CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
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On accounts for the year
ended
31 JEcErtÈER 2017
Charity no
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Jo?1298
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (kne Trust.) for the year ended 3 111212 0 13.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance vlith the reqU1￿ments of the Charities Act 2011
('the Act").
Responsibilities and
basis of report
I report In respect of my examination of the Trusfs 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 Chaiity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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I have completed my examination. I Confi￿ that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection viith the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting ￿cOrds. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Yrue and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems 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.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
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Disclosure
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(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
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|~~ee~~|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No(if any)**|**No(if any)**||**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Kestrel Theatre Company**|||||**1073298**||||
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>~~ee~~<br>~~eee~~|||||||~~eee~~||
||**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee~~||Period start date<br>~~ee~~||**To**<br>~~eee~~|Period end date<br>~~eee~~||~~eee~~||
||||01/01/2023<br>~~ee~~|||31/12/2023<br>~~eee~~||~~eee~~||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Last year**<br>~~ee~~<br>~~eee~~||||||||||
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Performance Fund Raising|**9,091**||**-**||**-**||**9,091**||**3,395**|
|Major Donations|**18,359**||**68,106**||**-**||**86,465**||**36,500**|
|Bulb Sale|**3,953**||**-**||**-**||**3,953**||**4,678**|
|Other|**145**||**-**||**-**||**145**||**2,441**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|**31,548**||**68,106**||**-**||**99,654**||**47,014**|
|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~||||
|~~——=——_—_—~~|**-**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|**-**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|**-**<br>~~—~~|~~—~~|**-**|||
|~~——=——_—_—~~|**-**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|**-**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|**-**<br>~~—~~|~~—~~|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|**_Sub total_                                 -**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|**-**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|**-**<br>~~—~~|~~—~~|**-**||**-**|
|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~|**99,654**|||
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|**31,548**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|**68,106**<br>~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|**-**<br>~~—~~|~~—~~|||**47,014**|
|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~——=——_—_—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~|~~—~~||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Christmas Show Performances|**4,166**||**15,695**||**-**||**19,861**||**14,037**|
|Other Performance Activites|**6,149**||**30,565**||**-**||**36,714**||**23,420**|
|Performance Direction|**10,000**||**-**||**-**||**10,000**||**7,500**|
|Charity Management & Admin|**1,146**||**-**||**-**||**1,146**||**1,108**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**21,461**||**46,260**||**-**||**67,721**||**46,065**|
|~~==~~|~~==~~|~~===~~|~~=~~|~~=~~||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~==~~|~~==~~|~~===~~|~~=~~|~~=~~||||||
|~~==~~|**-**<br>~~==~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**||**-**|||
|~~==~~|**-**<br>~~==~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **<br>~~==~~|**-**<br>~~==~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|~~==~~|~~==~~|~~===~~|~~=~~|~~=~~||||||
|**_Totalpayments_ **<br>~~==~~|**21,461**<br>~~==~~|~~===~~|**46,260**<br>~~=~~|~~=~~|**-**||**67,721**||**46,065**|
|~~==~~<br>~~===>~~|~~==~~<br>~~===>~~|~~===~~<br>~~===>~~|~~=~~<br>~~===>~~|~~=~~<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>>~~|~~>~~|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **<br>~~===>~~|**10,087**<br>~~===>~~|**10,087**<br>~~===>~~|**21,846**<br>~~===>~~|**21,846**<br>~~===>~~|**-                       31,933**<br>~~===>~~|**31,933**<br>~~===>~~|**31,933**<br>~~===>~~|**31,933**<br>~~===>>~~|**949**<br>~~>~~|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|<br>~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>>~~|**-**<br>~~>~~|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**<br>~~===>~~|**28,750**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**24,261**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**53,011**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>>~~|**52,062**<br>~~>~~|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **<br>~~===>~~|**38,837**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**46,107**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|<br>~~===>~~|**84,944**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>>~~|**53,011**<br>~~>~~|
|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>~~|~~===>>~~|~~>~~|
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>**Categories**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Details**<br>~~ee~~||||||||||
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|~~1~~||||**38,837**||**46,107**||**-**|





|~~————~~|~~————~~|~~————~~|~~————~~|~~————~~|**-**<br>~~————~~|~~————~~|**-**<br>~~————~~|~~————~~|**-**<br>~~————~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||~~————~~|||~~————~~|**-**<br>~~————~~|~~————~~|**-**<br>~~————~~|~~————~~|**-**<br>~~————~~|
|~~————~~|**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~————~~|||~~————~~|**38,837**<br>~~————~~|~~————~~|**46,107**<br>~~————~~||**-**<br>~~————~~|
|~~————~~|(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>~~————~~|||||||||
|||||||||**Restricted funds**||
|~~—_——~~|**Details**<br>~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|**to nearest £**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**to nearest £**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**to nearest £**<br>~~—_——~~|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|
||~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|
||~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|
||~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|
||~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|
||~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**-**<br>~~—_——~~|
|~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|||~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~|**Fund to which asset**<br>~~—_——~~<br>~~bee~~|~~—_——~~|~~—_——~~<br>~~bee~~|~~—_——~~|
|~~bee~~|**Details**<br>~~bee~~|||~~bee~~|**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>~~bee~~||**Cost (optional)**<br>~~bee~~||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>~~bee~~|
|**B3 Investment assets**<br>~~bee~~|~~bee~~|||~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|
||~~bee~~|||~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|
||~~bee~~|||~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|
||~~bee~~|||~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|
||~~bee~~|||~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|~~bee~~|**-**<br>~~bee~~|
|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|||~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|~~bee~~|
|~~ase~~|**Details**<br>~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>~~ase~~|**Fund to which asset**<br>~~ase~~|**Cost (optional)**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>~~ase~~|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
||~~ase~~|||~~ase~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|~~ase~~|**-**<br>~~ase~~|
|~~ase~~|~~ase~~|||~~ase~~<br>~~===~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~<br>~~===~~|~~ase~~|~~ase~~<br>~~===~~|~~ase~~|
|~~==~~|**Details**<br>~~==~~||||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>~~===~~||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>~~===~~||**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>~~===~~|
|**B5 Liabilities**<br>~~==~~|Retained Earnings<br>~~==~~|||~~===~~|Restricted<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|**46,107**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
||Retained Earnings<br>~~==~~|||~~===~~|Unrestricted<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|**38,837**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
||~~==~~|||~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
||~~==~~|||~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
||~~==~~|||~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
|~~==~~|~~==~~|~~==~~|~~==~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees<br>~~==~~|Signature<br>~~==~~|||~~===~~|Print Name<br>~~===~~|||~~===~~|Date of approval<br>~~===~~|
|~~==~~|~~==~~|||~~===~~|Simon William Tennant<br>~~===~~|||~~===~~|1st April 2024<br>~~===~~|
|~~==~~|~~==~~|||~~===~~|~~===~~|||~~===~~|~~===~~|



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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

||||Period start date|Period start date|Period start date|Period start date||||Period end date|Period end date|Period end date|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Day|Mo|Mo|Mo|Year|||Day|Month|||Year|||
||**From **||01|01|||2023||**To**|31|12|||2023|||
|Section A                        Reference and administration details|Section A                        Reference and administration details|Section A                        Reference and administration details|Section A                        Reference and administration details||||Section A                        Reference and administration details||||||||||
||**Charity name**||||**Charity name**|KESTREL THEATRE COMPANY LTD||||||||KESTREL THEATRE COMPANY LTD|||
||||||||||||||||||
|**Other names charity is known by**||**Other names charity is known by**|||**Other names charity is known by**||||||||||||
|**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|||||**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>~~=~~|1073298<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>c/o Adler Shine<br>Aston House<br>LONDON<br>**Postcode**<br>~~=~~||||~~=~~|~~=~~|**N3 1LF**<br>~~=~~|||~~=~~|~~=~~|
||||||~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|~~=~~|
|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|||||||||||||||||
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**||||||**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|||||**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**||||
|1 James H White|1 James H White|Chair|||||||||||||||
|2|Judith RM<br>Ptaszynski||||||||||||||||
|3 Simon W Tennant|3 Simon W Tennant|Treasurer|||||||||||||||
|4 Peter DF Watson|4 Peter DF Watson|Secretary|||||||||||||||
|5 Meketa|5 Meketaye Mesfin||||||||||||||||
|6 Holl|6 HollyRace Rogan||||||||||||||||
|7 Marc Conwa|7 Marc Conway|||||||01/01/23 – 13/02/2023|||||||||
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|20|20<br>~~=~~||||||||||||||||
||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||||
||**Name**|||||||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|||||||||



## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

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**TAR** 

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## **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 od Association 22 September 1998 Type of governing document 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Private Limited Company How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Election by majority of board of Trustees Trustee selection methods 

- (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** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

To promote maintain improve and advance education particularly by the provision of training and vocational instruction and by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts including the arts of drama ballet music singing literature sculpture 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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Kestrel works in the criminal justice system. 

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: 

**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 rehabilitation, helping to develop new skills and employment opportunities. 

- 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 self- confidence, 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**<br>**achievements of the charity**<br>**during the year**|2023 was the twenty fifth year in which Kestrel has been<br>fulfilling its principal purpose, taking performance<br>professionals into prisons to work with those inside to the<br>highest of creative standards. In what turned out to be our<br>busiest year yet, we took the Kestrel philosophy into six<br>different prisons across the country, engaging with several<br>hundred staff, prisoners and their families in the process.<br>From February - April we ran Explore, at HMP Five Wells in<br>Northamptonshire. In this ten week project, more than 20<br>prisoners were involved in two hour classes led by<br>professionals from a variety of creative disciplines, including<br>film making, screen acting and devising.<br>At the end of February we also ran a two day intensive film<br>workshop in East London, working with four Kestrel alumni,<br>and a team of film professionals. This was the development<br>stage of our ‘Saving Face’ film project, funded by Second<br>Growth. Working with restorative justice expert Jacob Dunne<br>and improvising expert (RADA), the group work-shopped and<br>performed scenes for an upcoming short film. Providing<br>meaningful and high quality creative opportunities for the men<br>we meet while incarcerated after they are released is now a<br>crucial part of our practice.<br>That month we also worked in HMP Downview women’s<br>prison in Surrey. As part of the family day, we ran comedy<br>and storytelling workshops for more than 20 - including some<br>mothers and their children.<br>In May, our Artistic Director Eleanor Henderson was invited by<br>the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama to<br>deliver a guest lecture to students explaining the Kestrel<br>philosophy.<br>July saw the Ignite Project successfully run at HMP Elmley,<br>on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The core purpose of this was<br>to conceive, write and perform a play in a week. Run in<br>conjunction with the prison’s Head of Neurodiversity, the<br>project involved a neurodiverse group of a dozen men. At the<br>end of the week, the group performed a show to a hugely<br>positive reception from an audience of more than 60 fellow<br>prisoners and staff. After the performance, the Deputy<br>Governor commented - "I spoke to all of the participants after<br>the show and every one of them said what a positive<br>experience it had been for them. They also said they’d almost<br>given up at the start … because they didn’t have the self-<br>belief…; but that the level of encouragement and belief in<br>them was amazing…What a testament to the Kestrel Theatre|
|---|---|



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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

Company team." In August, after securing funding from the Rothschild Foundation, we started a weekly Drama Club - ‘Company’ - in HMP Springhill, an open prison in Buckinghamshire. Each week, theatre professionals would go there and lead a two hour session focussing on developing a wide range of different performance skills. Over the course of the ten week project more than 20 men participated. Across the summer we also ran several workshops in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust. In September, at HMP Guy’s Marsh in Dorset, we delivered two workshops on puppetry and storytelling, working with two groups of more than a dozen. And we were in Anawim Women’s Centre in Birmingham, a place to support women with a range of complex needs, including experience of the criminal justice system. Here we ran a character creation workshop, with ten women taking part. In September we undertook the next stage of one of our most ambitious projects to date: Building on the crucial February development workshops, Saving Face - the short film - was shot in south London, with a cast and crew of some 34. The idea was to mix experienced professionals with Kestrel alumni, both in front and behind the camera. This is at the apex of the Kestrel philosophy, making professional standard work with those who have experience of the criminal justice system. The ambition is to shift perceptions of what is possible for such people, looking to change outlooks, while also insisting on professional standard opportunities. October saw us back in HMP Five Wells, with our third project there: Magnify. For this, we were asked to work with those occupying the prison’s desegregated wing, a mixture of vulnerable and general prisoners. The fortnight long, intensive project was seen as an important part of therapeutic work on that wing. The cast of 13, ranging in age from 19 to 65, spent two weeks full time every day working with two directors, a producer and playwright. Between them, they created an original half hour play from scratch, called Connections, exploring what lies at the heart of social interaction. It was performed to much acclaim to an audience of 80, made up of fellow prisoners, the Governor, prison staff and external theatre industry guests. The whole thing was filmed, offering a valuable opportunity for those involved to review what they had achieved. One of the men who took part said at the project’s close - “I’ve been in this environment nearly twenty years and I’ve never felt as 

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free as what I feel right now”. A moving testament to the power of the work. 

In November, using a core of those who had participated in the weekly Drama Club, we began rehearsals for the seasonal winter show for families in HMP Springhill. In conjunction with the Irene Taylor Trust, the intention was to create, write and stage an original piece of musical theatre for a family audience, filled with drama, songs and laughs. A cast of eleven performed the show, with a further six singers and musicians forming the accompanying band. Four shows were staged in December, one for 50 staff members, from the prison’s senior leadership to OMU, to officers. Another, played to a packed house, was for fellow prisoners, a third for outside supporters and guests, with the fourth undertaken on the prison’s family day. This show was watched not only by children of cast members, but also other men and their families. Thus fulfilling the ambition of the programme not only to make an impact on those that take part, but to have a wider impact on the rest of the prison community. 

One of the actors, also a member of the 10 week Drama Club project that ran prior to the winter show, shared on the final day that “It’s changed my life. It’s changed what I want my life to be outside of here. I’m a religious person and I believe this was meant to happen - I was meant to meet you guys here.” And that was our year. Here’s to an even busier, more impactful 2024. 

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**Section E                    Financial review** ~~OO~~ 

|**Brief statement of the**<br>**charity’s policy on reserves**||As before our policy remains simply to maintain always a<br>sufficient reserve to fulfill projects we have agreed to deliver<br>with the prisons in which we work. The reserves indicated in|
|---|---|---|
|||the financials below will comfortably cover the commitments|
|||of the present year 2024.|
|**Details of any funds materially**|||
|**in deficit**|||
|**Further financial review details (Optional information)**|**Further financial review details (Optional information)**||
|You**may choose**to include<br>additional information, where||Since the low point of the Covid prison lockdowns Kestrel’s<br>work has expanded, with work in new prisons, HMP Five|
|relevant about:||Wells, HMP Elmley (Sheppey), HMP Guys Marsh, HMP|
|•<br>the charity’s principal||Downview, as well as the Anawim Women’s Centre in|
|sources of funds (including||Birmingham, in addition to our “base” at HMP|
|any fundraising);||Springhill/Grendon. This has been achieved thanks to new|
|•<br>how expenditure has<br>supported the key objectives<br>of the charity;<br>•<br>investment policy and<br>objectives including any||and increased funding received. 2023 saw the highest income<br>in the charity’s history – practically all from philanthropic<br>sources – of just under £100k, up from £47k in 2022 and the<br>low point of £14k in 2020.|
|ethical investment policy<br>adopted.||Most pleasing are two separate multi-year donations from|
|||Second Growth CIC and the Rothschild Foundation, as well|
|||as continued support from the Hilden Charitable Fund and|
|||first-time support from the Middle Way Trust.|
|||These grants have extended our planning horizon to two|
|||years and beyond, building continuity with the institutions and|
|||individuals we work to support|



## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** ~~Se~~ 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**|**Signature(s)**<br>~~ESS~~|
|---|---|
|**Full name(s)**|**Full name(s)**Peter Watson<br>James White<br>~~ee~~|
|**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**|Secretary<br>Chair<br>~~es~~|
|**Date**|28 May 2024<br>~~po~~|



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