Report and Financial
Statements
Northern Star Community Arts
Year Ended 31 March 2024
Registered Company in England No. 04403293
Registered Charity No. 1097090
Chelmsley Wood Baptl8t Church
Hedlngham Grove
Chelmsley Wood B37 7TP
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Chair's Report
Rcstricted funding continues to be obtained and spent according to the ￿nderS
specifications and we continue to find ways of working out of continual reliance
on purely finance to provide essential work to our community.
Into this financial year as a CIC director, we have continued to support 3 Beans
Kitchen in a financial, managerial and supportive capacity. Thc start up costs
along side further financial support have made our use of unrestricted funding
extremely difficult at times and this is reflected in the accounts, with more
pressure put on ￿ndIng staffing costs etc outside of allocated grants and ￿nds.
On the face of it, the accounts show how much of a difficult position we were in
at the end of the 2023-2024 fiiiancial year, particularly wilhin the area of our
unrestricted funds.
Northern Star Community Arts is in a much healthier and stable financial
position as I write this report, and the start-up finances for 3 Beans Kitchen
have now begun to be paid back, which over time will replenish our unrestricted
funds.
With the ongoing projects and needs within the community, we continue to
adjust our commitment to making sure ihe service we provide to the community
is responding to the needs of those who access our services and projects.
As some projects will soon reach an end, we will continue to work with partners
to ensure the legacy of the projects are to be carried forward and developed
whilst maintaining the longer-tenn funding security of our much loved and
essential work.
Kris Chase-Byrne
Chair

Report & Financial Statements
For the Year 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024
Contents
Pages
Company Information
Directors and Trustees Report
Examiner's Report
Balance Sheet
Statèm6nt of Financial Activities
Notes to the financial statements
8-10

For the Year 1st April 2023 to 31" March 2024
Report & Financial Statements
Dlrectors and Trustees:.
Emma Chidler
Kelvin McArdle
Catherine McNicholl
Robert Nicholas Parker
Maxine Williams
Treasurer".
Ashleigh Houghton
Chalrperson:.
Kris Chase-Byrne
Regl8tsred Offlce & operatlonal address :.
The Baptist Church Centre
Hedingham Grove
Chelrnsley Wood
Solihull
B37 7TP
Principal Bankers: Lloyds Bank PLC
Victoria

Report & Financial Statements
The Directors and Trustees present their report together with the financial statements of the
charity for the year ended 31st March 2024
Structure, Governance and Management
The Northern Star Community Arts Limited is a company limited by guarantee and
registered charity governed by a memorandum and articles of association.
The Directors of the charitable company {'the charity,) are its trustees for the purpose of
charity law and within this report are collectively referred to as the tru8tees.
Potsntial new trustees are identified in accordance with the developing service and
business needs of the Charity. usually on the recommendation of the working groups that
advise the Board from tirne to time. Final appointment follows a period of
probationarylobserving attendance at board meetings.
Statement of Dlrectors Responslbllltles
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financlal 8tatements for each financial year
which give a true and falr view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the surplus or
deficit for that period.
In preparing those financial statements, the Directors ara required to
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them conslstently.,
make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basi8 unless It Is
inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business,
The Dlrectors are responslble for keeping proper accountSng records whlch dlsclose wlth
reasonable accuracy at any tlme the financial position of the Company and to enable them
to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charitable Company and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the pr8v8ntion and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
On
alf of the Board
Kris Chas
Chairperson
Date: 2q. 11. a031+
rne

Independent Examlners Report to the Trustees of Northern Star Communlty Arts
I report on the Accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2024
Responsibilities and basis of r8POrt
As the charity trustees of the Charty, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,).
I report in respect of my examlnation of the Charlty's accounts carried out under section
145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable
directs'ons given by the Charity Comm1881on under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examine￿8 Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no materlal matters have come to my
attentlon in connaction with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material
aspect..
1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charlty as required by section
130 of the Act., or
2) the account8 do not accord wlth those records., or
3) the accounts do not comply with the appllcable requirements concerning the form
and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulatlons
2008 other than the requirement that the accounts glve a true and fair view whlch Is
not a matter Considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no matters in connectlon 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.
Trevor Prickett
Address: Hallcroft Way, Knowle. Solihull
Date:29. 1 l. ZDW

Northern Star
Community Arts
Balance Sheet a8 at 31 March 2024
Notss
2024
2023
Fixed Assets
Tangible Assets
Current Assets
Cash at Bank
Debtors
86
10,979
88
10,979
Creditors: amounts falling due
Within one year
Net Current Assets
Net Assets
86
10,979
Representsd By
Unrestrlcted funds
765
(1,904)
Restrlcted funds
1,990
10,214
Total funds
10,979
The Directors are satlsfied that the Company was entitled to exemption from audil under
section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. The members have not required an audit in
accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Directors acknowledge thelr responsibilities for:
i) Ensuring that the Company keeps accountlng records which comply with section 386
and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
ii) Preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company
as at the end of the financial year in accordance wlth the requirements of sections 394 and
395 of the Companies Act 2006 relatlng to financial ststements, so far as applicable to the
Company
These financial statements have been prepared In accordance with the special provisions
of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and with the Financial
Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effectlve from April 2008).
Approv
oard and signed on their behalf
Chai
on
Date 2f,I
Kris Chase-Byrne

Northern Star
Community Arts
ststement of Financlal Activitios (Includlng Income and Expenditure Accounts) for
the perlod ended 31 March 2024
Notes Unrestricted Restrlcted
Funds
Funds
Total
Funds
2024
57,112
Total
Funds
2023
51,668
Income
Donations & Grants
(incl Debtors)
Total incoming
resources
36,248
20,864
36,248
20,864
57,112
51,668
Resources
expended
Staff Costs
34,632
13,152 47,784
52,620
Premi8es
Staff Nolunteers
Expenses
Professional fees
MaterialslArtist8
General Costs
375
31
1,837
137
2,212
168
4,529
758
206
206
412
743
2,584
3,870
10,479
154
299
453
Sessional and
Freelance Staff
Events
Publicityllnfomation
Insurancg
Equipment
3 Beans Cafe.
2,185
2,222
4,407
59
557
100
1,172
135
557
615
1.172
761
515
627
776
Total Resources
expended
Net movement In
funds
Total Funds at
1 Aprll 2023
Tfr from Restlcted
Total Funds at
31 March 2024
48,264
19,741
68,005
77,747
{12,016)
1,123 (10,893) {26,079)
765
10,214
9,347
(9,347)

Northern Star
Community Arts
Report & Flnancial Statements
Notes formlng part of the Ilnanclal statements for the perlod ended
31 March 2024
The financial statements have been prepared under the hlstoric cost convention and
in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective
April 2007), the Companies Act 2006 and follow the recommendations in
Accounting and Reporting by Chanties.. Statgmgnt of Recommgnded Practice
issued in March 2005.
Voluntary Income is received by way of donations and gifts and Is included in full in
the Statement of Financlal Actlvitles in the year in which they are received.
Grants, including grants for the purchase of fixed assets, are recognised in full In the
Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are receivable.
Resources expended are recognised In the period in which they are incurred.
Resources expended include attributable VAT, which cannot be recovered,
Depreciation is to be applied to major Capital Expenditur8, such as Property
purchased & not to items funded for Specific Projects.
Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming reSoUr￿S receivable or
genarated for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are
availabl8 as general funds.
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as lald down by the donor.
Expenditure, which meets these criteria, is charged to the fund, together with a fair
allocation of management and support cost.
A Pension Scheme is operated for staff.
The charity is exempt from Corporation tax.

Northern Star
Communit Arts
Notes formin
part of the financial ststements for the year ended 31 MarGh 2024
Movement In Funds:_
Unr8strlct8d Fun At 1 Aprll
2023
Income
Expenditure
At 31 March
2024
General Fund
Communlty Well
Total
£765
£9,347
£10.112
£9,536
£26,712
£36,248
£10,444
£37,820
£48,264
( £143)
(1,761)
(1,904)
estrlcted Funds
At 1 Aprfl
2023
Income
Expènditure
At 31 March
2024
Birmingham Alrport
Fund
£1,100
£1,100
Grlmett Trust
£465
£465
Joseph Hopklns Trust
£700
£270
£430
Rlchard Kllcuppe
Donatlon
£500
£500
Nll
Heart of England
WW Fund
£3,076
£3,075
Mental Health Support £72
£72
Nll
Steps to the Real Me
£15,489
£13,929
£1.560
G.W. Turner Trust
£125
£125
Westhill Endowment £205
Spirltual Journey thro. Art
£205
Nll
Totals
£867
£20,864
£19,741
£1,990

Northern Star
Community Arts
2. Staff costs
£47,784
The average number of persons
employed by the charity during
the year was as follows:
There are no employee8 whose emoluments exceed £60.000 throughout the year.
None of the Directors recelved any emoluments durlng the year.
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