REGisfERED COMPANY NUMBE￿. 04318810 IEngl•nd Wales) REGISTERED ISUMBER.. 1092533 REPORT OF THE TRuSTEES￿PlD UP4A THE YEAR E￿￿ED I MARCH 2021 FOR ChaTiot HO￿ Brighio E&-t Sussex BN2 COT￿rE[￿rS OFTHE FINANCIAL STATEME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Report ofthe Tnsstrfs 1 10 5 IndepeDdettt Exanthr's Report Ststewenl of Activiti Bal*nce Sh¢¢t Notu to the fm#niyal stateD￿nts 10 to 15 NEW WRITING soufH GISTERED LIUMBEIL. IM31 RE RT FTHETR STE FOR THE YEAR EIDED 31 MARCH 2021 thc fJnaa)cial statements of the charity for tk year ea￿ 31 ma￿ 2021. The trustees ￿ve adoptd the wovisioD5 of A¢¢ouhtirtg and Re]K)rttnE by Ch*ribLs." strte￿￿t of Pr￿ice arvlicable to d]atitie5 p￿p￿Ting their accounts in accord￿ce with the Financial RcrrfxtÉDg Stsndard a￿lI￿le LD tk UK aDd Rcwblic of Ireland (FRS 102} (efftttive l Jattw 2019). OWEcfivES AND AcnviiiES Objectives and al￿$ The pr￿cipal attiNryty of the Comlw d￿ltig tl* yeaT ¢th]tinu&l to the dev¢lopm¢p¢ of undeT.rtpttseJJted 74Tite]s ]d th¢ii WOTk, and the th82g¢n￿l aryi d¢¥¢](V￿￿ 0[￿V to prticirAte in aThJ enjoy (7ratEv¢ in all its foTrn5. The Truste¢s confinn thal tly have cous1dti￿ the Chan"ty publit benefit when reviewing the chaTitys ain￿ attd ￿j.eCtiveS andplanDJng fimtte artivitie& Staff Volunteers TtL¢ compw has the following stsff f(w pen(#1202W21.. CEO: Lesley W(th (Fts114ime} Genera] Manager.. SaThlL Crowton {Full-tinK) Programm¢ Mw]ager. Sara Beadle (Part4￿￿ 2 days wweek) Progtamme Manager. Shzmn D￿al O*i.tinK 2 daystxr week) Digitxl and Marketin8 Mawer. FAI Cottrell IPart-ttttK 2.5 days ￿ weekl B(Kbk Keeping 5eryicos F¥vvE￿I by strv￿ Wri￿PetaI Fetixioitxd the B(wd ill Decem￿. NEWW io REPORT OF THE TRUSTE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAR ACHIEVEMENT LND PERFORMANCE Charit*ble aetivities Impact of Covid-19 New Writing S(MJth w&$ quick (N&iweak of Covi&19 panknio ck)5ing all live xtivitics in mid.March 2020. ahead of the natI(m￿ I In the im1[￿diate aft¢rJywdL staff have Continu￿ ￿ work from IK>me thn)u8bout the yeat. PttsgE￿ Man2ger S8rnh Beadle was fi]Tloughed for seva31 of th 2020r21 finamal year. line with government guidelines. which increased the pressuR on th¢ Test of the #aff *aTll kn Tnainlain a full progr￿ of deb"vay. Somc areas of work were IdUL￿ or reschtdtjkd . tht wing se&son of w(thlw aTrJ Tna*erclassts wa5 to auluynn and our atmual Projeet work w&$ te41esi8tted attd atttvitsts ￿Tri￿ (xrt onlinc. with wmitkonal t¢lq*th¢ SUp￿)rt offeted to le&$ Comp￿try.15t¢rdtr participan￿ UT￿ ￿lI1ve of ruDnÉng vir￿[ activtii&s saw the fiagship Celebrating Our S¢ori¢5 older LGBTQb prOj￿t engdging 5ignificaDtty r(K>re partici[￿￿ts over a wider geographic regiott otiginally plam* Futtders. Covld-t9 styp[￿rt A recovery grant of £IO.(W from Brightolt & Hove City COU￿11 ￿bled Wriiing South to maintsin ccntral BrightOTJ pran]5￿ howev¢r. a5 the rAthtnic it Fkcame clear th venue cou]d never be made Covid-safe. The lease was the￿f￿¢ terminatd in NovemlKr 8rtd actiwti¢s have remaiuryj ontine ever sinc¢. These include cour The p2ndemic res￿>])$e fmm two statllw btrdies h&$ l*ell (zitid to the of NWS. Arf5 COW￿1] Engbnd's ropid and prdaical response to the iJitial crisis and their 0￿-yea￿ extension of the rutEEllt NP(kfvtth'ng ￿ri0 carrying througb to M￿Ch 2(Y23. provided a stable ￿15 from which the Organi￿￿(#1 W&8 able to regrwp. conlitiuc to Funding from the DCMS Culbjral iiLxovery Fwxl 2. secwE)t at the ettd of tbe fiDalltiaJ yeat. has sub4ue4]tly en2bl NWS lo develop our digital iDfrasÉnKture. ¢J)mmi&sion Onli￿ couts¢8 a￿{ pilot llew ws of S•ng lrnpatt of Blatk Iaves M*tte* Movtth*Mt Th¢ Black Lives Matter movement has ittfI)rn￿ and Str￿ New Writing &)thh's ￿)mmi1￿￿￿t to diversity akxl anti.racist wtscc. A new AJtti.Rxist Stsaw inÈbattd tn 2(r20ni with w[￿5 of Colour toT￿￿[ta]I￿ and hLs subsequently be￿ adottht acmss all of the g0venth￿. employma]t O￿lationS arKi artistic deltvery. This WO￿ New Writtttg &)uth's Visio￿ mi&%i4)n aud vah*s i5 a dytLaTJll¢ snd ongoing patt of the company's ormllons. Partnerships Panttership working is aEways a vital rArt of Ncw Writin8 &)uth's wotk and I￿1￿8 wtÉ*ts and audirn￿ th[￿8￿Out the pandunic has emphasised thevalue a￿1 im[￿kn of c￿1¢￿ a￿] a)IlaF#)ratio We havc benefittrd froEll creative rArth5bJ￿ with a of I￿al. fEgi(ui alld nation￿ wisatsoDs throughout the year including.. . Writing Our Legary" p]Ebje£ts wtth div￿ wtitew5 luc1￿JIngwb[mx￿M ofcovat TDagazi MBEIL. 04318810 REPORT F THE TRVSTEES OR THE YEAR ENDED31 MARCH 2Q21 . MarlErf)rough Prthions . The CO8￿ 15 (SKer (knlinc LGBTkn favowi¢ Atlaaj Hollinghw5t from bis fr￿1 rwm ID tA)rthn. It￿L￿na￿ audiencts also at*nd¢d froTn the USA Au5trali4 the Middle a￿1 8nd we ate to PTcs¢nt futs]Te f&%tivdls as hybrid events. tn F£f50n and vtrtualty. - Universitie5 of Sussex BrightoD- Within4 Waus Intergu￿ Conve￿110￿8 in . Myriad Editiolls. ottline authoreyents . Cnwley M￿ScuM. Wriittig A]wnd tht Kids w)ied 7*ith DK)thets of YO￿]gChi1d1ul in Crdwley - Brighton & Hove LiThraries - und¢r-repres¢nted writers . The Literary Consultw. Free Reads tKogrd . National BTiting developrnart ageDciffj Hist￿1¢ EDgland ard Heart of H&sliDBS . Hi8b Street Tales tMxlc&4 series of COIILtnj&sion¢d Stori￿ froEJ] sevaj Heritsge Artion ZoDe5 . Wcst tkan College. TCS5dw prOgr￿c for Bknck arwj Browi ￿￿terS - Hangleton and Knoll Multicultural Wotnen's Gr0￿- Telling OurStOTi¢S lifrwrtillg Clas￿a￿lE￿￿￿kI¢t wthlicataon . Btighton Switrhlxth. Grief Meets writing pm8￿rnIne forlrTts"ed ofthe [￿RITQ+ cotnjnunity . Big B(K>k Weckend - Tht C(p&%t ts vittiial f¢stiva] Sessio￿ featiwing Juno Dawson and Patrick in conyersation Stru¢K due to operatiooal attd ide4)logical diffe￿￿¢5. Wsth thE I{)55 of New Writing S(R]th'5 prejnises whe4r CWP c1&8sts were host& the decisio￿ was tsken to d￿1ve the rthKrship * the of the 2020 academic year, in Junc 2021. ltt.house Activity Program In addition to parthershÉp prOj￿ty New Writing SrAth b&$ mainti1￿d r¢8u]ar progr￿ of a￿lVitieS includitig writing group5 for WOEking clw writers and other5 WO￿108 at diffeteall level& writers *ftviL￿ such ￿ manuscript re*ds aud 1.1 advicc aDdthe Wtitcrs Place Pttts colleciive. Cours￿. workshop5 snd m&%*rcl85ses have featurd ￿)rne of th UK'S M¢￿ excitsJ8 Wri￿￿8 from a dtvctse range of Catheritt smil￿ Wil]i8m Shaw. Katy Ma55cyaDd Rosie GarlatKi. a very bigh oEth.T* of over 45V4 aThJ 5agllw￿ iT￿rro51￿g its r￿h by 25%. knivÈtiGs suth a5 Writers Day have been tclntr0th￿cd in 2021122 to high online cl&w5 to sell IKTL FINANCLIL REVIEW Finallcial p05ititi The totsl ittL￿e for the ytsr was £366JOI (2019f20.. £313.932} t￿1 exp¢ndittur was £341,453 (2019120: £299,836). The resulted lll fimds caJried forFwd incrosing to £1 11.974 1£2019QO: £87.126} of which £1 11.974 is Pa8e 3 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR Ef*T)ED 31 MARCH 2•21 FINLYCIAL REVIEW Reserves poiKy Following Arts CLHJllciI rceomnKr￿LatiOnS with the urthrthi￿g that New Writiog SLKtsh will necd tt> invell in firtUfE illcoTryawaling activiti&8 to mitigat for lost trKoTrK. a Reserve Policy wa5 set by the Board in 202Q121. Thc charity has now set rfscrvrs ¥t 3 TDLth' LTtThtiDg costs plus winding w> cos1& ￿ aroroximgtcly £60.( at the cu¥r¢ntO￿ating l¢v¢l. Unr&8tricted reserves wue£l 11974 at end of Match 2021. While New Wriitng South faccs a ftumbcr of risks tti this di1r￿￿1]I tinK thc Tnjstecs aTC of the view that the chan'ty ha5 ¢oming 12 mi)nths. The exte￿ N￿lo￿al Pixtfolio Organisation INH)) fillwJiDg pul￿ comt to an ￿ in Marcb 2023. New Writing Thc T￿￿ets revicw the p)licy a￿1 progmtow8td8 meaingthe tatgct Icvcl of a￿En￿lly. FtrruRE PLATr4S The New Writing South's fuojre plan is to contrnue ￿1ver[￿g an ambitious artistic pn}gran￿¢ of actiNTrty a stEDng responsivc (o the chanw Covid Siti￿tiO Stsff continue to work from wsth all delivard tklivtry thj * plons fN the futwt will be Tnore fiKu&*d on wionty aTeas al￿ the cost.l*nefit tatio of higbtr.mait￿￿. lower.iJKx)n* activities will be evaluated aTrL wh¢re ￿e£¢￿sary. Jellthed fti)n] the (￿Y wmrfolio. A suite of new digitsl cw5Gs will intrithced in 2021IU lo mittgate the ir￿0￿¢ lo&% from the Cr¢ativ¢ Writing Programm4 and a EKW furLth3r&ng ¥ThJ gahTation 5ts3*gy h35 ircn dcvclqrt tr¥wg priority ateas aligned with Arts CoLuJciI Eng]aTwJ's PnrKip1￿detrikn1 in th¢ir2021P2030 5ts*gy. Lte5 Cffate. The Board wll ￿ TE¥)re Involv￿ in a￿1 ryonÈng on ts prog¥rs5 N¢w WTJtitig S(th ss making on implliving perfonna￿t against thc Investh￿l Priticiplcs. B(l￿d memttrs will Colllitwe to tskc all requtfed mitigating a¢tion to ensure the on80ing viability ar￿l S￿%￿1￿￿￿"ty of the organi￿ ￿thI1¢ res￿DdIng to the I￿ardtion of thc accounts aLl￿r￿all￿ w]th the of the CoTnpani&s Act 21kn ethe 2(x￿ AcV}. Having Satisfi￿ myself that the of the Conw are rwDred to k allth.taf Part 16 of the 21K￿ A¢t and are eligible for inderxijdent emm]￿(￿ I retth in W of my exa1niJ￿t1l￿ of your charitys accounts as Ca￿led out under section 145 of the Cbarities Act 2011 Cthe 2011 Atry In caryY￿g my I Iwve followed the Directions given bythe Charity C4)I￿n￿Oll under section 14515) Ibl ofth¢ 2011 ACL 1ndepende￿texam1￿er's statement Sincc your clmriws 8n￿S income exceedal £250,(W yw ethninct ir a of a listal i¥¥ty. I c4n eonfi that l am qualified to urthnake the cxamÈr*tion because l a rtgiouul of ID5tittrte of Charteted Accol￿tants in England and Wal¢s whith is oDe of the ]isled trthie& exami￿atiOn ￿VIng cause to EKlievc". the accoutts &) T￿t accordwith those rec¢x(Ls" or the attounts do not cornply with the a¢¢￿ting req1ll￿￿ of 396 of lh¢ 21W Att other than any indE￿ent ex3nJinalion" or on)n%￿ Pradtce 3cc(M]ntillg *]d by rbaTiti¢s 1a￿>11CabjC to chvJitie5 preparing their accounL8 in accordan￿ with thc FI￿3￿¢]￿ Rwting StsDdatd applithl¢ Èn the UK and Rq)ublic of Ireland (FRS 102)). ILrf John Tha¢kerFCA DChA h)stitutr of Chartered Accowkn XD England atsl Wales C]Jariot HO￿ Limitrd Chartered Accountants 44 Cjnnd Patade Brighton East Sussex BN2￿A STATEMED*T OF Ft¥ANCL4L ACTIVmLS EQR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 2021 2020 ToLqI fuDds fi]nds INCOME APID ENIX)WMENTS FROM Donations and l¢gaGic5 129.fA)3 51863 i￿466 163.¥86 Charltabie activiti Charitable Activitics 169.8fA) 169.8(rf) 150,(H6 13.975 13.975 Tolal 313.438 52.863 366JOi 313.932 EXPENDITURE OP4 Raising fu]xds 12 CharÉtabl¢ a￿l￿tIeS Charitsble Actiwties 55249 341.453 299,824 Total 55249 341.453 299,836 NET tf*COMV(EXPENDITURE) 27234 (2J86) 24.848 14.096 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total fund5 brnught fon¥*ail 84.740 87,126 73.030 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 111,974 111.974 87.126 WIUTING sourH Gl TERED fl FA.LANCE.$￿￿T 31 MARCH ZOZI 2021 2020 Total fimds fiJtJds FIXED ASSETS 867 CURRENT ASSETS Debtor5 Cash at iw￿ and in hw]d 21462 181.809 22,462 181.809 10,453 156,357 204271 204271 16@810 CREDITORS Amouttts falling due withinone ycar {9U96) (92.596) (80.551) NET cURRE￿T￿ 111.675 111.675 86,259 TOTAL.4SSETS CURREKr LIABIL]TILS 111.974 111.974 87.126 NET ASSETS 111,974 111,974 87,126 io Uorestricted fiumjs R¢stri¢ted 111.974 84.74 2J86 TOTAL FtNtNs 111.974 87.126 The c]Jaritable eomydry Ès eDtitled to ￿em[￿l￿) from a￿lt SttlioD 477 of the Companies Act 2Q￿ for the year ended 31 March 2021. 31 March 2021 in aCc(Kd￿ with Section 476 of the C4mwics Ait 21K6. The tn￿ acknowl* theITTe5yon￿ljIlitie5 for (a) ¢nsuting that the clwitable ccMJJpatty ktrp8 Ilw with StttiOJL8 386 and 387 of the Cmjpatties Act 21MK) attd prep2Ting fmatttia] slatemcnts which gjvc a mjc a￿1 fair vicw of the state ofaffairs of the charitsble company as at the end of Cach financial year and of its s]rytU5 or (thit fw each finwia] yeo¥ in accoTdance with th¢ requi￿rne￿ts of &ctioll5 394 aDd 395 aTKI which Othe￿ with th¢ Irqui￿￿￿ts (pf the Compnies Act (bl Page 8 EW UTH ISTERED LIUMBEIL. IM11881• BALANCE SHEET-¢•nti IMAR H 21121 These financial statements have in *COrd￿ Tprith the provisio￿ appliLxble to charitsble companies subjeci to the c4)Jw￿l&s The fijmttcial statemcsts were arwvcd by the Board of ard audM>riscd for iswe were signed on its bcthajf by: NOTES TO THE FII¥ANCIAL SfATEMENrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED JJ MARCH 2021 ACCOUNTIYL G POLICIES Basis of prewaring the fiTranC1￿ stalements The financial statemeEJts ofthe chan"table whith is a public t*￿fit eijtity FRS 102, have be•) prEpared in a￿orda[￿r with th Clwitiffi SOIiP (FRS 102}'A(ZOLvJting and RwtiTtg by Charitie5.' Sta*Tnent of Recommended Ptactice 4ryTrlicabk to cbarities Prepry the￿ acci)unts in ￿0[dance with the FiDancial Rqx)rttng Stsndard applicablc ID the UK RtVEblic of Ire]8ttd IFRS 102) lefftxtive l Jattuary 2019),. Fit)anci2] Reporting Sttndard 102 llje FIn￿lat liqffiirtg Stsnd2rd aA)licablt in thc UK and Rcpublie of Ireland, and the Con4)3ts￿ Aci 2(￿. The fioatttial staten*nts have been prep&ed Under the historical cost All inci>me is re£ogDJsed in the Staren￿l ofFiDancial ALtivities 0￿¢ thc charity b&8 entitlenxDt to the fijnds. it Is probtble that the ittomc wt]I ￿ r￿1V￿1 attd mea4Jttd rdiably. Expertditore Liabilities are recogDised &8 ex[altU￿ &8 ￿ &s th￿¢ is a legaj or (wtru￿Vc obligation coNurLittEng the c]wity to that eX￿dI￿￿e. it is wobablt th&t a trdtksftr of econ￿¢ knefits will k required in settlement WKi the amount of the obligatioD can fEliabty. EX￿1￿j1tufC is for on an uruals basis 3ryJ h&s been ciL&sified urtdtr kadm8s that aggtegate all t(tst rela￿1 to th Ixtcgw. wsts cannot ￿ directly attributed tts Pa￿￿12[ head]llgs they bave allix*d ￿ ￿l¥ltE￿ ott a basjs totis]S￿ with the ust of Tanglble fixtrj assets life. CoDJputye¢iiLipmeiit 330h (Rx (x￿1 Taxatio• The Charity is o)TK%ider&l to pass the tsts sd im Parag￿ I SCIKth￿ 6 Fim*¢ A¢t 2010 al￿ IherfoJY it ets the thfinitiots of a chaTitsbt¢ COrnpa￿ for UK Co4*Xation PWm)￿S. Acconlfftgly the Charity ts pot&)tially exem￿ from taxaiion in resrttt of Ir￿n￿ or wital wns receiv&1 within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part l & Corpo￿lOtt Aci 2010 or Seaion 256 of the Taxation of Chargc*blc Gal￿ Act 19)2. Fund acCO￿￿ting R¢strictioEJ5 aTise whfflj sp￿lfi￿ by the donworwhen are Tai5cd forw1o￿aTr￿tyIrtQl￿fj￿)￿. The charitablc eomrAoy OrMt￿ a dcfÉnL71 coDtrilMhMKL C￿￿￿￿￿￿l0D5 toyabk to the cbgritable com[An￿5 pe&sion atc cbargeJJ kn the of FinaTKial Adivitic5 in the to which thry relate. Page 10 NEW WRITING sovrm FOR THE YEAR EP4DED 31 MARCH 2021 P*'ATIONS AND LEGACIKS 2021 2020 lknnations Arts CouEKkl E￿gland. National P(rfolio Arts Council England. c£1£br￿l￿g Agt Arts Council England- tA)fLelin¢ss Pride CuJwTrt DevelopTDart FuEtd Su5s¢x CoTntnunity F(XllM13tion Th¢ Btiti5h Council 3.126 126.477 46,515 5.839 4,478 124.192 30,985 509 241 NET IP*COMEJ(EXPENDITtJliK) Net Incomel{cXp￿IUlI¢I is ststrd atknrcbargllipJlcrtditin8).' 2021 2020 Depreciation. ownd a&￿ts 2J40 22IM) TRUSTEFS. REMUNERATIO.Y AND BLYEFITS 31 March 2020. Trustees, expenses srAFF cosrs 2021 2020 wa￿ sal8ri< Jal SI￿*ty costs 107.464 4.749 4.836 99.694 5.340 4.487 117.049 109,521 The avernge monthly num￿of¢r￿pj0yffS ¢kn￿g Year￿ p5 follow5: 2021 2020 Average numiKrof ¢mploytts No employets receivtyj itt ex¢w of £(AI,¢MKI. Pageli El TING soirrH (yrEs TO THE FJTr4LP4CIAL STATEMLryIS. E YEAR ENDED 31 ￿(￿RCH 2021 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINLICIAL AcfiviTIFS funds INCOME AND ￿N￿WmENTs FROM DSURFS Page 15