FESTIVAL OF TrE PSFORIAIN6 AATS
AWAL KPORTS a A¢COUNfs PCR ￿￿E￿
AAV 2024

PESTIVAL OF ThE PERF0RAlI￿ ARTS
INFORMATION PAGE
REPORTS
INDEPENDENT EXAIAINER'S REPORT
Accoupirs:
Stat¢m¢nt of Fimncial Activities
Bolaru Sheet
Notes to the accounts
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PESnVAL OF THE PERFORM￿ ARTS
TAUSTEES, AKknRIAL f4EPOkT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29th FE8kUARV 2024
CHARZTY CORREsPONDE￿r
Prfnclpal a(klress:
Mr T b Brown
50 The Ridi
Surbiton
Surrey KT5 8HQ
Indepwthnt Examlnor:
Peter Kempster
57 Station Road
Epsom
Surrcy KT19 9UD
Lloyd$ TSB plc
Clapemont Road
Surbiton
Surrey rr6 4QS
C*)op Bank (Ex 8pltonnia Building Society)
Brltamla House
Leek
staffordshlre Moorlands
sn3 JA6

Klnqston Upon Thames t•thal oftho Porlormlng Art8
Chalmian's Rovl•w 202$2024
Agaln I must oxpr088 my vgry grateful thank8 to ell the commfttee and ourvoluntary helper8 for
au th8ir work over the la8t year. I feel that we have had another vary 8ucce3sful Fegtlval and
contlnue to be hlghly regarded by teach8r8, p8rformer8 and adjudlcator8, and stlll produce
product for whlch there18 great dem8nd and which we provide to a high18vol.
l am e8peclallygratefuLto Jenny and Emma and allth8lr helper8 In the Dance Section for aUth8ir
work to produce a very 8uc￿88fUl Festival (de8plt8 8cme tast mlnut6 problem8) at a 8tunnlng
newvenue, 8v8n If It18 rather dlstsnt. The Standard of dan￿ w88vory high and I w88 80 plea?ed
to be able to wltno88 the Showca88 Flnal8 for my8elf.
Mythank8 tooto Peter and h18 hélpers atthe Sp8aeh & Drama Section in producln88 8UCC•88ful
F88tlval that l 8m 8ur8 will grow agaln In the future.
A 8p8cial Yhankyou" mu8t be madoTo Mav18 WILton for har 60 y6ar8' 8oNlce to the FeSt￿al. She
has been 8 valued m8mberofth8 eommsttea: for m08t of thattime 8h8 ha8 played an important
role in 8electing Set Pieces for the Plano Sectlon and more recently ha8 tsken r09pon8lblllty for
provlding refre8hm8rrt8 throughout tho FeBtival. We were plea8ed to b? able to make a small
presentatlon to her atthe Concert In De¢8mb8r.
Thankyou au agaln for your 8UPPOrt and we lookforward to 8 8ucce88fulfutur8.
David Speed-AndrgW8
th
25 April 2024

Kingston upon Thames Festival of the Performing Arts
Report on the Music Sections 2023
Dat•$:
Plano"
Frfday & Saturday 3° & 4° Novembar
th
Frfday &Saturday 10 -11th November
Saturday 18thNovemb8r
8aturdAy8 25th Nov8mb8r &2nd Decombèr
Sunday 19° November (String8)
Friday 2￿ November (Wind etc)
Saturday V December
Saturday20° January2024
VocaL*
In8trumentsL**
Concert*
Youn8 Mu81cl8n"
Vonu•8:
* Emmanuelchurch, Grand Av8nu8, Tolworth
' W18conti Studio. Klng8ton Unlvgr81ty
Adjudlcatorg
GRAEME HUMPHREY- Piano (Federatlon) 118e881on8 (Fourth vlslt)
A8 alwAy8. he w88 vary pleasant 8nd easy to workwlth, k88pingwelLto time, All hiB comm8nts (Spoken &written)
were Gonstructive and helpfuland w8re well recelved. He made good use of the plano durlngadJudlcAtlon%thlch
18 alway8 appreciated. Hi8 marks dld Seem a blt more generou8 th18tlme and we had a few more"OLrtstandinr
than I would have exp8cted, but no-one 18 golng to complain. Unfortunately he did award Several joint place8
and In Some ¢la8898 dld not award all posslble medals whlch caused Some up88t.
ADRIAN GOSS- Vocal (F8deratlon) 4 8e881on8 (Flr8tv181t}
Adri8n 18 a very experienced 8dJudlcator and wa8 ￿eY to work wlth. He kept ￿LI to tlme. He made good use of
hi8 own 8in¥ingvoice duringadjudication and h18 commonts mra g8n•raltyw8ll reGeived. though gen8raltyfairly
hard. h18 rnarks were falrly low (6spacl8Uy aftér th8 plano). I dld feel ha wa8 a blt bound by the marks ha had In
mind ratherthan tskingadvantsge of the gradingsystem.
KAY TUCKER- Strlngs (Federatlon) 3 lonq 8e88lon8 (Flfth vlslt)
Kay18 alway8 •xc8ll8nt and •a6y to workwith, very encoura￿ng, e8peclalLy to young player8. Due to a larg8
entryp we dld have rathar long $888ion8 which I think8h8feltverytiring.
ROSANNAWHITFIELD-Wind, group8 arbd 80me string8 {Feder8tlon) 3 88881on8 IS8cond vl8lt)
R08anna18 excellent and very constructlve In h8r adjudleatlon. She kept well to tlrne. She was very happy to
adjudiGate String8 a8wella8wind etcwhichwa8 a groat help aswe had few8rentrfa8 In thewlnd and ensembles
but 8 lot more 8tring8.
Entr1•• and R•port:
El￿. Thls ye8rw8 about a 10% increaae in entrie8. covering8 full 8yIL8bu8, U81ng 11 of tho p088ible 12 8888ions.
We had 365 entrfe8 from 233 p8rformer8, 8lm08t entlrely chlldren. The attendonce wes good {87%) and the
Standard was generallyvery high.
YooaL: We had planned a f ull number of cla88e8 thls year as Last, wlth the Junlor cLassas balng back to normaL
but with a reduced number of 88nior cla88e8. Unfortunatoly. whlle the number of Jun5or entries Showed a good
Incr8a8e on l88tyear, the 8enlor entrle8warevery low. Aa o r88uIt w8 only used 4 (out of the 6 po88ible) 8888ion8.
Theattendance of thelunlor8 was much betterthlsyear (88%). Thostsndardw88good, unfortun8tslyth8 number
of adults taking part 18 nowvory8maU. and l am not 8ur8 how beitto attract more.
Inst[ur￿. Tho number of entrles In the Strlng classes was vary hlgh, glvlng u8 a fuLI day of competttlon wlth 8
hlgh standard throughout, and a fvu evening of reGitalB on what should have been the wlnd day. The number of
antrl89 In the Wlnd cl8ssas w88 Vary 3mall, l 8U8pect that thi8 had a lot to do wlth the contlnuad effects of th

lockdown perloda. We onty used 2 8e381ons. Attendance was good and tha standard of perfomi8ne8 g8nar8lly
good, wlth 80me very enjoyabla perforrnanGe8. In tho future we may need to have one adJudl¢ator who can do
both week8 In orderto tye ug mora fl8xlbllity.
Plano: D8vld Shao {8enlorl & Jacob Dyakonov (junior).
Vocal: Julle Rlckard (8enlor} &18ob8lWrlght Uunlor}
In8trum8ntal: AIiG8 Chadwick-Jone8
Aooompth: Peter Bullatt w88 the Off Icl8l Accompanlat for the Vocal CI8S8as again. Jon Booth acted as
OffiGial AcGompanlst for the Instrumentsl cl88808.
Bkn: The8e Mra provlded throughout the Fe8tlval at Emm8nuel Chureh. Becau8e we could not 8elL
home-made cakes. we made very Ilttlo proflt whlch dld not meet the caterfng expen888 a8 In tha past. bLrt none
the le88 wore appr•clated by many of the performer8 and their familie8. Refreshments at the Concert & Young
Mu3lclan were Included In the tlcket prlce. We Are very grateful to M8vl8 Wilton and her teem of help8r8 for aLL
their hard worK and toAndrew Inne8 for caterlngfortheworkers.
Thi8 took place on December, with p8rformance8 by
repre8entatlve8 of the three Muslc Sectlons and Speech & Drama. A vary 8ucce88ful evenlng desplte tvio
ab8ent898 8ndtwo l88t mlnute 8ub8titution6 due to ilLnesa. The awardswere presented bytho Mayor. Councluor
Dlane Whlte. The eoncert was woll attended.
YouD&M￿. We had nlnfj performer8thi8 ￿ar a8 one fell iuatthe la8t mlnuts. The standard of
performance, 88 aLway8. W88 very hlgh. We were pleased to W8lcom8 Jonathan Wllcock8 a8 the adjudicator.
Jonathan gave qults a fuu adludlcatlonp PO881bLy longer than 80me In the pas( butwas weLI r8c8lv8d wlth h8LpfuL
and constructi￿ commants.
Thè wlnner wa8 Allce Chadwlck-Jon88 on vlolln. the runner-up was Hoa-finh Le on piano. A8 before, the
expenses were covered by the legacy In memory of Ggor8e Steven whlch WIU contlnue to sponsor the
competition for many year8 to come. The Deputy M8yor. Coun¢lllor RiGhord Thorpe honourod u8 With hi8
presence and pr888nt8d the 8ward8.
It￿￿. A8 always I wish to oxpr888 my very 8incere thank8 to alLth08e who havo h•lp8d in anywayto mak8 the
fe8tlvalthe 8ucce8Sthat It18. E8peclÉUy I would Ilkato thank Mavl8. Pam & Haathérforth8ir help in galactln8th8
ot pieces, forall the1r￿)rk bahlnd the scene8.to P8t Crlttenden for help wlth clearlng up and to Heatherfor her
floral8rr8ngement8.
EO&tiYa￿. the proposed date8 are:
Piano
VoeAL
Instrumentsl
Friday8 & Saturday8 9th.23rd N0￿Mb￿r
S8turdoy8 30 Nov8mber& 7 December
Sunday8 17° & 24° Nov. at V18contl Studlo, Kln8ston Unlver81ty
Concert
Young Muslclan
Saturday 14 December
Saturday 18° January2025
David Speed-Andrews
2V April 2024

Klryston Upon Thames FesUY41 of th• Porformlry Arts
Dance 5ertlon- 2022
Thls was the flrst tlme runnlng a festlval for both Emma and I, havlng attended festivals with our own
dancln8 dau8hters for many years and also belng Involved In admlnlsterln8 our schoofs festlval entrles.
We really strv88led firKlln8 a sultable venue, a5 the Dance sectlon's prevlous venue, Jublle& Hl8h.
School, had increased their costs so dramatlcally, It was no longer a flnanclally vlable optlon. We
contacted marry schools and theatres across the reg10￿ eventuallywldenln8our search and confirmln8
Gulldford County Sthool, whom were both a better cholce flnanclallv and also Incredlbly helpful and
accommodating.
Agaln, booklng an adjudicator proved dlfflcult, we eventually went back to our flrst cholce Jodle Clark
(an experlenced All England and BIFF adjudicator) who wa5 only avallable for the first two weekends.
but was happy to work with Anna aark (BIFF Adjudicator) whom She already had a close worklng
relatlonshlp wlth. and covered the second two weekends. Both adjudic*ors were fantsstlG they gave
clear. klnd and encouraglngfeedback to all our dancers.
Belng Ilnked to Kahll Lewls Dance Company. a local school based in Dippenhall, Surrey, 8ave us an.
enormous pool of approx, 80 volunteers, including First Aiders. and chaperones who were incredibly
8enerous wlth thelr tlme.
The dance festlval rdn very well, unfortunately beln8 so early In the All En8land cycle, and also bein8 a
non-qualifying year, we had a large number of no shLlWS, whlch affected our ttcket sales significantly.
We received an enormous amount of posltlve feedbad( from dancers, parents and teachers wlth many
commenting on what a friendly and Incluslve festl¥al we were.
Whil¥( a success. we learnt a lot. For 2023 we need to flnd a larger venue wlth a better stage. We had
to hlre a dance floor which needed to be lald and then tsken back up every weekend of the festlval
and also purchase addftlonal Ilghtlng. Parkin8 was limited, partlcularly for dlsabled visitors. We also
felt a change of datesto half term would make it easier to find a newvenue and help our volunteers.
25° Aprll 2024

IND8IENDENf EXAIAINER'S AEPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OP
KIWON FEsfIvAL OF TrE PERFORMING ARTS
Thli report on the accounts of the charlty for the year ended 281h February 2023. which
ore set out on the next five pages, is in respect of an exiMThiMtion carried In
accordance with $￿tim 145 of the Charties Act 2011 (the Act)
Re¥ectl¥e rogpgmibilitiu of trujtsu and uarnlnw
As the charitys trusiees. you are responsible for the preparatlon of the occounts: you
consld¢r that the audlt requirem¢nt of section IH the Charltles Act 2011 does not apply
nd that an Independent Examimtion 1$ nwl¢d.
It is my responsibility to, examln¢ the accounts under S￿*10￿ 145 of the Act and an the
basis af procedurns speclfled In the fxneral Directions given by the Charity
Commislioners under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. to state whether particular matters
have come to my attentio
8asls of INlep¢ndent examlmr's rewt
My examinotion wos carried out in accordance with the Genernl Directions given by the
awity CommiUioner$ under section 145(5)(b) of the Act An examlnatlon Includes a
review of the accountln9 records kept by the charity and o comparlson of the occounts
pre$￿ted wlth those records. It also includts considffiition of any unwual item$ or
disclosures in th¢ accounts, and Seeki￿ explonationl from you as trn￿tee$ concerniry arry
ch matters. The procedur¢s Undertak￿ do not provlde all the evidenct that would b¢
required In 12n audlt, and consequently I do not ¢xpress an audlt opinion on the vl¢w 9iv¢n
by th¢ accounts.
Ird4p¢nd¢nt mmimp'j statemwrt
In connection wSth my examlmtlon, no matter has come to my attentlon:
(a)
whlch 9lves me reasonable CQUae to bdieve that in aw material respect the
requirements:
(i)
to keep accountlTrJ records In accordanc¢ wlth section 130 of the Act: and
(li)
to prepare accounts whlch accord wlth the aCco￿tir9 records ond compty
with the accounting requirements of the Act.
have not Ixen met.. or
(b)
to which, in my opinion, attentlon should be drawn In ordv to enable o proper
understandirg of the accounts to be reached.
Peter Kempster
Dated: 25th April 2024

FOA THE YEAA 29th FeBRUAAY 2024
2023
Urn•Jtrlctod Rostrlcted T•tol
Totd
Actvltloi ta awrlty'i oblo¢tlwy
24.462
10,6
22.683
22.683
635
8269
TOTAL INColA￿ RESOLTrCES
47.825
47.825
18,973
RESOURCES vseD
Paymonts for 9o*raliw fun
Charltabla
Chapltoblt A¢tlvlt
31.8lS1
32.408
21,451
932
266
lan￿￿ and Admlnljtratlon
1.140
1.140
33.889
34.446
22.648
13.9
7)
13.379
(3,676)
at l¥t M(Y¢h 2023
Transfv to l)•slI￿ted
28.175
8.232
36.wr
21.117
4•r
Fwds as at 28th F¢bnMry 1024
42,110
7,675
49.n6
17,441

FEsfivAL OF THE ARTS
BALANCE SHEEf AS AT 291h PEORVAAY 2024
6x18
Troplry Collection
Uoyds Currutt AecoLmt
Uoyds Deposit Account
Uoyds Flx¢d Deposit
Ca*h in Hand (PA￿1¢)
Prepaynwnts and dc¢nKd Incom¢
Lus Cr¢ditors
10,966
25.IXX>
20.220
25.415
976
331
(1.739)
(242)
49,102
35.724
55.610
42.232
Gernrol Fund
Lew / Young Musician
25.173
7.558
32.ni
13.935
(557)
13.379
39.lQ8
7.￿2
46.110
Trophy R¢$4rv¢ o/¢
Conti9ew R¢s¢r¥¢ alc
42.231
13.J79
55.610
Tr*y Cdl•¢tF
The Fest1￿1 owns a large collectlon of Tr¢ply's thot crt awarded on annual baqis and rnturned th¢ •Jbsqu¢nt
yeor. Th1$ kne all b¢¢n doMt¢d over th¢ years by Patrons and Sworters of the F¢skiKIl.
No valuation hos ever been made but a resepve of £2.IXh) is carried to cover potthd replacement costs.
In behalf of the Trusloos
l)a¥id Speed-Andr¢ws
Chalrmon
Dated . 25th Ayll
rim Bravffl

KINGSTQN ThAAIES
PESTIVAL QF THE PERPoRAlI￿ ARTS
NOTES TO THE ACCOIINrs
FCrf4 THE YEAA ENI)eD 29th FEBkUAkY 2024
1. 1 ol acco￿ti
Th¢S¢ accounts have been prepfftd an the btsil of hlitoric coit in accordonce wlth:
. AttOunt1￿ and Reportln9 by Choriti¢s- Stattheift of Recommended Practic£ (SOAD 2005
' and wlth th¢ tharitles Act 21YJ6.
1.2 basts rf occ•untl¥
b¢¢n no chanp to the tKwintlr8 pollcl¢s (￿l￿trIon rules and methods of accountirg) Sinc¢ lost year
No been Moth to accounts for pr4vio￿ years
2. Ac￿nI*￿ plld
A•cyltlan of Irum*
Th¢s¢ are Included In the Stat¢M¢nt of Flrrfxial Activitiu {SoFA) when:
the charlty becomes ¢ntltled to the resour￿$.
the trustus ar¢ virtually artain they will recei￿ the resources; and
the monetary value can b¢ me￿wed with *rfficient reliability.
6raThts and donations ¢Y¢ only included in the SOFA when the tharity h&* wKonditianol
entitlement to the resources.
Danotd and facHltl•s These ar¢ only irKI￿led In Incom1￿ re8ourc¢s (wrth an quival¢nt amount in ruowces
expended) where the benefit to th¢ chorlty Is re(uoMbty quontlflable. meosurabl¢ and
material. The value ploc¢d on th¢se r¢sourcu is the estiiiiated value to th4 charit
Vokmte4r help
The vdlut of aw voluntory h¢lp receFved Is not Includ¢d In th¢ accounts but Is descrlbed In
the tnwt¢¢< r￿rt.
Llablllty r•cWlon
Liobiliti¢S are recognis¢d as soon ￿ there is o legol or caiiilnKti¥e obligation commitlin9
the cho41ty to pay out r￿o￿v¢￿.

FESTIVAL OP THE PWORIAZN6 ARTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29th PEgRUARY 2024
2024
2023
l Act¥ltl8¥ to th¢ Ch￿[ty'S obJectlws
Festival Entry Fees:
18.514
710
5.233
6,043
582
4.019
Speech & Drama
hlusic
South Asian F￿$
24.462
10,644
2 DoMt4%v 6ran
Patrons Fees and Donatlons
60
60
J ActMtl¢s ta g￿rn*¢
Entry Fees a Pro9romme Sal¢s
Dance
Speech a Drama
Muslc
IB.538
5,740
2,223
305
Yours Musican
Refreshment Sal¢s Muslc Sections
Dance - Lanyards ond Commission
Misc¢lloneous
233
1,195
60
22.683
8,269

KINWON UPON THAIAES
FESTIVAL OF THe PERFoAmI￿ ARTS
NOTES TO RESOIJRCES USED
FOR THE YEAR ENtsED 29th FEBRUARY 2024
2024
2023
4 Charlt(bl¢ Activifi
Hall Hire:
Dance
Speech a Drama
Music
South Asion
Adiudicator Fees a Expemes..
8.370
4,175
400
3.160
3,508
2.630
J76
3.618
1,953
330
2,386
Speech a Drama
Music
South Aslan
Accomponlst Fees
Prlntin9
once Section Expenses
Medals
Klngston Vourg Musician Awards and adjudlcatlon
480
7,905
4.806
4,803
3,090
674 *
* chor9ed ¢b3diN4t designated fund
32.408
21.451
5 &ppart GoJtJ
Subscrlptions and Copyrlghts
Insurance
Piano Costs
Web Site ond Advertisin9
367
31X>
347
250
119
216
230
897
932
6 Mrylment Athilnlstrdtkni
Sp¢¢ch a Dron￿ Expen
M￿lC Section Expens
5Lmdry Expenses
1,110
200
65
266