## **LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY** ## **Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] October 2023** Little Theatre Company is constituted by Deed of Trust and is a registered charity, number 1072000. The charity trustees during the year to 31[st] October 2023 were: Mr P S Clemson Mr M R Mear Mr G Thompson Mr J Bowness Mrs J Pike Mrs S McPhee The following people constituted the managing committee, elected by the members of the society for renewable one year terms: Mr P S Clemson (Chair) Mrs K Hailstone Mr T Robinson (Vice Chair) Mrs K Haywood Mrs S McPhee (Company Secretary) Mr M Mear Mr J Bowness (Company Treasurer) Mrs J Pearson Mr M Bancroft Mrs S Spencer Mr P Banton Mr G Thompson Miss C Hailstone The object of the charity is to advance education in the arts in Burton upon Trent and District by the production of one or more dramatic stage plays or musicals each year. The charity’s reserve policy is to ensure that sufficient reserves are held to fund the production about to be presented. At 31[st] October 2023, reserves totalled £25851.73. In the year to 31[st] October 2023, the Trustees, reported that three successful productions had been staged. “Young Frankenstein”, “Avenue Q” and “Private Peaceful”. ## **Presented at the Annual General Meeting held at The Brewhouse, Burtonon-Trent on Tuesday 16[th] July 2024** **Registered Charity No: 1072000** **Little Theatre Company** **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER 2023** **2022** **2023** |4589.00
29084.00
51.00
114.00
0.00
33838.00
506.00
31996.00
2803.00
50.00
556.00
75.00
403.00
278.00
658.00
150.00
72.00
37547.00
**-3709.00**
21574.00
**17865.00**|**INCOME**
Subscriptons and Donatons
Productons
Bank and Building Society interest
Fundraising
Grant
**EXPENDITURE**
Administraton costs
Productons
Rehearsal rooms
Donatons and gifs
Derby Road Unit expenditure
Equipment purchases
Insurance
Other expenses
Website, internet and computer supplies
Bursary and Festval Awards
Bank & sumup charges
**EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR**
Balance brought forward from last year
**Balance carried forward to next year**|4292.06
39544.47
0.00
843.29
3000.00| |---|---|---| |||47679.82| |||207.02
34041.25
3109.80
40.00
805.43
69.80
403.38
365.69
404.96
150.00
96.06| |||39693.39| |||**7986.43**
17865.30| |||**25851.73**| |||| |14188.00
4112.00
18300.00
435.00
17865.00
17865.00|**BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST OCTOBER 2023**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at Bank
Payments in advance of Future Productons
Less: Income in advance of Future Productons
Represented by:-
**INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**|23675.99
4078.24| |||27754.23
1902.50| |||**25851.73**| |||| |17865.00||**25851.73**| The above Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st October 2023 has been prepared from the books and records of Little Theatre Company, and gives a true statement of the Charity's finances according to the information and explanations given to me. **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER 2023** ## **Little Theatre Company** ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** |**1**
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**7**|**SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS**
Membership subscriptons
Patrons' donatons
Gif Aid tax rebate
Sundry donatons
**PRODUCTION RECEIPTS**
November producton
April producton
June producton
**PRODUCTION EXPENSES**
November producton
April producton
June producton
**BANK AND BUILDING SOCIETY INTEREST**
Building Society Interest
**FUNDRAISING**
Amazon Smile
Crowdfunder
ESBC Lotery fundraising share
PE - rafe
Cake Sales
Puppet Workshop
**EQUIPMENT PURCHASES**
Antvirus sofware and updates
**OTHER EXPENSES**
Facebook adverts
Commitee expenses
LAFTA awards
DBS checks|**2023**
2,469
1,450
339
34
4,292
13,474
16,896
9,174
39,544
14,498
12,140
7,404
34,041
0
0
108
0
377
90
144
125
843
70
70
0
116
173
75
364|**2022**
1,047
1,475
0
2,067| |---|---|---|---| ||||4,589| ||||9,921
10,943
8,220| ||||29,084| ||||13,307
12,569
6,120| ||||31,996| ||||51| ||||51| ||||85
29
0
0
0
0| ||||114| ||||75| ||||75| ||||27
118
133
0| |||364|278| **LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY** ## **PRODUCTIONS FOR 2022/23** |**INCOME**
Ticket Sales
Programme sales
Show fees
Set sales
Miscellaneous Producton Income
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE**
Theatre hire
Printng
Refreshments
Scenery
Props
Scripts
Costumes
Wigs
Royaltes
Sound and music
Miscellaneous Costs
Transport
Puppet Workshop
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**PROFIT OR (LOSS) ON PRODUCTION**|**Total**
36467.00
1326.47
935.00
650.00
166.00
39544.47
7520.00
2337.87
1088.24
5745.44
1042.85
158.49
4573.11
336.00
9606.36
822.69
19.50
460.00
330.70
34041.25
5503.22|**Young**
**Frankenstein**
12028.00
306.00
490.00
650.00
0.00
13474.00
2352.00
781.87
168.90
1986.57
445.04
0.00
2923.71
336.00
4700.95
522.69
0.00
280.00
0.00
14497.73
-1023.73|**Young**
**Frankenstein**
12028.00
306.00
490.00
650.00
0.00
13474.00
2352.00
781.87
168.90
1986.57
445.04
0.00
2923.71
336.00
4700.95
522.69
0.00
280.00
0.00
14497.73
-1023.73|**Avenue Q**
15967.00
618.47
145.00
0.00
166.00
16896.47
2584.00
856.00
341.14
3721.98
58.81
0.00
30.00
0.00
3897.41
300.00
19.50
0.00
330.70
12139.54
4756.93||**Private**
**Peaceful**
8472.00
402.00
300.00
0.00
0.00
9174.00
2584.00
700.00
578.20
36.89
539.00
158.49
1619.40
0.00
1008.00
0.00
0.00
180.00
0.00
7403.98
1770.02||**2021/22**
27501.00
785.00
798.00
0.00
0.00| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| |||||||||29084.00| |||||||||6995.00
2479.00
0.00
7985.00
1166.00
0.00
6239.00
319.00
4943.00
480.00
100.00
1290.00
0.00| |||||||||31996.00| |||||||||| ||5503.22||-1023.73|4756.93||1770.02||-2912.00| In accordance with the charity accounts notes of guidance. I have examined the receipts and payments ceount together with the books and documents relating to The Little Theatre Company for the year ended 31st Ortober 2023 and of the balance held at that date. In my opinion the books have been properly kept and the financial statements give a true 3nd fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. Mrs Lesley Oates Accovntant IACMAI