01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 7 June 2023
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
- Latest income
- £80,411
- Latest expenditure
- £69,344
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 5A ABERCROMBIE STREET, CHESTERFIELD, S41 7LW
Website recorded by the regulator: chesterfieldoperaticsociety.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Chesterfield Operatic Society (COS) is one of the oldest amateur musical theatre companies in the country, being first established in 1905. Through the presentation of public events and the performance of shows we aim to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the dramatic and operatic arts in chesterfield and the surrounding area.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £80,411
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £69,344
- Fin Period Start Date
- 7 June 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 March 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £52,890
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60,279
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £80,411
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £69,344
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 7 June 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £52,890
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60,279
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 45
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Derbyshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CHESTERFIELD OPERATIC SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2023-06-07T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 07 Jun 2023 as amended on 08 Dec 2025
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS IN CHESTERFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC EVENTS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOWS.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures