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Southport Spotlights Musical Theatre Society
Southport Spotlights Musical Theatre Society is a registered charity (number 502783) based in Southport, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Andrew John Steel since 2023. Latest income £117k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Southport Amateur Operatic Society (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £117k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew John SteelChair · since 2023
- Cheryl HornbyTrustee
- Chloe MeroneTrustee · since 2024
- Denise MarstersTrustee · since 2018
- Hannah MunroTrustee · since 2021
- Hilary ThomsonTrustee · since 2017
- James DonaldsonTrustee · since 2015
- Philip James HunterTrustee · since 2024
- Tanya SteelTrustee · since 2018
- TOM HornbyTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Sefton
- Website
- www.southportspotlights.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1973
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£117k£109k
- 2024£101k£105k
- 2023£117k£91k
Earlier years
- 2022£85k£88k
- 2021£8k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS 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 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Andrew John Steel Chair since 2023
- Cheryl Hornby
- Chloe Merone since 2024
- Denise Marsters since 2018
- Hannah Munro since 2021
- Hilary Thomson since 2017
- James Donaldson since 2015
- Philip James Hunter since 2024
- Tanya Steel since 2018
- TOM Hornby
Trustees past 6 years
- Denise Marsters since 2018
- Hilary Thomson since 2017
- James Donaldson since 2015
- Tanya Steel since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew John Steel Chair since 2023
- Cheryl Hornby
- Chloe Merone since 2024
- Denise Marsters since 2018
- Hannah Munro since 2021
- Hilary Thomson since 2017
- Philip James Hunter since 2024
- Tanya Steel since 2018
- TOM Hornby
Portfolio (1)
- James Donaldson since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 502783
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 03/10/1973AS AMENDED ON 24/02/2011AS AMENDED ON 21/11/2011
- Contact on the register
- 07930145249 · tanya_anderson@hotmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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