Carmarthen Amateur Operatic Society
What it does
Performing Live Theatre Shows and Concerts for the people of Carmarthenshire.
Its charitable purposes
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS. TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Ceredigion
- Carmarthenshire
- Pembrokeshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: Carmarthenshire
Income and spending
In the year ending 1 December 2025, it had income of £8,103 and spent £6,500.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2025 | £8,103 | £6,500 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 1 December 2024 | £908 | £1,995 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 1 December 2023 | £1,269 | £259 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 1 December 2022 | £23,000 | £24,500 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 May 2021 | £413 | £136 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 1,862%, from £413 in the year to 31 May 2021 to £8,103 in the year to 1 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 80% of its income in the year to 1 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Eleri James
- Emma Lewis
- Jonathan Rees
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 1 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2025 | 1 October 2026 | Received 31 August 2026, 31 days early | Not required |
| 1 December 2024 | 1 October 2025 | Received 18 November 2025, 48 days late | Not required |
| 1 December 2023 | 1 October 2024 | Received 12 November 2025, 407 days late | Not required |
| 1 December 2022 | 1 October 2023 | Received 17 February 2025, 505 days late | Not required |
| 31 May 2021 | 31 March 2022 | Received 25 April 2022, 25 days late | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1106294
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 13 October 2004
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 AUGUST 2004
- Website
- www.caostheatre.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Carmarthenshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.