REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 3265057 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1059465
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020 FOR LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
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| Report of the Trustees | 1 to 4 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 5 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 6 |
| Balance Sheet | 7 to 8 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 9 to 12 |
| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | 13 to 14 |
LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard (FRS 102).
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number
3265057 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity number 1059465
Registered office
The Master’s House St Katherine’s Ledbury HR8 1EA
Trustees
P Arscott N Falls J Gardosi D R Ingram L Jackson C G Noel U Owen S Parmar D Punter B M Read-Brown P Salt S Scott
Company Secretary D R Ingram
Independent examiner
Luke Keegan Chartered Management Accountant 1A The Homend Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1BN
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document
The charity is controlled by its Memorandum and Articles of Association and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. The liability of each member is limited to £10.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
Our policy for appointing new trustees is to search out people who have particular skills and characteristics who we feel will want to become similarly committed. The Festival recruits event managers from amongst its Friends Group and other well wishing local people; the Arts Council website offers names of people wishing to become trustees in arts organisations; existing trustees sometimes have interested contacts who are able to offer particular skills. All of these pools are sources for future trustees.
Induction and training of new trustees
On appointment the trustees receive a copy of the governing documents and Charity Commission documents regarding trusteeship. New trustees are briefed on the history, background and work of the charity.
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Related parties
Arts Council England The Creative Europe Programme of the European Union The Elmley Foundation The English Speaking Union (Worcestershire Branch) Friends of Ledbury and District Healthcare Garfield Weston Foundation The Garrick Club Charitable Trust Great Places Greendawn Accounting Herefordshire Council Invisible Arts Network Joanies Trust Ledbury Town Council Pennington-Mellor-Munthe Charity Trust Robert Gavron Charitable Foundation Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre Versopolis West Midlands Railway Worcester County Council
Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The charity's objectives are to advance the education of the public in the appreciation of the arts in all their forms, including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the presentation, organisation and promotion of poetry.
The objectives of the charity are achieved through the production of the Ledbury Poetry Festival.
Significant activities
The significant activity is the production of the Ledbury Poetry Festival, which occurs every year over a ten day period during the summer months.
The event is organised by the directors of the company with the help of a part time paid Festival Director, part time paid Festival Manager, part time paid Finance Manager, part time paid helpers and numerous volunteers.
The Festival also runs a year round Poetry in the Community Programme and a Poet in Schools Programme. Both these programmes are subject to funding.
Volunteers
This very important group of people are sought from the: Friends of Ledbury Poetry Festival and their friends and neighbours. Unsolicited offers of help from members of the public who simply contact the charity.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
The trustees are aware of the Public Benefit provisions of the Charities Act 2006 and of the guidance on them published by the Charity Commission. They are satisfied that the objects of the charity and the activities of the charity are within the definitions of Charitable Purposes as set down in the Act. The trustees are not aware of any public detriment caused by the charity's objects or activities, and nor are they aware of anyone receiving any private benefit from the charity's activities.
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (cont) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
Charitable activities
The Festival 2020, celebrating its twenty fourth anniversary, was as vibrant, engaging and accessible as ever, but in an entirely digital way. Despite Covid 19, audiences were able to uncover genuine surprises as well as to experience well-established poets and writers such as Daljit Nagra, Robin Coste Lewis, Danez Smith and Raymond Antrobus. We offered poetry in translation and poet to poet conversations that enthralled our online audiences. The online presence boosted our numbers by 20,000 in 2020, and there was a more than respectable number of participants across schools and community programmes despite the obvious effects of the pandemic. The resilience and adaptability of the Festival was tested, and it thrived, and both staff and trustees, as well as the Festival volunteers, feel confident about the future and ambitious for poetry locally, nationally and internationally.
Ledbury Poetry Festival Online was a huge success, especially among poets and the poetry community and interestingly a younger demographic. It kicked off with a special Ledbury Poetry Festival edition of The Verb, on BBC Radio 3. And was followed by a launch with Simon Armitage on Saturday morning and 8 events over Saturday and Sunday, featuring leading American poets, Danez Smith, Kaveh Akbar, Robin Coste Lewis and Cathy Park Hong, plus Will Harris, Raymond Antrobus and Mary Jean Chan. Effective partnerships ensured good audiences and extended reach and publicity, such as a Spanish Translation Duel with Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine, and an event with the Poetry Translation Centre, featuring Eritrean poet Ribka Sibhatu with translator André Naffis-Sahely. There were also events that broadened participation, including a Poetry of the Lockdown reading welcoming poets who had responded to the online open call. Plus, a Ledbury Poetry Competition Winners’ reading, hosted by Daljit Nagra. The Creative Europe partnership continued with a Versopolis reading of European poets from Belgium, Iceland, Georgia and Italy, hosted by Kim Moore.
Many of the events had hundreds of people watching from all over the world and the reception was very positive. The crucial thing was that Ledbury Poetry Festival Online was not just a smaller version of the Festival we had planned. Instead it was a series of specially curated events responding to current times, Covid 19, Lockdown and Black Lives Matter. It felt really important to use this new platform for the Festival in a different way, which reflects how the online world is very immediate and responsive to current affairs. The Online Festival led to a sharp increase in website visits, and increased visibility across social media, but especially on Twitter. Also, lots of poets attended to support their fellow poets and many attendees said they hadn’t been able to come to a Festival event before because of disability or distance. It is now certain that Ledbury will continue to have a strong online focus and an annual online festival to complement the physical offering, which in 2021 will celebrate 25 years of Ledbury Poetry Festival!
The Community Programme
The Festival’s Community Programme targets demographics least involved in arts and culture, whether through lack of opportunity, or lack of access. When Covid 19 struck in March we quickly moved to online delivery of workshops where we could, so that continuity was maintained and the health and well being aspects of the workshops were still accessible when people needed them most. Segments monthly workshops use museum artefacts from Ledbury’s Butcher Row Museum as inspiration for poetry, often prompting memories and discussions. In lockdown, practitioner Sara Jane Arbury switched to sourcing artefacts from her within own home, covering topics such as “The Vinyl Revolution” and “Bread”. Similarly, Poetry and Pictures, a partnership with Herefordshire Mind mental health charity pivoted to online delivery quickly. The groups explore ekphrastic poetry as a great device for exploring feelings and experiences in a safe and supported environment. The Young Writers’ Collective continued to meet virtually throughout lockdown. Their fantastic film of Lockdown Poems from doorsteps and balconies was featured in the Versopolis Festival of Hope, and in our digital festival launch event, alongside UK poet laureate Simon Armitage.
Poets in Schools
The year started with a Young Shakespeare performance of Macbeth for 200 pupils, a series of after-school writing clubs for Ledbury Primary School, and a visit by Richard Osmond to John Masefield High School. This was followed by three Poetry Out Loud, Festival in a Day events at Hellens Manor. 200 pupils from four primary schools and one high school enjoyed intensive days packed with poetry performances, writing workshops and opportunities to showcase their poems, led by Mike Barfield, Matt Black and Jasmine Gardosi.
During Lockdown the Festival developed a series of homeschool writing prompts, which were shared directly to schools and families via Facebook.
Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics
In June a new report was released by the Ledbury Poetry Critics Programme in association with Ledbury Poetry Festival and the University of Liverpool’s Centre for New and International Writing. It revealed that poetry reviewing is still too white despite coverage of poets of colour, and coverage by critics of colour, more than doubling in the three years since the launch of Ledbury Poetry Critics which was co-founded by poets Sandeep Parmar and Sarah Howe in 2017.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (cont) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserves policy
In general, activities undertaken by the Festival are matched to the resources available. The company does carry a certain level of overhead, and reserves are needed;-
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To give trustees time to take action if income falls below expectations
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To cover troughs in the cash budget due to the unevenness of cash receipts and payments
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A small contingency fund to meet unforeseen operational costs
Following a review of the Festival’s budget, and guided by the nature of the overheads and nearly 20 years of experience, the trustees have concluded that an unrestricted reserve equivalent to 4 months overheads is sufficient to meet these objectives.
At the year end the charity had free reserves of £57,616 (2019: £46,203) which is the equivalent of seven months management, governance and finance costs
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD :
S Scott - Director
25 May 2021
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st October 2020 set out on pages six to fourteen.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is required.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act
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to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of the independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view ' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements
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to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of Sections 394 and 395 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities
have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Luke Keegan Chartered Management Accountant 1A The Homend Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1BN
Date: .............................................
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
| 2020 | 2019 | ||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total funds | Total funds | ||
| funds | funds | ||||
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| INCOMING RESOURCES | |||||
| Incoming resources from generated funds | |||||
| Donations | 2 | 88,193 | 56,294 | 144,487 | 164,159 |
| Incoming resources from charitable activities | |||||
| Poetry competition | 9,372 | - | 9,372 | 4,215 | |
| Ticket and event sales | 266 | - | 266 | 54,865 | |
| Other income | 3,715 | - | 3,715 | 6,520 | |
| Total incoming resources | 101,546 | 56,294 | 157,840 | 229,760 | |
| RESOURCES EXPENDED | |||||
| Charitable activities | |||||
| Promotion costs | 1,667 | - | 1,667 | 5,062 | |
| Community programme | - | 15,040 | 15,040 | 24,676 | |
| Schools programme | - | 4,922 | 4,922 | 25,009 | |
| EU Project | - | 14,811 | 14,811 | 15,107 | |
| New Writers | - | - | - | 5,391 | |
| Second Collection | - | - | - | 6,000 | |
| BBI Project | - | 490 | 490 | - | |
| Emerging Critics | - | 2,023 | 2,023 | 5,398 | |
| Kickstarter | - | 50 | 50 | 4,818 | |
| Elmley Marketing Audit | - | 2,531 | 2,531 | - | |
| Overheads funding | 5,500 | - | 5,500 | 5,902 | |
| Support costs | 74,708 | - | 74,708 | 74,013 | |
| Core festival | 2,501 | - | 2,501 | 38,452 | |
| Poetry competition | 3,096 | - | 3,096 | 2,588 | |
| Ticket and event sales | 590 | - | 590 | 3,712 | |
| Hospitality | - | - | - | 1,734 | |
| Advertising | 572 | - | 572 | 3,222 | |
| Governance costs | 1,500 | - | 1,500 | 1,500 | |
| Total resources expended | 90,133 | 39,867 | 130,000 | 222,583 | |
| NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES | |||||
| BEFORE TRANSFERS | 11,413 | 16,427 | 27,840 | 7,177 | |
| Gross transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | |
| Net incoming/(outgoing) resources | 11,413 | 16,427 | 27,840 | 7,177 | |
| RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | 46,203 | 18,555 | 64,758 | 57,581 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 57,616 | 34,982 | 92,598 | 64,758 |
The notes form part of these financial statements
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET AT 31 OCTOBER 2020
| 2020 | 2019 | ||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total funds | Total funds | ||
| funds | funds | ||||
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| FIXED ASSETS | |||||
| Tangible assets | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||||
| Debtors | 7 | 4,661 | - | 4,661 | 5,210 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 62,144 | 34,982 | 97,126 | 69,121 | |
| 66,806 | 34,982 | 101,788 | 74,331 | ||
| CREDITORS | |||||
| 8 | (9,190) | - | (9,190) | (9,573) | |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 57,616 | 34,982 | 92,598 | 64,758 | |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT | |||||
| LIABILITIES | 57,616 | 34,982 | 92,598 | 64,758 | |
| NET ASSETS | 57,616 | 34,982 | 92,598 | 64,758 | |
| FUNDS | 10 | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | 57,616 | 46,203 | |||
| Restricted funds | 34,982 | 18,555 | |||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 92,598 | 64,758 |
The notes form part of these financial statements
continued...
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET - CONTINUED AT 31 OCTOBER 2020
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 October 2020.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2020 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
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(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
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(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each 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 financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small charitable companies and with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (FRS 102).
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 25 May 2021 and were signed on its behalf by:
P Arscott -Trustee
S Scott - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard (FRS 102), the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
Resources expended
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Office equipment and Sound equipment – 33 1/3% on cost
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS
| Public Funding Private Trusts Other Grant – Elmley Foundation |
2020 £ 85,597 32,516 8,374 18,000 144,487 |
2019 £ 86,158 38,700 27,301 12,000 |
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| 164,159 |
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
3. NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES
Net resources are stated after charging/(crediting):
| Depreciation - owned assets Other operating leases Independent Examiner Fee |
2020 £ - 5,500 1,500 |
2019 £ 989 5,902 1,500 |
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4. TRUSTEES' AND RELATED PARTIES REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 October 2020 nor for the year ended 31 October 2019.
As expressly permitted by the governing document trustees received fees for providing other services as under:
B M Read-Brown £406 (2019 £561) Community programme services. J Gardosi £762 (2019:£nil) School programme services.
Trustees' expenses
No Travel expenses were paid for the year ended 31 October 2020, (2019: £Nil).
5. STAFF COSTS
| Wages and salaries Social security costs Other pension costs |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds Total funds 2020 2019 £ £ £ £ 58,233 10,094 68,327 66,072 2,247 - 2,247 2,394 4,076 - 4,076 3,955 64,556 10,094 74,650 72,421 |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds Total funds 2020 2019 £ £ £ £ 58,233 10,094 68,327 66,072 2,247 - 2,247 2,394 4,076 - 4,076 3,955 64,556 10,094 74,650 72,421 |
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| 72,421 |
The average monthly number of employees (including part time staff) during the year was as follows:
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| 2020 | 2019 |
| 3 | 3 |
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The Staff costs show the full costs of employing three members of staff. Some of the staff costs are allocated to restricted funds in accordance with time spent on those activities. Total wages and salaries allocated to restricted funds: £10,094 (2019: £8,438)
Pension contributions are made to defined contribution pension schemes.
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Office and Sound equipment
| COST At 1 November 2019 Additions Disposals As 31 October 2020 DEPRECIATION At 1 November 2019 Charge for year Disposals At 31 October 2020 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 October 2020 At 31 October 2019 7. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Pre-payments Other debtors 8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Trade creditors Taxation and social security Other creditors 9. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS The following operating lease payments are committed to be paid within one year: Expiring: Within one year |
2020 £ - 4,661 2020 £ 6,590 1,099 1,500 9,190 2020 £ 5,500 |
£ 4,934 - - _____ 4,934 4,934 - - 4,934 - - 2019 £ - 5,210 2019 £ 6,999 1,074 1,500 9,573 2019 £ 5,500 |
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
| 10. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | ||||||
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| Net movement | Transfers | ||||||
| At 1.11.19 | in funds | between funds | At 31.10.20 | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | |||||||
| General fund | 46,203 | 11,413 | - | 57,616 | |||
| Restricted funds | |||||||
| Community programmes | 11,579 | (3,537) | - | 8,042 | |||
| School projects | 1,190 | 10,158 | - | 11,348 | |||
| EU Projects | - | - | - | - | |||
| Elmley Marketing Audit | - | 3,469 | - | 3,469 | |||
| New Writers | 1,109 | 2,500 | - | 3,609 | |||
| BBI Project | - | 5,010 | - | 5,010 | |||
| Kickstarter International | 749 | (50) | - | 699 | |||
| Emerging Critics | 1,928 | (1,123) | - | 805 | |||
| British Council | 2,000 | - | - | 2,000 | |||
| 18,555 | 16,427 | - | 34,982 | ||||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 64,758 | 27,840 | - | 92,598 | |||
| Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: | |||||||
| Incoming | Resources | Movement in | |||||
| resources | expended | funds | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||||
| Unrestricted funds | |||||||
| General fund | 101,546 | (90,133) | 11,413 | ||||
| Restricted funds | |||||||
| Community programmes | 11,503 | (15,040) | (3,537) | ||||
| School projects | 15,080 | (4,922) | 10,158 | ||||
| EU Project | 14,811 | (14,811) | - | ||||
| Elmley Marketing Audit | 6,000 | (2,531) | 3,469 | ||||
| New Writers | 2,500 | - | 2,500 | ||||
| BBI Project | 5,500 | (490) | 5,010 | ||||
| Kickstarter International | - | (50) | (50) | ||||
| Emerging Critics | 900 | (2,023) | (1,123) | ||||
| British Council | - | - | - | ||||
| Core Festival | - | - | - | ||||
| 56,294 | (39,867) | 16,427 | |||||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 157,840 | (130,000) | 27,840 |
11. COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital. Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of it winding up, such an amount as may be required, not exceeding £10.
12. GENERAL INFORMATION
Ledbury Poetry Festival Limited, is a private company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales, registered number 03265057. The registered address is The Masters’s House, St Katherine’s, Bye Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 1EA.
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
| INCOMING RESOURCES Voluntary income Public funding Private trust Other Grants - Elmley Foundation Grants – Garfield Weston Incoming resources from charitable activities Ticket and event sales Poetry competition Other income Total incoming resources RESOURCES EXPENDED Charitable activities Website costs Venue hire Production costs Hospitality Performers' fees and costs Brochure and other event costs Ticket costs and box office Merchandise Community programmes School programmes Poetry competition Kickstarter Costs EU Project New Writers BBI Project Second Collection Emerging Critics Governance costs – Independent examiner’s fees Support costs Management Salaries Employers national insurance Pension contributions Rent Computer and Internet Insurance Telephone Printing and stationery Carried forward |
2020 £ 85,597 32,516 8,374 18,000 - 144,487 266 9,372 3,715 13,353 157,840 - - - - 2,928 192 164 404 12,040 1,922 3,096 50 10,717 490 2,531 - 2,023 1,500 |
2019 £ 86,158 38,700 27,301 12,000 - 164,159 54,865 4,215 6,520 65,601 229,760 475 2,777 9,064 1,734 25,775 5,931 3,712 265 18,906 24,009 2,588 4,818 11,519 4,591 - 5,750 5,398 1,500 |
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| 38,057 68,327 2,247 4,076 5,500 1,756 1,563 1,875 1,420 86,764 |
128,810 66,072 2,394 3,955 5,902 1,371 1,380 1,569 1,864 84,507 |
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LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL LIMITED
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2020
| Management Brought forward Advertising and publicity Sundries Professional fees Travelling Training Subscriptions Donations Depreciation of office and sound equipment Finance Bank charges Credit card charges Total resources expended Net (expenditure)/income |
2020 £ 86,764 2,046 27 875 706 470 18 - - 90,906 169 868 1,037 130,000 27,840 |
2019 £ 84,507 3,222 247 1,346 1,652 33 18 - 989 92,015 185 1,573 1,758 222,583 7,717 |
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