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2025-06-30-accounts

Directors Report - June 2025

Projects overview

Grief project

We have been commissioned by a previous partner who came to us as part of the Greif project we ran with Comic relief funding in 2022-23. We have been invited to run two sessions on the 13th and 20th July with a group of children who have experienced the loss of a loved one.

Artist Lucy Mytton will be running the sessions and our fee for the commission includes her payment plus art materials. This is part of a wider pilot project funded by West Sussex County Council and Worthing.

Safe in Sussex

We are developing funding applications to continue our work with the women’s refugee in Worthing and Littlehampton following our previous work. This is now one of the main focus on our fundraising efforts following a request to continue the work from the refuge regional manager, Michelle Moakes.

Mascot:

We were awarded a £20k grant from the National Lottery in April 2024 to run Girls Group in collaboration with Mascot for 2 years. We shall be providing weekly sessions during term time at the Hanover centre in central Brighton for primary aged autistic girls.

We are employing on a freelance basis artists Isabela Vasques who worked with us at Oaks Rise in 2024, she has experience working with autistic children. She is working alongside Bella Cook from the Woodland Tribe who until recently was supporting the group in kind running creative activities in the centre’s garden.

We commenced session on the 24th May 2023 and have already increased participants numbers by 50%. The group is embracing the new set up and Isabella is collaborating with the girls to design sessions including den building, fabric dying and large scale charcoal drawings.

Oaks Rise:

We have formally evaluated the pilot project funded by the Chalk Cliff Trust which ran September to December 2024. Sessions were well received and as an organisation Oaks Rise are gain to build our sessions into their main programme not an addition as first expected. The organisation has moved to Hove in May and we currently researching potential funders to apply to. The building is free on a Friday so there is potential for us to run a stand allow programme for children who are experienced ESBA and have school trauma.

Fund-raising

Bids currently being developed:

Financial situation

We currently have £62,130.44 in the bank account as of the 4th June 2025. £20k of final total is for the Mascot grant. So £42,130.44 for core . If we stay at Lynn doing 5 days a month with Ben’s work, accounting and PR costs we would have core for 22 months from June 2025 to April 2027 .

AOB

Arrange next Trustee meeting - online or face to face? Plan date and time.

LW June 2025

Registered Number: 03343779

ARTICULATE ARTS LTD

Report of the Director and Unaudited Financial Statements

Period of accounts

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2025

ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Contents Page For the year ended 30 June 2025

Company information 3
Director's report 4
Accountants' report 6
Income statement 7
Statement of financial position 8
Notes to the financial statements 10
Detailed Income Statement 12

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Company Information For the year ended 30 June 2025

Director Lynn Alison WEDDLE
Registered Number 03343779
Registered Office 3 Arlington Gardens, Saltdean
Brighton
BN2 8QE
Accountants Accountico
46 sheaf lane
Birmingham
B26 3HA

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Director's Report For the year ended 30 June 2025

Director's report and financial statements

The director presents his/her/their annual report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025.

Principal activities

Principal activity of the company during the financial year was of ...

Director

The director who served the company throughout the year was as follows: Lynn Alison WEDDLE

Statement of director's responsibilities

The director is responsible for preparing the directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations and in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the director must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the profit or loss of the company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to :

The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The director is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The director is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom, governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements, may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Director's Report For the year ended 30 June 2025

On behalf of the board.

Lynn Alison WEDDLE Director

Date approved: 13 January 2026

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Accountants' Report For the year ended 30 June 2025

Accountant’s report

You consider that the company is exempt from an audit for the year ended 30 June 2025 . You have acknowledged, on the balance sheet, your responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These responsibilities include preparing accounts that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year.

In accordance with your instructions, we have prepared the accounts which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes from the accounting records of the company and on the basis of information and explanations you have given to us.

We have not carried out an audit or any other review, and consequently we do not express any opinion on these accounts.

Accountico 30 June 2025

....................................................

Accountico 46 sheaf lane

Birmingham B26 3HA 13 January 2026

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Income Statement For the year ended 30 June 2025

Notes
Turnover
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Selling and distribution costs
Administrative expenses
Operating profit/(loss)
2
Profit/(Loss) on ordinary activities before taxation
Tax on profit on ordinary activities
Profit/(Loss) for the financial year		 2025
£
30,446
(2,771)
27,675
(2,767)
(32,913)
(8,005)
(8,005)
0
(8,005)		 2024
£
88,819
(5,392)
83,427
(516)
(31,213)
51,698
51,698
0
51,698

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Statement of Financial Position As at 30 June 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
3
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amount falling due within one year
4
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets
Capital and reserves
Profit and loss account
5
Shareholders' funds		 2025
£
0
0
58,682
(700)
57,982
57,982
57,982
57,982
57,982		 2024
£
1,104
1,104
65,583
(700)
64,883
65,987
65,987
65,987
65,987

For the year ended 30 June 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Director's responsibilities:

  1. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

  2. The director acknowledges their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Statement of Financial Position As at 30 June 2025

The financial statements were approved by the director on 13 January 2026 and were signed by:

Lynn Alison WEDDLE Director

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 2025

General Information

ARTICULATE ARTS LTD is a private company, limited by shares, registered in , registration number 03343779, registration address 3 Arlington Gardens, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8QE.

The presentation currency is £ sterling.

1. Accounting policies

Significant accounting policies

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102 – The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of land and buildings and certain financial instruments measured at fair value in accordance with the accounting policies.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the company.

2. Operating profit/(loss)

2025 2024
£ £
The operating profit/(loss) is stated after charging:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 0 838

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 2025

3. Tangible fixed assets
Cost or valuation
At 01 July 2024
Additions
Disposals
At 30 June 2025
Depreciation
At 01 July 2024
Charge for year
On disposals
At 30 June 2025
Net book values
Closing balance as at 30 June 2025
Opening balance as at 01 July 2024		 Computer
Equipment
£
1,104
-
(1,104)
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,104		 Total
£
1,104
-
(1,104)
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,104

4. Creditors: amount falling due within one year

Trade Creditors 2025
£
700
700		 2024
£
700
700

5. Profit and loss account

Balance at 01 July 2024
Loss for the year
Balance at 30 June 2025		 2025
£
65,987
(8,005)
57,982

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ARTICULATE ARTS LTD Detailed Income Statement For the year ended 30 June 2025

Turnover
Donation Income
Cost of sales
Depreciation Charge: Plant & Machinery
Depreciation Charge: Computer Equipment
Rent
Other Direct Costs
Gross profit
Selling and distribution costs
Wages & Salaries
Advertising
Entertainment
Administrative expenses
Staff Training
Accountancy Fees
Management & Consultancy fees
General Travel Expenses
Bank Charges
General Insurance
Computer Expenses
Stationery & Postage
Sundry Expenses
Subscriptions
Operating profit/(loss)
Profit/(Loss) on ordinary activities before
taxation
Profit/(Loss) for the financial year		 0
0
0
2,771		 2025
£
30,446
30,446




(2,771)
27,675



(2,767)










(32,913)
(8,005)
(8,005)
(8,005)

125
713
5
4,549		 2024
£
88,819
88,819
(5,392)
2,564
0
203
0
516
0
83,427
(516)
(31,213)
0
910
29,910
72
4
53
1,749
83
1
131		 81
700
29,297
102
0
0
794
28
211
0
51,698
51,698
51,698

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SECTION A

Independent Examiners Report

Report to the trustees / members of ARTICULATE ARTS LTD ARTICULATE ARTS LTD ARTICULATE ARTS LTD
On accounts for the year ended 30/06/2025 Charity No 1064645

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/06/2025

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent The charity’s gross income for the year was below £50,000, and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of CIMA.

examiner's statement

I have completed my examination in accordance with the applicable independent examination requirements. Based on the work undertaken which included reviewing samples of invoices, income records, and bank statements, I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention that give me cause to believe that the accounts do not accurately reflect the financial activities of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2025. Please consider the recommendations listed under Section B.

I have no material concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

SIGNED: ~~[ammo~~
NAME: Kamran Hussain
~~[ammo~~
DATE: 15/03/2026
PROFESSION:AL BODY: CIMA
MEMBERSHIP NUMBER: 1-7AS9HR
ADDRESS: Room 23 Rosehill Business Centre Normanton Road
Derby DE23 6RH

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SECTION B

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Disclosure

Recommendations for improvement this year

During the course of my independent examination for the year ended 30 June 2025, I noted the following points which, while not affecting the accuracy of the financial statements, are disclosed to support continued improvement in financial management and governance:

1. Strengthen Grant Monitoring and Documentation

A substantial proportion of income (£20,000 of the £30,446 total) relates to a single grant. To support transparency and future reporting, I recommend maintaining a simple grant-tracking schedule showing income received, expenditure allocated, and any unspent balance. This will also help demonstrate compliance with funder requirements.

2. Improve Documentation for Consultancy and Management Fees

Management and consultancy fees remain a significant area of expenditure. To enhance clarity, trustees should ensure that written agreements, engagement letters, or service descriptions are retained for all consultancy work, along with detailed invoices outlining the nature of services provided.

3. Continued Focus on Timely Reporting

While improvements have been made, trustees should continue to ensure that statutory filings are submitted on time. Timely reporting supports good governance and reduces the risk of regulatory issues.

Additional Best Practices

  1. Regular Financial Reviews – Schedule quarterly reviews of financial records to identify any issues early and ensure timely reporting.

  2. Improve Trustee Financial Training – Provide periodic training sessions or workshops to ensure trustees fully understand their financial and legal obligations.

  3. Enhance Internal Controls – Establish clear policies on approving and documenting expenses, donations, and grant allocations

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