## **LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY** 

## **Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] October 2024** 

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 2024 were: 

Mr J Bowness Mr T Robinson Mr M R Mear Mr G Thompson Mrs S Spencer Mrs S McPhee 

The following people constituted the managing committee, elected by the members of the society for renewable one year terms: 

Mr T Robinson (Chair) Mrs K Hailstone Mrs S McPhee (Company Secretary) Mrs K Haywood Mrs S Spencer (Company Treasurer) Mrs H Kirkpatrick Mr M Bancroft Mr M Mear Mr P Banton Mrs J Pearson Mr J Bowness 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 2024, reserves totalled £32652.57. 

In the year to 31[st] October 2024, the Trustees, reported that three successful productions had been staged. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”, “Some Mothers do .ave em” and “Shakespeare in Love”. 

## **Presented at the Annual General Meeting held at The Brewhouse, Burtonon-Trent on Saturday 15[th] February 2025** 

**Registered Charity No: 1072000** 



**YEAR TO DATE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER 2024** 

## _**Little Theatre Company**_ 

||**2022/3**<br>36467.00<br>1326.47<br>935.00<br>650.00<br>166.00<br>2355.00<br>1450.00<br>339.06<br>0.00<br>34.00<br>3000.00<br>240.00<br>108.25<br>0.00<br>89.54<br>144.00<br>125.00<br>47429.32<br>7520.00<br>2337.87<br>0.00<br>1088.24<br>5745.44<br>1042.85<br>158.49<br>4573.11<br>336.00<br>9606.36<br>822.69<br>19.50<br>460.00<br>330.70<br>207.02<br>3109.80<br>403.38<br>40.00<br>709.63<br>69.80<br>363.91<br>68.20<br>404.96<br>22.06<br>150.00<br>39590.01<br>**7839.31**|**INCOME**<br>Ticket Sales<br>Programme Sales<br>Show Fees<br>Set sales<br>Miscellaneous Production Income<br>Membership Subscriptions<br>Patrons' Donations<br>Gift Aid<br>Bank and Building Society interest<br>Sundry donations<br>Grant - Lloyd Trust (Staffordshire Community Fund)<br>ESBC Lottery fundraising share<br>Fundraising - Amazon Smile<br>Crowdfunder<br>PE - raffle<br>Cake Sales<br>Puppet Workshop<br>**EXPENDITURE**<br>Theatre Hire<br>Printing<br>Refreshments<br>Advertising<br>Scenery<br>Props<br>Scripts<br>Costumes<br>Wigs<br>Royalties<br>Sound/Music<br>Miscellaneous Production Costs<br>Transport<br>Puppet Workshop<br>Administration Costs and 50 % telephone<br>Rehearsal rooms<br>Insurance<br>Donations and gifts<br>Unit expenditure<br>Equipment purchases<br>Other expenses<br>Bank Charges<br>Website, internet and computer supplies<br>Sum-Up charges<br>Burton Vocal Festival<br>**PROFIT OR LOSS TO DATE**|44604.00<br>1681.00<br>3034.65<br>0.00<br>74.42<br>2124.00<br>1852.50<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>1359.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>226.00<br>0.00<br>54955.57<br>8009.60<br>3598.92<br>69.88<br>200.00<br>6462.65<br>2951.98<br>125.87<br>7085.01<br>762.12<br>8564.90<br>300.00<br>0.00<br>746.26<br>0.00<br>352.72<br>3578.56<br>408.85<br>150.00<br>3059.08<br>0.00<br>129.15<br>19.00<br>1528.50<br>2.48<br>49.20<br>48154.73<br>**6800.84**||**Chitty**<br>21118.00<br>700.00<br>1982.50<br>46.00<br>110.00|**Chitty**<br>21118.00<br>700.00<br>1982.50<br>46.00<br>110.00|**SIL**<br>**Misc**<br>13907.00<br>9579.00<br>519.00<br>462.00<br>99.66<br>952.49<br>28.42<br>2124.00<br>1852.50<br>1359.00<br>56.00<br>60.00<br>**Some**<br>**Mothers**|**SIL**<br>**Misc**<br>13907.00<br>9579.00<br>519.00<br>462.00<br>99.66<br>952.49<br>28.42<br>2124.00<br>1852.50<br>1359.00<br>56.00<br>60.00<br>**Some**<br>**Mothers**|**SIL**<br>**Misc**<br>13907.00<br>9579.00<br>519.00<br>462.00<br>99.66<br>952.49<br>28.42<br>2124.00<br>1852.50<br>1359.00<br>56.00<br>60.00<br>**Some**<br>**Mothers**|**SIL**<br>**Misc**<br>13907.00<br>9579.00<br>519.00<br>462.00<br>99.66<br>952.49<br>28.42<br>2124.00<br>1852.50<br>1359.00<br>56.00<br>60.00<br>**Some**<br>**Mothers**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||23956.50||14610.08<br>11053.49<br>0.00<br>5335.50||||
||||||2584.00<br>1331.20<br>4829.96<br>992.15<br>13.19<br>3981.26<br>345.60<br>5723.30<br>300.00<br>180.00||2712.80<br>2712.80<br>1133.86<br>1133.86<br>59.63<br>10.25<br>100.00<br>100.00<br>1002.27<br>630.42<br>57.65<br>1902.18<br>36.36<br>76.32<br>353.78<br>2749.97<br>416.52<br>1103.38<br>1738.22<br>270.00<br>296.26<br>352.72<br>3578.56<br>408.85<br>150.00<br>3059.08<br>129.15<br>19.00<br>1528.50<br>2.48<br>49.20||||
||||||20280.66||6829.73<br>11766.80<br>0.00<br>9277.54||||
||||||||||||
||**7839.31**||**6800.84**||**3675.84**||**7780.35**|**-713.31**|**0.00**|**-3942.04**|





**2022/3** 

**2023/4** 

## _**Little Theatre Company**_ 

## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER 2024** 

|**INCOME**<br>4292<br>Member Subscriptions<br>Patrons' Donations<br>39544<br>Productions:<br>Show fees<br>Ticket Sales<br>Programme sales<br>843<br>Fundraising:<br>Programme adverts<br>Raffle Sales<br>Cake Sales<br>Donations<br>ESBC Lottery<br>3000<br>Grants<br>47679<br>**EXPENDITURE**<br>34041<br>Productions:<br>Royalties<br>Theatre Hire<br>Printing<br>Advertising<br>Scripts<br>Scenery<br>Props<br>Costumes<br>Wigs<br>Sound & Music<br>Transport<br>Refreshments<br>Donations & Gifts<br>3110<br>Rehearsal rooms<br>805<br>Derby Road Unit:<br>Rent<br>Water Rates<br>Insurance<br>Electricity<br>Consumables<br>403<br>Company Insurance<br>405<br>Website, internet and computer supplies<br>207<br>Postage<br>366<br>Stationery<br>Printing<br>70<br>Equipment purchases<br>Committee Expenses<br>150<br>Bursary and Festival Awards<br>40<br>Donations and gifts<br>96<br>Bank charges<br>Sumup charges<br>39693<br>7986<br>**EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR**<br>17865<br>Balance brought forward from last year|2124.00<br>1792.50<br>3034.65<br>44604.00<br>1681.00<br>60.00<br>0.00<br>226.00<br>74.42<br>1359.00<br>0.00|
|---|---|
||54955.57|
||8564.90<br>8009.60<br>3598.92<br>200.00<br>125.87<br>6462.65<br>2951.98<br>7085.01<br>762.12<br>300.00<br>746.26<br>69.88<br>0.00<br>3578.56<br>2250.00<br>191.61<br>171.42<br>440.67<br>5.38<br>408.85<br>1528.50<br>347.72<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>129.15<br>100.00<br>50.00<br>73.20<br>2.48|
||48154.73|
||6800.84<br>25851.73|





**Balance carried forward to next year** 

25851 

32652.57 

## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST OCTOBER 2024** 

## **CURRENT ASSETS** 

|23676<br>Cash at Bank<br>4078<br>Payments in advance of Future Productions<br>27754<br>1903<br>Less: Income in advance of Future Productions<br>25851<br>Represented by:-<br>25851<br>**INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**|26636.64<br>7185.93|
|---|---|
|||
||33822.57<br>1170.00|
||32652.57|
|||
||32652.57|



The above Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st October 2024 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. 

## **BUCKLER SPENCER LIMITED** 



## _Little Theatre Company_ 

## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST OCTOBER 2024** 

|**1**<br>**2**<br>**3**<br>**4**<br>**5**<br>**6**<br>**7**|**SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS**<br>Membership subscriptions<br>Patrons' donations<br>Gift Aid tax rebate<br>Sundry donations<br>**PRODUCTION RECEIPTS**<br>November Production<br>April Production<br>June Production<br>**PRODUCTION EXPENSES**<br>November Production<br>April Production<br>June Production<br>**BANK AND BUILDING SOCIETY INTEREST**<br>Building Society Interest<br>**FUNDRAISING**<br>Amazon Smile<br>Crowdfunder<br>ESBC Lottery Fundraising Share<br>PE - raffle<br>Cake Sales<br>Puppet Workshop<br>**EQUIPMENT PURCHASES**<br>Antivirus software and updates<br>**OTHER EXPENSES**<br>Facebook adverts<br>Committee expenses<br>PPE<br>LAFTA awards<br>DBS Checks|||
|---|---|---|---|
||||3976.50|
|||129.15||





_**LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY**_ 

## **PRODUCTIONS FOR 2023/4** 

|**PRODUCTIONS FOR 2023/4**|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**INCOME**<br>Ticket Sales<br>Programme sales<br>Show fees<br>Cake Sales<br>Miscellaneous<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>**EXPENDITURE**<br>Theatre hire<br>Printing<br>Refreshments<br>Advertising<br>Scenery<br>Props<br>Scripts<br>Costumes<br>Wigs<br>Royalties<br>Sound and music<br>Miscellaneous Costs<br>Transport<br>Puppet Workshop<br>**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**<br>**PROFIT OR (LOSS) ON PRODUCTION**|<br>**Total**<br>44604.00<br>1681.00<br>3034.65<br>226.00<br>74.42<br>49620.07<br>8009.60<br>3598.92<br>69.88<br>200.00<br>6462.65<br>2951.98<br>125.87<br>7085.01<br>762.12<br>8564.90<br>300.00<br>0.00<br>746.26<br>38877.19<br>10742.88|**Chitty Chitty**<br>**Bang Bang**<br>21118.00<br>700.00<br>1982.50<br>110.00<br>46.00<br>23956.50<br>2584.00<br>1331.20<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>4829.96<br>992.15<br>13.19<br>3981.26<br>345.60<br>5723.30<br>300.00<br>0.00<br>180.00<br>20280.66<br>3675.84|**Some Mothers**<br>**Do'Ave'Em**<br>13907.00<br>519.00<br>99.66<br>56.00<br>28.42<br>14610.08<br>2712.80<br>1133.86<br>59.63<br>100.00<br>1002.27<br>57.65<br>36.36<br>353.78<br>0.00<br>1103.38<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>270.00<br>6829.73<br>7780.35||**Shakespeare**<br>**in Love**<br>9579.00<br>462.00<br>952.49<br>60.00<br>11053.49<br>2712.80<br>1133.86<br>10.25<br>100.00<br>630.42<br>1902.18<br>76.32<br>2749.97<br>416.52<br>1738.22<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>296.26<br>11766.80<br>-713.31|||**2022/3**<br>36467.00<br>1326.47<br>935.00<br>650.00<br>166.00|
||||||||||
|||||||||39544.47|
|||||||||7520.00<br>2337.87<br>1088.24<br>5745.44<br>1042.85<br>158.49<br>4573.11<br>336.00<br>9606.36<br>822.69<br>19.50<br>460.00<br>330.70|
|||||||||34041.25|
||||||||||
||10742.88|3675.84||7780.35|||-713.31|5503.22|





In accordan￿ with the charity accounts notes of guidance, I have examined the receipts and payments
account together with the books and documents relating to The Little Theatre Company for the year
ended 31st Ortober 2024 and of the balance held at that date. In my opinion the books have been properly
kept and the financial statements give a true and 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
Accountant IACMAI
Dated:
09112124