Cowy r¢Wrstion nurnber. 02828276 Charity regists*ion numbET". 1034809 The Play House ( B'ham ) Ltd AnDuaJ Repxt and FID￿￿#1 Ststements rw the Y¢ar EDded 31 Augu￿ 2025 Biss¢ll & BrowD BirmiDgkn Ltd 12 PortsD8n Rd B130SL *AF20PMNU* 2310512026 C¢)MPANIES trK)USE #180 Th¢ Play House ( B'ham ) Ltd Contents Tn￿tees, Rep¢)rt 2toS Ststanent of FIDanCi￿ Aclivilies BalAnce She Nrf¢5 lo the Fir￿¢18] Sthmettts 91013 The Play House ( B'hAm ) Lld Reference and AdmiDistrgtive Details Charlty Re*trntlom Number 1034809 Compatty RegL4trnlh* Number 02828276 R¢gistered Office o Acti(m ForChildreD 24 Guild Closc B168EL ActountsDts Bissell & Brown Birrri* IAd 12 Portmao Rd Kings Heath B13 OSL PaBe I The Play House ( B'ham ) Ltd Trustees, Report The trusteA who ate dIreCt￿S f¢x the PWFX)ses of company law. prtsent the a￿DUal ryrfxt together with the fina￿la] statetnents of the cbaritsbk ¢￿panY forthe yeK ended 31 August 2025. FIDonel•l and operatloD*l revkw The Play House is a long establithed aDd bigbty respecied the4tst irt CdUC￿ compw. knowu for its trndemth participatory approach. STrnce it was in 1986. the company has developed a strong track record of hi8b-quality work iti schw14 ￿l¥crIng eogogiD8 theatse WO￿ whicb stimul*es children's imagination and creativity. cuniallutn learniD8 and esseniial life skill development. It has an ¢xceU¢Dt r¢puiation Ic￿llY and fteBKdty with tratbus kKal awhoriiiA ans Or￿L￿tionS and ac&kmRC ]D$¢i￿tionS. (hr visiiKt is io enb&￿ k4rning and developnenr of curiosity for children 8Dd ylmmg peopk in the W¢5t Midlall(Lk thTh)u8b en88gem¢nl in dra0￿ exFeriell¢es. We have a strong ethos of meaningful participatioD at the heart of everything we do through the creation of ricb ficti{￿] world& childmi ttt*ra¢i with a range of situations and cb8rndets. We strongty believe in the traDsf￿]nUed this proj#L whith explored the concepts of citszeDthp and wh* it mety to belong to a place. By exploriog lived ¢x[trI￿ cwtatiD8 iDspired by the ridl diva5ity of the city, the chiltheD weye able to Communi￿ their own ideas alx)ut belongTll& Higb¢r Education Booknugs The Play House was gsked to act &s guest lecturers in A of Higher Educ￿1￿ Sdtings (iti¢ludiDg MA Drama and Educattrn students Univer5Rty of Wtin¥i¢k UDdergTthte Appl&ed Theatre Course * The Royal Bir￿]ngb*ll C(owrvatoi UDdergT*Ju8te Education Sti￿les & Theatre. Actitig and Perfornmott ￿ Univetsity of Worcesw.) Tbe tt4tn gayc an overview of the ¢(%llpaDy'$ work aDd dem¢X￿r&t￿ our panicip8tioo llK>deL ID order to iDcrease aw¥relleys alld ulld¢rstathlw8 fry subsequent Benoations of arti5 School ProyAtDm¢ (bighJigbLK J)oi t￿tIL￿1ve lilt) Thls project wos a new additioo to our Sch￿￿$ W08r￿ and dcvd(Fd from laSty￿S proiecL Maker Space. The fictiOll81 storyline been rewrlttcu to eDabk students ￿ access the STEM activities within th¢ 90 minute Structuft of OUT progran￿¢S. Sttthts work throu8b bifrmedical en8inetrÈn8 task5 to suppxt problem 501viug 8nd reach a positive solution withill the story. This proiect bas become a powlar attd effe¢ttve additioll io the The Rom8ns ¢x8niiDes tbe k8acy of the Rixtwl iDV&SiOn of Britsin alld its relevance tlmlay. kn their role 8S ar¢bAeologists at the site of a Dewty diScove￿d Romao Villa the wils uncover the ev¢ryday life and custon)5 of Rojnan Briion5. This worksbop develops a dew awaren￿ of both the role of the modern day archaeolo8iSt alld those of the Ron)aD aDd C¢liic 51ave5 ill the vill&s ocliomall Jack snd the Beanstsik A participatory retelling of the traditicd of Jack aDJ the thc p￿f￿￿8￿ce en￿1$ chilthen a5 the Jack's frieDd5. They grrive ftr a play dale io find Jack has gone missiog! The cbilthen bety to find Jack by 4dventiyin8 up the bean$th￿ io expl(te the land in the d(H¥is and save Jack fr(MD the Giant. The Play House ( B'ham ) Lld Trnstees, Report Little He The Lith Red Hen w(?￿0P introdll￿ ¢hilitreD WEighiD& 8th1 ￿￿ur1￿ within the contrxt of this traditional story sn interactivc learning exwience for young ¢bil&en. Little Red Hen uses puppets, cookiug, gDd 5torytelltD8 to t￿- lore the concepts of growllig and sbaring. The ¢hildreD travel with The Little Red Hen arouDd tb¢ f8rrnY￿ the aDittiab and Noblem solve how she wAll mak¢ the bread by berself. Split S¢£olld Split Seeood is a progrdTnULe f(* 9.13 ye*s explc*iog Conse￿ of kDifr crim¢ in t¢TmS of the impact those diredly involve4 their loved ones and th¢ wider C￿￿￿￿￿1ty. Set irL 8 Ix)xiog club, the childrtn engage itt thought provoking discussions people'$ re5potssibiiity io One and bow we ¢on support yom people experiellciD8 youth ￿01¢￿(& This PffOwd￿ is delivered aoDU8lly off the back of Consist￿llY success￿] tours. Cartless Taik Car¢l¢ss Talk is a IoD8*5tsbEished ￿ts[ing t*rfornLa1tt.worksh￿ which explores bow 8 yOWLg person could bé groomed to take pan in extrem1￿ a¢tion. The plex¢ is set ID the fictional to%￿ of Brodin8b8m and tells the si¢)ry of Scarletl a y(yJng meTnber of amiDority comthw, The Circle. wbo 8re ixing persecuted by Snother group. The children are 8uided througb a pmcess where they fll￿ p)sitive and p¢acefvl solutions f￿ the ¢haractCTS this piece which promotes swial TesEK)Dsi7¥ility. toler8n¢e and we¢L Rtsilieoce (￿¢$1 Created with 8 8r¢)wJ of Applied Theatre Srudents fr(¥D Royal Binnittgh￿ Conser4gtoir¢ alld wformed by them. A hiiiori¢ legend ts used ￿ enabk ebihlreD io gain resili¢llce alldpttsistenc¢ through difficulties. The trustees confllTr th* thry have complied the requi￿ of sedi(rtL 17 of the Cboriti¢5 Ad 2011 to h4v¢ due tewd to thc public beu¢fit pthlisbed by the Cbarity c(rfDm1￿1Oll for ED8iand and Wales. Tr￿ste￿ oflke The tru5tres aDd offic¢J5 seThiDg duTiDg th¢ year aDd SitiL£ the yar wue 85 follows: Truste¢s: Tessa Tayl Adaya Henry Li8m AlexaDdN (ap￿]nted 22 Octoi*r2024) AlexaDdr8 HeDWO(d (TesisDed 21 Octob¢r2024) Sballe Sbamblvj {resiwl 21 ¢knber 2024) Secrew: St*teM¢n¢ of trustees. respoTr$ibilitits The trustees (￿0 are 81s0 the directOTS of The Play HthLse ( the purp)su of company law) are responsible for preparing the tru5tees' aod the fiDaDcial ststtm￿ts in #cc<)rdon¢e with applicable18w and United Kin8th>m ActOUlltin8 Stsndarth Iutiiied Kiti8d(Mn Gellet8lly Accepted Attountillg Practicek inCh￿ing FRS 102 'The Ffftrthticial Rep)niDg Srand8rd appiithle in the UK gJd Republi¢ of JrelaDd'. Page 4 The Play House ( B'ham ) Ltd Trn5ttts' Report C(watty law requites the tntstees to prepare fiD8DCi81 ststaneDts for eacb fiDancial YUT. Under coznpally law tbe trustees must noi approve the finaocial statemeots unless they gre saiisfi¢d that Ihey giv¢ a trne and fair view of the stsie of affaits of the Charitsble copw and of the iDCIXnin8 rt5(Mtrcts and 4)plication of Tes(xute statem¢n￿ th¢ tr￿Stee$ are requi￿d io: select suitable accimmtiog p)Ik¢ies and 8Eyty them ciwislenty, observ¢ tbe metb(MLs and prillcipl¢s ill the Cbarities SORP: swe whether applieabk *cotwti08 stsodard& £(￿￿151D8 FRS 102 h&v¢ beeo followesl subject to any eharithble Compdny will cth11tll￿ ID busin 8ny lime the fin81]ci￿ posiiion of the ¢baritsble mP4Dy and enable them to etL8ur¢ that the fiJJ8nciai stst¢ments compty with the Companies Ad 2(M)6. Thry 8re also rtsp(msible for safeguaTditig the L%sets of the charltable compauy 8nd beo¢e for tskiD8 reaso￿ sw f(Y the pttveDtithL 8lld detecti￿ of fiaud and other irre8ularities. The trust¢e5 are resN)ttsibk fct th¢ maiDleDatv and integrity of the coryx)Tate aDd knci81 infor￿on included on the cljaritable compan￿5 website. fllwicial staiemeots may dtffer from legislation in (thrjurisdidio Th¢ reprt approvéd by the tsustees of the Clwity (o.......... and SI￿ its b¢balf ty. Tessa Taylor Trustee The Play House ( B'lwn ) Lld Ind¢pendeDt Examiner's Report to the trust￿ of The Play House ( B'ham ) Ltd {'th¢ Company,) 2025. Ruponslbilltles ofreport As th¢ chariry's tn￿tee$ of the Cornpw (alld its ditedm fw the pWp?￿ of ¢(￿panY law) you 8r¢ responsible for the Fwtion of th¢ in acc4)Tkn with the requireJne￿ of th¢ CoJDPaDies Ad 2(K16 ('the 21X)6 Aet.). Haviog sa11sfi￿ myse]f that the ac¢(rtiDts of the CompTy 8re Jot tequired to be a￿Alled under Part 16 of the 2006 Act 8ttd are eli8ible for 1ndq￿ll￿ exati}i￿tio￿ I leF￿ ill respeci of my examin￿0￿ of yow clwity's accoullts as caEried under sedion 145 of the Ch8riti¢s Act 2011 ('the 2011 A¢t'). In caThyiDg out my examination I have followed the given by the Cb*ity C(MDtoissl￿ 145(5Xb) of th¢ 2011 Act. Independent e￿IDIner's slatstyent examiDo1ioll givi￿8 me ￿U$¢ ￿ believe: l. ￿coul￿ting re¢oEd8 W¢Te kw ID re5F¢llltles fff c￿pIY1DB with the re4lu1r￿ of th¢ Act with Te5pect an¢ial statejnthts on pages 7 to 13 wrre •nYov&l by the attd wthorised f(Y issue on and sis￿d OD thexrbchalf by. Tessa Taylor TTUSt¢e The not¢s w py 9 to 13 fonn att iDiewl part of these financial 5Wem￿ts. P88e 8 The Play House ( B'hany ) Ltd Notes to Ihe Financi￿ Sl4temeDts for Ihe Year Ended 31 August 2025 I Charity gtstus The ch8Tity is by guat¥nie< in E4larf and ￿￿eqU￿Y Dot bave sban ¢apith]. Each of thc tr￿￿ee$ is liable io an Dot ¢x¢eeth8 £1 ioward% th¢ *s5ets of the clwity ill the event of liquidation. The ￿dresS of its regislu￿ office clo A￿10￿ For Children 24 Guild Close B168EL PriDCi I l#ee of business Authorised for issu te 2 A(rourt¢iDg poli¢iLq Sumrnary of $18nifi¢ant a¢¢OllDliDg polieies #nd key accountKti¥ eJ¢lm*tes The priucip81 ac£ouDtiDg policies applied ID the prep8ration of these fllwicial ststements are set below. These p)licies hav¢ been consisiently applied io all the ytgts presettie41 unless Othenvi￿ sthte Stst¢meDt ofcompti*iee Statematt of RecoTnmelldcd Practice (applicable to ch8ritie5 prepsmg their accounts in accord￿ tht Financial Reportillg Standard applicabk in the UK and R¢wblic of Ireland (FRS 102)) lissued in October 2019) . (CharilRes SORP (FRS 102)). the Fina￿cl￿ Rqx)rting Stth applicable ill the UK and Republic of Itelalld RS 102) gnd the Companies A¢t 21J)O. B*si8 ofpr¢paratioD Th¢ Pltty HO￿Se ( Bl￿D ) meets the d¢fiDIti￿ of 8 public b￿tfit entity under FRS 102. Assets at liabilities are iDiliaUy rtcogllised ai hi￿(￿1¢￿1 c4)M or ts8L$8¢tiL￿ value unkss Othe￿ statrd tn the relevant accounting w)licy noies. GolD8 CODeern The trustees consi(kr that the￿ are no material unccrtsinties ab(XLt the c]wi￿5 ability io ¢ODtiDue as 8 80iDg concern noraoy sigllifi￿llt areas of un¢¢rtawty that affed th¢ wing V9h￿ of &ssets held by the thrity. T•xatio The cbarity is COD5idertd to Pa55 tests set io P8ragr8pb I Schethlle 6 of the FiDallc¢ Act 2010 8Dd therefore it D)eets the defiDitiw of a eb8ritsbk eompgoy ts UK COTT￿)[¥￿0￿ tsx puryrf)se5. Awrdingty. the cbarity is potentialty exempt from t￿tiC￿ iti respect of I[￿￿¢ or capitsl gaiTr5 received ￿thIll categories covered by Chapter 3 P8rt 1 l of the Cowion T&x Act 2010 OT SedTron 256 of the Taxation of Ch8r8¢able GaiDS Ad I9￿2. to the cxt¢Dt that such income or BaiDs aT¢ applied exclusively to cbaritable purpos¢s. DeprteSatlom and aMOrti￿lI0• Depreciation is provided ¢)n t8￿7>]e fixcd assets so as to write off the cost SX TrniU￿1oD. le5S 8Dy estimated resithwl valu4 over their expecied usefijl economic life ￿ follows: The Play Houx ( B'ham ) Ltd Notes to the FinAne1￿ Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 3 ID¢Om¢ from ¢h•rltsble Kdvllks fTABd* Getteral Total 2025 Totsl 2024 nds Schoob & uuiversiti Arts Council Willdr￿ project Proud to be a Brumtw pwoixt Paul H8ml Theatse Tax Claim William Cadbury 54.885 54.885 26.1 63.335 20.000 11.997 26,1 68.IKKI 68.(XlO 13.451 s,￿0 13.451 68J36 99.100 167.436 104,332 4 hveJtYAeDt IAtome Totsl funds GeTr¢ral terest T￿e1vable aDd similar income. Lnierst receivable oll bgllk deposits Total for 2025 18 18 18 5 EXpe￿dIt￿re 0￿ eharltsbk attlvltles Totsl 2025 Tot*1 2024 General Prothiciion costs Freelance fe&8 Sigff costs PR & mat*eiitig Travel 28.829 SJl)O 34,129 17,602 5&439 2,555 270 72,603 19.080 66,397 2.534 258 i0.if2 1555 270 913 (6.(K4)) i J(KJ 387 48.257 1.913 (6.(KJO) ijoo 1.387 724 1,908 Release of old t&x wjvisions Accts & indepellde￿ ex8m 1.200 912 Computer & commulliC&iC*)S Rent L¢gg1 & Pmf B8llk charges D¢prcciaiion of fixed T24 787 4.400 333 170 940 333 170 940 159 942 Pa8e 10 The PIAY House ( B'ham ) Ltd Notes to tbe Fin*n¢ial Statemellts for the YeAr Ended 31 August 2025 funds G¢•¢r41 Totsl 2025 Total 21n4 r4Dds 41.fA13 76.559 118.162 172.292 6 Trnstees re•uner•tlon ##d ex￿1* No ITusrees. n(r any p¢rsoDS comeded with have receiNrd w raDun¢r4t1C￿ from the ¢lwiry o)wiDg the No trustees have received any reitnljuwl eX￿Se5 orally other knefits the cJArity thrAti8 the year. 7 Staifeosts The ll￿ttthty average number of persons (iticluth8 selli￿ maDagematt I le4tsship team) employed by the chartty duritig the yar ¢XFffe55ed a5 lime equivalellts was as follows: 21J2S 2024 TTUS*es 10 No employee re¢eiYed emolutnents of more thaD £60.INXI thm8 the yts. 8 T*xatRo The charity is a iegistcttd Cl￿rIty and is thuefiY¢ exempt fr(XD taxatio Pagell The Play House ( B'ham ) Lld Notes to the FIDan¢lal Stxtsments for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 9 T#D8lble fixed ￿¥ets F¥rniture Slld equipmeDt Tot*l Cost Ai I September 2024 At 31 Aii8USt 2025 3,766 3,766 3.766 3,766 Depreeiatlon Ai I Sepiember 2024 Charge for the year 2,826 940 2,826 940 At 31 Augwt 2025 3.766 3.766 L¥et b(￿k v•lu¢ At 31 Au8U5t 2025 At 31 Au8USt 2024 940 940 10 Debtors 2024 Trade debt Accrued InC￿le 7.495 13,451 14.965 li Credltors: f4lllDg du¢ ome year 2025 2024 Otber tsxation and ￿181 sec¥Jrity Other Creditors 5.126 10.256 ijoo 20,652 7.827 30.908 P8Be 12 Tbe Play House ( B'harn ) Ltd Notes lo the FinaD¢ial Statements for th¢ Y¢ar End¢d 31 Augusl 2025 12 Fund5 B•lance at I SeptsDhbtr 21ll4 Bal*D¢e ¥t 31 Au8¥JSt 2025 ¢SP¢Dded UDre8trirtsd funds Genernl Geoeral 101.109 6&354 {41,￿3) 127.860 D£¥iznaied Designated. devel￿ & ￿ fiuKI 10.1 10.000 Tot81 UDrestrltted 111.109 68.354 {41.603) 137,860 Re8¢Tieted T￿thd￿ Pwjl HatnlyD FOUDd￿ 16.859 68.(KK) 26.1(K) (76.559) 26,100 5,Oc￿) Total re8trlcted fumds 16,859 76.559 39.400 Total fllttds 127.968 167.454 (118,162) 177260 P48¢ 13