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2025-08-31-accounts

Annual Report and Financial Statements Norfolk Community Arts Limited

For the year ending 31 August 2025

A Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England Company No. 04278192 Registered charity No. 1089916

Photo: Sistema Norwich student (Insight Media)

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Trustees Annual Report (incorporating a director's report) Contents


(incorporatng a director's report)
Contents
Introducton 2
Our mission, vision and values 4
Strategic report 5
Strategic planning & Our approach 5
Strategic aims 6
Focus priorites 7
Strategic view of remit 8
The diference we make 9
The context for our work 10
Achievements and performance in 2024/25 12
Programme delivery 2024/25 14
Impact 16
Plans and objectves for 2025/26 18
Governance, structure and management 20
Financial review 28
Independent examiner’s report 29
Financial statements 30
Statement of fnancial actvites 31
Balance sheet 32
Notes to the fnancial statements 33
Corporate informaton 44
Thank You's 45

Photo: Sistema Norwich Double Bass Student (Alex Lyons)

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Introduction

Photo: Suntou Susso, Norwich Summer Sessions (Mary Doggett)

Welcome to Norfolk Community Arts Limited's Annual Report for 24/25. The year saw the Charity's financial position improve, enabling us to restore some of our core staffing capacity and carry out vital work to refocus and revitalise the Charity's mission. Our new strategic plan focuses the Charity on music (having previously had a broader artistic remit) and puts young people very much at the forefront of our work.

Authors such as Professor Peter Fonagy, at UCL, argue that the mental health crisis among young people cannot be addressed without fundamentally rethinking how we support their development. The three essential psychological needs he identifies (Autonomy: freedom to make choices; Competence: the tools they need to succeed, not just academically but socially and emotionally; Relatedness: strong social connections and a sense of belonging and purpose), and his call for engagement in meaningful activities, can be met by arts focused programmes such as Sistema Norwich. We have long identified the role of music and Sistema's approach for supporting the development of social and emotional capabilities. Yes, Sistema is also widening participation in learning to play a musical instrument and bringing together a diverse community of music makers, but however you want to look at it there is a need to commit resources to support programmes like Sistema, with its focus on enriching the lives of young people, developing creativity, its diversity of engagement and its nurturing environment.

The challenge for young people in general, and young people in Norwich specifically, remains significant. With reporting that 20% of young people (aged 8 to 25) suffer from a probable mental health disorder, and mental health issues accounting for 45% of the overall disease burden for those aged 10-24 (with significantly higher rates in young women), there are serious implications for the lives of young people and the vitality of our society. Add to this the specifics of poverty in Norwich, with a third of children living in poverty, KS2 achievement well below the national average, the city in the most deprived 2% of the UK (young people's subdomain of the Index of Multiple Deprivation) and in the 10% least socially mobile, and you have a worrying picture and a call to action.

work. Our goal is to broaden our offer to include early years provision and Saturday clubs, work on developing engagement in folk music, increasing music programming for and by young people, and more performance opportunites. We want to create a community hub of music activity and performance around our base on Colegate and the Octagon Chapel (next door). As Sistema flourishes and grows we are looking at how we can work to meet the level of demand for places (currently more than double the places we have on offer, at around 100 children), itself a clear indicator of the level of needs for the programme.

Sistema Norwich sits at the core of our vision for the next phase of the Charity's

Photo: Sistema Norwich Da Capo String Students (Insight Media)

Our partnership with the Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub to deliver Sistema remains very important, both bringing resources and linking the programme (and Norfolk Community Arts Limited more widely) to the local music education network. We want to extend our thanks to the Hub for their support, and particularly to the fantastic Hub colleagues who work alongside our staff. We have continued to build a great team of tutors, coordinators and administrators, whose energy and dedication to the work has been so vital to its ongoing success.

Norwich Summer Sessions, the free festival of music and street theatre that NORCA delivers for Norwich BID, continues to offer a wonderful platform for enlivening the city centre, both supporting the local economy and providing a platform for local bands and

up-and-coming young musicians. Alongside local favourites such as The Vagaband, Kitewing and 4D Jones, national acts included folk artists, The Carrivick Sisters, all female Afro-Brazilian group, Safrela, and the wonderful Kora playing of Suntou Susso with Ross Grant on violin. We pride ourselves on a programme that has 50% female artists, and covers a wide range of genres. Plans for 2026 are well underway.

The funding climate remains very challenging. We continue to have amazing support from funders and donors and I want to offer huge thanks to all those who have supported our work in the last year, large or small. It is all important, appreciated and needed more than ever. These are hugely challenging times for our sector, with more pressure and demand than ever on funds and funders. There remains a need for action to support the charity, education and arts sectors, if the work of organisations like ours is going to be able to continue, whilst we also continue work to diversify and increase our income, particularly generating more unrestricted income. More availability of core funding and multi-year grants would support better planning, more sustainability and greater impact.

I want to thank the NORCA Trustee board for all the work they have done this year. I am hugely grateful for their support, and it is great to welcome Diana Hare to the board. I want to offer a big thank you to all our staff, freelancers and volunteers for everything they do for the Charity.

Marcus Patteson EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (May 2026)

Photo: Sistema Norwich Brass Students (Insight Media)

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Our mission, vision and values

We are dedicated to improving lives and communities through Our mission arts and culture.

To create a world where arts and culture are an integral part of everyone’s lives, and the people and communities we work Our vision with can live creative, healthy lives, and fulfil their potential, regardless of background.

Our values Our values are inclusivity, excellence, cooperation and nurture.

Strategic Report

Strategic planning

Strategic planning takes place through the business planning process and cycle. This seeks to ensure that all our work has a robust case for support and theory of change, that it is well-planned and resourced, that it is coherent and cohesive, that it fits with local and national priorities, that it meets the needs of our communities and that everyone in the team is able to have input. It also seeks to ensure that the Charity is financially sustainable, with a diverse income portfolio that seeks to maximise opportunties to fund the Charity within the scope of its remit.

We have reviewed Norfolk Community Arts Limited's remit and are developing new areas of work to meet local needs and priorities identified through the strategic planning process, working to put in place a new 3-year strategy and business plan for September 2026.

Our approach

The focus of our strategy is to make a real difference to people’s lives through arts participation and engagement. We have made four strategic choices, which underpin our approach:

Inclusivity

Our work is founded on opportunity for all, regardless of background, situation or circumstances. We are committed to putting people at the heart of what we do and listening to their voices, so that our work is relevant and responds to their needs.

Cooperation

All our work is built on cooperation, collaboration and respect, and always strives for a simple clear message supported by teamwork, and social responsibility.

Nurture

We create safe and supportive environments within which people can grow and develop. We facilitate and empower change for the people we work with.

Excellence

The people and communities we work with deserve the highest, most professional quality of service or provision we can offer. We consistently work to ensure this, and make what we do better. We bring dedication, passion, innovation, inspiration and ambition to all our work.

1. A focus on the impact of economic

3. Partnership and collective action

2. An ethos of creativity and culture

4. Being a high performing organisation

Photo: Sistema Norwich Students (Insight Media)

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Strategic aims

We focus on five strategic aims, which drive our work:

1. Creating opportunities for participation and engagement in the arts, especially for those with least access: this is where change happens, at the creative coalface, through engagement in a creative practice.

2. Overcoming barriers to cultural engagement, including inequality of access to opportunities for financial reasons: making sure we reach those with the highest needs and the least access.

3. Building skills: Supporting people on their creative journey, building skills and developing a culture of creativity: creating an environment in which creativity can thrive and grow, and be sustainable.

Focus priorities

Since its formation in 2001, Norfolk Commnity Arts Limited has delivered a wide range of programmes across different artforms, including music, dance, theatre, video & film, journalism, visual art, opera, carnival and photography, working across all ages and with over 70 projects and programmes delivered. Although music has always been a key area of work, the development of Sistema Norwich (which started in 2009) has represented a significantly increased focus both on music and on young people, with the Sistema programme making up the largest part of the Charity's work over the last 15 years.

Given our specialism in music and the significant level of need to support young people, both generally and specifically in Norwich (see section on the context of our work), as part of our review of remit the Trustees have taken the decision that the focus of charity will be guided by three priorities:

Music - NORCA's core focus will be music and music-related activity.

Young people - Our work will focus on young people, 0-24 years.

4. Making a difference to people's lives: increasing social mobility, building resilience/wellbeing and generating community cohesion: putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of all our work.

5. Providing facilities and resources (as part of a cohesive local arts infrastructure) that further our work and support access.

Our projects, programmes and activities focus on these to different degrees, but ideally will draw on all of them. In some cases, projects are developed that focus on one, specifically.

Theory of change

Our work is grounded in research by the Young Foundation which identifies the fundamental importance of social and emotional capabilities in the achievement of other outcomes, including educational attainment, health and employment status. That research also establishes that these capabilties are seen as important by participants, who therefore recognise the value in investing time in developing them. Although their research is focussed on young people, it holds as being applicable across the whole of people's lives.

We believe the best way to achieve our objectives is through direct work with individuals and communities, aimed at giving them more opportunities to thrive, and building their skills and capabilities. This work, however, needs to be framed within a wider culture, that nurtures and supports growth, includes partnerships to support or deliver programmes, and influences policy makers in their choices over resources and policy direction.

The arts are recognised as supporting the development of social and emotional capabilities, e.g. Sue Hallam, The Power of Music, 2010. A deeper evidence base is being developed, across a range of genres, and we will be looking to contribute to this through our own evaluation.

We seek to support people in developing the building blocks of healthy, successful, creative lives, raising aspiration and fulfilling potential. We aim to give people the skills and resources to overcome the challenges they face and live better lives, including ones rich in the arts.

work with adults will be undertaken Adult provision where it links to other activity - where it links to existing provision, e.g. work with Sistema parents, or workforce development connected to music tuition.

Photo: Sistema Norwich percussion students (Insight Media)

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Strategic view of remit

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ADULT YOUNG PROVISION PRIORITIES MUSIC PEOPLE WHERE IT LINKS TO OTHER WORK

Figure 1. Strategic view of remit

The difference we make

Our strategy focuses our work on improving lives through arts participation and engagement, and developing a culture of artistic engagement and practice for all. We frame the impact of our work by viewing it through four strategic ‘lenses’:

Artistic development and lived experience of culture

Artistic practice, in some shape or form, is at the heart of all our work. The areas where we want to have an impact include:

Increasing social mobility

For us, social mobility is about people having every chance to be the best they can be. It's about the opportunity to succeed; about changing the way people think, act and engage, so they can realise talents and potential. The areas where we want to have an impact include:

Building resilience and wellbeing

The stresses and pressures of modern life can bring all sorts of health issues, particularly relating to mental health, and socially disadvantaged areas are often seen to have greater health inequalities. The areas where we want to have an impact include:

Creating an environment of arts participation and cultural engagement

Bringing about change is not just about focused programmes, but creating a climate of cultural participation, and recognising the value of culture to people’s lives. We want to make sure people (especially young people) have pathways to further opportunities and growth. We want to be part of a thriving community with arts and culture at its heart. The areas where we want to have an impact include:

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The context for our work

Our work is informed by local, national and international contexts. Most of that work is focussed on the city of Norwich, as the community in which we are most embedded and therefore can serve best, as well as more widely across Norfolk. Key statistics and indicators have informed how we have developed and shaped our work to meet particular priorities, and continue to influence what future programmes we might develop. Where appropriate we look to expand our work beyond this geographical remit, especially working with key local partners in other locations in the application of particular provisions or models of delivery.

This leads us to identify some key issues and needs that our work could focus on addressing:

Arts engagement

Norwich is perceived as being higher than the national average both regarding arts participation (time spent doing a creative activity, 41% compared to 35% nationally) and attendance (attending an event or performance, 63% compared to 53% nationally). There is however, considerable variation across the city’s communities, which can mean a significant proportion of the city have less access, and Government research into taking part in the arts shows a clear link between low attendance and deprivation, with lowest attendance (59%) in the most deprived 10%, and increasing with each decile. Norwich, however, is considered a cultural ‘hot spot’ in terms of the Arts Council’s priorities.

UNESCO City of Literature / City of Stories

Young people’s mental health

Even before the pandemic, a number of observers reported a significant increase in mental health issues for young people, many of them associated with increasing academic pressure and the impact of social media. Figures from NHS Digital identify that 1 in 5 children aged 8-16 had a probable mental health disorder in 2023, rising to 1 in 4 for 17-24 year olds, and that there had been a 33% increase in referrals to children’s mental health services since 2019.

Norwich was the second City of Literature in the UK and the first in England. Designated as a place of one thousand years of stories and literary firsts, of debate, foment and revolution, a place whose denizens were known for their non-conformism and ‘do different’ spirit. Work around the designation is led by the National Centre for Writing. It has led to the rebranding of Norwich as the ‘city of stories’.

In terms of the Charity's vision, mission and aims, some of the key statistics and indicators that support, direct and influence our work are set out below.

Norwich ethnic profile

Norwich age profile

Deprivation and poverty

Health

Education and young people

Impact of the pandemic:

Curriculum music

Covid-19 is generally recognised to have had a significant impact on mental health and social isolation.

The curriculum music offer, particularly at primary school, is generally considered to be sub-standard and an area where an organisation like ours can have a significant impact. Issues include nonspecialist teachers, lack of training for teachers, unimaginative realisation of the curriculum and a lack of confidence in the subject. There is a notable lack of uptake of music as a GCSE (despite 64% of young people considering themselves musical and music being one of their favourite pastimes (see below)), significantly lower, for example, than art. A new National Plan for Music was implemented in 2023 and new Music Hub regions implemented from September 2024.

Sistema-inspired programme s

Sistema Norwich grew out of a national, UK government initiative (In Harmony) that sought to apply the principles of El Sistema in an English context. Within the UK there are 8 Sistema-inspired programmes, including programmes in Scotland and Wales. Sistema has an international dimension, with programmes throughout Europe and the world.

Place making and Norwich 2040

The concept of placemaking has been a growing national initiative and part of Norwich’s make up for over 20 years. The approach is rooted in communitybased participation, and brings together diverse people, including professionals, elected officials, local groups, residents, and businesses, to improve a community's cultural, economic, social and environmental situation. Norwich 2040 provides a vision for the city, with ‘a creative city’ one of five key themes.

National economy

The narrative around the worsening economic picture, with a higher cost of living, rising inflation, greater use of food banks and a widening gap between rich and poor, all speaks to a greater need and opportunity for arts interventions around health and social mobility, versus pressure on funding.

The status of the arts

How the arts are regarded varies across different sectors, policymakers and the general public. More work is needed to test this and advocate for the arts.

Achievements and

performance in 2024/25

24/25 was focused on continuing to develop and build the Sistema Norwich model, whilst increasing the financial stability for our work and undertaking longer-term planning. Increased staff capacity meant that work on strategic planning and developing the vision for the charity was able to move forward, along with work to develop new or extended areas of work.

A focus on disadvantage and lack of opportunity Sistema Norwich

• Delivered 34 weeks of music provision, offering young people 4hrs/week of tuition (1,700 tutor hours) across the key orchestral instruments.

• Sistema continued to be a unique space that brings together young people from across Norwich's communities, with high levels of participation for those on free school meals and from low income households, and signficiant ethnic diversity (e.g. ethnic minority participation is increasing year on year).

An ethos of creativity and culture Sistema Norwich

Curriculum and extra curricular music

Delivery in 8 primary schools, including four whole school offers.

1,710 children received provision, with over 1,900 tutor hours of music delivery. 48 children across 3 schools took part in after-school clubs, delivering 100 tutor hours. Updated our model curriculum, including ensuring that instrument focussed lessons achieve curriculum objectives and give solid grounding in all aspects of musicality.

Carnival and Outdoor Arts

Continued to deliver our Samba band for young people (10+ yrs), Samba Bamba, with 12 sessions delivered and 14 young people taking part. The band took part in the Norwich Lord Mayor's Procession 2025.

Delivered a hybrid Norwich Summer Sessions 2025, combining three Thursday evenings (3 stages) in July with four Sunday afternoons (4 stages) in August. 25 acts performed over 7 weeks, with 23 of these musical acts (16 local) and 2 street theatre, supporting 113 artists overall (80% local). There was in increase in total audience from 2024 (9,720 people), and our largest average audiences so far (1,750 on a Sunday). The festival, again, achieved very high approval ratings, with 95% of the surveyed audience rating the event at 8+ out of 10. Broad programme with 13 genres covered, 52% female artist or female-led bands and 20 % culturally diverse acts

11 up and coming artists/bands performed as part of the Summer Sessions Platform acts.

Other

• Increased hire use of Martineau Memorial Hall, with 3 community choirs and an amateur orchestra as regular users.

• Five performances during the year including, Winter concert (Youth and Crescendo Orchestras), Winter choral concert, Spring Concerts (Da Capo and Soloists concerts) and Summer concert (everyone together). The Soloists concert supports the development of individual performances and small ensembles.

Carnival and Outdoor Arts

• Continued to run our Youth Samba Band, supported by Norwich City Council and the Love Norfolk Fund. New initiative launched to develop a young leader of the band.

Other

• 16 young people offered the opportunity to perform as part of Norwich Summer Sessions Platform weeks, and two young people were engaged as volunteer photographers.

Partnership and collective action

Sistema Norwich

Curriculum Music

Carnival and Outdoor Arts

To be a high performing organisation

• Partnership with Norwich City Council, Norwich BID, Rabo de Foguete and other local carnival organisations to develop carnival and outdoor arts activity in the city. • Partnerships with Access Creative College and New Noise (a partnerhip of ACC, Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub, Play Produce Promote and Pica pica, Pica pica) to support programming for the Platform stage at Norwich Summer Sessions, supporting emerging talent.

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Programme Delivery 2024/25

Sistema Norwich orchestral provision

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Instruments Details
Location
Sistema Norwich Nucleo
Strings (Violin, Viola, Cello, Tue to Thu- after school: 4.15 to 6.15pm
Double bass), Woodwind
Sessions: Instrumental lesson, general
(Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone,
musicality, ensemble and choir/other.
Bassoon), Brass (Trumpet),
Martineau Percussion. 4hrs/week
Memorial Hall
Limited provision for up to 14 students, Wed/
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Curriculum and extra-curricular music provision

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Instruments Details
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Curriculum Provision
Yr 4, 60mins/week
George White Junior Ukulele / Samba drumming
Yr 6, 45mins/week
Rackheath Primary Ukulele Yrs 3-6, 40mins/week
Ukulele & Yr1, 30mins/week
Mousehold Infants
Samba drumming Yr2, 30mins/week
Curriculum music
Whole school on rotation
West Earlham Junior
Samba drumming Yr 5
White Woman Lane Junior Samba drumming Yr6, 30mins/week
Trumpington Meadows Primary
Curriculum music Whole school, 1hr/week
(Cambridge)
Fawcett Primary (Cambridge) Curriculum music Whole school, 1hr/week
Other
Drayton Junior,
George White Junior and Samba drumming After school clubs - 1hr/week
White Woman Lane Junior
Jazz Impro Club Various Saturdays - 2hrs/fortnight
Saturdays monthly Sep-Mar (2hrs),
Youth Samba Band Samba drumming
and weekly Mar-July (1.5hrs)
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Other programme delivery

The previous table summarises our music provision during the 2024/25 academic year.

Extension activities

Whilst curriculum focussed work provides an excellent platform for introducing young people to cultural activity, including music and learning to play an instrument, long-term engagement needs a range of opportunities that extend and deepen this. These extension activities are often the focus of our programmes, so that they join up, offer progression and consistency, and ensure opportunities of access.

What we can offer by way of extension activities varies depending on the resources and opportunities available, the tutors and artists that are available, what programmes we have been able to develop and what interest there is from partners in running activities.

Key extension activities:

Sistema is effectively an extension opportunity. It offers young people who have had some engagement through activities such as whole class ensemble tuition (WCET) or individual music lessons, progression to a longer-term, deeper engagement in learning to play an instrument through being part of an orchestra.

Partnership with the Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub strengthens this, with Sistema provision being part of the progression route for young people looking to engage with orchestral music, whilst we seek to further develop and improve this connectivity.

Saturday group set up to offer Sistema children the chance to extend their experience and learn about and play some jazz.

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Key extension activities (cont):

Performance is often part of extending activities, both taking part in performances and experiencing a range of performances. Where appropriate, projects or activities often culminate in some form of performance, or link to performance opportunities. Initiatives like Norwich Summer Sessions enable us to offer performance platforms as part of our wider provision.

Significant performance development as part of Sistema is a key area, offering the chance to work with professional musicians and ensembles, and expand the peformance opportunities connected to the programme, as well as engagement with other organisations and audience development.

Opera & other projects

Developing intensive projects that facilitate a deeper and more extensive engagement with culture, offer the opportunity to not only further artistic progression goals, but also support wider curriculum and social impact aims. Our opera work (based on the Royal Opera House's Write an Opera model) is a perfect example.

Carnival & Samba

In the past a number of schools (e.g. Wensum Junior, West Earlham Junior) have engaged in longer-term carnival participation, often through project work in-school leading to taking part in the Norwich Lord Mayor's Procession.

We have continued to run our Youth Samba band and our goal remains to further develop this into a new youth carnival group, which could include costume and dance elements.

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Impact

Evaluation and Monitoring

(a national association for community music) in developing their methodology.

Evaluation and monitoring is vital for all the programmes and projects we run. At times we have had the resources to commission larger pieces of evaluation work, particularly in support of measuring the impact of Sistema provision, such as engaging the University of East Anglia Department of Psychology to assess the Teen Sistema Pilot, in 2014. Putting a comprehensive, long-term evaluation framework into place, and commissioning support for this, is a priority for the Sistema programme, to be able to better demonstrate the impact that our work has on participants.

Norfolk Community Arts Limited has considerable experience of measuring impact, including a raft of evaluative measures to support measuring social impact. Typical approaches include:

Our internal evaluation and monitoring for Sistema Norwich incorporates the evaluation methodoloy developed by Nucleo, the Sistemainspired programme based in North Kensington (London), who in turn worked with Soundsense

We look at impact through four lenses that enable us to frame the aim of improving lives - the key differences we are looking to achieve, across artistic and social, individual and community. Our evaluation feeds into our targets and priorities for 25/26 and beyond (see next section).

Artistic development and lived experience of culture

Developing proficiency – Building experience – Growing creativity

This is about ensuring our work builds artistic proficiency and experience:

• Though practice remains the least enjoyable area for young people (26% unhappy about practicing), 70% felt they had improved. 84% felt their performing had improved.

Increasing social mobility

Creating opportunity – Raising aspirations – Overcoming barriers

Building resilience and wellbeing

Developing confidence – Beating stress – Reducing isolation

Creating an environment of arts participation and cultural engagement Growing audiences – Building communities – Embedding in education

• Noticeable communities have grown around our Sistema Norwich and Youth Samba provision, with extended friendship groups and parent networks. Levels of parental attendance at engagement events, such as session sit-ins, has been very high.

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Plans and objectives for Norfolk Community Arts Limited Annual Report 2024/25 2025/26 and progress to date

A focus on disadvantage and lack of opportunity

Sistema Norwich

An ethos of creativity and culture

Sistema Norwich

Curriculum music

Carnival and Outdoor Arts

Deliver Norwich Summer Sessions 2026, continuing to explore and innovate the event as a platform for music and street theatre, and increasing our own visibility.

Other

Explore the development of Martineau Memorial Hall as a hub of music and music learning, aimed at addressing a range of needs for young musicians in the city. Promotion of Martineau Memorial Hall as a venue for hire.

Work to advocate for the value of cultural engagement and role of culture in enriching lives (e.g. social media, events, etc.).

Curriculum Music

Carnival and Outdoor Arts

• Continue to develop Norwich Summer Sessions as a platform for local artists and to develop and support young musicians.

Other

Partnership and collective action Sistema Norwich

• Continue work on parental engagement, including developing parental engagement in a new steering group for the programme.

Develop young people's ownership of the programme and ensure their voices are heard in how it develops.

Recruit more volunteers, both to support weekly delivery and concerts/events.

• Continue to build our partnership with the Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub, both to support participation in the Norwich nucleo and to explore opportunities for expansion. • Continue to support and develop the UK Sistema network, in discussion with programmes, including opportunities for partnership projects and interactions.

Curriculum Music

To be a high performing organisation

* Work with Creativity Unbound and Richard Felton, as part of a 'Together to Thrive' bursary, has enabled development of a new income strategy.

• Recruit more Trustees, developing representation at the Board level, including at least one young person.

Carnival and Outdoor Arts

Build on our partnership with Norwich City Council, Rabo de Foguete and others to develop carnival music entries for processon and other outdoor events in the city.

Build on our partnership with Norwich BID to continue to develop Norwich Summer Sessions as an event, along with other city centre focused activity.

Other

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Governance, structure and management

by beneficiaries in a variety of artistic forms, including music, drama, dance, carnival and media;

Legal status and objects

Norfolk Community Arts Limited is a company limited by guarantee and a charity registered in England and Wales. The organisation was established in 2001. It is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association, with the Charity's objects reviewed and revised in 2020. These are:

We demonstrate how we have met our principal objectives in our Strategic Report, by explaining why we focus on people facing disadvantage and subsequently reporting on our direct practice, work, policy and achievements with and on behalf of these people. People experiencing disadvantage face challenges that affect their physical and mental well-being. They are likely to have less opportunity and achieve less over their lives than other people. For this reason, we prioritise our work on their needs, so we can have the maximum positive impact and bring lasting change, not just for them but for our entire society.

In October 2022, the name of the Charity was changed from NORCA and Sistema in Norwich Limited to Norfolk Community Arts Limited.

Public benefit

Understanding and measuring our impact is of vital importance. It is critical in ensuring we achieve our mission of supporting people experiencing disadvantage to thrive, flourish and have better lives.

The Trustees have a duty to report on how our organisation’s charitable objects have been carried out, for the public benefit, and to follow the guidance from the Charity Commission on the provision of public benefit requirement under the Charities Act 2011, and the Trustees confirm that they have complied with this duty.

Under the Objects of the Charity, the types of benefit that the objects promote are to:

Photo: Norwich Summer Sessions 2025 - Kazuki (Mary Doggett)

Access and opportunity

The Charity runs a mixture of closed and open activity. Whilst open programmes can be accessed by the general public, closed programmes are focused on particular groups or communities. Where we can, we emphasise the widest possible engagement, as part of our ethos of social inclusion. Most beneficiaries are usually resident within Norfolk, particularly within the bounds of the City of Norwich, but we now have programmes of work in Cambridge and are in the process of discussing provision (or supporting provision) at other locations in England.

Governance, structure and management

The Trustee Board are the legal directors of the company. Membership of the Board of Trustees is under review, but there is currently no fixed term of office, with Trustees serving until they decide to step down. The Trustee Board has the responsibility for the governance and strategic direction of the Charity, ensuring that it upholds its ethos and values and delivers its key objectives.

The Trustee Board understands that good governance is fundamental to the success of the Charity and recognises the need for continuous review and improvement. The Trustees regularly review the Charity's governance, based on the seven principles of the Charity Governance Code, with the findings either fed into the management process or the business planning process.

Norfolk Community Arts Limited complies with its governing documents and all relevant governance-related legislation, and meets the requirements of charity regulators and best governance practice.

Operational management is delegated by the trustees to the Executive Director, who is accountable to the Trustee Board for its stewardship of the Charity. The Executive Director attends Board and Committee meetings, with other member of the management team attending as needed.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees (including any constitutional provisions)

Our Trustee recruitment process seeks to engage and sustain a combination of specialists and generalists, to ensure that a full range of skills are included on the board for excellent governance. It is also important for us to enrol Trustees who subscribe to, and are able to reinforce, our culture, our mission, policies and procedures. Our induction process involves supplying important documentation (job description for the role, most recent business plan, governing document, organisational structure, project archive report, current projects report) followed by a meeting with the Chair, deputy or other designated person, for familiarisation sessions on Norfolk Community Arts Limited’s finance and existing/pending programmes and projects. New Trustees are invited to visit a selection of projects to meet staff and participants and to attend a Trustees’ meeting as an observer. We are also investigating training for Trustees to support our commitment to excellent governance.

Trustees are appointed through a transparent and rigorous recruitment and selection process and are elected by members at a Trustees meeting. The recruitment of a number of young Trustees is a key objective, as part of demonstrating our ongoing commitment to ensuring young people take part in the decisions that affect them.

Trustees deploy a wide range of skills, knowledge and experience essential to good governance, and the balance of expertise is kept under review. Collectively, the Trustee Board must demonstrate responsible leadership and judgement.

Trustees, Committee Members, the Executive Director and the senior leadership team are expected to behave with the utmost integrity and professionalism, and at all times, to demonstrate their commitment to the goals and values of the Charity.

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NORCA ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

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All our Trustees give their time voluntarily, as regards their position as Trustee, and receive no rewards or benefits from Norfolk Community Arts Limited for the role. There is, however, provision in our constitution to pay Trustees (so long as the number of Trustees so engaged is a minimum). This was put in place to enable us to engage artists as Trustees who might also at some time do some professional work for the organisation. For 2024/25, no such payments took place.

The Trustee Board held 5 full board meetings during the period, along with a half-day planning/strategy session, to review the work of the charity and consider the future. The slightly greater number of board meetings than normal (quarterly) was reflective of the need for greater Trustee scrutiny, oversight and decision-making during a financially challenging period for the charity. Trustees who served during the year are listed on p48.

Young Trustees

Our young Trustees will be drawn from our services and participate at Board meetings, Trustee strategic days, as well as being involved in the recruitment of Trustees and members of the senior leadership team. Young Trustees will not have legal responsibilities or voting rights, but Trustees will pay close attention to their input and advice. Their contributions will help shape the future direction of the organisation and its strategy.

Safety and Safeguarding

Norfolk Community Arts Limited is fully committed to ensuring the safety of all participants and staff, with comprehensive risk assessments for all activities, and all the appropriate policies and procedures. We take Safeguarding very seriously, with all staff and volunteers undertaking a DBS check, alongside annual training from Norfolk Safeguarding Children’s Partnership, annual review of our Safeguarding policy and membership of our local Safeguarding partnership.

Delegation and sub-groups

The Board maintains a written schedule of matters reserved for the Trustee Board and sub-groups, which clearly defines specific areas for delegation. The small number of Trustees and need for addtional meetings, meant that sub-groups did not operate during the year, however sub-groups that can operate include the Finance and Fundraising sub-groups, the Sistema Norwich Steering Group (to support Sistema development and delivery) and the Martineau Memorial Hall Working Group (to support the operation of the building and developing its use).

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Photo: Event volunteer,
Norwich Summer Sessions 2025
(Mary Doggett)
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TRUSTEES
CARNIVAL, EVENTS & Executive MUSIC TEAM
ACTIVITIES TEAM Director
Marcus Patteson 1.0
OPERATIONS &
ADMIN TEAM
Operations
Manager
Cathie Davies / Clare Lovell
0.3/0.7
Curriculum Music
Carnival & Events Sistema Senior Advisor
Tutors / Artists Tutors Steve Copley 0.1
(Various - Seasonal) (Strings, Wind, GM) 0.4
Carnival & Events Martineau Memorial Administrator Sistema Orchestral Curriculum Music Music
Delivery Team(s) Hall Cleaner James Kinsley Tutors Tutors Tutors
(Various - Seasonal) John Wilkes 0.1 0.3 (Various) (Various) (Various)
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Figure 2: Organisational Structure

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is a central component of our strategic intent, and the new plan seeks to enhance EDI throughout the organisation, taking a holistic view that considers all stakeholders both internally and externally, assessing how we can best enhance policy, practice and procedure in the context of EDI, as well as a focus on the engagement and well-being of staff and volunteers. Key focus areas in the field of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion will be identified with a two-year action plan with specific objectives around what we want to achieve.

Employees

Norfolk Community Arts Limited believes that we can only achieve our strategic objectives by attracting and retaining skilled and experienced people across a range of functions. To this end, we are committed to ensuring that access to employment opportunities, training, reward and progression provides equality of opportunity for all employees.

Our staff development plan builds on previous work and focuses on workforce planning and development, and developing an action plan to support employee wellbeing. Measures we are looking to implement include:

Volunteers

The support of volunteers is invaluable to our work. We ended the year with 52 active volunteers.

induction for new tutors

We continue to expand and diversify our volunteer programme, to ensure that volunteering at the charity is accessible and attractive to all. In the year ahead, we will be investing in the volunteer journey across our organisation, to ensure that our respected and valued volunteers have the very best experience with us.

In October 2021, the role of Operations Manager became a temporary job share, to enable the post holder (Cathie Davies) to work remotely.

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Fundraising and supporter engagement

Fundraising and supporter engagement is becoming more and more important as part of our work, particularly for Sistema Norwich in its new format as a stand-alone, community-based programme. We continue to look to develop long-term relationships with our supporters and partners, ensuring we value and maximise the contribution of every individual, group or organisation.

The majority of our voluntary income last year was raised through Trusts and Foundations, individual support through regular or single gifts, legacies, support from companies, donations from organisations, and individual fundraising initiatives. We are hugely thankful for every gift and contribution.

We proactively comply with the Fundraising Regulator’s voluntary regulation scheme, aligning all of our fundraising policies and practices with the Fundraising Codes of Conduct, along with complying with all related legislation and marketing regulations.

The majority of our fundraising activity has been led by staff at Norfolk Community Arts Limited. Most fundraising work is carried out by the Executive Director, though we have, at times, engaged freelance fundraiser support for the development of a number of bids. As part of our business plan development we will continue to review and refine our fundraising strategy, including the resources needed to most effectively delivery any resulting strategy. We expect an increased reliance on supporter engagement (‘Friends’, business supporters and fundraising events), and Trust and Foundation income.

We proactively monitor any fundraising undertaken on our behalf to comply with the Fundraising Regulator’s voluntary regulation scheme. In the past year, we have not uncovered any failure by staff, volunteers, professional fundraisers or commercial participators to comply with these schemes and standards. We received no complaints relating to fundraising activities.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Norfolk Community Arts Limited has put in place policies and procedures to ensure we comply with the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR), following a review of how we handle information relating to our beneficiaries, supporters and staff, to ensure we are always honest and open about how we handle personal data and are taking appropriate measures to keep it safe and secure.

Remuneration

The senior management of the charity is the Executive Director, and the remuneration for this post is set by the Trustees and reviewed on an annual basis.

We are a Living Wage employer and our pay system is underpinned by the Living Wage Foundation recommendations. We are committed to continuing to implement increases in the Living Wage, as directed by the Foundation.

Related parties and other key partnerships and organisations

In pursuit of our charitable objectives we work and collaborate with a range of other organisations and related parties. These are detailed below:

Related parties

Rabo de Foguete : Rabo de Foguete is a carnival and outdoor arts organisation run by Marcus Patteson. It is the vehicle through which Marcus delivers his own professional artistic practice and music specialisms, engaging a wider group of local musicians, makers, performers and carnival artists. This currently includes running the Marina Theatre's, Sunrise Samba Band in Lowestoft. The development of Rabo has been supported by Norfolk Community Arts Limited as part of our carnival and outdoor arts remit, and the organisation is a key partner in delivering that activity.

Key partner organisations

Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub : Norfolk Community Arts Limited has been a partner in the Music Hub since it was established in 2012. The Hub has been a vital source of income for Sistema Norwich, as well as linking the programme to the wider world of music education in Norfolk, progression pathways and other opportunities. That partnership has deepened through a closer working relationship for the deliver of the Sistema Norwich programme (from 1 April 2023), including linking the programme into their wider ensemble offer. Norfolk Community Arts Limited has been a schools delivery partner for the Music Hub since 2012, and though in 2020/21 they passed over the work we were delivering for us to manage directly, we are a go to organisation if they have gaps in their workload that they need covering. The Hub also supports us by promoting our activities and concerts through their website and newsletters.

Norwich City Council : The City Council has been a key partner for the whole time that the charity has been in existence, including

support for Waterloo Park Pavilion (20022006), our leadership of the community section of the City of Culture Bid (2011), Play Rangers (2009-2011) and the Sure Futures Consortium (2006-2008). Carnival has been a key area of partnership work, particularly focussed on the Norwich Lord Mayor’s Procession, including delivering the Procession for them in 2023. Norfolk Community Arts Limited has been a core/regularly-funded organisation for a number of years, a key partner in recent Arts Council England funded projects, and continues to play a role in the cultural visioning for the city.

Norwich Business Improvement District (BID) : Another important local partner, we work with Norwich BID to deliver a range of activity to promote the city centre, including a summer festival of music and street performance that runs through July and August. 2025 was our twelfth year running the festival, which has become an important feature of the city’s annual calendar, and the second year under its rebrand as Norwich Summer Sessions (formerly Head Out Not Home). As well as being a platform for local bands, an opportunity to bring in national acts and a platform to support our work around diversity, we have also developed an element, through other local partnerships, to support up-andcoming acts. Other initiatives we have worked with Norwich BID on include programming live music for Norwich Wine Week, and creating and running Christmas Trails.

UK Sistema-inspired Programmes Network : Norfolk Community Arts Limited facilitates and organises this network of programmes that deliver Sistema-inspired programmes, with the aim of supporting the sharing of best practice and fostering partnership between the programmes. The network currently includes key programmes in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. As capacity allows we also look to engage in the European and world-wide networks (e.g. Sistema Europe).

Partnership and partner working is important to our ethos, and we have established and maintain good relationships with local arts and

Photo: Sistema tutor (Insight Media)

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community arts organisations to achieve our goals and ambitions as a charity. These include Access Creative College, the Garage, Norwich Arts Centre, Creative Arts East, Musical Keys, Lost in Translation Circus, Young Norfolk Arts Trust, the National Centre for Writing, Norfolk and Norwich Festival and Norwich School. We have long-standing links with most schools in Norwich (particulalry primary schools), working closely with a number through Sistema and curriculum music delivery (e.g. George White Junior School, Mousehold Infant School and West Earlham Junior School).

company vans reach the end of their lives we will take full account of environmental considerations in replacing them.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The Trustees have responsibility for ensuring that the Charity maintains comprehensive risk management systems and that appropriate actions are being taken to manage and mitigate risks.

We have a formal risk management strategy that provides a robust framework through a risk register model, and subsequently managing risk across the Charity. Norfolk Communty Arts Limited has an established system of internal controls that governs all of its operations. These controls have been designed to provide a reasonable level of assurance against the risk of error, fraud and inappropriate or ineffective use of resources. The Governance Risk Register is regularly reviewed by the Trustee Board to ensure transparency and challenge are inherent in the system.

Environmental statement

Norfolk Community Arts Limited works at a community and local level, seeking to minimise our impact on the environment through our environmental policy. Where our activities are most likely to cause a detrimental effect is mainly through transportation of people and goods and the operation of an office. We undertake to minimise our environmental load as much as possible. We elect to work largely within the City of Norwich and Greater Norwich, with locally based practitioners, minimising the environmental impact of transportation, through shorter journeys, lift shares and encouraging cycling. As our

The principal risks that have been identified in the Risk Register through their likelihood and impact on the Charity are shown in table 1.

Photo: Norwich Summer Sessions 2025 - Carrivick Sisters, St Gregory's Green (Mary Doggett)

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Risk
Examples of mitigating actions
• •
A child protection failure Mandatory safeguarding training provided to all staff and
results in a child or young volunteers and regular refresher courses for all direct
person being harmed practice staff
• Safer recruitment processes in place, including review
and sign-off of mandatory DBS checks
• Protocols for recording in place
• Specialist safeguarding resources, processes and
structures in place
•
Annual Review of safeguarding practice
•
Internal audit of practice, ensuring compliance with
regulatory frameworks and ensuring safeguarding policy
and processes are implemented and communicated
effectively
• Unable to grow • Develop a new supporter engagement approach and
unrestricted income to strategy
•
meet our objectives Ensure compliance with GDPR regulations
• Regular reviews of the external environment at both
operational and governance levels
•
Strategic Business Plan and operational plans prioritise
support for income generation
• Challenging funding • Build our fundraising capability and capacity
environment results in •
Develop collaborative partnerships
receiving less funding • Be innovative, in services to beneficiaries, approaches
than needed for our and in the supporter and funding arenas
•
objectives, including cut Develop evaluation to clearly define impact and support
backs in existing funding bids for funding
• Develop models and approaches to be able to scale
delivery
• We are unable to •
Ensure operational plans reflect strategic intent
translate strategic intent • Close monitoring of progress against operational plans
into operational reality and budget
or achieve the impact we • Develop and implement a clear plan for staff
want development, including a formal appraisal system
•
Ensure staff development plans support delivery and
instils culture of continuous improvement
• Not having the right • Ensure there is a robust and ongoing recruitment process
personnel to function for new Trustees, with scoping to skills needed
effectively, whether • Ensure there is a succession plan for key, senior roles
Trustees, core or delivery • Develop and implement the 'Our People' plan to ensure
training and support needs of staff are fully considered
• Develop recruitment plan and protocol for new tutors, to
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TABLE 1: KEY RISKS AND MITIGATING ACTIONS

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Financial review

Provided in each case that:

Summary

Total income received for the year was £351,558 (2024: £314,163), which included £208,877 of restricted income (2024: £184,663) and £142,681 of unrestricted income (2024: £129,500). Expenditure totalled £335,908 (2024: £322,746), of which £166,884 was restricted (2024: £216,817) and £169,024 was unrestricted (2024: £140,083). This resulted in a surplus to funds totalling £15,650 (2024: deficit balance of £8,583). The carried forwards funds total £54,376 (2024: £38,726), of which £48,993 is restricted (2024: £7,000) and £5,383 is unrestricted (2024: £31,726).

Investment Policy

Norfolk Community Arts Limited’s funding is typically on a short-term basis of 3 years or less, with the majority of funding being annual awards or funds from the provision of services. The organisation has no permanent endowment and provides for capital expenditure within annual budgets. The financial pressures created by the pandemic, along with investment in the Charity’s capacity, reduced the funds that were available from the Janson Legacy and mean it is unlikely we will be in the position to invest funds. The policy is to retain funds as cash and place them in bank deposits at the best rate obtainable, taking into account the security of the deposit takers.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees will confirm and review on an annual basis the policy in respect of the reserves held by Norfolk Community Arts Limited, and to ensure that these are normally maintained at a minimum level equivalent to the essential activities of the organisation for a minimum three months, should all other income fail to materialise.

The Charity’s reserves target is £100,000. As at 31 August 2025, free reserves, being unrestricted funds less fixed assets, totalled a deficit of £50,016 (2024: £32,408).

Small Companies Exemption

Trustees have authorised a lower level of

reserves in the unprecedented circumstances facing the organisation, in order to safeguard the future of the charity and delivery of its services to its beneficiaries.

In preparing this report, the Trustees have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

Extraordinary use of the reserves

In normal circumstances the reserve funds will not be used for the Charity’s day-to-day expenditure. The trustees may, by exception, allocate reserve funding to:

……………………………………………….....

Mark Hazell

Chair of Trustees

Date: 28 May 2026

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Norfolk Community Arts Limited

that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

I report to the Charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 August 2025 which are set out on pages 31 to 43.

  1. 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.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the Charity 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’).

I draw attention to Note 1b in the financial statements, which indicates the Charity is continuing to face financial challenges and has had to commit a large proportion of the reserves to continue the core operations. They have encountered difficulties in raising funds and re-establising the financial stability of the charity. The Charity has secured funding in the short term to enable it continue in operation, however uncertainty exists over securing future funding. As stated in Note 1b, these events or conditions, along with other matters as set forth in Note 1b, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

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 company’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 the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have no other 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.

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 that in any material respect:

Aaron Widdows ACA FCCA

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

Price Bailey LLP Chartered Accountants Anglia House, 6 Central Avenue St Andrews Business Park Norwich NR7 0HR

  1. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  2. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement

Date: 28 May 2026

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Financial statements

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDIUTRE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Income:
Note
Donatons and legacies
2
Income from charitable
actvites
3
Trading income
4
Investment income
5
Total income
Expenditure on charitable
actvites
7
Total expenditure
Net expenditure for the year,
being net movement in funds
Reconciliaton of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
13,14		 Unrestricted
Restricted
2025
Funds
Funds
Total Funds
£
£
£
3,897
9,666
13,563
129,732
199,211
328,943
9,051
-
9,051
1
-
1
142,681
208,877
351,558
169,024
166,884
335,908
169,024
166,884
335,908
(26,343)
41,993
15,650
31,726
7,000
38,726
5,383
48,993
54,376		 2024
Total Funds
£
10,986
294,169
8,775
233
314,163
322,746
322,746
(8,583)
47,309
38,726

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

The notes on pages 33 to 43 form part of these financial statements

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Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

COMPANY NUMBER: 04278192

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 AUGUST 2025

Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilites
Creditors: amounts falling
due within one year
12
Net current assets
Total net assets
The funds of the charity:
Restricted funds
13
Unrestricted funds
13
Total funds		 4,412
17,357		 2025
£
55,399
55,399
(1,023)
54,376
48,993
5,383
54,376		 8,343
-		 2024
£
64,134
64,134
(25,408)
21,769
(22,792)		 8,343
(33,751)
38,726
7,000
31,726
38,726

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

The company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and the directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small company’s regime.

Approved by the trustees on 28 May 2026 and signed and authorised for issue on their behalf by:

Mark Hazell

Trustee (Chair)

The notes on pages 33 to 43 form part of these financial statements

1 Accounting policies

The Charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. In the event of the Charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the Charity. The registered office is Martineau Memorial Hall, 21 Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1BN. The registered company number is 04278192 and the registered charity number is 1089916.

In October 2022, the name of the Charity was changed from NORCA and Sistema in Norwich Limited to Norfolk Community Arts Limited.

a) Basis of preparation

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) (effective 1 January 2019) - Charities SORP (FRS 102).

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

The financial statements are prepared in pounds sterling and are rounded to the nearest £.

b) Going concern

The Trustees have considered the going concern basis of preparation of the financial statements noting the ongoing challenge of raising funding, liquidity and cash flow, and the need to continue the progress in re-establishing the financial stability of the Charity. With progress in 24/25, the charity ended the year in a better financial position than when it started, however, the fundraising climate remains challenging, and with a lot of NORCA’s work (including Sistema Norwich’s delivery model) reliant on funding, that remains an overriding issue for the Charity’s current position as regards developing financial stability. Funders continue to see a high level of demand for their funds, and as a result, many are revising their priorities and changing the way they distribute funds. That means that there is a necessity to diversify income streams away from Trust and Foundation grants.

24/25 saw an improvement in the Charity’s financial position, with progress made to rebuild Sistema Norwich’s funding portfolio. This has seen long-term support from the Garfield Weston Foundation, Anguish’s Educational Foundation, Norwich Freemen’s Charity and others, alongside a partnership with the Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub to deliver Sistema. Through support from the Norfolk Community Foundation’s Together to Thrive funding, NORCA has worked with Creativity Unbound and Richard Felton (Felton’s Fundraising) on work to develop the Charity’s income portfolio, leading to development of a new income strategy and work to build individual and corporate giving, legacy and event income. Trustees will also work to rebuild NORCA’s reserves and restore them to the target level.

The Trustees continue to keep a close eye on expenditure, whilst seeking to ensure the Charity has invested in the staff resource needed to both run delivery effectively and maintain the upward trajectory. The annual nature of funding cycles and the financial climate means that the position will continue to be challenging for the foreseeable future and will be closely monitored by Trustees.

BUDGET FOR 26/27 - This budget means that we continue to look to draw in funds that have not yet been secured, both through fundraising, other income development and the sale of assets that we no longer need. With a significant proportion already secured, the Trustees believe the fundraising targets are achievable, with room to downsize delivery should funds not prove forthcoming.

At the date of these accounts being approved, May 2026, the Charity has sufficient cash to meet liabilities as they fall due until the end of July 2026, however is reliant on donations and successful bids (that have been submitted) to complete this financial year and put in place the additional funding needed for the next financial year. In the short to medium term, being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, the Charity will continue to manage its costs and realise its assets, until such time that consistent external funding is secured, falling back on the sale of some key assets to cover any shortfalls.

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Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

1 Accounting policies (continued)

b) Going concern (continued)

Trustees are very aware of the need to increase the level of unrestricted funds, whilst we will also review the level of overhead being charged to projects, to ensure we have an appropriate level of cost recovery for the projects and programmes we run. Following the work with Creativity Unbound, undertaken between January and April 2026, the new income development plan will seek to increase unrestricted income through a mixture of venue hire, service development (e.g. curriculum music provision), event income and bids for core funding. We have already made headway in the 25/26 financial year-todate, including a number of donations and a significant core funding award from Anguish's Educational Foundation.

As with the Charity placing reliance on external funding, there can be no certainty that this funding will be secured hence creating a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. At the date of approving these financial statements however, the Trustees are comfortable that the Charity will receive the required funding or in the absence of this, manage this by downsizing delivery and sale of unused assets. On this basis the Trustees believe that the accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis.

c) Fund accounting

Funds held by the Charity are:

1

Accounting policies (continued)

d) Income (continued)

Sponsorship from events, fundraising and events registration fees are recognised in income when the event takes place. Trading income is recognised on point of sale for both donated and purchased goods.

Rental income is recognised in the period to which the rental property is provided to the tenants.

For legacies, entitlement is taken on a case by case basis at the later of the date when the Charity is aware that probate has been granted, and either:

• the estate has been finalised and estate accounts have been received by the Charity; or

• when a distribution is received from the estate.

Receipt of a legacy is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably.

e) 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. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis under the following headings:

Expenditure on charitable activities comprises of the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries, activities undertaken to further the purpose of the Charity and their associated support costs.

Governance costs are those costs incurred in connection with the compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity. Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.

d) Income

Income is recognised when the Charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the items of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Where income has related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income), the income and related expenditure are reported gross in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Donations, grants and gifts are recognised when receivable. In the event that a donation is subject to fulfilling performance conditions before the Charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period. Income from Gift Aid tax reclaims is recognised for any donations with relevant Gift Aid certificates recognised in income for the year. Any amounts of Gift Aid not received by the year end are accounted for in income and accrued income in debtors.

Income from government and other grants are recognised when the Charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income received in advance for a future fundraising event or for a grant received relating to the following period are deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

Interest on deposit funds held is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the Charity which is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

f) Tangible fixed assets

Assets which are intended to be of ongoing use to the Charity in carrying out its activities are capitalised as fixed assets. All purchased fixed assets are initially recorded at cost.

Assets donated for use by the Charity are recognised as income when receivable and capitalised at their open market value.

g) Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Fixtures and ftngs -25% Straight line
Fixtures and ftngs - Mpods -10% Straight line
Media equipment -25% Straight line
Vehicles -33% Straight line
Musical instruments -33% Straight line
Leasehold improvements - On a straight line basis over the period of the
lease, up to the break clause, i.e. 5 years

h) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered.

Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any discounts due. Accruing income and tax recoverable is included at the best estimate of the amounts receivable at the balance sheet date.

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1

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

Accounting policies (continued)

i) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash 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.

j) Creditors

Creditors 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 are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any discounts due.

k) Pensions

The Charity provides a defined contribution pension scheme, whereby the Charity and its staff each fund the scheme, managed by a third party provider, the assets of which are held by the provider separately from the assets of the Charity. The pension charge in the financial statements represents the amounts payable by the Charity to the fund in respect of the period.

l) Operating leases

Operating leases are recognised over the period of which the lease falls due.

Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

m) Taxation

The company is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the company is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

n) Volunteers

The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these financial statements.

Further details of their contribution is provided in the Trustees report.

o) Financial instruments

The Charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value. Fixed assets are recorded at depreciated historical cost.

p) Critical accounting estimates

The are no judgements or critical accounting esitmates which have been used in the preparation of these financial statements

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

Income from donations, grants and legacies

Donatons
3
Income from charitable actvites
Alderman Norman Foundaton
Anguish's Educatonal Foundaton
Big Give
Chivers Trust
Drayton Junior
Foyle Foundaton
Garfeld Weston Foundaton
George White Junior School
Geofrey Watling Charity
Mousehold Infant & Nursery School
Mills and Reeve Charitable Trust
Norfolk Community Foundaton
Norfolk & Sufolk Music Hub
Norwich Bid
Norwich City Council
Norwich Freemen's Charity
Norwich French Church Charity
Nugee Foundaton
Rackheath Primary School
Sheila Ann Day Fund
The Alchemy Foundaton
The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust
Souter Charitable Trust
Squire Paton Boggs
The Trumpington Federaton
Thomas Anguish Foundaton
West Earlham Junior School
White Woman Lane School
Wymondham Abbey
29 May 1961 Charitable Trust
Other		 Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
3,897		 Restricted
Funds
2025
£
9,666		 Total
Funds
2025
£
13,563		 Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
1,223		 Restricted
Funds
2024
£

9,763		 Total
Funds
2024
£
10,986
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
-
-
-
-
1,736
-
-
9,527
-
4,651
-
-
15,065
36,300
-
-
-
-
2,970
-
-
-
-
-
35,429
-
15,782
3,248
3,600
-
1,424		 Restricted
Funds
2025
£

-

15,000

1,410

-

-

20,000

35,000

-

7,500

-

-

5,000

56,177

-

3,000

35,000

1,000

-

-

-

1,000

10,000

2,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

5,000

2,124		 Total
Funds
2025
£

-

15,000

1,410

-

1,736

20,000

35,000

9,527

7,500

4,651

-

5,000

71,242

36,300

3,000

35,000

1,000

-

2,970

-

1,000

10,000

2,000

-

35,429

-

15,782

3,248

3,600

5,000

3,548		 Restated

Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£

-

-

-

-

1,696

-

-

6,409

-

4,518

-

-

18,193

38,075

-

-

-

-

-

-

-


-

-

31,560

-

14,211

3,392


-

1,215		 Restated
Restricted
Funds
2024
£

10,000

-

-

2,000

-

-

35,000

-

-

-

1,000

-

75,400


6,250

-

1,500

1,500

-

5,000

-

2,000

250

-

30,000

-

-

5,000
 Restated
Total
Funds
2024
£

10,000

-

-

2,000

1,696

-

35,000

6,409

-

4,518

1,000

-

93,593
38,075

6,250

-

1,500

1,500

-

5,000

-

2,000

250

31,560

30,000

14,211

3,392

5,000
1,215
129,732
199,211		 328,943
119,269
174,900
294,169

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Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

7 Analysis of Expenditure (continued)

4
Trading income
Rental Income
Hire of equipment		 Unrestricted
2025
£
9,036
15
9,051		 Unrestricted
2024
£
8,575
200
8,775

Rental income, hire of equipment and event income is unrestricted.

5
Investment income
Bank Interest Received
6
Analysis of Expenditure
2025
Employments
Service delivery and event costs
Promoton
Building, venue hire and storage
Van and travel
Accountng and bookkeeping
Depreciaton
Equipment and materials
Legal and professional
Ofce and other costs
Proft on disposal of fxed assets
Total		 Charitable
Actvites
£
182,166
46,221
1,126
49,698
6,841
-
11,798
5,029
546
22,403
-
325,828		 Unrestricted
2025
£
1
Governance
Costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
10,080
-
-
-
-
-
10,080		 Unrestricted
2024
£
233
Total
Costs
£
182,166
46,221
1,126
49,698
6,841
10,080
11,798
5,029
546
22,403
-
335,908

During the year, total expenditure was £335,908 of which unrestricted expenditure amounted to £169,024 and restricted expenditure amounted to £166,884. Costs are allocated directly to the relevant fund.

2024
Employments
Service delivery and event costs
Promoton
Building, venue hire and storage
Van and travel
Accountng and bookkeeping
Depreciaton
Equipment and materials
Legal and professional
Ofce and other costs
Proft on disposal of fxed assets
Total		 Charitable
Actvites
£
182,658
46,207
795
51,350
5,961
-
13,330
4,648
1,484
17,515
(10,582)
313,366		 Governance
Costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
9,380
-
-
-
-
-
9,380		 Total
Costs
£
182,658
46,207
795
51,350
5,961
9,380
13,330
4,648
1,484
17,515
(10,582)
322,746

During the year, total expenditure was £322,746 of which unrestricted expenditure amounted to £105,929 and restricted expenditure amounted to £216,817. Costs are allocated directly to the relevant fund.

Net (Expenditure) / Income for the year is after charging:

8

Depreciaton of tangible fxed assets
Accountancy and bookkeeping
(Proft)/ loss on disposal of fxed assets
Amounts payable to independent examiner in relaton to:
Independent examinaton
Operatng lease rentals
9
Analysis of staf costs and key management personnel
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2025
£
11,798
5,030
-
5,050
34,766
2025
£
175,193
4,524
2,427
182,144		 2024
£
13,330
4,830
(10,852)
4,550
42,694
2024
£
176,074
4,062
2,523
182,659

The Charity Trustees were not paid any other benefits from employment with the charity in the period (2024: £Nil) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the period (2024: £Nil).

The average monthly head count was 14 (2024: 16).

No employees received employee benefits excluding pension contributions over £60,000 (2024: none).

NORCA considers that the key management personnel comprises the Trustees and senior management team, being the Executive Director and the Operations Managers.

Employee benefits of key management personnel of NORCA were £60,897 (2024: £56,932).

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10
Tangible fxed assets
Cost
At start of period
Additons
At end of period
Depreciaton
At start of period
Charge for the period
At end of period
Net book value at the end of the period
Net book value at the start of the period		 Media
Ofce
equipment Leasehold
Equipment
& Musical
Improve-
Vehicles
& ftngs Instruments
ments
Total
£
£
£
£
£
29,300
178,446
279,803
204,896
692,445
-
1,969
1,094
-
3,063
29,300
180,415
280,897
204,896
695,508
29,300
116,206
277,909
204,896
628,311
-
9,818
1,980
-
11,798
29,300
126,024
279,889
204,896
640,109
-
54,391
1,008
-
55,399
-
62,240
1,894
-
64,134

Fixed assets held in restricted Community Construction Fund and included above have a cost of £96,171, accumulated depreciation of £96,171 and net book value of £Nil (2024: £Nil).

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Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
12
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Bank overdraf
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 2025
2024
£
£
3,591
5,718
821
2,625
4,412
8,343
2025
2024
£
£
5,290
6,490
-
13,591
941
-
16,561
13,670
22,792
33,751

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

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Funds summary
2025
Restricted funds
Sistema in Norwich
Carnival Group
Total restricted
Unrestricted funds
Total unrestricted
Total funds
2024 - as restated
Restricted funds
Sistema in Norwich
Carnival Group
Total restricted
Designated funds
Unrestricted funds
Total unrestricted
Total funds		 Balance at
the start of
the period
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
between
funds
Balance
at end
of the
period
6,000
200,877
(161,536)
-
45,341
1,000
8,000
(5,348)
-
3,652
7,000
208,877
(166,884)
-
48,993
31,726
142,681
(169,024)
-
5,383
31,726
142,681
(169,024)
-
5,383
38,726
351,558
(335,908)
-
54,376
Balance at
the start of
the year
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
between
funds
Balance
at end of
the year
5,000
179,413
(178,413)
-
6,000
-
5,250
(4,250)
-
1,000
5,000
184,663
(182,663)
-
7,000
25,000
-
(25,000)
-
-
17,309
129,500
(115,083)
-
31,726
42,309
129,500
(140,083)
-
31,726
47,309
314,163
(322,746)
-
38,726

Sistema In Norwich - A programme seeking to transform the lives of young people from areas of deprivation through engagement in music. Rebranded as Sistema Norwich from April 2023.

Carnival Group - Carnival work that includes a youth samba band, development of and work towards the Norwich Lord Mayor's Procession, participation in Norfolk Carnival Collective and other related activity.

The general reserve represents funds of the Charity which are provided on an unrestricted basis. It includes donations, fund raising and surpluses and deficits arising from projects funded from various external sources. Also included in unrestricted funds is a designated fund which the Trustees have set aside for the Sistema project going forwards.

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Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

Notes forming part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

14 Net assets by funds

2025
Tangible fxed assets
Debtors
Cash
Creditors falling due in less than one year
2024 - as restated
Tangible fxed assets
Debtors
Cash
Creditors falling due in less than one year		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total funds
2023
55,399
-
55,399
4,412
-
4,412
17,357
-
17,357
(71,785)
48,993
(22,792)
5,383
48,993
54,376
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total funds
2022
64,134
-
64,134
8,343
-
8,343
-
-
-
(40,751)
7,000
(33,751)
31,726
7,000
38,726

16 Operating lease commitments

At 31 August 2025, Norfolk Community Arts had future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as follows:

Other

Other
Expiry date:
Under 1 year
Between 2 and 5 years
Afer more than 5 years		 2025
£
574
574
-
1,148		 2024
£
574
1,147
-
1,721

17 Related party transactions

Marcus Patteson who represents key management of Norfolk Community Arts Limited, also runs another organisation called Rabo De Foguete. Transactions between the two entities took place for the provision of professional artistic services, totalling £4,818 (2024: £6,166) and at the year end the amount due amounted to £Nil (2024: £Nil). The supply of services are aligned with the Charity's objects and are permitted under the Charity's Articles of Association.

15 Pension commitments

The Charity operates one defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of the Charity in independently administered funds. The total pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Charity to the funds and amounted to £2,427 (2024: £2,523). No amounts are outstanding at year end (2024: £Nil).

During the year, Marcus Patteson provided a short-term loan to the Charity totalling £8,000 (2024: £Nil). The loan was interest-free, unsecured and was repaid in full. There was no outstanding balance at the year end.

No further related party transactions took place in the period (2024 £Nil).

18 Prior year adjustment

The comparative figures for the prior year have been restated to correct the allocation of service fee income relating to Norwich BID funding and the associated expenditure.

In the prior year, income of £35,075 and related expenditure of £34,155 were incorrectly reported within restricted funds. These amounts have now been reclassified to unrestricted funds.

This adjustment has no impact on the total funds, net income, or the balance sheet of the Charity, but results in a reclassification between restricted and unrestricted funds in the Statement of Financial Activities and the related fund balances.

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CORPORATE INFORMATION

Norfolk Community Arts Limited

Accountants and Independent Examiners

(A company limited by guarantee)

Price Bailey LLP, Anglia House, 6 Central Avenue, St Andrews Business Park, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich NR7 0HR

Registered Office

Martineau Memorial Hall, 21 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN.

Company Registration No. 04278192 Charity Registration No. 1089916 Telephone: 01603 760529 (ext 1) Website: www.norfolkcommunityarts.org.uk

Bankers

Barclays plc 5 – 7 Red Lion Street, Norwich NR1 3QH.

Trustee Board

Photo: Sistema Norwich Youth Orchestra Concert Band (Insight Media)

Mark Hazell (Chair) John Packman Ruth Bullard Diana Hare (appointed 22 July 2025)

THANK YOU

Photo: Norwich Summer Sessions 2025 (Mary Doggett)

George White Junior School Mousehold Infant School Rackheath Primary School Trumpington Meadows Primary School West Earlham Junior School White Woman Lane Junior School

Special thanks to our business supporters, commissioners and partners:

Company Secretary

Marcus Patteson

Art Angels Publishing Norwich Business Improvement District Norwich City Council Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub Wymondham Abbey

Executive Director

Marcus Patteson

Operations Manager

Thank you to all the organisations who continue to support us and fund our work, and to our ongoing partners. Thank you to everyone who has raised money for us, volunteered their valuable time and skills, and supported us financially. Because of your generosity we’ve been able to do more, whether that is give Sistema children more time each week, reach more people or create more opportunities.

Special thanks to our 24/25 funders:

Cathie Davies / Clare Lovell (part-time job share from October 2021)

Anguish's Educational Foundation Big Give Foyle Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Geoffrey Watling Charity Norfolk Community Foundation Norwich French Church Charity The 29 May 1961 Charitable Trust The Alchemy Foundation The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust Souter Charitable Trust

Safeguarding Officers

Clare Lovell Cathie Davies (Deputy) Marcus Patteson (Deputy)

Bookkeeper

Sam Jarrett, Just Accountancy, 39A Rosary Rd, Norwich NR1 1SZ.

We remain committed to working to create a country where everyone has access to the arts and culture, and people can thrive.

Special thanks to our 24/25 partner schools:

People, and the arts, continue to inspire us, and to drive everything we do.

Drayton Junior School Fawcett Primary School

For more information about our work please visit our website: norfolkcommunityarts.org.uk