Reading Operatic Society 37 Greenham Wood Bracknell Berkshire RG12 7WJ ## **Annual Report** ## **Charity Number 297402** ## **Year to 31[st] December 2024** 1. The provisional accounts were approved at Reading Operatic Society’s AGM on 1 May 2025 and the Trustees subsequently approved the finalised financial reporting and annual report on Tuesday 5 August 2025. Trustees of the charity at that time were the following: - a. Lewis Donnelly - b. Kim Hollamby - c. Delun Jones - d. Cleo King - e. David Parsonson - f. Jack Simpson - g. Kevin Harvey - h. Lucy Seymour 2. The management of the Society is conducted by a Committee, elected every two years by Members at an Annual General Meeting. If a vacancy for any Officer or member of the Committee fails to be filled by election at the Annual General Meeting or vacant positions during the year, the Committee shall have the power to fill this vacancy by co-opting any member of the Society to serve as that officer or member with full rights as if elected for the remainder of the term. 3. The charity is unincorporated and uses its constitution to govern its operations. 4. The Aim of the Society is to: Educate the public in the operatic and dramatic arts. Further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts. Assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the Committee shall from time to time determine. 5. The Society operates in Reading, Berkshire and currently produces its main shows at The Kenton Theatre in Henley on Thames due to lack of a venue in Reading capable of meeting the required balance of size, technical facilities and budget. 6. Two productions were staged during the year. Each was preceded by months of training and rehearsal. Members also took part in community, charitable and fundraising events. 7. There were no serious incidents requiring disclosure during the year. 8. Income for the year was £48,556 and expenditure was £46,533, leading to a surplus of £2022 and an improvement in the Society’s overall finances for the second successive year. 9. There was no expenditure incurred outside the United Kingdom. 10. No grants, income or contracts were received from central or local government. 11. The society has no employees or paid staff. 12. No Trustees were remunerated for their services. 13. The Trustees reviewed and continue to review, the Society's financial controls and safeguards. ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**| |---|---| |**Report to the trustees**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**|Charity Name
Reading Operatic Society
31stDecember 2024
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
297402
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act”).| I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. - **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have - **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 27/10/2025 **Signed: Name:** Callum J. Hood **Relevant professional** Charted ICAEW accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Address:** Flat 4, 36 Diamond Drive Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 6HD ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER** |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Reading Operatic Society**||**297402**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |01/01/2024
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31/12/2024
Period end date||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
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Show income|**36,615**||**-**||**-**||**36,615**||**26,305**| |Subscriptions|**2,110**||**-**||**-**||**2,110**||**605**| |Fundraising|**4,678**||**-**||**-**||**4,678**||**3,380**| |Friends donations|**150**||**-**||**-**||**150**||**80**| |Matchedgivingdonations|**3,367**||**-**||**-**||**3,367**||**1,030**| |Other income|**1,520**||**-**||**-**||**1,520**||**-**| |Amazon Smile|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**30**| |EasyFundraising|**116**||**-**||**-**||**116**||**54**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**48,556**||**-**||**-**||**48,556**||**31,485**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**31,485**| ||||||||||| |
Show and workshopcosts|**43,481**||**-**||**-**||**43,481**||**20,292**| |Insurance|**717**||**-**||**-**||**717**||**-**| |NODA membership|**650**||**-**||**-**||**650**||**-**| |Fundraising|**327**||**-**||**-**||**327**||**-**| |Other expenses|**1,359**||**-**||**-**||**1,359**||**16**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**46,533**||**-**||**-**||**46,533**||**20,308**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**20,308**| ||||||||||| ||**2,022**||||||||**11,177**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**26,038**||||||||**14,861**| ||**28,061**||||||||**26,038**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **Categories B1 Cash funds** |1
Lloyds bank account
Cash in hand
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**27,663**
**397**
**-**
**28,061**
OK|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||28/10/2025
OK| OK 28/10/2025 CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
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Print Name
Kim Hollamby|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||Kim Hollamby|05-Aug-25| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 28/10/2025 2