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Registered Number: 3002661 Charity Number: 1044532 Type text here
**The Actors of Dionysus (A Company limited by guarantee)**
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31[st] December 2023**
THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS (A Company limited by guarantee)
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## **Contents**
Legal and administrative information 3 Trustees’ Report Accountant’s Report Statement of financial activities Balance Sheet Notes forming part of the financial statements
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## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION For the year end 31** Type text here **[st] December 2023**
Trustees
Brian Beaton David G. G. Bullen Steve Cowton Michael Edwin Dixon Olga Gekht Katherine Harloe (resigned July 2023) Fiona Macintosh Shelley Warren Catherine Livesey (resigned July 2023) Andy Powell (Chairman)
Secretary
Maria Athini
Company Registered Number 3002661 Charity Registered Number 1044532 Registered Office 25 St Luke’s Road Brighton BN2 9ZD Accountants R Kennedy t/a Brayhaven Limited Lower Ickneild Way, Marsworth, Tring, Herts, HP23 4LN Bankers Lloyds Bank North Street Brighton BN1 1GL
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## TRUSTEES REPORT
For the year end 31[st] December 2023
The Trustees, who are directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act, submit their annual report and the financial statements of Actors of Dionysus ( **aod** ) Limited (the charitable company) for the year ended 31[st] December 2023 The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company’s governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) ‘Accounting and Reporting by charities’ revised 2019.
## **Method of appointment or election of trustees**
The management of the charitable company is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Articles of Association.
## **Charitable Objectives**
The continuation of the performance of new adaptations of ancient Greek drama and new writings inspired by myth. The company intends to maintain its strong outreach programme with workshops and talks, published education materials including; resources, adaptations, and books of essays, DVDs, audio-CDs, digital material, as well as its highly physical, visual and poetic performance style. The company intends to maintain its strong events programme, working on a variety of high-end events to attract funding and increase the profile of the company.
## **Review of activities and future development**
## **1. Summary of 2023**
The main performance/new writing projects of 2023 were the further development of our Arts Council England funded _Black Voices in Myth_ project, the beginning of a new Associate Director relationship with King’s College London, working closely with the Classics department on their 70th anniversary _King’s College Greek Play_ and continuing performance work on our _Wonder Women of the World_ series.
We kicked off the year in January with a board meeting to lay out our plans and share progress to date on all of these projects, as well updating on our cash flow and education work within schools.
## **Projects in brief**
- _i) Black Voices in Myth_ (Arts Council England funded) spanned from Jan to October and presented a number of artistic and collaborative challenges, precipitated by the fact that our chosen director had to pull out mid-January (for personal reasons) and our own Artistic Director, Tamsin Shasha, was coincidentally working on
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- another separate new writing project at the same time. This meant that we had to advertise for a new Director for BViM at the last minute, affecting both our schedule and the artistic continuity of the project. Despite these difficulties in personnel the project fulfilled its brief, a new script was developed and a sharing of work in progress took part at Chickenshed on March 17[th] to an invited audience of special guests and VIPs including Prof Katherine Harloe, Academic Consultant on the project. Feedback was positive. Subsequent sharings that further developed our _Black Voices in Myth_ project took place in June (at Brighton Book Festival) and October (at Chickenshed) under the headings _It’s All Greek to Me_ and _Andromeda & other Black Icons_ respectively. The latter involved Dr Mai Musié, alongside performers Ben Scheck and Leda Douglas (the latter who was an integral member of BViM 1 and curated this content). It was decided that _Black Voices in Myth_ , if it were to be developed, would be working under Mai’s supervision and ideally working with Ben and Leda, subject to funding and to dddddddddsds their availability.
- _ii)_ In May 2023 we performed the second part of our _Wonder Women of the Ancient World_ series, _Atalanta the Adventurer_ written by Lucy Ruddiman from the original staging idea developed by Bee in My Beanie. We intend for this show to be the second in a series of three, each exploring the story of a different female hero of Greek mythology for children in Key Stage 2 of their education. We were able to utilise the funding we had received from the D’Oyly Carte Charitable trust to pay for the writing and rehearsal and help stage the performances at Brighton Fringe. We also used this production to deliver our first ever workshop in a Primary school in June of 2023 at Aldrington Primary School in Hove. We were also invited to perform the show at Eldeflower Festival at the end of May 2023. All performances were very well received. We have been invited back to both Aldrington Primary and the Elderflower Festival to perform in 2024.
- _iii)_ Also in May we presented another show at Brighton Fringe, _Lionhouse Cabaret,_ a showcase of local performers across a variety of disciplines and styles, including music and comedy, primarily showcasing the talents of comedic duo Dyball and Kerr. This was performed at The Brighton Open Air Theatre.
- _iv)_ From January to June 2023 we took on our role as Executive Directors of the annual Greek Play at Kings College London, following the introduction provided to us by our Trustee David Bullen in 2022. This role saw **aod** acting as professional consultants on the production, helping with the audition process and mentoring the students to achieve their artistic ambitions for the production. The play based on the myth of Iphigenia was very well received and **aod** has been invited to act as Executive Directors again for 2024. As part of this role **aod** now has access to an office on KCL Campus in the Strand in London. As of December 2023 **aod** has held interviews with potential student directors and have selected a team who will be creating a new piece of theatre for 2024 based on Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. We have also employed on a limited freelance basis the student director of the 2023 production, Amalia Costa, to act on **aod** ’s behalf to provide much need continuity for the project.
## **2. New Appointments and Resignations**
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**Staff** : We were sorry to lose our General Manager Lucy Ruddiman in 2023. Lucy joined us as a university work experience placement and was a great asset to the company. She continues her academic work at University of Bristol and remains a dedicated member of our education team. We were delighted to welcome Cambridge Classics student Izzy Grout on board in September ’23. Izzy joins us as part time Administrator and Assistant Education Officer and brings with her a wealth of skills including copyrighting, academic insight and a network of neurodiverse connections.
**Trustees:** We had no new trustee appointments in 2023 but we had two resignations from Catherine Livesey and Katherine Harloe, the latter who has agreed to continue with us as Academic Consultant for relevant projects, including Black Voices in Myth should we chose to develop it.
2024 will bring new trustees and a skills audit is underway. Our plan is to attract fresh blood, encourage new expertise and expand our networks.
## **3. Training, Awards and Conferences**
We completed our Digital Mentoring programme run by The Space (an organisation that supports the arts, culture and heritage sectors to create and enhance digital content and experiences) in Feb 2023. Our mentor Dominic Kennedy has been leading targeted sessions developing different aspects of our digital presence. This has enabled us to more effectively use our digital presence to reach audiences interested in our work. This work was led in main by Lucy Ruddiman, our part time General Manager and Assistant Education Officer.
As part of Tamsin’s involvement in Black Voices in Myth she was invited to contribute to Dr Mai Musié’s research project at ICA (Institute of Classical Studies) on _Forced Migration and Exile in Northeast African diaspora communities through ancient Greek Stories_ . This participation will take place in 2024.
## **4. Education**
Education Officer Mark Katz continues to deliver workshops in schools and colleges across the UK including throughout Scotland. His workshops regularly receive 10/10 feedback along with positive comments from teachers and pupils. Although Lucy Ruddiman no longer acts as General Manager she is still helping to deliver occasional workshops. We hope that this will increase the number of workshops we are able to deliver.
We delivered our first full workshop to a Primary School in 2023 and we plan to expand this in 2024. The provision of paid workshops continues to be an effective method of generating revenue for the company.
_“I thought the workshop you gave on Friday the 13th October 2023 was excellent and connected very well to the students assignment. Both informative and educational in a creative and engaging manner.”_
_- Teacher Chichester College_
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## **5. #MiniMyth**
Our #MiniMyth series continued and our social media was given a well needed boost by Lucy Ruddiman, who, alongside Tamsin and Mark, participated in the Space’s Digital Mentoring Programme (2022- 23) to support arts companies expand their digital presence. This was a fantastic course and we were lucky to be one of the selected companies able to participate.
## **6. Funding**
**Actors of Dionysus** received the following pots of funding in 2023: £27,000 from Arts Council England Black Voices in Myth (granted in 2022, to be paid in 2023); £3000 - D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, toward Atalanta the Adventurer; £6500 - Fonthill Foundation toward core costs.
We also received ongoing gift aided support from **aod** ’s Friends and Supporters.
## **Risk Management**
The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Company is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Company and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the Company’s exposure to the major risks.
## **Trustees’ responsibilities**
Company and charity law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statement for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the surplus or deficit of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees have:
1. Selected suitable accounting policies and applied them constantly;
2. Made judgments and estimates that are fair and reasonable;
3. Stated whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
4. Prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis (unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Trust will continue in operation)
The Trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the charitable company has an appropriate system of controls, financial and otherwise. They are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy 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 reasonable steps for the detection and prevention of fraud and other irregularities.
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THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS (A Company limited by guarantee)
9th May 2024 9 This report was approved by the board on INSERT DATE and signed on its behalf by
…………………………………. Shelley Warren - Trustee
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## THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS
## INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS
for the year ended 31 December 2023
|Note
INCOME
From Generated Funds
Voluntary Income
2
Activities for generating funds
3
From Charitable Activity
Workshops
Other Income
Sundry Income/Interest
Theatre Tax Relief
TOTAL INCOME
EXPENDITURE
Costs of generating Voluntary Income
Cost of Goods Sold and other costs
4
From Charitable Activity
Workshops
Governance costs
5
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
NET INCOME/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR
FUND BALANCES B/FWDS
FUND BALANCES C/FWDS|Unrestricted
Funds
£
2139
10651
12790
10173
166
14182
37311
0
25398
0
584
25982
11329
21205
32534|Restricted
Funds
£
43293
0
43293
0
0
0
43293
0
40569
0
0
40569
2724
1719
4443|2023
Total
£
45432
10651
56083
10173
166
14182
80604
0
65967
0
584
66551
14053
22924
36977|2022
Total
£
10240
3237|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||13477
11828
253
4299|
|||||29857
0
49832
0
434|
|||||50266
(20,409)
43333
22924|
## THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS
|BALANCE SHEET|BALANCE SHEET|BALANCE SHEET|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|At December 31st 2023|||||
|||£|£|£|
||Note|2023|2022|2021|
|TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS|1|64|86|115|
|CURRENT ASSETS|||||
|Stock|1|0|0|0|
|Debtors|7|15570|4299|9958|
|Cash at Bank and in Hand||21693|18889|33644|
|subtotal||37263|23188|43602|
|CREDITORS|||||
|falling due within 1 year|8|(350)|(350)|(384)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||36,913|22838|43218|
|NET ASSETS||36,977|22924|43333|
|Represented By:|||||
|Restricted Funds||4443|1719|8051|
|Unrestricted Funds||15550|21205|35283|
|||36,977|22924|43333|
In preparing these accounts:
(a) For the year ended 31 December 2023 the company is entitled to the exemption from audit under Section 477(2) of the Companies Act 2006;
(b) Members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006, and;
(c)The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
(d) These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board on 08-May-24 Signed Shelley Warren Shelley Warren Trustee
THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS
## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
for the year ended 31 December 2023
## 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prapared under the historical cost convention.
## Company Status
The Charitable Company is a company limited by guarantee. The members of the company are the Trustees named on page l. In the event of the charitable company being wound up the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the charitable company.
## Fund Acoounting
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charitable Company and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used accordance with specific instructions imposed by the donors which have been raised by the Trustees for particular purposes.
Income
All incoming resources are included in the Income & Expenditure Account when the Charitable company is legally entitled to the inoome and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
## Expenditure
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been included under expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular activities, they have been allocated on a basis consistent With the use of the resources. Overheads have been allocated on the basis of charity expenditure
Cash Flow
The company has taken advantage of the exemption from the requirement to produce a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is a small charitable company.
Turnover
Tumover comprises the invoiced value of the goods and services supplied by the company. The company is not registered for Value Added Tax.
Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and market value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow - moving items.
## Tangible Fixed Assets
Office Equipment is written off on a 25% reducing balance basis.
|Cost
Balance at 1 January 2023
912
Additions during the year
0
Charge during the year
Balance at 31 December 2023
912|2022
Net Book
Depreciation
Value
826
86
0
22
-22
848
64|
|---|---|
## THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS
## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
for the year ended 31 December 2023
|INCOME
2 - Voluntary Income
Membership Fees
Donations
Grants
Gift Aid Tax Repayment
3 - Activities for Generating Funds
Publications
Workshop Income
Venue Income
EXPENDITURE
4 - Cost of Goods Sold and other costs
Production costs and purchases
Staff costs
Miscellaneous
Postage
Staff Expenses & Travel
Stationery
Computer Costs
Phone/Internet
Depreciation
Publicity
Repairs & Renewals
Hire of Space
Insurance
Expenditure Allocated to restricted funds
Training
5 - Governance
Accountancy
Consultancy
Claiming Theatre Tax Relief
Bank Charges|Unrestricted
Funds
£
811
510
0
818
2139
0
10173
10651
20824
1445
57825
1372
184
2100
0
0
509
22
168
46
1480
816
-40569
0
25398
350
150
0
84
584|Restricted
Funds
£
0
13846
29447
0
43293
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40569
0
40569
0
0
0
0
0|2023
Total
£
811
14356
29447
818
45432
0
10173
10651
20824
1445
57825
1372
184
2100
0
0
509
22
168
46
1480
816
0
0
65967
350
150
0
84
584|2022
Total
£
738
5938
1500
2064|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||10240
0
3237|
|||||3237
3875
41182
911
166
1823
41
0
489
29
0
0
550
766
0
0|
|||||49832
350
0
0
84|
|||||434|
## 6 - Trustees Remuneration & Expenses
No Trustee received any remuneration or reimbursement of expenses during the year. (2022 £nil)
## 7 - Debtors
|7 - Debtors|||
|---|---|---|
|Trading Debtors
Gift Aid Repayment
Theatre Tax Relief
8 - Creditors
Trade
Loan
Accruals|0
0
15570
15570
0
0
350
350|0
0
4299|
|||4299
0
0
350|
|||350|
## THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS
## Accountant's Report
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
In accordance with instructions received I have prepared, without carrying out an audit, the accounts set out on pages 1 to 4 from the accounting records of The Actors of Dionysus and from the information and explanations supplied to me.
R Kennedy FCMA Date: ___________________ Timbers House, Lower Icknield Way, Marsworth, Tring, Herts, HP23 4LN
|Restricted Funds Analysis|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||2023||2022|
|Opening Balance|||||
|Received During Year|||||
|Sussex Community Foundation|0||0||
|The Big Give|2996||3438||
|Arts Council England (ACE)|29447||1500||
|Fonthill Foundation|0||0||
|Cultural Recovery Fund|0||0||
|Foyle Foundation|6500||0||
|Doyly Carte|3000||0||
|University of London|1350||0||
|Chalk Cliff funding|0||0||
|subtotal||43293||4938|
|Carried Forwards from prior year|||||
|The Big Give|1719||5062||
|Fonthill Foundation|0||2989||
|Cultural Recovery Fund|0||0||
|subtotal||1719||8051|
|Carried Forwards to 2024|||||
|The Big Give|1498||1719||
|Arts Council England (ACE)|2945||0||
|Fonthill Foundation|0||0||
|Cultural Recovery Fund|0||0||
|subtotal||4443||1719|
|Used in 2023||40569||11270|
## THE ACTORS OF DIONYSUS
## Accountant's Report
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
In accordance with instructions received I have prepared, without carrying out an audit, the accounts set out on pages 1 to 4 from the accounting records of The Actors of Dionysus and from the information and explanations supplied to me.
R Kennedy FCMA Date: 13/05/2024
Timbers House, Lower Icknield Way, Marsworth, Tring, Herts, HP23 4LN