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2022-04-05-accounts

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2022

COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Company No. 2966878 CharityNo. 1043487

Table of Contents

2 Report of the Directors
5 Achievements and Performance 2021-22
20 Balance Sheet
21 Statement of Financial Activities
22 Notes to the Financial Statements

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS

The Directors, who are also trustees of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, have pleasure in submitting their Report together with the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2022. The Company is “Limited by Guarantee” - having no Share Capital.

The directors have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (2015 FRSSE) applicable in the UK.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The Company is a Registered Charity and the objects for which the charity is established are: - To advance education for the public benefit through the promotion of the arts with particular but not exclusive reference to the dramatic arts.

DIRECTORS

The Directors throughout the year were:

Anna Birch Jo Carter(Chair) Rachael Garvin Steven Hoo Rebecca Martin-Williams Anselm Onyenani (Treasurer) Christopher Preston Shuang Teng

All Directors are members of the Company and guarantee to contribute a sum not exceeding £1 to the assets of the Company in the event of it being wound up.

AUDITORS

The Directors have taken advantage of the exemptions in S.477 of the Companies Act 2006 removing the need for the financial statements to have an audit. An Independent Examination of the Accounts has taken place.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

Company Law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the Directors are required to:-

  1. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.

  2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.

  3. Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis when it is appropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.

  4. To comply with charity legislation the Directors have a policy to maintain funds in reserve.

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The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with theCompanies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors’ report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies, subject to the small companies’ regime in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

REGISTERED OFFICE

45 Landells Road London SE22 9PQ

GOVERNING DOCUMENT

Maya Productions was incorporated in September 1994 company number 2966878 and registered as a charity with charity number 1043487. The company governance instrument is its Memorandum and Articles of Association. It is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member is limited to £1 per member.

APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF TRUSTEES

The Trustees are appointed (or elected) at an Annual General Election. From time to time any member of the Charity may be appointed as a trustee provided that the maximum number of trustees (12) is not exceeded. This number was increased from 10 to 12 by the Trustees in September 2021. From time to time the Trustees may register an increase of members. Any member so appointed will retain his or her office only until the next AnnualGeneral Meeting but he or she will then be eligible for re-election. At the AGM, one third of the trustees will retire from office. A retiring member of the board of trustees will be eligible for re-election.

The trustees to retire shall be those that have been longest in office since their last election to office. As between members of equal seniority, the members to retire shall in absence of agreement be selected from among them by lot.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY

The objects for which the Charity is established are: “To advance education for the public benefit through the promotion of the arts with particular but not exclusive reference to the dramatic arts.”

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PUBLIC BENEFIT

The Trustees have considered the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and consider that the activities of the charity meet its charitable objectives and provide a benefit to the public.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

This year the charity’s turnover was £120,676.

The Trustees are pleased that we raised income of £46,837 through various small and mediumsized grants. We are very grateful to Arts Council England, Cultural Recovery Fund, which contributed to a significant proportion of the income, which enabled Maya to invest in increasing the staff team and staff time to bolster fundraising efforts. Maya raised £11,463 through earned income.

The company remains project funded, with additional support from Arts Council England and other trusts for core costs and staff. This has allowed Artistic Director Suzanne Gorman, Executive Director Lizzie Vogel and Administrator Ada Onyekwelu to focus time and energy on fundraising and financial management. As a result Maya is in a strong financial position going into 2022/23.

Looking forward to 2022/23, Maya anticipates an even larger contribution to turnover and we are confident that the organisation will remain stable and able to contribute additional funds to reserves.

FUNDERS AND INCOME

We received funds from Arts Council England, Postcode Society Trust, J G Graves, Sheffield Town Trust, Westfield Foundation for Future London Small Fund, Woodward Trust and Teale Charitable Trust. Fees/earned income from Box Office (Benny and the Greycats work-inprogress performance at Arcola), Home Slough, ProjectPhakama, Migration MattersFestival, Barbican, Tonic Theatre, Belgrade Theatre.

RESERVES POLICY

As the company only operates on a project funded basis the Trustees aim to build up reserves ,as and when possible. We are currently carrying £62,479 in reserves of which £37,303 are restricted and £25,176 are unrestricted.

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BENNY AND THE GREYCATS

ROUTES TO ROOTS

WRITER - SUPER CHEFS

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 2021 - 2022

Maya Productions makes diverse theatre that creates change: bringing together organisations and individuals who passionately want their work to enable social change and racial justice in the arts.We create opportunities for people of all ages, abilities, culture and classes to experience theatre.

Making work led by African diaspora, South Asian diaspora and ethnically diverse artists we:

Engaging with young people and communities across the UK we:

Promoting workforce diversity across the arts we:

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OVERVIEW

2021 - 2022 saw a return to live delivery using Covid 19 protocols, alongside continuing a digital offer when needed. The year has been incredibly busy and fruitful, with postponed work being delivered alongside the emergence of new projects.

PLAYS

The research and development phase for Benny and the Greycats, words by SuzanneGorman, music by Mike Gorman and Riz Maslen, postponed from 2020 was finally able to take place inperson, following strict covid guidelines. Benny and the Greycats tells the story of an AngloIndian family who swap working on the railways and playing in swing bands in South India to move to the industrial city of Sheffield in the 1960s. Their journey unleashes themes of migration, work, conflicting communities, mental health, and the legacy of colonialism.

Working with Musical Director Matthew Bugg and 6 British South Asian actors, ( Jason Patel, Natasha Lewis, Keshini Misha, Dan De Cruz, Shivi Hotwani and Sasha Ghosha) we tested out for the first time the full-length draft of the musical. Following an exploration of the piece, we selected a number of songs and scenes to share with audiences in a series of work in progress performances at three festivals; live at Arcola’s Today I’m Wiser Festival,London, Migration MattersFestival, Sheffield, and online at Disrupt Festival ( Barbican/Guildhall School of Music and Drama)

Audience responses were very positive and through sharing the online/streamed visions of the showcase we have gathered significant interest from venues for our planned tour in 2023/24.

“I really enjoyed the story and the exploration of themes like colonialism, the British Empire and racism. I loved the reference to the NHS and the fact that immigrant communities did and still do contribute” ( Audience member, Arcola)

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September 2022 saw the Tara project take a step forward. Tara began as a project to explore Irish links with the Anglo-Indian community in India. Suzanne Gorman spent a week with Macha Productions, in residence at MAC Belfast, working with dramaturg Jo Egan, further developing the concept of the piece.

2021 saw us begin work on a new family musical, Súper Chefs by Betsy Picart. Set in a London Latin American household, 6 year old Manny and his family cook and sing their way around the kitchen in this interactive musical exploring family, food, and gender roles. A research and development week at BOLD theatre explored material with Composer Ariel Cubria, Associate DirectorVictor Rios and Actors Damian Schedler Cruz, Maria Leon and Cinthia Lilen. The week culminated in three performances for invited audiences. This project delivered our aim to increase local partnerships and deliver more work in our home borough of Southwark.

I think it’s really important for Latin Americans to be represented in the theatre, their language and the food, the family, the songs, the energy – so it’s very nice for the kids to see as well, they’re there – on stage” (Audience member)

PARTICIPATION

Spring 2021 saw us embark on two Sheffield based participation projects, linked to Benny and the Greycats, working in partnership with Ignite Imaginations. Routes to Roots worked with 12 students from Handsworth Grange School and Talking About My Generation with 14 South Asian Women from Roshni Asian Women’s Resource Centre.

Inspired by Benny and the Greycats, these projects used theatre and visual arts to develop creative and transferable skills, in the exploration of the themes of cultural identity, migration and heritage. The project culminated in an event at Migration Matters Festival in July with participants from Routes to Roots and Talking About My Generation meeting and sharing their performance and visual art work with each other and the Benny and the Greycats team, who also performed the work-in-progress performance.

Other participation work took place around the development of Super Chefs with parents at Espacio Mama and young people at IRMO (IndoAmerican Refugee and Migrant Association).

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SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

We promoted workforce diversity in the sector by continuing to deliver on the actions recommended by Suzanne Gorman’s research project Where Am I? Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse Role Models and Leaders in the Performing Arts, and its corresponding Pocket Guide. In collaboration with Tonic Theatre we created a Race and Allyship training programme, delivering this to Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and National Theatre Wales. Suzanne was invited to deliver a keynote speech at Disrupt Festival, sharing findings from Where Am I, and highlighting how they translate to actions at Maya Productions.

ORGANISATIONAL AND COMPANY DEVELOPMENT

This year we were successful in raising funds to supportSuzanne Gorman and Ada Onyekwelu to work part time on core company tasks (Postcode Society Trust, Woodward) from September - December 2021. Additionally, support from Arts Council Cultural Recovery Fund enabled us to bring Lizzy Vogler back to the company p/t as Executive Director, and also work with consultant Fiona Fieber, who supported us to develop a business case for Southwark and update and develop new policies. Sharon Mitcheson, who had been working 1 day a month on our finances and previously as Digital Producer moved into a full time position elsewhere, and reduced her responsibilities to preparation of our quarterly and annual finance reports.

We continued to develop our national networks, building new partnerships in Sheffield, Bradford, and Nottingham therefore extending our reach and ability to create social change and enable racial justice in the arts.

Our Trustees have continued to support the organisation through attending regular meetings, supporting fundraising, identifying opportunities and attending performances and workshops.

“In a city as polyglottic and diverse as London, what’s important is to be able to see all kinds of cultures represented on stage – that is inclusion”

(Tania Mujica, SpanishTeacher and audience member - SúperChefs)

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THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

Involved over 222 participants in our work.

Ran 11 participation workshops for 24 school students and young people.

Delivered 12 participation workshops for 24 adults from South Asian and Latin American backgrounds.

Held 1 community sharing event.

Created 1 new training programme, delivering this for 69 industry professionals.

Reached 105+ students through lectures and training workshops.

Directly involved 5 industry professions through coaching and mentoring.

Held 12 days of research and development workshops.

Presented 7 work-in-progress performances of 2 shows.

Employed 35 artists, actors, practitioners, and theatre workers.

Engaged 3 volunteers on the project steering committee and 1 volunteer for office support.

Worked in partnership with 18 organisations.

Reached audiences of 1000+ (live and online).

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THE YEAR IN MORE DEPTH

PLAYS

Benny and the Greycats: In partnership with Migration MattersFestival, Theatre Deli, Disrupt Festival ( Barbican/Guildhall School of Music and Drama).

Research and Development Workshop and Work-In-Progress Performance Tour June - July 2021

Benny and the Greycats, words by Suzanne Gorman, music by Mike Gorman and Riz Maslen, tells the story of an Anglo-Indian family of railway workers from Trichinopoly, South India who swap playing in swing bands in railway institutes in India, for a new life in the steel city of Sheffield. Working with a Musical Director and 6 British South Asian actors, we tested out for the first time the full-length draft of the piece at Theatre Deli London. We were able to do this inperson, following strict covid guidelines. Following an exploration of the piece, we selected a number of songs and scenes to share with audiences in a work in progress performance.

We achieved:

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Arcola Theatre Performance - Benny and the Greycats was selected to be part of the Today I’m Wiser Festival at the Arcola Theatre in July 2021. This performance allowed us to stage the show in front of a London based audience and gain valuable feedback towards the next stage of development for the show.

“Loved the lyrics – funny, clever, poignant and the music was a great mix of styles too. Story was interesting and the characters really well developed” ( Audience member)

Disrupt Festival - We were also successful in applying to be part of Disrupt Festival, an online programme focussed on process and combating the constraints placed on artists and organisations during the pandemic. We pre-recorded the show at Theatre Deli and the film was broadcast from the Barbican followed by a live Q&A with the cast and crew.

The digital format allowed us to connect with audiences, giving Maya the opportunity to realise and present our work digitally, making it accessible for audience members who have experienced barriers going to the theatre.

Migration Matters Festival - Performances at Migration Matters Festival included a daytime performance sharing the work with participants who had engaged in creative projects inspired by the themes of Benny and the Greycats, and an evening performance that included a group from the Refugee Council.

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BENNY AND THE GREYCATS

Arcola Theatre and Migration Matters Festival

Throughout the work-in-progress tour the feedback and post-show Q&As showed how the piece was received positively with audiences citing the show’s accessibility, unique storytelling and the strength of the music.

“The play was very emotional, showing the feelings of a family leaving their country to come to Sheffield. It showed the real struggle and it felt alive... My friend was crying, it was so meaningful” (Migration Matters Festival audience member)

“The characters were amazing, and I really enjoyed the music which portrayed the journey and emotion of the characters” (Migration Matters Festival audience member)

For the client group from the Refugee Council, the show was not just relatable but validating and accessible. Feedback from the group includes:

“The plot was relevant to our personal experience of how immigration to a new society can affect every aspect of your life”

“I was very excited and eager to see the theatre. I am suffering from major depression. And this trip was a good experience for me…I will never forget that day”

For the company, this work is significant in supporting SouthAsian performers and artists to be involved in representative stories.

“The chance to be seen for the very first time as a normal character of South Asian descent instead of as a stereotype Indian or a brown replacement for a white character” (Sasha Ghosal, Actor)

“I was excited about a story that hadn’t been told before, most especially of the Anglo Indian experience of migration, which was very close to my family” ( Dan De Cruz, Actor)

SÚPER CHEFS

Súper Chefs by Betsy Picart with Music by Ariel Cubria: with support from Blue Elephant and English Touring Theatre.

Research and Development Workshop and Work-In-Progress Performances: November - December 2021

Súper Chefs is an interactive family musical written by Puerto-Rican Guatemalan American writer Betsy Picart. Set in London, we meet 6-year-old Manny, who is preparing a welcome home dinner for his dad, together with his mother, and professional chef Valeria, and grandmother Alma, who holds some traditional values. Aimed at families with children aged 4-8 years old, the musical invites the audience to explore food, family, gender and female role models through the three generations of a Latin American family in London.

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Writer Betsy Picart, along with Suzanne Gorman and Associate Director Victor Rios held a workshop at Espacio Mama (a Latin American focused parents group) in November. This was followed by a week's workshop exploring the play and songs with actors Damian Schedler Cruz, Maria Leon and Cinthia Lilen and composer Ariel Cubria. Stage Manager Gustavo Silva Navarro, Marketeer Adrian Devant and Photographer Jason Garcia completed the team, enabling us to employ 8 freelancers with Latin American heritage for this project.

The week culminated in three Taster performances for Latin American families, two at BOLD Theatre and one at Espacio Mama. The performances were very well received. Audiences comments include:-

“I think this kind of theatre is very good because it shows a bit of our culture - my son was born here, and we were born in Ecuador, but through theatre, we can experience a bit of what [our culture] has to offer”

“Loved the food interaction - if there could be more that would be great” “I like it (theatre) but I don’t know how to go”

Additionally there was a screening of the play for another Espacio Mama group and additional workshops run on the Súper Chefs themes with young people IRMO (Indoamerican and Refugee Migrant Association).

Tara: in partnership with Macha Productions

Heritage project, exploring Suzanne Gorman’s family Irish ancestry and migration (via British Empire) to India in the 19th Century. Partnering with Jo Egan of Macha Theatre as dramaturg, Suzanne spent a week in September 2021 in Belfast, developing further the idea for a one person show. Workshop space was provided by MAC .

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PARTICIPATION

Talking About My Generation / Routes to Roots Participation Projects:In partnership with Ignite Imaginations, Roshni Asian Women’s Resource Centre, Handsworth Grange School.

April-June 2021:

We successfully led two participation projects based in Sheffield, with partners Ignite Imaginations, using the themes of Benny and the Greycats as a stimulus for exploring, migration and heritage stories. The two groups were:

- Talking About My Generation Adult Groups:

The facilitators used their various specialist art forms notably dance, theatre and visual art to enable participants to forge their own creative expressions and both projects culminated in a live performance of work and exhibition of art work created at Migration Matters Festival, Sheffield, 2021.

Across the project the participants successfully:

Artists working with the groups relayed that some participants spoke very little English, but were supported by a staff member translating. This lack of confidence with English resulted in initial shyness from individuals in the group; however, artists commented about how receptive the participants were to the sessions.

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PARTICIPATION PROJECTS

Routes to Roots & Talking About My Generation

The participants' confidence grew throughout the sessions, demonstrated in the fact that they were able to perform to a live audience at the Migration Matters Festival, something they previously would never have dreamed of accomplishing “I was able to perform whereas before I could have never done this”. (Roshni group participant)

“One of the biggest achievements of the project was the two groups' willingness to come and perform on stage for an audience. They showed courage and enthusiasm” . (Charu Asthana, Artist)

Staff, artists and the Benny and the Greycats cast commented on the pride and elation participants emitted throughout the day and particularly the value in this intergenerational aspect of the project, highlighting the universality of the experiences of migration throughout time.

We can see the impact of the project from the feedback from the the Roshni Asian Women’s Resource Centre group:

The project received a great deal of positive feedback from both groups:

“I will remember this project because it changed my life” (Student)

“I have developed new skills in dance and drama” (Roshni group participant)

“I loved learning about different peoples experiences” (Student)

“Boosted pupils' confidence and brought them closer together. Thank you” (Teacher, Handsworth Grange School)

SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

This year we teamed up with Tonic Theatre to develop training around Race and Allyship. Following a pilot session for Tonic’s Advance Network Suzanne Gorman worked with Tonic’s Delivery lead Fay Jennet to create a two part training programme. Training was delivered to Guildhall School of Speech and Drama, National Theatre Wales and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Other work in this area included facilitation for Little star/Mamma Mia and South Yorkshire Housing Association.

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TALKING ABOUT MY GENERATION

BENNY AND THE GREYCATS

ROUTES TO ROOTS

PEOPLE

Benny and the Greycats Research & Development and Work-in-Progress Performance Tour

Matthew Bugg Musical Director Riz Maslen Composer Mike Gorman Co-composer Paul Sirett Dramaturg Sam Holland Producer Natasha Lewis Actor Jason Patel Actor Dan de Cruz Actor Keshini Misha Actor Shivi Hotwani Actor Sasha Ghoshal Actor Isabella Vayoni Stage Manager Roxane Grant Photographer Tom Rolley Videographer

Tara

Jo Egan Dramaturg/Mentor

Súper Chefs Research & Development workshops and Work-in-Progress Performances Damian Schedler Cruz Actor Maria Leon Actor Cinthia Lilen Actor Ariel Cubria Composer Victo Rios Associate Director/Videographer Gustavo Silva Navarro Stage Manager Betsy Picart Writer Adrian Devant Marketer Jason Garcia Photographer

Routes to Roots and Talking About My Generation

Annabel Weeden Artist/ Facilitator Laura Page Artist/ Facilitator Charu Asthana Artist/ Facilitator

Maya Office

Suzanne Gorman Artistic Director Liz Vogler ExecutiveDirector Sharon Mitcheson Bookkeeping and finances Ada Onyekwelu Administrator Fiona Fieber Executive Consultant

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PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS

Migration Matters Festival, Tonic Theatre, Barbican, Arcola Theatre, Theatre Deli, Immediate Theatre, Tara Arts, Blue Elephant, BOLD Theatre, Roshni Sheffield Asian Women’s Resource Centre, Handsworth Grange School, Macha Theatre, Espacio Mama, English Touring Theatre, Ignite Imaginations, Darnall Wellbeing, Disrupt Festival, Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

SECTOR DEVELOPMENT CLIENTS

Home Slough, South Yorkshire Housing Association, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, National Theatre Wales and Nottingham Trent University.

FUTURE PLANS 22- 23

Plays

We intend to continue developing Benny and the Greycats. We have been awarded a place in the Musical Theatre Darkroom, presented by China Plate, Birmingham Hippodrome, Musical Theatre Network, Mercury Musical Developments and Royal & Derngate Theatres. Suzanne Gorman, Mike Gorman and Riz Maslen will spend a week exploring next steps for the musical, after which we will work towards a rehearsal ready draft. We also intend to take Súper Chefs to a full production in this year and have secured venue and partner support from Blue Elephant Theatre, Canada Water and Theatre Peckham

Participation

We will be expanding our Routes to Roots/Talking About My Generation projects to work with three groups in three cities. Collaborating with partners Womenzone and Kala Sangam we will work with a group of South Asian Women in Bradford. In Croydon we will connect with members of the Anglo-Indian community, and work with partners Stanley Arts. In Sheffield we will once again work with students from Handsworth Grange School, supported by Forced Entertainment and in partnership with Migration Matters, where we will bring all three groups together to share the creative work that they have made.

For Spring/Summer 2022 we are looking to pilot a new programme, Diverse Voices, which will involve running a series of playwriting workshops for students at Central Foundation Girls’ School, leading to a rehearsed reading showcase of the work produced with a professional cast and creative team.

We will also create a new participatory workshop inspired by Súper Chefs. It will be a cross-arts workshop for children aged between 5-10 years old, combining super healthy eating with superheroes, in a fun, creative manner. These workshops will be delivered in Holiday Clubs in Southwark.

Images: Jason Garcia (Super Chefs), Roxane Grant (Benny and the Greycats), Laura Page (Routes 2 Roots/ Talking About My Generation).

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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

JO CARTER

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16th May 2022

Director/ Member of Trustees

Respective responsibilities of the Directors and the examiner.

The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Directors consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act)

Accounts prepared by S Mitcheson & S Gorman 45 Landells Road London SE22 9PQ

May, 2022

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS

Independent examiner’s Report to the trustees of Maya Productions Maya Productions Ltd ( The Company)

05 April 2022 Charity no: 1043487

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Maya Productions (“the Company”) for the year ended 05/04/2022

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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

-the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

-the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

-the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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.

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.

Signed: Date 17/05/2022

Kevin Dunn Finance Director Soho Theatre

22 Dean Street London, W1D 3NE

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BALANCE SHEET - AS AT 05 APRIL 2022

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (2015)

For the financial year ended 05 April 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under S.477 of the Companies Act 2006 and no members have deposited a notice under S.476 requiring an audit.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with S.386 of the Act and for preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its result for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to accounts, so far as applicable to the company.

JO CARTER .. …...........................................) DIRECTORS 16/05/2022

ANSELM ONYENANI ..................................................) APPROVED ON 16/05/2022

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDING 05 APRIL 2022

A. THE ATTACHED NOTES FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE ACCOUNTS.

B. NONE OF THE COMPANY’S ACTIVITIES WERE ACQUIRED OR DISCONTINUED DURING THE ABOVE TWO FINANCIAL YEARS.

C. THE COMPANY HAS NO RECOGNISED GAINS OR LOSSES OTHER THAN THE RESULTS FOR THE ABOVE TWO FINANCIAL YEARS.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1.1 Historical Cost Convention

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with the FRSSE for small entities (effective April 2008). The accounts are prepared in accordance with applicable UK accounting standards (UKGAAP) which have been applied consistently.

1.2 Fees

Fees is the total amount receivable by the Company in the ordinary course of business. This comprised of fees from Box Office, Migration Matters Festival and Barbican for Routes to Roots, Talking About My Generation and Benny and the Greycats, Tonic Theatre, Project Phakama, Home Slough for Training, Coaching and other Sector Development activities, and miscellaneous income.

1.3 Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of the following assets over their expected useful lives:

Office Equipment

Rate Method - 25% Reducing Balance

1.4 Cash Flow Statement

The Company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRSSE from producing a Cash Flow statement on the grounds that it is a small company.

2. FUNDS

Unrestricted income funds comprise those funds generated through the Company’s various activities which the Directors are free to use in accordance with the Company’s objects.

Restricted income funds are funds which have been given for particular purposes and projects, which are also designated funds for particular work and projects. Restricted Funds were carried forward from Arts Council England, Sheffield Town Trust and Scurrah Wainwright from the 2020/21 financial year for Routes to Roots, Talking About My Generation and Benny and the Greycats. Restricted Funds in 2021/22 came from Arts Council England for Benny & the Greycats, Routes to Roots and Talking About My Generation. Additional funding for Routes to Roots and Talking About My Generation was received from Sheffield Town Trust and JG Graves, who continue to support Maya’s work. The majority of these funds will be moved into 2022/23. We were delighted to receive funding from Westfield Small Fund to support the work on Diverse Voices in 2022 - 23.

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1.DIRECTORS REMUNERATION

No Directors’ Remuneration was paid during the year.

The Companyis a Registered Charity and is not liable to Corporation Tax.

All fixed assets have been fully depreciated.

4.DEBTORS

None

5.CREDITORS

None

The Directors are not aware of any material items.

7.RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

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FOR DIRECTORS USE ONLY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 05 APRIL 2022

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