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2022-03-31-accounts

Company number 3353857 Charity number 1073851

Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

Breckman & Company Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 49 South Molton Street London W1K 5LH

Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Contents

Page
Reference and Administrative Details 1 - 2
Trustees' Report 3 - 16
Independent Examiner's Report 17
Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) 18 - 22
Balance Sheet 23
Notes to the Financial Statements 24 - 34

Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Reference and Administrative Details

Constitution

The company is a private company limited by guarantee registered in EW - England and Wales, company number 3353857 incorporated under the Companies Act and its governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The company is a registered charity, number 1073851.

Directors and trustees

The directors of the charitable company (Bermondsey Artists' Group) are its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees.

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees are ongoing and incorporated indirectly into the regular trustees meetings.

The trustees throughout the year and since the year end, were :

Colby Benari Charity Trustee and Company Director Kirsten Dunne Charity Trustee and Company Director Haseena Farid Charity Trustee and Company Director Paul Franklyn Charity Trustee and Company Director Molly Grad Charity Trustee and Company Director Alexandra Lucas Charity Trustee and Company Director Martin Pover Charity Trustee and Company Director Giles Smith Charity Trustee and Company Director Laurence Taylor Charity Trustee and Company Director Mary Wang Charity Trustee and Company Director

resigned on 30 March 2022 resigned on 7 July 2021 appointed on 13 October 2021

resigned on 7 July 2021 resigned on 7 July 2021

Secretary

Giles Smith

Chief executive/day to day management

Judith Carlton, Director, Southwark Park Galleries.

Independent Examiners

Breckman & Company Ltd, Chartered Certified Accountants, 49 South Molton Street, London W1K 5LH.

Bankers

Metro Bank, 1 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA. Lloyds Bank, PO Box 1000, Andover BX1 1LT.

Solicitors

Bates, Wells & Braithwaite, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4 1BE.

Operation address

Lake Gallery, Centre of Southwark Park, London SE16 2UA. Dilston Gallery, Southwest Corner of Southwark Park, London SE16 2DD.

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Registered office

The Bermondsey Artists' Group c/o Southwark Park Galleries, Gallery by the Pool, 1 Park Approach, Centre of Southwark Park, London SE16 2UA.

Name

Bermondsey Artists' Group abbreviated to "BAG", Cafe Gallery Projects London abbreviated to "CGP London", and since 18 July 2019, Southwark Park Galleries are the names used by the Bermondsey Artists' Group.

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Trustees' Report

The trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022 that are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The reference and administrative details set out on pages 1 and 2 form part of this report. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

Objectives and activities

In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘public benefit: running a charity (PB2)’.

Report by the Co-Chairs of the Board of Trustees, Bermondsey Artists’ Group.

2021-22 was a challenging but most rewarding year for the charity as we re-emerged from lockdowns to bounce back with a free public programme of exhibitions, touring shows and world-class cultural activity provision for our neighbours and national audiences alike.

On behalf of our Board, we would like to thank our hardworking and passionate team for the dedication, resilience and commitment that they have demonstrated over an extremely difficult period. I would also like to warmly thank those funders, individuals, programmed artists, artist-educators and partners who have supported us in developing what has been one of the greatest years in our 38 year history.

We also wish to put on record a massive thank you to our Director Judith Carlton for her steadfast leadership, creativity and endless hard work on behalf of the gallery. None of what we have achieved would be possible without her. In particular she and David Allen worked tirelessly on our Arts Council England NPO application for the future funding of the gallery which was submitted earlier this year. Arts Council funding is crucial to the future financial stability of the gallery. We also took the opportunity of this application to start the process of reviewing our charity’s governance, to ensure it is fit for purpose and reflects the needs of our evolving organisation for many more years to come.

2021-22’s success was made possible thanks to vital Culture Recovery Fund Grant (CRF2) emergency funding from DCMS and Arts Council England, enabling us to set on a path of long term recovery, mitigating many of the damaging effects of the pandemic on our core fundraising efforts, business model, team and general survival as a charity.

And finally we thank our supportive visitors, who have revelled in returning to our galleries and garden, getting involved in our free creative activities and feasting on our excellent exhibitions programme.

Our exhibitions programme sprung into action in May 2021 with our long awaited major touring commission by internationally renowned Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams. ‘MILQUETOAST’ spanned both galleries and was Williams’ first major solo commission since The Barbican in 2016. The exhibition was commissioned by Southwark Park Galleries in partnership with our friends Ty Pawb, Wrexham and Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Following the success of its London debut, we were able to expand our national tour, working with the brilliant KARST in Plymouth. We are proud that this major new body of work was also accompanied by the first book of Williams’ drawings, published by Southwark Park Galleries. Sales of Bedwyr’s exhibition merchandise (enabled by CRF2 Response funding, providing vital support to raise much needed earned income having lost est. £40,000 in 2020) continues to provide low level regular earned income support beyond the year end, and has marked the launch of the gallery’s retail strand.

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Our summer show by London based Irish artist Anne Ryan, ‘The City Rises’, was a huge success; a fantastic in-conversation event was held with the journalist and writer Charlotte Higgins. A recording of the event is available via our website. ‘A Fine Day for Seeing’, a group show curated by poet Dr Tamar Yoseloff and art critic Paul Carey Kent was very successful, pairing 10 poets and contemporary artists, in partnership with our Rotherhithe neighbours The Poetry School.

‘Trouble in Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus’, a group show commissioning 7 new works by artists across the UK and NYC, curated by writer & publisher Jamie Sutcliffe, and Rebecca Lennon’s ‘The Knot Commons’ (originally installed in March 2020, thus postponed) brought our Autumn programme to a strong close, featuring live performances and diverse audiences. One of the many works we commissioned in 2021, by artist Joseph Buckley, was acquired by The Arts Council Collection.

Our Mayflower 400 Bothy Residency programme ended in Summer 2021 with 2 investigative cultural residencies in our Garden. Radio Anti produced a 3-part podcast series (listen via our website) which approached the historical legacies and contemporary meanings of the Mayflower’s crossing from Rotherhithe in 1620, through its noisy elements: the sea, the ship, and the settlers; exploring the meaning of noise and, by analogy, the meaning of historical events such as the Mayflower itself, whose historical signals are still heard today in discussions surrounding colonialism and national identity. Through the lens of racial empowerment, artist Habib Hajallie created artwork that dispelled the revisionist history of this time and brought into the fore current reflections on race equality. The drawing was then transformed into our Annual Artist Flags, which proudly stand affront both our buildings launched to mark the start of Black History Month and fly for 365 days a year.

Thanks to support from RIVA, we were able to finally get our artists back into local primary schools, delivering free artist school residencies for the first time in 6 years.

Thanks to support from our funders Southwark Charities, North Southwark Environmental Trust, Alain & Babette Sainsbury’s Trust, Southwark Council’s Neighbourhood Fund and The COOP Local Community Fund, our fantastic Public Engagement programme returned back to our galleries and stepped off zoom, much to the delight of our neighbours whom we missed a great deal during 2020.

Our Reserves Policy was updated and thanks to hard work by the gallery team and CRF2 Emergency Funds received in spring 2021, the charity was able to reach its target and strengthen its core reserves; essential to our long-term post pandemic recovery.

Following such a life-changing moment in history, our small team also witnessed change for the first time in many years, welcoming many new additions both at home and in the office. Vivien Harland, Assistant Director, left the organisation after 12 years, joining originally as an invigilator. Public Engagement Manager Debbie Herring also left the organisation after 5 very successful years with the gallery.

We welcomed new team members Matilde Martinetti (Public Engagement Manager) and Charlotte Baker, (Deputy Director); the latter role is now full time, joining the incremental increase of days for our Gallery Manager to 4; illustrating the first phase of the charity’s organisational bolstering programme, boosting our core capacity.

2021 saw Chair Kirsten Dunne stepping down after 2 rotations at the helm, with Trustees Alex Lucas and Martin Pover also stepping down, following their own 2 Board rotations. Paul Franklyn and Giles Smith were voted as Interim Co-Chairs to steer the organisation through its forthcoming Arts Council England NPO application and the remaining unforeseen landscape caused by the pandemic, which remained throughout our year of reopening and rebuilding. The Board and Team wish to thank Kirsten, Alex and Martin for dedicating so much time and energy to the survival and strengthening of the charity; their passion and experience will remain emboldened within our structure, mindset, and future.

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In 2022-23 we look ahead to further bolstering our charitable operations and team; developing our national exhibition programmes with peers across the UK including Liverpool, Plymouth, Eastbourne and Edinburgh; continue to champion our thriving free Learning & Engagement programmes to instil the importance of culture and creativity in our daily lives; and further promote our active intersection of art and ecology in everything we do.

Paul Franklyn & Giles Smith, Co-Chairs of the Board of Trustees

Bermondsey Artists’ Group / Southwark Park Galleries).

Activities to realise our aims and objectives to deliver public good during the Financial year April 2021 – March 2022

2021 - 22 Free Exhibition, Residency and Event Programme

19 May - 11 July 2021 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

Milquetoast // Bedwyr Williams

A major new touring exhibition by Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams commissioned by Southwark Park Galleries in partnership with Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham, Aberystwyth Arts Centre and KARST, Plymouth. The commission interrogated and satirised the role of cultural establishments within contemporary society through sculpture, video, painting and drawing. Williams’ new work parodied the often fetishistic architectural motifs and bureaucratic hierarchies appropriated within the culture sector and the city. The exhibition was accompanied by a new publication of over 100 of Williams’ drawings, This is Everything 1 . The book was published by Southwark Park Galleries and the exhibition was accompanied by a new range of exhibition merchandise made available in our gallery shop and online.

17 June - 11 July 2021 // The Bermondsey Bothy at the Lake Gallery

The Noise of the Mayflower // Radio Anti

In this installation, Radio Anti’s noisy research material played out on two screens with sound. The noise was left to ‘speak for itself’ via long playlists of soundscape videos that sometimes created a relaxing, ambient soundscape, and at other times a jagged, interruptive audio experience. The walls of the Bothy were covered in printed material occasionally interrupted by printed facsimiles of documents from the U.K. asylum application process. These served as a reminder of Britain’s attitude to those who seek refuge on our shores, and were collected during Radio Anti’s original residency at the Bermondsey Bothy in 2019, when they spoke with staff and young refugees from the Bosco Centre.

26 - 27 June 2021 // The Bermondsey Bothy at the Lake Gallery

The Book Is a Container // Royal College of Art Ma Print Graduates Present New Publication Projects

‘The Book is a Container’ is a publication project by the MA Print students from the RCA. Over the previous six months, each student created a limited edition publication that considers the functionality of artist books and how the action of handling these objects offers an intimate experience. This exhibition coincidesd with the launch of RCA2021 – a digital discovery platform, complemented by a festival of physical satellite events around London from the end of June through the summer and beyond.

28 July - 29 August 2021 // Lake Gallery

A Fine Day for Seeing // Group Exhibition Presenting Ten Pairs of Poets and Artists

The exhibition takes its title from the New York School poet and curator Frank O’Hara, who bridged literary and artistic worlds in the late 1950s and was curated by Paul Carey-Kent, an art writer with a long standing interest in poetry, and Dr. Tamar Yoseloff, a poet with a strong engagement with visual art.

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Poet / Artist

Khairani Barokka // Michelle Williams Gamaker Leo Boix // Jessica Sarah Rinland Annie Freud // May Cornet Martha Kapos //Mali Morris Roy McFarlane // Hew Locke Maitreyabandhu // Basil Beattie Julian Stannard // Juliette Mahieux Bartoli Harriet Tarlo // Judith Tucker Jane Yeh // Virginia Verran Tamar Yoseloff // Alison Gill

The exhibition included a poetry reading event on 25[th] July and a panel discussion on creative alliances featuring three pairs of artist & poet collaborators on 21[st] August. The poets reading of their work remains available on our website.

4 – 14 August 2021 // Residency in the Bermondsey Bothy at the Lake Gallery Wampanoag Power // Habib Hajallie

The narrative of the pilgrims’ arrival and settlement from the UK to the United States is a historical retelling that omits the enslavement and brutality inflicted upon the native Wampanoag population in Massachusetts. Through the lens of racial empowerment, artist Habib Hajallie created an artwork that dispels the revisionist history of this time and brings into the fore current reflections on race equality.

This residency was part of a series art commissions led by four artists working poetry, art-making, radio broadcast and drawing that we made as part of a wider project to mark and commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s journey from Rotherhithe via Plymouth to North American. The project critically retraced the Mayflower story and examines its current resonances by addressing the themes of tolerance, migration, enterprises and community.

28 July - 19 September 2021 // Dilston Gallery

The City Rises // Anne Ryan

For her epic new installation especially created for Dilston Gallery’s vast concrete interior, London-based Irish artist Anne Ryan captured the sprawling dynamism of the city and its communities. Through her vibrant ceramic and cement sculptures, paintings and three-dimensional cutouts, Ryan’s observations, speculations and dreams of the city collide.

The installation presented the city as a constellation, where memories and stories are overlaid with the past and present. Emerging from the earth, crumbling concrete was bolstered with jewelled ceramic glaze, whilst towering cut-out paintings rise skywards, aflame. The exhibition was complemented by an event on the 4[th] September where Anne discussed her work with author and journalist Charlotte Higgins.

15 September – 31 October 2021 // Lake Gallery

Trouble in Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus // Curated by Jamie Sutcliffe

‘Trouble In Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus’ focused on the influence and fan cultures of ‘Metal Gear Solid’, one of the most popular video game franchises of all time. The exhibition brought together a group of artists whose early encounters with ‘Metal Gear’s’ unique vision and distinct poetics continue to influence their world-views and artistic practices today. Through performance, sculpture, film, and an education program for young people, the artists explored these rich yet often troubling games as opportunities for thinking through positions of decolonial critique, ludic defiance, and anti-fascist resistance.

The participating artists were: Larry Achiampong, Joseph Buckley, Kitty Clark, Sam Keogh, Hardeep Pandhal, Adam Sinclair and Jamie Sutcliffe also featuring The Diamond Dogs Educational Unit: Uma Breakdown, Petra Szemán, Larry Achiampong & Zara Truss Giles.

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October 2021 - September 2022 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

Artist commissioned flags // Artist Flags // Wampanoag Power and the British Dream // Habib Hajallie

As part of our Black History Month celebrations and in solidarity with Southwark Stands Together, we were pleased to launch the second in our annual series of flag commissions for Southwark Park by artist Habib Hajallie, supported by Omni Colour.

The two flags created by the Kent-based artist titled ‘Wampanoag Power and The British Dream’ draw on research undertaken during the artist’s residency at Southwark Park Galleries’ Bermondsey Bothy in August 2021 as part of the Mayflower 400 Project, which marked the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower ship’s journey from nearby Rotherhithe via Plymouth to North America. The project critically retraced the Mayflower story examining its current resonances by addressing the themes of tolerance, migration, enterprises and community.

Hajallie’s second flag in our Black History Month commissioning programme, ‘The British Dream’ draws on the notion of “the American dream”, a familiar trope in the Western world. For many immigrants, Great Britain is also representative of a land of true opportunity. Habib’s ballpoint pen portrait depicts the artist’s grandmother Huda, drawn on an 1866 geographical text, framed within an authentic Sierra Leonean fabric collage. Immigrating to England, from the tumultuous socio-political tensions of early civil war Sierra Leone in the mid-90s, provided her with immense hope that this commissioned flag directly references.

15–31 October 2021 // Dilston Gallery

The Knot Commons // Rebecca Lennon

The Knot Commons was a new large-scale Poly-vocal three channel Video and Surround Sound composition with performance by Rebecca Lennon and was the annual collaborative commission by Southwark Park Galleries and Matt’s Gallery created especially for Dilston Gallery. Performers, voices and characters in the video: Carl Gent, Jennifer Hodgson, Stella Kajombo, Rebecca Lennon, Chooc Ly Tan, Leon Dee and aerialist Mim Wheeler. Animated fountains by Carla Mackinnon.

Sunday, 31 October 2021 // Lake Gallery, Garden & Bermondsey Bothy and Dilston Gallery

Autumn Gathering

A celebratory event providing the last chance to view our Autumn exhibitions, live performances, a durational performance at Dilston Gallery and the launch our new annual artists’ flag commission.

17 November - 11 December 2021 // Lake Gallery and Online

37th Annual Open Exhibition

The Annual Open Exhibition exists to encourage artists at all stages of their career to present work as part of a large scale democratic salon show. Since the gallery opened in 1984, the Annual Open Exhibition has been a highlight of Southwark Park Galleries’ calendar. This year brought together over 250 works from a diverse community of artists working in the UK. All works were available to purchase either in Lake Gallery or via our online shop.

The exhibition showcases the wide range of practices and themes artists are working with today, with drawing, painting, photography, print, sculpture & video work represented. From its inception, the ethos of the Annual Open Exhibition has always been to be open without hierarchy, and to this day there is no selection panel. Each year there is a ‘Best in Show’ cash prize of £500 generously supported by Breckman & Company and was selected and awarded on the last day of the exhibition by Anne Ryan.

2 December - 5 December 2021 // Dilston Gallery

Festive Labour // London College of Communication MA Sound Arts Postgraduate Exhibition

Now in its fourteenth year, the MA Sound Arts at London College of Communication has always culminated in a group exhibition for gallery space, happily finding its current home at Southwark Park Galleries’ Dilston Gallery. The artistic proposition to make a sound work that will inevitably commune with those made by others within the “volume” of the gallery presented a provocation-of-sorts to both artists and curator; one that inevitably took on new aspects of meaning since the onset of the global pandemic.

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Participating artists: Eman Abdellatif // Samm Anga // Mathias Arrignon // Claudio De Benedictis // Louise Le Du // Mengyuan Fu // Lara Geary // Zixiao Gong // Hye Yun Jeong // Nima Khademlou // Yushu Ma // Avery Rogers // Junchang Zhang

Saturday 11 December 2021 // Lake Gallery & Garden

Winter Gathering Special Event

A celebration of the end of the year’s programme with carols by the Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Choral Society with mulled wine and the opportunity to hear the announcement of this year’s ‘Best in Show’ award. This enjoyable and successful family-friendly afternoon was supported by local friends the Southwark Park Association 1869.

22–23 January 2022 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

Out There Pt.1 // Camberwell College of Arts // Final Year BA Fine Art: Sculpture, Photography & Drawing

As part of a long-term partnership, Camberwell College of Arts returned once again to Southwark Park Galleries with works by final year Fine Art students. This was the first of two exhibitions and presented artists: Fred Alexander // Ali Ansari // Manae Araki // Nonnie Arnott // Venetia Bell // Molly Binnersley // Josh Bond // Alisha Brocklebank // William Brooks // Jakkaphat Bunmachertchai // Stephanie Ching // Dallin Clark // Grace Crisp // Mingdi Cui // Jiaxuan Du // Ariana Estrada Van Der Werff // Alice Fahey // Noa Gabriel Rodriguez // Elisha Gill // Theo Gillard // Alicia Rose Gioia // Libby Harris // Ben Jones // Kuba Ocean // Naomi Keshet // Yae Lee Kim // Rugile Kozlovskyte // Lea Lemos Costa // Kunlin Li // Sophia Loureiro // Effie Mcfadyen // Nick Michelini // Ruby Morgan // Isabelle Morton // Josef Murmann // Romy Osborne // Douglas Parsons // Bruna Pereira Fernandes // Shaanthi Yee Rajah // Tamar Reavenall-Cashmore // Oscar Reynolds // Olivia Smith // Colin Thelermont // Matt Thurgood // Agnes Von Kindt Rohde // Holly Walker // Denni Waterhouse // Esme Whitehead // Else/Xun Zhang // Echo/Yuhan Zheng // Isabella Zielonka.

29–30 January 2022 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

Out There Pt.2 // Camberwell College of Arts // Final Year BA Fine Art: Sculpture, Photography & Drawing

As part of a long-term partnership, Camberwell College of Arts returned once again to Southwark Park Galleries with works by final year Fine Art students. This was the second of two exhibitions and presented artists: Antonia Adomako // Francesca Alebbi // Hannes Andersson // Romy Ayres // Nevan Badinelli Spier // Lola Baert // Lauren Bauer // Joa Blumenkranz // Sophie Boggis-Rolfe // Yasmine Brennan // Joseph Brown // Alice Calvert // Ana Carlao Dias // Xiaoli Chang // Ellie Chaplin // Kitty Clarke // Martin Del Busto Ruiz De Velasco // Maximilian Fasching // Agnes FergusonLewis // Gypsy Garramone // Austeja Gokaite // Mia Gregory // Chloe Harrison // Nicole Harrison // Kaiyi Huang // Kathryn Hudson // Katie Hughes // Tara Jerome-Bernabe // Kyriakos Kampartinas // Josh Le Bas // Milo Leigh // Alice Loke // Aija Lukosjus // Ellen Lysmo // Hanna Magalit // Katya Markson-Matthews // Felicia-Elena Miclea // Abbey Middleton // Elsa Money // Sophie Morgan // Jessica Nichol // Kellan Osborne // Olivia Parsons // Zhara Pilgrim // Lily Pym // Zer0 C00l, DP SKWEEKY & Heavi Pettin // Guy Ronen // Lucia Russo Thomson // Izzi Shaw // Maisie Strange // Mabel Streek // Carmen Van Huisstede // Yixiao Yang // Lotte Yarwood.

5 - 6 February 2022 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

We’re Watching You Pt.1 // Camberwell School of Arts // Final Year BA Fine Art: Painting

The BA Fine Art: Painting finalists at Camberwell College of Arts proudly presented their new year exhibition ‘We’re Watching You’ at Southwark Park Galleries. This was the first of two exhibitions spread across Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery presented a diverse range of works by 45 emerging and early career artists graduating in 2022.

Exhibiting artists: Gabrielle Armstrong // Hannah Blakemore // Kate Burling // Camille Capozzi // Dan Chen // Mara Cosleacara // Edit Csibi // Eviana Gerousi // Laura Da Silva Barroso // Xavia Duke Richards // Phoebe Evans // Ffi Farrer-miles // Marco Favero // Seb Forman // Pietro Gorini // Oscar Graham-rosser // Shannon Hansby // Collins Madeleine Hawes // Blythe Hawkins // Maria De Lourdes // Hornung Min Huang // Alexandros Kalogerakis // Jamie Kirkwood // Anja Kuzmic // Joyce Lee // George Lee-o’neill // Charlotte Lewis-morton // Anna Linton // Iyla Maharasingam-shah // Kira Mccarthy // Ali Mcgowan // Mali Magrath // Alex Parmenter // Ella Pitts-payne // Ashleigh Stevens // Hao Wang // Tina Weng // Yeonwoo Wi // Jacob Wilder // Verity Woolley // Shu Zheng // Reuben Sian De Gourlay.

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12 - 13 February 2022 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

We’re Watching You Pt.2 // Camberwell School of Arts // Final Year BA Fine Art: Painting

The BA Fine Art: Painting finalists at Camberwell College of Arts proudly presented their new year exhibition ‘We’re Watching You’ at Southwark Park Galleries. This was the second of two exhibitions spread across Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery presented a diverse range of works by 45 emerging and early career artists graduating in 2022.

Exhibiting artists: Nathanael Koh // Veronika Krasheninnikova // Amber Le Grys // Elinor Makin // William Mallorie // Megan Mann // Stella Mcgarvey // Esme Mckinnon-evans // Alicja Mierzwinska // Caroline Miller // Tia Morris // David Odusanya // Robin Pickering // Jeerapa Pukrongthong // Leah Quarrie-Martin // Hebe Riches-Wohlrab // Millie Richmond // Sarah Savage // Isobel Scarsbrook-Corfield // Eunhoo Shim // Nadine Smales // Imogen Smith // Joseph Tebbutt // Naashika Tetteh-lartey // Sebastian Thompson Silva // Emma Turpin // Tianyi Wang // Xinyi Xu // Shenyang Zhao // Jack Jones // Cameron Amoah // Aimee Bannister // Pedro Borges // Elza Cesniece // Haiying Chen // Peter Easterby // Mathilde Elcock // Mateo Gabayet // Mattia Guarnera Maccarthy // Jack Browning // Daniel Calvert // Karen Gutierrez Palma // Tori Harris // Ruby Head // Arijohnson // Samah Rafiq.

18 February - 27 February 2022 // Lake Gallery

Photography Competition // Organised by the Southwark Park Association 1869

An exhibition that celebrates the beauty of Southwark Park and the wildlife within in it. The exhibition presents a series of photographs selected from 150 submissions by local adults and children. The exhibition also presented a digital showcase of all of the competition entries.

12 - 13 March 2022 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

Impressions // Royal College of Art MA Print programme

Impressions showcased the work of final year students from the Royal College of Art MA Print programme. Alluding to the notion of impressions found in printmaking, this group investigates different ways of thinking about the medium. Within this, the cohort explores ideas around the human body, as well as technology and nature and the impressions they leave.

19 - 20 March 2022 // Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery

Unruly Encounters // Royal College of Art // SOAH Phd, MPhil and MRes

The exhibition took its title from Francisco J. Varela’s 1995 essay ‘The Re-enchantment of the Concrete’. This text explores the creativity of cognition and the emergence of ideas from unruly conversations, which begin with corporeal sensations of the concrete world. This notion became a curatorial springboard to elicit the unexpected and unforeseeable through the juxtaposition of works within the idiosyncrasies of the exhibition spaces. The exhibition also included a performance programmes on:

Saturday, 19 March 2022: Roshana Rubin Mayhew, ‘4’45″, hold’, 13:00-15:00 // Sohaila Baluch ‘Tethered to It’, 15:0016:00 // Linn Phyllis Seeger ‘I’m not a believer’, 16:00-16:15 // Hannah Clarkson ‘Getting Ready’, 16:30-17:00.

Sunday, 20 March 2022: Chang Gao ‘EROTIC POETICS ++AR’ Interactive Interface Workshop, 13:00-15:00, Dilston Gallery’s foyer // Giulia Astesani ‘Make Me Feel, Mighty Queer’, 15:00 - 15:30 & 16:00 - 16:30 with performers: Giulia Astesani and Nicole Fermie.

2021 - 22 Free Public Engagement Programme

Our Public Engagement programme represents a central part of our organisation’s contribution towards improving the lives of our neighbours.

11 December 2020 – 30 October 2021 // Public Art in Southwark Park on the flagpoles in front of our galleries.

Artist Flags // What Looks to Be a Piece of Fruit & Loose Teeth and Stinking Breath // Holly Graham

As part of our annual commissioning programme to acknowledge and celebrate Black History Month through commissioning art with a Black, Asian or diverse heritage, we proudly launched two newly commissioned flags in Southwark Park by artist Holly Graham. The flags titled ‘What Looks To Be A Piece Of Fruit’ and ‘Loose Teeth And Stinking Breath’ form part of her ‘To Us It Just Looks Like A Lemon’ collection of works by Holly, which was the outcome of her Mayflower 400 residency in the Bermondsey Bothy in Southwark Park Galleries’ garden in 2019.

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Both flags drew on research and thinking around food and movement, shared in workshops with local young refugees and asylum seekers during her residency, and refer to her commissioned text that acknowledges the difficult colonial contexts of the Mayflower story (freely available on our website). The works focus on the historically recognised medicinal qualities of citrus fruits, discovered in the 16th and 17th centuries to be an antidote to the scurvy many European sailors contracted on long expansionist sea-faring voyages. The flags incorporated imagery carried over from previous bodies of work that considered the symbolic value of lemons, and fragments of photographs that document the unloading of citrus fruits on the local docks in the mid-20th century.

April 2021– September 2021 // Delivered online via Zoom

Virtual Atmospheres // Seniors Art School

Virtual Atmospheres was a digital adventure throughout 2021, where a community of artists across London came together to create. From April to September 2021, Artist Associate Flora Duley ran bi-monthly virtual workshops, encouraging all participants to embrace different ways of looking and thinking about art. Open to everyone with creative minds over the age of 55, the group explored ideas of the domestic and utopian, private and public, analogue and digital. Together the group experimented with materials and techniques, and took inspiration from Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams’ working methodologies (such as using a sketchbook as the basis of their thinking and working). Over the six months the artists produced an extraordinary and diverse body of new artwork, including kinetic sculpture, sound recordings, experimental film, photography, illustration and drawing. An original publication was produced as a result of Virtual Atmospheres.

April - October 2021 // Community Allotment in the Lake Gallery’s Garden

Family Allotment Club for Low-Income Families in North-East Southwark

Initiated in April 2009 by artist Janice Macaulay as part of her Healthy Living agenda created in response to the extremely high levels of childhood obesity in the North-East area of Southwark, the Community Allotment has played a highly valued central part in Southwark Park Galleries meeting its civic role for our local community. By offering the residents of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe the opportunity to learn new skills, meet & bond with their diverse neighbours and build new relationships that go beyond the activities that we offer at Southwark Park Galleries this project has been highly successful in engaging a diverse range of local people in all of the activities that we offer.

The sessions are open to local families with pre-school families in our beautiful and fully accessible garden. Families learn gardening and healthy living skills by working together to grow and harvest food, do some planting, take care of seedlings (that they were also able to take home to grow on windowsills or, if they are lucky enough to have one on their dense social housing estates, on their balconies). Not only this but they have great fun exploring bugs and getting stuck into art, craft and making activities together with learning about the bio-diversity that our beloved Southwark Park has to offer. We continuously achieve a high level of repeat attendees who really appreciated that we ensure that there is always something new for them to do every week and value how we consistantly signpost them to not only our own broader offer but also to the other great opportunities that other local organisations have to offer to them as local residents.

Spring 2021 // Online for free download and available as hard copy by post Ecology Family Activity Packs

Three new titles in our growing series of Activity Packs were developed and released during Spring:

Each pack was suitable for a wide range of ages, with an indication of the most suitable age group. All packs were devised to encourage families to play, learn and create together. Each pack contained a set of simple instructions with suggested easy-to-source recyclable materials to use, and an estimated time for the activity. The materials needed for

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each pack were kept to a minimum, so families were able to get stuck in using items they already had at home. Alternatively, families could Email us to receive the physical activity pack and materials in the post. Each activity had learning extras that built on the tasks for future learning. Families were also invited to respond by sharing their creations using the hashtag #SPGfamilyArtAndEcology, or Emailing the photos of their work.

July to September 2021 // Lake Gallery

ECOLOGY KIDS! Summer Ecology Workshop Programme

Each workshop day comprised of 2 sessions: 10am-12 Noon were designed for Under-Fives and 1-3pm were for 6-11 yrs. Though they were tailored to specific age groups, we accommodated families with mixed ages and adapted the activities as and when required. These sessions coincided with, and were inspired by, Anne Ryan’s solo exhibition ‘The City Rises’ at Dilston Gallery (28 July – 19 September 2021). The programme comprised:

25 September - 23 October 2021 // Dilston Gallery

Free Writing, Anime and Sound Workshops for Young People // The Diamond Dogs Educational Unit

These workshops coincided with the exhibition ‘Trouble In Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus’ and drew upon the influence of the hit video game series ‘Metal Gear’ (1987-2015) to explore ideas of play, storytelling, animation, sound, and memory. Led by artists Uma Breakdown, Petra Szemán, and Larry Achiampong & Zara Truss Giles across four sessions, attendees were encouraged to explore their love of films, games, cartoons and soundtracks, and also introduced them to ways of making that might help them develop those interests into different kinds of art – from game design, to anime, and music! The workshops comprised:

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26 November 2021 // Bede Centre, Rotherhithe

Workshop: Park Wandering (after Alec Finlay’s Questions and Answers (after Paul Celan)

Created by dance companies Corali and Impermanence, with designer Pam Tait and musician Andy Balcon, ‘Park Wanderings’ was a poetic response to Southwark Park and Alec Finlay’s permanent nest box trail, ‘Questions and Answers (after Paul Celan)’ commissioned by Southwark Park Galleries in 2018. Corali dancer Bethan Kendrick developed movement material that captured her imaginings of roses, moorhens, diving into a cup of tea and moss covered statues. A trilogy of short films that echoed three of Finlay’s nest box poems situated within the park (Where’s Heaven? Through the rose garden, What’s Tea? An old pond to fish in, What’s Autumn? When she undresses, or leaves) were created during lockdown in May 2020. Following up on this, in 2021 an in-person dance workshop, based on ‘Park Wanderings’ films, was delivered at the local Bede Centre, engaging young people and adults with learning disabilities in an afternoon of participatory dance reflecting the short films.

25 & 26 February 2022 // 11am – 2 pm each day // Online via Zoom

Sound and Voicing // Seniors Art School // Two-day writing & voicing workshop with artist Rebecca Lennon

Open to all with inquisitive and open minds over the age of fifty-five, these sessions delivered two-days of writing and voicing workshops with artist Rebecca Lennon. Participants learnt to create short-form creative writing and collaborate on a vocal composition to create an original sound piece.

5 May 2021 - 18 March 2022 // Rotherhithe School, John Donne School, St Joseph’s Catholic School

Outreach Art & Ecology Sessions in local Primary Schools

These sessions brought free art sessions into local primary schools (Years 4 & 5) to address themes of art, environment, the climate emergency and landscapes. Our talented and experienced Artists Associates (Lily Hawkes, Abigail Hunt & Katie Surridge) spent 2 weeks in residency at each of the participating local primary schools delivering high quality creative and educational ecology sessions. The project raised awareness of the climate emergency and what we can each do to help, whilst celebrating nature by looking at the flora and fauna of different local landscapes and the world around us.

Achievements and performance in the Financial year April 2021 – March 2022

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About the Bermondsey Artists’ Group managing Southwark Park Galleries

Southwark Park Galleries is the operating name of the Bermondsey Artists’ Group, a not-for-profit charitable company (company number 03353857, charity number 1073851) which manages two buildings in Southwark Park providing free access to exhibitions, performances, learning and wellbeing activities to the community of North-East Southwark. In partnership with our local community, supporters, stakeholders, Southwark Council and Arts Council England both buildings have been refurbished to provide a very high standard of presentation for the artists that we seek to present and are single level fully accessible spaces where we engage with our neighbours and the wider art community. To achieve this, over the past 23 years, the organisation has raised more than £1,500,000 in capital funding to make our buildings fully accessible and inviting to our local community whilst providing exemplary environments for artists to present their most ambitious new works.

The charity manages these venues under the umbrella title of Southwark Park Galleries and has a thriving reputation within the UK arts communities as a test site for ambitious innovative contemporary artistic practise that has, over the past 38 years, offered generations of artists from a broad range of heritages at all stages of their career unique opportunities to exhibit their work to peers, our audiences and neighbours whilst simultaneously nurturing the artistic interests, ambitions and learning opportunities of local families, community groups, pupils and students through our renowned free Public Engagement Programme.

What we do

Commissioning

We commission artists and curators at all stages of their careers to provide an annual programme of new and evolved bodies of work and installations.

Working in partnership

We work with other arts and community organisations to realise exhibitions, installations, dance, performance, music, screenings and Public Engagement activities that expand our provision and engage with people from under- represented sections of the community. As the only visual arts-led publicly funded cultural provider in North-East Southwark we understand our civic role to be to create a major fulcrum for cultural engagement by all sections of the local community.

Public engagement

We work in partnership with a wide variety of local organisations to provide a creative cultural venue for community exhibitions, events, presentations of local interest displays including those that share local history and represent lived life experiences of all sections of the local community to ensure that we continue to contribute positively to the civic realm of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe. We also provide a programme of workshops for local people, schools and community groups together with our highly popular Community Allotment in the Lake Gallery’s garden that provides low income families with pre-school children living on the adjacent high density social housing estates the opportunity to learn about growing food and living more healthily.

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Within our Public Engagement Programme we continue to invite artists whose practices are concerned with disrupting dominant categories of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, disability and age to work collaboratively with groups and individuals to produce critical and meaningful new work. Our Public Engagement programme in 2021 – 22 was generously supported by RIVA (Residencies in Visual Arts) plus many specific projects were supported by a number of diverse local charities together with national Trusts and Foundations.

Collaborative working continues to play an important and effective role in reaching more people to build a diverse audience. It has enabled us to extend our reach through working with a large number of partners who contribute skills and diverse networks. In recent years these have included Bosco Centre (a local charity providing friendly, caring environment for young people and their families), departments within the London Borough of Southwark, Outside In,

The Bethlem Gallery, Royal College of Art, Camberwell College of the Arts, local schools and non-arts specific local groups.

Diversity

We work in partnership with other organisations to present a programme that includes a diverse range of artists and communities. Recent arts sector-wide mosaic profiling research has demonstrated that our engagement with both ‘hard to reach’ audiences and with core art attendees remains extremely strong. We attracted 3.5 times more visitors than the England average from the Kaleidoscope Creativity mosaic (characterised by low levels of cultural engagement) and 7 times more visitors than the England average from the Metroculturals profile (characterised by very high levels of cultural engagement).

Public Benefit

The organisation’s core policy is the promotion of the fullest inclusion in the visual arts by all sections of the community through the provision of activities that bridges communities representing National Excellence and are targeted to be of Local Relevance. This policy places public benefit at the centre of all of the organisation's activities. As an established artist-led organisation, we provide both the local population and the London-wide audience with opportunities to experience innovative new art. We provide significant exhibition opportunities and a pivotal career platform for lesser-known artists. For more established artists we develop space for experimentation and challenge within their practise. This balanced approach enables us to make a significant contribution to artists’ professional development at varying stages of their careers.

Structure, governance and management

The charity’s governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association that set out:

The Board of Trustees collectively govern the organisation to ensure that the charity:

Methods used to recruit and appoint trustees

Trustees are recruited for the skills and knowledge that they bring to the charity. They are elected by the Board of Trustees in accordance with section 24 through to section 26.6 of the Memorandum and Articles of Association. In addition, two Trustees are nominated for inclusion on the Board of Trustees by members of the Bermondsey Artists’ Group membership organisation.

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Day-to-day management of the Charity’s activities

This is undertaken by the Director, Southwark Park Galleries managing a small team of staff supported and overseen by the Board of Trustees.

Reserves Policy Bermondsey Artists’ Group Managing Southwark Park Galleries

Approved by The Board of Trustees, 10th May 2022

1. Written Investment Policy

1.1 Background

As of September 2017 the board agreed that to protect re. FSA the reserves and deposits contained within the CAF / Scottish Widows Bank deposit account, a new bank account is to be established. A dedicated bank account was established in November 2017 to contain and protect the charity’s Reserves at Metro Bank, sanctioned by The Board of Trustees.

This Policy is reviewed annually by The Board of Trustees within the charity’s annual Business Plan schedule.

1.2 Reserves Policy

Within the reserves held in Metro Bank, the charity holds Designated General Reserves sufficient for minimum 3 months wind-down costs as determined by The Board of Trustees.

A remaining funds balance is held in Unrestricted General Reserves.

1.3 Funds Summary*

Designated Operational Funds: £69,200**

Designated Funds (Free Reserves): £20,205 Total Designated Reserves Held: £89,405

** (Including £47,000 existing 3 months operation costs wind-down plus redundancy core team at £13,200)

1.4 Fund Management & Permissions

1.4.1 Access to funds is sanctioned solely by the Trustees of the charity upon written application by The Director with proposed repayment schedule for fund replenishment.

1.4.2 Access to Designated General Funds will be considered and or sanctioned regarding lease liabilities for which those funds are currently held, or should the charity be in the process of wind-down and closure, following written approval by The Chair and Treasurer on behalf of the Board.

1.4.3 Access to Unrestricted General Funds (Free Reserves), will be sanctioned by the Trustees should the Board agree that the organisation has sufficient need to warrant the use of such Funds or part thereof and that a realistic repayment schedule is in place.

Examples of such warranted spend could include: in case of emergency, temporary cashflow assistance or one-off capital purchases.

1.5 Reserves Target & Action Plan

The Bermondsey Artists’ Group aims to grow our Reserve Funds over the period of 2022-2026 to increase our resilience and sustainability, to a minimum of £95,200, based on the targets below.

Total Designated Reserves Target : £95,200

Current Designated Funds Held: £89,405

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Reserves Fundraising Target 2022-2026*: £5,794

1.5.1 This policy is revised on an annual basis. When the above fundraising target is met, the policy will be amended to if required by the Trustees of the charity, separately to the annual document revision.

1.5.2 Investment options will be researched by Board of Trustees, Director and Treasurer once target is met to further bank interest yield where possible (Designated and Restricted funds specifically).

1.6 Target Funds Strategy 2022-2026

1.6.1 The charity will aim to raise a minimum of £5,794 over the remaining 4 year period via annual contributions of earned income year period (minimum of £1,449 target per annum), until target values are met, or as directed by The Board of Trustees.

1.6.2 Reserve Levels and their development progress will be reviewed by The Board of Trustees via a 6-month review process within the board meeting agenda led by The Treasurer. Reviews will monitor success and reiterate the importance and use of Reserves.

Small company exemptions

This report is prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 9 December 2022 and signed on its behalf by

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Bermondsey Artists' Group

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 18 to 34.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to an audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner's statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

  2. ꞏ to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and

ꞏ to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities

have not been met; or

  1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Richard Nelson FCCA Breckman & Company Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants

49 South Molton Street London W1K 5LH

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Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) for the year ended 31 March 2022

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
Notes
£
£
Income and endowments from:
2
Donations and legacies - page 19
203,133
-
Charitable activities:
Gallery - page 19 - 20
50,753
127,645
Investments - page 20
81
-
Total
253,967
127,645
Expenditure on:
Raising funds:
Fundraising
10,852
-
Charitable activities:
Gallery - page 21
281,404
131,157
Total
292,256
131,157
Net income / (expenditure)
3
)
(38,289
)
(3,512
Transfers between funds
14, 15
69,494
)
(69,494
Net movement in funds:
31,205
)
(73,006
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
127,151
731,442
Total funds carried forward
14, 15
158,356
658,436		 2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
£
£
£
203,133
198,923
-
178,398
13,049
37,578
81
126
-
381,612
212,098
37,578
10,852
-
-
412,561
228,135
27,506
423,413
228,135
27,506
)
(41,801
)
(16,037
10,072
-
67,194
)
(67,194
)
(41,801
51,157
)
(57,122
858,593
75,994
788,564
816,792
127,151
731,442		 2021
Total
£
198,923
50,627
126
249,676
-
255,641
255,641
)
(5,965
-
)
(5,965
864,558
858,593

The notes on pages 24 to 34 form an integral part of these financial statements.

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.

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Income from donations and legacies
Grants
Arts Council England - NPO funding
LB Southwark
LB Southwark - Covid business interruption
LB Southwark - rates relief
LB Southwark - LRSG funding
HMRC Job Retention Scheme funding
Donations
Sundry donations/Gift Aid
Income from charitable activities
Gallery income
Friends/members
Gallery hire
Submission fees
Book/catalogue sales
Art sales
Exhibition Tax Relief
Sundry/sponsorship		 2022
£
136,474
21,500
40,714
-
-
-
198,688
4,445
203,133
942
20,237
2,524
17,883
5,097
3,570
500
50,753		 2021
£
136,472
21,500
-
12,857
25,357
1,279
197,465
1,458
198,923
547
4,683
-
33
7,286
-
500
13,049

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Income from charitable activities (continued)
Project specific funding
Grants/partnerships
Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment Ltd
ACE Covid Emergency Fund
Southwark Charities Senior Art Club
Bermondsey Community Council
LB Southwark - COVID Community Award
Big Lottery Seniors Community Fund
BHM Flag Commission
RIVA
Co-Op Community Funding
Cockayne Community Capital Fund
Investment income
Bank interest received
Other income
Theatre Tax Relief (TTR)		 2022
£
15,000
82,959
4,686
-
-
-
-
-
-
25,000
127,645
81
-		 2021
£
-
-
-
6,000
7,000
7,195
850
15,000
1,533
-
37,578
126
-

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Expenditure on raising funds
Fundraising expenses
Expenditure on charitable activities
Gallery costs
Dilston Gallery maintenance/repairs
Dilston Gallery hire/service costs
Publicity/advertising
Exhibition expenses
Other artists' fees/materials/sundry project costs
Education project costs
Design/print/documentation
Volunteer/panel/client expenses
Support costs - page 22
Governance costs - page 22		 2022
£
10,852
10,852
750
1,798
4,647
45,357
18,191
24,762
3,514
811
99,830
292,307
20,424
423,413		 2021
£
-
-
900
385
636
7,438
6,870
9,047
1,425
370
27,071
211,229
17,341
255,641

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Support and governance costs
Support costs
Office overheads
Gallery rent
Office rent/rates
Light/heat
Telephone/IT/alarm
Insurance
Repairs/maintenance/cleaning
Amortisation of short leasehold property
Depreciation of fixtures/fittings/equipment
Administration costs
Salaries
Management/administration/invigilation
Social security costs
Staff pension costs
Staff training
Travel/transport
Printing/postage/stationery
Marketing/audience development
Subscriptions/magazines
Sundries/refreshments
Irrecoverable VAT
Professional/financial
Consultancy fees
Bank charges
Computer costs
Governance costs
Legal/professional
Accountancy/consultancy
Bookkeeping		 2022
£
32,594
-
5,039
1,912
3,727
10,533
69,494
166
94,205
35,723
3,346
2,103
-
573
4,743
5,746
404
-
-
20,460
759
780
2,179
3,850
14,395		 £
123,465
146,843
21,999
292,307
20,424
312,731		 2021
£
12,011
33
3,277
2,504
2,994
5,096
69,494
253
86,060
17,828
3,199
1,832
565
-
2,866
2,096
407
16
171
-
527
-
563
3,000
13,778		 £
95,662
115,040
527
211,229
17,341
228,570

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Balance Sheet 31 March 2022

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
9
Current assets
Debtors
10
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities:
Creditors: amounts falling
due within one year
11
Net current assets
Total assets less current
liabilities
The funds of the charity:
Unrestricted general fund
14
Unrestricted designated funds
14
Restricted income funds
15
Total charity funds		 2022
£
12,482
225,010
237,492
)
(20,215		 £
599,515
217,277
816,792
68,951
89,405
158,356
658,436
816,792		 2021
£
24,059
193,083
217,142
)
(27,059		 £
668,510
190,083
858,593
48,865
78,286
127,151
731,442
858,593

For the year ending 31 March 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

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

. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 9 December 2022 and signed on its behalf by

Giles Smith (Dec 12, 2022 11:52 GMT)

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The notes on pages 24 to 34 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies

1.1. Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (issued October 2019) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), and the Companies Act 2006.

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

1.2. Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when:

- Donations and legacies

Grants/donations are recognised in incoming resources in the year in which they are receivable, except as follows:

- Charitable activities

Gallery income - income from the gallery is included in incoming resources in the period in which the relevant exhibition, hire, or activity takes place.

Project specific funding - when donors specify that donations and grants are for particular restricted purposes, which do not amount to pre-conditions regarding entitlement, this income is included in incoming resources of restricted funds when receivable.

- Donated services and facilities

Donated services or facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. On receipt, donated services and facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

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- Investment income

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

1.3. Expenditure

All expenditure is included on an accruals basis inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered and is recognised when:

- Costs of raising funds

Costs incurred in attracting donations, and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds.

- Charitable activities

Gallery costs - costs incurred in running the gallery.

- Support costs

The administrative and overhead costs associated with running the office from which the company operates as well as governance costs. Support costs are wholly attributable to theatre production costs.

- Governance costs

Costs associated with the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity.

1.4. Fund accounting

Funds held by the charity are either:

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

1.5. Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Individual fixed assets costing £500 or more are capitalised at cost.

Depreciation is provided at annual rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:

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1.6. Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid after taking account of any trade discounts due.

1.7. Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

1.8. Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

1.9. Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the profit and loss account as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

1.10. Financial Instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value, and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

1.11. Significant Accounting Estimates and Judgements

In determining the carrying amounts of certain assets and liabilities, the charity makes assumptions of the effects of uncertain future events on those assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date. The charity's estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and expectation of future events and are reviewed annually.

2. Incoming resources

The total incoming resources for the year have been derived from the principal activity undertaken wholly in the UK.

3.

Net income/(expenditure) for the year is 2022 2021
stated after charging: £ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 69,660 69,747
Independent Examiner's remuneration
- independent examination 3,000 2,000
- other services 850 1,000

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4. Trustees' emoluments and reimbursed expenses

The trustees received no remuneration during the year (2021 - £nil).

The aggregated amount reimbursed to trustees during the year was £nil (2021 - £nil).

5.

Staff costs and numbers
Staff costs
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2022
£
94,205
3,346
2,103
99,654		 2021
£
86,060
3,199
1,832
91,091

No employee earned £60,000 or more during the year (2021 - nil).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the Trustees and the Senior Management Team. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £39,540 (2021 - £37,000).

Staff numbers

The average numbers of full-time equivalent employees (including casual and part time staff) during the year was made up as follows:


Administration		 2022
Number

5
5		 2021
Number
3
3

6. Pension costs

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of its employees. The scheme and its assets are held by independent managers. The pension charge represents contributions due from the company and amounted to £2,103 (2021 - £1,832).

7. Grants - London Borough of Southwark

In accordance with sub-section 37(4) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, these grants have been fully utilised in accordance with the terms under which they were originally granted and have been fully expended on revenue items in the normal course of the company's business.

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Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

8. Corporation Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.

9.

Fixed assets - tangible assets
Short
Short
Fixtures/
leasehold
leasehold
fittings/
property 1
property 2
equipment
£
£
£
Cost
1 April 2021
979,190
624,946
20,711
Additions
-
-
665
31 March 2022
979,190
624,946
21,376
Depreciation
1 April 2021
422,642
512,984
20,711
Charge for year
43,151
26,343
166
31 March 2022
465,793
539,327
20,877
Net book values
31 March 2022
513,397
85,619
499
31 March 2021
556,548
111,962
-		 Total
£
1,624,847
665
1,625,512
956,337
69,660
1,025,997
599,515
668,510

Short leasehold property 1 - Dilston Gallery

Short leasehold property 2 - Lake Gallery

The Big Lottery Fund has a charge over Dilston Gallery, and therefore it is not possible to sell or transfer the assets.

10.
Debtors
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments		 2022
£
4,595
-
7,887
12,482		 2021
£
16,252
1,147
6,660
24,059

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Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

11.
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
Trade creditors
Other taxation/social security
Other creditors
Accruals
Deferred income (note 12)
12.
Deferred income
Balance at 1 April 2021
Amount released to incoming resources
Balance at 31 March 2022		 2022
£
7,457
2,386
7,372
3,000
-
20,215		 2021
£
10,741
1,071
6,872
3,000
5,375
27,059
£
5,375
)
(5,375
-

Deferred income relates to income from donations and legacies received in advance.

13. Limited by guarantee

The private limited company is limited by guarantee, is registered in EW - England & Wales, and does not have a share capital. Each member gives a guarantee to contribute a sum, not exceeding £1, to the company should it be wound up. At 31 March 2022 there were 9 members.

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Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

14. Unrestricted funds Brought Incoming Outgoing Transfers Carried
forward resources resources forward
£ £ £ £ £
General fund 48,865 253,967 )
(292,256		 58,375 68,951
Designated funds:
Lease liability fund 25,000 - - )
(25,000		 -
Operational fund 47,000 - - 22,200 69,200
Free reserves 6,286 - - 13,919 20,205
127,151 253,967 )
(292,256		 69,494 158,356

Lease liability fund

This fund has been set up to cover lease liabilities.

Operational fund

A fund to cover three month operational wind down and redundancy costs.

Free reserves

Designated to a fund for free use.

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Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

15.
Restricted funds
Fixed assets
Capital programme
RIVA
The Paul & Louise Cooke
Endowment
North Southwark
Environmental Trust
Section 106 LBS Cultural
Commission
Babette & Alan Sainsbury
Trust
Colwinston Trust
United St Saviour's Charity
Co-Op Community Fund
Community Council
Big Lottery Community
Seniors Fund
British Land
Cockayne Community
Capital Fund for the Arts
ACE Covid Emergency Fund
for the Arts CRF2
Southwark Charities Senior
Art Club		 Brought
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers
forward
resources
resources
£
£
£
£
668,510
-
-
)
(69,494
4,513
-
)
(1,284
-
13,628
-
)
(13,457
-
5,000
15,000
)
(5,750
-
382
-
)
(382
-
1,000
-
-
-
10,377
-
)
(2,615
-
7,000
-
)
(7,000
-
5,825
-
)
(5,825
-
2,258
-
)
(1,225
-
6,000
-
)
(6,000
-
6,799
-
)
(4,660
-
150
-
-
-
-
25,000
-
-
-
82,959
)
(82,959
-
-
4,686
-
-
731,442
127,645
)
(131,157
)
(69,494		 Carried
forward
£
599,016
3,229
171
14,250
-
1,000
7,762
-
-
1,033
-
2,139
150
25,000
-
4,686
658,436

Fixed assets

This fund consists of grants/donations received specifically for the purchase of fixed assets. The funds are transferred to the general fund over the expected useful life of the assets.

The balance at 31 March 2022 is attributable to:
Short leasehold property - Lake Gallery
Short leasehold property - Dilston Gallery		 £
85,619
513,397
599,016

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Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

Capital programme

This project will address the operational requirements of contemporary art venue, Dilston Grove, contributing to long-term sustainability, financial security and increased artistic flexibility. The introduction of new windows and a bespoke black-out system will also complete the renovation of the venue.

RIVA

Community involvement in the Arts supporting the learning/community programme by providing creative artist educators free workshops and school visits.

The Paul & Louise Cooke Endowment

Annual exhibition support for 2020 and 2021 Southwark Park Galleries: Lake Gallery and Dilston Gallery.

North Southwark Environmental Trust

Workshops for free Senior Art School sessions encompassing the geographical area of Southwark Park for adults over 50.

Section 106 LBS Cultural Commission

A maintenance grant for bird boxes, a Section 106 public art commission.

Babette & Alan Sainsbury Trust

Commencing January 1 2019, a provision of two year support for community engagement. Free Testbed Short Courses in the Arts, to provide skills-based learning to 13-19 -year olds in Southwark.

Colwinston Trust

Funding towards commissioning and production costs, and presentation in Wales & London of Bedwyr William's exhibition in 2020-21.

United St Saviour's Charity

Funding towards My Story My Neighbourhood: Mayflower Art Projects

Co-Op Community Fund

Community funding for the Bothy Community building and free gardening sessions for children.

Community Council

Provision of free Allotment Club for low income families living in North Bermondsey and Surrey Docks and sessions in the community garden.

Big Lottery Community Seniors Fund

Free Art School sessions for Seniors.

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Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

British Land

Commissioning Flag Award for artist designed flags located at Lake Gallery & Dilston Gallery.

Cockayne Community Capital Fund for the Arts

Funding to develop plans for improving the use, function and energy efficiency of Lake Gallery, Southwark Park. Project was extended due to Covid-19 and will be completed in September 2022.

ACE Covid Emergency Fund for the Arts CRF2

Creative re-emergence strategy, costs towards Cultural Recovery 2022. This was part of the Culture Recovery Fund Second Round managed by Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

Southwark Charities Senior Art Club

Provision of Seniors Art School workshops. One year of funding to provide for four 2-day Seniors Art School workshops including Artist-Educator fees, Learning Assistant Fees, materials, publicity and project management .

16. Analysis of net assets between funds

General
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
Fund balances at 31 March 2022
are represented by:
Tangible fixed assets
-
-
599,515
Net current assets
68,951
89,405
58,921
68,951
89,405
658,436		 Total
£
599,515
217,277
816,792

17. Financial commitments

At 31 March 2022 the company had future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, with payments falling due as follows:

Due:
Within one year
Between one and five years		 2022
£
16,013
36,589
52,602		 2021
£
16,013
52,604
68,617

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Bermondsey Artists' Group

(Limited by Guarantee)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

18. Related party transactions

During the year the company had no related party transactions that required disclosure.

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