REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 03995521 (England and Wales) 

## REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1084229 

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 for 

The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company 

Haines Watts Chartered Accountants 17 Queens Lane Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE1 1RN 



The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company 

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Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 

## The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company 

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 2022. 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 2015). 

## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES 

Our Purposes 

The objects for which the Company is established are to advance education for the public benefit by providing facilities for the recreation and leisure time occupation of persons with learning difficulties in particular but not exclusively by the provision of plays and drama. 

The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Company’s objectives for the year, including the guidance ‘Public Benefit: Running a Charity (PB2)’ 

Main Activities The Lawnmowers is a producing theatre-arts company. Operating in Gateshead and the surrounding regions, The Lawnmowers is a unique company (Company Limited by Guarantee, Reg. Eng. & Wales, no. 3995521) and registered charity (no. 1084229) and is run by and for people with learning difficulties. The Lawnmowers original actors were a community group who formed in 1986, who later set up and developed The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company to try to achieve community cohesion. The Company was registered in May 2000, with operations commencing in January 2001. 

Vision We believe people with learning difficulties have the right to Participate in society as equal citizens with opportunities to succeed. Mission We believe the arts can unlock the talents and capacity of people with learning difficulties to take charge of their lives, as active citizens, visible artists and agents of change. 

## Summary 

The Lawnmowers is a Gateshead-based charitable company which provides rich and varied cultural training for people with learning difficulties. Our programmes provide opportunities for people with learning difficulties to co-produce and deliver high quality artistic activities at various venues regionally, nationally and occasionally internationally and also address social and educational issues, accessibility, sustainability, participation, enjoyment and building futures. Since incorporation in 2001 The Lawnmowers has worked daily with up to 90 core/youth/evening club members with learning difficulties daily, brought our message of integration to over 158,500 beneficiaries, audiences and external participants and worked in partnership or given assistance to hundreds of organisations and related bodies. 

The Company has expanded and added projects and new volunteer opportunities for people with learning difficulties to its portfolio. We have hosted many international groups at our current and former premises and have toured our work regionally and nationally. Internationally we have toured our work to Poland, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Southern Ireland, Brazil, France and Chile. 

The Lawnmowers is a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO), a status awarded by Arts Council England which has described its NPO’s as taking a civic leadership role in the community. 

## Lawnmowers Company 

The Lawnmowers is a creative social change Company and charity based in Gateshead run by and for people with learning difficulties. The project looks at issues that may affect this community including those with mental health issues and how we can help change general attitudes and perceptions, The environment at The Lawnmowers is specialised and staff are trained to deal with issues pertinent to this group. Participants are supported and encouraged to raise confidence levels, self-esteem, mix with others and develop life skills. Members receive significant levels of support to build and retain life skills, form friendships and relationships and become more active citizens within their community. We provide a suitable supported environment to help nurture and maintain confidence levels in members, including, for some who don’t travel, training to travel independently. Our members are heavily involved in the planning and co-producing their projects from the creative space required to formalise their ideas through to the funding, outreach delivery and evaluation of their programmes. 

## The story of 2021-22 

Physical Activity - Returning to Our Arts Centre We spent April and early May 2021 making the necessary arrangements to provide physical training and rehearsals at our arts and community centre in Gateshead. We transitioned back to a fully restored service, albeit in a new Covidsecure environment, on 17 May 2021. 

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We offered a full programme of arts and creative training to our members with learning disabilities and delivered our participation and drop-in clubs to other people with learning disabilities. During the first part of the year we offered hybrid activities (i.e. physical activity and digital participation) to members who continued to shield after our return date. This was particularly challenging but we were very keen to make sure that none of our membership missed out on their sessions. 

In addition to live and hybrid community centre training and activities, we also delivered digital performances and training to outside agencies and recipients throughout the year and spent much of the period negotiating live work (indepth joint risk assessments, collaborations with venues re their own re-opening schedules etc.) and working with partners so that we could return to live delivery work in the community following the anticipated relaxation of Covid rules. 

## The Challenges We Faced to Return 

We work with many clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) participants and staff and had to ensure we put a robust risk assessment in place to safeguard their health. The process of mitigating risk was very frustrating at times with the constant movement of government guidance. The work included very important additional individual risk assessments across the organisation to consider personal medical conditions, exemptions such as mask exemption, additional clinical vulnerability, vaccination records, GDPR considerations, potentially having limited staffing at the new look Covid-secure arts centre but also ensuring we could provide an environment with the requisite number of first aid and fire trained officers. 

Those living in residential and supported living accommodation needed further clearance for risk according to their house rules and social workers. Normal transport and transport considerations for the extremely vulnerable were considered. Regular surveys of all of our 98 members as well as staff, artists, families and volunteers and all the due diligence at Board level, had to take place regularly and during every government change of guidance, to aid our return planning. As The Lawnmowers offers a wide programme of activities, we were governed under six sets of government guidance and all the rules and regulations from each set had to be encompassed in our risk planning. Our risk assessment process was very broad and laborious but also very rigorous. We had to balance the risk of vulnerable people returning to their physical rehearsal and training against the likelihood of physical harm because many of our artists have CEV status and then further balance this again against their emotional and mental health positions. We considered a number of scenarios in our risk planning regarding programme including blended working, supporting staff to work from home, programme considerations should there be an outbreak upon return. 

The Lawnmowers Arts Centre The whole arts centre had to be carefully measured, reconfigured and marked during lockdown and when permitted, to support Covid compliance, social distance, one way system etc. and the arts programme along with numbers etc. considered according to the new configuration. Other challenges included making the very large and laborious risk assessment accessible for our members and the extra time required upon return for continued Covid compliance training across our membership, staffing pool and freelance artist trainers. 

We are so happy not only to have survived, but to have supported all our freelance artists, staff, volunteers and member artists throughout Covid and be relatively healthy. 

Developing the organisation post-Covid-19 Lockdown The organisation had a very successful year in 20/21 during the crisis running a remote training and crisis support function. We continued to develop existing networks and create and develop new networks and potential future collaborators throughout the pandemic regionally, nationally and internationally. Many of our plans for the 21/22 year had significant developments as a direct result of the work we developed and delivered during lockdown. We grew and developed the programme potential, our critical thinking and ambition and demonstrated resilience. 

All of the successful work we undertook during the 20/21 year enriched many of our programmes and left a legacy that we were able to build on during this 21/22 year. 

Planning for the Future We have been able to implement our Covid recovery plans this year and undertake a lot of inclusive planning to aid our future strategy during the period. 

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## In summary 

1. We developed our risk strategy and continued our remote working during 1 April 2021 - 14 May 2021; 2. We returned to physical activity at the arts centre 17 May 2021 and focussed primarily on covid training, health and wellbeing, resuming physical training activity, programme rehearsals, hybrid training, the delivery of digital performance to outside recipients and the development and reconnection of our networks for the first 6 months of our return with live performance and delivery in the community being negotiated during this time and recommencing from November 2021; 

3. Our risk assessment allowed for bubbled working, social distancing, rigorous hygiene and full covid compliance across the programme thus reducing risk. 

4. Much emphasis has been placed throughout the year on supporting continued artistic development and mental wellbeing; 

5. We entered a heavy phase of inclusive strategic planning towards our next 4 years, including with an independent facilitator from the Institute of Cultural Affairs; 

6. We continued to balance risk based on government guidance, the local landscape and due diligence throughout the year; 

7. We continued to develop our networks and our digital partners throughout the year. 

## Impact & Challenges 

This has been the most challenging two-year period in the company’s history. Surviving the pandemic and then our recovery and return to live services has been a very tall order. During 21/22 we have returned to live services, created and run our new Covid regulations, dealt with Covid infection, run our programmes, worked with limited staffing at the centre to mitigate infection risk, planned our next 4 years inclusively with the Institute of Cultural Affairs, returned to live community work, developed research, created films and educational tools, developed our work to continue remotely and our digital packages, written our Arts Council NPO application, adapted our centre to become Covid secure, dealt with mental health and wellbeing issues, fundraised and developed our organisational ability. 

- The impact on a small staffing pool has been a challenge but the positive impact on our members achieved through the return to the centre is what keeps us going. 

## Isolation periods 

We had to enter our first period of 10-day isolation due to a positive case at the arts centre mid-June 2021. We acted very quickly and were able to test our risk assessment. We contacted test and trace who essentially handed back the onus to us to assess those who needed to isolate and implement our risk strategy. We organised 20 PCR tests for members and staff who had been in contact with the person involved within 24 hours (which luckily they all came back negative). We were able to quickly return to our remote training during the isolation period. 

## Future Planning — Challenge 

A particular challenge during all the above was the inclusive live planning for our next 4 year period. We held all day planning sessions with the Institute of Cultural Affairs in November and December 2021 so we could be ready to write our NPO application during the latter quarter of 21/22 and into 22/23. There were particular challenges around limited numbers in our studio space and covid restrictions however, we managed to create a great foundation for the future. 

Activities at our Arts Centre: Lawnmowers offered a range of programmes at our arts and community centre as well as a number of participation and outreach projects. The activities that formed the basis of our 21-22 programme were: 

- ° Forum Theatre Performance: Community Training, Engagement and Awareness (92 sessions p.a. - 16 digital/76 live sessions p.a.) - This group is dedicated to increasing engagement, reach and awareness through delivering high quality performances, workshops, simulations and training to unpick and influence policy and legislation relevant to the lives of PWLD. The team raise aspirations and influence practice through the use of theatre techniques with professionals and practitioners in the sector, The participants take work out to the public and create educational DVDs that raises issues and explores solutions affecting the lives of their community including topics such as bullying, hate crime, sex education, discrimination and harassment, relationships, understanding legislation and sexuality and health and social work 

- . Lawnmowers Theatre Ensemble (8 digital/46 live sessions p.a.) - A high quality professional touring ensemble of experienced actors with learning disabilities who train at our centre under an established and acclaimed artistic director. The actors aim to connect with audiences both digitally and in a range of venues across the region and the UK touring shows about the lives of PWLD in twenty first century Britain. The actors have been rehearsing for a very exciting show both before and during covid which will cover sexuality and orientation and explores the role of PWLD in film and media. As a result of lockdown, the actors fundraised successfully for an Arts Council Project grant to turn their show into a film as part of the organisation’s covid recovery response; 

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- e Lawnmowers Youth Theatre (8 digital/38 live sessions p.a.) — a dedicated weekend youth theatre devising original theatre for local audiences and festivals; 

- ° Lawnmowers Hip Hop Youth Theatre Academy (8 digital/38 live sessions p.a.) — training high-quality young hip hop dancers with learning disabilities to perform to and inspire, other young PWLD and become facilitators of the future; 

- e The Glass Orchestra/Beat This (8 digital/38 live sessions p.a.)- A percussion music programme that focusses on developing participants with limited verbal skills to use rhythm to create music. The group performs at festivals and gigs in the region and has aspirations to negotiate performing at Glastonbury during the programme; 

- ° Krocodile Krew (8 digital/38 live sessions p.a. and 10 nightclubs p.a. - 8 zoom and 2 live clubs) - a music, technical and digital training group who delivers quality learning disabled-led nightclubs (the Krocodile Klubs) to other PWLD at the Star and Shadow Cinema; 

- ° Participation Strands (daytime dance, singing group, Evening Clubs (Monday Evening Music, Tuesday Evening Drama, Wednesday Evening Dance - all 8 digital/38 live sessions p.a.)opportunities to participate during the daytime through singing and songwriting and our adult drop-in in the evening through attendance at weekly evening drop-in clubs in drama, dance and DJ'ing; 

- e Round Table (8 digital/38 live sessions p.a.) - The Company’s weekly meeting where members plan and feedback on what they are doing. Members think and talk about the day to day details of the company and take time to discuss the bigger picture, strategy and planning. The group receives important guests including researchers, policy makers and other project managers and members. There is also a rotational Chairperson, a group representatives programme and digital programme considerations within the meetings; 

- ° Perma Culture Outdoor Project (14 live sessions p.a.) - A project that develops the outdoor space surrounding The Lawnmowers' new premises providing a welcome place of rest and recreation as well as a productive food garden whilst encouraging a biodiverse urban ecosystem, all to serve the wide community of members, staff, volunteers, guests, audience and local residents that use the centre. As an equally weighted objective, it will support a group of PWLD to learn skills in gardening and food production; gaining confidence through collective work and healthy outdoor activity. 

## Project Highlights & Joining Up Locally 

## Theatre Ensemble 

Retake, Remake Retake, Remake is a show that has been co-created by our theatre ensemble with award-winning Artistic Director Janwillem van den Bosch and freelance theatre-maker Melody Sproates and continued to rehearse digitally during lockdown. The show loudly & powerfully, advocates for true representation of people with learning disabilities in cinema. The subject of the film - the exclusion of people with learning disabilities from the arts, while their stories are co-opted for commercial gain - is an issue of urgent, international importance. We intended to fundraise for the show to tour at the end of 2020 and into 2021 but unfortunately the plans had to be temporarily cancelled due to the pandemic. As part of a Covid recovery response, we began negotiations with a film maker during 20/21 to explore how we could adapt the show to create a film which could either stand alone and be viewed digitally or be incorporated into future live-show rehearsals and used in a small tour if Covid would permit. We created a film project proposal with story board and costume design, stage management and technical requirements during lockdown. We worked with a producer during lockdown and successfully fundraised to create an episodic film of the piece for digital audiences. 

The film was created during 21/22 and was complimented with audio description and subtitles. It was a very complex piece of work as it was filmed at the very beginning of our return and, due to Covid restrictions, we had to film each actor separately in their parts and superimpose all of the scenes to create a piece which looked like it had been filmed together. The actors and film professionals rose to the occasion and, despite all the complexities, produced a fantastic piece with some of the first scenes being prioritised for completion so they could be presented as part of the LD Aware Festival in May 2021 (see below). 

Alphabetti Aware Festival - 1* Launch 

Lawnmowers Theatre Ensemble worked with Alphabetti Theatre to create the LD Awareness Festival. The original plan was for a live festival at Alphabetti during 20/21 however it had to be cancelled due to Covid. Instead, Alphabetti worked very hard to provide for a hybrid digital and live limited capacity live view festival during 21/22. The first 20 minute piece of Retake Remake was launched at Festival in May 2021 and it was a very exciting time for the actors and the organisation. The live screenings, albeit with limited capacity due to Covid restrictions, was both organisation’‘s first foray into in person work in the 21/22 calendar. We were able to visit the theatre to watch our work being presented along with submissions from other national LD companies to rave reviews. 

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## Return to Live Performances - ARC Theatre December 2021 

The actors were able to live-rehearse the show during 21/22 with little interruption from Covid. The new film was incorporated into the piece and new technical aspects were added to the existing show. The actors worked very hard and were given a brand new experience through working live with themselves on film and fusing the digital and live work to form the final piece. They undertook a week-long residential in Stockton to get ready for a first live performance at ARC Theatre and worked with lighting and technical professionals and stage managers and directors and singers to get ready for the show. Retake Remake had its first showing at ARC 7 December 2021 and was very well received! It was a very joyous celebration of a return to live work for both the actors and the theatre. We have worked very hard with little budget to secure other touring dates for Retake and at the time of writing, it is scheduled to perform at Live Theatre, Harrogate Theatre, Queens Hall and Washington Day Centre. There is interest from theatres in London and Manchester and we are currently exploring our options. 

## New Show 

At the time of writing, the actors are also in the research phase for their new show which will look back in history and assemble historical figures with learning difficulties to prove to their peers that people with learning disabilities can have an impact on their society. The film’s utopian society is replaced by our cast’s version of utopia, an all-inclusive society. 

The Ensemble along with their Artistic Director will create new networks nationally with interested theatres. They will cultivate and continue to develop existing local networks, networks with other and collaborations with organisations and independent artists including but not limited to: 


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International collaborations with be developed with Jan-Willem and the Ensemble in Latvia, Nigeria and Australia. 

Theatre Outreach The Theatre outreach team devises pieces disability awareness performance and training workshops which form part of the university curriculum and module training. The team works with sector professionals, young people, students and universities which help to develop practice specific to the treatment of people with learning disabilities in various settings including health and the NHS, social work settings and crime and prevention. During lockdown the group was very successful in developing their training model for online audiences. They worked very hard with university course leaders and lecturers to quality assure the training and then to offer it to students who were continuing their studies remotely. The model has been a development in the groups work, allowing them to begin plans during 21/22 to offer training further afield than the local region as well as being able to keep up with their other commitments even though they were prevented from delivering in person due to Covid and university rules. During 21/22 the group has rehearsed in person at the centre and, during times of isolation due to infection, continue with their commitments remotely. By the latter half of the 21/22 year, the group was able to offer a successful mixed package of online and in-person delivery as follows: 

## Social Worker Training: 

1. 8 online training events for 221 students from Gloucester, Teesside and Northumbria Universities; 2. 10 in-person training events for 830 students from Sunderland and Northumbria Universities ; 

## Creative Health Awareness Training: 

3. 6 online training events for 82 students from Teesside and Northumbria Universities; 

Hate and Mate Crime Training 4. 3 online training events for 67 st3dents from Gloucester, Teesside and Northumbria Universities; 5. 1 in-person training event for 80 students from Teesside University. They were also very proud to present their work on the Learning Disability Research Group to the BAAT Conference in June 2021 (BAAT - British Association of Arts Therapists). The group will continue to rehearse and develop their packages and networks during 22/23. They have plans to create some of their other packages into online learning resources during the year and to build their networks of recipients. 

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Collaborators — Regional and International The Outreach Team along with their Artistic Director will create new networks nationally with interested organisations. They will cultivate and continue to develop existing local networks, networks with other NPO‘s and collaborations with organisations and independent artists including but not limited to: 

Cardboard Citizens; North East Forum Network; International Forum Theatre Newcastle; Newcastle University; Northumbria University; Teesside University; Sunderland University; Coachroad Productions; Susan Bissett (Researcher Ncle Uni); Public Health England; Ncle and UNN Film Teams; Gateshead Clinical Commissioners; Gateshead MECC; NCFE; Social Work Teams (numerous LA’s); Jack and Josephine Project; Gateshead QE Hospital; North Tyneside Oxford Centre (NHS); Northumbria Police Prevention Team, Gateshead Community Engagement Team; 

- Krocodile Krew The Krocodile Krew has worked consistently throughout the pandemic lockdowns in 2020-2021. They comprehensively adapted their work and working methods to several online environments. In 2021-22, the Krew ran several blended performances in conjunction with Star and Shadow Cinema. They have constantly worked to mitigate the difficulties faced by LD+ communities by lack of access, digital poverty and inequalities that had been further reinforced by the pandemic. Each Krew member worked hard to adapt their practice as an individual, and to develop meaningful interactions with each other and online audiences. In the last months of 2021, the Krew worked towards returning to limited capacity, live events, performances and Klubs. The Krew began running live Klubs in January 2022 and their audiences and participants are growing steadily with accessible covid procedures going live at the beginning of the year. At the time of writing, the Krew have worked hard with the Star and Shadow venue to redefine the Covid policy to increase capacity for the 22/23 year. Development in solo and group practices have included: ° Learning several DAW/digital DJ software e Adapting to new hardware (CDjs, turntables, midi DJ controllers, tablets) ° Collaborating on new group performances with one in-life performer (to maintain social distancing) e Running longer DJs sets (1 hour or 2 hours as opposed to 20-30minutes) ee ComparingMaking wholethroughradio showssoftware(2-hour(zoom)independent radio show + 2 hours of live Klub) : e Video filming, editing, captions and visuals e Typing and using chatroom functions with safeguarding policies in place 

- New challenges in 2022/23 include: ° Running a longer DJ set in real life - the mental, physical, and emotional challenge of returning to real-life performances 

- e Working with the public again. ° Putting new skills into real life practice in front of an audience, as opposed to online. * Achange to the structure of DJ sessions, which set and pre-composed ‘tasks’ and challenges, with specific technical ideas in mind (development of the djing rubric, e.g., using unknown/different music, working at different speeds, using different equipment, new partnerships). 

- Technical DJing Developments: The Krew have been working across four different DJ software’s - Traktor, Virtual DJ, Serato and WeD). All four software's are similar but with their own differences. Working with each DJ's solo ability and comprehension, we have been working to perfect the DJ's use of individual kit so they are able to confidently DJ as an individual. Successful examples of this include Andrew Gladstone leading the Kroc Krew Radio Show every month for over a year, Scott djing at several family parties and demonstrating how to his family, Debbie running her own club night in Newcastle, and Francis guest djing with Graeme ‘DJ Spikey’ in Newcastle. The Krew spent January 2021 in ‘DJ Bootcamp’ working on a strongly integrated back-to-back DJ set, beat matching 60 songs in one hour, swapping between DJs with highly accomplished mixing skills including effects, filtering, up and crossfader, long mixing and blending. 22/23: 1. Weare planning 10 live Klubs this year at Star and Shadow. We will broadcast the Klub live on Star and Shadow Radio Show for those that are not able to attend. 

- 2. New flyers have been created to advertise the events. 3. We will reintroduce live talent performances from LD performers back to the Klubs during n22/23. 4. We will develop an audience of community houses and other LD+ venues to host their own in-house klubs run by the Krew. 

- 5. The Krew have worked with Beacon Film and Star and Shadow to combine forces and generate an audience through cinema night events which we hope to launch in 22/23. 

- 6. We will work with Star and Shadow Radio Show to provide a 2-hour DJ set for a digital audience in addition to our Klubs once per month. 6 



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## Youth Programmes 21/22 

Youth Theatre The group returned to their Saturday morning drama training at the centre in May 2021. They were excited to be back at Lawnmowers as they found working online and not being together very challenging, even though we did a lot of creative tasks during this time and used those sessions productively to develop the script and the detail of the show, using a dramaturgical approach to develop and create depth for * Fear is an Illusion’. 

During the first quarter 2021 the group were still working online. We used these sessions to design and make props for the show. These sessions allowed the group to learn new skills by using digital software to create newspaper pages, labels for bottles and posters which feature in the show. They enhanced their storytelling skills by writing the text that was written within the newspapers. They used photography skills to take and manipulate photos of themselves to use in the newspapers. The group researched other practitioners and styles for the show such as that of Lotte Reiniger, used in Harry Potter, Deathly Hallows sequence. It was decided at this point that due to COVID; the show would becomea film. 

To make the film we utilised the skills of one of our youth theatre members. Adam had been with the youth theatre for a long time and left temporarily to take up a film making opportunity with Beacon Films. He came back to us over lock down and was looking for an opportunity to enhance his skills so we worked very hard with him to give him the film making opportunity. During the rest of 21/22 we were back in the centre. The group adapted their script for film and received film making and performance training. Using film is very different to rehearsing and performing a show. For example, when shooting a scene, it can be done using multiple angles and can be done line by line as opposed to scene by scene. This has inspired us to do our next show on film too. 

Filming took place over four months and finished in January 2022. The group are currently in the post edit process. Whilst editing is taking place, the group has begun the R&D phase for their next show which is a Dungeons and Dragons inspired piece. 

Drama Outreach, Schools: Our Artistic Director worked with 10 young PWLD at Gateshead College to deliver drama between December 2021-April 2022 to introduce new recruits to Lawnmowers youth programmes and develop the network. We hope to recruit a new young cohort of ensemble students to work at Lawnmowers during 22/23 and the network is a very valuable partnership to help us to recruit for the programme. We will continue to develop this work during 22/23. 

## 22/23 

1. All the group members, the film maker and the staff have learned a lot of new skills during 21/22. Once edited the film will be screened at Star & Shadow to “friends of’ and family followed by a Q&A session with our actors and 

2. film maker. The group will develop networks and partners to showcase the film at LD festivals during 22/23. The group will continue to meet at LM each week to research and devise their new show. 

3. We will continue to develop our valuable work with SEN schools and Gateshead College to offer new opportunities to young PWLDa part of our future recruitment plans. 

## Youth Dance: Hip Hop 

The group meet on Thursday evening to take Hip Hop dance lessons. Participants learn how to become a crew, move on from the basics right through to top of the intermediate level dance. The group is introduced to breaking in competitions, meet international artists, travel, and performance in Hip Hop theatre pieces where opportunities exist. Participants have trained live at the centre during 21/22. The re-establishment of their sessions and the space has been very joyful for the young attendees. They have had to train using special Covid social distance measurement markings (part of the whole centre Covid policy) and they adapted very well as they were aware that the policy measures were a necessary part of the sessions becoming live again. The group has continued to rehearse and receive hip hop education and has worked very hard all year to get fit and emotionally ready for their live performances in the community during 22/23. Dance Outreach in Schools Although we have been more limited with our freedom to have bigger groups perform and deliver live events in the community this year due to Covid, the organisation was able to negotiate outreach dance work in Gateshead College for other young PWLD which was delivered by our dance director and a Lawnmowers higher level student with learning disabilities. It was especially poignant because the student from Lawnmowers used to be a student at the College but was turned down for the 2nd year of dance and arts study due to a struggle with a maths exam! He attended Lawnmowers for some one-to-one work advanced training work following this fundamental disappointment in his young life where he received training in higher level dance and facilitation skills and is now teaching on the same course he was turned down for. The work has done much to improve his confidence which hit breaking point with the decision at the college to turn him down for his year 2 entry. 

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## Additional Members 

We have generated much interest from other young PWLD in our programmes as a direct result of the outreach work in the college and have been able to admit new members to our course during the latter quarter of 21/22. 

22/23 The group will continue to receive dance training during 22/23 and will work (vary happily!) towards performance work 

in the community during 22/23. 

Lawnmowers has also had meetings with Cedars School during the last quarter of 21/22 and received interest from Keelman*s Way school in Gateshead. Cedars would ideally like us to deliver work to 8-11 and 11-17 year old pupils as well as 6th formers. We may offer our space for some of the students to undertake sessions (still in negotiation). 

Projected Additional Students: Outreach 22/23: 10 Gateshead College 30 Cedars School 20 Keelman’s Way 

Increasing Numbers at Lawnmowers Arts Centre: We currently deliver a Thursday evening session for young PWLD to take part in Hip Hop lessons. We intend to generate new funding during 22/23 to run an additional session at the centre and break the age groups into 8-11 and 11-17. The age group is currently 11-17 due to capacity however, we would like to start offering provision to younger people and obtaining additional funding will allow for this. 

Health and Wellbeing Dance and Hip Hop specifically are very physical and active pursuits. Our dancers work on cardio, strength training and dance techniques which increases all round physical fitness. In addition our group members take part in yoga sessions to increase flexibility and meditation which helps them to control the internal chatter and quiet the mind. As a crew there is a natural familial feeling of support from and toward each other which helps foster a feeling of belongingness, one of the cornerstones of good psychological health. Collaborators — Youth Projects Beacon Films; Adam Faye (Ind LD Film Maker); Oska Bright Film Festival; regional SEND schools (TBA), Bad Taste Crew; Battle Lions UK; Cobas Mica (Spain); Break Squad (Holland); Freeze (Sweden); Flo Mo (Finland); Tyne and Wear Sport; Gibside School Whickham; Cedars School Gateshead; Hilltop School Gateshead; Dance City; Just Jam Intl; Heavy Smokers Crew Leeds; British Breaking League; Breakin Convention London; Ill-Abilities; Live Theatre YP networks; Batalions. 

## Other Highlights 21/22 

Young People in the Lead (National Lottery Youth Voice): One of our youth members _ was selected to take part in the National Lottery's youth voice panel. Members are recruited for a year and meet once monthly with other young people across the country. The purpose of the programme is to include young voices in all the work the Lottery does across grant making, people they influence and what they deliver. Hamlet: We worked with Richard Conlon during 21/22 who is an Artistic Director from Blue Apple Theatre Company in Winchester. Richard wanted to write a script that was read line by line by People with Down's Syndrome then filmed to celebrate world Down’s Syndrome Day. Theatre companies from across the world supported the project. Richard main focus was to address the issue that testing in pregnancy can determine whether or not a person with Down's gets to be born and wanted to raise this as a world issue showcasing artists with Down's from around the world. LD Film Autism Awareness: Two of our young people with Autism were asked to be part of a series of 8 short films being made by a film maker with learning disabilities from Beacon Films. They were filmed creating their art form and interviewed as part of a film to show case the talents of young people with Autism. The film will be screen at the Shipley Gallery as part of National Autism Awareness Week and World Autism Awareness Day in 2022. Without Us: Andrew and Andrew are receiving talent development training and rehearsing a play with guest director Steve Gilroy from Murmur Theatre. People with learning disabilities may live with their parents long into adulthood, but at some point, change will come. The show is a universal story about the sacrifices parents make for their children and the fact that those children ultimately need to fly and find their own voice. It is also a play about the distinct challenges faced by PWLD as they have to confront the prejudice, discrimination and sometimes hatred that can be directed towards them. The play blends verbatim testimony with dramatic writing to explore some of the moral and ethical questions around truly realising rights for people with learning disabilities. Three performers try to make sense of a life. Without Us is an imaginative journey through the experiences of one man with a learning disability and his family. Without us is an accessible piece of theatre conceived for a wide and diverse audience. The play is due to be completed during 22/23 and will tour to local audiences in the first instance. 

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LD Interviews: Debbie and Andy have agreed to sit on the panel of interviews with the University of Northumbria to interview prospective students for the nursing courses. They will offer their opinions to the interviewers on the suitability of the candidates on the LD nursing courses. Nathan Jordison: One of our youth members is now, through many years of training, acting as teaching assistant to Conor O° Kane and Paul Allen on our dance programme. He is also accompanying Conor to workshops in the community in the region. Nathan now wants to work for Lawnmowers in a paid capacity. We are looking into Access to Work funding to allow us to employ him. We will support him to purchase PLI insurance and obtain a DBS for him, so he is able to earn a living doing what he loves and what he is good at. Other Getting Down to Business - Weekly Round Table The Round Table is the Company’s weekly meeting where members plan and feedback on what they are doing. Members think and talk about the day to day details of the company and take time to discuss the bigger picture. The group receives many important guests including researchers, policy makers and other project managers and members. There is also a rotational Chairperson, a group representative’s programme and digital programme considerations within the meetings. During 21/22 the group continued to meet each week for 46 sessions over the year but was very limited in the number of live guest slots they could offer due to the Covid regulations. They began receiving guests in January 2022 including researchers and academics. Partnerships & Networks Each of our projects collaborates with their own partners depending on their artistic genre as can be found in highlights above. In addition to the artistic partners and networks named above the organisation has worked with some very important partners during 21/22 and will continue to develop these relationships during 22/23. These include: Researchers The members worked with researchers during 21/22 and will continue with this valuable work into 22/23 including: 1.Nicki Power Researcher - continue working with Nicki on the following projects: a. The feasibility and acceptability of time-limited group art therapy for people with a learning disability and mental distress. PHD Study, Nicki Power Doctoral Research Fellow, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Service Development; b. Article - Un-labelling the Language - Article, Voices Journal, Power, Millard, Carr (Publication due Nov 2022); c. The impact of arts therapies from the perspective of pwid 2.Simon Hackett Researcher - Continue to work with Simon to research knowledge inequalities working with housing for pwid and the Integrated Care System (formerly CCG). Pwld own and rent less homes causing inequality and why. Other Important Networks, Collaborators & Partners 21/22 and into 22/23 1.Northumbria University - A long standing partnership, they have helped us to create and develop our very first theatre training package, CHAT. Northumbria allow us to quality assure our package with active evaluation whilst being able to advise on changes to curriculum and what modules the package accommodates within the health care degree settings. 2.Cardboard Citizens - We have a long-standing relationship that has recently been resumed through the Cardboard Camps programme based in Newcastle. During this programme Lawnmowers and other social change companies in the region have been exchanging practice. We have also been part of a Forum Theatre training programme with many networks from around the region, national and international. 3.Northumbria Police Community Engagement Team - Like most of our profession-based collaborators (nurses, police, social workers) we have worked with professionals from Northumbria Police to quality assure a digital training tool looking at how people with learning disabilities are very vulnerable with regard to radicalisation. At the time of writing, we are completing the online training package and editing it for release in 22/23. 4. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Learning Disability Nurse, Amy Cole - Linked to us through Making Every Connection Count (MECC) and Clinical Commissioners. We are working with the QE to lobby for people with learning disabilities to have the same access to health care and reasonable adjustments as the general population. 5. NIHR (National Institute Health Research) we have a great working relationship with NIHR which has mutual benefit. Researchers and research in general become more inclusive and representative of the general population through the inclusion of PWLD. Our members are informing research directly with the data being available to inform both our work and the work of academics. 6.Creative Minds - Creative Minds is the largest visual and performing arts network in the country. We are currently in talks to discuss the future legacy of the network after its manager retired. 7.Public Health Gateshead - Lawnmowers felt it would be a good to respond to a need for PWLD to understand Covid and law/regulations surrounding the topic in an accessible format. We have made films and helped create/inform documents for the region for other PWLD during our work with PHG. The development of this relationship has 9 



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been very important for the organisation and we continue to sit on weekly meetings and take part in many events with PHG. 8.Hope Network - Lawnmowers sits on the steering group of the HOPE community network (Health of People in East Gateshead) and work with community partners to develop a model that will bring more efficiency to the social prescription model. 

## Our Approach to Risk 

Covid Compliance and Health Security The organisation’s Covid policy and risk register is a live document and has been updated throughout the year. 

Risk - Other In addition to the risk policy associated with Covid, the organisation has undertaken risk assessments and considered risk this year including: 1.Film Retake Remake 2.Risk Planning and Register and SWOT analysis future planning - Institute of Cultural Affairs 3. ARC Theatre Performance - Residential 1 week/Live Theatre Performance 4.Krocodile Klubs - Live Klubs 5.CHAT - UNN, Sunderland and Teesside Universities 

## The year ahead 

This has certainly been a challenging year. We have learned that we are most definitely a very resilient organisation. We have been very excited about a development of digital provision that will allow us to offer our work further afield than ever before. We have fantastic plans for the year ahead to continue developing our programmes and are particularly excited about returning to full scale community provision. Funding is always a tough challenge. We will continue to fundraise to help our future plans and develop our strategic work that will take us into the next four-year chapter. 

## Structure, Governance and Management: 

## Recruitment and Appointment of the Board of Trustees 

Governing Document The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Co. is a charitable company, limited by guarantee and incorporated on 17 May 2000. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which defines the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up, members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1. The charity does not operate any trading subsidiaries. The founding trustees of the charity were appointed by election to the Lawnmowers according to experience. Subsequent trustees were appointed by a majority vote of the trustees present at a normal trustees meeting. At each Annual General Meeting, one third of the members of the board for the time being, or if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to one third shall retire from office. The members of the board of directors to retire shall be those who have been longest in office since their last election or appointment. A retiring member of the board of directors shall be eligible for re-election at the Annual General Meeting unless a resolution for the re-election of such a director shall have been put to the meeting and lost. 

## Organisational Structure 

The Lawnmowers has a board of up to 10 members which is responsible for the longer-term planning and direction of the company. The board, which was made up of up to 9 members during the 21-22 accounting year, meets between four and six times each year and holds separate sub groups as required. The board members, who have a variety of professional backgrounds relevant to the work of the charity, are trustees for the purposes of charity law and directors for the purposes of company law. The board also has three core learning disabled shadow board members who attend meetings and disseminate information to other core members. A scheme of delegation is in place for the 21/22 period and day to day responsibility for the provision of services rests with the CEO. The CEO was responsible for ensuring that the charity delivered the services specified and that key performance indicators were met for the year as well as supervision and development of the staff team. The Trustees are satisfied that the charity’s risk management and policies and procedures adequately address risks to the charity arising from its activities and where it operates 

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## The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company 

## Recruitment and Appointment of the Board of Trustees 

The founding trustees of the charity were appointed by election by the Lawnmowers according to experience. The other trustees were appointed by a majority vote of the trustees present at a normal trustees meeting. At each Annual General Meeting, one third of the members of the Board of Directors for the time being, or if their number is not multiple of three then the number nearest to one third, shall retire from office. The members of the Board of Directors to retire shall be those who have been longest in office since their last election or appointment. A retiring member of the Board of Directors shall be eligible for re-election at the Annual General Meeting unless a resolution for the re-election of such a Director shall have been put to the meeting and lost. The Trustees are satisfied that the charity’s risk management and policies and procedures adequately address risks to the charity arising from its activities and/or where it operates. 

## Trustees Induction and Training 

Most trustees are already familiar with the practical work of the charity having been encouraged to visit the premises and view work and activities that the projects deliver prior to lodging an expression of interest in available posts. 

New trustees are invited to attend Board meetings in advance of appointment to find out about the role of a Trustee. 

- Following recruitment, new trustees receive: e« Company Memorandum and Articles of Association; e Policies and Procedures Documents; e Latest Accounts; e Current and future financial position; e Company Business Plan; * Trustee Code of Conduct e Trustee role, duties and powers. 

## Trustee Code of Conduct 

The purpose of the Code of Conduct is to set out the relevant standards expected of Trustees of the Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company in order to maintain the highest standards of integrity and stewardship; to ensure that the Lawnmowers Company is effective, open and accountable and to ensure good working relationships. The Code of Conduct is not a list of Trustee’s legal duties, although many of the elements of the Code are based on legal principles. The conduct and practices recommended in this Code go beyond what the law requires in some respects, but are consistent with the law. 

Equal Opportunities Trustees, staff and volunteers, must affirm their commitment to The Lawnmower’s Equal Opportunities Policy when joining the company. 

## Trustee Induction 

The officers and members of the Trustees Board receive written information about roles, powers and responsibilities upon recruitment and sit through a company induction. Induction is the responsibility of the existing Board Members and is the process the company has for introducing a new employee, board member or volunteer member to the work and environment. Ongoing trustee training is also the responsibility of the existing board. 

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Management and Administration 21/22 During the 21/22 year there were seven members of staff who were responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the company and who helped with creative development: 1. Dawn Redhead - Chief Executive Officer; 

2. Ian Mackintosh - Finance and Development Officer; 

3. Wendy Patterson - Participation and Logistics Coordinator; 

4. Claire Hills-Wilson — Artistic Director (job share); 

5. Jan Willem Van Den Bosch - Artistic Director (job share); 

6. Sally Keys - Company Assistant. 7. Eroy Chan - Communications Officer 

Other staff and supporters 21/22 were: 

1. Robin Dunn - Personal Assistant to one of our Core Members; 

2. Laura Patterson - General Support; 

3. Connor Gribbins - Emerging Artist (support) 4. Sophie Atkinson - Emerging Drama Facilitator; As well as our dedicated team of staff and core members, we also benefit from the skills of some of the North East’s finest sessional and support workers, specialising in fields such as dance, music, costume creation, diet and fitness, voice coaching, film work, set and costume design, DJ training and technical training. Nationally, we have benefited from the skills of some of the finest theatre directors. 

- The Company’s regular sessional artists for the year were: 1. Brendan Murphy - (Percussion and Glass Orchestra), Rhumba Palace; 2. Mariam Rezaei - MRM (composer), Krocodile Klub Coord/D3; 3. Conor O’Kane - (Bad Taste Cru), Hip Hop; 4. Paul Allen - (Bad Taste Cru), Dance, Hip Hop & percussion. 

5. Hannah Parsonage - Drama, focus group. 

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Staff and sessional artists work directly with young people and adults at risk with enhanced DBS checks carried out on all the individuals who are eligible to have them. 

The charity’s bankers are: The charity’s solicitors are: Lloyds TSB Hadaway & Hadaway Grey Street 58 Howard Street Newcastle upon Tyne North Shields NE99 1SL Tyne and Wear NE30 1AL 

The Independent Examiners are: Haines Watts 17 Queens Lane Newcastle upon Tyne NE1i 1RN 

Exemptions and Disclosure None of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity and none have been paid for any services relating to the charity. Any connections that are identified as or that could be, a conflict of the charity’s interest, must be disclosed to the full board of trustees in the same way as any other contractual relationship with a related party. In the current year no such related party transactions were reported. 

During the financial period for this annual return, none of the charity’s trustees resigned from the Board to take up employment with the organisation. 

During the financial period for this annual return, none of the charity's staff received benefits of £60,000 or more. 

There are no staff members paid in the following salary bands: 1. £60,000-£150,000; 2. £150,001-£550,000; 3. Over £550,000. 

Funds Held as Custodian Trustee on Behalf of Others N/A 

Financial Fundraising, Principal Funding Sources and Overseas Income and Expenditure Aside from the relatively small amount of income generated from some of the company’s cultural performances and DVD sales the principal funding sources for the charity are by way of grant income from Arts Council England, National Lottery and charitable trusts and personal budget service users. The company is looking to diversify funding streams going forward to reduce the reliance on grant funding wherever possible. The charity does not raise funds from the public. 

For the period of this return, there were no serious incidents in the charity. 

The charity received grants for digital transformation and covid relief from the local authority during the year. 

The charity received £5,511 from the European Union as the balance of the Erasmus Project carried out pre-pandemic. 

The charity undertook no work outside the U.K. during 20/21. 

The charity regulates the expenditure using strict budget/allocation controls that are agreed under our financial controls policy 

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Investment Polic Aside from retaining a prudent amount of earned income in reserves each year, the charity’s funds are to be spent in the short term so there are no funds available for long term investment. The charity usually earns a reasonable amount of annual interest, generated from its short-term funds but this has not been the case this year because of the current financial climate. The company has a small amount of unrestricted reserves invested in a high interest savings account. 

## Reserves Policy 

The company holds financial reserves in order to ensure that it can continue to operate and meet the needs of clients in the event of unforeseen and potentially damaging financial circumstances. The company operates with only limited financial resources. The calculation of free reserves is based on the definition included in the charity statement of recommended practice (SORP), which provides recommendations for accounting and reporting for charities. The trustees have examined the requirements of the charitable company to hold free reserves i.e. those reserves not invested in tangible fixed assets, excluding long term liabilities, or designated for a particular purpose. This exercise considered both the normal requirements for working capital and the loss of income of a hypothetical but reasonable reduction in the scale of operations. Resulting from this, the trustees considered it is appropriate to hold the equivalent of six months' unrestricted running costs. The trustees recognise that in the medium and longer term that the charity will need to continue to generate reserves in order to be in a position to meet future obligations. Furthermore, the need for the charity's services continue to grow and therefore the demand on future reserves will also be greater, hence the charity continues to require future funding and the support of its funding partners. At 31 March 2022, unrestricted reserves were £261,312. 

There will usually be a level of restricted reserves. These funds are restricted by the donor or funder and cannot be used for the general purposes of the Charity. Their existence, and the sums of money therein, do not imply that there has been an under spend, but may result from a variety of circumstances including timing differences between the Charity's financial year and the funding year of the project concerned. 

This reserves policy is monitored and reviewed by the trustees annually. 

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The financial accounts were approved for issue by the board Of trustees ON .......essessessseeeeneee DECeMbEr 2022, and signed by; 

Chow VA Jed Dr C Thomas - Chair 

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## Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company 

## Independent Examiners Report For the year ended 31 March 2022 

## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company (‘the Company') 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2022. 

## Responsibilities and basis of report 

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). 

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. 

## Independent examiner's statement 

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I ama registered member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales which is one of the listed bodies 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or 

4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). 

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 

## Haines Waly 

Haines Watts Chartered Accountants 17 Queens Lane Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE1 1RN 

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## The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company 

Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 

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||Notes|£|E|£|£|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM<br>Donations and legacies|3|52,163|178,565|230,728|210,586|
|Charitable activities<br>Personalisation agenda<br>Earned income<br>Investment income||80,364<br>18,806<br>=|-<br>=<br>:|80,364<br>18,806<br>2|77,550<br>8,310<br>15|
|Total||151,333|178,565|329,898|296,461|
|EXPENDITURE ON<br>Raising funds||9,714|-|9,714|9,368|
|Charitable activities<br>The Revolution Programme<br>Krocodile Krew Project<br>Personalisation agenda||69,720<br>73<br>78,791|170,831<br>5,426<br>6,950|240,551<br>5,499<br>85,741|192,876<br>6,800<br>75,003|
|Total||158,298|183,207|341,505|284,047|
|NET INCOME before transfers||(6,965 )|( 4,642 )|( 11,607 )|12,414|
|Transfers||( 84)|84|-|-|
|Net movement in funds||( 7,049 )|(4,558 )|( 11,607 )|12,414|
|RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS||||||
|Total funds broughtforward||268,361|73,113|341,474|329,060|
|TOTALFUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD||261,312|68,555|329,867|341,474|



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|Tangible|assets|10|633|843|
|CURRENT|ASSETS|
|Stocks|11|-|220|
|Debtors|12|19,804|19,641|
|Cash|at|bank|and|in|hand|341,616|334,298|
|361,420|354,159|
|CREDITORS|
|Amounts|falling|due|within|one|year|13|(|32,186|)|(13,528|)|
|NET|CURRENT|ASSETS|329,234|340,631|
|TOTAL ASSETS|LESS|CURRENT|LIABILITIES|329,867|341,474|
|NET ASSETS|329,867|341,474|
|FUNDS|14|
|Unrestricted|funds|261,312|268,361|
|Restricted|funds|68,555|73,113|
|TOTAL|FUNDS|329,867|341,474|

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The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2022. 

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. 

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and 

(b) Preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. 

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

Gr UW\ Olpe.J Dr C Thomas - Chair 

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## The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Co is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the company. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found in the Report of the Trustees. 

## 2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

Basis of preparing the financial statements The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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) issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

The financial statements are presented in Sterling £ and rounded to the nearest £1. 

Going concern The trustees have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis and consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. As outlined in the trustee report on page 2 the charity has adapted post Covid-19 restrictions and has continued to receive support from our grant providers. 

Income All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, there is sufficient certainty or receipt and so it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. Income from grants, including capital grants, is included within income when communication has been received in writing of both the amount and the period to which they relate. In the event that the grant was received in advance of the period to which it relates, the grant is therefore deferred and included within creditors. When the grants are for a particular restricted purpose, this income is included in incoming resources of restricted funds when receivable. Other trading activities and personalisation agenda income is recognised when the amount of income can be measured reliably and when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity. The charitable company recognises this income once goods or services have been sold, and are stated net of trade discounts and value added tax. 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. 

Expenditure and irrecoverable vat Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings: - Expenditure on raising funds comprise of the costs associated with raising future funds to further the charitable objectives. - Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of providing services to the people with learning disabilities to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs. 

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred. 

Allocation of support and governance costs Support costs have been differentiated between governance and other support costs. Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charitable company and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs include costs related to independent examination, salaries and other general overheads. 

Allocation and apportionment of costs All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the Statement of Financial Activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned ona staff time basis. 

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## Tangible fixed assets 

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its estimated useful life. Improvements to property - in accordance with length of lease Fixtures and fittings - 15% on cost Computer equipment - 20% on reducing balance 

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation and impairment losses. 

## Impairment of assets 

At each reporting date fixed assets are reviewed to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If there is an indication of possible impairment, the recoverable amount of any affected asset is estimated and compared with its carrying amount. If estimated recoverable amount is lower, the carrying amount is reduced to its estimated recoverable amount, and an impairment loss is recognised immediately in the statement of financial activities. If an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but not in excess of the amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in the statement of financial activities. 

Stocks Stock is included at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to sell. 

Taxation The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. 

## Fund accounting 

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

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits 

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution ‘money purchase’ scheme. The charity's contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 9. There were no outstanding contributions at the year end. The costs of the defined contribution scheme are included within charitable activity costs and allocated to the funds on a staff time basis. 

The money purchase plans are managed by Scottish Life and The Peoples Pension. The plan invests the contributions made by the employee and employer in an investment fund to build up over the term of the plan a pension fund which is then converted into a pension upon the employee's normal retirement age when eligible for a state pension. The total expense ratio of the plan is then deducted from the investment fund annually. The charity has no liability beyond making its contributions and Paying across the deductions for the employee's contributions. 

## Employee benefits 

Short term employee benefits are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred. 

Donated services and facilities Donated services or facilities are recognised as income when the charitable company 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 based on the value of the gift to the charitable company which is the amount the charitable company 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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2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued 

Financial instruments The charitable company only has financial assets and 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. 

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

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. 

## 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. 

3. 

## DONATIONS AND LEGACIES 

||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Grants<br>Donations<br>Donated services and facilities|216,332<br>3,146<br>11,250|183,106<br>16,230<br>11,250|
||230,728|210,586|
|Included in donated services and facilities were the following:|2022|2021|
||£|£|
|Rent|11,250|11,250|



|The charity benefits greatly from the involvement and enthusiastic support of its many volunteers, details of<br>which are given in ourannual report. In accordance with the CharitiesSORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting<br>by Charities: Statement ofRecommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance<br>with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January<br>2015)', the economic contribution of general volunteers is not recognised in the accounts.|
|---|
|Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:<br>2022<br>2021|
|£<br>£|
|Arts Council England NPO Funding<br>62,120<br>62,120<br>The Big Lottery Fund, Reaching Communities<br>65,000<br>72,500<br>Arts Council England: Film<br>8,261<br>10,326<br>Northumbria Police<br>10,000<br>-<br>Gateshead Council: Digital Fund<br>8,356<br>-<br>Erasmus Grant<br>6,144<br>-<br>Esmee Fairbairn Foundation (unrestricted)<br>30,000<br>15,000<br>Alphabetti Theatre<br>2,000<br>-<br>Northumbria University<br>2,350<br>-<br>Community Foundation<br>6,500<br>-<br>Newcastle University<br>3,000<br>-<br>Stockton ARC<br>1,000<br>-|
|Baring Foundation<br>-<br>-<br>Gateshead Council: Covid Support<br>11,601<br>23,160|
|216,332<br>183,106|



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|4.|INVESTMENT INCOME|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2022|2021|
||Deposit account interest|||£<br>-|£<br>15|
|5.|SUPPORT COSTS|||||
|||||Governance||
||||Management|costs|Totals|
||The Revolution Programme<br>Personalisation agenda||£<br>62,608<br>9,125|£<br>20,327<br>13,256|£<br>82,935<br>22,381|
||||71,733|33,583|105,316|
||Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:|||||
|||||2022|2021|
|||The||||
|||Revolution|Personalisation|||
|||Programme|agenda|Total activities|Total activities|
||Trustees’ board expenses etc|£<br>3|£<br>352|£<br>352|£<br>-|
||Insurance<br>Telephone<br>Postage and stationery<br>Sundries<br>Other support costs<br>Wages<br>Accountancy, legal and professional fees<br>Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|2,307<br>2,000<br>2,000<br>693<br>13,137<br>61,108<br>1,500<br>=|2,471<br>4,600<br>5,347<br>-<br>6,051<br>-<br>3,540<br>210|4,778<br>6,600<br>7,347<br>693<br>19,188<br>61,108<br>5,040<br>210|4,016<br>3,291<br>2,703<br>244<br>14,842<br>58,574<br>4,853<br>210|
|||82,745|22,571|105,316|88,733|



6. NET INCOME/ (EXPENDITURE) 

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): 

||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Depreciation - owned assets<br>Independent examination fees<br>Rentalsunderoperatingleases|210<br>3,600<br>11,250|210<br>3,504<br>11,250|



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7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS 

There were no trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021. 

Trustees' expenses 

|||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|
|||£|£|
||Trustees’ expenses|“|2|
|8.|STAFF COSTS|||
|||2022|2021|
|||£|£|
||Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Other pension costs|140,830<br>7,146<br>7,024|173,791<br>12,735<br>7,887|
|||155,000|194,413|
||The average monthly number of employees during the yearwas as follows:|||
|||2022|2021|
||Management, administration & fundraising<br>Charitable activities|3<br>7|3<br>7|
|||10|10|



No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000. 

Pension costs are allocated to the charitable activities along with the restricted and unrestricted funds in proportion to the related staffing costs incurred. 

The charitable company does not operate any pension scheme for its employees but does administer contributions to a money purchase pension scheme for 9 (2021 - 9) employees. The charity makes £7,024 (2021 - £7,887) of contributions to this scheme. 

Included in other creditors is a pension liability amounting to £1,074 (2021 - Enil). 

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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total funds||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||funds|funds|||
||Notes|£|£|£||
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM||||||
|Donations and legacies<br>Charitable activities|3|65,165|145,421|210,586||
|Personalisation agenda<br>Earned income<br>Investment income||66,657<br>8,310<br>15|10,893<br>-<br>-|77,550<br>8,310<br>15||
|Total||140,147|156,314|296,461||
|EXPENDITURE ON||||||
|Raising funds<br>Charitable activities||9,368|-|9,368||
|The Revolution Programme<br>Krocodile Krew Project<br>Personalisation agenda||30,739<br>449<br>64,110|162,137<br>6,351<br>10,893|192,876<br>6,800<br>75,003||
|Total||104,666|179,381|284,047||
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)||35,481|(17,532 )|20,857||
|Transfers||( 2,442 )|2,442|=||
|RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS||||||
|Total funds brought forward||235,322|93,738|329,060||
|TOTALFUNDSCARRIED FORWARD||268,361|23,113|341,474||
|10.<br>TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS||||||
||Improvements||Fixtures and|Computer||
|||to property|fittings|equipment|Totals|
|COST||£|£|£|£|
|At 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022||103,506|7,001|24,239|134,746|
|DEPRECIATION||||||
|At 1 April 2021<br>Charge for year||103,506<br>-|7,001<br>-|23,396<br>210|133,903<br>210|
|At 31 March 2022||103,506|7,001|23,606|134,113|
|NET BOOK VALUE||||||
|At 31 March 2022||-|-|633|633|
|At 31 March 2021||-|-|843|843|
|11.<br>STOCKS||||||
|||||2022|2021|
|||||£|£|
|Stocks||||-|220|



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## 12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 

|12.|DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING|DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2022|2021|
||||£|£|
||Trade debtors<br>Other debtors<br>Prepayments|;|8,064<br>9,403<br>2,337|13,748<br>3,756<br>2,137|
||||19,804|19,641|
|13.|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR||||
||||2022|2021|
||||£|£|
||Trade creditors<br>Other creditors<br>Accrued expenses||2,962<br>1,074<br>28,150|2,962<br>-<br>10,566|
||||32,186|13,528|



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## 14, STATEMENT OF FUNDS 

For the year ended 31 March 2022 

|||At|||||At|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||1 April|||||31 March|
|||2021|Income|Expenditure||Transfers|2022|
|||£|£|£||£|£|
||Unrestricted fund|||||||
||General fund|174,948|70,969|( 79,507|)|( 84)|166,326|
||Designated fund|||||||
||Personalisation agenda|93,413|80,364|( 78,791|)|-|94,986|
||Totalunrestricted funds|268,361|151,333|( 158,298|)|( 84 )|261,312|
||Restricted funds|||||||
|;||||||||
||Esmee Fairbairn|825|-|(825 )||-|-|
||TWEDP Included Communities - Liberdade|22|-|(22|)|-|-|
||CSDI|18|-|(18|)|-|-|
||Restricted capital fund|759|=|(210|)|84|633|
||Big Lottery Reaching Communities|1,396|65,000|( 66,396|)|9|2|
||Ballinger Charitable Trust|3,554|-|(3,554 )||-|‘-|
||Arts Council: Catalyst|44,614|-|(4,670|)|-|39,944|
||Peoples Postcode Lottery|782|-|( 782 )||-|-|
||Erasmus Fund|12,182|-|-||-|-|
||LCEP|500|-|-||=|500|
||Arts Council: Film|8,346|10,326|( 18,370 )||-|302|
||Northumbria Police|115|10,000|(10,115 )||=|-|
||Arts Council: NPO|-|62,120|( 62,120 )||-|-|
||It’s<br>a Dead Good Life|-|3,000|(475 )||-|2,325|
||UNN Film|-|2,000|(200 )||-|1,800|
||Digital Transformation Fund|-|8,356|-||-|8,356|
||Alphabetti|-|2,000|( 2,000 )||-|-|
||Community Foundation|-|6,500|(6,500 )||-|-|
||DC Specific IB|-|9,263|(6,950 )||=|2,313|
||Totalrestrictedfunds|73,113|178,565|( 183,207 )||84|68,555|
||Totalfunds|341,474|329,898|(341,505)||=|329,867|



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## 14. STATEMENT OF FUNDS 

For the year ended 31 March 2021 

|For the year endedended 31 March 2021|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||At|||||At|
||1 April|||||31 March|
||2020|Income|Expenditure||Transfers|2021|
||£|£|£||£|£|
|Unrestricted fund|||||||
|General fund|144,456|73,490|( 40,556 )||( 2,442 )|174,948|
|Designated fund|||||||
|Personalisation agenda|90,866|66,657|( 64,110 )||-|93,413|
|Total unrestrictedfunds|235,322|140,147|(104,666)||(2,442 )|268,361|
|Restricted funds|||||||
|Esmee Fairbairn|350|475|=||-|825|
|TWEDP Included Communities - Liberdade|32|-|(10 )||-|22|
|CSDI|26|2|(8 )||‘|18|
|Restricted capital fund|969|&|(210 )||-|759|
|Big Lottery Reaching Communities|15,702|72,500|(76,104|)|(10,702 )|1,396|
|Ballinger Charitable Trust|17,554|-|( 14,000 )||-|3,554|
|Arts Council: Catalyst|42,712|2|( 7,449|)|9,351|44,614|
|Peoples Postcode Lottery|6,714|-|(5,922|)|(10 )|782|
|Erasmus Fund|7,985|-|2||4,197|12,182|
|LCEP|500|is|=||s|500|
|Arts Council: Film|=|10,326|(1,980 )||-|8,346|
|Northumbria Police|800|-|(685|)|-|115|
|Arts Council: NPO|a|62,120|(62,120|)|-|-|
|NGI Strong Voices and Juice|394|-|=||( 394 )|-|
|DC Specific IB|=|10,893|( 10,893|)|-|-|
|Totalrestrictedfunds|93,738|156,314|(179,381|)|2,442|73,113|
|Totalfunds|329,060|296,461|(284,047)||-|341,474|



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## 15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued 

## Personalisation Agenda 

Fees for the purchase of our services by individuals with learning difficulties. 

TWEDP Included Communities - Liberdade This fund is to help set up and run apprenticeship schemes for people with learning difficulties. 

## CSDI 

Funds were received to explore procurement in the voluntary sector. 

Restricted capital fund Have been received towards the property improvements and computer equipment, where they are being amortised over their expected useful life. The Big Lottery Reaching Communities Funding exclusively towards the Revolution Programme. This has included an early payment of 20/21 grant which has been designated in 19/20 accounts. 

Ballinger Charitable Trust A small grant to set up a pilot scheme for the Lawnmowers new weekend youth theatre. Arts Council England: Catalyst A consortium grant. Lawnmowers will develop digital profile and explore and create a digital fundraising mechanism and an audience development website. NGI Strong Voices and Juice Workshops with young people with learning difficulties in schools and at the Lawnmowers premises. 

## Erasmus 

A significant grant award from Erasmus was to help us develop a European youth community. Together we will write, direct and host 2 large-scale theatrical dance performances (March 2019 - France, June 2020 - Poland) and put together a documentary with the help of Polish stakeholders. Students will attend a great variety of live performances, festivals and events in their home towns and abroad and learn how to review them, acquiring critical skills and greater artistic knowledge. Working with partners we will offer students an unprecedented insight into the diversity of Europe and a unique opportunity to travel, meet teenagers from other countries and for their counterparts to improve their English language skills. Gateshead Council Funding to help with relocation and legal costs. 

## LCEP 

Funding was received help with project management costs. 

Baring Foundation Funding was received to help create a film about how to live well (A dead good life). 

Postcode Lottery Fund A fund to help develop the communal garden space at The Lawnmowers Arts Centre, using perma culture techniques. 

## It’s a dead good life 

A film highlighting the issue of growing old with a learning disability. 

## UNN 

Scoping a research project into living with a learning disability. 

## Digital Transformation Fund 

Improvements to IT infrastructure. 

## Alphabetti 

Development of Retake, Remake. 

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15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued 

Northumbria Police Fund 

A fund to help develop a learning resource to highlight issues around hate crime. 

Community Foundation fund 

Has been received for delivery of arts projects. 

Arts Council England: NPO Funding towards the organisation arts programme and development. 

Arts Council England: Film A Project Grant towards the filming of Retake, Remake and part of the organisation Covid Recovery Response. 

DC Specific 1B A personal budget administered through the organisation of a member. 

## 16. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2022. 

17. KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL COMPENSATION 

The total remuneration of key management included in wages including gross salaries, employers national insurance and other benefits was £61,108 (2021: £58,575). 

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