KIRKGATE ARTS
(A CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEEI
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
Company registration number.. 06632306
Charity registration number: 1126602
Lamont
Pridmore

KIRKGATE ARTS
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
for the Year ended 31st March 2025
Chair
Mr Robert Higgins
Trustees
Mr Robert Pritchard
Mr Andrew Semple (resigned 05.06.24)
Mrs Susan Moses
Mr Robert Higgins
Ms Suzanne Cliff
Mr Michael Billinghurst, Treasurer
Ms Christine Slater
Mr Joe Fagan (appointed 07.08.24}
Mr John Reynolds
Company Secretary
Mr Robert Higginslmr Duncan Cadge
Principal Office
The Kirkgate Centre
Kirkgate
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 9PJ
Company Registration Number
06632306
Charity Registration Number
1126602
Bankers
Cumberland Building Society
Cumberland House
Castle Street
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8RX

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TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
Introduction
The Trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law. present the annual report together with Ihe
financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31. March 2025..
Mr Robert Higgins {Chair)
Mr Michael Billinghurst (Treasurer)
Mr Robert Pritchard
Ms Susan Moses
Ms Suzanne Cliff
Ms Christine Slater
Mr John Reynolds
Mr Joe Fagan
In preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity, the Trustees have adopted the
provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practi￿ (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities
issued in March 2005, and Ihe requirements for a Trustees, report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.
The financial statements comply wilh the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and
Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice
applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable
in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 7 of the Charities Act 2011, giving due regard to public
benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
Our income in the year ending 31, March 2025 totalled £596,276 with expenditure of £346,260 incurred during the
period. The result for the year was a surplus of £250,016.
Kirkgate Arts and Heritage: Overview
Our Mission and Values
Our MTssion is to ensure that creative talent is valued, developed and supported with opportunities for all to actively
engage with and enjoy the arts, our local heritage and Gommunity life.
Our Values are
Commitment- our staff and volunteers are dedicated to delivering our mission.
Accessibility- we aim to make arts, heritage and culture accessible and inclusive to all the communities of West
Cumbria.
Sustainability - we aim to ensure that the organisation is secure for future generations from both financial and
environmental perspective.
Nurturing - we aim to provide an environment that encourages growth, development of skills and confidence and
enjoyment for all.
We operate across the geographical area covered by the recently-fomed Cumberland Council, an area that
includes West Cumbria, where the arts and culture infrastructure is weak Compared to other parts of the UK. Per
capita spend on arts and culture is among the lowest in the UK and our Mission is to Gonlribute to changing this.
We own and run the Kirkgate Centre. a multi-purp05e cultural hub housing a theatre and community centre in
Cockermouth, originally built as a school in the 1880s. We also own an adjacent site which used to house the
Dement Athletics Club (demolished in May 2024), which we hope to develop in Ihe Goming years to increase our
capabilities (please see 'Our Plans for the Future, section later in this report).
We also run an Arts Council England Nalional Portfolio Organisation, Arts Out West, through which we organise
tours of professional performers around Cumberland's village halls, libraries, and community centres. We work wilh
local volunteer promoters to put on shows, exhibitions and workshops which are social as much as cultural. The
NPO has recently been extended by the Arts Council from 3 to 4 years, ending in 2027.

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Our 2022-2027 Strategy
Our main strategic aims are..
To provide high quality arts and heritage events each year.,
To continue to deliver events in community centres across Cumberland;
To provide facilities for community and social activities and events-,
To continue the improvements of the Kirkgate Centre to improve our operations, eamed in¢ome, user
experience and the reduction of carbon emissions.,
To create facilities for, and improve access to, our local history collection.
Our Staff and Volunteers
The work of our charity is delivered by a small number of staff working alongside a significant number of volunteers.
In 2024125 we had five staff.. full-time General Manager and Operations Manager, with part-time Finance and
Administration Officer, Community Projecls Officer, and Caretaking Assistant.
A team of volunteers operate much of the business, providing box office and front of house staffing, film projection,
bar management, oversighl of safety and maintenance, programming, office administration, publi¢ily and
fundraising. An audit in 2019 showed that volunteers contributed nearly 8,000 hours a year at the Kirkgate Centre,
with further substantial input from the volunteer village hall promoters of the Arts Out West programme and the
volunteers at Community venues participating in other Kirkgate-run projects.
2025 marked our 30 anniversary as an organization.. a milestone we would never have made without the
dedication of our staff and volunteers.
The Board of Trustees would like to thank all of our staff and volunteers who together make the work of Kirkgate
Arts and Heritage possible.
What We did in 2024125
Programming and projects
Arts and Entertainment
Our arts and entertainment programme continues to develop. with approximately 400 events delivered during
2024125. Cinema is held 3 days a week whilst we have live streaming from the National Theatre whenever it is
available. Comedy continues to be a popular part of our offer. Our programme of music gi95 has been
substanlially developed. The popular monthly jazz Goncerts continue, and we also provide a wide programme of
music across all genre5. These gigs take place both in the auditorium and in the Egremont Room. As well as
professional musicians we are pleased to support local artistes as they develop their careers. Our open mic and
Poetry Out Loud evenings continue to be well supported. In September 2024 we relaunched the open mic as The
Sunday Sessions with a Sunday atternoon time slot. This has encouraged a more diverse and larger number of
performers to attend.
We a150 host regular special events such as Fever Drag Cabaret and Singing With the Star5 which have expanded
our audience appeal into new areas. Wild Zucchini5 Started to host their world food nights at the ¢enter during this
year.
Our Monthly Markets and Craft at the Kirkgate initiative which brought crafting classes to the Kirkgate continued.
After many years of successful sales of nearly new ladies, clothing under our CockfroGk brand we launched our Kirk
Kit sale for the first time in September giving people the opportunity to register to sell ouldoor or sporting clothing
and equipment.
In My Shoes
This Project is a community heritage project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It aims to look at the cultural
herilage of West Cumbria and give the participants the opportunily lo share and celebrate aspects of their own
cultural heritage. The project continued for the first 6 months of this year with more diverse programming inGluding
Malin Lewi5 playing at the centre and at Kirksanton village hall, bringing the Half Moon theatre show of Ten In The
Bed for a schools performanGe in the centre and Stolen from God the slave trade song cycle from Reg Meuross with
Sutou Susso and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne. The youth theatre continued their work on origins and belonging and

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performed their final peace as part of the Cockermouth Live Festival at the start of July. In August we mounted an
exhibition at the centre entitled offcomers which explored the stories of a number of people who ended up living in
Cockermouth for diverse reasons. Alongside the exhibition we commissioned some spoken word work5 from Emma
McGordon and Jessie Bins which were performed during the exhibition.
Cooking at the Kirkgate
This project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and aims to use our new kitchen facilities to give
people access to workshops whère they can learn a variety of cooking skills, some of these are very basic and
others are more advanced or fun and aimed at families. This project has also paid for the building of two ralsed
beds outside of the centre that were planted by the local pre school. This year the project continued with
workshops involving Mayfield 6th form as well as the established monthly sessions. Mayfield were also involved in a
project to create labels to mark what is growing in the raised beds.
Brewing Project
We had funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund to carry out a project from the beginning of August to the end of
December, celebrating the history of brewing in Cockermouth and surrounding area. The project used research
based on the heritage collection and community engagement to develop an exhibilion entitled Taste of the Lake
District, a series of heritage walks and talks and a terms worth of youlh theatre activity ending in a final performance
at the centre just before Christmas. The project was very well received by the community, and we got high levels of
engagement with all of the activities that were planned during the project.
Arts Out West
This year saw 40 perfomiances delivered in 24 village halls and libraries across Cumberland. The varied
programme included two dance shows from the Rural Turing Dance Initiative Shed and Jack and Friends, Theatre
By The Lakes wonderful lo¢al story Steel. George eggs cooking and comedy show, Opera for the people the singing
show that is different every night because the audience choose the set list and Tango Calor the wildly popular tango
trio. We worked with Ragged Edge Productions to develop their puppet musical concept which has since toured
with Arts Out West and other rural touring scheme. Katy has led on making changes to the administrative systems
around Arts Out West to help more efficient running of the scheme. These changes have all been well received by
the promotors.
Heritage Group
The Heritage group have continued to meet monthly. A large part of their work is ¢ompleting family history research
on behalf of others and answering local history queries. they have a dedicated Facebook page and contribute a
monthly article on a variety of aspects of Cockermouth's history to the Kirkgate Quarter Chronical (our newsletter).
In October we reslarted our monthly program of guided walks and talks which have included the very popular lost
pubs of Cockermouth and Cockermouth before the Romans.
During the first few months of Ihe year the group were still working on the Offcomers Exhibition that celebrated the
many journeys to Cockemiouth and was part of the In My Shoes Project. They then started work on the brewlng
exhibition that was mounted in mid-December and was very well received by the public.
We started a monthly reminisces session program. During these informal sessions items from the collection are
used as prompts for conversations to encourage discussion about local history topics.
Youth Theatre
The Youth Theatre performed their final piece of the In My Shoes project at Cockermouth Live wrth the younger
group dealing with three traditional migration stories and the older group telling their own tale of siblings separated
and the consequences of the separation.
During the autumn term they moved on to working on the Brewing project and developed stories illustrating the
history of brewing in the town. The younger group covering traditional legends surrounding brewing and the older
group covering the history of Jennings and what it has meant to the town. Both pieces were performed in the centre
just before Christmas.

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Community and Commerclal Events Engagernent
Many commercial and community clients hire the Egremont Room and theatre to provide activities. These include
Pilates, U3A. Karate, Historic Fencers. The Richmond Fellowship, Cumbria Carers, Sound Wave (Regular users)
National Trust and United Utilities, The Highways Agency and Thomas Armstrong (more occasional users),
We are home to Cockermouth Round Table's highly popular annual Beer Festival and are partners in Cockermouth
Livel the town's quirky annual summer weekend of live music and other performances, hosting the headline Friday
and Saturday night events. Both festivals took place in 2024. Cockermouth Amateur Dramatics Society used the
center for one of their shows during this period.
Upgrades to the Kirkgate Centre
2024125 saw us embark on the major capital upgrade project funded by the Arts Council with match funding from
Shared Prosperity Fund (administered by the Copeland Community Fund) and the Benny Walker Foundation.
The following aspects were completed. The auditorium was closed for the first three months of 2025 to allow the
work in that space lo take place. During that period we continued to program into the Egremont Room
LED lighting installation throughout the Centre to reduce power consumption-,
Replace auditorium and stage lighting system.,
Create an accessible toilet on the first floor..
Create a new staff office (staff displaced by accessible toilet);
Extensive Lift refurbishment and upgrading.
The work to
Replace audilorium and backstage ventilation system was not completed by the end of the year.
Preparation for Kirkgate Heritage Extension
We submitted an application to the National Heritage Lottery Fund to secure funding for the initial work on the
collection and community engagement. The next Step would be to commence design work and planning application
for a building on the site of the Athletics club. Unfortunately, this application was unsuccessful. A contractor was
engaged lo demolish the Athletics Club building and to dispose of the asbestos panels forming part of the interior
Iwork carried out May 20241. This work was part-funded by a very generous donation frorn a private donor.
Thank you
We would like to thank all our funders, donors and supporters for their financial support during the year. In
particular we are grateful for a donation from the Foyle Foundation of £15,000 towards operating costs.
Financial performance
During this period we received grants totalling £426,400 . for which the Trustees are extremely grateful. Our
commercial income, Ihrough room hires and other trading, totalled £140,929. Donations from supporters totalled
£20,848.
We ended the year with a net surplus of £250,016.
The finances of the charity are explained in greater detail in the attached annual accounts.
Charity structure, governance, and management
Board of Trustees
Kirkgate Arts and Heritage is managed by a Board of Trustees. The Trustees are also DIre￿orS of the company,
Kirkgate Arts Limited. During the year the Board met every other month to maintain ongoing work guiding the
strategic direction of Ihe business. All decisions regarding corporate governance are made by, and are the
responsibility of, the Board of Trustees. A minimum of three and a maximum of ten Trustees are provided for in the
incorporation and charity documen15. The Board actively encourages supporters to become members of the limited
company and attend the AGM to strengthen the organisation and the accountability of the Board.

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Trustees are appointed from the local community following a successful interview (and receipt of favourable
references if the individuals are unknown to Kirkgate Arts and Heritage). The expectations of the Trustees are
clearly documented and, like the staff and volunteers of Kirkgale Arts and Heritage, Trustees follow a clear sel of
procedures and policies, which are regularly reviewed. Trustees do not receive any benefits.
Structure of sub<ommittees and working groups
The key Board sub-comrnittees are the Finance Group, People Group, Arts Out West National Portfolio
Organisation Collaborative Group (with Highlights) and the Herilage Group. We also have a number of other Groups
which are volunteer led and report to the General Manager. These groups include the Communications Group,
Operations Group, Film Programming Group, Music Programming Group, Publicity Group and the Safety and
Maintenance Group. Others are formed as and when necessary and are time limited.
Main Partner organisations
Kirkgate Arts and Heritage delivers its wide range of activities across Cockermouth and West Cumbria through a
ne￿Ork of partnerships and memberships..
Highlights- we work with this rural touring scheme for NorthlEast Cumbria, Northumberland and County Durham
with whom Arts Out West forms an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation consortium.
Village Halls and Community Centres: we deliver Arts Out West in partnership with over 25 village halls and
community centres throughout West Cumbria.
National Rural Touring Forum.. we are members of this forum representing rural touring schemes. venues,
promoters and performers.
Cockermouth Festivals Group: we collaborate with and provide facilities for the team producing the annual
Cockermouth Livel music and spoken word weekend.
Helping Hands is a Cumbria wide project that brings together 45 partners from the Arts and Culture sector thal
aims to in¢rease and diversify the volunteering opportunities available.
Cumbria Family Arts Network: we are a lead organisation in this informal consortium of venues and other bodies
in the west of the county working together to promote and develop performances and activities that can be enjoyed
across the generations.
Cumberland Library Services: we deliver Arts Out West in partnership with Cumberland Library Services,
Cumbria Arts and Culture Network.. we participate in this network involving many ofthe county's arts and culture
organisations, practitioners, educators and other stakeholders in the arts. culture and creative industries sector.
Big Imaginations: this ACE-funded regional initiative supports, promotes and develops theatre for young people
through a network of presenting organisalions, which we joined in April 2018.
Future Arts Centres we participate in this UK-wide network of not for profit arts centres across the UK which
provides best practice guidance {e.g. carbon neutral operations).
Cockermouth Chamber of Trade: We are an active member of the Chamber of Trade.
We have other mutually supportive relationships with Cockermouth Women's Institute, Cockermouth CiviG Trust,
Cockermouth Rotary, Cockermouth Round Table, National Trust Wordsworth House and Garden, Rydal Mount
(Grasmere), Wordsworth Grasmere, Cockermouth Town Council, CoGkermouth and district schools. Eden Poets
and local businesses including Fermento Italian Pizzeria and Magic Mountain Pizza.

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Financial management
Investment powers
Under the memorandum and articles of association, the charity has the power to make any investment that the
Trustees see fit. All available funds are kept in interest bearing deposit accounts, and deposit rates are monitored to
maximise the income eamed in this way.
Maintenance of reserrfes
The Trustees have discretionary powers regarding the retention of reserves. The charity's ￿serveS policy was
reviewed in August 2024. The policy deals with the cash element of Kirkgate Arts and Heritage's unrestricled funds.
Having assessed the key financial risks, the reserves policy is to hold the funding required for six months, operation,
this being the largest of the items identified in the risk assessment. This equates to £50,000.
The policy states. In the event Ihal the charity Is operating below its desired level of reserves, the Trustees will
endeavour to avoid having reserves fall as low as three months operation. Should reserves fall below this level the
Trustees will meet to discuss and implement recovery plan5 to avoid cash flow challenges and the risk of closure.
The policy is subject to annual review.
Policies
The Trustees continually review policies, and adopt new ones as necessary, at appropriate intervals.
Risk management
The charity faces certain operational and business risks which the Trustees manage through regular reviews and
mitigation of key risks. Trustees give priority to managing key risks at all board meetings and engage regularly with
heallh and safety issues.
In recognition of the increasing number of upgrade projects, the Board has adopted a Project Risk Register Policy
which requires each project to be analysed from a risk perspective at all key stages.
Our plans for 2025126
2025 will see our 30 anniversary year. We will plan a series of events starting with a picnic afternoon tea in the
ground5 of Cockemiouth Gastle and include a film festival featuring 30 films one from each of the years that the
center has been open all with a Cumbrian connection. We will continue to build on our program making changes to
our offer where customer preferences require them.
Freedom
nd
We have been chosen as part of a national project to mark the 80 anniversary of the end of Ihe 2 World War this
funding is from Future arts centers and will be used to create a project that engages the community in thinking
aboul whal freedom means to them.
Heritage
The Heritage group will contribute to the Freedom project and there is ambitions to mount an exhibition marking our
thirty anniversary year (funding allowing)
We are looking at the strategic direction of the Heritage group in light of the failed attempt to secure funding to move
forward with our plans with the Athletics club site. We are engaging in Gonversations with Jennings about both
space on their site Ihat could potentially be used for more accessible Storage of the Heritage collection and
Jennings heritage ambitions and what part we can play in them.
We will submit further funding applications to major funders for project grants and the required match funding.

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Arts out West
We will continue to programme events in community centres across Cumberland.
Further Funding
We will be applying for a major Community Lottery grant for a programme of new community inilialives.
Trustees, responsibilities in relation to the financial statements
The Board of Trustees is responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statemenls in accordance
with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting
Practice).
Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true
and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of
resources, including the income and expenditure. of the charitable company for that year. In preparing these
financial statements, the trustees are required to..
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudenl.
prepare the financial statements on the going concem basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the
charTtable company will continue in operation.
observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP
state whether applicable United Kingdom accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at
any lime the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statement5
comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are a150 responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable
company and he￿￿ for laking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on
the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of
financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The Trustees consider that the charity is adequately funded to meet its current obligations.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charitable company on 15 October 2025
and signed on its behalf by-
Robert Higgins
Chair

KIRKGATE ARTS
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE
TRUSTEES OF KIRKGATE ARTS
For the Year ended 31st MarGh 2025
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31
March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company {and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006
('the 2006 Act,).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006
Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts
carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'l. In carrying out my examination I have
followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's ststement
Since the Company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in
section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am
member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed
bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with
the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect..
a¢¢ounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act., or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning of section 396 of the 2006 Act
other than any requirement that the accounls give a 'true and fair view which is not a matter ¢onsidered as
part of an independent examination or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of
Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities preparing their accounts in accordance
with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concern5 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention
should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the a¢¢ounts to be reached.
Dated.. 151h October 2025
Susannah Nixon
Lamont Pridmore (Wesl Cumbria) Ltd
Milburn House
3 Oxford Street
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 2AL

KIRKGATE ARTS
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
For the Year ended 315t March 2025
(Including Income and Expenditu￿ Account and Ststement of Recognised Gains and Losses)
Unrestricted
Designated
Funds
Restricted
Total Funds
Year to
31.03.25
Totsl Funds
Year to
31.03.24
Funds
Funds
Notè
INCOMING RESOURCES
Grants and donations
Charitable activities
Investment income
Other income
236,173
140.929
3,582
4,517
211,075
447,248
140,929
3.582
4,517
225,235
127,117
3,577
5,845
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
385,201
211,075
596.276
361,774
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Expendilure on charstable
activities
345,582
678
346,260
313,031
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
345.582
678
346.260
313,031
NET INCOMINGI{OUTGOING)
RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR
39,619
211,075
{678)
250.016
48,743
Transfers between fijnds
Balances brought forward
177,690
178,733
1,631
358.054
309,311
Balances Garried forward
217,309
389,808
953
608,070
358,054
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the period. All income and
expenditure derive from continuing activities.

KIRKGATE ARTS
BALANCE SHEET
at 31 st March 2025
31.03.25
31.03.24
Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
480,570
234.364
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
10
38,068
137,616
7,658
136,536
175,684
144.194
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
{48,184)
{20,5041
Net current assets
127,500
123,690
608,070
358,054
Accumulated funds
Restricted funds
Designated funds
Unrestricted fund5
15
15
15
953
389,808
217.309
1,631
178,733
177,690
Total funds
608,070
358.054
For the year ending 31. March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 ofthe
Companies Act 2006 relating to Small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in
accordance with section 476,
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to
accounting records and the preparation of accounts_
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject lo Ihe small
companies regime.
These financial statements were approved by the trustees on 15 October 2025 and signed on their behalf by..
Robert Higgins
Chair

KIRKGATE ARTS
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
31.03.25
31.03.24
Note
Cash flows from operating activities
Movement in funds for the year
250,016
48,743
Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items
Depreciation
Investment income
Accrued income
7,868
(3,582)
(31,555)
13,202
(3,577)
(27,269)
9,625
Working Capital adjustments
Decrease in stocks
Decrease in debtors
Increasel(decrease} in creditors
1,455
4,304
(56,287)
1,145
27,680
28,825
(50,528)
Net cash flows from operating activities
251,572
7,840
Cash flows from investing activities
Interest income
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
3,582
{254,074)
3,577
(41,037)
Cash (utilised>lprovided by investing activities
(250,492)
(37,460)
Increasel(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
in the year
1,080
(29,620)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning
of the year
136.536
166,156
Totsl cash and Gash equivalents at the end of the year
137,616
136,536
All of the cash flows are derived from continuing operations during the above two years.

KIRKGATE ARTS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
General information
The charity is a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a ￿gIStered
charity in England and Wales. The address of the regislered office is The Kirkgate Centre, Kirkgate,
Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9PJ.
Accounting policies
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below.
These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
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 {FRS 102) (effective 1 January
2019) - (Charities SORP {FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Kirkgate Arts 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 aG¢ounting policy
note.
Going concern
The charity continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements and is confident it
can continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements. estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed
and are based on experience and olher factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to
be reasonable under Ihe circumstances.
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.
Incoming resources
Voluntary income including donations. gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of 8 general
nature is recognised when the Charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be
received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Donations and legacies
Donations and legacies are recognised on a receivable basi5 when receipt is probable and the amount can
be reliably measured.
Grants receivable
Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the
grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the
income is reGogni5ed as a liability and included on the balance 5heel as deferred income to be released.
Income received from capital grants, to which the funds have been spent and the corresponding asset
capitalised in year. are written down by depreciation over the expected useful life of the asset. The
remaining fund balance, in this case 'designated funds,, at the year end is the residual value of the
capitalised funds and therefore are not actual liquid funds available to the charity.
Investment income
Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
Accounting pollcies (Continued)
Resources expended
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable
settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable
expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to
particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs
allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the assel's use. Other
support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
Charitable activltles
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and Services for
its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect
nature necessary to support them.
Taxation
As a registered charity the company benefits from rates relief and is generally exempl from Corporation Tax and
Capital Gains Tax.
Tangible fixed assets
Individual fixed assets costing £500 or more are initially recorded at cost.
Depreciation and amortisation
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual
value, over their expected useful economic life as follows..
Asset class
IT and office electronic equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Light and sound equipment
Depreciation method and rate
Written off over 3 years straight line
Written off over 5 years straight line
Written off over 7 years slraight line
Stocks
Stock is not considered material and so is not disclosed wthin this years figures.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from cuslomers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course
of business.
Trade deblors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised ¢ost
using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for Ihe impairment of trade debtors is
established when there is objective evidence that the Charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to
the original terms of the receivables.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments
that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of
business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilitie5 if Ihe Charity does not have an
unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least ￿e1ve months
after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least ￿e1ve months after the
reporting date, they are presented as non-¢urrent liabilities.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
Accounting policies (continued)
Fund accounting
Unrestricted inGome funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees, discretion in furtherance of
the objectives of the Charity.
Designated fLsnds are unrestricted funds are resources set aside for specific purposes at the discretion of the
trustees.
Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specifi¢ purposes, the use of which is
restricted to that area or purpose.
Voluntsry income: Grants and donations
Unrestrlcted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
2025
Totsl
2024
Donations and legacies
Donations from individuals
20,848
20,848
8,956
Grants, including capital grants
Grants from government bodies, other charities
& local authorities..
Revenue grants
Capital grants - funds spent in year
215,325
211,075
215.325
211.075
216,279
447.248
447,248
225,235
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
2025
Total
2024
Membership fees- Arts Out West
Ticket sales and admissions
Venue hire fees
Bar sales
690
93.472
14.207
32,560
690
93.472
14,207
32,560
1,128
79,369
16,861
29,759
140,929
140,929
127,117
Investment income
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Totsl
2025
Total
2024
Interest receivable on bank deposits
3,582
3,582
3,577

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
Expenditure on charitable activities
UnrestriGted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Totsl
2025
Total
2024
Cost of bar sales
Perfomance fees and licences
Heritage Group
Wages and salaries
94,036
Employer national insurance
2.342
Pension contributions
1,943
Contract labour
177
Training
1,311
Travelling
704
Light, heat & water
10,358
Insurance
7,132
Building and equipment maintenance
74,059
Administration expenses
1,723
Equipment rental
1,560
Telephone and fax
1,980
Advertising and marketing
8,227
Accountancy fees
8,863
Computer Gosts
3,439
Professional fees
1,038
Bank charges
2,045
Depreciation fixtures and fittings
75
Depreciation - IT and office electronic equipment 1,332
Depreciation
light and sound equipment
1,422
10,153
106.624
10,153
106,624
678
94,036
2,342
1,943
177
1,311
704
10,358
7,132
74,059
1,723
1,560
1,980
8,227
8,863
3,439
1,038
2,045
75
1,332
1,422
13,354
104.637
381
90,387
2,071
1,873
96
816
509
21,253
6,153
33,121
1,880
1,368
2,016
8,741
5,486
2,799
880
2,008
131
926
7,103
678
340.543
678
341.221
307,989
Unrestricted
Designated
Funds
Total
2025
Total
2024
Depreciation - property
5,039
5,039
5,042
5,039
5,039
5,042

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
Net outgoing resources for the period
2025
2024
This is stated after charging..
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
7,868
13,202
Staff costs and trustees, remuneration
2025
2024
Staff costs include the following..
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
94,036
2,342
1,943
90,387
2,071
1,873
98,321
94,331
The average number of persons (including senior management team) employed part time and full time during
the year was:
2025
Number
2024
Number
Total number of staff
No trustees, nor any persons connected wrth them, have received any remuneration from the charity during
the year.
None of the trustees received any reimbursed expenses or any other benefit5 from the charity during the
year.
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold
property
Integral
Features
Plant and Fixtures and
machinery
fittings
Equipment
Total
Cost
At 1 Apr 2024
Addilions
251,966
16.727
91.434
138.757
27,307
22.634
1,216
393,341
254.074
97,374
At 31 Mar 2025
268,693
97,374
230.191
27,307
23,850
647,415
Depreciation
At 1 Apr 2024
Charge for the year
23,160
5.039
87,954
1.422
27,082
75
20,781
1,332
158,977
7,868
At 31 Mar 2025
28,199
89,376
27.157
22,113
166,845
Carrying amount
At 31 Mar 2025
240,494
97,374
140,815
150
1,737
480.570
At 31 Mar 2024
228,806
3,480
225
1,853
234,364
The freehold and property was devalued according to a valuation of £190,000 provided in May 2019 by Walton
Goodland Chartered Surveyors, 10 Lowther Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8DA.- this value has been adopted as
deemed cost of the assets concerned under FRS 102. Under FRS 102 the company will perform revaluations wth
sufficient regularity such that the carrying amount does not differ materially from the fair value at the balance sheet
date.
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Debtors
202S
2024
Amounts falling due within one year
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Accrued income
1,005
5,508
31,555
1,194
6,464
38,068
7,658
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Creditor5: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
37,818
1,634
3,668
5,064
6,268
1,553
7,802
4,881
48.184
20,504

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
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Operating leases
The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating lease5 are as follows..
2025
2024
Not later than 1 year
Laler than 1 year and not later than 5 years
1,368
1,368
1,368
1.368
2,736
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Company status
The charity is a company limited by guarantee and consequently has no share capital. Each of the trustees
is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of
liquidation.
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Pension scheme
Defined contribution pension scheme
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension ¢ost charge for the year
represents contributions payable by the Gharity to the scheme and amounted to £1,943 (2024 £1,873).
Contributions totalling £379 (2024.. £363) were payable to the scheme at the year end and are included in
creditors.
15 Statement of funds
The movement in the year is as follows:
At 01.04.24 Income Expenditure Transfers At 31.03.25
Unrestricted general funds
General unrestricted fund
177,690
385,201 {345,582)
217,309
Total unrestricted funds
177.690
385,201 (345,582)
217,309
Unrestricted designated funds
Property fixed asset reserve
178,733
211,075
389,808
Total UnrestriGted des'ed funds
178,733
211,075
389,808
Restricted funds
Heritage - Georgian Fair Group
1,631
{678)
953
Total restriGted funds
1,631
(678)
953
Total funds
358.054
596,276 (346,260)
608,070

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For the Year ended 31st March 2025
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Funds
The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as follows..
GeorgTan Fair Group
A donation from the Cockermouth Georgian Fair organising group for heritage related activities.
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Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted
Unrestricted designated Restricted
Funds
Funds
Funds
Total
Fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
121,364
144,129
(48,184)
358,253
31.555
953
480,570
175,684
(48.184)
217.309
389,808
953
608,070