**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 July 2024 30 June 2025
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Bebington Dramatic Society
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address** The Gladstone Theatre, Greendale Road Wirral Merseyside **Postcode CH62 4XB** ~~——~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 David Oliver 2 Mike Jones 3 Gareth Jones 4 Joan Mason 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~==~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 1 March **2012**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
All trustees are elected at our annual group meeting.
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote the advancement of general education in relation to all aspects of Art and Drama and the development of public appreciation of such art. To this end membership is open to all interested parties and we stage three productions per season Sept - June.
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During the centenary season, the society successfully staged three major theatrical productions: The Vicar of Dibley: The Second Coming, Pride and Prejudice, and The 39 Steps. These productions provided cultural engagement for the local community and offered opportunities for both new and existing members to participate in acting and backstage roles.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
- **Record Attendance** : The society welcomed 2,707 patrons, a remarkable 50% increase from the 1,869 attendees the previous year.
- **Artistic Excellence** : All productions were noted for their high standard, resulting in positive audience feedback and several local nominations. Notably, member Richard Dodd received a regional nomination in Manchester.
- **Operational Modernization** : Utilizing surplus funds from the season's success, the charity invested in a new MacBook for technical capabilities and an additional card reader to streamline patron donations and payments.
- **Marketing Success** : The implementation of new marketing strategies, such as local magazine advertisements and physical banners, was credited with significantly contributing to the year's record-breaking turnover.
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## **Section E Financial review**
At the end of the year, Bebington Dramatic Society had reserves of **Brief statement of the** £63,813 This cash is unrestricted and will be used to allow Bebington **charity’s policy on reserves** Dramatic Society to continue operating. **Details of any funds materially** No funds in deficit. **in deficit** ~~ae~~
**Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
- **Section F Other optional information**
- ~~_~~ **Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **Signature(s)**
David Oliver **Full name(s)** Michael Jones **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer Chair **etc)**
**Date** 12/04/2026
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**TAR** 6 March **2012**
**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
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||||Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2024
6/30/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~a~~
~~ee~~
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||**Section A Receipts and payments**
~~a~~|||||||||||||||||||
||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**|
||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|
||**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||
||Subscriber Sales||**2,571**||||**-**||||**-**||||**2,571**||||**2,261**|
||Ticket Sales||**25,978**||||**-**||||**-**||||**25,978**||||**18,974**|
||Programme Sales||**735**||||**-**||||**-**||||**735**||||**417**|
||CharityNight Sales||**486**||||**-**||||**-**||||**486**||||**424**|
||Memberships||**991**||||**-**||||**-**||||**991**||||**926**|
||Festival Income||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|
||Bank Interest||**1,014**||||**-**||||**-**||||**1,014**||||**532**|
||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|
||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**31,775**
_(Gross income for AR)_||||**-**||||**-**||||**31,775**||||**23,534**|
|**Stocks**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,889**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,889**
**_Total receipts_ 31,775**
**-**
**-**
**31,775**
**28,423**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
~~—————~~||||||||||||||||||||
||**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||||||
|PlayRoyalties
**1,588**
Production Costs
**18,869**
Donations
**26**
~~—————~~|||||||**-**
**-**
**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**||||**1,588**
**18,869**
**26**||||**1,354**
**18,447**
**250**|
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|Website Costs|**204**||**-**||**-**||**204**||**163**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Bank Charges|**84**||**-**||**-**||**84**||**72**|
|Subscriptions|**238**||**-**||**-**||**238**||**459**|
|Insurance|**494**||**-**||**-**||**494**||**-**|
|General|**233**||**-**||**-**||**233**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**21,736**||**-**||**-**||**21,736**||**20,744**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||
|**Asset Purchases**||**3,472**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**3,472**||||**-**||
|**Asset Purchases**||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**3,472**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**3,472**||||**-**||
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_ **||**25,208**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**25,208**||||**20,744**||
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**6,567**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**6,567**||||**7,678**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**57,246**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**57,246**||||**49,568**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**63,813**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**63,813**||||**57,246**||
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Bank
Cash
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**63,705**
**108**
**63,813**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
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## **B2 Other monetary assets**
## **B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
|**Details**
Licenses
Funds Owed
Artwork
Scripts|**to nearest £**
**2,248**
**334**
**792**
**190**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Licenses|**2,248**|**-**|**-**|
|Funds Owed|**334**|**-**|**-**|
|Artwork|**792**|**-**|**-**|
|Scripts|**190**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
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## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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||||**Fund to which**|||**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**|||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
||Subscriber Sales in Adaves||84.6|||**-**|||
|||||||**-**|||
|||||||**-**|||
|||||||**-**|||
|||||||**-**|||
||Signature||Print||Name|||Date of
approval|
||||Michael|||Jones||2/11/2026|
||||David||Oliver||||
|||||||||**2/11/2026**|
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## ; z CHARITY COMMISSION! Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts
## Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
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Report to the trustees/ : . .
members of | Bebington Dramatic Society
On accounts for the year | 30" June 2025 Charity no | 500403
ended (if any)
Set out on pages | 3 and 4
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- | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 / 06 / 2025.
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
- | 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, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
- independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement | come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn 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.
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Signed: | Pak. NGomke | Date: | 09/04/2026
Name: | Joseph McConville
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## Relevant professional qualification(s) or body
## (if any):
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Address: | 34Sandrock Road, Wallasey, Wirral,Merseyside. CH455EQ 0
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## Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
## IER
1
October 2018