Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

GODALMING OPERATIC SOCIETY 

Promoting public interest in and knowledge of the works of W S Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan and in the dramatic and operatic arts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£114£53£61n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£8£11£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£47£48£-1n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/19£56£48£8n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/18£43£49£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£52£49£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£50£56£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£51£51£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£45£51£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£53£51£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£52£46£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£42£43£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£47£39£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£44£38£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£47£43£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£37£36£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£56£37£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£40£30£10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 34 years

http://www.godalmingoperatic.org/

treasurer@godalmingoperatic.org

01306 737021

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/02/1990, number: 802888
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 5 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

Cherrytree Cottage
Woodhouse Lane
Holmbury St. Mary
DORKING
RH5 6NN

Objectives

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORKS OF W S GILBERT AND ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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