2022-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 01 2022 31 12 2022 01 To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name KESTREL THEATRE COMPANY

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1073298

Charity's principal address c/o Adler Shine Aston House, Cornwall Avenue LONDON Postcode N3 1LF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	James H White	Chair
	Judith RM Ptaszynski
	Simon W Tennant	Treasurer
	Peter DF Watson	Secretary
	Meketaye Mesfin
	HollyRace Rogan
	Marc Conway

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Memorandum and Articles of Association 22 September 1998 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Private Limited Company How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Election by majority of board of Trustees

• (eg. trust, association, company)

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To promote maintain improve and advance education particularly by the provision of training and vocational instruction and by the Summary of the objects of the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts charity set out in its including the arts of drama ballet music singing literature sculpture governing document and painting and to formulate prepare and establish schemes therefore provided that all the objects of the company shall be of a charitable nature.

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We believe the arts can play a positive role within the criminal justice system, in education, health, rehabilitation and reintegration. We work creatively with offenders, using theatre professionals, usually young artists, to facilitate original pieces of theatre, film and spoken word performance. The impacts are:

• in rehabilitation, helping to develop new skills and employment opportunities.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

• in rediscovering self-worth and sense of identity and improving the ability to co-operate.

• in reconnecting with the outside world, in particular improving relationships with families and children.

• in enhancing health and wellbeing, including improved selfconfidence, interpersonal skills and mental health.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

After two years of pandemic lockdown had precluded any such access, in 2022 Kestrel was finally able to return to its core purpose: offering those in prison the chance to benefit from direct engagement in theatre and film work. In February, we began the first of our weekly Drama Clubs at Springhill prison in Buckinghamshire. Each week, theatre professionals went into the prison and held an informal session, passing on tips about - among many other things - movement, delivery and teamwork. At the end of the nine-week programme, a short piece of original theatre was staged in front of an audience of prisoners, officers and guests. It was hugely enjoyed. Being prevented from going into prisons during lockdowns, however, had not stopped Kestrel’s work. During this period, the filmmaker Dorothy Allen Pickard made a documentary called After Time with four Kestrel alumni, veterans of previous programmes in prisons, now released. A rich and nuanced piece, it centred on the challenges of life back in the outside world. In April, it was screened before an invited audience at a cinema in Shoreditch, London. After the screening, the director and the four men involved took part in a question and answer session conducted by the renowned actor and friend of Kestrel, Paapa Essiedu. In June there was another screening of After Time, in front of an audience of more than 100 ahead of a performance of August Wilson’s play Jitney at the Old Vic Theatre on London’s South Bank. And in November,an edited version of the film was shared on the website gal-dem, which produced close to 30,000 views on their social media platforms. Plus, generously supported by our partners at Second Growth, we delivered an innovative week-long drama project called Youngers. In this three Kestrel alumni worked in a community rehearsal space in Broadgate, London, with a group of at-risk teenagers. The aim was to produce and stage an entirely original piece of theatre. And all within just five days. It was a richly rewarding experience for those involved: the veterans passing on the benefit of their experience, and the young people gaining an insight into the issues faced by those who have been in prison. Plus, helped by the playwright Simon Longman, they came up with a superb half hour show, which was performed to much acclaim to an invited audience. The plan is for the show to have a run in a London theatre in 2023. We also built a new partnership with the National Literacy Trust on their ReadConnect project - connecting men in prison with their children through storytelling. We delivered the first stage of this project in HMP Swaleside with two groups in June 2022. This partnership will continue over the next few years. In July, our artistic director El Henderson and associate artist Jason York, were asked to take a Kestrel project into HMP Five Wells, a new prison in Wellingborough, supported by IGNITE and

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Section D Achievements and performance

Second Growth. With a sizable cast of some 15 participants, across a week of intense work - which included an acting masterclass from Kestrel’s patron Michael Balogun ( Death of England) - they delivered a wonderful piece. At times tragic, at times hilarious, always smartly performed, it was all about a lost lottery ticket. Watched by an audience of staff and prisoners, it was greeted with a standing ovation. So impressed was the prison’s governor by what was produced, Kestrel has been asked to return for further projects in 2023. In November, the second drama club of the year was staged weekly in Spring Hill. The ambition - as well as offering access to theatre skills - was to find a cohort of actors to build up to the prison pantomime, which had sadly been put in abeyance during the pandemic. Then in December, in conjunction with our musical partners at the Ire Taylor Trust, the Spring Hill panto returned. As ever conceived, written and performed by the men themselves, four performances were given, for prison staff, fellow prisoners, outside guests and - most touchingly - for visiting families. The feedback after the shows was hugely positive, both from those attending - who spoke of how impressed they were by the quality of acting, singing and performance - and the participants - who were delighted to be able to communicate with partners and children in a wholly positive way during a visit. The moment when the audience was invited on to the stage to decorate a Christmas tree with the performers was particularly moving. For Kestrel, 2023 promises to be even busier, with film, theatre and spoken word projects all planned and prepared. Plus a lot of fund raising.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

As before our policy remains simply to maintain always a sufficient reserve to fulfill projects we have agreed to deliver with the prisons in which we work. The reserves indicated below will comfortably cover the commitments of the coming year.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Having worked hard during the 2021 lockdowns to stay in contact with existing supporters, attracting in the process some significant new donations, we entered 2022 in a healthy financial condition, with unrestricted reserves standing at £52k.

This allowed us to return finally in February to our work on site in prisons, to implement an agreed programme led by our new Artistic Director Eleanor Henderson.

We received a tremendous boost in March with the news of a three-year commitment from Second Growth CIC to fund an expansion of our work into new projects and new prisons.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) James White Full name(s) Peter Watson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc) Date 31 January 2023

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	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No(if any)	No(if any)		CC16a
	Kestrel Theatre Company					1073298
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from		Period start date		To		Period end date
			1/1/22				31/12/22
Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds		Last year
	to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Performance Fund Raising	3,395		-		-		3,395		2,730
Major Donatiomns	6,500		30,000		-		36,500		31,200
Bulb Sale	4,678		-		-		4,678		2,462
Other	2,441		-		-		2,441		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
Sub total_(Gross income for AR) _	17,014		30,000		-		47,014		36,392
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
Sub total	-		-		-		-		-
**Total receipts **	17,014		30,000		-		47,014		36,392
A3 Payments
Christmas Show Performances	14,037		-		-		14,037		-
Other Perfomance Activities	17,681		5,739		-		23,420		5,457
Performance Direction	7,500				-		7,500		3,080
Charity Management & Admin	588		-		-		588		392
Bulb Sale Costs	520		-		-		520		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
**Sub total **	40,326		5,739		-		46,065		8,929
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-
**Sub total **	-		-		-		-		-
**Totalpayments **	40,326		5,739		-		46,065		8,929
Net of receipts/(payments)	- 23,312		24,261		-		949		27,463
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-		-		-		-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	52,062		-		-		52,062		24,599
**Cash funds thisyear end **	28,750		24,261		-		53,011		52,062
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details				Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds
					to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds					28,750		24,261		-
CCXX R1 accounts (SS) ~~1~~ 10/01/2023

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

											Unrestricted					Restricted funds					Endowment
		Categories		Details							funds										funds
											to nearest £					to nearest £					to nearest £
B1		Cash funds									28,750					24,261					-
		CCXX R1 accounts (SS)				~~1~~															10/01/2023

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	Total cash funds				28,750		24,261		-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))			OK OK OK
					Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds
	Details				to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets					-		-		-
					-		-		-
	Details				Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets							-		-
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	Details				Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use							-		-
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	Details				Fund to which liability relates		Amount due (optional)		When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities	Retained Earnings				Retricted funds		24,261
	Retained Earnings				Unrestricted funds		28,750
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature				Print Name				Date of approval
					Simon W Tennant				12/1/23

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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru$t••s CESrteL ThEA I LE GMehp4 On accounts for the year ended 31 J£LEMts£L 2012 Charlty no (If any} Jo%32q? Set out on pago8 I report to the truste8s on my examlnath)n of the ac(xiunts of the ab)ve charity {1h8 Trust.) for the year ended 31 l izlzo2& Responsibilities and basis of report As the charitls trustses, you are responsible for the prepara￿on of the accounts in accordan¢6 with the requirements of the CharIt￿S Act 2011 ('the Acr). I réport in respect of my axamination of the Trusl's a(munts carried out under sectton 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examinatK)n. I have frjllowed all the applicable Directlons giv8n by the Charfty ComMiss￿n under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent rrhe chari examinerfs statement unde thee applicable list ssin e excee £250.000 lam Ing a qual. membe ete [ ] rfnot pIKable. ame of bodyll. I have completed my eXamina￿n. I confirm thal no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinatton (0th8r than that disciosad below") vthich gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting r6¢ords w8r8 not k8Pt in accordance wtih section 130 of the Charities A¢t,' or tha accounts did not accord with tha accounting ￿¢))rdS., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of a¢￿unt$ S8t out in the Chariti8S {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts gN8 a 'true and fairf v￿W which is not a rnatter consldered as part of an independent 8xamination. I have ¢onc£ms and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinatK)n lo which attention should be drawn In this report in order to enable a proper underst2nding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets if ttyey do not apply. Slgned: P(rt Date: Narne: Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body crfAlfeC£D Arfrs IER Oct 2018

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