2022-03-31-accounts - Balik Arts

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BALIK ARTS ANNUAL REPORT April 2021 – March 2022

The slow emergence from Covid-19 restrictions in the UK and beyond made this another slightly peculiar year for Balik Arts. Online projects continued to dominate our service delivery as people and organisations remained wary of face-to-face interaction. However, as the year rolled on, in person activities began to re-emerge much to our, and definitely our beneficiaries’, delight. It became apparent how severely Covid-19 had impacted on young people with regard to social interaction, education and employment. In effect, they had lost 18 months of normal development. Anxieties abounded around poor job prospects, expensive housing, social isolation and being discriminated against by educational institutions and employers due to not sitting exams. Young people were acutely aware of the diminishing opportunities for social mobility for their generation and the fact that they will have poorer prospects than their parents.

Balik Arts continued to benefit from Covid-19 recovery funding which enabled us to enjoy stability as an organisation and ensure we had key staff in place so we could effectively coordinate activities for young people. This was a godsend. Alternatives for European funding, however, remained elusive. The government’s Turing Scheme opened but only to educational institutions while other UK main funding programmes proved incredibly oversubscribed, competitive and difficult to access. We continue to remain alert to potential opportunities, particularly for our much-anticipated music project, Mediterranean Rhythms.

A fantastic achievement for Balik Arts this year was becoming London Youth Quality Mark Bronze Level accredited. This award will greatly enhance our future funding endeavours and, most importantly, ensure we are providing the best possible environment for our staff, volunteers and young people.

YOUNG TRAINEE PROGRAMME:

This valuable piece of work saw Balik Arts continue our successful young trainee programme offering young people the chance to learn on the job about NGO project management and receive essential support and mentoring. Trainees also benefited from external tuition in digital media alongside positive intergenerational sharing and exchange. Two trainees are part of the National Apprenticeship Scheme and working towards Level 3 Business Administration. In total, we worked intensively with six young people over the year with one going on to university and the other into employment. The trainee programme has been of significant benefit to young people in terms of preparing them fully for the world of study and work and also for Balik Arts in providing a vital injection of new energy and youth-led ideas.

YOUNG FILM PROGRAMMERS GROUP (BALIK YOUTH):

Balik Arts has been a staunch advocate of young people being at the heart of film programming and through this project were able to support this vision further. We excelled ourselves in running double the workshops originally planned and facilitating learning from

an array of film sector and digital professionals. The inclusion of some of our young volunteers from Turkey and Germany enhanced the dynamic interculturally and gave valuable exposure to the different ways the film sector operates in other countries. We are very proud of the group and it has been fantastic to watch them grow and develop into a proactive and confident force. The group’s first film screening, Papicha, will be held in April 2022 and they hope to run a whole series of films featuring strong young female protagonists. They will also be a part of the programming team for the 4[th] edition of our Taste of Anatolia Film Festival.

TASTE OF ANATOLIA:

In September we were able to realise the 3[rd] edition of Taste of Anatolia. We had hoped to have in person screenings but the lasting impact of Covid-19 saw venues reluctant to host events. Not to be deterred, we took our film festival online and were able to showcase the best of new independent cinema from Turkey via our online platform Balik Arts TV in the form of 8 feature films and 30 shorts. This was perhaps our most inclusive and eclectic festival programme yet, with the media calling the selection, to our joy, edgy. Genres ranged from crime to comedy to sci-fi while themes incorporated LGBTQ+ issues, youth, women, human rights, climate crisis, Covid-19, disability, race, ethnicity and migration. During the festival Balik Arts TV received 5,499 visits, 920 views and 626 individual visitors.

STRATEGIC PLANNING WEEKEND:

In an acknowledgement that Covid-19 had irrevocably changed mindsets and how things operate in the UK and globally, the decision was made to hold a strategic planning away day in July. At Fitzwilliam College Cambridge over two days, a mix of young people, staff, volunteers and trustees came together to team build and brainstorm on the future trajectory of the organisation. Much inspiration abounded with tangible results around new projects and income streams.

A GOOD START (GREECE):

Our first transnational foray since the start of the pandemic was a noteworthy occasion. Two staff members and two young people headed to Sparta to join partners from the Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Spain, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Greece to partnership build and plan new youth projects. It was a bittersweet experience for Balik Arts as although potential partners and projects were plentiful, the consequences of Brexit formed formidable obstacles. Consolation was sought in that through our participation in ‘A Good Start’, Balik Arts could still contribute to the European vision and ethos.

FILM BEYOND BORDERS (ITALY):

September saw Balik Arts finally return to our own transnational activities after the hiatus caused by Covid-19. This was both exhilarating and relieving for us as an organisation as it felt as if our work was finally getting back on track. Two members of staff and a volunteer travelled to Trento in Italy for the Advance Planning Visit for the Film Beyond Borders project. Meetings and site visits took place with our Italian and Turkish partners while we

were also able to attend the Religion Today Film Festival which will form the basis of the youth exchange to be held in September 2022.

WIND OF CHANGE (SINT MAARTEN):

Our most significant achievement of the year was the successful realisation of our Wind of Change project in the Caribbean. We managed to overcome several logistical hurdles, Covid-19, visas, transport, technology, to finally bring together 29 youth workers and young people from the UK, Romania, Turkey, Anguilla and Sint Maarten to consider racism and the post-colonial legacy for Europe and the Caribbean. We were joined by Patrick Vernon, a renown social commentator and campaigner for Caribbean cultural heritage and social justice in the UK. What followed was ten days of real exploration and enlightenment as Europe and the Caribbean interacted and learned with each other. This project was particularly pertinent in light of the Windrush Scandal in the UK and we are incredibly proud that we have been able to celebrate, and appreciate, the long standing ties with the Caribbean in a positive light.

Looking to the coming year, April will see the delivery of our Actors for Change project in Bodrum, Turkey after a delay of two years, again due to Covid-19. This will be followed by three youth exchanges, two for the Film Beyond Borders project in Trento, Italy and Yozgat Turkey and one in Brindisi, Italy for Climate Action. We have much to look forward to.

Tuğba Tırpan Chair June 2022

BALIK ARTS

Company Registration No: 3785504 Charity Registration No: 1081325

DIRECTOR’S/TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

BALIK ARTS CONTENTS Company Information Accountant’s Report Directors Report Balance Sheet Statement of Financial Activities Notes to the Financial Statements Detailed Income and Expenditure Account	Page 1 2 3 4 5 6-7-8 9

Page 9 does not form part of the statutory accounts.

BALIK ARTS COMPANY INFORMATION

Management Committee

Management Committee Atil Eylem Atakav Tugba Tirpan (Chair) Murat Sinan Yilmaz (Treasurer) Fiona Annette Crehan Company No 3785504 Charity No 1081325 Registered Office Future Business Centre Kings Hedges Road Cambridge CB4 2HY Accountants F&A Accountancy Ltd 355 Bowes Road London N11 1AA

BALIK ARTS Company registration No: 3785504 Charity Registration No: 1081325

ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT on the unaudited accounts to the directors/trustees of Balik Arts.

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

As described on the Balance Sheet you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 set out on pages 2 to 9 and you consider That the company is exempt from an audit and reports under section 477 (2) of the Companies Act 2006.

In accordance with instruction given to us, we have compiled these unaudited accounts in order to assist you to fulfil your statuary responsibilities, from accounting records and information and explanations supplied to us, we report that they are in accordance with therewith.

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Date: 19/10/2022

F&A Accountancy Ltd 355 Bowes Road London N11 1AA

BALIK ARTS DIRECT RS, TEE RT The TrusteeslDirectors present their rewt iogether with the financial SeMeftts f( the year ended 31 March 2022. The company Is a registered charity established forthe adVanrnent of education, l. fjil. particularty the arts and cultures of the Turkish. Kurdish and Cywiot coninunities in UK. i l Results The deficit for the year Add: Accumulated fund bff isl, Balance on the alxumulated fund aOUnt vthith the directors recommend be carried forward 43,497 Dlrnctorsifrustees The directors are set out on the company Infomiation page. As the company limited by guarantee no directors had any interest therein. The Stantsd wistitution of the Charity requires the Trustees to prepare financial Il}/. statements for each financial year. Nthich give a true and fair view of the state of affars and of the surplus or deficit for that period in preparing Ihese fancIal statements the tNstees are required to: select suitable accounting policies and Ihen apply them consistentty; ',¢g)' • make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent: , ,1, • prepare the fmancol ststements on a going COncn basis unless it is I, Inappropriale to wesume that the company will continue in lyjsiness. . The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disdose with reasonable accuracy at any tlme the financial posiiion of the Charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for iaking reasonable steps for the preventton and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Signed on bthaif of the Management Commltte8 1112.f./tP.Z.L Tugba Tirpan Chair

BALIK ARTS BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2022

FIXED ASSETS Tangible Fixed Assets CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank and in hand Debtors CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors falling due within one year NET CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors falling due after more than one year NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) FUNDS Net Incoming Resources/( Expended Resources) Fund Balance b/f Fund Balance c/f	Notes 2 6 7 8		2022 £ 7,263 20,086 2,349 22,435 5,011 17,424 24,687 - 24,687 (43,497) 68,184 24,687		2021 £ 8,857 74,706 4,132
					78,838 19,511 59,327
					68,184 - 68,184
					66,583 1,601 68,184

a) For the year ending 31 March 2022 the company was entitled to exemtion from audit under section 477(2) of the Companies Act 2006 relating to the small companies regime.

b) The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act.

c) The directors acknkowledge their responsibility:

I) ensuring the company keeps accounting records which comply with Section 286; and

ii) preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year, and of its profit or loss for the financial year, in accordance with the requirements of section 393, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act relating to accounts, so far as is applicable to the company.

d) These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Approved by the Management Committee and signed on their behalf.

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11/25/2022 Date: ...........................

Tugba Tirpan Chair

BALIK ARTS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

INCOMING RESOURCES Grants Donation and Fund Raising JRS Grant (HMRC) Other Income TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Direct Charitable Expenditure Management and Administration TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED NET INCOMING RESOURCES/ FOUND TRANSFERED (RESOURCES EXPENDED) TOTAL FUNDS B/F TOTAL FUNDS C/F	Notes 3 4 5	Unrestricted Funds £ - - - - - - 3,820 3,820 (3,820) 55,017 51,197	Restricted Funds £ 60,112 - - 60,112 86,632 13,157 99,789 (39,677) 19,471 (20,206)

There were no recognised gains or losses for 2021 or 2022 other than those in the statement of Financial Activities.

The attached notes form part of these financial statements

BALIK ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared under the historic cost convention and include the results of the Charity’s operations which are described in the Trustees’ Report and all of which are continuing.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the statements of Recommended Practice for Charity Accounts.

The Charity has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Standard No.1 from the requirement to produce a cash flow statement.

1.2 Income

Sundry incomes are accounted for as received by the charity. All other income is accounted for on an accruals basis. No permanent endowments have been received in the year.

1.3 Taxation

Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the Charity, and as such is included in the relevant costs in the Statements of Financial Activities.

1.4 Management and Administration Expenditure

Expenditure on management and administration of the Charity includes all expenditure not directly related to the charitable activity or fund-raising ventures. This includes office running costs and accountancy fee.

2	TANGIBLE ASSETS Cost At 31.03.2021 Addition At 31.03.2022 Depreciation At 31.03.2021 Charge for the year At 31.03.2022 Net Book Value At 31.03.2021 At 31.03.2022	Equipment £ 13,498 -
		13,498
		4,641 1,594
		6,235
		8,857 7,263

3 GRANTS RECEIVED

Grants have been received to fund the various activities as follows:

Unresticted Restricted Funds Funds £ £ British Council/Ecorys (FBB) - Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - British Council/Ecorys (Climate Action) - British Council/Ecorys (Wind of Change) - City Bridge Turst/TNLCF covid-19 response Fund - GLA Young Londoners Fund - Antalya- 2nd Connection - Amazon Smile 5 Cambridge Film Trust 300 Cinema For All (British Federation) 150 Easy Fund Raising - Amazon 11 Education & Skills Funding Agency (Apprenticeship) 3,000 Film Hub South East (ICO) 2,500 General 200 Good Start (Sparta) 942 ICO(Young Film Programmers) 2,145 Story Kitchen 406 Tees Ltd (TOA) 250 Eda Quality Foods Ltd (TOA) 250 Wave5-The National Lottery Community 49,953 60,112	Total 2022 £ - - - - - - - 5 300 150 11 3,000 2,500 200 942 2,145 406 250 250 49,953 60,112	Total 2021 37,021 17,000 17,039 22,110 49,882 2,600 983 - - - - - - - - - - - -
		146,635

4 DIRECT CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE

Unresticted Funds £ Tutor Fees - Freelancers - Salaries and NIC - Computer and IT expenses - Print, postage and stationery - Publicity - Staff Training and Welfare - Accomodation Travel Exp - Telephone and Internet - Foods & Refreshment - General Expenses - -	Restricted Funds £ 3,216 17,285 31,016 1,188 4,294 1,069 288 2,358 19,187 1,321 - 5,410 86,632	Total 2022 £ 3,216 17,285 31,016 1,188 4,294 1,069 288 2,358 19,187 1,321 - 5,410 86,632	Total 2021 £ 14,780 12,766 27,215 4,414 130 51 2,091 8,451 135 3,475 131 475 74,114

5 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

6 7 8	Unresticted Funds £ Rent, rates and utilities 1,662 Insurance - Accountancy - Consultancy - Subscriptions 1,930 Staff training 228 Depreciation - Bank charges and interests - 3,820 DEBTORS: Grants A/C Suspense A/C Sundry Debtors CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year: Social security and other taxes Sundry creditors and accruals CREDITORS: Amounts falling due after more than one year: Trustees loan Bank Loan Private Loan	Restricted Funds £ - 1,304 1,500 8,500 - - 1,594 259 13,157		Total 2022 £ 1,662 1,304 1,500 8,500 1,930 228 1,594 259 16,977 2022 £ - - 2,349 2,349 2022 £ - 5,011 5,011 2022 £ - - - -		Total 2021 £ 3,381 982 3,440 1,610 431 286 1,593 312 12,035 2021 £ 203 3,929 - 4,132 2021 £ 2,126 17,385 19,511 2021 £ - - - -