TIATA FAHODZI LIMITED
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND
HAVING NO SHARE CAPITAL)
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31ST MARCH 2023
REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440596
CHARITY NUMBER: 1108416
Frank Lachman
Chartered Accountant
168 North End Road
Golders Green
LONDON
NW117PH
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TIATA FAHODa LIMITED
IA COMPANY LthWTED BY GUARANTEE AND
HAVING NO SHARE CAPITAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31st March 2023
Pag•s
CONTENTS
Legal & Admlnlstrat•ve Infomiation
Report of tl* Committee of Manag•mert
Independent examlnerfs report to the m•fflbtrs
10
Slatement of finan¢i•l acbvities
11
8alance sheet
12
Notes to the financial slatefflents
13-15

TIATA FAHODZI UMITEO
{A COMPANY UMITED BY GUARANTEE AND
HAVING NO SHARE CAPITALI
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATNE INFORMATION
31STIAARCH 2023
Compary Register￿ Numb8r
Registered Charity Number
1108416
Roglstered Offlce
16b North End Road
Golders Green
London
NW11 7PH
Examiner
Frank Laclwnan
Chart8rnd Ac¢ountart
16B North End Road
Golders Green
LoThlon
NW11 7PH
Directors and Trustees
Edward Thom•s Kemp
Mwizakunyuma Mkandawir•
Elouise West
Deborah Titilola Sawyeffr
Adebo Adebayo
Alisha Artry
Sherma Al•xandrirn Polidor&PerTinS
Dinah Arny Rockson
Caroline Frances Routledge Hinds
Samantha Louise Willbourne
Sam•nua Sesh•r
Resigned 7th November 2022
Resigned 4th May 2022
Patrons
Jocelyn Jee Esi•n
Lenny Henry
Jenny Jules
Hugh Quarshie
Danny Sapani
Olivette Oto
8ankers
TSB Bank
40 High Street
Watford
WD17 28S
CAF Bank
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kirys Hill
West Malli
Kent
E194JQ
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TL4TA FAHOOJ LIN•TED
IA COAPANY LVIITED BY GUARANTEE AND HAVING NO SHARE CAPITAL)
DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT
forthè y•ar e¢Nled 31st Mor¢h 2023
Rèport ol the Tntstee¥
Thè trL￿teÈs presènt lJ*ff reF￿rt and fina￿￿￿ slat8m￿ forthe ypar 315t March 2023.
Stsluiory Informab.￿ on pay? 1 forn5 part oftris RepryL
StnKture. govornane• and management
The Chartywa5 ￿OrpOrated uTrJer ts Comparmes kt 1985 as a Lwpary Irnrted byguarantee on 26th September 1997, and
its objects and regulat￿[￿ are go%emed by ts A￿e5 oFAsKt4?bon foknThJ adopb.on on 11th May 2022. Company nwnb•r
3440S96. Tr guarantees of lTrJMdU￿ mwnbers a￿ lo £1. Th Ccxnpany 6 a wistered chanty. Charity numb•r
1108416.
Th• company dlr•ctor8 and eh•rity trustee8 os of the date of this Repori
E¢Ywa(d Thynas Kemp
Pfv4ttakuryuma MkarKlwe
Ebuise West
Adebo Adebayo
Samantha Wik)0
Ahsha Artry
St*Yma PokJore-Perrir
Dwrh kn)y Rcdson
caroliT￿ Fran￿ ROW& Hu¥Js
chaNJ&s in compwry dyeclus ate on page 1 to t￿
Dlr•¢tOT5' respo￿1bIlhkn8
Company Laww*¢¢h ￿ a&0 to charitablè COrnpan￿$ in ErKJLaTrJ Wa￿S reqvirè5 the directors. who arè
aLso trustees oftt* company, to pware financial statements lor each fin**4al yearTrAth￿h w a true a￿1 fair v*w of
thè stste of allairs of tht compary aTrJ of ts results of Ihe rA)mpany for that per*>J.
In pr•parrrrfJ Ihose f￿a￿al siat8m8rt5. ￿ dyedrythtees are reqwed lo".
• seleci surtable acccyJrrtty polr*s arm1 tr*n apptytlw eon5tstertlf,
obser¥E the methods aThJ prirop*s y) ￿ Charit¢s SORP",
• mak*jw19ernents accounbry •stmate5 that ar• reasonabk aThJ pnpjrt
• state vthethef appl￿b￿ UK accouw star)Jards ha%E beèn folb*ed. S￿].8￿ to matenal depwtures disdosed
aThJ ewlaned in ts financi31 statements",
prepare ts finarloal statements on tt* tortem basi5 rt is wwprtpriate to Fyesume that fv company wll
The d￿ectorS￿￿OI￿e5 are respo￿ for keeprg prc%er accx)untiro ￿¢￿r¢S kthich dtsck)se wth reasorwble accuracy
at any ts'me financ4al po$rt￿n tsfthe cornpany and lo enable I￿rn to ertswe that t￿ rfftarrial statements comply
with CompaThgs Act 20(%. are akn ￿$porS￿￿ for safegt4rdng the assels Oft￿ company and Igr
taking ￿asonabl• sw pr*￿nknn a￿1 detedtyjn of frauj a￿1 0￿r KtegukrrtEs.
DiKk>syrn of infonnation to exafflk*r
So far as each ditsdor at date ofapwo¥rdl ofthE report is awa￿.
there is m relevani aLkl(( nfofrna￿On tp* companvs eyamitr s unawaTe.' ar)J
Ihè directors have takèn all steps Ihat Ilw OL￿Tht to have taken to make Ihernselves awam of any rethnt
rfom)8tion and to e5￿￿1¥h Ihat thè 9￿jitOrS we a*or• ofthat wtimat￿.
Prfn¢lpal activity and ehariiablè objects
To advanc8 educats"L￿ for bereft by ttE pfmiDn ol ts arts. n pwbxjiqr ex￿￿1￿1 the art ofdrama.
Mernbership
The rnemberthp ofts cwnL88lk)n B ro• Imited to board memters 0￿. Tr wrent memberslip ol Ihe ck)mpa
15 the cornpany directOr￿Charty tr￿lee$ as tstsd ab￿￿.
The tfustses ha%e ro *tsrests oynpary.
I directus are members ofthe C(￿parry a￿1 guarantee to cortit)ute to b* assets Of￿ compJry in tre e*nt ol it be*vJ
wouThJ up such ￿OUnt$ as may be requr&l rntexceedry £1.
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TIATA FAHOOZI UMITED
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DIRECTORS, AND TRUSTEES. REPORT {¢ontinuedl
lor the year •ndÈd 31st March 2023
Public ￿nefit
In Sha￿n9 the Charity, the Iruslees have ¢&)nsidtr&J the Chwity CommissM)ns GUIdar￿ M wblic benefit.
(Section 4 Charities Act 20￿).
The trustees consider that it is approwiate to prepa￿ Ihese ac£ounls on a going C(M)r￿n basis. They are confidenl that
the ¢harity will be able lo continue for at kast 12 months from Ihe date of this report.
L•gal and adminlstrallw dotsi
Regtstered oific•
16b North End Road, London NW11 7PH
Profe¥slonal Advlsorn
Frank S La¢hman FCA. 16b North End Road. Gdders Green. LoThJon NW117PH.
8ank8rg
TSB Bank, 40 High Street, Watford WD17 2BS.
CAF Bank. 25 Kinys Hill Av￿￿e, Kings Hill, West Malling. Kent ME19 4JQ.
The accounts ¢omply wth the ¢wrenl ststuttyy reqU￿ements and wth the Artides of Asstri•lion daied 11th May 2022.
Pl•nagefftent
staffing
The Charity is run by Ihe Artisti¢ th"[ectc￿ & CEO aThJ go¥￿￿ by the Board of Trustees who are also Direclors un(ler
mpany law.
StaffiThJ as of 31 March 2023
Artistic Oirector & CEO (Employee)
Interim Executive Producer (Freela￿}
Producer (Employee)
Developing Tal￿1 Producer IEmployeel
Finance Manager IFreel3n¢e)
Development Manager {EM￿oYee}
General Manager (Employee)
Executive Assistant IFreelance)
VISION & MISSION
Vl$ion
tiata fahothi mak¢s theatre that looks arr￿id arKI IoK&s fotward. wrth a mission to tell contemporary stories in suryising
and innovative ways. We aim to celebrate and champion artist$ and (xeatives wth an expwience of what It is to bè ol
British African hefitage in the Britsin of today. We bdieve that il is possible to see oursdves in our full coMple￿ty and joy.
Mlsslon
tiata fahodi is an ambilious and g8nwous company that stri¥es to bè an engine and a for many of the
conversattons lh* a￿'Sts. audiences and communitie$ from a British African heritage wanl to have. We bdieve our work
contributes and leads towards an Arts and Cultural ￿l(￿Y in Britain where evwone feds inwted and welcome lo
participatè, and a Iheatre industy that is a morè dynamic and indusivt place for everyone.
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TIATA FAHODZI LIMrrED
{A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND HAVING NO SHARE CAPITAL)
DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT leontinu•dl
fvr the ￿lf •nd•d 31st March 2023
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
This year we Celebrat￿ 25 years of a company that has honoufed. entertaine(l. and expressed all that is ￿ul1ft11 and at
timès difficult. in the Brilish African hefrtage experience. and even wider Ihan that. the Black British experience. In our
Artistic Direct*y & CEO Chinonywem Odimba's inaugural 'Year ol the Arli51' celèbralory programme we supported 80
arti515 and reached 1.533 audiences and participanls as we started lo reali$è OUT Vision of blrildirtrg a better enw1￿m￿t
for British Alii¢an hefitage art15ts lo thrive.
It was an exciting year of creative inib"atives, apwntmwis. and productions des¥gn8d to treate fresh opportunrties for
British artists of African heritage of the future. Ouf Artistic Diredor & CEO ChInonyer￿ explained lurther"2022 is all
about how we nurturn. grow, support, and showcase the￿ wo￿. And gNen what art￿1$ have bean Ihrough. particularty
lrnelance￿. the last Goupk ofyears. k leets Want that we shKJe a &Jhl on. and campaun for them al every stage of
Iheff car8efrs. We want lo ￿￿oMe a PJom8 lorart￿5.. 8 safe p19ce fo us and Ih8irpTrctre. Artists a￿ aud￿nCeS.
arttsts are actNists. art￿lS are colaborators. artxsts arn al the ￿art of whAt we do I"
We wwe Successf￿ in our Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation 202>26 application, 5￿Ur1￿g an uplift in
core fvndin9, and built relationships wth nth¥ fvn(Jers and partners lo ddiver on our Shar￿ am￿'tiOns. We are thankful to
Genesis Foundation Kickstart Fund. National Lottwy Cornmunity Fund. Watt¢yd Boi¢Jugh Counryl and Watershed Arts
Trusl for supporting OUT art151ic programme Ihis year.
Operationally we acied as an important talent wpeline. recruiting at eaty to mid-caTew levels and bringing talent in from
oth¢r $8dors. We nurtured the growth and devdopment of 7 producers and 9 other slaff M￿nbe1S dlfynng the year, some
of whom have since progressad inlo foles across the ihealre industry.
Pmgramme
Triple Bill: Talkln9 Aboul a R•¥olu¢ion
We produced and toured the first of wr annual triple bill of new ￿ayS and wodd prern￿$ in October 2022,
commissioning Ihree exating playwriting voices to fespond to the la51 t￿ee years of turbulen￿. trauma. and terror that
we've experienced globally. The resulkn"n9 unvarnished. honèst, and storiÈs imagined our playwrights. ¢)wn varsions of
revolulion. ranging from a trans woman refusing to leave the wom￿'S changing room, an incel's ¢ousin taking to
In$tagram Live. and two 8la¢k lesbi*s kndn¥ping Black celebrity mogul Kewn West.
Chang￿g Rooms by Diana Atuona is a play aboLrt a transgender woman who is asked to leave the female changiThJ room
a gym. It's an honest disixjssion on a difficult and important subj￿1 that Diana challeThJed hersew to write "I th￿￿
essentsfy the best kind olTrw(AlJlm is pmbabty w#hn onestr￿- the besl k￿¢ of¢h8nge ts to start with yourselr.-
Rol by Malaika Kegode is the story of lonely young people who fall into the wrong kind of comfort. Malaika
explores how loneliness can push us into the wrong kind ol revolutions. to places where our loneJines$ 1$ exawbale¢J and
Ihe negative things we feel about ourSd*￿S are also exacerbated. She talks al￿1 how ugly revolution could be "rt's nol
just a b8autffiJlwwerfullhmg, often * coffts from è place olanw. ￿n￿St, dtssalisf8Gtl￿ wrfh yourlrfe and the way th￿g$
are gomg..
616-DA WN by babirye bukihva is a radic* yece of writiThJ ¢)pening up the rage and ethaustion of the Blac* female
experience as we're thrown into the world of A and B- iwo Black lesbians who have kidnapped celebrity mogul Kewn
Wesl- just as the police begin to descend.
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DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (contin￿dI
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TaH(ing About a Revolution pw to a￿J*￿e$ rBlk)nalty across the fo￿￿n9 three knCat￿rts 762 audiences
over eight performances..
Wafford Pump House (part of W*ford Fringe FestNal 2022}
Lyric Hammefsmith
Bristd Old V
The shows were supported wrth wtrexh and ac¢essibilty actmties wh￿h irKluded post-slw discuss￿n$, 2 Brrtish Sign
Language perfo{ma￿eS and offering a linited number of free tickets lo aLkJiences stn4gling wtth the cost of Imng.
Bel￿ is a Snap$￿t of *￿j￿nCe feedback for Ihe prod[KI￿..
-It Was thfte ljaff hwrs oftnity Ilwhtprovthking drama. kM%xlerf￿1 thematic conlenl, bnlliant storytelling from the
8Ctors and wnre￿.
°All three shows We￿ amazing. t￿Y all had￿U at the edge ofyour seat at everypynt. you didny know whth way
was gonna go.
..very important themes and m&ssages Éhol talk about entxuh as a communty, il was èmèzw
..il was g￿1 to see myself slwje. not lilernlly, btrtyeah in many w8yS"
"Quite often ￿ gel sluck in cvrown bubbles ond I think iys quite nre lo step into otherw*'s wortds and lo see it
th81rp￿peCl1ye.
"some FIERCE writing to be T￿ndh8￿. A g￿al evening ofKleas andst0tt7es. Feels like each mini play is the beginning
ofsometthng INggerf
TalkirYJ Ab¢YJt a Revokrtb)n received folk)¥rityJ Wh*9)nSb3e Tr)minalh?rts'.
Best New PLav
Best ReaKfflal ProdLKtK>n
Best PrOfess￿nal Debut Perfonnan¢e- Chbe Lemorn
Be51 PTofe5sp)nal Debut PertOnnar￿- Haina Al Saud
2S Blrtlthy Gala
We prem*red thè Tripk 8111". TalkirNJ At￿lrt a ReVolu￿n at our 25 Birthday GaL4 aLso h8fvJ at Watford Pump HOLL*. A5
part of the Birthday Gala celebralK)ns, we commisSK)￿ art￿ts, includir¥J sel deS￿rE1 Jo￿e Huntw, Msual artist
Suzannah GabrEI, poets Magero Otprtrmagero and Chloe Filani, and ACD-art$ (African Cultural Developmen1}
musKians who performed on the ngm.
PLAYLAB: Artisl and Creative Assoclates
For the first Iwne in our history. we had SEK Bnti5h Afr￿an herrtage artists- three Artist Assock*es three Creatwe
AssocAles - across drfferent dISc￿lineS of theatre makiThJ attached to ￿ company. The fitsl cohort included Artist
Associates director Montque Touko, souThJ deggnerlcwiposer Esltr*r Kehinde ￿'ay1 and Fteupwryht Yomi Sclle. Th8
Creative A$S￿lateS were dramaturg Zc**4va NY￿)5. climate change e>¥*rt arKI 8BC'5 SprirvJw*h p￿enter Giuian
Burke and pkywnght Oladipo AgbolLOje.
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During the year they played wrth hyeas aThJ foms of makirg WO￿ that fed fftto our programrne for 2023124 and
beyond. We foslere<l a peer to peer ￿amir￿J enwronment amongst our more established CreatNe Associates and our ear
and mid-careef Artist Associates whose work exotes and ChaI￿ngeS our definitK)ns of the*￿. We also commissK)ned the
playwright and director Kwame ￿Us￿. lo WO￿ with our first cohort on the ArchNe of Thought an exlension project fre4
the lab lookirg at how we curate kr￿￿e around dramaturgy and crttrw the￿￿ Conversation as an archwe for the
organisation aryj teyorKI. The commissh)n incl￿ed IhinkirKJ about how we co￿1 practically deliver Ihis knowledge as
workshops ard pr(¥J￿11v￿ a written yoposal to furth for tIMs woth.
Some feedback ￿teThe￿ frc¥n OUT f¥st PLAYLAB co1￿..
"Wo￿1ng ￿tti tiata falKKlzi is like t￿￿ of I1￿ be8Utrful moments Ibe stars align...for the fi￿t lime ￿ myca￿erIn
natutsl history Iilm making, there is a Sp￿ forpa17-African storytelling centwl arDund natu￿ and 0urconnecl￿n with rf.
Exciled doesnl ev8n come close!" creatr￿ Assc¢*te GillHn Burke. clwnate charye e¥ert aThJ BBC SpTir¥Jwalch
wesenler.
"This is an opportunity to explo￿ my seff eXp￿Ssion and quest￿ myereative intgrtt￿ furtlw." Artist Associate Esther
Kehinde Ajayi, sound des19r￿lIc0rnposer.
Mat¢hlPlay
This was a one4off birtlyjay grft lo sixarti5ts based in Wattord and the SoLrth East. M05t African-heritage artists in the UK
fiThJ it drfr￿utt to build a communty of l&e-mlr￿ed crealNes ar*J feel isoFated in I￿"r respective industries, so we paired up
artists from drfferirrfJ creative dtscplirEs arKI wnmtssKJned I￿) to push bourxlaries of what theatre B. culminating in a
presentation of their work to ltr*ir k)¢al communrtEs. All our artists were partrtred with someone new to develop
professional relationshps Wh￿$1 e>pbring and kamir¥J drfferent skills.
Raphael Dala [mu￿￿diScip￿ary) ar¥J Kari5 Beaumonl (Photograph￿ artist) colFatK>raled to produce a beaut¢ful visual
album titled '8lack Bntish Yeathok,. an inlergeneratKJnal expbratK)n of the irnmwrant e>perience of ￿51defits in Watford
& Hemal Hampstead th1o￿h portra*we. rnuS￿ & fc(*J.
Alexander Willrams (Snger￿Trtef18etorI aTrJ Le>ie Duffry IslrKJer-Son￿rrter) started de￿"n9 a brand new musical
e￿knring many facels of race, hjentty & what I means lo be a blackJmi¥e04ace person in Bntain today. Tt*ir worfo in
progress was presented as a short vKleo strir¥J of p)ems, spcthen word pEces Mus￿.
Stephani8 Stevens {acl0r￿rrterls1ry8r) aThJ Jasmin8 Kahlia (Mutt￿drAWlknnaryl crealed 'FINESSE' together. A ￿r￿h8nder
Mus￿1 story told tPIr0￿h tyfics & ￿ rnu5￿ from a bJop rthth. tt eypkjred kJnel¢ness. betrayal. scamming, Insecurit￿ &
belonging, •yainst a ngtrrttsfe backdrop.
A wa$ hekj Onli￿ in December 2022 and atteThJed by 20 aLhJiences c¢È of whom ￿eete￿ afteThvards 'Loved
thisl Thank you fyala f8hc¥tsi. The firt￿￿ ILK*s so kWt-.
Developlng Talort
As part of our commitment lo ensuring MO￿ eQUrtab￿ furnling for Black Afrtan Theatre Artists, our Devebpment Manger
led Nvo seminars e￿lain1r@ Arts Coul￿11 EnglaThJ's DebEbping Yow CreatNe Pfacltr grart appli¢alK)n pr(xess, and
offered one to one support and advtt on strategEs The seminars were attended by a totsl of 14 artists and were rn￿h
appr￿lated "Thank you so much ftKthg bnlliant thi¢e DCYP. gonna definitefy take a kx)k and appV.".
Black Earth: ResisLince. Arti-Racism and the EnviroThnent
Black Earth was a research project ab￿th clinate lust￿e. ¢ommunty and joy er¢ompassirg artist commissK)ns,
workshops. nature walks and Green Care PackwJes for meM￿r$ of hxal communrties in Watford arKf the South East,
and the Bristol and Bath regions. Tr* project eypbied the mental ke8lth mpacts lo Bkck BrrtL8hlAfrican heriiage
and other Glthl M4ority people as well as tr* l*Jw creatNe re$￿at￿e can play pat li we resp￿d.
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DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES, REPORT l¢ontinued}
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StartirwJ with an cpen Town Hal meeting in May 2022, f￿1&131ed by Samk? DLmbaya ar￿ Selir0 ￿Wu￿ and INe I1￿$trated
by Jasmi￿ Thompson, a kcal and c(￿ml￿￿4￿Sed steer was wught.
Based on ltrese discusston4 f￿1¢￿¥ (p wor*slw ￿ by Zakrya M¢KenzE aTrJ Kaysha Provost and Irve illustrated by
Camille Aubry. were hekj wrth comrnunty members in Brislol e4)lonrg three main identtfwl dwing the T¢)wn Hall..
What dces'tlwnate iust¢ce" mean to us?
E)X>lOri￿ our rebt￿)nsh￿ with aThJ mert* heakh
ActK)ns of creative ￿$1S￿rre
The CArtcomes and di$￿￿S￿)n$ from these wothslws g￿ed LL% tr) ueate Green Care Pack&ys in partrershp
with Communty Apothecary arKI the afrofuturists apothecary. The learnings and ￿gaCY from the Interactive booklet
inclijded in the package wll he￿ gU￿e communrt*s an¢J arts organts8tll)ns in IKw lo create sw and joy for people of
colour when dtsCu￿ng, learning. organisirKJ for climate justre.
Six free decolcffiial nature walks akn took pkgce in Leigh W(yJJ5, Bftstd aThJ Cassiobury Path natLre reseNe, Wat[￿d as
part of Great Big Green Week.
As the final part of the project, d￿rtaI artist Ama Dogbe and wnter Joshua ArnleTson-Grey received ccAmmbssiors. Ama
created an iteracttrve cnline game featuring a dam that'p(Mers' the worhj and Joshua ￿019 a play 'Pack M8nlality'. A
showcase of Iheirwork and panel discussion was IEkl at Arcola Theatre in March 2023.
Some of the feedback receNed durir¥J IPE proiecl:
'Thets a￿ not many spaces BlackenvinxNnent&isls can gEt r¢yJelher. talk and be in communrty swlh eaclj other- that
ompletely made the day. l also think the thshop was Usef￿ for ￿tting us lo think deeper al)oul what clim8le jusbcg
looks like but also ouraclitins and st￿tegY forcao7pa￿nl￿Q for rt. l enjoyed the Rsources given in the presentalion. 8$
W911 as the spa¢0 to decompress and Trcognise diff￿￿11 the ¥%tyk is.-
GovLYnancelhlanagement
To clarify arnl smplrfy our govemance, Artic￿ of A55Ctralion of the Company were adopted by way of a S￿claI
resolutKJn in May 2022. in subslrtutK?n for to ex¢lusK)n ol Ik previous Memorandum and Art￿leS of Association of
the Company.
Two tnjslees stepped (*)wn during the year. irt1￿￿1￿ Deborah Sawyerr was replaced by an e>istirrfJ trustee Debo
Adebayo as our new Co-chair. The Board mel fomalty ea¢h quarter thrO￿￿LIt the year and were supported by 11
Finance & Resources Subecffnmrttee wh￿h Scrut￿lSe5 fina￿la1 managemert arbj OicEs. prcte55e5 ￿ contm15 related
lo fundraisirvj and per￿ne7 at quartwty meeti￿￿5.
wnpanYs organiSat￿nal strLKture was amerbjed fdkMirvJ the resljna¢r￿ ar¥J departure of our part time ExKutwe
Director in July 2022. T￿5 key role was ￿P￿ced by an ExeculNe Prc*Jucer {EPI lo alvJn our structLtre more closely to our
re arttstK purpose and ambrtKJns. After a penod of support from a free￿￿ Inteiim Executive Prc#Jw, a pemianent
EP joM)ed us in May 2023. To prtsv￿e mofft stabilty arnl continurty lo our operations, several roles weve moved from
fredance lo payroll In¢￿jdIng our Producer, Oevthpiry Ta￿nI Producer atxl FuThJrarAng Manager.
OINette Olele. the UK'S first Black female History Professor, Woild-rencM￿ expert on Cobnial and poSt￿￿nY&1 hi510ry
and listed in 100 Gieal Black 8ritons was also Unvei￿ as a new Patron.
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TIATA FAHODZI UMITED
{A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND HAVING NO SHARE CAPITALI
DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT Icontinuedl
ft>r tr* year ended 31st March 2023
FINANCIAL REVIEW
liala fahcxlzi is an Arts Council ErrfJTrarKI Naltonal Portfolio OTgani8aliDn (ACE NPO} and ieceNes the majority175% in
2¢)22123) of ts Nwme from ACE. The origitKql >year ￿re luThJing prc¥Jramme ran until March 2022, and considering
Cowd, ACE annourted a ¢)￿-year exten￿On for Ihè fina￿la1 year 2022123. During the year we applied for the 2023-
2026 ACE NPO fund#vJ programme a￿1 We￿ successful. securiNJ a vtsl uplrft in fur¥Jin9.
We focussed on deVe￿Ir￿j and dNetsfy"rg our income, resuttirg In 13°A of our 2022123 inwme comir¥J from first time
fur*Jers. Funds were rece￿ from Genesis FoundatKJn Krkstart Furnl. NatKyhql Lottery Community Fund, Walford
Borough Council aTrJ Watershe¢J Arts Trust, ar¥J lo support our MatchlPlay and Black Earth projects.
Overall. income was ￿g￿r thts year al £283.9701£248,164 w) 2021r22) driben ty r*w fur￿lr￿j ￿lat￿*￿IlS
eStabl￿hèd. Ejpenditwe this year was much hgtr*r at £331.173 {£245,801 in 2021r221 as we increased our artst
outwt to ¢e￿brate our 25 annNersary year. Th planned de[￿t for the year was fuThJed by feseryes trustees had
deswJnated specrfically lor thjs pwpose.
Al year end, the ¢ompan*s reserves are $￿Vir￿j £186.141. of which £lC4).C￿Q is ¢Jesignated and £86.141 is
unreslncte(l. Of the designated furKls, £70.000 ts for the companW5 Spring 2024 Tryle BUI prOduCt￿n and a hjrther
£30,QXJO 15 designated for PL4YIA8. alt1K•￿h we avn to se¢ure grant fuThJirvJ for both a¢ts'vit*s in future.
RISK
The board Teviews fts risk register ts¥ice a year. taking a pro-active approach to mit￿atIr1j risks whereverthis is
possble. A major risk is Jack of sLKce55 in fuThJraiwng". this is rnrtoated by havirrfJ a deduted development
Manager workirg lo rnplemenl a dear fuTrlraL8iro slralegy wrth progress moni(ored thterrcgated regulady by
trustee5. To further mrtKJate this rtsk. IrKcffne and Eyndrture are clearfy linked against specrfic act￿rt￿S IW wiu erther
happen on a smaller Sca￿ or will be defer￿ to tl* followirYJ year to al￿￿ more time for fundraTrsirKJ.
Tre impact of irllation and hvJh energy PTW on theatre %Rnues rs a I￿k for ts sector, whth 1$
eyacefbated by wnpact the cost of Imfo CTiSi$ has ￿ aLKlen¢es loo. To m(Ib3ale this. we are working collaboratrvely lo
understand theatres. limitattsns at an eafty stage of planning, bJilJiNJ evctst￿nS of box offi.ce Y￿h the need to
offer pay what you ￿nIdisCOunted I￿ketS to our aud￿nCes.
ContingencEs are tsjilt into btys to mit*Jate ftsks. Our y)lry LS lo a ProductK)n ContirvJerw equal lo 100A of
prcxluclion lyJdgels and a General conti￿de￿ equal to st)￿ of total eypendrture excluding the Arttslic Programme.
Each Arti8tie Prcgranme straThJ has rts rylvn cortirffJency bu* inlo rts blhdget in line with ts riskiness of the wo
RESERVES
Rese￿e$ polry." The Trustees cons*Jer minmnum reserye level lo be equIVa￿￿t to four rnorrttr6' operatiru costs,
held to strerolhen resi1￿rKe against unforeseen events. a fall In incorne and any FQtential term def￿(($ in our cash
budget. This polty i% revithve(l annualty. Tre knl 15 currently £78,000 based on forecasted eyThJiturè for 2023124.
FUTURE PLANS
Throughout April and May we have erv4aged audiences in Watford with MuseLNn Lates. a series of 5 rehearsed
readiThJs and convers*KJrB hekl at Warford Musemi. eypk)ring the Black BritL%h Canon from 1970-2010. In each, a
cast of emefgirvJ actors perfcwied a play frun a drfferenl decade by a wnler who ha5 m8de a notsbie
contribution to B*k stor￿3. introjwry the thal commLmty aThJ twnd to an i77POrtarrt ethent in Black British
IhealTe.
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TIATA FAHODZI UMITED
{A COMPANY UMITED BY GUARANTEE AND HAVING NO SHARE CAPITAL
DIRECTORS, AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (continued)
for the year ended 31st March 2023
A new d￿rtaI init￿tNe IwJrKhl￿ ow th8 s(vnmer Trs Laugh k OFf. DeswJr*d lo IXth￿ the ne>1 ge￿rat￿9n of comedy
writing talent rt will fc¢us specffjicalty on our commr(ment lo younger t￿atre makers.
We're also beyond extrted to be pr￿l￿r0. akJThJsKle partnets Bnslol v￿ aThJ Beh3rade Theatte Coventry, the
European premiefe of a new pjay Ih's Autumn. C1￿kY L￿le Brown by Papatarw Prize-winnirwJ plwrKJhl Nkenna
Akunro will be a mid-scate seNir¥J our aLK4*rKes and commuNtps nat￿naL￿ as I I￿¥S the UK kter ￿ the year.
Approved by the board on 31sl Juty 2023 aThJ sgr*d on the* bthaw by ￿t￿￿akunylrna Mkar¥Jawire.
- Director and Treasurer
fvhvEakunyuma Mkandavme.
P4e9

TIATA FAHOOZI LIMITED
(A COMPANY LNITED BY GUARANTEE AND HAVING NO SHARE CAPITALI
DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (contin￿dI
for thè year ended 31st Marth X123
Ind•pendent Examin•rfs Report on the Accounts
I report lo the charty trustees on my ey3ninatNJn of the a￿Urts of company for ￿ year ended 31st March 2023
which are sel oul on pages 1110 15.
ReSponsIb￿lI￿S and b8&s of
As the charty's trustees of the comparry land akn its dire¢trKs for the purposes of Cfxnpany lawl y￿1 are reswnsible for
the p￿paratIOn of Ihe accounts in accordance with the wuwnents ol the Ct)mpanies Act 20061'the 2006 Ael'l.
Hamng sa1*f￿d myseff that the accounts of ￿ compaw are Th)t required to be audrted urnjer Part 16 of 2006 Act and
are eligible for independent e￿rnInat￿n, I report in respecl of my e¥Aminat¥)n of youi charty's a￿oUnt5 as carr*d out
under section 145 of the Charit￿$ Act 2011 Ilhe .2011 Aefl. In car￿r￿￿ crtrt my eyAmiroton I haNe followed Direcl
gNen by the Charty Comrnission under Sect￿ 14515llb) of 2011 Aci.
Independgnt examinerfs
Since the mmpany's gross In￿ne exceeded £250.000 your eYaMi￿r rnust be a member of a bc*Jy ILSted in sectton 145
of the 2011 Act. I confim that l am quaIrf￿d to undertake the eyaminat￿n because l a member ol the Institute of
Chartere<l Accountants in Eng￿r￿ & Wakn. wt*h is ore of the11sled bC*j￿s.
I have CoMp￿ted my eyaminath)n. I confim ttwt ￿ matter5 hale come to my attent￿n in connecti)n wth eX3minat￿n
givsng me cause lo believe."
11} aec¢unting records were rnt kept in respec¢ of company as required by sectK>n 386 of tr* 20C6 Act.. or
(21 the accounts do rL)t accord with those &country records,. or
31 the accounts do not compty wth the ￿untr"r4J requirements of seCt￿n 396 of Acl other than any
requirement that the gwe a'trLbe aThJ fairf view wh￿h 1$ rnt a rnatter coThsthred as part of an irbjependent
examination., or
141 the accounts have mt been prepared ￿ accordarKe wrth the rnet￿$ arKI pFirKvples of the Slatemerrt of
Rewmmended practice for accounting and ￿pOrtIr￿j by chanties appl¢ab￿ lo charirEs P￿panr¥j th2ir accounts in
accordance with Ihe Financial Repcxliry Standard appI￿a)￿ in the UK Republ￿ of IrelaThY IFRS 1021.
I have no concems and have come across rn) other rnatte￿ in conre¢l￿n wrth the eyarinati)n to whth attartion Shou
be drawn in this feport in order lo eftab￿ a proper uThJer5tar*JiTrJ d the xcounts lo be reached.
Frank S Lachman
Chartered Accountant
Independent Eyzmir*r
31st Juty 2023
16b North EThJ Road
LoTrJon NW117PH
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TIATA FAHODZI LIPthTED
IA COMPANY LIMTEO 8Y GUARANTEE AND
HAVING NO SHARE CAPTrALI .
STATEWENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTES
In¢knlwv4 INCOAE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
forth• ye¥r ended 31st March 2023
Totsl
Total
Funds
Funds
Regtrlcted Oesignated Unrestrtted 2023 Restrkted De*nated Unrestrkted 2022
Funds
Funds
Fund$
Fund$
Funds
Incorn• from".
Clwrllablg •ctr¥itles
41,CLK)
242.970 283.970
27.CKXI
221,164 248.164
41,lJ
242 970 283,970
2Z1 164 248 184
Expenditure on:
Charltable Actmty Cogts
41.436
289.737 331.173
24.C(t)
195.237 245,801
41.436
289.737 331.173
26.564
24,000
19S,237 246.801
Net In¢omel(expendilure)
14J6)
{46.7671 147.203)
124,000
25,927
2.383
Totsl Fund5 brouglrt fo￿ard
176.IX(I
56.9)8 233.344
150,L
80.981 230.981
Trdnsl•
176.cml
. 76.1
1S0,(Q)I
Total Funds carrfod forwawd
100.000
86.141 186,141
436
176,000
56,908 233 344
The notes on page$ 13 to 15 fonn part ofthts• aeeowts.
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TIATA FAHOOJ LIMITED
IA COMPANY UMITED BY GUARANTEE AND
HAVING NO SHARE CAprrALI
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2023
Nots
2023
2022
Tawible Fix•d Assets
Currenl assets
23.174
189.329
Cash at bank a￿j n hand
267,081
212.503
269,581
Creditovs.. amounts fallnJ due within ¢
26.362
36,237
Net current Iliabilitiesy assets
186,141
233,344
Total assets lfjss curr•nt liabilili•s
186.141
233,344
Funds
Total Funds
186.141
233.344
For the yeai ended 31 March 2023 the company was entrt￿ to exemplDn ur*Jer sectb)n 477(21 of I
compan￿ 2006.
No members have reqUI￿d the ￿mpary to ct*lain an of ts accounts forthè year in quest¥)n in
accordance wrth sect¥Jn 476 of ts Comparries Act 20(E.
The directors ackiK)wledge ther resp0rfy.bi￿Y for..
i. ensuriry the company keeps records which c(xnpty with Secti￿ 386", aThJ
ii. p￿paring accounts which give a true aThJ fair vivN of the slate of affairs of the company as at the eThJ of
financial year and of its profrt and kJs5 for financol year In accordance wrth the sectKJn 393. and
wh￿h ot￿nN￿e wrth the requirements of Companies Act rekqtsng lo acccAJnts, 50 far as
licable to eompany.
The ￿count$ Pwe been prepared n acCcmdar￿e wilh the special provwrts in Part 1S appluble to
¢¢mpanies subject to the sm811 eompanEs' regime under c￿panIES Act 20C6 aTrJ constrtLrte the annual
accounts required by the Companies Act 20C6 and are for ¢ArculalK)n to members of the company.
Approved ty the board on 31st JLty 2023 ar#J s￿ned behalT by Mwizakurtym Mkandavfft.
)Irector and Twsurer
akunyuma MkaThJawit.
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TIATA FAHODZI LIMITED
{A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND HAVING NO SHARE CAPITAL)
NOTES TO THE FIN￿K￿L STATEMENTS for the year tr* 31st IA•r¢h
1 ACCOUn￿n9 policies
lal Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with AccountiThJ and Reporting by Charities.. Statement
of Recommended Practi¢e applicable to charitses preparjng their accounts in accordance *Mth the Financial
Reporting Standard applicab￿ in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 1021 (effective 1 January 2019)- (Charities SORP
IFRS 1021), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the
Companies Act 2006.
riata Fahodzi 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 notes.
(ill Tan9ible Fixed Assets
Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost less estimated residual value of assets by the reducing balance
method over Iheir ey¢ted useful lives at the fdlow¢ng rates.
Fumilure. fixtures and equipment
Computer e￿1pMent
25% on reductng balance
100%
(iii) Incom•
Income derived from co-production agreements, perforniance fees and olher sales is credited to the Statement of
Financial Affairs ISOFAI in the period to which tt relales on the basis of enbtlement- excluding value added tax.
Grants and donai¢ons represent amounts from individuals. corp(ntions. trusts and other funding bodies and are
credited to the SOFA in the year in which they are ejpended.
Ilv) Expèndltur•
All eypenditure is a¢¢wnted for on an a¢¢ruals bass t￿ludIng value added tax.
Costs are allo¢aled lo a category in the SOFA either because ajch costs a￿ directly In￿rred in relation to such
¢alegory, or be¢ause they are support costs in respect of which an apporbonment has been made between the SOFA
categories.
Support costs consist of infrastructure cosls for salaries. premises. office administration. Such costs ale apports.oned
on a reasonable and consistent basis to the vanous SOFA catÈgones with a ￿eW lo detemining, as accurately as
possible, the totsl re$ouices expended for ea¢h ralegory. The basis of apportionment use<J is either a function of Staff
time applied to a given actiwty. w an estim*e ol the propoibon of costs associaied wilh the same. or a combination of
Direct and Support costs are separately shown by natural dassification In Note 5 to these ac¢ount$ for each SOFA
categ¢yy of cost.
2 Charitabl• A¢ti¥iti•s
R•$tri¢tsd
Funds
UnFp5tricted
Funds
R•$tri¢tsd Unr•$lrictsd
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
Proje¢t Grants •nd Incom*
Arts Council En9land- NPO
Arts Council England- Managed
Fun¢J
National Lottery Community Fund
Wattord Borough Council
Watershed Arts Trust
Genesis Foundation
Theatre Tax Relief
Eamed and other Income
213.864
213.864
213,864
213,864
3.000
10.000
10.000
8.000
10.000
27,000
27.000
10,000
10.000
8.1)00
10,01)0
25.174
3,932
283.970
25.174
3,932
242.970
7,300
221.164
7,300
248,164
41.000
27.000
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TIATA FAHODZI LIMITED
(A COMPANY UMITED BY GUARANTEE AND
HAVING NO SHARE CAPITALI
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for Il* y¢arended 31st IAirch 2023 {¢ortdl
3 Analysis of Charitable Activity Costs
Restricted Unrestri¢ted 2023 Restri¢led Unrestrkted
2022
Artistic Salaries
Production cosls
Support costs (Note 51
GOV?ma￿ costs (Note 5)
97,904 97.904
67,763 703,327
119.268 125,140
4.802
4.802
47,249
57,850
111,777
2.361
47,249
57,850
135,741
4,*1
35.564
5.872
23,964
2.f￿0
41,436
289.737 331.173
26.564
219,237
245,801
Support Governance
Costs
Costs
Support Go￿rThanCe
2023 C051s
Costs
2022
4 Anatysis of Support and Govem•rK¢ costs
Other staff salaries (plus lofal empknyerfs
NalK)nal Insurance)
Rent, rates, water and storage
Insurance
Travel, accommodat￿ and stt1s￿te￿e
Office overheads arxl move costs
Printing, postage, courier and St*￿nary
Telephore ar¥Y mtemet
Website hostirYJ and devekynent
IT SLPPOrt and SofNvare
Consurnab￿ equipment
Development and FundraisirvJ
MaTketir¥J
Legal aThJ consu￿ancY fees
Recrurtment arKI training
Govemance and Board Devebpment
LKences, memberships and subScrip￿n$
Eyaminefs remuneration
Bank charges and other fees
60,202
9.384
1.647
2,220
38S
130
288
4.050
3.431
114
18.604
15,400
2.484
4,657
60.202
72.850
4.848
1.571
1,130
1,423
408
72,850
4,848
1.571
1,130
1.423
1.647
2.220
385
130
60
3,230
3,92S
3.892
1 5.031
15.999
3,252
5,229
2.600
2,893
2,200
161
4,050
3,431
114
18.604
15,4CQ
2.484
4.657
2.170
2.144
2,5C
132
3,230
3.925
3.892
15.031
15.999
3.252
5.229
2.170
2,6Crf)
2.144
2,893
132
161
125.140
4,802 129.942
135.741
4.961
140,702
T￿re were Th) ￿p￿yeeS wrth emoluments abo¥p £60.CKMJ in the year..{2022- rnnel
Ouring the yew there were 4 wnpbyee5. {2022: 31
S Dlrectors and trustees. lrterests
DurirvJ yw, Th)r* of Irust*s rece￿Ed any reM￿rat1)n from the trust eyws
were paid for or ￿mburSed to any of them.
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TIATA FAHODZ UMtTED
(A COMPANY UMITEO BY GUARANTEE AND
HAVING NO SHARE CAPITALI
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEP*NTS
for the year ended 31st March 2023
Furniture.
fittings & C<)rnpirt•r
equipment Equipmert
6 TarvJible Flxed Asxts
Total
cost
As at 31st March 2022
Add(tKI￿di$p0SèIs in year
As at 31st March 2023
5,211
6,210
999
5.211
8,210
Depreciation
As at 31st March 2022
Charge for year
999
5,211
6,210
As at 31st March 2023
999
5,211
6,210
Nel 8ook Value
As at 31$t March 2023
As at 31st March 2022
7 Debtors
2023
2022
23,174
Prepayments
2,500
23.174
. 8 Creditor5: arnounts due wilhin one year
2023
2022
Trade credf(erf5
Deferred grarts
Taxes and other credrtors
AccTua15
8,033
9,130
20,000
1,981
5.126
2,979
15.350
26,362
36,237
9 Reco￿lI14t10n of movemwts
in members funds
l)esi9nated Unrestricted Restricted
2023
2022
IrKom8
242,970
41.(K
283.970 248,164
E4)er￿rtu
1289.737)
141.436) 1331.1731 1245,8011
Openin9 lur¥Js
176.(
56,908
4&S
233.344 230,981
Transfers
I76.(￿)
76,000
100,0ty)
86.141
186,141 233,344
The at¥)ve funds are represented by ret cuirent assets
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