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2022-03-31-accounts

Company number: 2811035 Charity Number: 1020584

Cheshire Dance Workshop Limited

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31[st] March 2022

Cheshire Dance Workshop Limited

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31 March 2022

Company number 2811035

Charity number 1020584

Registered office and operational address

Winsford Library, High Street, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 2AS

Trading Name Cheshire Dance

Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Gillian Whitworth Chair Elaine Mclean Vice Chair (resigned 18 May 2021) Nina Osbaldeston Treasurer Jenny Allen (resigned Sept 2021) Bettina Carpi Janet Halloran Shamima Noor Tracey Oultram (resigned 12 January 2022) Shelley Owen Josh Slater

Secretary Adam Holloway Key management Adam Holloway

personnel

Bankers Barclays Bank PLC 21 Dingle Walk, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 1AG

Independent Catherine Hall FCCA DChA, Slade & Cooper Limited examiner Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Ancoats, M4 6JG

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The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022. Included within the trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Objectives and activities

The association is established to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the study, performance, knowledge, understanding, appreciation of the art of dance in all its manifestations.

The trustees review the aims, objectives, and activities of the charity each year. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Achievements and performance

The charity's main activities and who it tries to help are described below. All its charitable activities focus on Dance and are undertaken to further Cheshire Dance’s charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Cheshire Dance is very well recognised in providing public benefit through the advancement of education in dance, related arts activity, community development and health promotion. We do this in several ways, including :-

Cheshire Dance promotes an open programme amongst 3 key markets for dance: audiences, participants and learners along with artists and the professional sector. Some activities promote more mainstream engagement whilst the majority is targeted proactively amongst specific communities and groups who face inequalities of opportunity. We work regularly on an outreach basis ensuring that as

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many people as possible can engage locally to where they live, particularly in areas of low engagement. Opportunities vary in type and target group and range from regular classes to short intensive projects, from individual sessions and performances to full day/week activities and large scale festival events. Dates and times are also adaptable to increase our inclusivity and relevance - daytimes, evening, weekends through term time and school holidays. Our flexibility to programme in this way is a strength and ensures that more people over a much wider geography and demographic have the opportunity to experience dance than would otherwise be the case.

We find ways to connect, move and dance together through all our participation sessions, supporting people's physical and mental wellbeing. We have evidence that high-quality, creatively rich content is key to the success of our organisation in extending our reach as an organisation and in supporting the independent sector. Increasingly, Cheshire Dance offers a strong online and digital presence offering online dance sessions, film, photography, news and b/vlogs with an ever-growing take up enabling us to extend our reach to a younger audience and those whose mobility is restricted, including for Covid reasons.

Staffing

Cheshire Dance for the period of 2021-2022 employed:-

Cheshire Dance for the period of 2021-2022 contracted or commissioned 34 freelance artists and engaged 17 volunteers

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Highlights of the year 2021-2022:

Image 1: Team Reflection Day (Post Lockdown)

Last year was a unique and challenging one for Cheshire Dance and the pandemic cast a long shadow over our plans for the future. But, as an organisation it also gave us chance to make strategic evaluations and adapt whole programmes, working practices and class schedules to accommodate the so-called new normal expectations of our participants.

Since then, regeneration and continuity have become our watchwords. The Covid-19 quieter time from March 2020 well into 2021 and now 2022, where so much cultural engagement wasn’t happening, gave us space to develop new approaches and fresh ways of connecting with our community of friends, colleagues and partners.

During 2021/22 Cheshire Dance received vital ongoing support through the Government’s furlough scheme and Arts Council England’s Cultural Recovery Fund (CRF) , without which Cheshire Dance would have struggled to survive.

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This critical investment was utterly successful. For 2021/22, our engagement programme across the full year returned to 94% of pre-pandemic levels. Our partnerships with other voluntary and arts organisations deepened in response to social need in the long tail of the pandemic.

Our festival offer returned with Winsford Creates in March and the third and largest Now Northwich in April 2022, shortly after the year end.

Dance Consortia North West went from strength to strength too, leveraging strong investment from Arts Council England to sustain a core leadership team and initiate a strategic, region-wide dance Research Programme.

Image 2: Members of the Artistic Team

Tackling Inequality and Creative Endeavour

Cheshire Dance’s utilizes creative expertise in dance to tackle inequalities whilst championing the role of dance artists in our society. We are committed to amplifying the creative voices of those with Protected Characteristics including older adults, people with disabilities and young people; our aim being to develop our link with health, education, cultural and third sector partners and those least engaged in dance and the arts.

Our core mission is to ensure that everyone has access to dance and can benefit from its transformative power.

97% of Cheshire Dance’s engagement programme is focused on addressing the systemic issues around inequality and to work pro-actively with those with Protected Characteristics. This goes far beyond merely representing our community as we outline below.

Obviously, enforced lockdown curtailed our regular face to face workshop delivery to isolated and vulnerable groups who customarily rely on us to support their social interaction and movement based activity. Like others, we were able to substitute these with online working, adapting the relationships that our teachers had already built up. We quickly learnt how much a familiar and kindly face meant to those who were suffering, confused and alone. In certain circumstances, delivery of dance via digital technologies proved to be a boon, obviating the need for the less physically able or socially cautious to travel to class by bringing it directly into their own homes.

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Image 3: Cheshire Dance 2021/2022 In Numbers

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This has been a learning experience for us and as a result, we have sustained on-line working practices into our regular schedule of classes today. There continues to be high demand for dance amongst older people. We have nevertheless experienced a significant fall in investment from organisations specifically established to serve them. Sessions dropped to 133 (8% of all sessions) and attendance dropped to 1,438. Aesop’s Dance 2 Health falls prevention programme has not been sustained nationally despite a positive and robust evidence base having been developed and our partnership with Leighton Hospital ceased as a result of cancelled funding by Cheshire East Council.

Regarding work in a disability context, sessions increased to 515 – i.e. 29% of all sessions – while attendance dropped to 3,664; these numbers reflect the cancellation of classes with Chrysalis and Belong in Crewe both still struggling with pandemic related issues, the Coronation PIMD session only now returning to regular sessions and Dance and Parkinsons, with the lead artist’s change of personal circumstances brought about by the pandemic.

Demand for dance amongst young people however – particularly in a Primary and SEN context – has Image 4: Golden Memories (Dementia Support Group) burgeoned, clocking up at 188% of pre-pandemic levels. An outdated Secondary level education policy maintains barriers to students keen study dance at GCSE and A Level. Numbers nationally remain stubbornly and critically low. Government policy still fails to recognise the desire for young people’s dance as part of the curriculum as well as after school experiences, such as after school clubs and holiday programmes. Our dance and young peoples’ programme now represents 63% of all sessions (1,109) and participation is showing a year on year increase of 21% from pre-pandemic levels in 2019/20.

Emma Thomas, Josie Hepplewhite, Laura Mercer and Jody Morgan , alongside Creative Director Jane McLean have been a tour de force in boosting these figures, working with an extensive team of Independent Dance Artists .

We continue to witness talent leaving the industry because artists find it difficult to make a decent living. The triple layered impact of Brexit, the pandemic and the emergent cost of living crisis has hit the independent sector extremely hard across a range of industries but most of all in low-income sectors including culture and the voluntary sector.

The resilience of the Cheshire Dance community and the Dance Consortia North West (DCNW) partnership of 40 organisations, hosted by Cheshire Dance, proved vital in resisting some of the challenging economic undercurrents. The new DCNW Research Programme put important investment on the ground across the region, connecting artists with organisational partners and opening opportunities to create artist and micro-company lead initiatives from traditional touring product to deep social change programmes.

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In 2021/22, alongside sustaining and rebuilding our regular programme, we initiated a host of new programmes. Some are highlighted below:-

Supported by Arts Council England funding – we offered 3 individual development opportunities to Xiaowei Lu , Sabrina Steele and Addae Gaskins . In December 2021, the current projectfunded element of the Wildfire Rising programme came to an end. Movema and Cheshire Dance have since been successful in a follow-up ACE project grant application to move Wildfire Rising onto the next phase.

Image 5: Wildfire Rising Associate Artists

Image 6: DMPC at Winsford Creates

• Dope Male Performance Company – Following 9 years supporting the development of Jack Robinson and DOPE Male Performance Company (DMPC), DMPC received their first ACE Project Grant funding in 2021 to make ‘ Pandora’s Boombox’ – their first professional work, an outdoor hip hop theatre piece for families. Cheshire Dance is cocommissioners of the work which was also performed at Winsford Creates and Now Northwich 2022 and additionally supported Jack with mentoring in the development of the ACE application.

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Image 7: Young Producers at Now Northwich 2022

Image 8: Crossing Point (Schools in Cheshire)

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Image 1: Creative Health at Chester University

Image 10: Crossing Borders Conference at Chester University

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Image 11: Movema at Now Northwich 2022

It formed part of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Reopening and Recovery programme, funded by the Governments Additional Restrictions Grant and was additional supported by Arts Council England , Northwich Town Council , Northwich Business Improvement District , Barons Quay , Members Budgets and two sponsors retained from 2019, namely Encirc and Charcoalblue . Cheshire Dance enhanced its relationship with Without Walls (the National outdoor festivals development organisation), by becoming a Touring Network Partner. This meant we increased the programming budget for

the festival by selecting subsidised shows from the Without Walls 2022 catalogue.

Image 12: Night out in Nature by Frozen Light Theatre

For the 2022 festival, Vivo Care Choices also played a key partnership role in Now Northwich and in ensuring the event included and celebrated people with learning disabilities, particularly people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. Participants from our Vivo Care Choices weekly dance groups in Northwich were performers in the ‘ Salt Stories’ community film, which premiered at the festival and Vivo Care Choices funded an additional two days of performances of ‘Night out In Nature’ by Frozen Light Theatre . NB: Frozen Light Theatre create performance work specifically for audiences with Profound and Multiple learning disabilities and the additional two days of performances enabled 36 people with PIMD who use Vivo’s services to

experience the performance along with their support staff.

In response to the key aims of CW&C’s Re-opening and Recovery programme, Cheshire Dance curated and developed an extensive programme of activity, deeply rooted in Winsford and led by Carli Trigg, Winsford native, resident and artist.

The programme was created following the collection of thoughts and experiences of Winsford residents that were brought to light during a series of creative community meet-ups. On 19th March, 5 professional dance groups, 5 community dance groups and 6 local music bands took to

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Winsford Town Centre to delight local crowds with vibrant dance, live music, percussion parades and creative workshops.

Working in collaboration with some new cultural partners ( Cinewindow , Adventures in Winstopia , Cross Hatch ), Winsford Creates gave partners the opportunity to deepen working relationship in our home town - a pre-cursor to the start of long-term regeneration in Winsford.

The Spotlight Project – the youth dance initiative that was set up for Winsford Creates to give local young people the opportunity to explore ideas and perform at the festival – remains a legacy of the Winsford Creates project today. Spotlight was additionally supported through a Without Walls audience development grant.

The Winsford Creates partners programme and event also formed part of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Reopening and Recovery programme, funded by the

Image 14: Live Performance from The Spotlight Project

Governments Additional Restrictions Grant and was additionally supported by Arts Council England , Winsford Town Council , CW&C Council Members Budgets .

A notable highlight from DCNW this year has been the Research Programme , which has seen two successful commission rounds - each with 7 recipients (comprising NW-based dancers, dance creatives and organisations).

Successful recipients have gone on to create new or develop existing work, explore opportunities for research & development, collaborate with others and further dance careers / productions.

Image 15: Priya Mistry, successful recipient (Research Programme Round One)

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These include:

Round 1 : Bluecoat, Company Carpi, Dr. Sara Giddens, Labelled? Dance Theatre, LPM Dance, Sole Rebel and UCLanDance.

Round 2: Josh Coates, Connor Elliman, Ludus Dance, Merseyside Dance Initiative (Together), Lucy Nicholson, Swati Dance Company and Rosie Watt .

Successful recipients were selected by an independent commissioning panel made up of dance artists and dance professionals from across the country. Round Three is set to be launched by the end of the year.

The DCNW Research Programme has been possible thanks to £170,000 of support from Arts Council England through the National Lottery.

Beneficiaries of our services

Cheshire Dance delivers/promotes dance engagement pro-actively amongst specifically targeted groups:

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Cheshire Dance delivers continuing professional development in dance and addresses issues of inequality of opportunity. Together, these not only advance knowledge of the artform, facilitation and dance development but also the effects of physical activity on the body and the duty of care to participants and practitioners. People that engage in Cheshire Dance’s continuing professional development activity include:

Cheshire Dance seeks to engage the public in works of art as audiences. Particular target groups include:

Financial review

Reserves policy

Cheshire Dance requires unrestricted reserves for both investment and risk management. Cheshire Dance maintains a Risk Log separately to its reserves policy.

Insolvency

Likely costs are contingent to skeleton operating costs, net debtor/creditor balances and contractual agreements with staff, particularly to cover redundancy situations.

It is recognised that Cheshire Dance’s core funding agreements require notice periods in the event of funding cuts and as such, in the event of insolvency, no additional reserve is required to cover notice periods for staff redundancy.

Target Reserve

As at 31st March 2022 Cheshire Dance holds £48,745 of unrestricted, undesignated reserves. The Board has set a target reserve of £51,000 including £22,000 required to cover skeleton running costs and a further £29,000 to cover redundancy costs. At the date of this report Cheshire Dance has met 96% of its Reserves Policy.

Review

The Target Reserve is reviewed each year to take account of all risks and in particular, staff entitlement to redundancy.

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If the decision is taken by the Board that insolvency is unavoidable, it would instruct the Director of the company to produce a balanced budget for the insolvency period.

Investment

Any further unrestricted reserves held above the target reserve figure will be invested in Cheshire Dance’s long term sustainability and development. The Board will work with the Director and staff to consider designating any further reserves to further the objects of the charity.

Plans for the future

Cheshire Dance’s business model is resilient and stronger than it was pre-pandemic. Free reserves cover our contractual obligations and any redundancy commitments are kept in hand for a ‘rainy day’. We are building a small but new one-off investment fund to enable or mitigate the risks of ‘planning and programming while fundraising’. During the Pandemic, the Arts Council Cultural Recovery Fund and Government Furlough Scheme proved critical, sustaining employment for our experienced body of staff and enabling us to deliver on our mission. Throughout this time we have not merely maintained but raised the profile of Cheshire Dance as an organisation focused on enabling People to Create, Learn and Experience Dance.

Image 16: (Most of) The Team Looking to the Future

Our unstinting ambition is to continue to support artist development, cultural partnerships and community engagement through our NPO programme; to enable artists at all career stages to develop and share practice, engage audiences and tackle inequality. We remain committed to listening and learning in order to build a sector rich in a variety of voices and opportunities.

Cheshire Dance has sustained and developed new partnerships across the public, voluntary, cultural, health, education and regeneration sectors and it submitted its Arts Council England NPO application in May 2022 for the April 2023 to March 2026 period. This included a significant growth bid to continue building on its artistic strengths and its regional leadership role through DCNW. Arts Council

England is set publish its NPO decisions in October 2022. With a likelihood of sustained local authority funding and a range of ongoing project funding and partnership working, Cheshire Dance continues to plan for growth in its offer and deliverables.

Structure, governance and management

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated in 1993 and registered as a charity in 1983.

The company was established under a memorandum of association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

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All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 10 to the accounts.

Board recruitment

Cheshire Dance attracts Board members from across the public, dance, cultural, voluntary and education sectors. We aim to attract a mix of applicants from different backgrounds, going further than simply reflecting the stakeholders and geographic areas we currently serve. Roles are advertised openly and we reach out to different communities through the networks connected to our increasingly diverse programme.

Following Expressions of Interest received, a Board and Team member meet informally with candidates so both parties can assess compatibility. By agreement candidates are then invited to meet the Board/Team through observing a Board meeting. In preparation candidates can access meeting papers and a comprehensive Board Induction pack. Again by agreement, after the meeting, candidates join the Board formally and continue the induction process.

Related parties and relationships with other organisations

The trustees maintain an accurate Register on Interests covering both trustees and staff. Where conflicts of interest arise in decision-making, specific interests are noted and interested parties step out of the decision-making process. The trustees recognise the importance of including practicing artists in its number. During the year one trustee received payment for work as a freelance artist, Bettina Carpi.

Cheshire Dance is related to Dance Consortia North West. It is the fundholder, employs its staff and shares back office services. The Consortia has an independent Chair and Executive Decision-Making Group made up of representatives of interested dance and arts organisations, Higher Education Dance Departments and a network of Independent Dance Artists across the region.

Remuneration policy for key management personnel

Trustees maintain knowledge of competitive salary levels in the sector. It assesses all staff salaries each year and implements appropriate rises as part of its overall responsibility for financial control and long-term resilience.

Risk management

The Board reviews major risks on a quarterly basis and All Relevant Organisational Risks on an annual basis, or more frequently as circumstances dictate. Options for Mitigating Action are reviewed at the Trigger point and agreed and implemented as appropriate. The Risk Log includes ongoing adaptation and recovery risks associated with the Covid 19 Pandemic, Brexit and the current Cost of Living Crisis.

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Cheshire Dance Workshop Limited Trustees, annual ￿port for the year ended 31 March 2022 Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others Funds held on behalf of Dance Consortia North West, as a Re5tri(ted Fund and Cur￿ntIY in defldt, total £-5,566 in cash at 31st March 2022. Statement of responsibilities of the trustees The trustees {who are also direttors of Cheshire Dance Workshop ￿rnited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees. annual report and the financial statements in ccordance with applicable law and United lQngdom Accounting Standards (United Klngdom Generally Accepted Accountlng Prattice). Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for eath financial year which glve a true and falr view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the Incoming resour￿$ and application of resources, induding the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that perlod. En preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistent Observe the methods and principles in the Charitie5 SORP Make Judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards and Stat￿nents of recommended prartice have been followed, subjett to any materlal departures dlsdosed and explained in the financial statements Prepare the flnandal statements on the going concem basis un5ess it Is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation The trustees are responslble for keeplng pmper accounting records that disclose with reasonable ccuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking ￿asonable steps for the preventlon and detection of fraud and other irregularities. This report has been p￿pared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies, regime of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees. annual report has betm approved by the trustees on signed on their behalf by Gillian Whltworth Chair 17

Independent examiner’s report

to the trustees of

Cheshire Dance Workshop Limited

I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2022 which are set out on pages 19 to 33.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Catherine Hall FCCA DChA Slade & Cooper Ltd, Chartered Certified Accountants Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Manchester M4 6JG

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Statement of Financial Activities

(including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2022

Unrestricted
funds
Note
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
27,515
Charitable activities:
4
190,842
Investments
5
41
Total income
218,398
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities:
6
222,442
Total expenditure
222,442
8
(4,044)
Transfer between funds
10,000
Net movement in funds for the year
5,956
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
76,300
Total funds carried forward
82,256
Net income/(expenditure) for the
year		 Restricted
funds
£
1,500
177,736
-
179,236
188,732
188,732
(9,496)
(10,000)
(19,496)
101,004
81,508		 Total funds
2022
£
29,015
368,578
41
397,634
411,174
411,174
(13,540)
-
(13,540)
177,304
163,764		 Total funds
2021
£
56,786
228,888
72
285,746
238,732
238,732
47,014
-
47,014
130,290
177,304

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Cheshire Dance Workshop Limited Company number 2811035 Balance sheet as at 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Fixed assets Tangible assets 13 438 Total flxed assets 438 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 14 47,088 185,930 5,605 200,929 Is Total current assets 233.018 206,534 Liabilities Cred itors: amounts falllng due in less than one year 16 (69,254) (29,668) Net current assets 163,764 176,866 Total assets less current liabilities 163,764 177,304 Net assets 163.764 177,304 The funds of the charity: Restricted income fijnds Unrestrlcted income funds 17 81,508 82,256 101,004 76,300 18 Total charity funds 163,764 177,304 For the year in questlon, the company was entitled to exemption from an audit under section 477 of the Companles Art 2006 relating to small companies. Directors, responsibilities.. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year In question in accordance with section 476 of the Companles Att 2006, The dlrettor5 acknowledge their responslbllltles for complylng with the requlrements of the Act with respett to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts are prepared in accordan￿ with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and in accordan￿ with FR5102 SORP. and mnstitute the annual accounts required by the Companles Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company. The notes on pages 22 to 33 fom part of these accounts. Approved by the trLlStees o 20 22 and signed on their behalf by: illian Whitworth (Chair) 20

Cheshire Dance Workshop Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2022

Note
2022
£
Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
20
(15,040)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest, and rents from investments
41
Proceeds from sale of tangible fixed assets
-
Cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
41
(14,999)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
200,929
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
185,930
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year		 2021
£
60,018
72
-
72
60,090
140,839
200,929

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), second edition - October 2019 (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

b Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees have made no key judgments which have a significant effect on the accounts. The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

c Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Income received in advance of a provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

d Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised; refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

e Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

f Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

g Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

h Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £400 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:

Equipment

25%

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

i Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

j Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

k Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

l Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

m Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution scheme. The charity’s contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 8. There were outstanding contributions at the year end of £Nil (2020: £Nil).

2 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.

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3 Income from donations and legacies

Donations
Government CJRS payments
Total
Total by fund 31 March 2021		 Unrestricted
£
196
27,319
27,515
56,786		 Restricted
£
1,500
-
1,500
-		 Total 2022
£
1,696
27,319
29,015		 Total 2021
£
-
56,786
56,786

4 Income from charitable activities

Grants and Contracts
Arts Council England
Cheshire West & Chester
Cheshire West Voluntary Action
Dance Consortia North West
Westminster Foundation
Winsford Town Council
Without Walls Consortium
Earned income
Other income
Total
Previous Reporting Period
Grants and Contracts
Arts Council England
Cheshire West & Chester
Cheshire West Voluntary Action
The Granada Foundation
Earned income
Other income
Total		 Unrestricted
£
89,831
39,606
6,997
-
-
-
-
54,143
265
190,842
Unrestricted
£
89,831
39,606
-
-
12,205
270
141,912		 Restricted
£
77,750
56,400
-
11,985
2,936
15,454
2,400
10,761
50
177,736
Restricted
£
68,800
2,480
2,684
1,000
12,012
-
86,976		 Total 2022
£
167,581
96,006
6,997
11,985
2,936
15,454
2,400
64,904
315
368,578
Total 2021
£
158,631
42,086
2,684
1,000
24,217
270
228,888

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5 Investment income

All of the charity's investment income arises from money held in interest bearing deposit accounts. All investment income is unrestricted.

6 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Salaries
Other Staff Costs/Contracted Staff
Other Core Costs/Resources & Venue/Office
Marketing
Capital Projects/Depreciation
Other/Insurance
Restricted expenditure
Unrestricted expenditure
Analysis of governance and support costs
Basis of
apportionment
Accountancy services
Governance
Previous reporting period
Basis of
apportionment
Accountancy services
Governance
Governance costs
(see note 7)		 Support
£
-
Support
£
-		 Total 2022
£
198,366
154,243
42,884
5,378
438
6,407
3,458
411,174
2022
£
188,732
222,442
411,174
Governance
£
3,458
Governance
£
2,581		 Total 2021
£
179,370
29,713
10,452
11,976
1,301
3,339
2,581
238,732
2021
£
61,889
176,843
238,732
Total 2022
£
3,458
Total 2021
£
2,581

7 Analysis of governance and support costs

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

8 Net income/(expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation
Independent examiner's remuneration -
Independent examination
Accountancy
Payroll
Grant audit
Staff costs
Staff costs during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Allocated as follows:
Charitable activities		 2022
£
438
1,100
500
807
350
2022
£
184,618
10,105
3,643
198,366
198,366
198,366		 2021
£
1,301
1,000
500
691
-
2021
£
165,785
9,899
3,686
179,370
179,370
179,370

9 Staff costs

No employees has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2021: Nil).

The average number of staff employed during the period was 9 (2021: 8). The average full time equivalent number of staff employed during the period was 6.3 (2021: 5.4).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the Chief Executive Officer. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £46,178 (2021: £39,942).

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10 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

One (2021: Nil) trustee claimed reimbursed expenses totalling £83 during the year (2021: £Nil).

Two trustees (2021: one) received fees as an artist supplying services to the charity, as permitted by the charity's governing document:

mitted by the charity's governing document:
2022 2021
£ £
Bettina Carpi 15,426 5,943
Shelley Owen 180 -

Bettina Carpi also received fees as a Freelance Artist Development Programme Manager totalling £1,925 (2021: £nil).

Elaine McLean, a trustee until 18 May 2021, is the mother of Jane McLean who is employed as Creative Director. Jane McLean received actual salary of £23,407 (2021: £22,948) during the year.

Alicia Halloran, the daughter of Jan Halloran, a trustee, was engaged as a freelance artist by the charity and received fees of £nil during the year (2021: £1,293).

Rafael Braga-Araujo, the son-in-law of Elaine Maclean, a trustee until 18 May 2021, was engaged as a freelance artist by the charity and received fees of £1,985 during the year (2021: £180).

Ruth Spencer, partner of Adam Holloway, executive Director, was engaged as a freelance artist by the charity and received fees of £496 during the year (2021: £1,475).

Apart from the above transactions, no trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2021: nil).

11 Government grants

The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:

Arts Council England
Cheshire East Council
Cheshire West & Chester
Winsford Town Council
Government Furlough		 2022
£
167,581
-
96,006
15,454
27,319
263,587		 2021
£
158,631
-
42,086
-
56,786
200,717

The are no unfulfilled conditions and contingencies attaching to the grants.

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12 Corporation tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

13 Fixed assets: tangible assets

Cost
Additions
Disposals
Depreciation
Charge for the year
Disposals
Net book value
At 1 April 2021
At 31 March 2022
At 1 April 2021
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021		 Computer
equipment
18,019
-
-
18,019
17,581
438
-
18,019
-
438		 Other
equipment
£
17,460
-
-
17,460
17,460
-
-
17,460
-
-		 £
35,479
-
-
Total
35,479
35,041
438
-
35,479
-
438

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14 Debtors

Fees receivable
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
15
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and on hand
16
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Other creditors and accruals
Taxation and social security costs		 2022
£
42,178
180
4,730
47,088
2022
£
185,930
185,930
2022
£
54,905
10,836
3,513
69,254		 2021
£
940
-
4,665
5,605
2021
£
200,929
200,929
2021
£
20,419
6,302
2,947
29,668

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Training Community
Capital Grants
Total
Training Community
Training Prof
Capital Grants
Total
Training
Professional
Previous reporting
period		 Balance at
1 April
2021
£
41,482
59,084
438
101,004
Balance at
1 April
2021
£
36,678
37,500
1,739
75,917		 Income
£
162,797
16,439
-
179,236
Income
£
15,576
71,400
-
86,976		 Expenditure
£
(131,070)
(57,224)
(438)
-
(188,732)
Expenditur
e
£
(10,772)
(49,816)
(1,301)
(61,889)		 Transfers
£
(10,000)
-
-
(10,000)
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-		 Balance at
31 March
2022
£
63,209
18,299
-
81,508
Balance at
31 March
2021
£
41,482
59,084
438
101,004

Name of restricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund

Capital Grants

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18 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds

General fund
Designated fund
General fund
Designated fund
Designated fund 2
Current reporting
period
Previous reporting
period		 Balance
at 1 April
2021
£
46,791
29,509
-
76,300
Balance
at 1 April
2021
£
41,864
12,509
54,373		 Income
£
218,398
-
-
218,398
Income
£
198,770
-
198,770		 Expenditure
£
(222,442)
-
(222,442)
Expenditur
e
£
(176,843)
-
(176,843)		 Transfers
£
6,000
(6,000)
10,000
10,000
Transfers
£
(17,000)
17,000
-		 As at 31
March 2022
£
48,747
23,509
10,000
82,256
As at 31
March
2021
£
46,791
29,509
76,300

Name of

unrestricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund

General fund The free reserves after allowing for all designated funds

Designated fund Designate to cover committed core costs, including for fundraising and the Wildfire Rising programme.

Designated fund 2 £10,000 transfer from restricted funds to reserves via the CRF programme designated to reduce a planned budget deficit.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

19 Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
Previous Reporting Period
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total		 General
fund
£
-
48,747
48,747
General
fund
£
438
46,353
46,791		 Designated
funds
£
-
33,509
33,509
Designated
funds
£
-
29,509
29,509		 Restricted
funds
£
-
81,508
81,508
Restricted
funds
£
-
101,004
101,004		 Total
£
-
163,764
163,764
Total
£
438
176,866
177,304

20 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating		 2022
£
(13,540)
438
(41)
(41,483)
39,586
(15,040)		 2021
£
47,014
1,301
(72)
6,913
4,862
60,018

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