MORLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY Charity Morley Technical Institute Amateur Operatic Society Registered charity number 500601 Correspondence Address 5 Ashleigh Gardens Ossett Wakefield WF5 9PN Trustees and committee members Chaimian Secretary Treasurer Business manager Stage manager Publicity officer Albert Roberis Sadie Roberts lan Hartley Steven Hott David Ingham Chloe Byrne - c(￿OPted Louise Thatcher- stèpped down Kaly Nicholson Andrea & Steven Holt Amy Sherry Jo Cooke Marie Kioseff Jeni Riordan Melanie Harris Adama Mccullough - stepped down Tom Daley Ticket secretary Patrons secretary Child protection officer Management committee Management committee Management committee Management committee Management committee Management committee Professional Advisors Independent Examiner Frank W Dobby & Co, 55 Fountain St, Morley. Leeds. LS27 ONA Bankers Na￿est Bank plc Leeds Building Society Page 1 MORLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Structure, governance and management The charity is governed by the rules adopted on 3 June 1970 on registration with the charity commission. Objectives and activities The object of the society is to educate the public in the dramatic and op8ratic arts and to frjrther th8 development of public appreciation and taste of the said arts. Achievements and performance The Trustees can confirm that both major events, being the pantomime and the annual show once again proved popular. Consequently the Trustees believe that the objects of the society have been satisfactorily achieved. Flnancial revlew The Trustees report that for the year ended 31 March 2024 an overall deficit of £670 was suffered. It has been identified that accounting errors have been discovered in the accounts for the years ended 31 March 2010, 2011. and 2012 whereby sources of income were double counted. The incorrectly stated brought fomard cash balance and brought forward reserves figure have been adjusted for this identified historical error. The society reserve5 stsnd at £29,051 as at 31 March 2024. Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee's report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's Irustees. . Trustee . Trustee 06 June 2024 Page 2 MORLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY INDEPENDENT EK4MINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES I report to the Trustees on my examination of the aGcounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2024. which are set out on pages 4 to 8. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Trustee'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 2011 Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with my examination of the year ended 31 March 2024 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act., or The accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concems 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. Principal: Firm= Address: Darren Metcalf8 F.C.C.A. Frank W Dobby & Co Limited 55 Fountain Street Morley Leeds LS27 OAA 05-Jun-24 Date: Page 3 MORLEY TECHNICAL INSTrruTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Income Ex enditure Subscriptions Advertising Room Hire Lotto money HQ- Coffee, tea, etc Christmas Coffee Morn Wardrobe Hire Pig Racing Presidents Evening Quiz Night Tap Class 1,905.00 0.00 150.00 536.00 392.50 302.00 335.00 1,384.56 2,404.00 140.00 255.00 Insurance NODA Subscriptions Morley CC - Rent Light and Heat Tap Class Postage and Stationery Website Costs Presidents Evening Independent Examiner Christmas Coffee Mornlng Tealcoffee P8rformanc8 Rights Sundry Repairs and maint8nanc8 DVD panto Pig Racing Fire extinguishers Card Fees 1,147.60 230.00 2,350.00 2,176.45 100.00 254.66 294.00 2,020.00 1.512.00 51.75 132.54 500.00 136.39 150.00 570.00 117.75 90.00 77.98 7,804.06 11,911.12 Gross Interest Surplus from pantomim 0.00 7,433.88 15,237.94 Deficit from show 3,231.38 15,142.50 Amortisation of Leasehold 765.00 Overall deficit 889.56 15,907.50 15,907.50 Page 4 MORLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024 Fixed Assets Leasehold Property - Brought Fo￿ard Less - Amortisation 16.993.55 765.00 16.228.55 Current Assets Building Society Current Account Floats and Gash held in treasurers safe 2,626.52 9,963.85 232.69 12,823.06 29,051.61 Current Liabllltles 0.00 0.00 29,051.61 A¢¢umulated Fund Balance Brought Forward (as restated) Deficit for the Year 29,721.17 (669.561 29,051.61 l approve these accounts and confirm that I have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation. Signed ......... Date: 6 June 2024 Page 5 MORLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS 1 AGcounting Policies In preparing the accounts the following accounting policies have been complied with: a) The charitys financial accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis and under the historical cost convention. The accounts are in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Charities SORP 2005 (Accounting and Reporting by Charities) and comply with the Charities (Accounts End Reports) Regulations 2008. Page 6 MORLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY PANTOMIME PRODUCTION ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 2024 2023 Members Tickets Show fees Programme Sales Sweets CoffeelPop Ice Cream Raffle Patrons Adverts Purchase of Script DVD 19,785.00 345.00 269.00 587.25 390.00 502.00 635.00 426.00 555.00 0.00 0.00 21,829.81 372.00 744.00 538.00 473.50 583.00 508.00 195.00 125.00 300.00 23,494.25 25,668.31 Light and Sound Costumes Props and Stsge Expenses Programmes and Printing Hire of Hall Sundry Expenses Band FOH expenses Ticket SourGe fees Producerlchoreographer Musical director Performance Licence 3.929.15 224.40 994.75 690.00 3.451.47 212.24 900.00 859.65 1.063.71 2.200.00 1,000.00 535.00 3,844.24 255.62 919.27 601.20 2,572.62 0.00 1,200.00 851.30 1.221.40 2.270.00 750.00 565.00 16,060.37 15.050.65 7,433.88 10,617.66 Page 7 MORLEY INSTITUTE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY SHOW PRODUCTSON ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 2024 2023 Members Tickets Patrons Programme Sales Tea I Coffee Sales Ice Cream Sales Sweet Sales Raffle Adverts Script Purchase Donations 13,483.00 862.00 299.00 305.50 270.80 216.48 599.00 100.00 0.00 2,572.60 11.604.38 658.00 195.00 271.40 129.20 293.18 453.00 50.00 50.00 18,708.38 13,704.16 Royalties Producerlchoreographer Musical director Scenery Light and Sound Props and Stage Expenses Programmes and Printing 2.096.86 3,220.00 1,250.00 0.00 2.857.97 2.836.94 710.80 3,245.43 3,500.00 1,800.00 1,257.90 4,475.00 1.293.96 496.40 F lj Orchestra Theatre Hire Sundry Expenses Wardrobe I Costumes FOH Expenses Ticket Source Fees 2,700.00 3.415.48 76.00 1,481.00 519.28 775.43 21,939.76 3,500.00 2,270.32 0.00 194.72 315.76 728.81 23.078.10 Deficit 13,231.38) 19.373.94) Page 8 MAOS Annual General Meetin Secreta ort 2024 Ladies and Gentlemen, we are pleased to welcome you to the AGM where we will be looking back over the period of April 23 until March 24. We started off in Sept 23 with My Fair Lady, directed and choreographed by Michael Kirkby and musical direction by lan Abbott. My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical about transformation, patronage, gender politics and class, based on George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion. Acclaimed Professor and confirmed bachelor Henry Higgins makes a wager with his linguistic colleague Colonel Pickering that in six months he can pass off "gutter snipe" Eliza Doolittle as a duchess at an embassy ball. Through her transformation process, Eliza forges a deep connection with Colonel Pickering and most especially with Professor Higgins. However, she finds herself in a difficult position, now too refined to go back to her old life and not with any means or desire to live life as a lady of leisure especially by herself. The musical ending is left ambiguous, yet it is beloved for being both one of the cleverest and one of the most romantic shows of all time. The show was well known to some and unknown to others but think we can all agree by the end it was enjoyed by all. Audiences commented how much they enjoyed the show and its nice to see again some new members of the ensemble join the society and stay with us when the show finished. At the beginning of December we had the annual Christmas coffee morning, this event was very well attended and enjoyed by all, thanks again to Amy and the members of the committee that organised the event and all those running the stalls and the kids club for providing the refreshments. In Jan 23 we were back on stage with our pantomime "Dick Whittington" directed and choreographed by Michael Kirkby with musical direction by lan Abbott. As usual the show brought just the right amount of magic and fun and the audiences loved it. With Daisy, Sophie, Steven, Mark, Paul, Cameron, Louise, Emily and Tom leading the cast once again supported by a fabulous ensemble. The show did have some challenges with unexpected fire alarms, illness in the cast and the last-minute switch around of cast and scenes unexpectedly, it really kept everyone on theirtoes. But the audience loved it and didn't notice the mad dashes being made back stage, it really was a great performance. We were also happy to welcome back our youth ensemble for the pantomime, its was great to see so many familiar faces from our kids club. It5 great to have them back on stage with the adults once again. I'd also like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Jo, Amy, Marie, Lindseyand Louise for all their hardwork running the youth performers club. We cant wait to see what they have in store for us next but I'm sure it will be fabulous. We've also started our 3rd year of the Morley Lotto, which has been well supported again by the members and over 72 numbers sold for the monthly draw, each draw has been taking place on the st first Tuesday of each month with I prizes of £18 and Prizes of £7. Thanks to you support the first year of the lotto raised near to £500 for the society so thank you! In April our members attended the NODA weekend at BridSington, it was lovely to see so many people there and the weekend was enjoyed by all that have attended. If you have never been before we welcome you to come and join us all next April. th Finally, we ended our year with our presidents evening on Sat 18 May. This celebrates the first year of our current president Edwin Kirkwood. The night was held at the Thornfield Park and attended by 50 members and friends of the society. The entertainment was produced by Rachel Kirkwood and a team of talented society members, both adult and youth performers. Anyone who saw the show I'm sure will agree that it was fabulous and really made the night. Thanks to everyone involved in the evening, organi5ing a night like this it take5 a lot from everyone but I'm sure you will all agree it is worth it. Well, that ladies and gentlemen is our year in a nutshell. As you all know shows are not just about the performers, so much work goes on prior to show week, back stage and in rehearsals to make the final performance. So just a few thank you's... I would also like to say a big thank you to Tracey, Hayley, Wendy and Andrea who organise the costumes for our shows, its not an easy job, so thank you, they all looked fabulous. The backstage / production team who have transported Michael's vision to the stage and their backstage crew who made them come to life at show week, supported as always by Andrea and her team who has ensured everyone has all the props they need and when they needed them. Linda and her helpers who have kept everyone hydrated at rehearsals, June, and Joyce who run our front of house for our shows, Linda and Joan who have run our VIP nights and your committee who have 501d your tickets, publicised your shows and managed your society so we can keep on performing. Finally thank you to you all, a society is nothing without its members. So thank you everyone and here's to another fabulous year!