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BLUECOAT DISPLAY CENTRE LIMITED
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
LightNight, usually held at across arts venues throughout Liverpool tliis was adapted to present activitieslevents
online due to the pandemic. The planned In the Window display for May featiiring local ceramic artist Chris
Turrell's c¢ramic Wonderbeasts was rcplaced by Chris creating a s¢ries of beautifully intricatc drawings which
he made at home whilst access to his ¢erami¢ studio wasn't possible. Chris produced the exclusive black and
while drawings inspired by w'ork from his sket¢hbooks. The drawings Were available to doivnload and print froin
oiir new website throughout LighiNight 2020. This gave the opportunity for p¢opl¢ to add their own colours,
¢usiomise or re-itllagine the images and then share the results.
Chris was due to run a ceramics workshop in June bul this loo was Cancelled in line with restrictions and
guidelines.
Cultural Eduealion Research Initiative (CERI) Article Publication
Summer Issue 2020
In 2018119 The Bluecoat Display Centre undertook a review of best-pracli¢e for integrating craft-makers into
secondary education as part of the Cultural Education Research Initiative (CERI) supported by Curious Minds,
Liverpool Hope University and RECAP {Ihe Centre for Research into Education, Creativiti, and the Arts through
Practice, based at Univcrsity of Chester). The project included research into a number of local s¢¢ondary schools
around Merseyside with tea¢h¢rs who had embedded artist-led working and Tesidencies into their curriculum.
During 2019120, Blue¢oal Display Centre piloted a series of practical workshops led by craft-makers in lo¢al
secondary schools working across a range of disciplines, organised as professional development opportunities
for art department staff at local schools. Findings and insights frotn this research was shared in an article written
by Bluecoat Display Centre Director Sam Rhodes and Gallery Assistani Claire Smith with Jeff Adams
(Professor emeritus in education, University of Chester). It was published in Issue 28 of AD magazine, a
piofessional
Inagazine
for
educators
working
in the fields of art, craft and design
https'.Ilbluecoatdisplayc¢ntre.comloulrea¢hlwp-contentluploads/sites13120211031AD-Summer-2020-Is511e-28-Ma
king-lhe-most.pdf
Bluecoat Display Centre reopened
From 17 June 2020
The Dire¢lor ivas able to reopen the centre for a couple of days each week for the rest of June as restrietions on
independent galleries eased. Other staff remained fiirloughed and then returned to work part time to support the
operating of the gallery. Adherence lo public health guidelines included limiting nuinbers of people entering the
gallery, observing social dislancing and reinforcing us¢ of face masks on entry.
Local print maker Karen Edwards was ¢ommissioned to create letterpress social distancing gallery signage.
From early July, opening hours were extended further with viewiRg by appointmenl available as an option for
visitors but still facilitated by the Director ￿11￿ ihe parl time support of Ilie Gallery Assistant.
Th¢ Dir¢¢tor focused on PTonioting solo In the Window displays and curated displays in the main gallery
featuring local tnakers in the tnonths after lockdown eased and we were able to reopen.
Emma Rodgers- In tbe Window
17- 30 June
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||||||fund|funds|funds|funds|
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|INCOME|AND ENDOWMENTS||FROM||||||
|Donations|and legacies|||2|50,296|82,337|132,633|80,967|
|Charitable|activities||||||||
|Other support costs||||||||5,035|
|Investment|income|||3|20,489||20,489|43,442|
|Total|||||70,785|82,337|153,122|129,444|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||||||
|Charitable|activities||||||||
|Other support costs|||||69,440|64,793|134,233|118,953|
|NET INCOME|||||1,345|17,544|18,889|10,491|
|RECONCILIATION||OF FUNDS|||||||
|Total funds|brought|forward|||66,116|30,424|96,540|86,049|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||||67,461|47,968|115,429|96,540|





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|FIXEDASSETS|||||
|Tangible assets||10|543|638|
|Investments||11|1|1|
||||544|639|
|CURRENT ASSETS|||||
|Debtors||12|7,897|25,971|
|Cash at bank and in hand|||144,893|80,838|
||||152,790|106,809|
|CREDITORS|||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within|one year|13|(37,905)|(10,908)|
|NKT CURRENT ASSETS|||114,885|95,901|
|TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT|||||
|LIABILITIES|||115,429|96,540|
|NKT ASSETS|||115,429|96,540|
|FUNDS||16|||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||67,461|66,116|
|Restricted funds|||47,968|30,424|
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|||||funds|funds|31.3.2021|31.3.2020|
|Donations<br>and gifts||||1,370|1,349|2,719|2,599|
|Subscriptions|||||2,331|2,331|3,370|
|Grants||||80,967|46,616|127,583|73,851|
|Other income|||||||1,147|
|||||82,337|50,296|132,633|80,967|
||||||Total|Total||
|ANALYSIS OF GRANTS|||||31.3.2021|31.3.2020||
|Liverpool City Council|Lockdown||Grants||7,072|||
|Arts Council Making Moves|||||15,000|||
|The Cadent Foundation|||||12,000|||
|Community<br>Foundation|Lottery Fund||||4,840|||
|Arts Council Recovery|Grant||||47,127|||
|LCVS Community<br>Impact||Fund|||2,000|||
|RLBHUT||||||4,000||
|Art Fund||||||2,759||
|Frohlich Estate Award||||||25,500||
|Price Parry Charitable|Trust|||||2,000||
|Liverpool Hope University||-CERI|project|||3,024||
|Goldsmiths||||||6,240||
|Merseycare NHS Trust||||||2,000||
|Walton NHS Trust||||||2,500||
|Covid Retail, Hospitality||and Leisure||Grant||25,000||
|Job Retention<br>Scheme|Grants||||39,545|828||
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|||||funds|funds|31.3.2021|31.3.2020|
|Donations<br>and gifts||||1,370|1,349|2,719|2,599|
|Subscriptions|||||2,331|2,331|3,370|
|Grants||||80,967|46,616|127,583|73,851|
|Other income|||||||1,147|
|||||82,337|50,296|132,633|80,967|
||||||Total|Total||
|ANALYSIS OF GRANTS|||||31.3.2021|31.3.2020||
|Liverpool City Council|Lockdown||Grants||7,072|||
|Arts Council Making Moves|||||15,000|||
|The Cadent Foundation|||||12,000|||
|Community<br>Foundation|Lottery Fund||||4,840|||
|Arts Council Recovery|Grant||||47,127|||
|LCVS Community<br>Impact||Fund|||2,000|||
|RLBHUT||||||4,000||
|Art Fund||||||2,759||
|Frohlich Estate Award||||||25,500||
|Price Parry Charitable|Trust|||||2,000||
|Liverpool Hope University||-CERI|project|||3,024||
|Goldsmiths||||||6,240||
|Merseycare NHS Trust||||||2,000||
|Walton NHS Trust||||||2,500||
|Covid Retail, Hospitality||and Leisure||Grant||25,000||
|Job Retention<br>Scheme|Grants||||39,545|828||
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||||funds|31.3.2021|31.3.2020|
|Rent received from|trading|subsidiary|20,387|20,387|31,603|
|Gift aid receivable|from trading subsidiary||||11,434|
|Interest on cash deposits|||102|102|405|
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|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||||69,351|89|69,440|
|Restricted|funds|||||||64,793||64,793|
|||||||||134,144|89|134,233|
|Support costs included||||in the|above are as|follows:|||||
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|Salaries|||||||||34,099|36,549|
|Job retention<br>scheme|||grant element transferred||||to subsidiary||27,850||
|Pensions|||||||||3,119|3,152|
|Recharge|ofrunning||costs from subsidiary||||||6,469|6,003|
|Rent and|service|charge|||||||40,774|39,503|
|Accountancy<br>and Independent|||||Examination|fee|||2,750|2,750|
|Accountancy<br>-other|||services||||||1,140|170|
|Sundries|||||||||1,999|1,002|
|Outreach|project|costs|||||||6,326|9,077|
|Exhibition|costs||||||||163|20,520|
|Computer|support<br>and website||||||||9,360||
|Depreciation of||fixed assets|||||||95|118|
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|Depreciation<br>-owned <br>Independent<br>examiner's<br>Other operating<br>leases|assets<br>remuneration|95<br>2,750<br>35,081|118<br>2,750<br>33,785|



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|Wages <br>Pension|and Salaries<br> costs|34,099<br>3,119|36,549<br>3,152|
|||37,218|39,701|



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|---|---|---|---|
|||31.3.21|31.3.20|
|Management<br>Other administrative|staff|1<br>1|1<br>1|
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|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||fund|funds|funds|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|32,944|48,023|80,967|
|Charitable<br>activities||||
|Other support costs|5,035||5,035|
|Investment<br>income|43,442||43,442|
|Total|81,421|48,023|129,444|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||
|Charitable<br>activities||||
|Other support costs|87,586|31,367|118,953|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|(6,165)|16,656|10,491|
|Transfers<br>between<br>funds|(1,820)|1,820||
|Net movement<br>in funds|(7,985)|18,476|10,491|
|RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward|74,100|11,949|86,049|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|66,115|30,425|96,540|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||building|Building|and|Computer||
||project|alterations|fittings|equipment|Totals|
||g|||||
|COST||||||
|At I April 2020 and||||||
|31March 2021|186,387|4,077|40,667|18,102|249,233|
|DEPRECIATION||||||
|At I April 2020<br>Charge for year|186,387|3,756<br>32|40,350<br>63|18,102|248,595<br>95|
|At 31 March 2021|186,387|3,788|40,413|18,102|248,690|
|NET BOOK VALUE||||||
|At 31March 2021||289|254||543|
|At 31March 2020||321|317||638|



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|Aggregate<br>capital and reserves<br>Loss for the year||(7,021)<br>(7,122)|101|



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Amount|due|from|subsidiary|company|7,855||
|Prepayments||and|accrued income||42|25,971|
||||||7,897|25,971|




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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Trade creditors|||||17,530|242|
|Social security||and other||taxes|1,461|3,886|
|VAT|||||6,204|3,675|
|Amount|due to|subsidiary||company||355|
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|Investments|I||I|I|
|Current assets<br>Current liabilities|104,822<br>(37,905)|47,968|152,790<br>(37,905)|106,809<br>(10,908)|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||||movement|At|
||||At 1.4.20|in funds|31.3.21|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General<br>fund|||66,116|1,345|67,461|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||
|The Cadent Foundation<br>Rathbone<br>Trust<br>Skelton Bounty<br>Price Parry Charitable<br>Trust<br>Frohlich Estate Award<br>Art Fund<br>Arts Council Making Moves<br>LCVS Community<br>Impact Fund|||250<br>846<br>2,000<br>25,500<br>1,828|12,000<br>(250)<br>(846)<br>(1,000)<br>5,640<br>2,000|12,000<br>1,000<br>25,500<br>1,828<br>5,640<br>2,000|
||||30,424|17,544|47,968|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||96,540|18,889|115,429|
|Net movement<br>in funds, included||in the above are as follows:||||
||||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
||||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General fund|||70,785|(69,440)|1,345|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||
|The Cadent Foundation<br>Rathbone<br>Trust<br>Skelton Bounty<br>Price Parry Charitable<br>Trust<br>National<br>Lottery Community<br>Fund<br>Arts Council Recovery Grant<br>Arts Council Making Moves<br>LCVS Community<br>Impact Fund<br>Voucher scheme - donations|||12,000<br>4,840<br>47,127<br>15,000<br>2,000<br>1,370|(250)<br>(846)<br>(1,000)<br>(4,840)<br>(47,127)<br>(9,360)<br>(1,370)|12,000<br>(250)<br>(846)<br>(1,000)<br>5,640<br>2,000|
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|TOTAL FUNDS|||153,122|(134,233)|18,889|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||movement|between|At|
|||At 1.4.19|in funds|funds|31.3.20|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General<br>fund||74,100|(6,164)|(1,820)|66,116|
|Restricted funds||||||
|PH Holt Trust|||(1,820)|1,820||
|Foyle Foundation||7,500|(7,500)|||
|Duchy ofLancaster||449|(449)|||
|Rathbone<br>Trust||2,000|(1,750)||250|
|Skelton Bounty||2,000|(1,154)||846|
|Price Parry Charitable|Trust||2,000||2,000|
|Frohlich Estate Award|||25,500||25,500|
|Art Fund|||1,828||1,828|
|||11,949|16,655|1,820|30,424|
|TOTAL FUNDS||86,049|10,491||96,540|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General fund|||81,421|(87,585)|(6,164)|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||
|RLBHUT||||||
|PH Holt Trust|||4,000|(4,000)||
|Foyle Foundation||||(1,820)|(1,820)|
|Walton NHS Trust<br>Duchy ofLancaster|||2,500|(7,500)<br>(2,500)|(7,500)|
|Rathbone<br>Trust||||(449)|(449)|
|Skelton Bounty<br>Goldsmiths<br>Liverpool Hope University||-CERI|6,240|(1,750)<br>(1,154)<br>(6,240)|(1,750)<br>(1,154)|
|Project<br>Price Parry Charitable<br>Frohlich Estate Award<br>Merseycare NHS<br>Art Fund|Trust||3,024<br>2,000<br>25,500<br>2,000<br>2,759|(3,024)<br>(2,000)<br>(93I)|2,000<br>25,500<br>1,828|
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|||At 1.4.19|movement<br>in funds|between<br>funds|At<br>31.3.21|
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|General fund||74,100|(4,819)|(1,820)|67,461|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||
|PH Holt Trust||||||
|Foyle Foundation<br>Duchy ofLancaster<br>The Cadent Foundation<br>Rathbone<br>Trust<br>Skelton Bounty<br>Price Parry Charitable<br>Frohlich Estate Award<br>Art Fund|Trust|7,500<br>449<br>2,000<br>2,000|(1,820)<br>(7,500)<br>(449)<br>12,000<br>(2,000)<br>(2,000)<br>1,000<br>25,500|1,820|12,000<br>1,000<br>25,500|
|Arts Council Making Moves<br>LCVS Community<br>Impact Fund|||1,828<br>5,640<br>2,000||1,828<br>5,640<br>2,000|
|||11,949|34,199|1,820|47,968|
|TOTAL FUNDS||86,049|29,380||115,429|





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|||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||
|General<br>fund||152,206|(157,025)|(4,819)|
|Restricted<br>funds|||||
|RLBHUT<br>PH Holt Trust<br>Foyle Foundation<br>Walton NHS Trust<br>Duchy ofLancaster<br>The Cadent Foundation<br>Rathbone<br>Trust<br>Skelton Bounty<br>Goldsmiths<br>Liverpool<br>Hope University|-CERI|4,000<br>2,500<br>12,000<br>6,240|(4,000)<br>(1,820)<br>(7,500)<br>(2,500)<br>(449)<br>(2,000)<br>(2,000)<br>(6,240)|(1,820)<br>(7,500)<br>(449)<br>12,000<br>(2,000)<br>(2,000)|
|project<br>Price Parry Charitable<br>Trust<br>Frohlich Estate Award<br>Merseycare NHS<br>Art Fund<br>National<br>Lottery Community<br>Fund<br>Arts Council Recovery Grant<br>Arts Council Making Moves<br>LCVS Community<br>Impact Fund<br>Voucher scheme -donations||3,024<br>2,000<br>25,500<br>2,000<br>2,759<br>4,840<br>47,127<br>15,000<br>2,000<br>1,370|(3,024)<br>(1,000)<br>(2,000)<br>(93I)<br>(4,840)<br>(47,127)<br>(9,360)<br>(1,370)|1,000<br>25,500<br>1,828<br>5,640<br>2,000|
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|TOTAL FUNDS||282,566|(253,186)|29,380|
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|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS|||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||
|Donations|||
|Grants|2,719|2,599|
|Subscriptions<br>Other income|127,583<br>2,331|73,851<br>3,370|
|||1,147|
||132,633|80,967|
|Investment<br>income|||
|GIA aid payment<br>due from subsidiary|||
|company|||
|Rent received from subsidiary<br>Deposit account interest|20,387|11,434<br>31,603|
||102|405|
||20,489|43,442|
|Charitable<br>activities|||
|Workshops<br>and Lectures|||
|||5,035|
|Total incoming<br>resources|153,122|129,444|
|EXPENDITURE|||
|Support costs|||
|Management|||
|Salaries|||
|Job Retention<br>Scheme grant element|34,099|36,549|
|transferred<br>to subsidiary<br>Pensions|27,850||
|Recharge ofrunning<br>costs from subsidiary<br>Rent and service charge<br>Computer<br>support<br>and website<br>Accountancy<br>Accountancy<br>-other services<br>Carried forward|3,119<br>6,469<br>40,774<br>9,360<br>2,750<br>1,140|3,152<br>6,003<br>39,503<br>2,750<br>170|
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|---|---|---|---|
|Management||||
|Brought forward||||
|Sundries||125,561|88,127|
|Exhibition costs||1,999|1,004|
|Outreach project costs||163|11,224|
|Improvements<br>Fixtures and|to property<br> fittings|6,326<br>32|18,373<br>36|
|Computer<br>equipment||63|79|
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|||134,144|118,844|
|Finance||||
|Bank charges||||
|||89|109|
|Total resources|expended|||
|||134,233|118,953|
|Net income||||
|||18,889|10,491|



