## **Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre** 

## **Unaudited Annual Accounts** 

**Year ended 31 March 2023** 

## **CONTENTS** 

## **Page** 

|1-8|Report of the Directors|
|---|---|
|9|Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees|
|10|Statement of Financial Activities|
|11|Balance Sheet|
|12-16|Notes and Accounting Policies|



## **Company Number:   6054887** 

## **Registered Charity Number:  1119302** 



## **MED THEATRE** 

## **ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23** 

_Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre (MED Theatre) Registered Charity no: 1119302, Limited Company no: 6054887 Main operating premises and registered office: 11a New Street, Moretonhampstead TQ13 8PE_ 

MED Theatre is a developmental community theatre organisation working to help people who live in remote rural locations in Devon find new ways to raise their aspirations and make the best of where they live. We know that engaging in the performing arts – in a way that is connected to their surroundings – helps people see themselves and the world differently. The objects of the charity are: to improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the arts and sciences of drama by the performance of original plays created by and for the locality and by such other means as the company through its board shall from time to time determine for the benefit of the Dartmoor area and the public at large. 

MED Theatre has a reserves policy that aims to keep sufficient funds available for three months’ expenditure. 

## **Introduction** 

This report covers the first full year without Mark Beeson, MED Theatre’s founder who sadly passed away in February 2022 and ran the company as Artistic Director up until the time of his death. Since then, the organisation has settled into a new state of being, with Abby Stobart as Executive Artistic Director and Gillian Webster as Company Development Director. Helen Gilbert was promoted to Education and Engagement Manager and Suvi Rehell returned from maternity leave into the role of Artistic and Administrative Officer. Another staff change came when Fern Lindsay stepped away from her role as Education and Outreach Officer and was replaced by Evie Faulkner. 

In addition to staffing changes, the Board of Trustees grew in size after a successful recruitment campaign and we now have 12 people of varying ages and experiences on the board. 

In November 2022 we also heard that we had been unsuccessful in our application to become an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. This means that we will not receive crucial financial support from the Arts Council, and so have needed to focus heavily on funding efforts and alternative options as we look to the future. More information about our financial situation can be found at the end of the report. 

## **ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES** 

## _**LEAP**_ **- Commissioned by the ‘River Teign Restoration Project’** 

After the successful completion of our contributions as part of the _River Teign Restoration Project_ partnership scheme, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we were invited to propose further ways to engage members of the public with the project. _LEAP_ , a short, three-person adaptation of the community play _Salmon_ was toured to Castle Drogo, Moretonhampstead, Lustleigh and Totnes through the months of July and August and over 300 new audience members were reached. 

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The performers invited to be part of the production with Helen (Education and Engagement Manager) were Izzy Rowlands, who is studying theatre and performance at university, and Jonny Hibbs who is studying dance - both grew up on Dartmoor and are past members of Wild Nights Young Company. We were also assisted by Eleanor Kaye as front of house and Alice Brass as artistic support and photographer. 


_LEAP_ performance in Lustleigh Orchard 

## **‘The Stark Reality of Rural Living’ - An Historic England funded project** 

We were delighted this year to have received support from Historic England as part of their Everyday Heritage grant. Our proposal was to explore the working lives of rural Devon, including the hardships and the joys. The funding resulted in the following outputs: 

## **1. Community research meetings** 

Members of the local Dartmoor community were invited to join us in researching the themes of our project. We hosted a community meeting in September 2022 which was attended by many people who do not normally participate in our work and was co-led by Bill Hardiman of the Moretonhampstead History Society. The volunteers who attended the meeting and wished to be a part of the work assisted us with collecting stories and interviews, and suggested people to talk to or areas of interest. 

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Initial community meeting 

## **2. Writing and co-creation** 

Alongside the research elements, we offered volunteers an opportunity to be a part of the writing of our annual community play. To begin this process we held two workshops, one led by Down Stage Write (a local organisation that supports playwrights from across Devon and Cornwall) in how to begin writing, and a second led by Helen Gilbert in the requirements of writing a community play. Both were very well attended and participants felt they had gained new skills and a better understanding of MED Theatre’s process. 

## **3. DartFest 2023** 

Our annual young people’s festival of new work took inspiration this year from this project and performances were given by both Wild Nights Young Company and Bright Nights Drama Group. Wild Nights devised a piece which explored the struggles faced by teenagers who lived rurally over three generations, while Bright Nights drew from a character in _Granite_ (Trevena, 1909) to remind us that kindness and friendship in a remote community is essential. 

## **4.** _**Granite**_ **community play** 

Our annual community play this year, as mentioned above, was collaboratively written with community members and was an adaptation of John Trevena’s novel of 1909, the third in his trilogy of so-called ‘Dartmoor Novels’. Mark Beeson had originally asked us to adapt this novel in order to explore the realistic and stark way in which the author depicted life on the moor. In order to make the story accessible to modern, multigenerational audiences we altered some story lines and characters but for the most part followed Trevena’s narrative. Throughout the play we also used audio clips of modern day Dartmoor people, who had been interviewed as part of the research for this project, to bring to our audience’s awareness the comparative similarities and differences between the historic drama and contemporary views. 

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Cast of _Granite_ 

## **5. Museum Exhibition and Interview Material** 

The final output from the project was the research material, including audio recordings of interviews that were conducted and a selection of display boards which are being exhibited at The Museum of Dartmoor Life in Okehampton. The interview recordings are available on our website. 

## **COMMUNITY AND ADULTS’ ACTIVITIES** 

## **Christmas Revel** 

For the third year MED Theatre ran this community event after the local Moretonhampstead Christmas Lights Switch On event. Amidst the dancing, drinks and merriment there was also a short preview performance by Abby and Helen of a scene from _Granite_ . This fundraising event is an annual opportunity to bring the community together and to raise MED Theatre’s profile and promote our current work. 


## **Mothers Who Make** 

We have now been running the Dartmoor Mothers Who Make group for over three years and it has become a growing network of creative mothers (or those who consider themselves a mother in any sense). Over the last year we have begun to host these meetings every other month, and workshops on offer have included Christmas wreath 

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making, storytelling, and improvisation. 

## **Adults’ Creative Group** 

In order to offer adult opportunities to those other than the Mothers Who Make network, we have set up a bi-monthly Adults’ Creative Group. This group will give our adult participants more chances to explore performance and drama skills, and our first session was a writing workshop led by Down Stage Write (the Devon based partner company previously mentioned), with other sessions including a playreading, and improvisation. 

## **EDUCATION AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES** 

## **Tuesday groups in Moretonhampstead** 

MED Theatre’s after school groups in Moretonhampstead go on being key to our delivery for young people. Rising Lights (5-7s), Bright Lights (8-10s), Bright Nights (1012s) and Wild Nights Young Company all remained strong in participant numbers over this year and all groups continue to create original drama, stories and other artistic outputs inspired by their locality on Dartmoor. 

Of particular note this year is Wild Nights Young Company’s project: _Dartmoor 2323_ . This audio drama/mockumentary was funded by **Literature Works’ Seedbed fund** and explored the possible experiences of Dartmoor residents in 2323 if the sea levels had risen high enough to have flooded the rest of Devon and Cornwall, leaving the moorlands as the only habitable areas. The group came up with the initial idea for this project and were assisted in the writing process by Down Stage Write. 

## **Princetown Drama Group** 


The group which was Moor Film Club held in Princetown Primary School has now been changed to Princetown Drama Group and is being led by Suvi Rehell fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons. This change has brought fresh interest from students and has given us the opportunity to explore new themes and skills with them. They have especially enjoyed learning about story structure and creating frozen images of conflict. 

## **Chagford Youth Group (On The Edge) commissioned sessions** 

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Throughout this year we have also continued to run the Wednesday evening sessions in Chagford, in which the participants enjoy a mixture of drama activities and creation and a youth club atmosphere. There is a consistent group of around 7 young people and in the last year they have created an original play, shadow puppet show, and short filmed performance. 

## **Monday Groups in Braunton (North Devon)** 

After an initial pilot period, our groups in Braunton have grown in strength and numbers. As a result, we now have three groups which take place on a Monday - Kits (57s), Otters (8-11s), and Tarka Otter Young Company (12-19s). The groups have presented work for their families at the end of each term, including a shadow puppet play and a radio drama. 

## **School workshops** 

Our school work over the last year has been an opportunity to develop our work and skills as deliverers. In particular, regular weekly sessions with Running Deer specialist school and Torquay Academy’s SEN department have enabled us to gain more experience in working with students with particular needs, and we have found it to be a fulfilling and important addition to our education programme. 

We have also been asked to deliver school projects across Devon, by DAISI in Hazeldown Primary, by West Exe Community College, and at Combe Martin primary school in collaboration with the National Trust. 

## **Paul Hamlyn Foundation Project** 

MED Theatre is now at the end of our initial year of our _Drama Development in Rural Devon Schools_ project, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The project will enable MED Theatre to work closely with a selection of primary and secondary schools in rural Devon to develop our strategy for embedding arts-based learning into the curriculum. The development of a transition model for moving from primary to secondary as well as CPD support for teachers are also included in this work. 

So far as part of the project, we have worked with five primary schools (Moretonhampstead, Princetown, Kenn, Lynton, and Widecombe) and two secondary school aged groups (Running Deer Specialist School, and Minehead Middle School). We hope to have worked with one more primary and one more secondary by the end of the school year, but will roll these sessions over to the next academic year if required. In addition, in this year we have begun our transition work with Okehampton College and the Three Hare primary schools (South Tawton, North Tawton, and Chagford). Through this work we are creating a short film, contributed to by each of the schools, that we hope will help the year six groups with moving on to secondary, and with all the emotions and difficulties that sometimes come with that process. 

## **University workshops** 

Plymouth University’s Conservatoire invited us back to work with their students in November 2022. We ran two sessions in their studios, giving students an insight into MED Theatre’s style of using location and heritage to inspire community theatre, and we explored applied theatre techniques that they could transfer into future work. 

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A group of students who were part of this day also joined us to run a session for our Tuesday evening groups, which invited the participants to explore solutions to climate change in their local area. 

In May 2023 we hosted a group of students from Exeter University’s MA Creative Education course. They came to Dartmoor for a day and we took them to areas of particular interest which some of our past work has been inspired by, for example Kitty Jay’s Grave. We had a lovely day with them and they enjoyed seeing how creative education can be put into practice professionally. 

## **Work Experience, Young Volunteers and Placement Students** 

This year has seen further interest in carrying out work experience with MED Theatre, with four secondary students and one undergraduate due to join us in July. We also had Indigo Edwards-Tooke carry out her university internship, for a Costume Design course, with us as part of our _Granite_ production. 

## **Outreach and Partnerships across Devon** 

As a result of not being successful in our Arts Council England NPO application, it will be necessary for us to pull back on plans for our expansion into North Devon in the coming year. However, our Community Fund Rural Reach project requires us to continue with much of the progress we had already made. With Evie Faulkner as Education and Outreach Officer we have continued efforts in making links in North Devon and across the county. Some new or developed partnerships of note in the last year include work with DAISI (Devon Arts In Schools Initiative), Doorstep Arts, StudioKind Braunton, The National Trust in Exmoor, RHS Rosemoor, Barnstaple Fringe, Libraries Unlimited, Wellmoor, Winkleigh community, and The Plough Arts Centre. 

In general, our work and reputation has been growing and we are now being approached by schools and organisations without any effort on our part to enquire about our work and possible partnerships. We hope that this will assist us with making MED Theatre more sustainable, and less reliant on grants in the future. 

## **Staff wellbeing and recuperation** 

After the difficulties and sadness surrounding the loss of Mark Beeson, the MED Theatre Board of Trustees asked the staff to take some time to focus on team wellbeing and to give themselves time to recuperate when possible. The summer of 2022 allowed time for the staff to take annual leave and recover from a busy few months. We also had a staff away day at a local spa resort, in part funded by the organisation, and a team trip to the Theatre Royal Plymouth which the staff paid for themselves. In addition, Gillian Webster (Company Development Director) has taken on an additional role as wellbeing officer and has been looking into ways in which staff mental and physical health can be taken into consideration as we plan for the future. 

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Flnanclal sltuatlon
The flnanclal year 202212023 ended with an overall detlclt of £9,061 made up ofa
deficit of £21,447 on unrestrlcted funds and a surplus of£12,386 on restrlcted funds.
The restricted fund surplus contributes towards total restricted fund balances trarried
forward to the 2023/2024 year of £42,084 to be matched with expenditure in thatyear
(see note 6). The unrestrlcted fund deflclt for 2022/2023, which Follows two years of
strongsurpluses, results from planned expenditure on projects for which Income had
been received in earlier years.
Free reserves at the balance sheet date amounted to £26,652 which is below the amount
indicated by the reserves pollcy, belng £36,000.
Board of Dlrectors
lulla Oliver
Ollvia Young
Fiona Avis
less Wynn-lones
Rae Hoole
Alllson Caverhlll
Charlotte Turner
losh Levontine
Kerry Chappell
lonny Hibbs
Heather Holcroft-Pinn
Vice chalr
Vice chair
Chalr
Hon treasurer
roved by the directors and signed on thelr behalf
Oliver
12 October 2023

Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre
Year ended 31 March 2023
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Manalon and East Dartmoor
Theatre for the year ended 31 March 2023 set out on pages 10 to 16.
Reopon8lblllti08 and bas18 of the report
As the charity's tNslees {who are also directors of the company for the purposes of company
lawl you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
requirements of the Compar¢ies Act 20c61.lhe 2006 Acr).
Having sab'sfied myself that the accounts of the company a￿ not required to be audited for
this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report
in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the
Charities Act 2011 {°the 2011 Acl"}. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the
applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 147515llbl of the 2011
Independont Examinor's Siatement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my
attention in ¢onne¢tion with the examination which gives me cause lo believe that
Accounting records have not teen kept in accordance with section 388 of the 2006
Act.. or
The accounts do not accord with the accounting records,. or
The accounts do not comply with relevant acGounling requirements under sectron 396
of the Companies Act 2006, other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue
and fairf view which 1$ not a matter Considered as part of an independent
examination., or
The accounts have not been prepared in a¢cordan¢e with the Charities SORP
IFRS102)
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connecb'on 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.
Ison
1 Angel Hill
Tiverton
Devon
12 October 2023

## **Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre Statement of financial activities Year ended 31 March 2023** 

|**Income**<br>**Donations and legacies**<br>Grants<br>Donations and membership<br>**Charitable activities:**<br>Box office and schools<br>Commissions<br>**Other trading activites**<br>Sales of merchandise and hire<br>**Investment income:**<br>Interest receivable<br>**Total income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Production expenses<br>Depreciation<br>Support costs<br>**Total expenditure**<br>**Net surplus/ deficit for the year before**<br>**transfers**<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Fund balances brought forward**<br>**Fund balances carried forward**|**Total**<br>**General**<br>**Designated**<br>**2023**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>17,408<br>95,010<br>112,418<br>6,203<br>6,203<br>23,611<br>95,010<br>118,621<br>13,019<br>13,019<br>2,725<br>2,725<br>15,744<br>0<br>15,744<br>653<br>653<br>152<br>152<br>40,160<br>95,010<br>135,170<br>13,060<br>80,199<br>93,259<br>668<br>2,425<br>3,093<br>47,879<br>47,879<br>61,607<br>82,624<br>144,231<br>61,607<br>82,624<br>144,231<br>-21,447<br>12,386<br>-9,061<br>-350<br>350<br>0<br>-21,797<br>350<br>12,386<br>-9,061<br>50,454<br>23,000<br>29,698<br>103,152<br>28,657<br>23,350<br>42,084<br>94,091<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted funds**|**Total**<br>**2022**<br>£<br>154,679<br>5,080|
|---|---|---|
|||159,759|
|||10,188<br>21,859|
|||32,047|
|||659|
|||7|
|||192,472|
|||104,579<br>2,952<br>47,359|
|||154,890|
|||154,890|
|||37,582<br>0|
|||37,582<br>65,570|
|||103,152|



The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities. 

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Manaton and East Dartrnoor Theatre
Statement of financial position
Year ended 31 March 2023
Notes
2023
2022
Tanglble flxed assets
9,278
12,371
Curnent assets
Debtors
Cash at bank
16,518
76,853
18.394
92,077
93,371
110,471
Credltors
Amounts falling due wilhin one yfrar
8.558
19.6
Net current assets
84,813
90,781
Net assets less current Ilabllltle8
94,091
103.152
R¢serve$
Reslricled funds
42,084
29,698
Unre$lri¢led funds
General fund
De&gnaled fund
28,657
23,350
50,454
23.CQO
Total income funds
94 091
103,152
Thèse accounts have been prepared in accordance wrth the prowsions applicable to small companies Subject
lo the small Gompanies regime and in accordance with FRS 102 SORP.
For the financial year ended 31 March 2023 the company was enilled lo exemption from audit under section
477 Companies Act 2006., and no notice has been deposited under S￿tion 476.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that tha company keeps accounting records
which comply with section 386 of the Act and preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the slats
of affairs of the company as al the end of the year aThY of ils profit or loss for the financial year in accordance
with the requirem8TIts of $8d'on and which otherwise comply wfih the requiremanls of the
Companies AGt 2W6 $0 far as appliGable to the company.
Approved by the Board of Directors on 12 October 2023
Julia Oliver
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## **Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre Annual Accounts Year Ended 31 March 2023 Notes to the Accounts** 

## 1. **Accounting Policies** 

## **Basis of Accounting** 

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 (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of  Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006. 

Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre 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. 

## **Incoming resources** 

Incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the company is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following policies are applied to particular categories of income: 

- Incoming resources from performances and related activities are included when performances are carried out and as goods and services are invoiced. 

- Grants and donations are included when the conditions for receipt are met. Grant income is deferred when performance related grants are received in advance. 

- • Investment income is included when receivable. 

## **Resources expended** 

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis when a liability is incurred. 

- Charitable activities include all expenditure associated with the production of theatrical performances, including both direct and support costs. 

- Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory obligations of the charity, including examination fees. 

- Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the statement of financial activities on a straight line basis over the lease term. 

## **Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation** 

Tangible fixed assets are included at cost and are depreciated on the reducing balance basis over their estimated useful lives at the following rates:- 

Office Equipment 25% Production Equipment 25% 

## 2. **Surplus for the Year** 

The surplus is stated after charging:- 

|he surplus is stated after charging:-|||
|---|---|---|
||**2023**|**2022**|
||£|£|
|Depreciation of tangible assets|||
|owned by the company|3,093|2952|
|Independent Examiner's fee|500|500|
||=====|=====|



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## **Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre Notes to the accounts Year ended 31 March 2023** 

## **3. Tangible fixed assets** 

|**3. Tangible fixed assets**||
|---|---|
|**Cost**<br>At 1 April 2022<br>Additions<br>Disposals<br>At 31 March 2023<br> **Depreciation**<br>At 1 April 2022<br>Charge for the year<br>Eliminated on disposals<br>At 31 March 2023<br> **Net book amounts**<br>At 31 March 2023<br>At 31 March 2022|£<br>£<br>52,010<br>52,010<br>0<br>0<br>**Total**<br>**Plant &**<br>**equipment**|
||52,010<br>52,010|
||39,639<br>39,639<br>3,093<br>3,093<br>0|
||42,732<br>42,732|
||9,278<br>9,278|
||12,371<br>12,371|



## **4. Debtors** 

|Other debtors<br>Prepayments<br>**5. Creditors - amounts falling due**<br> **within one year**<br>Payments received in advance<br>Trade creditors<br>Taxes and social security<br>Accruals|**2023**<br>**2022**<br>£<br>£<br>16,518<br>18,394<br>0<br>0|
|---|---|
||16,518<br>18,394|
||0<br>10,083<br>1,110<br>4,153<br>4,928<br>3,114<br>2,520<br>2,340|
||8,558<br>19,690|



Payments received in advance comprise parts of the following grants for core costs carried forward to the next accounting year: 

|Foyle Foundation grant of £5,000<br>Postcode Local Trust grant of £18,500|**2023**<br>**2022**<br>0<br>833<br>0<br>9250|
|---|---|
||0<br>10,083|



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## **Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre Notes to the accounts Year ended 31 March 2023** 

## **6. Movements in funds** 

||**At 1 April**||||**At 31 March**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**|**2023**|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General fund|50,454|40,160|-61,607|-350|28,657|
|Designated fund: Employment reserve|23,000|||350|23,350|
||73,454|40,160|-61,607|0|52,007|
|The designated**Employment Reserve**has been set up to meet unforeseen costs associated|||||with|
|employment such as sickness, maternity|and redundancy.|||||
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Pike Woodlands Trust|0|1,350|-1,350||0|
|Community Fund - Rural Reach|20,000|40,000|-43,333||16,667|
|Historic England|0|8,500|-8,500||0|
|Paul Hamlyn Foundation|0|38,250|-22,313||15,937|
|D'Oyly Carte|0|3,500|-2,333||1,167|
|Exmoor National Park|0|2,160|-2,160||0|
|Fullabrook Wind Farm|0|750|-210||540|
|Literature Works|0|500|0||500|
|Equipment grants|9,698||-2,425||7,273|
|Total restricted funds|29,698|95,010|-82,624|0|42,084|
|||||||
|**Total funds**|103,152|135,170|-144,231|0|94,091|



**Claude and Margaret Pike Woodlands Trust** has provided a grant for our work with young people. 

**Community Fund - Rural Reach.** A two year umbrella project for work with young people 

**Historic England.** For the Stark Reality of Rural Living project 

**Paul Hamlyn Foundation.** A grant to help embed arts-based learning in Devon's rural schools. 

**D'Oyly Carte.** For drama groups in North Devon. 

**Exmoor National Park.** For a young people's residential in North Devon. 

**Fullabrook Wind Farm.** For drama groups in North Devon 

**Literature Works.** For an audio play with Wild Night Young Company 

**Equipment grants.** Grants for fixed assets are credited to this fund and depreciation on the fixed assets financed with this funding is charged to the fund. 

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## **Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre Notes to the accounts Year ended 31 March 2023** 

## **7. Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|Unrestricted funds<br>General fund<br>Designated fund<br>Restricted funds|**Tangible**<br>**Net**<br>**fixed**<br>**current**<br>**assets**<br>**assets**<br>**Total**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>2,005<br>26,652<br>28,657<br>23,350<br>23,350<br>7,273<br>34,811<br>42,084|
|---|---|
||9,278<br>84,813<br>94,091|



## **8. Employee information** 

|The average number of full time equivalent employees<br>during the year was<br>Staff costs were:<br>Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Pension payments|**2022/2023**<br>**2021/2022**<br>**Number**<br>**Number**<br>4<br>4<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>96,333<br>91,027<br>2,711<br>1,956<br>1,605<br>1,403<br>100,649<br>94,386|
|---|---|



## **9. Transactions with directors** 

No directors received any remuneration from the company during the year (2022: nil) 

The following directors received payment for services provided to the company as permitted by Clause 5(b) of the Memorandum of Association. 

Fiona Avis  £500 for costume design 

Olivia Young  £400 for prop design and construction 

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## **Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre** 

## **Detailed income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2023** 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>**General**<br>**Income**<br>Grants and donations<br>Arts Council<br>Heritage Fund<br>The Foyle Foundation<br>833<br>Garfield Weston Foundation<br>Community Fund - Rural Reach<br>Historic England<br>Paul Hamlyn Foundation<br>Postcode Local Trust<br>9,250<br>Teignbridge District Council<br>The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust<br>Duchy of Cornwall<br>DYS Space<br>Claude and Margaret Pike Woodland Trust<br>Exmoor National Park<br>Fullabrook Wind Farm<br>Literature Works<br>Theatre Tax Credit<br>7,325<br>Donations<br>3,570<br>Membership<br>2,633<br>23,611<br>Productions and workshops<br>Performance fees and box office<br>4,618<br>Schools and education<br>8,401<br>Commissions: Teign Angling and Conservation Trust<br>2,725<br>Woodland Trust<br>0<br>15,744<br>Other income<br>Sales of merchandise and hire<br>653<br>Interest<br>152<br>805<br>**Total income**<br>40,160<br>**Expenditure**<br>Production expenses<br>Staff wages and fees<br>81,585<br>Props, set, costumes,lighting, sound<br>2,966<br>Travel<br>2,384<br>Research and development<br>612<br>Marketing and publicity<br>1,851<br>Venue hire<br>3,861<br>Less allocated to restricted funds<br>-80,199<br>13,060<br>Depreciation<br>668<br>Support costs<br>Staff wages and fees<br>29,195<br>Training and recruitment<br>993<br>Bank charges<br>170<br>Insurance<br>1,740<br>Postage and stationery<br>811<br>Telephone<br>1,439<br>Heat, light and water<br>1,007<br>Rent<br>6,216<br>Equipment and IT repairs and renewals<br>1,035<br>Miscellaneous<br>2,234<br>Governance<br>3,039<br>Less allocated to restricted funds<br>47,879<br>**Total expenditure**<br>61,607<br>**Surplus/deficit for the year**<br>-21,447|40,000<br>8,500<br>38,250<br>3,500<br>1,350<br>2,160<br>750<br>500<br>95,010<br>0<br>0<br>95,010<br>80,199<br>80,199<br>2,425<br>0<br>82,624<br>12,386<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**|**Total**<br>0<br>0<br>833<br>0<br>40,000<br>8,500<br>38,250<br>9,250<br>0<br>3,500<br>0<br>0<br>1,350<br>2,160<br>750<br>500<br>7,325<br>3,570<br>2,633<br>118,621<br>4,618<br>8,401<br>2,725<br>0<br>15,744<br>653<br>152<br>805<br>135,170<br>81,585<br>2,966<br>2,384<br>612<br>1,851<br>3,861<br>0<br>93,259<br>3,093<br>29,195<br>993<br>170<br>1,740<br>811<br>1,439<br>1,007<br>6,216<br>1,035<br>2,234<br>3,039<br>0<br>47,879<br>144,231<br>-9,061|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||30,000<br>20,000<br>4,167<br>9,167<br>60,000<br>0<br>1,000<br>9,250<br>10,667<br>0<br>500<br>850<br>1,250<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>7,828<br>2,296<br>2,784|
||||159,759|
||||5,228<br>4,960<br>21,464<br>395|
||||32,047|
||||659<br>7|
||||666|
||||192,472|
||||94,093<br>2,922<br>1,808<br>792<br>3,508<br>1,456<br>0|
||||104,579|
||||2,952|
||||27,410<br>1,419<br>231<br>1,687<br>937<br>1,044<br>1,850<br>6,866<br>775<br>2,363<br>2,777<br>0|
||||47,359|
||||154,890|
||||37,582|



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