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THE COMMON PLAYERS

TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Charity Registration Number: 1061431 Company Registration Number: 3294798 (England and Wales)

THE COMMON PLAYERS TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended 31 March 2023

CONTENTS
Page
Trustees Annual Report 1 - 6
Independent Examiners Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Notes on the Financial Statements 10 - 14

THE COMMON PLAYERS TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT

Year Ended 31 March 2023

The Trustees, who are directors for Company Law purposes, have pleasure in presenting their report along with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with current statutory requirements, the charity’s governing documents, and the recommendations of the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (SORP 2005) and complies with applicable law. We have also referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives for the year.

Objects and Overview

Objectives

To advance education for public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively, the art of drama.

Overview

The Common Players was formed in 1989, setting out to create accessible theatre and tour it outside, around the village greens of Devon during the summer months. The intention was to tell stories that involved audiences on different levels so that there was something for everyone to enjoy, no matter their age or experience of theatre.

Since 1996, and when charitable incorporated, the company has developed numerous projects designed to engage wide-ranging rural communities in live performance. These strands include a mix of participative activities, educational projects, semi-professional community projects and professional touring presentations. The company now also works in towns and larger centres as projects dictate.

Over 40 indoor and outdoor professional presentations have been created. These have variously involved commissioning writers or creative teams to respond to themes of rural and human interest, creating productions and then often touring them to up to 50 community venues such as fields, halls and community centres on a single tour.

Skill-sharing and participatory work has taken numerous forms. These include summer youth theatre projects, workshops for amateur companies keen on building performance skills, collaborations with communities to develop celebratory guided walks and community play development.

Since 2012, the charity has morphed into a small and low-cost organisation. Reductions in the availability of general core funding have challenged the model of employing permanent staff and holding premises. Now Common Players retains the loyalty of core artists and associates by encouraging them to develop projects to further the company mission. Projects are selected and supported by the company and developed into project-funded activities. Administrative overheads are minimised thus affording the company financial robustness for leaner times and avoiding the need to produce generalised work, which commands questionable commitment from artists, participants and audiences.

Achievements and Performance Report on 2023

Alice in Wonderland was our main performance activity in 2022, an outdoor touring performance, developing the relationships revived in the previous year.

We began the tour earlier in the year to coincide with Queen Elizabeths’ Jubilee celebrations. “The Queen of Hearts” toured to Devon communities to meet her subjects and enjoy a tea party. We were successful in gaining Arts Council support for this and created an original piece touring to 25 community locations.

We gained support from two Charitable Trusts to cover the costs of employing two young apprentices (paying them properly) and this combination of youth and experience onstage proved a winning formula for audiences and the development of all the artists involved. We continued to engage with our volunteer promoter network and offered a number of community workshops. These led to the incorporation of sections of the show performed by school groups and enthusiastic amateurs within our professional performances.

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As autumn turned into winter, we decided it was Covid-safe to plan to revive The Lifeboat Theatre project and Arts Council supported a project to undertake feasibility work on a tour of our unique venue to North and South Devon in Summer 2023. We planned to tour seaside town, harbours and beaches with Ancient Mariner together with a new collaboration with Theatre Mittendrin in Germany, a production of Noah’s Ark for young people.

We worked with Marine Skipper Christian van Meer to scope the practical feasibility and local appetite for welcoming The Lifeboat Theatre and came up with a detailed plan of tides, dates, mooring requirements and local partners keen to support this touring venture in both practical and financial ways. This study formed the basis of an application to ACE for touring funds to support touring this project to around 20 locations in July and August 2023.

During the year Common Players continued to make equipment available to small local groups to assist their creative endeavours.

Partnerships and Projects

Common Players has enjoyed positive relationships with a number of creative stakeholders. We now work on a project-by-project basis with other local and regional organisations, collaborating on mutually purposeful projects. Previous partners have included Exeter Northcott Theatre, Exeter Bikeshed Theatre, Devon Arts in Schools Initiative, Exmoor National Park, Prom Prom Productions, The National Trust, Cygnet Theatre, East Devon Museums and Devon Libraries.

Conclusion

Through all the company developments, Common Players has striven to achieve its core mission: to create exciting, relevant and original theatre, both for and with communities who may otherwise lack local opportunity. We look forward to ongoing engagement with Devonshire and Westcountry Communities, as we continue to innovate artistically and organisationally. Our desire is that the administration costs of our work are kept to a minimum and that the artistic quality and content continues to bring new audiences and participants together to high quality and unique theatre experiences.

With Thanks

The Common Players most valuable resource continues to be the energies of our active and enthusiastic team who continue to find imaginative and creative solutions to meet the challenge of delivering artistic and efficacious work. I wish to express my thanks to the entire team; directors, administrators, trustees, actors, musicians, designers, sculptors, writers and the numerous volunteer community supporters who together help create our memorable theatre and events. Particular thanks go to the continued energy and creativity of our Artistic Director, Anthony Richards.

Richard Feltham, Trustee on behalf of all the trustees

Financial Review

Total incoming resources for the year to 31 March 2023 amounted to £65,202 (year ended 31 March 2022 £85,850). Unrestricted funds incoming resources amounted to £740 (year ended 31 March 2022 £1,977). Restricted funds incoming resources amounted to £64,462 (year ended 31 March 2022 £83,873).

Total expenditure for the year to 31 March 2023 amounted to £69,484 (year ended 31 March 2022 £86,073). Unrestricted funds expenditure amounted to £1,915 (year ended 31 March 2022 £2,814). Restricted funds expenditure amounted to £67,569 (year ended 31 March 2022 £83,259).

As at 31 March 2023, cash at bank and in handheld by the charity was £1,956 (31 March 2022 £5,529), with a net current assets figure of £1,258 (31 March 2022 £6,818).

The purposes of the different types of funds are explained in the accounting policies as shown in the financial statements.

Notes 11 and 12 to the financial statements provide further explanation.

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Financial Stakeholders

For some years, 2003-2007, we were in receipt of regular annual funding from Arts Council England. Since then, we have gained from them a number of project grants. We were generously supported by local authorities at County and District level, until recent years saw their budgets for our sort of work disappear. For various projects we have gained financial support from the EU through LEADER projects, Heritage Lottery Fund, Awards for All, and from private trusts including The Foyle Foundation, The Tubney Trust, Fulda City Council, The Belacqua Trust, The Self Heal Association and the Sylvia Waddilove Foundation as well as the producing partners listed earlier.

Reserves Policies

Reserves Policy

The Company aims to maximise the use of available funds to further its creative work as far as this is commensurate with a prudent level of reserves. In this regard our policy is to set aside funds only for known or probable liabilities. Reserves held are matched to projects underway at the balance sheet date.

The total funds, detailed in note 11 and 12, held by The Common Players are broken down as follows:

The unrestricted fund shows a decrease in the movement of funds amounting to £1,175 (2022: decrease of £837). This has resulted in the total fund balance decreasing from £3,474 in 2022 to £2,299 in 2023.

The restricted fund shows a decrease in the movement of funds amounting to £3,107 (2022: increase of £614). This has resulted in the total fund balance decreasing from £3,344 in 2022 to £237 in 2023.

Risk Management

The major risks to which the charity is exposed, as identified by the trustees, have been reviewed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks.

Review of previous years

In 2021 and in the teeth of Covid, we revived our practice of creating outdoor community shows. We wanted to create safe opportunities for people to come together to share culture. Together with a local food charity, www.catch77.org.uk created The Tuck Inn, a touring performance and community feasting event based on the Robin Hood story. We gained Arts Council support and an evaluation of this work can be found here: https://www.common-players.org.uk/_files/ugd/023f3f_e6a94f3ea6a34acda2a16a2f860f24ae.pdf

We often work in partnership. Examples of previous projects include Keep Off The Path which was a national 3-year touring environmental site-specific collaboration with The National Trust. With Devon Arts In Schools Initiative we created Bloody Ambition, an education programme inspiring teachers and pupils to wrestle practically with Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In 2013, with Exeter Northcott we directed and produced a regional outdoor large-scale touring production of Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth. This was critically acclaimed and featured a unique blend of amateur and professional artists and support workers working together. A detailed evaluation of this project is accessible on this link https://www.commonplayers.org.uk/_files/ugd/023f3f_1943a4f2d6344f88897281de5c532d26.pdf

We also explore other aspects of the region's rural culture through performance. An example of this is Cider with Roadies, which since 2006 has found different ways of creating theatrical and cultural events around the focus of a commissioned and practical sculpted apple press, Pomona. We have collaborated with Prom Prom productions to create The Devon Apple Fair, a day of apple related activities and performances touring the region.

In over 34 years of creating varied activity, we have developed a significant network of volunteer promoters in many rural communities who work with us on promoting and supporting activities, connecting our work with people on the ground, who are not necessarily regular consumers of culture. We are proud to claim that we have successfully animated arts activity in rural communities not simply through our own work, but through sharing skills and enthusiasm with arts enthusiasts who go on to promote other activities in their locality.

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Uncommon Players

In 2011 we formed the Uncommon Players. We began this loose ensemble to address two opportunities: performances of established plays are difficult for audiences to see in our region and at the same time there is an untapped pool of talented actors and theatre artists in the area. With these factors combined we began to experiment with economically viable ways of producing high quality theatre using local volunteer performers guided by our professional core. The first production, Speaking in Tongues in 2011 was produced in collaboration with Exeter Northcott Theatre, following a series of skill sharing workshops at Exeter College. Productions and tours of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads and Samuel Beckett's Endgame in collaboration with Exeter Bikeshed theatre have followed. Other Uncommon Players productions include Educating Rita and The Browning Version in collaboration with Cygnet Theatre, Exeter.

International links

From 2015-2018 we evolved an international partnership between the Mid Devon town of Crediton and it's German twin town Fulda to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Great War. This project culminated in Echoes of Wartime an original and professional work combining artists from both locations performing in both languages. From research into the real stories of the people in the two towns during the war period, we worked with Theatre Mittendrin to create a structure and devise content for a bi-lingual and musical work, which told the stories of both communities during the time of shared conflict. Financial support was forthcoming from Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund and the councils in Fulda and Crediton. A group of young people from each community were incorporated into the performances which took place in large community venues.

Living descendants of the characters that we featured were contacted through the research phases and invited to performances. Their attendance and positive reactions in both countries gave significant meaning to the event for the people living in both locations today and local media gave the initiative significant coverage. For those unable to attend a live performance, we created an adaptation for podcast which remains downloadable from iTunes.

The Lifeboat Theatre

In September 2019 we presented a pilot run of performances of The Ancient Mariner in our Lifeboat Theatre. Since 2014 we had been preparing our salvaged commercial life-saving boat, and preparing a performance which would take place on board. Our ambition for 2020 was to tour this new venue by sea to coastal locations and present performances on beaches and in harbours as tide and time permit.

The performance combines the narrative of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner with the theme of plastic pollution in the sea and is designed to work on beaches and in harbours for people who are not regular theatregoers. We secured the services of actor associates David Sterne (RSC, National Theatre and Pirates of the Caribbean) and Ben Tallamy (Four of Swords and Wandering Tiger Theatre) to perform in the devised event. September of 2019 saw us, prove the logistics of sailing the vessel to a mooring location, setting up for performances at low tide, welcoming an audience to the beach and presenting them with the experience of the performance both on the beach and inside the boat. We developed an embryonic website www.thelifeboattheatre.org.uk

Audience responses were tremendously positive over the five days of the pilot, and we learned more about the operational requirements of the activity as a whole. Covid however got in the way.

In February 2020, due to the Pandemic, we were told that our applications were being nullified, with funding being diverted to other priorities. In April an application to Arts Council for Emergency support was declined. We took out an emergency loan to cover fixed costs of liability insurance for the moored lifeboat and other stored equipment. Applications to local authority Covid-support discretionary funds were successful and the loan was repaid.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Common Players is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 19[th] December 1996 and governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Charity Commission registered it as a charity on 20[th] March 1997. The Trustees for the purpose of charity law, are also the Directors of the company.

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The Trustees are elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting (or any general meeting), providing numbers don’t exceed the maximum of 7. The Articles of Association require that Trustees are appointed until the next AGM, where they shall then be eligible for re-election.

All new Trustees are invited to attend a short training session, to familiarise themselves with the charity and the context within which it works. This induction is held by the Chair of Trustees and covers:

Reference and Administration Details

Trustees

Richard Feltham (Chair) Janet Hookway Richard Jennings Keith Palmer

Artistic Director

Anthony Richards

Registered Charity Number

1061431

Registered Company Number Registered Address

3294798

72 West End Road, Bradninch, Exeter, Devon, EX5 4QS

Bankers

Lloyds, 234 High Street, Exeter

Accountants

Merlin Accountancy Services Ltd, 2[nd] Floor, 33 Longbrook Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 6AW

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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

As a small charitable company, this report is prepared in accordance with the Small Companies Regime under the Companies Act 2006.

Company Law and Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the profit or loss for that period. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006, and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005). The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and, hence, for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In accordance with company law, as the company’s Directors, we certify that:

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies, and was approved by the board and signed on their behalf by:

Signed……………………………………………………

Name: Richard Feltham

Date………………………………………………………

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMON PLAYERS

Year Ended 31 March 2023

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 8 to 14.

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity’s trustees (who are also the Directors of the company 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 needed.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:

Basis of 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 the 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 these matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:

  2. proper accounting records are kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and

  3. accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (revised 2005) have not been met; or

  4. to which in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

G M Corby BSc FCA Signed:…………………………………… Merlin Accountancy Services Ltd 2[nd] Floor 33 Longbrook Street Date:……………………………………… Exeter EX4 6AW

Signed:……………………………………

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THE COMMON PLAYERS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

Year Ended 31 March 2023

Notes
Incoming Resources
Income from Charitable Activities
3
Total Incoming Resources
Resources Expended
Expenditure from Charitable Activities
5
Total Resources Expended
Net Income/(Expenditure) for
the year
Total Funds Brought Forward at
1st April 2022
11/12
Total Funds Carried Forward at
31st March 2023
11/12		 Unrestricted
Funds
2023
Restricted
Funds
2023
Total Funds
2023
Total Funds
2022
£
£
£
£
740
64,462
65,202
85,850
740
64,462
65,202
85,850
1,915
67,569
69,484
86,073
1,915
67,569
69,484
86,073
(1,175)
(3,107)
(4,282)
(223)
3,474
3,344
6,818
7,041
2,299
237
2,536
6,818

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the period.

All income resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities. No operations have been discontinued or acquired during the year.

The notes on pages 10 to 14 form part of the Financial Statements.

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THE COMMON PLAYERS BALANCE SHEET Registered Charity Number: 1061431 As at 31 March 2023

Notes
Fixed Assets
Tangible Assets
7
Current Assets
Debtors and Prepayments
8
Cash at bank and in hand
9
Current Liabilities
Amounts falling due within one year
10
Net Current Assets
Total Assets Less Current Liabilities
Net Assets
Total Funds
Restricted Fund
11/12
Unrestricted Fund
11/12		 2023
£
694
1,956
2,650
(1,392)		 £
1,278
1,258
2,536
2,536
237
2,299
2,536		 2022
£
1,800
5,529
7,329
(511)
£
-
6,818
6,818
6,818
3,344
3,474
6,818

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477(1) of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2023. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006 – however, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 the accounts have been examined by an independent examiner whose report appears in page 7.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2007).

Approved by the Board of Trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:

............................................................ Richard Feltham

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THE COMMON PLAYERS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended 31 March 2023

1. COMPANY STATUS

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital and is registered in England and Wales. The company was incorporated on 19[th] December 1996, and the charities registered number and registered office address can be found within the Reference and Administration details on page 5 of the financial statements.

The members of the company are the trustees who are also ordinary members. A list of these members can be found in the Reference and Administration details as shown on page 5.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a) Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

In drafting these financial statements, the charity has also takes advantage of the exemptions for smaller charities contained in Charity Commission publication CC17.

The Common Players meet the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

The financial statements are presented in pound sterling (£) which is the charity’s functional and presentation currency.

b) Preparation of the financial statements on a going concern basis

The Common Players reported a net deficit in the reporting period of £4,282, with total funds held at the end of the period of £2,536. Of these total funds, £2,299 was held in the Unrestricted Fund.

The trustees are of the view that, on the above basis, the charity is a going concern.

The Common Players is reliant on the local community to continue purchasing its services and the economic outlook, cuts in public spending, and reduced levels of available funding, are a potential area of financial uncertainty for the charity.

c) Incoming Resources

Incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the company becomes entitled to the income, it is more likely than not that it will be received by the trustees and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Grants and donations are included when the conditions for receipt are met.

d) Resources Expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis when a liability in incurred.

Charitable activities include all expenditure associated with the production of theatrical performances including both direct and support costs.

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory obligations of the charity. They are not shown separately from other support costs.

Resources expended include attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.

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e) Tangible Fixed Assets

These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £500. They are valued at cost and depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:

f) Financial instruments

The Common Players only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

g) Debtors and Creditors

These are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount.

3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Government Grants
Other Grants
Productions
Apple Press
Community Equipment Hire
Podcast and Video Fees		 Unrestricted
Fund
£
Restricted
Fund
£
Year Ended
31 March 2023
£
Year Ended
31 March 2022
£
-
-
-
4,125
-
36,111
36,111
60,950
-
28,351
28,351
18,698
390
-
390
300
350
-
350
600
-
-
-
1,177
740
64,462
65,202
85,850

Grant and Sponsorship Analysis

Unrestricted Restricted Year Ended Year Ended
Fund Fund 31 March 2023 31 March 2022
£ £ £ £
Government Grants - - - 4,125
Other Grants 36,111 60,950
Arts Council - 26,992
Ace Lottery - 9,119

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4. DONATED GOODS, FACILITIES OR SERVICES

The charity has benefited from the work of volunteers on individual projects. These volunteer hours amounted to around 800 hours and if paid at the National Minimum Wage would have cost the charity £8,336. This value has not been recognised in the accounts as the cost hasn’t been incurred.

5. EXPENDITURE FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Productions
Apple Press
Community Equipment
Support Costs
Depreciation		 Unrestricted
Fund
£
Restricted
Fund
£
Year Ended
31 March 2023
£
Year Ended
31 March 2022
£
-
66,291
66,291
80,921
-
-
-
324
252
-
252
872
1,663
850
2,513
3,956
-
428
428
-
1,915
67,569
69,484
86,073

Unrestricted Support Costs are those overheads that aren’t specific to a project/show, e.g., Accountancy.

Restricted Support Costs are those overheads that are specific to a project/show, e.g., insurance.

6. MOVEMENTS IN TOTAL FUNDS FOR THE YEAR

Year Ended Year Ended
31 March 2023 31 March 2022
This is stated after charging: £ £
Independent Examiner’s Fee/Accountancy Fee 1,392 1,393

7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

COST
At 1 April 2022
Additions
At 31 March 2023
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2022
Charge for year
At 31 March 2023
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022		 Plant,
Machinery
and Motor
Vehicles
6,500
-
6,500
6,500
-
6,500
-
-		 Fixtures,
Fittings
and
Equipment
57,738
1,706
59,444
57,738
428
58,166
1,278
-		 Total
64,238
1,706
65,944
64,238
428
64,666
1,278
-

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8. DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS

Due Within One Year
Debtors
Prepayments
CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND
Current Account		 Year Ended
31 March 2023
£
Year Ended
31 March 2022
£
-
1,800
694
-
694
1,800
Year Ended
31 March 2023
£
Year Ended
31 March 2022
£
1,956
5,529

9. CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND

10. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Creditors
Accruals		 Year Ended
31 March 2023
£
Year Ended
31 March 2022
£
-
89
1,392
422
1,392
511

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Restricted Fund
Unrestricted Fund
Total Funds		 As at
01 April 2022
£
3,344
3,474
6,818		 Income
£
64,462
740
65,202		 Expenditure
£
(67,569)
(1,915)
(69,484)		 As at
31 March 2023
£
237
2,299
2,536

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Year Ended 31 March 2023

12. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Tangible Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Net assets		 Unrestricted
Fund
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total Funds
As at
31 Mar 2023
£
Total Funds
As at
31 Mar 2022
£
1,278
-
1,278
-
2,413
237
2,650
7,329
(1,392)
-
(1,392)
(511)
2,299
237
2,536
6,818

13. RELATED PARTIES

No trustee or connected person has received fees or emoluments, or reimbursement of expenses incurred during the year.

There were no related party transactions in the year.

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