expenditure|7,095||Total production expenditure|4,018||
|Other|||Other|||
|Donation|||Donation|449||
|Licences|1,202||Licences|325||
|General expenses|3,546||General expenses|7,614||
|Insurances|1,386||Insurances|1,219||
|Summer School|2,376||Summer School|1,050||
|Ticketsource/Stripe/Sumup|350||Ticketsource/Stripe/Sumup|1,000||
|Maintenance|11,648||Maintenance|670||
|External Box Office|||External Box Office|266||
|Utilities|4,248||Utilities|3,227||
|Miscellaneous|1,487||Miscellaneaous|||
|Bar|3,535||Bar|3,976||
|Social|774||Social|569||
|Total other expenditure|30,551||Total other expenditure|20,364||
|Total expenditure|37,646||Total expenditure|24,382||
|**Net income**|**-5,569**||**Net income**|**1,632**||






Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025 

||**2025**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Assets**||||
|Cash and Bank Accounts||||
|Bank|13,351|Bank|18,920|
|Cash|585|Cash|552|
|Accrued expenses|0|Accrued expenses|0|
|Total cash and bank|13,935|Total cash and bank|19,472|
|Other Assets||||
|Freehold premises|150,000|Freehold premises|150,000|
|Total other assets|150,000|Total other assets|150,000|
|Total assets|163,935|Total assets|169,472|
|**Liabilities and Equity**||||
|Liabilities||||
|Loans|0|Loans|0|
|Equity||||
|Property and bank|163,935|Property and bank|169,472|
|Total liabilities and equity|163,935|Total liabilities and equity|169,472|



## Declaration 

These accounts have been drawn up from the books, vouchers and bank statements provided and are to the best of my knowledge a true record. 

20 April 2025 

………………………………………………… 

**Gemma Bayliss Treasurer** 



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Cash in Hand
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other liabilities
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Total Liabilities
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Equity
Total Liabilities & Equity
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The above accounts have been drawn up from the books. vouchers and bank statements
provided and are to the best of my knowledge a true record.
Anne Groham