Company registration number.. 03103602 Charity number: 1054121 TRUSTEES, REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) Afi6DPLV(* 171fW2¢y22 COMPANIES FM)USE Al8 MENZIES BRIGHTER THINKING Do¢uSgn Ery￿(￿e ID.. 384A37314W5FW2D-3WJ)MB670S THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) CONTENTS Page Reference and adrninistratlve details of the Company. Its Trustees and advisers Trustees. r¢port Independent exarninerfs report statem¢nt of finan¢lal activities 2-20 21 Balance Sheet 23 P4otes lo the finan¢lal statsments 24-3S DODJS￿n Envekipelo". 384A3731-oCfw5F4422￿oA￿7O5 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Tru$t••* Sarah NKholson. Cha Donna Munday Dan4el Br&Jie Emma Kenda Yasmin HafesJ"i {apwrrted 10 20211 Joanne Royce lappointed 2 Decernter 20211 Shenton Ife5yned 4 Febwary 20211 Tamara Harvey Iresgned 4 Febwary 2021) Anthony AhJers￿l￿￿￿ 2 December 20211 Company regi$trved number 03103602 Charity r•9lster•d 1054121 Re9l$tered offi¢e Paines Pknwh Offtts 2nd Fk)or 10 Leake Street London Unrted Kiwjom SE1 7NN Company Geeretary Oonna Munday Chlgl gX•CUti¥• offl¢er James Philkps A¢¢ountsnts Men2ies LLP Charte￿d Ac0￿￿tsfits Cenlrum House 36 Stslion Road Egham Suryey TW20 8ank?r• Uoyds TSB 47 M￿jh Street Brentsvocd Essex CM144RN Ind•p•ndent Examin•r Janice Matthews FCA Menies LLP Centwm House 36 Station Road Egham. Surrey TW20 9LF Page 1 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Thè Trustees preserf thwr anwal report tsjether v*ith the frnanryal statements of the charity for the year enE1ed 3D Sepiernber 2027. ￿1th are also prepared to meel Ihe requirements for a directors, re￿rt and accounts fof Cornpanies House purpos•$. The rele￿nce and administrative detai15 set out on page 1 form part of this report The finanual statement5 Comply with the Chanty Act 2011, the Cwipanies Acl 2C(6. the MernoraThJum and Artides of AssociatK)n. and Accounting and R¢porbn9 ty Charities". Ststement of Recornmended Prac*ce applicobk to tharitiey preparing Iheif accounts in attydance wth the Financial Rewtirwj StaTrJard a01￿t4e in the UK and Republ￿ of Ireland IFRS 1021. NC The princ*pal activty of the cLYnpany coth.nues trJ be tr* wLYnoliM and adV￿Trt for p￿)1￿ beneffit I￿ Party.￿￿ar 16 to 25-year•okl students and yourg peo￿e) of kno*Aedge. ￿'11S and edu￿tiOn in the arts. NSDF identifies and nuriures talented indi￿dual5 aged 16 to 25. suppth'ro mentoring them to make exceptional theatre. We are a bridge betsveen ambition the worbj ofwth. The Festival 15 anww81 in the spnTrJ of exh year. TRUCTU ERNANCE D MANAGEMENT The NSDF OirectorlCEO is part time, v*ilh an Exewb¥e Dirertor. 0150 part tirne prowding business supp)rt both contracted. The NSDF Génèral Manager is a frju tirne èmployee 15 managad by the Director. A freelan¢e Tethnical Director ond Producb"on C¢c*dinator and a team of A$socote$ work as necessary throty3hout the year. Additional freelan￿ Techn￿1 Adthsors work at the FestNal under the leadership of the Technical Director. ￿1 report to Director. CONSTITUTION Tl* company is a private company kmrted by 9uarantee re91sle￿ in EThJIa￿l and Wobes. irKorporoted urKler thè Companie5 Ad and its go¥eming $j￿IMent is its Memorandum and Artid85 of A$S￿atiON. RECTORS D TRUSTEES The dire¢tors of Ihe ¢haril*Jkn thari￿) 115 tnJstee5 for ts purpose of charity l•v aThJ throughout this port are Colective￿ relerred to as thg trLLqt*. Poli¢*s and procedurss adopted for th• aThJ tr•"rmg of trustees a￿ ongory an(1 incorporated inth"r•ctty into the re9ulartrustees meet1r￿s. As set out in the artides of association the number OfIn￿tee5 shal not be ￿sS than 2. The trustees rnay by ordinary resolution appoint a person who 15 wllliTrJ to act as a trvstee. All new appointrnents shall hold office unbl the next annual meeting, onè third of the trust*È5 who are sutyéeito retire￿nI ty sh811 rebfe Irom offic8 if ￿lI1ft9 to ac( ba subject to reappointsnent. The Tntstees maintain a Ris1( Regist•r ol cu￿nt arnj potsnts.al risks ￿lch company B expo￿. The Risk Register is reVie￿d annually indudes a strategy WKI ac*on plan fw risk a￿￿K18nce a￿￿01 mrt19atb￿. ANOA FOR Th In Shaping our objectives for the year and ￿annI￿j our actmtses, the Trustees ha¥e ¢onsKlered the Charity CLYMli5si0n's guidance on wblic benefft. i￿aUdI￿ the 9uMlance'ptht￿ benefit nJnnw¥J a tharty IPB21'. NSDF celebratès. priynotes and produces the work of yow¥J and err*r9ir9 a￿sts Ihroughoutthe year. NSDF is an innovative. unKJue and WKye￿athlr￿ y¢xth arts chanty. whKh consBtenty bridges the gap b•ts%pen young people and the professv)nal wthj. NSDF ensu￿$ that the arts.sls embrace the ¢cvnrnunities they seNè a5 young practib"oners are wr¥*ir*J t￿ther their peers wll be lUtU￿ Page 2 DogJ&"gn En¥eW ID.. 384A3731-W45F48220-30WA4B6705 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 NSDF has teen woTkirrfJ will thc4Jsands of young people eath year. STnc• the Festival began in 1956 and is commrtted to prowding a platform to present the best theatre ￿ated by youw recpk 10 t* seen by both their peers and industry profes$M?nal$ and the wwjusty in ger*ral. IMPACT OF CO The tharity has b8en diredy impacted by the contr¢S measures introjuced arouTra Cowd-19. Our 2021 Fesbval I#NSDF211 was delivered enb.rely online due to the COntin￿d kKkdown reSIncts￿ in MarchlAwil 2021. Wg are retuming to Ltsicester ltsr 2022 Festival and have our cmn •xten5ive Risk Assessment. and am TA£+￿*V4 wlh our L8it•st•r partners to ensu￿ the safety of our part￿pants. and adhere tts latest 904em￿Trt guwjelines. We ha￿ teen awarded all Ihree roLmds of tr￿ Cultural Reco¥ery GWL first awarded to ¢eli¥er Festival in Mar 2021. the second awarded to $LPPOrt us during April- June 2021. and the third to support 115 through to 31st March 2022. Our ACE grant has been exiended unlA March 2023 are mainlainiru relabon5hips with our other sponsor and donors. The ¢harity has re￿e**d antj updated it maiw arnas of risk n relatitin to Covi&19. We a￿ satsfi•d we remain a going )n￿rn moviryj forward. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE #NSDF21 was the oJlmination ofts*l¥e months of Fxolound. ddfoerate purposefvj char9e for NSDF. The pandemic made it Ihe rnosl ch*ThJiro year in the histryy of our 0r9ant5at￿jn. and ong of the most dilfvJl¢ times for youThJ people in decades. In order to.meet the mcrfnent NSDF t*c¥Jed to w the uisis to every part of tyjr wactre. Thg problems ￿re Var￿ anLI seeming¥ insumiixHtsbk. How do you create wwork when Ihe you se￿￿ can￿t even rneeri How- during a pandomK which ts seein9 OPWtunit*s lor th• yowvj disappaar- can expand ow r•ach and bring peopl8 from underserve(F back9ic4Jr¥Js into the NSDF lamity7 can ￿ ensure thal #NSOF21 is a￿$st￿e lo 41 youThJ peoF4e. an¢J fvlty ￿kryneS ywng artists who are Dldèaf. disabled and n•urodivers87 NSDF eX￿ts to c￿ate new art. new arttsts and neAf C4)mmunTbes. Yet can create coffffiunity when the pandemic has caused us to bè morè atomtsed than at any wnt in r￿nt histw. #NSOF21 was our 65th Afinibwsary Fesbval. It vras a ￿¥Oh￿ary and a ¥rntershed m¢>n8nt for us. It was the most diverse. accessitye a￿1 recessary festival in hist￿. He￿,5 th¢ story ofwhatwe and ¢JwJ ..it wasn't just an opportunty to Èe Creative but it was a chance to be hewd and to feel part of a ￿mmunity ol people when loc*down and the paTrJemi¢ h•J taken away e¥erything e￿." Amnie JO￿. N•¥ham Sixth Form College #NSDF21. What wa5 it lkn? NSDF also eommissioned short fArns m•Je by 14 young arbsls. Genr&¥Jannir¥J and drdvm frryn across the UK they sh¢Jwed a generation escapirvj the pandernic with WIL invenb'on and sknrism. ￿ firstts5cribed lrfe in lod(down.' the sau)nd their t￿pe5 dre0rn5 for the Irf8 after. #NSOF21 made one thiThJ dear.. our industry tsces a rn￿ent of radical possibihty. We stin have gatekeeFers. but the walis ats lalling drf*n. We can ¢*o¢)se to buikl the L*J 0￿$ bac* or can use ￿ Ireshty found common ground to make graatef pasturn. Page 3 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 NSDF Associate Nima Tale9hani c*aired a panel a$￿.￿J.. "Is theats Sh.￿ It was a furv)us and foren5K exploratyon asking." Who realty has a￿¢$$ to our theatre buiklin9s and our industry? 110 we treat our freelaTh2rs? Is the county ￿alty 9ryn9 to bac* Èetter. or scrabble to reirtsbtLrte a model that wasnl e¥en before the crisis? NSDF wll ne¥er tvm away fvom the of INe performarmx shared in a L*)mrnunal space. but the d￿rtaI workl widgns axess and in¢rease5 CPPOrtunty. We had partj'capants frryn m¢ye than 40 CO￿trieS this year, more crucially, ￿ had participants frwn our ¢>1￿ ¢wnty have been atrAe to reach ¥itthout thè thgtsl rèvdution th• pandemic has 1￿ced. So on thè last day of Ihe Fesfva 7Ae 1aUrfh￿ NSDF Hth." a year•rouThJ. curated online spa￿ where young peopk VAII get their work Seen. Like everything èt our new NSDF. it be free and cpen to all. l think Ihere is Chan￿ coming in the arts. It won t tnd(le dr*wn from the tw", it erLWt from Lkn. And that really ￿11 fed like spring a￿￿[YJ. "NSDF has been the l)est thir91kn ever been part of. I'￿ heard so many th"fferent ¢xeab"ve votis t￿.9 week. and each one has been speual. unv4ue. and $0 needed.. #NSDF21 Partioparrt New NSDF Crisis must bre￿ innovab"on, arKI aBat8 ￿ chwy8. Thi8 wa5 a radKal year for ow organi%akn. We became an orgaThsatson that offers C￿￿lunrtY aThJ purpose all year rtyJnd. For the first time we our own wryk and (￿ated. Ment0￿ and championed r*w communiknes. We transfonned outrg4¢h to group5. made a¢¢ess an w9anisats.onal wiority. and ènsurèd Ihat ev¢rythirrfJ we did was free and op•n ta al. ..I'm bI￿n away Th)t just by the slw amount that y¢)u do. but kn by Ihe h¥h qualty NSDF ￿nSiSten￿Y ¢Jeliver. Nowhem else do I see su¢h an honest commrtment for in the wbdusty. and vAllingne55 to speak very real truths.. Mohammed Barber. NSOF CREATES Path"pant NSDF.. F￿ and op￿ to All NSDF exi8ts to ueate practical pathways iwKILBty for youry ol eI￿ry bathgrour¥J. But too often finarrièl Con￿m$ these f¢th. TherefNe, every sryle Ihiro NSDF has done year has been free to all. The Bigger Roeffj Project. NSDF CREATES. NSDF SPOTUGHT and t￿ry sTh318 asFed ofth8 NSDF 21 Fesbval itselt. all ol rt was fm. This commthent to rernown9 ￿ar￿la1 bary*rs and in so dory wekx)m*YJ a more dwsa 9r0￿1 of yourg people into the NSDF Famdy is a fijndamentsl part of our new NSDF. "After the Black ￿Ve$ Matter movemert Ihere a c*ar ageThJa to eypkjre discriminath.on within the industry which was unapologeticalty Klentified vthin the'ls Tratre Sh"f panel disuJssK)n. ThroLyhout the le5b.val wthin programrning and the new meetirYJ spa￿S for POC and Dldeaf or disabled attendees. the￿ was a dear agenda to ensure that NSDF are doin9 mofe to create a cutturalty diverse and accessljle fesb.val thi ￿spOnSe to Ihe current dirnate." #NSDF21 Peer Review NSOF CREATES F￿ the time in our 6&year hist￿ NSDF a woduclth t*mpany. We dbj it to inuease our ￿ach aThJ the divètsty of our young arb"sts. For Èach oflhe 64 years of F•sbval ￿t'd t•Èn re¥onsive". we'd se￿1 (#Jt selertors to seewoths apptying tr• pèrform at our annual festival. Therelore. the wè presented and the ￿MmunItyeS we fostered We￿ formed befor• we got to them. So good can do in forming rx8ats.ve ccfflrnun￿.es and rew ways ofwothing is lesSe￿d. Page 4 Do¢￿SIgn Envelope K).. 384A373I4￿F4-B22fh￿8omB67oS THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 This year Cfeated r*w th and rthy c4)mmunths cdwselves: to akni us, after th• long Cowd wntèr. to force the sprin9. This matters because the boThJs lo(m&Y at NSDF a￿ lithig. T￿le *e Mi th&r fift*s and &xbes who ￿ still workiThJ wrfh peopte they met %thifst your9 at NSDF. NSOF CREATES will make swe those relation51wp5 ae IrKm&J by pec* frim different ba(*grounds and locations.. rn8king it 8 truty natiwal evert You can watch a little vbjeo about NSDF CREATES he￿. NSOF CREATES was maj8 up of thr•• ttffiÈ￿n￿nI P*L5'. NSDF LIB. NSOF Educational Partnerships and NSDF and Theatre C¢Jnpanies. 'With the introduction of NSDF c￿ateS. NSDF Lab. and the NSDF Hub. it is dear that NSDF have seen their online venture as an opportunity lor gro•rth and to reevaluate what MO￿ they tan (Jo to support and champion young theatre maker5 8ry055 1he UK .. I teh'eve they have develoFed a totslty groun&￿aki1¥j new formula. *NSDF21 Peer Rev 'We are all 50 gratefvl and honoured to have been pari of NSDF LAB and that it has tnAy been such a huge huge Iwht d￿Ing th• last year." #NSOF21 Pear R•¥i** NSDF CREATES for *NSDF21.. Ports .NSDF Education Parth8rships tt•atsd 2 new Ix8tss ofwrAk wwe sh￿A￿a￿ at #NSDF21. NSDF 1$ committed to givifKJ OPPOrtunthes to Under￿p￿nted t￿mUnitia$. So as part of NSDF CREATES we partne￿￿ th 2 Col￿ge$ to create newwottt and discovef new ts*nt. We produce(I Seen. a ol work *ilh N*wh*n St¥th Fom) Cl￿98. Ths project was mentored by NSDF Associat85 Deb￿e Korley and Phlsky. W• produe8d Beneath the Surfac• Irom BKJ Cr•alN• Academy, a si¥th forn in Warth￿stow which d8a15 Wrth exduded yc4Jng pet*)￿. This proJe¢twas mentored by NSDF Assco* Nirna Ta*hanr Ray Sèsay. .NSDF LA8 c￿ated S pteces ofneww(rfk. al rnent￿ed by ¢yJr JeadnYJ Assoo"ate* We knew that to have any Char￿ of cTratirwJ nBW cornmunibes lI￿t woukl in twn ueate rWwO￿ for our festsval we wouh hava to start tsarfy. So in May 2020 we tegan NSDF LAB. We chose 22 brilliant youThJ peor4e from arxoss the cwnty. and bègan a h)rrfJ perictyj of mentored crè*"on. The pro￿$$ was led by NSDF Assoa"ates Nma Tateghani, H•k*A ￿al*n. Aji hJsl•y. Sam Steiner. Anna Hirnali Howth. Tr whole experien￿ of worktng you...oTrJ doing thi5 Fwect NSDF has grven the group such a renthved sense ol energy and determinab.on and focus. Try - sts grtt•hJl to all for inv•stiro in us.. Ann￿ J¢)hn, Sixth Form Coffege. NSDF CREATES SDF and Theatre CompaThes We began cclabcrfating wth knJiTrJ iheatre c(mpar￿e$ acrnss the UK to create th for #NSDF21. as part of NSDF CREATES. Our first proJe¢t was 'Bafrel Organ and Company.. We partI￿ed vrilh award winning Barrel Organ, in order to m•ntor an emerging theatre C￿partY to sxoduce new for #NSDF21. Barrtl Organ wrc*Juc4d the now pitc* prowded SUFPOrt. mentoring and a meanir￿1 introJUcti￿ to the theatre iTrJLt5try. After worfKing through 70 opern applKations, NSDF and Barrel Oryan Thunk4t Tl*atre. created 'Cornmon Ground.. an inlergtnerational èxptora1w for #NSDF21. Page S THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Our partnersfvps wth theatre compwies ￿11 C¢yrt#1￿ as NSDF CREATES expaTrJs Yea￿ to corne. "The Fesbval itself was so much aThJ it was ￿eat to be able to connect orthne *ith suth a vast amount of young compani¥s like ourselves. At a b.me when ne￿Ing and rnakirg winections wlhin the iTrJusfry has been turned on its head - NSDF has been a fantssti¢ C9p￿Thity to get involved *Yth so many othgr ywng creatives.. Jules Risingharn, Th￿k-It Theatre. NSDF CREATES NSDF'S N8w Commilrnenl to Acc*ssknilty NSDF seeks to mak• th8atr• acc•ssib￿ to all. and to embed Ihks k¥mcple in emer9ing tP*alre maws. #NSOF21 we ring-lenced money for access lor Dldeaf. disabled and neurodtverse parbripants. Thi¥ money was spent in consultation with NSDF Associate and DadaFest Arbstic Diredor NI￿1* Miles•Wildin. We wanted to make sure not only that money was spent. bui thai thas of practise ￿tre ombedded into the Festival and the w0￿1ng Practi￿ of a new g8wal￿n of Iheatre makew5. So each company was gwen a budgei of £275 to cover their bespoke access requirèments, and ￿ gNe them a sense ol re$ponsilx"lty in thts wtal WOFk. Along&dt this Nid(ie MI￿S-WikIIn and Chl¢x Clarke ran pre-Festival wothshops on all aspects of ac￿$$ for ¢Jigital pr￿uCtion, which were attended by participants from every o)rrw presentry at #NSDF21. We w$h to ¢xJntiwe this drbve to erwre access. NSDF is parlwirvJ wlh OadaFe5t aTrJ SlurvJ L¢)w lor a new project for NSDF22, where a new Ple￿ of wryk led by young disabled arbsts will forn part of our orM>)iTrg NSDF CREATES Programme. "NSOF are seth"NJ an example for y￿￿n9 theatre makers. ald e4En other giant Organ¢$at￿ns, on ensuring your content is a¢cess*Ae to all.. #NSDF21 Peer ReV￿W 'So grateful for Ihe incf•Yible cyportunths and experww I've h•J with NSDFe5t Itss year. Last nMJht's accessibility wothshop...altere(l and ￿td￿j my entire apkyoath tg theatre making. Thank yw th?nk you Ihank you. Bex Vemon. NSDF LAB Partiapant "Loads of inspirational ideas for innovative ways of integratsrYJ creab.ve %cess. It Was SO 9reat to hear aboul Audio Descriptson... have done a few access workshops tsefo￿, but that area has [￿ver been covered in so much detail." Josoph Winer. F￿1￿¢¢ Director The Bigger Rocm Prge¢t #NSDF20. our first ￿rtUal Feshv￿. was Created in *Eeks after CoronwnB PaTrJemic forced us to can￿1 o Original plans. It was an industy first aThJ a huge SLwesg. Jt made u5 uJder5tsnd that an c￿•ne r£￿1 can be a bigger room. So we cre*ed the Bigger RO￿ ProJ￿L and open to •1. In The Bigger Room have offered year round Masterdas5e5 from some of Ihe rThtst lncsedlb￿ figu￿5 in the UK arts. and we continue to do so. Guèsts In The BvJger Room have induded". Phoebe Waler-Brb*e. R¢)5amuTrJ Pike, Vid(y Jones, Kwame KweFArniah. Roy Williams. IrKlira Vanna, Mike LevJh. Michael Balcgun. Rthard Sthiff. Tarn¥ra Han￿y. Francèsca Mtxdy. Morgan Lloyd Malcolrn. Amiando lannucci. Joanna S¢anlan. Erica Whyrnan aTrJ Ajan Lane. 'That was a totsl lockdown hi9NvJht! Thar* you so m￿h for us tor wgani8irg these tslks.. Pho8t• Waller- Bn'dp. The Bigger Room Proiecl NSOF X Spo1￿ht It was cfear ta us that youThJ peopk bÈariTr3 the of Ihe psTraemic. wilh cyportun￿ej to be séen. lo $har? their Page 6 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 work and to ha￿ anyltsrg to t*Jild trwards tsken away by S￿5$￿¢ kthtr*ns. NSDF and our long terni partn¥s ar￿ friends spotli￿t deoded to help. We chose 10 emer9iry ￿mpanIeS and arbsts. We wrated and Ment0￿ a seas(x) oftheir work, and gave them our ZcJe 100 NSOF w•M very gratefvl to ￿ rèo)3ntsgd as w of Thè Sta9e 1¢X*. for work (￿ri￿J Ihi$ pandern￿ year. This was the first kn.me in ts 6&year htstc¥y NSDF was inc*JSed ￿ this ltst ol thè I1￿ most in1￿entIal Feople and or9￿158b0ns in the UK th8atre. Here's the citation from The STAGE.. James Phillips, ￿"rn Grant and Melt*Jumè Nats"onal St￿1￿nt Drarna Festival 'NSDF was the first ¢xganisabon trj L7eate a fvly oNir* lestival in to thè pandwI￿, opening weeks after the first lod(down with a fvll programme of wot*$hops. debates and mentorbry. It attracted more than 10.CIX) attent1ees from around the wortd. It also set up as ? serps of prc#Jrammes to In￿ase ts ￿3¢h and the dtversrty of the yourg arbsts as wel as offer- education cf)portynities. ma$terda5ses. mentorirg aThJ exposure. Ml of it has been oFen to everyone and off8red fr88 of charge.. e Fesbval as a Who￿ fett like a eall to action. to am youTrJ theatre makeT5 ￿ tht eonfd•nee, tools and they need to reflect on the current dimate and change the worhj. Throughwt shthys. workshops and discJJssions. young people at NSDF21 we're empowe￿￿ to ueate ￿leVanL inportant work Ihat ha5 an irnpact on socffjty. as well as recognTsin9 the power oftheir everyday actions to fix a broken in¢ustry.' #NSDF21 Peer Rewew #NSDF21 in Oetail NSDF Shtr ..it fèm evérythiro shtsvffi was ¢￿p￿?18￿ tsrigina made by your9 FeoF4e. for youn9 pecple" #NSOF21 Peer #NSDF21 was our 65th Annual Festival. NO￿ hab* m* in strw¥Jerurwm5tanc¢s. None have shry•m more dèarfy Ihe resiliene¢ ofy¢yJng people. None have rnade u5 Pr￿r. These are the sh¢)ws ￿1¢h we prtsented. made in the vast majofity by your¥J Feople %thJ ￿ Trjt even mè( bLrt who oveicame every obstade to ¢￿al8 woth of I%￿InalIty. amlyti¢)n and power.. °Al perfomianc•s l tsxper1en￿d at the onl1r￿ te5tNal %*re ol a Imgh qualty fett tol4ty ￿n0Vati¥￿ ￿ their apwach to creating dKJitsl Yrtth.. #NSOF21 Pètr Revi* to hunt wolets l juniper theats I written by Fbya Wilson Br(p*n Seèn l Takè A Brealh. NvwVl¢ Sth Form College INSDF CREITESI The L￿￿t Catther l Theatron EntertaiNnert Pune- Mahw&htra. This 19 A Love Son91 Tiny Change Theatre Beneath th8 Surface l BVJ Creative Academy INSOF CREATES) Not Near EnQ￿h l Gwirvos Theatre. Fabnouth Unfy* Page 7 Do¢uSyn ErNelope10.. 384A3n14r6045F*B22￿30A8OA4￿705 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 The SCRUBBERS Guide to Drama School I SCRU88ERS INSDF CREATES) HOME l unde￿3VeS Theatre INSDF CREATES) Jigsaw I Poun¢J ol Flesh Rum 8 Coke l Mistaken Identty Theats {NSDF CREATES) In A Cave. a vol￿ I P￿brOke Players. CwnW UnNei&ty Genius l Fishbowl Thea Cwimon Ground l ThU￿-11 Theatre aTrJ Bwrel Organ {NSDF CREATES) brat￿TrS l GABII INSDF CREATES) The Choir I by Mohwnmed Bathrwith rnus￿ by Nicholas E$￿>ar INSOF CREATES) You Will See Everything l Defirritsly FIM l ￿itten by St* Green 'This years Festival ha$ been so wnpxiful. he¥)fiA ar*J luWlliNJ IN us as arttsts and as a young cornpany...NSDF gave us such sense of purpose and pride wf*n needed rt most. The Festival has 9iven us the momenium to keep going after what has been such a difficult year ts everyone.. Emily Hamitton. ￿finrtefy Fi￿, #NSDF21 NSDF Fikn$ "Lockd¢)wn Stoiies- and Vlhere We're G￿"n9. The pandemic has led to an ewosion ￿ digitsl and W"d work. and NSDF ¥rante(J to hamess and explore ttws rnoment. So we ¢omrnissK)ned ￿ short fkn$. to open and close our festrvaL Thè fitsi, Lockdo** Siories, èxF4Jred the h.ves ofywng peoF4e duriThJ the ￿demIC. The second, v¥The￿ We're GoiTrJ. looked towd to the If• thatTA* m*t fwwj after ihe wrus. Both films We￿ made up of three minute shorts frryn some of most excepb.onal your¥J people VR have worked wth over the last year. TW were rnentored and then edited into ￿ Organ￿ *hole by NSDF AssorAate and Filmmaker 8rett Chapman. You ean VAtch them both hefe. NSDF Workshops SOF21 ￿nIaIned an industry spanning serie5 01 workslws aTrJ masterdasses t•thir* every aspecl of wothirvj the performing arts. They were lad by exFerts arKI èN*ry ofthem was free and ryen to all young ￿Ople. 'I've nèver attèndad a lèstivaj such as this where the workshops span such a larg8 5COP8 of fièlds, and rt truly encouragès ywng people to sirnpty kam som*thiNJ new, thus deveW"rvJ a Cohort of rounded Iheatre makats. I hava really expefteneed nothing else of Ihis size ¢)n a dKJrtal Wlomi that saw rt so much as èn èxcrtfvJ creats.ve opportunty for new cdlaboration." #NSDF21 Peer Review NSDF Momry Ad¥entures I￿1h NNfvth*rlU￿S Gavin Ed8n Introduction to the Technical Team Stage Management 101 Noises Off.. Introduction to reviwry wilh H￿nce Bell and Na￿￿1 Ot*ng Combinirfj film & iheatre." The m*]"ng of Tr Good Book wnth Brelt Chapman Creative AcAxss with Miles-wildin and Chloè Clarte Lighting 101 Sound 101 Video 101 The p￿I￿r of DYSLEXIA+ li a wffjf iThJusty (Part 11 Ryging 101 meeb.ro space f¢x EthnO th"¥erse pathpants at NSDF 21 AlexaThJer Zebjin in conver5ab.on T*thh Elin Schofiekl Lucy Hind In Conve￿ation wrth Jarne5 Phillps Meets"NJ spaes fcrf LGBTQIA+ participarrts at NSDF 21 NSDF MomiTrJ Advenlure5 ￿ New Athntures with NKole K*era Page 8 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT {CONTINUED} FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Flwng Sok)- PriKlucb"¢)n by Ith• s•at of your pants! Level-up Yourzoom Game Dldeal, Disa￿ed and Neurc*Jiverse pa￿"Clpant Meetup Writing and perlom)ing yovrfp•m work wth Ydanda ￿reY SIte￿peOfic and proth￿n9 wth Ch*&e Bunker Set Ekdri¢s Story StnjctU￿ wlh Sam Sleww Risk Assessments? Mgney. Money. Money- FundiThJ Your Show Rory Kinn8ar in eonversation wrfh Jarnés Phillips Edinburgh Calling- WOr￿ng the Fringe WOW- Women of the Wodd Fesbval Meetup Elèanor Lloyd in conversab"(M) vrith D￿fi0 M￿￿aY Getbng to Grips wth QLab We Neeoj To Talk- Pewe a￿ Scary NSDF MomiThJ Adventures wilh Acfventur85 with Bryony Harrison Status. Value and Confidence wth Lucy Hind Meet the New Mytr¥s- Same as the Obj the St￿1 of Noht Demysbfying V¥Jeo wth Will Duke On Book.. Geth'ry Stsrted as a Dewtrty Stage Manayor InspinThJ creab.vty with KatE Posner Cwl've Criticism wrfh Maddy C051a Audition Secfets wthh Hannah Milkr. Ca5knJ Dr8dor at the RSC Chai Tapri Th•sPO Clint Dyer in eonversatson wrth Mark Sherton Nell Ausb"n and Frank* Bradshaw in ConVersat￿n Polly Findlay in conVwSati￿ Peter Bradky NSDF Moming Adventures vAth Athrrtures t•nth OorniThc Norfh How the Hell Dhl l End up Here? Get Lit. A Beginner5 Guide to L￿htiThj Katy Brand in conver5ats.on with James Phillips Salf-pènn•d pèrfomance wth Cha￿• Josephine Dewwng The Paper Birds ghb.ng Control wth Zero 88 Dave's A￿uSti¢ Workshop Help, I'm Wiibng SornethiThJl with Chris Tlbxpe Movernent on Zoorn. lirnitiTrJ or brnths5? wih Elin 5￿fiekI Making Theatre ft)r a DV￿rt￿ Audience. Wh8￿ do I Start? Bunny Chnsb"a in convwsabon wih Grac• Smart NSOF Moming thenbJres vith New Ad￿tu￿ vAth Ross CarFenter Theatre.. Tray￿"0n and Revolt! wrth Fitsr Th&itre Audib"on Hints and rips wlh Deb￿e Kortey Wothiry with HI￿ corrWn￿ with SLX Virtual Reality A￿ people laughing ..or are they all on mute? (Clw)ing Online) t*th Gr￿ Galagher IntroduCt￿n to Gwj Theatre with Marc Graham, MN*Jte Chik1 Streamed Produth"ons.' Not Just For MixirMJ Colourwith LED ￿th ETC 8acksta9e at The... Royal Ajbert Hall lrnportanc* ol Destgn wth Gra(* Smart Chai @ Tapri with Thespo An Introdu¢*on to fv"ggiThJ for Ihe Errtertairvnent Ir¥lustsy Tamsin GreNJ in conversatson wfjth Simon Gc*tsn Phyllda Lloyd in conversation Elin St*ofiehJ NSDF MorniNJ Ad¥efitu￿ wlh New Adventsjres *ilh Sr•ia Fhjrd rh"r8etsng vs Assistant Dir8cbry vnth Elin Schof*k1 30 Pnnb"ryJ for Thèatre wlh David Farf•y Managing Ihe Jul￿." Prc*Juthion EIEcriics ProdutirwJ. Propar Job- Honèsii Chris l*ady Page 9 Do¢AJSvJn Erwekipe ID.. 384A373141Ceo45F&822C￿30•￿)A4867o5 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Which Light is Right? w￿h Er¢ The Immer5Ne RevoPLrt*Jn Makè ntw work fTeffi nothing! Lucy M¢Comi The prywer ol DYSLEXIA+ in a *%)rdy industry.. Part 2 To Tfain or not to Tfatn". Should I go to Drama Sc1bJ￿? When God GNe You Paperwoth- CIK* F￿￿.. To Company Man•38r Josh O'connor in conversation Apolo In Conversation with O¢d( Straker NSDF Morning Ad¥entuw New AthEntU￿ vthh Jamie M¢Dw Self-Ernployment.. A Begin￿rfs Gu•Je Follow-me (remote fc41ow W ctsntrol. thè ftrtwell ¥￿th Ben ￿nw0c￿J CreatiThJ lrnmediate ￿sponSe pohbeal theatre with Nadia Emam Sitè Visits lof T(xJring Theatre vthh Curve Theatre How to get your first jc*J in I￿atre produfing vhfh Ocx)na Murn1ay Playin9 The Game With Your Rules.. Stswng to Yourse￿ in ts ￿dUsty with Nina Taleghani and AngUS Imf VerbatKn 8rknp with LUNG Chai Tzpri with Thespo Daniel Bailey in conversab"¢M Ray Sesay Lucy Bners in ¢Xffj¥ersal￿ with GI￿ Terera Inte￿$te￿ in AL*'ng? Josh O'connor, Tarnsin G￿lg, Gi￿$ Te￿ff3. Rory ￿"nnÈar. Debb￿ Kow, Ray Sesay. Nwna Tak9hani. Angus Imrie, Lucy 8riers and others all Offe￿ wothshops and masterdass6S. Interested in pro¢￿)ng? President of SOLT UK Eleanor Uoyd and Freelance Exec Producer Donna Mund8y. Site Specific aTrJ Outdoor Pr￿J￿ng wth Chartig Bunkgr. A special da￿Y 5erie5 of Projuang 101 se￿on$ for our ManaJ8mgnt Team. Interested in technical tt*atre orworkirg backnlage? An exlensve prograrnme of technul worksmcps spannin9 Sound. Vi¢Jeo. LKJhb"ry. Stsge ￿ana9e￿nt. Rigging. M8$terclasses vAth industry knaders as Gareth Fry a￿j Straker. Panel 0￿￿$S1On$ and ¥¥tykshops with our technical sponsors SLX. Blad(OLrt. Zero 88. ETC a￿1 olhers. Interested in Oe5ign? Join murti-award ww)ning Deslqner Bunny Chrisbe arn1 ¢kn Smart in con*rsab"on. LpJhb"rvJ Desvjner Neil Austin and Frank￿ Bradshaw. Or 30 pnnting wth Dawd Faty. Intere3te(J in Wfitsng. Ch005e kn Yolanda Mercy. Lucy M¢Cormi¢*. Chartv& Jowl￿. Chrs TW. Sam Sleiner. c￿1? Immediate response politKal theatre wth Nadia Emam. Or Verbatirn theats vAlh LUNG. Interested in Directs'ng? PhWINJa Lloyd. Clint Dyer (National Theatrè). Simon Gcthbin. A￿xander Zekjin. Pc41y Findlay, Danièl Bailey Bu$hl all olfered Mastordasses in DirectiThJ. Ci¢abng WOTk over Zoom? We'NE got that covered t¢xJ. NSDF Panel DISCU￿0[ 'The Kwo9rarnming of panel di￿5￿0n5 such as 'ls Tl*e Shy, and 'Le•aw5hip in thg Arts, undoubtethy demonstrated challenge, innovathm arKI ri5k4akn'r¥J.' #NSDF21 Peer Review Genuir* dis￿55￿ in a p(*)h'c 5pKe is ￿art of NSDF'S Ffx #NSDF21 we wc#Juced two Sp￿1&pa￿. Is Theatrè Sh. And how dg we make it betterfl Chaired by Nirna Taleghani wrth Ray Sesay. Dthie ￿y. Grace Sm*t aThJ Atti Greenland Paga 10 Oor#sSign En￿1c￿elO." 384A3731￿Q45F￿B22￿3[iè&￿705 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Leadètship in th• Ajts What are the kays to Leadetship M) the Arts and what *è thè us•fiJl patMys and prtfalls? Are 7Ae well led. and fvjw can we do betterfl Chal￿d by M.¢*￿ ￿l￿￿11d￿ wth Kat* Posnef. Twek15karwJw Alan Lane. Our panels were **ui wtal issues. featured irxlusty kadirrj speakers anLI f*rce debate whith wntin￿￿ on ¥￿val media long after the Se$s￿n had ￿ded. "Phtnemenal panel at NSOFest iusi ntrAf. So geat to so many F*OFle speaking so opènty about how fed up thèy are the way the theat￿ industy ¢)pefates. A ￿1 cau to acbon. Ir thae ¥e MO￿ conversations like this then we w8nt to be part of 1￿MI. #NSDF21 Parb"opant In fact ￿￿r panet on Ltadership in ts Arts attracted nats)nal press ottenlion. an arb'de in Stage devoted to IL Read th*rthoughts on the event herg. NOISES OFF." our Festival Magaan8 "The Noi5e3 Off ma9oJne ￿rated intsnl you can thaThJe ts wcrfld. It ￿ th8 conlinual aS￿rat10Th of NSDF to help buiw and renew full rafvJ8 of the theatre communty.. perfon￿r5. writets, dimetors. prtsjucers, off stsge professionals and Fethaps most vilally the aud￿￿ ofth¢ future. NSDF wants to build I￿o￿j communth. Thè key strength of NSDF is in the long tenn bonds rt makès.?A at NSOF can change your life. NSDF fatslitates collaborations which can endure decade5. NSDF wants young Peop￿ to meet th¢ir peers trom every part of the eountry and to forge Ifelor¥J collaborations. Ajongside this NSDF 15 Imr￿sety proud lh* people Started as stLKlents at the Fèstival are rkn¥ Board kqembers. It 15 ￿ ￿ganISat￿y1 whKh 5eek5 to buibj ktelong ￿latIon￿p5. and to maintain them with our alurnni. NSDF beligves anyore have a ¥ryc4. on any sutr¥e¢t NSDF believes irnaginatyon 15 a suwemety wnportant aTrJ a m¢Yal acl and Ihat Ihe chance to seek to express yourself i one whi¢h must be a￿lL8ble to eVe￿y regard*ss ol any asFe(X oftheir bac4(ground. NSDF is sustsinable. NSDF was founded 1956, and is cwimrtted to management and the finanual sustainabilrty that VAII allow it to Continue another seventy yea￿. Alorrfjsth this NSDF t*leves in a sustsinable environmental fIrtU￿ for our industry and our pLgn8L Pa9e 15 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 NSDF aspires to be necessary. It 1$ ￿e￿$Sary that there is a ￿ate Peop￿ can corne tWhar to imagine and to think and to argue and to rnake thirvJs. It is ne￿$sary that do not for9et that art makes our worfd wmprehensl￿e at)d bèarable and that it improves everything it touthes. It is recessary Ihat rn0￿ evrien￿d generab.ons ￿me together to pass on their knth￿edg8. It was always necessary. But rt's doubfy [￿sary r￿. Twhen ujts to the arts aTrJ to arts educaty'on ha limited p05&bilities for so many. when ebpry insti￿tIOn thought coukj rety on seerns $￿ehoW to have failed, must Stil eontinue no¢iusl to eThJure to hopp. NSDF 15 kind. NSDF is a place where what 5hryJkl happ•n. h4J)8n. Not ju51 in thB mth"rwJ ofwrytt but in •v•ry asFeCt of how work and CA)¢p•rattr together. NSOF seeks to be a place of u5efrJl￿s$. g•Mrtssity and Ilec•nty. Ifwe have a resource that you rwd and we can help. then we a￿ayS wdl. 'INhat an EXTRAORDINARY week that was. A massi￿. indusNp. joyous ¢ekbralioTr of $tLhlent work pulw togeth¢r eXpe￿Y...A staggering athievernentvthich gNes ￿ g￿se pimF4es every twne l think of IL It was a priwlege to be invol¥ed - thank you lor hawro me." Sean Lrmen. Director NSDF Thank Yous NSOF W￿￿Id be impossib* wrthoul the ￿n¢T0$[W ofour frwds. and pathers. We could not have P￿￿ur*d NSDF vthhout ow a)wrg ￿ term Spons￿5. The Surthy T￿￿ and Arts Counul Englan Similarfy ¥itsl are our Ixlliant partners in Lwcester.. {run by the *C￿erhJl Chris Ststrd and Nikolai Foster) and Ihe Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby. W¢ bok forward lo re-iThniThJ them in the I￿ee dimensional ¥Yorld. Arts Counol ENJlaTh Here For Culture The Sunday Tmes Soaety of London Theatre Ihrough the Tl*ats De¥dqxrwt Tnjst SLX Blackout Spotlight Paines Pl0￿h Slung Lgw Curve Lethster Cty Counc Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundab Mackintosh Foundation Martin Charitabl? Trust The Ashley Farnity Foundation Noel Coward FouTrJation The Garrid( Charntsblè Tntst The D'oyly Cartg Charitabk Trust Good CRM New AdvenbJrÈs Barrel Organ Shedinburgh Zéro 88 ETC SDF Cre￿Its NSDF 65th Anniv¢rsaryFestival Pa&vn Stephen Fry Patron$ P4e 16 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Sif Alan Ayc*boum Meerz Sy81 CBE Pr•sident Pat Wdf• Board of Trusfoes Anthony Alderson Daniel Bro￿￿Y0s THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Joanna Rtrsnick Lucy Ellinson Marc Graham Nadia Ernam NICK￿ Miks*WitrJin Nima Taleghani Oliwa Vinall P?ter Bradley Psyche Stott Ray Sesay Roy AlexaThJ8r-Weis• Sam Steiner Sean Linnen rinuke Cra Technical Team Adarn Wileman Ali Stringei Oavid BUt￿r David Kett lain Orr Jasmin Davies J*e Rcwe Jack Simpson Lucy Jenkins Rowan Read Sarn House Management Tèèm exandar Cohan Brad MeH Danni Watm¢xe Emily Hamiltc Ernily Prior Ernily Wilkinson Erin Waks Gabble Sills Hana KohcwJt Jade Parkin Katye Blackwell Lilian Race Lucy Donald Mar￿.na Rog Me9an S¢ephen$ Misha Mah Nancy Case Natalig Chan Nicole Henson Olma Swain Pppa Le Grand Saxon Noises Off E¢*tors Naomi Oben Fhjrence Be No￿$ ¢XJoumthsts Anna Mahtsni 8elh Edwards Page 18 Oo¢vSiw EnvekiF¢10.. 384A3731-Lt6NSFM22￿3uI8l￿86?Qs THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Elisha Pearce Emma Robinsc Esbbaliz Bragado Issy Flower Katie lQrkpalri¢k Lydia KeTrJa114AcDwgall Mark Smith R05ie Thad(ery Sam Ross Shamsa lm•nse thanks lo.. Anuslts Ghos• Barrel Organ Big Cwty've Academy Everyone at Curve Falmouth University Kate Mortèy New Adventu￿$ New Vlc s￿ Fonn Colege Everyone at Paines Pbugh Srishti Ray Everyon¢ at LCAV Spouwht Tamara HaN•y Thespo Zosh Skowronska FINANCIAL REVIEW Th• company madè a surF4us on unrestrEded reserves duwing the y•ar of £9.036. Unrestn¢ted fiJTkls brought fomard were £47,448 which means that unrestricted fur*ls of£56.484 *è bèiNJ eanied forn¥ard althe balar￿ shaèi datè. Resth"cted hJnds brought lo￿￿￿1 ￿Te £2.028. There wrds an eq￿ arnount of in-year restii¢Aed inec4ne & expondrture, means that unrestricted of£2,028 ar• ¢aThd fomarf at the balance sheet dat•. RegardiryJ overal ffinancial monrtoriTrJ. our EXe0Jts￿ Dwector cc¥rfinues to ovef58e the finan￿$, and genefab.ng the management account rerx)rting for thé company. ha￿n9 Wor￿ in theatre financ* for ovaf a detsde. The General Manager maintsins Ihe day-l¢>d3y accounting and protsssing. and repL•ts to the Ex￿￿tiVe Director. All Ihe finanaal systems at NSDF prow¢Je chec*s and balan￿$ aNI an apprtjpriate audrt trail. whila maintaining a hwJh kvel ol accuracy and efficiency. Al budgets are superwi5ed, and in¥Th￿S Stgned aff by the Exeojbve ￿reCtOr before being Actioned or paid. All Board-level ffinanCA￿ papers are first Chec￿ by and discJJswJ Iwth the Finance Cornmrttee. before Ihey a￿ then tepDrted to the Boa￿ on a quathtr basi5. Reserves Thè fwstéas haN* •statAished a pc4icy whereby the Unresti￿￿ed (unds not c(xnrnitted or invested in tangiblè fixed assets lthe'freo reservos'l hekj by the eharty should be bets￿en 3 and 6 months ofthe qjerab.gnal resour￿ gxpended. Thè Trustsès are ress>Jnsknk fr*r Ihe maintenance #nd integrty of COrp￿e ar¥J finanaal inforrnation induded on the Pa9e 19 V•4D THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 charitable ￿MpanY'S websrte. Legislation in lh8 United ￿ngd￿l govemiTrd ts PreParats￿ and dtsseminats.on of firtanaal statements May differ from tegtslab¢)n in otherjur￿dlction5. The trustees ha¥e a reasonabk expectat￿ that the Charity has adequate reswrces to c4ntinue opwational existenc* for the loreseeable future. For this ￿a￿, Ihe tfustees conb.rwe to •Jopt tt* going concem bags of a¢￿Inty'n9 in ￿paring the annual financial slatements. SMALL COMPANY EXEMPTIONS This report IS pfepa￿ in ￿T￿ance vrith tr* pmwsions olthe Ccmpanies Atl relalirrfJ to small companEs. This reprt in￿[pOrating th¢ strateg￿ re[￿ was apyoved by ￿ Board of Trustees and svJned on their bghalfby.. 20-May-2022 Satsh Nlcholson (Chair of Trustee51 Pagè 20 Docu&w £[￿lO￿t ID.. 381A3731￿&>45f￿2r￿>￿1W￿￿67r THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) MENZIES BRIGHTER THINKING INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT Independent exarnlnerfs report to the Tryjtees of Th¢ Nalk>nJl Drnma F•8tiv•l Ltd Ilhe Compan l ￿port to the charity Trustees on my examination ofthe accounts ofthe Company lor the ytareThaed 30 Seoember 2021. R•wnslblllties and basls of report As the Trustees of the Corryny (and rts d1￿ctO￿ lor the puryjses ol cwipany lawl you a￿ responsibte for the preparat#)n ol the acc4wnts in %COrdan￿ Ihe wuifemerts ofthe ComparMes Acl 20C6 Cthe 2C(E Arfl. Hawng satisf*d mysolfthat the accounts ofthe Company are not rBwired to be a￿aited uryler Part 16 ofthe 2006 Act and are eligib￿ ts iThYependent examinab"on, I iewt in f•sp&d of my examinatM)n of the Company5 accounts eanied out un¢Jer sethon 145 01 the Chaithes Act 2011 llhe 2011 Aefi. In catywng out my exwninabon I have falbwed Ihe DI￿tiOnS given by fv Charity ComnNssion under secboTh 14SISXb) ofthe 2011 Ind•p•nd•nt •xamlnefs Statement I have comFl8ted my 8xaminal*)n. l gjnfinn that no matters habp r￿1? to my attenb"w in c4Thne¢t￿n with the gxaminabon giving m• caus• to be1￿1¥e.. acwinbn9 records were not kept in ￿pect ofthe C(Knpany as required ty sec*on 386 ofthe 2006 A(a,' or the accounts do not accord with thryJe records.. or the accounts do not cornpty vrtb Ihe accounb.ng r•quinn•nts of s•th"on 396 of the 2CK16.Act othof than any U1￿Ment that acetrjrts give a and la￿ view ￿1¢h is not a matter cOnS￿￿red as part of an insjependent eXaminat￿n.. or the accounts ha¥e not been wepared in a¢crydarKe with Ihe Metr￿)$ pnnaple5 of the Statement of RecomrneTraed Practice for a¢¢ountiThJ and rwting by tharities laFw￿￿e to tharitie5 preparing their accounts in accordanc* with the Finanaal Rep)rb'ng Star*Jard applicable in the UK and of Ireland IFRS 10211. I have no cOn￿mS and have corne ac¥oss no other matters in ¢onwbon ￿￿th ts examinatw to attenbon should be drawn in this rwrt in order to enable a proper under5tsTrJtry of Ihe accounts lo be reathed. This feport ts made to the Comptys Trustees. as a body. in aC£Qrfan￿ with Part 4 of the Charitres (Accounts and Reports) Regulab'ons 2ThJ8. My work has beern undertaken so that I mTrght slate to the Company's Trustees those matters I am required lo stste to Ihem in an Independent exami￿￿$ report and for no otW purpose. To Ihe fvllest extent pem)itted by law. I do not accept or assume ￿$pL¥￿till ty to anyone other than the Ccryany and the Companys Trustees as a bc#Jy, for my work or forlhi8 report 07-Jun-2022 J4nic8 Matthews FCA M•nzh•S LLP Centrum House 36 Station Road Egham Sutrèy TW20 9LF Pago 21 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 T¢>tal Total funds 2021 fvndg 2021 2021 2020 In¢orne from: Donation5 and *aCk￿.. Grants Other donatio￿ and legacae5 Charitable acDwbe$ Other trading thties Investsnents 129.500 3,931 129.SOO 57.789 131.933 16.955 7,155 32,000 32.1100 29 Total incom• 133.431 85,865 219.296 176,072 Expendlture on: Charitable atht 133N31 76.029 210.260 165,534 Total •xp•ndllur• 133h31 76.829 210,260 165,534 9.036 9.036 10,538 N•t mov•m•nt In funds R￿on¢111011Qn of fvndj: Total fvnd5 brought forward Net movement HI lunds 1028 47.448 9.036 49.476 9.036 38,938 10,538 1028 56,484 $8.S12 49,476 Totsl fund$ ¢¥rrfed f¢>wwanl Th• Statement of finanoal acti￿treS inclth all gain5 and lJ5ses reccfjnts•d in tho year. The notes on pages 24 to 35 fomi part o*th￿• finwcial statemerts. Pag? 22 OocuS*3Th EnsElry ID.. 384A373l-￿F4￿2￿We￿B67(k% THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 03103602 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 20 2020 Fixed assets Tangibl• ass•ts 11 2.461 3.TTI 2h81 3,771 CurTent assets Oel)tors Cash at bank and in haTrJ 12 10.2X 68.814 2. 769 57,490 69.IMO 6Q.259 Creditw. amounts falin9 within year 13 (12.9891 (14.554) Net eurrtnt assets 56.051 45,705 Totsl •￿ets les• current liabilities 58.512 49.476 Total net a$$•ts 58.512 49,476 Chadty funds Restricted fvnds Unrestricted fijnds 14 1028 56.484 2,028 47,448 14 Totsl funds 58,512 49,476 Th8 Cornpanywas enbtted to exemplhjn from 8￿j￿ uTrkn sectton 477 ofthe Compan￿5 Act 2(K6. The members have not required Ihe cornpany to obl•"n ￿ *JJit for the year in question in accordan￿ with seclion 476 of C¢mpanEs Act 2006. The Trustee5 athnuwkdge their respOnsi￿"be5 v*ith the I￿￿1￿MentS of the Act with re5Feci to accountir9 records aTrJ preparati￿ of rm8￿191 slateThen The finanual statérnénts have been kyepared in ac￿rdance With thè *ic*Jle to enbbès S￿leCt to Small cornpanie5 regime. The fmanrial statements We￿ apwoved authr*i3•J tr i55ue by fv Tn￿ee5 svJnp•J on their ￿h8￿bY.. Sarah Nicholson Chair Date.. 20-May-2022 Pa9e 23 Docuslgn Envek*e10.. 384A3731-WSF4822￿￿B)A4B670S THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Ac¢ounWng polici 1.1 Basls of preparalk>n of finanelal statrment4 finanaal statements have been prepared in accordan￿ tMth ￿ Charibes SORP IFRS 1021- Accounting nd Reportir¥J by Charitss.. Statement of Recommended Prac*ce aFpIl￿ble to charibes preparing their accounts in accordar￿ vAth the Financ4al Rep(xb"ng Slandard applicab￿ in the LIK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffe¢tsve 1 January 20191. the Firtanoal Reportj'ng Standard applicable in the UK and Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS 1021 aTrJ Ihe Compan￿5 Acl 2rx6. The National Sttthnt Drama Festf"val Ltd meets the deffnition of a pubk benefit entty undef FRS 702. Assets and liabilibes a￿ In￿"anY reco9nised at histon"c* c4)st iy transac*on value unkss otherwtse ststed in the rebvant acwunting Oi¢y. 1.2 Comp•ny status The N*'onal Student t)rama Fe$ty4 Limited s a company Inmted by warantee. mernb?rs of Ihe cornpany are the TnJslee$ named on page 1. In the event of the beir8 wound up. the lia￿.1￿Y in respect of the guarante¢ is Iwnited trt £1 Fer member of the cornpany. 1.3 In¢+)me All income is reco9nised once the Ccfflpany has entillement lo Ihe income. it is probable that the income will b8 reC￿Ved and the amount ofincome T￿1Vable can be measured reliably. Don•tlon$ aTrd I￿a￿¢S Grants. legacjes and tjonat10￿ a￿ recoJThs•d in w)ccm*)g resources in the yèar in *fiich Ilw are T￿lVatIe. eX￿pt as fdlo - When donor5 SP8tsfy that gtsntsld￿alIon& gwi tt> eh*ty must be used in lulw¢ •ctounb"n9 periojs, the W)c￿Me is d8feThod unb"l thos• perK)ds. - When donor5 impose cvndrt￿nS t*th¢th ha¥e to be fUlfil￿j tef0￿ the ¢hanty becwies enboed IQ Use such irKome. the incy)me is deferred not indutsj in irojmry resouios until Ihe preo)nditigns for w 8re rnet Charitabl• aetivilies Theatre income is Ind￿ resoms tr* in V￿.¢* the ￿￿vant aCts￿ty takes ￿arE. Project speofic fvnding- 5pec4fy that donations and 9rants are lor parb"cular ￿$triCed purposes. whi¢h (lo not amount to pr￿￿ThJ￿￿)n$ regarth.rg enb"l*mert this tnc4)me rs induded in inccffiin9 resour￿$ of fe5trKted frjnds when rece*vable. Doftatsd s•rvlc•s and facllNt Donated seNces or facilibes are reco3ni5ed as Ir￿￿? vkn?n Ihe charty has ¢ontrol 0￿r the ilern, any coThJiti¢)ns asscoated wth the dOr￿ted rt•m have been met the T￿1￿1 ofècorKffjic benèfft freffj the use by the chènty ofthe item is probable and Ihat econcrfnic be￿fft can be measured rdiabty. On r•¢eipt, donated Se￿￿$ and faalit*S afe recL¥3nised on the ba515 of Ihe Value ofthe gift to the chaNty which is the amount the charity wtyJld have baen wlling to pay to obtain 5erwt8s of PdciIth"es of equivalent atonom￿ benefft on thè open martet. a corre5poNling amount is Ihen rec03n￿￿ in expendrture in Ihe Feric*J of receipt. Investment hk¢>m• Inte￿$t on hjnds hekd ¢)n depo*t is induded re￿•¥able and the amount can be Measured reliably by the charity", this is no￿allY up)n notificab.on ofthe wrterest pa￿￿ or payab￿ by th? Bank. Pag• 24 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 A¢countSng polkles (¢ontlnu•dl 1.4 Expenditurn JI expeTrJrtU￿ is an ac17ua15 basis iNausi4* of any VAT cannot be ￿¢0¥ere11 and is recognised %then". - there is a ￿al or construclive oblvJation to make a paymwrt - rt r6 probable that settlement wll be requirthy . the arnounl olthg obb3alh￿ can be me35wed rel* Costs of rnlslng fvnd5 Costs incurred in attrath.ng donabons. and Ifw)se Miojrred in tradry aciMi*s that raise fvnd5. Charllable a¢flvMles Produc*on costs. Costs irrwwred in the and of vfyJ(￿.onS twred in the year. Support Costs The adrniNstratN• cosls assotsated with runThrvJ the office Irom company tpèrates as well as goVernar￿ K>sts. sup[￿ are Wh¢￿[Y atirtsuiable to theatre production costs. Go¥ern•n¢e ¢o$ts Costs associ*wJ with the wnstslu1K￿al ststutory requi￿￿￿nts ofthe thowty. E￿ndIture on chanta￿e a¢b￿be$ is in¢JJThed on diredy undertakwj the a￿"￿tieS vthith further the Companls obJ"ectives. as well as any assori*ed supwt cost* 1A Goln9 ¢onurn The C￿Ona￿1ruS paw¥J8mic Ys swJThficant un￿rta￿ aTrJ th8 dbarity 15 not wnmum to thi5 although, at thks stage, it is not ptsssible tts reliabty lo￿aSt what the kng tènn impact of this may be. The Trustèes are confi¢Jent. however. thai the charity be able to see ihrough the cuffent uncertainty as income st￿aM$ have not been affected by CovKJ-19 as they a￿ taking to cmtrol costs where appropriate and will continue to monitor the posits'on ￿re￿Thy. Gi¥en Ihe uncertainties that exist. the Trustees believe these actsons shoukl enable the chanty to conb'nue in operational existen￿. Therefore. it i8 the Tru5tee5 opin*)n that Ihe going ncem bas￿ of preparal*Jn ofthe attr￿nts continues lo be app¥o￿te. 1.6 Tumov•r Tumo¥ef comprises ￿venue ￿Cogn￿￿ by Ihe company in r8sp8ctolgoods and seN￿S $upWiad dtwing the y•ar, •xclu&v• ofvalue At1tJed Tax and tradB d￿nts. 1.7 Tangibl• fix•d ass•ts and d•prn¢Fallon Tar¥Jible fixe(l assets c4)stirwJ £).(￿* or more are Cak*tsl.s￿. A ￿￿eW for impaim*nt of a fixed awt i8 ￿rrIed out rf ebents or charges in rirrAJm$tsnces in(l￿te that the carrying value of any fixed asset may not be ￿ets￿eratIe. Shc¥tlalls bets¥een the carryirg vafue of fixed assets and their recoverabk amounts are rec¥)gnised as impairynents. lrnpairment kisses are recc9nised in the Statwnent offinanoal acb.vths incorporatin9 income and expendiiure accthjnt Pag¢ 25 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 A¢eounting polieiès le4)ntinued> 1.7 T•nqlble fixed •￿ts •nd depyeciation Icontlnuedl DeFxeoalion is charged so as to *30P4OA486705 THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LTD (A company limited by guarantee) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 Summary gf funds {continuBdl Summary of funds . prior year Balance at 30 Sepl$mtser 2020 2019 General fijnds ReSt￿ted fvnds 37.986 952 98.5TI 71.501 (89.109) (T6,425) 47,448 2.028 38,938 176.OT2 (165,534) 49.476 16. Anafy¥l$ of net assets ￿t￿••n funds Anatysls of Mt a￿*ts l)etrAwn lunds. ¢urrnnty*aT Restricted Unrestricted funds nds 2021 2021 Total funds 2021 Tangibfe frxgj assets Cuffent assets Creditors ¢lu& within one year 2.481 67.012 112.9891 2,461 69.040 (12.9891 2,028 Total 2,028 56,484 58.512 Anafysls of n•t aM•ts b•t*wn funds- pwior y•ar Reslricled UnMS￿GIed funds 2030 Total funds 202Q 2020 Tan￿ble ffixed assets Current assets C￿rtoIS dt* wthin one year 3. 771 58.231 (14.554) 3, 771 ,259 (14,554) 2.028 Total 2.028 4T,448 49,476 17. Relatsd p•rty transactions During ts year QYnp￿Y had no related transactions that r¢quir8d discI)su￿. Page 35