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2024-03-31-accounts

Registered Company Number 04015695 Registered Charity Number 1082267

DARK HORSE THEATRE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Dark Horse Theatre

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

Contents
Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 5
Independent Examiner's Report 6
Statement of Financial Activities 7
Balance Sheet 8
Notes to the Financial Statements 9 to 15
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 16 to 17

Dark Horse Theatre Chair's Report For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

2023-2024 saw Dark Horse consolidating its new structure, and the next chapter of its history, with Iain Bloomfield beginning his tenure as Executive Director alongside Creative Director Amy Cunningham. Together, they oversaw a year in which the company stepped up its activity by pursuing creative and radical new projects and opening its doors to many more members. The strategic vision of Dark Horse was further strengthened by the further development of the Steering Committee, comprised of the company’s actors with learning disabilities and formalising their capacity to influence, lead and shape the direction of the company.

In June, the actors’ ensemble was back on creative duty, enchanting audiences with To Be Us, a commissioned work for Holmfirth Arts Festival which explores the connections between people and the planet. In November they revisited the world of previous show #Unit21 and developed it into a thrilling immersive experience in Huddersfield’s Smile Bar. Working in partnership with HOOT, Party People Project, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Beautiful Octopus Club and Music in Kirklees, the project engaged community participants across the region, creating indelible memories, and a huge amount of fun, for all who attended.

We also welcomed two new members of staff with responsibility for major Dark Horse projects: Matilda O’Grady took on the role of Actor Training Co-ordinator, running the AcT student training programme to develop the next generation of learning disabled and neurodiverse performers, funded by the Igen Trust; and Dan Cox was appointed Young Company Manager, managing the new National Lottery funded IGNITE project for young people with learning disabilities in Huddersfield and Dewsbury.

With a whole raft of new talent now in place for the company, both onstage and off, all at Dark Horse are very excited for the future as we continue to change the artistic and social landscape for learning disabled and neurodiverse theatre-makers.

Signed

_________ D A Calvert

18/12/2024 Date

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Dark Horse Theatre Report of the Trustees For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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) (effective 1 January 2019).

Objectives and Activities

Introduction

Dark Horse Theatre inspires people through the creation and dissemination of innovative theatre and theatre related activities, demonstrating though its work that learning disabled and neurodivergent people can make brilliant and life changing art.

Through this the company promotes inclusion amongst people who have little or no access to the arts, often working with people in areas of high economic and social deprivation. The company encourages rather than cajoles, provides opportunities for life-long learning, training and employment and seeks, through making theatre and digital work in collaboration with a wide range of artists, to change the way that people both learning disabled and non-learning disabled perceive the world.

The company continues to evolve and grow in positive ways – we were joined by Matilda O’Grady who will run our Igen funded Student training course and Dan Cox who runs our newly funded youth provision in both Huddersfield and Dewsbury, Ignite.

The company continued to make the adventurous, artist and audience relevant performance work outlined in the Business Plan and has pushed forward in its wider engagements both online and in person.

Objectives and aims

The objective of the charity is for people with learning disabilities to be given equal opportunities to train and work in live, digital and recorded arts.

Achievements and Performance

#Unit21: AfterParty

Made in partnership with Party People Project, Hoot, Beautiful Octopus Club, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Lucy Lee, Rebecca Constable, Ben Glover and Tracy Gibbs, the project engaged with a wide range of young adults through to elders who are learning disabled or living with autism spectrum disorders.

We created an immersive site-specific performance that centred access and agency - the participants, the performers and the planning committee created the club night they wanted to attend. They worked alongside designer Rebecca Constable to create a scenography that linked the club, the bar and the chill out spaces; with lighting designer Tracy Gibbs and Videographer Ben Glover to ensure that the light based elements were accessible to people with light sensitivities; they undertook DJing workshops and DJ’d the evening alongside James Heselwood of Party People Project; and created their own digital kinetic sculptures which were projected on the night. Outside of the small bits of set and costume we recycled from #Unit21 everything was designed and made by project participants.

We partnered with Kirklees College, Bespoke, Active Social Care, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Beautiful Octopus Club, More2Do (Mencap), Waves and Birch Tree Centre to reach learning disabled and autism spectrum participants and worked in their spaces and in our Piazza base.

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Dark Horse Theatre Report of the Trustees For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

145 people attended the night and 474 were engaged in the project as makers etc. or watched it via the livestream.

Following the completion of #Unit21:Afterparty the company began work on a small commission for inclusion in the Summer 2024 Huddersfield Literature Festival.

To Be Us

At the beginning of the financial year the company was commissioned to make an outdoor performance for the Holmfirth Arts Festival in June 2023. Focussing on our relationship with the planet and its environment the show played to large and enthusiastic outdoor audiences and succeeded in avoiding bad weather and getting a lot of people participating in its joyful finale. Elements of the show were then adapted by Ekaterina Chokova and the Acting Ensemble into a workshop style performance which was taken to Cloverleaf Advocacy’s Picnic in the Park at Greenhead Park, Huddersfield.

Student Course

Following the departure of Libbie Saunders, the company ran 8 weeks of residencies with a range of performance artists with the student cohort. Izzy Britain, who specialises in poetry, story making and dance; Anna Cabre, who specialises in contemporary dance and singing; Xolani Crabtree, a movement director; and Lucie Lee, whose work centres around movement in digital performance. The whole process was documented by film maker Eva McQuade and was turned into a documentary ’I Belong’ which will be released in early 24/25 and entered for film festivals.

We were joined by Matilda O’Grady, fresh from a Masters’ Degree at the Central School of Speech and Drama, who spent the rest of the year exploring puppetry, object manipulation and shadow work.

Ignite

Ignite is being funded through generous three year funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. Following a successful pilot of a young company, we were able to secure funding to develop and start to deliver work with learning disabled and neurodivergent young people across two sites, one in a community run space in Dewsbury and one at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield.

We recruited Dan Cox, who has a First Class Contemporary Theatre degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Whilst the socio-economic and arts expectation gaps between the two bases is stark, both have recruited well and there has been little drop out, which indicates (as does the extremely positive feedback) that there is both a need and a desire for this work and that we are delivering against both.

The National Lottery, as a thoughtful funder, is keen to learn from the projects it funds and therefore Dan and Executive Director, Iain Bloomfield, have given considerable time to devising innovative and wide ranging data capture methods to allow us to consider the successes and failures of the project longitudinally.

Digital and Social Media

Following on from the successes we have had over the last year and based on the realisation that ‘content is king’ we have continued to populate our social media platforms as richly as possible. We centred this around a campaign “It Takes a Village” that sought to open up the range of people and roles needed to allow us to do what we do.

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Dark Horse Theatre Report of the Trustees For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

This work allowed the company to start laying out in public the narratives that we will want to be following up with funding bids and over-arching projects in the coming years.

We saw engagements rise, and an increased international reach – important if we wish to continue making digital work - even against last year but are becoming aware that if we want to progress in this area we will need to take a strategic approach to creation and dissemination and will need to explore how that might happen.

The company exceeded 10 million discrete hits across its social media platforms, which for a small theatre company in Huddersfield is something to be very proud of.

Community Engagement

The company continued to put flesh to the bones of its desire to be a community resource – continuing to work with both the police and student nurses, working with SEND education provision and in mainstream education – both led this year by Ignite recruitment.

We also worked closely with the Kirklees Cultural Leaders Group who are seeking a more strategic relationship with the wider cultural provision within the district.

Financial Review

At year end the charity unrestricted reserves had increased to £71,752 (2023: 65,769 as restated).

The Coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of the trustees' aim to maintain a healthy level of reserves. At least 3 months of expenditure are retained to cover working capital requirements, to enable the company to continue its charitable activities during short term funding gaps and to pay for time sensitive one off projects that help to further the work of the company. Additionally, the trustees have also agreed that any actor or student from a socio-economically deprived background will have their fees wholly or partially waived – no one will be excluded because of inability to pay fees. The current level of reserves also takes into account uncertainty about return to business as usual post the Coronavirus pandemic.

Beyond that investment and sound planning and timely fundraising should ensure that the company continues to be resilient and that the appropriate level of reserves is maintained.

Structure, Governance and Management Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Organisational structure

The board of trustees remained strong, filling any skills gaps that assist the company and its forward momentum. Coming out of the pandemic the company launched an Actors Steering Committee. Made up of the company actors the steering committee meets before every trustees meeting, following the agenda, commenting and discussing its content before that is fed back in the more formal board of trustees meeting. Meetings are held quarterly with the AGM towards the end of the year.

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Dark Horse Theatre Report of the Trustees For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

Staffing

The company continued with its core staff of 3.5 full time equivalent staff. Additional input from a regular volunteer finance assistant, freelance tutors and project workers, highly skilled professionals from the theatre and business worlds were also employed as required. Many on fixed term contracts in a variety of roles relevant to the work programme of a producing theatre company.

Reference and Administrative Details

Charity name

Dark Horse Theatre

Registered Charity number

1082267

Charity's principal address

Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD1 2SP

Trustees

D A Calvert V A Javin S J Diamant D R Cuthbertson

Company Secretary

I Bloomfield

Independent Examiner

Birdsall & Armstrong Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Kershaw House 80 Fitzwilliam Street Huddersfield HD1 5BB

Approved by order of the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by: O—\ /) . [;—)

_________ D A Calvert

Date 18/12/2024

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Dark Horse Theatre Independent Examiners' Report For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Dark Horse Theatre ("the Trust")

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s 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 Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination 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 records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns 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.

Signed

Date 18 December 2024

Francesca Haigh ACCA FMAAT ATT(fellow) Birdsall & Armstrong Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Kershaw House 80 Fitzwilliam Street Huddersfield HD1 5BB

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Dark Horse Theatre Statement of Financial Activities (including summary income and expenditure account) For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

Notes
INCOME
3
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities:
Actor training and workshops
Productions
Other income
Investments
Total
EXPENDITURE
4
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities:
Actor training and workshops
Productions
Other income
Total
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
11
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 2024
2023
Unrestricted Restricted
Total
Prior year
funds
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
895
-
895
4,060
44,428
66,893
111,321
102,759
4,876
28,500
33,376
5,000
-
-
-
4,605
3,805
-
3,805
10
54,004
95,393
149,397
116,434
660
-
-
660
-
4,950
84,681
40,129
124,810
127,311
1,028
22,103
23,130
21,488
231
-
231
1,040
85,279
62,232
147,511
154,789
31,275
-
33,161
1,886
38,355
-
37,257
37,257
-
-
-
5,982
4,096
-
1,886
38,355
-
65,769
20,623
86,392
111,593
71,752
16,527
88,278
73,238

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Dark Horse Theatre Balance Sheet For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
**Unrestricted ** Restricted Total Prior year
funds funds funds funds
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 8 - - - 231
Current assets
Debtors 9 44,433 29,198 73,631 48,901
Cash at bank and in hand 61,725 3,765 65,490 73,582
Total current assets 106,158 32,963 139,120 122,483
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year 10 - 34,406 - 16,436
-		 - 50,842
-		 - 36,322
-
Net current assets 71,752 16,526 88,278 86,161
Total net assets 71,752 16,526 88,278 86,392
Funds of the Charity 11
Restricted income funds - 16,527 16,527 20,623
Unrestricted funds 71,752 - 71,752 65,769
Total funds 71,752 16,527 88,278 86,392

The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

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

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.

______ D A Calvert Date 18/12/2024

The notes on pages 9 To 15 form part of these financial statements.

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Dark Horse Theatre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

1 General Information

Dark Horse Theatre Registered number 04015695 is a charitable company incorporated in England and Wales, Charity number 1082267. The registered office is Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 2SP.

2 Accounting Policies

2.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with: the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and with the Charities Act 2011.Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

2.2 Funds structure

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Where there is a legal restriction on the purpose to which a fund may be put, the fund is classified as a restricted fund. Restricted funds are those where the donor has provided for the donation to be spent in furtherance of a specified charitable purpose.

2.3 Income

Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.

Income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is more likely than not that the resources will be received and the monetary value can be measure with sufficient reliability,

2.4 Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.

Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

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Dark Horse Theatre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

2.5 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:

Fixtures & fittings Computer equipment

20% straight line 33.33% straight line

2.6 Taxation

The charity is exempt from Corporation tax on its charitable activities.

2.7 Leases

Rentals applicable to operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as incurred.

2.8 Pensions

The charity operates a defined pension contribution scheme. Contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

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Dark Horse Theatre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Prior year
funds funds funds funds
£ £ £ £
3 Income
3.1 Donations and legacies
Donations 895 - 895 1,326
3.2 Charitable activities
Actor training and workshops:
Grants - 66,893 66,893 38,700
Actor training fees 36,970 - 36,970 36,630
External workshops 7,458 - 7,458 12,356
Productions:
Grants - 28,500 28,500 73,985
Ticket sales 4,876 - 4,876 5,328
Other income:
Other income - - - 12,516
49,305 95,393 144,697 179,515
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Arts Council England - 28,500 28,500 58,284
National Lottery - 21,605 21,605 5,990
Igen Trust - 26,109 26,109 25,602
Rix Thompson Rothenberg - 5,000 5,000 5,000
Rank Foundation - 14,179 14,179 17,809
- 95,393 95,393 112,685
3.3 Investments
Deposit account interest 3,805 - 3,805 1,272
4 Expenditure
4.1 Raising funds
Fundraising costs - 660
 - - 660
 4,083
4.2 Charitable activities
Actor training and workshops:
Wages 56,010 36,034 92,044 82,519
Social security - 253
 1,823 1,571 768
Pensions 1,153 517 1,670 829
Freelance staff 6,611 1,625 8,236 12,120
Travel and accommodation 3,305 9 3,314 3,383
Publicity 1,434 47 1,481 2,879
Production and workshop costs 2,595 75 2,670 5,232
Overheads 13,824 - 13,824 13,106

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Dark Horse Theatre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

Charitable activities continued
Productions:
Freelance staff
-
7,885
7,885
23,089
Travel and accommodation
-
744
744
5,259
Publicity
-
1,280
1,280
1,000
Production and workshop costs
-
9,201
9,201
13,303
Rent of rehearsal space and ven
1,028
2,993
4,020
Casting fees:
Depreciation of tangible fixed as
231
-
231
1,390
85,939
62,232
148,171
164,876
5
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging:
2024
2023
£
£
Depreciation
231
1,390
Operating lease rentals:
Property
3,956
5,439
Independent examiner's fees
1,888
1,075
6
Paid employees
6.1
Staff costs
2024
2023
£
£
Salaries and wages
92,044
82,519
Social security costs
1,571
768
Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)
1,670
829
Staff and volunteer expenses, travel, training
6,683
9,656
Freelance staff
16,121
35,209
Recruitment fees
274
1,170
118,364
130,151
No employee has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2023 - nil).
2024
2023
£
£
Total amount paid to key management
17,344
20,037		 Charitable activities continued
Productions:
Freelance staff
-
7,885
7,885
23,089
Travel and accommodation
-
744
744
5,259
Publicity
-
1,280
1,280
1,000
Production and workshop costs
-
9,201
9,201
13,303
Rent of rehearsal space and ven
1,028
2,993
4,020
Casting fees:
Depreciation of tangible fixed as
231
-
231
1,390
85,939
62,232
148,171
164,876
5
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging:
2024
2023
£
£
Depreciation
231
1,390
Operating lease rentals:
Property
3,956
5,439
Independent examiner's fees
1,888
1,075
6
Paid employees
6.1
Staff costs
2024
2023
£
£
Salaries and wages
92,044
82,519
Social security costs
1,571
768
Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)
1,670
829
Staff and volunteer expenses, travel, training
6,683
9,656
Freelance staff
16,121
35,209
Recruitment fees
274
1,170
118,364
130,151
No employee has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2023 - nil).
2024
2023
£
£
Total amount paid to key management
17,344
20,037		 7,885
7,885
23,089
744
744
5,259
1,280
1,280
1,000
9,201
9,201
13,303
2,993
4,020
-
231
1,390
85,939 62,232
148,171
164,876

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Dark Horse Theatre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

7

6.2
Average number of employees
Average number of employees during the year was:
Charitable activities
Governance
Defined contribution pension scheme
Amount of contributions recognised		 2024
2023
£
£
4
3
1
1
5
4
2024
2023
£
£
1,670
829

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund. At the balance sheet date unpaid contributions of £2,600 (2023 £47) were due to the fund. They are included in Other Creditors.

8 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2023
Additions
At 31 March 2024
Depreciaton
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2024
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023
Debtors and prepayments
Trade debtors
Bad debt provision
VAT
Theatre tax relief
Prepayments and accrued income		 Computer
equipment
£
7,396
-		 Fixtures &
fittings
Totals
£
£
950
8,346
-
-
7,396 950
8,346
7,355
41		 760
8,115
190
231
7,396 950
8,346
- -
-
41 190
231
2024
2023
£
£
9,419
15,080
-
10,290
-
8,974
3,451
11,564
11,564
43,673
29,096

9

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Dark Horse Theatre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

10
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Pension creditor
Other taxes and social security
Wages owing
Accruals
Deferred income		 73,631
48,901
2024
2023
£
£
17,231
4,327
2,600
261
13,078
2,179
446
-
1,050
9,251
16,436
20,304
50,842
36,322

Deferred income relates to funds received to fund employment roles within the charity for periods exceeding the financial year.

11 Charity funds

11.1
Analysis of movements in restricted funds		 11.1
Analysis of movements in restricted funds		 11.1
Analysis of movements in restricted funds
Balance at Balance at
1 April 31 March
2023 Income Expenditure Transfers 2024
£ £ £ £ £
F1-Igen Trust funding 23 26,109 - 20,750
 - 5,382
The Rank Foundation 14,610 14,179 - 17,644
 - 11,145
Arts Council England - 28,500 - 22,103
 - 6,397
 0
Rix Thompson Rothenberg - 5,000 - - 5,000
 -
National Lottery-Ignite 5,990 21,605 - 1,735
 - 25,860
 - 0
20,623 95,393 - 62,232
 - 37,257
 16,527
11.2
Analysis of movements in restricted funds (previous reporting period)
Balance at Balance at
1 April 31 March
2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 2023
£ £ £ £ £
F1-Igen Trust funding 2,162 25,602 - 27,741
 - 23
The Rank Foundation 1,804 17,809 - 5,003
 - 14,610
Arts Council England - 58,284 - 42,651
 - 15,633
 -
Rix Thompson Rothenberg - 5,000 - - 5,000
 -
National Lottery-Ignite - 5,990 - - 5,990
3,966 112,685 - 75,395
 - 20,633
 20,623

The balances on restricted funds are all unexpended grants for the charity's projects.

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Dark Horse Theatre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

11.3 Analysis of movements in unrestricted funds

General fund Balance at
Balance at
1 April
Prior year
31 March
2023
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Adjustment
2024
£
£
£
£
£
65,769
54,004
85,279
-
37,257
-
71,752
65,769
54,004
85,279
-
37,257
-
71,752

The reduction of the balance on unrestricted funds is due to expenditure exceeding income on normal charitable activities.

11.4 Analysis of movements in unrestricted funds (previous reporting period)

General fund Balance at
Balance at
1 April
Prior year
31 March
2022
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Adjustment
2023
£
£
£
£
£
69,272
57,864
93,564
-
20,633
11,564
65,769
69,272
57,864
93,564
-
20,633
11,564
65,769

12 Transactions with trustees and related parties

12.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustees received any remuneration or benefits during the financial year.

12.2 Related parties

There is a close relationship with Lawrence Batley Theatre. Included within these financial statements are administration and room hire (including rehearsal room hire) costs amounting to £8,373 (2023 £8,802) paid to Lawrence Batley Theatre. Included in creditors is £17,231 (2023 £3,727) due to Lawrence Batley Theatre and £2,200 (2023 £2,200) is included in debtors relating to ticket sales collected by Lawrence Batley Theatre on behalf of Dark Horse Theatre.

13 Prior year adjustments

13.1 Prior year adjustments

The figures for the prior year have been adjusted to include the Theatre tax credit due for projects undertaken during the year, which was calculated and repaid after the financial statements had been prepared and finalised. This resulted in net profits and debtors being understated by £11,164, which has been rectified in the current year figures.

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Dark Horse Theatre Detailed Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

INCOME
Income and endowments from:
Charitable activities:
Grants
Actor training and workships
External workshops
Ticket sales
Other income
Donations and legacies
Bank interest
Total Income
EXPENDITURE
Expenditure on:
Other trading activities:
Bad debts
Charitable activities:
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Freelance staff
Travel and accommodation
Publicity
Production and workshop costs
Rent of rehearsal space and venues
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Office and support costs
Rent, rates and water
Insurance
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Computer and website		 2024
2023
£
£
95,393
112,685
36,970
36,630
7,458
12,356
4,876
5,328
-
12,516
144,697
179,515
895
1,326
3,805
1,272
149,397
182,113
660
-
4,083
92,044
82,519
1,571
768
1,670
829
16,121
35,209
4,058
8,641
2,761
3,879
11,871
15,173
4,020
3,362
231
1,390
134,347
151,770
3,956
5,439
639
1,674
525
592
10
90
1,197
716
992
647
7,318
9,159

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Dark Horse Theatre Detailed Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31 March 2024

EXPENDITURE continued
Finance:
Bank charges
Management costs:
Staff training and development
Organisational development
Accountancy fees
Total expenditure
Net income/expenditure		 2024
£
250
2,625
1,742
1,888
6,256
147,511
1,886		 2023
£
219
1,015
1,638
1,075
3,728
168,959
13,154

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