Charity ￿gISt[all￿ JMm)ber. 1132729
Five Towns Theatre
the Year F￿{ka 31 March 2024

Five Toiwns Theatre
Contcnts (continued)
2to3
Ststepjent of Fitiallcial Activiti
Bklauce Sbegt
Notes to the Fitw¢ial
7t0 11

Five TOWDS Theatre
R¢fereDce and Athn1J￿tr￿t1ve DetsiLs
Ch*lrma
Keith Ragd81
Tru$t¢es
3w¢tte Holliu3
Abty Eva￿$
Charity Regththbll Numbtr
1132729
Principal oifKe
122 w￿{1)fieldS Driv¢
srj 5JH
Independelll EX￿￿kner
VAST
Duds￿ Celltsr
HaEdey
StOkc-(￿-T[e￿t
STI 5DD

Five Tovrns Theatre
Tr￿trts, Rewprt
The mislees PTeseni Ihe 8Tmual reix)rt logether with the fiDatie1￿ ￿ta￿ents of tbe Charity for the year ended 31
March 2024.
Objettiveb and *ctfrvltk8
Objects
To advatsce th¢ edu￿1￿ of YO￿ pe￿Ie ID the Ferfornhing 8th1 draTllAtic arts in order to iULprove their
conditioDS of lif¢ aThi d¢velop their skllls wilie5 arml ¢4)Abikn to eth1¢ to [￿*1¢1p￿te in socicty as
ature and resw)tisible itidividuals.
Iighiing and sound equipn¢Dt hite and advic
Publie hvne
'Thc trnSte￿ confjrni that they have coEupliol with the EEquir¢m¢nts of 17 of th¢ Charities Ad 2011 to
havc due regard ￿ the public benefit 2u1(knn￿ publis￿ by the Charity C(xnmisgion fr¢ a￿1 Waleg.
Aeblevements Yawd perfonnance
. Two major productions ID tbe 2023f24 se&wn. 'JOSFPH ANI) THE AMA71NC. IECHNICOLOUR
DRFAMCOAf 8d'SCHOOL OF ROCK, pregemixl at The Stoke R¢￿Ory Theatre
. Summer S¢h(Kpl through￿tt AU￿ in of'siiREK IIIE MUSICAL Juni(x' at The
Stoke Repertory Theatre.
. Five 'fowns Academy has saw all ow yw peopk their nmtsical 8rd theatri(￿ devCky￿￿￿tt thowgll
txaminatioDs 8overntd by LAMDA all xbieviJ)g Meril or Distincti￿ ￿.
. Five Towns TeclJDical proyiding eqUip￿t￿l 8lld pusonal techlly￿1 to over 30 other produdion
nalionalty alld IIKa]ty.
. Continuatioll of SuFÉrstars enablillg clJildteD 8dditi(xLg1 to tb¢r (kveiopment of social and
pers1)nal deVelopn￿l skills through dram&
Lontillued growt
Record Keeping
accounis.
SttKk control of tuck ￿K￿ght atMI sol
Adoption of VaTiOUS rewts aDd policies Doi prcvjo￿sIY in pla(t.

Five Tovlns Theatre
Trustees, Report (￿￿tIll￿ed)
FÉDandal revSew
Pow Im raerves
Five Towns Theatre do CU￿lltty knld reserv&% therefoEe ll(*have a p)Jicy in Pla￿ However there is
a wlicy iemplat¢ re8ty Sh[￿ld the need aTÉSe.
and fees payabl¢ f￿ Fiv¢ TowrLS Techni￿ for the suppty of equ4ytu￿1 &)d ttrs(xJal iethid S￿￿￿t for other
All monits are ty invested back itito the gr¢)w> for pJYthiD8 show4 wovidillg tiainitig fxi]ities through our
Structur4 goveruall¢¢ *¥d uLgnag¢ment
Nathre ofgo%wnins
The charity is govettLed by ifs 24 M*y 2(Q), &* by spxial rwlution dated 16
October 2009
atbd siglled its behalf by..
HolliDs
Tn￿¢

Five Towns Theatre
Independebt Examiner's Rep)rt to the Irustees of Five Towns Theatre
I report to th¢ Irustces i>n my examin￿ ofthe a(￿￿ts of Five ToTrvns Theatre for the year ended 31 March
2024.
R￿pOnsIbl11tiej basts ofreport
As the clwity tn￿t￿5 of Five ToTriLS Theatre you are re4xthle f￿ the preparati￿￿ of the XWUDts in
a¢wrdancc with the rwuiretneots of the c1wit1￿ A(* 2011 ('the Ait.).
I report ID W of my ofthe Five Towns The4tsE'S accimmts ¢aITI￿ out wjdw sethioll 145 of thc
2011 Act atld to CRnyiD8 oul my exaliii￿ I bave followed all thc applicable DireCti(m￿ given by tbc Charity
Commission uudtt sethioD 145(5Xb) of the Act
Ixdepelldeot e￿MIller's $tstement- matter of concern wjellofled
I have o)tnpleted exami￿ i bave Identifi￿ mattefts of concern that rttordg have ot been adequetly kepl
as required by section 130 of the Act VlbDst ati trthLS*tiorts hwj F£¢0 rreothl on the ae¢ouDtawy sofiwar4 no
hard copies werr kept to vttify the Teaxds.
l. the acc¢)unts do Dot ace(Ydwith tlA(w reaKds" or
set out ill thc Charilies (Accounts aud R9￿) Regulati￿ 21KI8 other tbatt ally miuiremeni that the
accounts we g '1j￿ 8nd fair whi¢h a maller coTr8idered ¥ of all illdependent
Daryl DeD50n
VAST
l￿d$On CCD
Halllcy
Si(Qc-on-Trent
StaffordshirE
STI 5DD
0810712025
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Five Towns Theatre
ststement of Financid Aclivitses for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Unrestricted
Total
2024
Income abd EndowmeBts from:
Donatious and legaeies
Chatitabl¢ a¢tiviti
Othtt trading acfivities
3,491
85.631
73598
3.491
85,631
73,598
161720
161720
E￿ndIthre on..
Ch2rtÉable activilies
(113.861)
(48238)
(113.861)
48,238)
Total expenditiwc
iucome
162,099)
(162,099
621
621
Net movement in finKL
621
621
RecoDciltation of fukds
Totsl funds bmugbt forwaTd
5,080
5,080
Total fundg ca￿led fmvard
5,701
5.701
Totsl
2023
furjds
locome and Ettdowments from:
Donaiitsns and lega¢ies
Charitabl¢ activities
(kber ltsding activities
Total in¢ollLe
16,829
33.803
2.131
16,S29
33,803
82,131
131763
132,763
Eipenditure on:
Raising fimds
Charitable activiti&s
(IIKfj.712)
42,006
(106,712)
(42.006
Total fApenditire
Net exttnditure
Nct moveTnent in fillMIs
148.718
(148,718)
(15.955)
15,955
(15,955)
(15,955)
Re£on¢iliutloD of funds
Totsl fi]nds brought forward
Toial fimds carried foEward
21.035
21.035
li
5.080
5,080
The fi]nds breakdown f￿2023 ts 5knwD illn(*e I l.

Fiv¢ Towns Theatre
(Registrath)n Dumber. 1132729)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
2023
Note
Cash at bank ￿ in ha
6,087
5.080
(6.1187)
(5.080)
Cr¢dl¢or8: Amoumts r￿l￿g du¢ within one year
Net *55ets
io
5.701
5,080
Fumds of ¢ht eharity:
UDre5trieled Income
5.701
5,080
Totsl Cunds
5,701
5.080
ond signed rn their Wwlf by.
c HolliD5
TrJsÈcc
Ihe notQ% OD 7 to i i f(xm aD integral fiD8Dcial ststements.

Five Towns Theatre
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mareh 2024
l Accountlng potleks
S¢atem¢llt of¢ompliaDce
R¢¢<mn￿Clldt￿I Prn¢ti¢e is￿ed in Octobtt 2019. the fiJMtt¢ial RepMtiDg Stsud8Td 8pp]i¢able ID the United
Kingdom aDd Rq)ubli¢ of ITclaud (FLS 102) gtKI the Ch4Eitses Ad 2011.
B¥siJ ofprep*ration
Five TowDs Theth meets the defiDitioo of a ￿th11c benefit entity ujth FRS 102. The accowits (financial
statem¢nts) have beett prepared under thc bistorical ciyst convenlion with XiaDS reco801￿ at cost or tr8Dsadion
Cvoing coDcern
The trustees ¢onsikn that there 8re no ]Datcrial alxxrt ability th ￿ntinue as & going
lTreome and endowrnents
nature is ffGogDised whell the ch8fity entitloneut to th¢ incixnfy it is probabl¢ that th¢ ill¢omc will I
received attd the amoulli call be Mea￿5[¢d with rElTrability.
Donotion$ undleR4cie5
relt&blyme&8urcd.
Fxpendltu
All ¢xpenditure is re¢wll5￿ on¢¢ there is a legal or c￿Stil￿1Ve dJli8atirn to that exp¢Dditire, it is pmbablc
settlement is required and the am(wJlli can be rncasur&l reliabty. All cos¢s are allocated to the applieabl¢
expenditwe that a88W SI￿11?￿ ¢(tsts to otegory. Where costs ￿￿ll0t be directly attn7)Uied to
particular beadings they bcejk all(Kated on a b&sis collsis*nt with the ￿se of resour(w with ¢e￿traI staff
Logts all(Kated on the b&sts of t1￿C speoL and detffetiation ch*Ees 4llocattyJ oll ts portioll of the assel's use.
Roisinxfynds
trading actÈvities th• rdi5e fullds.
L'hariiable expcn¢Jiture C(￿￿rn tknse costs iDLirred by the ch￿lty in the delivery ofits aciivities gfjd services
for its beneficiaries. It irL¢1￿￿¢S kn Costs that cgn be all(xated directty to such activities and those costs of 8

Five Towns Tbeatre
Not￿ to the FiDancial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mareh 2024 (continued)
Ta￿tiO
1Ic cTrAity is consitsEd to p￿8 the tests *t (MM ID Paragr¥ph I S¢Trth 6 of the FiJJan¢e A¢t 2010 8lld
therefore it meets the definition of a charitsblc cthnpftlly for UK Tax wtrtises. A(xordingty, the
cILariiy is F¥Trt¢ntially exempt taxati￿ in rw of inc(Mne OT gains receiv&J within categories
covered by Chaptez 3 Part i i ofthe Cotpfdtioo I"ax A¢* 2010 or ￿titht 256 of the Tax*ion of Ch￿Beable
Gains Act 1991 tothe exteDt that suth ￿gaInS are appli￿excI￿s1Vety to ebaritabk PTwes.
Tan%ibk rued aknets
Casb abd cash equÈvaknts
Cash 2nd cash equivalents ¢otuwise ¢*sh on h￿d call dq￿lI* Alld ots short.term bigbty jiquid
inyestmcnts that att readily conve￿7¥1¢ to 8 ktK)wn ￿01￿1 of c&th aDd #TE subjed lo ittstgDific8nt risk of
cbange in value.
Trgdo ereditors
arc oblTgations io pay g(Kxts or ￿let$ that have Ixell acqutrtyj the ordiw cix]rse of businoss frotn
supplters. Accoullts payable are classified as cuttdtt liabiknes if the does w have an rigb¢ at th¢
end of the reportillg E>erirf ts) thfer settlement of the crojitor at le&st twelve m¢Mths aftcr the rqxjrting date.
If there 15 an unc0lldÈti￿aj rigbt lo defer r(Y at twelve rn￿th5 after the reFKJrting date, they are
tnterest method.
Fund strnet
Unresrrictcd itiGom¢ ar¢ gcn¢rnl fuuts are availabk f(Y ￿le at the trjstees diS(Yet1￿ in furtheJYn¢e of
th¢ obi￿tIVeS of the charity.
2 Income frt)th doll*th)ns •nd ltgaei
Tot•l
Gelleral
Ilollations and Iyies"
Donaiii)Trs indivithjals
3.491
3,491
Totsl for 2024
3.491
3,491
Totsl for 2023
16,829
16,829
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Five Towns Th￿tre
Notes to the Fiaaneial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 (CODtinued)
3 Income frow ¢harhable adivi¢
Totsl
nds
GeDeral
Acadmy
Clothiog Sales
Conswoables
EquipnKDt Htre
Room Hi
Superstars
Tuck Shop Sal&s
26.450
2,108
773
43.615
26.450
2.108
773
43.615
3,(M)O
887
1,298
887
1.298
TO(￿ for 2024
78.13 I
78,131
UnreBtricted
ds
Gener*1
Total
2023
A¢tivitiC5
33,803
33.803
4 Ittcome from other trading athilies
Totsl
fund&
Genernl
Tr￿ling income.
Sales of g£M)ds and Sery1￿
Me￿ber￿jP subscrimions
60.195
11521
882
60.195
11521
882
Total for 2024
73,598
73,598
Total for 2023
81131
82.131
5 Expenditsre om raisiDg fllmds
) Costs of trading athities
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Five Towns Theatre
otes to the Financial Statements for tbe Y¢ar Ended 31 March 2024 {¢ontiDued)
nds
Gener4J
Tolal
nd$
Note
undraising traditig costs.
Fundraising
113.861
113,861
Total for 2024
113,861
113,861
Totsi for 2023
IINS,712
106,712
6 Expenditsre on eharilable actlvhks
Aetivity
dertakn
dirett]y
To¢al
penditsre
contr*1￿ Paymethts
Costume Hire
25,506
25,506
2.246
4,504
7.225
5,727
Royaltits and Rentals
1kneatre Hire
4.504
7225
5,727
Tot#] for 2024
45208
45,208
Unrestrfft£ted
ds
Genernl
Totsl
2013
Note
Activilies
42.(X
42.006
7 Trustees remnller8tion •tsd expenses
Pgge io

Five Theatre
Notes to Ihe FiBancial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 (¢ODtinued)
Taxation
9 Cub and cth tqBivakDts
21)24
Cash halld
C&5h ￿ baDk
347
5.740
5,080
6,087
5,080
10 CredltoT&' falling due within ov¢year
2024
386
11 Fund8
B*lanc¢ at l
Ba]aMte a¢ 31
Marcb 2024
Unrestrirt￿ funds
G￿er￿1
Gcllcral FutM14
5.080
162.720
162,099
5,701
B*laDce *É I
April 2022
Balance at 31
Marcb 2023
pended
Unrestricted
General Funds
21,tr35
131763
14&718
5.080
12 Related party Iransat
Pagell