Rezlstered Charlty Number 511436 STOURBRIDGE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY Trustees, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2024 STOURBRIDGE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY Trustees, Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2024 Page Trustees, Report Independent Examlner's Report Statement of Financial Actlvlties Balance Sheet Notes to the Accounts Production Account STOURBRIDGE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY TRUSTEES, REPORT The Trustees have pleasure in pre5entin8 their report aml irrfleK*nderttly examlned fin•Kial statements for the year ended 315t December 2024. STATUS Stourbrid8e Amateur Operatic Society is a r4tstered tharity (No. 511436) Bthiemed by its constituti￿. Its address for correspondence is 125 Wicar4e Road, WollastM. St￿rbridge, West Midlands DY8 4QZ. OBJECTIVES OF THÉ soaErY The objectives of the society art to educate the publk in the dramallc and oper*i¢ art5. to fUrt￿r the dwelopm•nt of public appreciation and taste in the Sa￿ arts: to and filrther tharitable ts￿dtvt1*￿s ar￿ oluitable purposes as the Committee shall frofft tlme to time detemilne. ORGANISATION STRUCTURE The Society is mana8ed by a commlttee of members who are elected at the Aftnual General Meetln8. I￿rIng the year that committee was as follows: Prof L Davie5 Mrs V Simps Mr D Gregory Mrs A Hou8h Mi55 K Berrin8ton Mr A Chester Iresigned 25th Aprll 20241 No members of the commlttee reeelved remuneratim. Trustees. expensu we detalled in Note S of the acc￿￿t& REVIEW OF ACTMTIES The results for the year are set (Njt on p￿e 3. The Y￿th produc1k￿ of "Le5 Mis&able5" was a h￿e succus both finandally nd criticalty with l(KN tlcket &iles. a first in livin8 mem¢)ry of the s(Klety, resuliin8 in a surplus of £8,034. The ma5n produrtion of Vest Side Story. saw an Increase of 15.7% in tK*et sales compared to the 2023 productlon of "Made In Dadenham" This. alon8 with an underspend on budgeted costs. contributed ￿ the small surplus of £123. There was a £2.731 surplus on other activities. mainly 8enerated by bartk interest and Gift Aid receipts. resuhir4 In an (Nerall surplus for the year of £10,888. compared with a surplus of £2559 for 2023. The NODA conference in Apr51 brou8ht success for our 2023 Youth productlon of "EverybodVs Talklng About Jamie - Teen Edition. as it won the Re8lon 8 Youth Award. knfe member Bernard Shaw wa5 also presented with a Spedal R￿ni￿on Award for hls many years, contributloft to amateur theatre. The society made total tharitable d(Thtlons of £8CM) in the y, split equally between Mary StÈ¥ens Ho¥11￿ West Midlands Alr Ambulante, DG14HS Charity and AeLYn5 Children's H05plce. The commlttee has seoJred the rights lor 'Anythin8 Goes. for the Ywth seclim in July and "Heljo Lkjlly" lor the main production In October 2025, two traditional shows which it feels wlll be both p(ypular with members and the public. It wlll continue to d(wly scruts'nise costs and ensure the necessary steps are taken to encoura8e the publSc to support its produrtlons. . Chaim)an Mrs E-L arfton Miss B Hemmin85 Mr J Hunt Mrs J Hunt Mrs E Miles - Treasurer . Vlctrcthilrn￿n POUCY ON RESERVES The Committee has a polky of keepir¢ resefves at a to ¢(wer the net annual cost of pr¢xluctlons. Should reserves fall below this level the committee explores other fundralsh¥ posslbilities to c(w the Sh￿tI•ll. GOVERNAPICE AND INTERNAL CONTROL The Committee artNe￿ reviews the rnaior strategic, business and opefatlonal risks whith the charity faces and conflrnis that it has establlshed systems to mfti8ate the si8nfficant iisks COMMITfEfs RESPONSIBIUTIES The constitution of the Society requires the committee to ensu￿ the keeplng of a tnje actouftt of the Souevs incns gn￿ by the Charlty Commlssioners. An examlnation Indudes a review ol the accountlr¥ records kept by the thartty and a comparlson of the accounts presented with those records. It also Includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees contÈrnin8 such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required In an audlt. and consequenlly no opinionls gNen as to whether the accounts present a 'lrue and falr. vlew and the report ts limited to those rnatters set out in the 5tstement below. Independent examlnerfs statement In connectlon wlth my examSnatlon. no matter has come to my attentlon: (l) whith 8ives me reasonable cause to believe that. in any material respect. the requirements: - to keep accountin8 records in accofdance with section 130 of the Charities Aci: - to prepare accounts which accord with the accourrtlng records and comply wtth the accounting reqUi￿rnents of the Charltles Aci have not been met; or (21 to which, In my oplnlon, attent￿ should be drawn In order to enable a proper Ur￿eTStandI1Vd of the accounts to be reached. M. Taylor. FCCA 122 Bfid8north Road Wollaston STOURBRIDGE OY8 3PB STOURBRIDGE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIErY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIES for the Year Ended 3tst l)ecember 2024 Unrestricted Funds Notes 2024 2023 INCOMING RESOURCE5 Incoming Res