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|COMPANY REGISTRATIONNUMBER|7232736|
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|INDEPENDENTEXAMINER|Olayinka TomoriACA,DChA|
||Longmeade ConsultLtd|
||Victory Way|
||AdmiralsPark|
||Dartford|
||DA26QD|
|BANKERS|tsarclaysBankplc|
||Leicester|
||LE87 2BB|
|SOLICITORS|CharlesRussellSpeechlys|
||5FleetPlace|
||London|
||EC4M7RD|





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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|2023|2022|
||Notes|f|g|Total<br>f|Total<br>t|
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|INCOMEfrom:||||||
|Donations,legacies and grants|I|252,856||252.&56|281.577|
|Charitableactivities|2|138,209||138,209|t71,11,4|
|Other tradingactivities|||||? 000|
|Totalincome||391.065||391,065|454,691|
|EXPEIYDITURE on:|3|||||
|Raising funds||6,046||6,046|32.r08|
|Charitableactivities||345,016|6,450|351,466|462,643|
|Totalexpenditure||351,062|6,45t}|?<7{I)|494.151|
|Net income/(expenditure) and<br>Net MovementinFunds||40.003|(6,450)|??s51|(40.060)|
|Fundbalancesbroughtforward||||||
|atIlaauary2423||150,786|14,000|t64,786|244,846|
|Fundbalancescarried forrvard<br>at31.December2023||f190,789|f7,550|fr98,339|jYr'I|





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|CURRENTASSETS|||||
|Debtors|6|145,701|53,535||
|Cashat bank andinhand||61,394|l13,593||
|||207.095|167,128||
|CURRENTLIABILITIES|||||
|Creditors:amountsfallingdue|||||
|withinoneyear|1|(8,756)|(2,342)||
|NET CURRENTASSETS||I98,339||164,786|
|TOTALASSETS||t198,339||f,164,786|
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|General||190,789||1s0,786|
|Restricted|8|7,550||14,000|
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|Net movementinfunds(asper the Statement of FlnancialActivities)|33,553|(40,060)|
|Adjustmentsfor|||
|(Increase)indebtors|(92,166)|(48,179)|
|Increasei (decrease)in creditors|6,414|( rs,387)|
|Netcashprovldedby operating activities&|||
|Changeincasbandcashequivalentsin year|(52,199)|(103,626)|
|Cashandcashequivalents atIJanuary2023|I13,593|217,219|
|Cashandcashequivalents at31December2023|96t,394|f,I13,593|
|Analysis ofcash and cashequivalents|||
|Cashatbankandin hand|f;61,394|f,113,593|





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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
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||Trusts&Foundations|200,500||200,500|201,100|
||SpecialEvents|11,216||t 1,216|30,610|
||Other charitable donations(includingGift Aid)|41,140||4l,140|49,867|
|||9252,8s6||9252,856|f281,577|
||Periodended3iDecember 2022|f2t2,577|*i9{"|f281,577||
|)|INCOMEFROMCHARITABLEACTTWTIES|||||
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|||Unrestricted<br>t|Restricted<br>t|Total<br>f|Total<br>f|
||Ticketsales|2,631||2,631|10,010|
||Performancefees|24,578||24.578|90,604|
||Special Events-Auctionincome||||70,500|
||Theatre TaxRelief|I11,000||II1,000||
|||-111|f_|f.138,209|L17l,ll4|
||Breakdown: periodended31December2022'.|f,171,114|f-|L17r,114||





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|||Unrestricted<br>f|Restricted<br>s||2023<br>f|2022<br>f|
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||Fundraisingcosts|2,707|||2,707|6,482|
||GalaandSpecial Eventscosts|3,339|||3,339|25,626|
||l'otal-Ii.aising funds|6,046|||6,046|32,I08|
||Charitableactivities:||||||
||Promotion<br>ProductionCosts|9,792<br>188,699|q,oit||0?a?<br>193,306|18"657<br>10?q57|
||Artists'fees|124.453||1,84:|125,296|I18,4i9|
||Outreach&Pertbrmance<br>Administrationandsupport.costs<br>Covemancecosts|6,069<br>12,913<br>3,090|||6,069<br>t?ql1<br>IOg0|6,036<br>12,754<br>2.820|
||TotalCharitableactivities|345,016|6,450||351,466|462,643|
||Totalexpenditurefortheyear|f351,062|f6,450||t35V,512|{494,751|
||'Iotalexpenditure-31December2022|,408,810|f85,941||f494,75t||
||IncludedinArtists'fees above arestaffcostsof11108,009(2022:||f95.823).||||
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||IndependentExalninatiol||||1,100|1,050|
||Accountancy sen'ices||||450|440|
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||Staf-fcostsduringtheyearwereas f-ollorr,'s:||||||
||Wages and salaries<br>Sercialsecuritycosts||||43,231<br>4,7r1|40,000<br>!1,499|
||Other pensioncosts||||1,098|1"013|
||||||49.040|45.512|
||Consultants||||58,969|50,311|
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|Theaveragenumberofemployeesinthe year was:|3lDecember31December||
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|echarity forthesupplyofprofessionalservicesonanarms-lengthbasis:|||
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||31December|31December|
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|KarenPilkinglon-Miksa<br>- RemunerationasArtistic Director|*p:|f.45,512|
|JanPilkington-Miksa(spouseofatrustee)|||
|-Feespaidforadministrativework|f7,017|f8,570|
|SimonWeilisapartnerat thelawfirmBDBPitmansLLP|||
|For legalservices|f.-|f480|
|JulianFlitterisapartneratGoodmanJonesLLP,Chartered accountants<br>Forpayrollandotherprofessionalservices|f790|[1,]#|
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|DEBTORS|3lDecember|3lDecember|
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|VATrecoverable|2,124|3,535|
|Otherdebtors|143.577|50,000|
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|Othertaxes andSocial Security|||1,012|892|
|Other creditors|||5,059||
|Accrurnls anddeferred income|||2,685|1,450|
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|RESTR]CTEDFUNDS|||||
|Yearrended31December2023|Balanceat|||Balanceat|
||startofyear<br>t|Income<br>*.|Expenditure<br>cf|endofyear|
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|BusinessDevelopment Fund|10,000||(2.4s0)|7,5-r;|
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|Proferisional Dancer DevelopmentFunds<br>Fundingforperformances|29,031|6,500<br>52,500|(6,s00)<br>(77,53t)|<br>4,000|
|BusinessDevelopment Fund||r0,000|-|10,000|
|ROHTrailblazerOutreach Fund|1,91;||(1,e10)||
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|Currentassets<br>Currentliabilities|199,545<br>(8,756)|<br>-|7,550|207,A95<br>(8,756)|
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|3lDecember2022(comparative)|Unrestricted<br>General<br>ftfI|Funds:<br>Designated|Restricted<br> Funds|Total|
|Currentassets<br>Currentliabilities|153,128<br>(2,342)|<br>-|14,000|167,128<br>{2,342)|
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|10.COMPAR,A,TTVESTATEMENTO|FFINANCIAL ACTIVITIES-|PRIORPERI|OD|
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|I)onations,legacies andgrailts<br>Charitableactivities|212,577<br>171,fi4|69,000<br>-|<br>281,577<br>l7l,ll4|
|Other tradingactivities|2,000|-|2,000|
|Totalincome|385,691|69,000|<br>454,691|
|EXPENDITUREon:||||
|Raising funds<br>Charitableactivities|32,108<br>376,702|-<br>85,941|32,108<br> <br>462,643|
|Totalexpenditure|408,810|85,941|494,751|
|Net(expenditurelincomeand<br>Net MovementinFunds|(23,119)|(16,941)|(40,060)|
|Fundbalancesbroughtforward<br>atIlarwary2022|173,905|30,941|204,846|
|Fundbalancescarriedforward<br>at3lDecember2022|f150,786|f14,000|f,164,786|



