**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**|Charity Name
The Gantry Youth Theatre||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |**On accounts for the year**
**ended**||31 August 2024|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1051240| |||||| |**Set out on pages**||3-4
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)||(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)| |||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above||| |||charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended**31/08/2021**.||| |**Responsibilities and**||As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the||| |**basis of report**||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|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||have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission| |||under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.||| **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** 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. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 17.6.25 **Name:** Nigel Read **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 51 Swincombe Rise, West End, Southampton, SO18 3NL 1 ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . N/A 2 The Ganty Youth Theatrre Receipts and payments account For the eriod from 11912023 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricte d funds Restricted funds Endowmen t funds io thè nearest to the nearest to the nearèst A1 Recei ts GRANTS & DONATIONS MEMBERS FEES 611 28,134 A2 Asset and Investment sales, see table Sub total Toial receip 63,114 A3Pa ments RENT (PREMISES} INSURANCE TUTORING COSTS PRODUCTION COSTS AOMIN STAFF A4 Asset and Investment urchases, see table 10947 354 16237 12591 9325 Sub total Toial paymenTs 54,354.00 NP_I nf rp.eplni_*/lnAvmpni_ql A7Annn Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricte d funds to nÈarÈst £ Categorles Detalls B1 Cash funds CAF Cash 100 CAF Gold 35.696 180 35,976 Petty cash ToTal cash funds 13gie8 b8lances *ith r8ceiFls and payment8 aecountlsll Unrestricte d funds Details to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets Fund to which asset belongs Details B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Fund to which liability rèlat•s Details 85 Llabllltles Gantry Youth Theatre AGM (Year 23124) Chairs Report 9th May 2025 Firstly, l just wanted to take a minute to thank each and every on, to come along tonight. I'm sure many of you know that without your presence we wouli with tonight's AGM. We will, as always, keep it as short as we po! l am delighted to be able to stand here and say that our financial Currently all of our classes are running at the numbers "accep however, one or two of the classes are running at numbers bi continue to recommend Gantry to our friends, to our children Gantry as much as we can on Social Media. Did you know that other class for free? Yes, this is a thing. Please let us know by I rnutually convenient date. Why not try one of our newer class Performance Squad. In January 2024 we performed our Panto Cinderella and in Juli Jnr. both a resounding success, however a special mention to t surpassed all of our expectations, with the tickets sells doing Vi so much funl The Theatrescope class also performed Seussical in May 2024, determination of our flagship musical theatre class really shine Of course, production teams, tutors and assistants play a huge are lucky enough to have an extremely dedicated team who st shine in everything they do. For this we are extremely grateful. On that note l also want to extend a huge thank you to all of 01 show up to help out when we need it. Without our volunteers run, they are the cogs that keep us turning year after year, the, weekends to support whatever we have going on. Thank you ti We also need to extend a huge thank you to Nigel Read who o, checks them before they are sent off to the CharitWs Commissi As we start proceedings, l just want to say that I have decided I for me to hand the Chairperson baton over to someone else, I I at the helm and certainly couldn't have done it without the hel committee.