c.harity Name KenT Film Foundation Lld Chanty No Ill any) Annual accounts for the eriod RITY. 1138581 CC39a Per*)d end dale stsrtdale 0110412023 To 3110312024 Section A Statement of financial activities Restricted Unrestrictod Incomo funds funds Endowment , Total th1$ fund8 ar Total last ar Descrlptlons by natural category Incomlng resources (Note 3) Grants from Colyer-Fergusson Grant from Henry Smith Charlty Kent Communlty Found81ion Grant Grants from H M&41plne Garheld Weston Foundation Grant Grant from the Tweed Fourxlalion Othergrants received Donations Sundry Income Interest and dividends F01 F02 30,180 F03 F04 30.180 F05 2,000 8,500 10,000 15,000 12,000 12,000 10,000 4,756 5,000 10,000 4,756 5,886 554 298 886 554 298 660 111 Total Incomlng resources soi Resourc•s expended (Notes &7) Workshops Consultanc Mentorin Admln & Secretarial SeNIc88 Other Professional Sep4ices Outin MislIaneOUS Expenses Property Expenses Office EXenSeS Travellin - .EXpenseS Accountan Finance Charges Hardship Grants Depreciation 13.738 49.936 22.026 22,026 10,300 10,300 5,300 2,400 2.425 1,283 18.297 2,425 1,283 18,297 3.612 281 1,086 143 150 2,153 200 1.468 2,024 242 630 270 3,612 281 1,086 143 150 2.153 1,184 Total resources expended, s02 Net Incom91(0ut9QIng) rnsources beforn, Iransfers S03 7,425 54,331 61,756 23,878 6,313 4,395 6.000 1.918 12,393 Gmss transfers between funds I S04 IvorcOMIng110uT90lYl7EsuTCeu other rncognlsed gains/(losses) s05 313 1,918 12,393 Other recognlsed galnsl(loss•s) Gains and bsses on revaluath)n Offtd assets for tt charitys own us Gains and losses on Inves en S07 Net movement An funds s08 313 1.605 12,393 Total funds brought fOard Total funds carried fonvard s10 10 7,928 28.264 36,192 23,799 8,241 29,869 38,110 36.192 CC17a (EX1) 2810512024
Section B Balance sheet-.?:-_ Total this year Total last year Fixed assets Tangible assets F01 F02 (Note 8) 14.250 6.703 Investments (Notè 9) Total fixed assets 14,250 6,703 Current assets Stock and work in progress Debtors (Note 10) (Short term) investments Cash at bank and in hand B05 1,490 412 807 38,161 38,573 Total current assets 31,292 Credltors: amounts falllng due within one year (Note 11) 810 2,432 2,084 Net current aSset(lIabIlItlesj 811 28,860 36,489 Total assets less current liabilities 812 43,110 43,192 Credltors: amounts falllng due after one year (Note 11) Provisions for Ilabilities and charges B13 5,000 7,000 B14 Net assets B15 38,110 36,192 Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds Designated funds Total unrestricted funds Restricted Income funds (Note 12) Endowment funds (Note 12) 816 8,241 7,928 817 8,241 29,869 7,928 28,264 B18 819 Total funds 920 38,110 36,192 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees iignature Date of approval CC17a (Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts Note 1 Basis of preparation Thls sectlon should be completed by all charities. 1.1 Basls of accounting These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance yth. Accounting and Reporting by Charities - Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005),. and with. Accounting Stsndards.. Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE),. or and with the Charities Act. Give detalls In thls box if a different standard has been followed. -Tick as appropriate: Sf all relevant dlsciosures shovm in the pack have b88n glv8n then please tlck "Accounting Standard8'; If dl8¢losures completed in th888 accounts have been restricted to thosè required by the FRSSE, then please tick 'Financial Reporting Stsndard8 for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE).. 1.2 Change In basls of accounting There has been no change to the accounting policies {valuatlon rules and methods of accounting) since last year Glva details in thls box of any matertal changes that have been made. 1.3 Changes to prevlous accounts No changes have been made to accounts for previous years Give detalls In thls box of any materlal changes that have been made. CC17a {Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont) Note 2 Accountlng policies This standard Ilst of accountlng pollcles has been applied by the charlty excw for those deleted. Whore a dlfferent or addltlonal polky has been adopted thon this is detailed In the l)ox below. INCOMING RESOURCES Recognition of Incomlng resources These are induded in the Ststement of Finanal Activities (SOFA) when.. the charrty becomes ented to the resources: the trustees are virtually Certain they will recelve the rèsour,. and the monetsry value can be measured with sufficient reliability. Where incomiro resources have related expendiiure {as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources and related experKliture are reported gross in the SOFA. Grants and donalions are only Ind in SOFA wthen the charity has unconditlonal 8ntrtlem8nt to the resources. Incomlng resou03 wlth related expendlture Grants and donallons Tax rèclalm8 on donatlon8 and glfts Contractual Income and p8rfomiance related grants InrnIng resources from tsx reclaims are induded in the SOFA at the same time as the grft to vthich they relate. Th18 Is only Sncluded in the SOFA 08 the related gc¥)ds or setvlces have been delivered. Glfts In klnd Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their valu8 to the charbty or the amount actually realiséd. Grfts in kind for sale or distributlon are included in the accounts as gtfts only wh8n sold or distributed by the charity. Gifts in kirKJ for use by the charity are Included in the SOFA as Incomlng resour¢es vthen recelvabte. These are On included in incoming resourcès (with an equivalent amount in resourc$ expended) where the benefit to the chartty is reasonably quantrfiable. measurable and material. The value placed on these resourc8S is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facilty received. The value of any voluntary help received Is not Included in the accounts but Is described in the trustees, annual report. Donated 88rvlc•8 and facllltlos Volunteer help Investment Ineomo Thls Is Included in the accounts vthen receivable. Inva8tment galn8 and los$ Thls includes any gain or bss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resultlng from revaluing investments to marf(et value at the end of th8 year. EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES Llablllty recognition Liabililies are rects3nised as soon as there is a leg81 or construcilve obligation committing the charity to pay out resources. Where the charity gNes a grant Vth Conditions for Its payment being a specfflc lev81 of service or output to be prowded. such grarts are only recognlsed in the SOFA once the r8CiPi8nt of the grant has provided the spectfied s8Nice or output. These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has b88n made and there are no condilions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity. Grants wlth perfom)an condltlon8 Grants payable without perfornian¢e condltions ASSETS Tanglbl8 fixed a880ts for use These are capilalised rf they can be used for more than one year. and cost at18ast £500. They by charity are valued at Cost or a reasonable value on reipl. Investments Investments quoted on a reccMJnised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are induded ai trustees. best estimate of market value. Stocks and work In progress These are valued at the lower of cost or market value. POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE CC17a (Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (contl Note 3 Analysls of Incomlng resources Incomlng rnsources may l)0 furtheranatysed rfthls would help the rnader ol the accounts. Unrestrlcted restrlctsd Thls year Last year Anal 1$ Donation from Blelh Brenda Chari 5000 5,000 Total Total Totsl Total Total Total Tolal CC17a IEx(*l) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont) Note 4 Analysis of resources expended Resources expended may be further analysed rf this would help the reader of tho accounts. Unrostrlcted restricted Thi8 year Last year Ana Is Property Expenses Rent & Rates Property Repairs Pro Insurance Property Inspection Re ort Stora e Costs Health & Safety ExnSeS 3150 10072 367 3000 3150 10072 367 3000 1392 316 1392 316 1,468 Totsl Offlce Expen8es Tele hone Post, Printin & Stationa Computer & Website Ex enses Insurance Subscri tions Advertisin Business Meetin Sund Ex enses 1194 234 155 1194 234 155 119 964 706 104 527 225 467 706 104 527 225 467 804 137 T¢)tal Total Total CC17a {Excel> 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont} Note 5 Details of certaln Items of expenditure 5.1 Tru8t8e expenses Please provlde details of the amount of any payment or relmbursement of out•of-pocket expenses made to trustees or to thlrd parties for expenses Incurred by trustees. If no expenses were paid, please enter 'None' In the appropriate box(es). This year Last year Numb•r of trustees who wer• pald exn305 Naturo of the expenses Total amount pald 5.2 Fees for oxamlnatlon or audlt of tho accounts Please provlde detalls of the amount pald for any statutory extemal scrutlny of •¢¢ounts and other servlces provlded by your Independent examlner or auditor. If nothlng was paid please enter NONE In the appmprfate box(es). Thls year Last year Independent examlnees or audftorn. fees for reportlng on the accounts Other fees {for example: advlce, consuftancy. accountancy servIc) paid to the Independent examiner or audltor 1032 630 CC17a {Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont} Note 6 Pald employees Please complete thls note If the charlty has any employees. 6.1 Staff Costs Thls year Last year Gross wages, salarles and benefits in kind Employer's National Insuranco costs Penslon costs Totsl staff costs 6.2 Average number of fultIMe equlval•nt ¢mployeo8 In the year The parts of the charlty In whlch lh• employ008 work Thls year Number Last year Number Total 6.3 Doflned contrlbutlon pen$lon scheme Please complete If a defined contrfbutlon Brief details of the scheme nslon $ch•me Is o Thls year Last year The costs of the xhome to the charlty for the year The amount of any ¢ontrlbullons outstandlng at the year ond Th• amount of any contrlbutlon8 prepald at the y7ar end CC17a (Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts {cont} Note7 Grantmaking Please complets this note If the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate fomi a mat•rial part of the charitable actlvltles undertaken. 7.1 Total value of grants Grants to instltutlons Total amount Grants to indlvlduals Total amount Purpose for which grants made Total 7.2Grants made to Instltutlons If the charlty has made grants to partlcular Instltutlons that are materfal In the context of Its grantmaklng please glve d•talls of the Instltutlon supported, purpose of the grant and total pald to oach Instltutlon listed. Sufficlent infomiatlon should be glven to pmvlde a rnasonable understandlng of the range of instltutlons su rted. Total amount of grants paid Names of Instltutlons Purpose rotal grants to institutlons CC17a (Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts {cont) Note8 Tangible flxed assets Please complete thls note If the charity has any tangible fixed assets 8.1 Cost or valuation Freehold land & bulldlngs Other land & bulldlngs Plan( machlnery and motor vehlclos Flxtures, fittings and equipment Payments on account and assets under constructlon Total Balance brought forward Addltlons 20,285 20,285 9.701 9,701 Revaluatlons Disposals Transfers ' Balance carried forward 29,986 29,986 8.2 Accumulatod depre¢lation and Impalmient provlslons **Basls SLorRB SLorRB SLorRB RB SLorRB Rato 150 Balance brought foward Depreciation charge for year Impalrment provlsions 13.582 13.582 2,154 2,154 Revaluatlons Dlsposals Transfers. Balance carried forward 15,736 15,736 8.3 Net book value Brought forward Carried forward 6,703 14,250 6.703 14,250 8.4 Revaluatlon ff any fixed assets have been revalued please glve detalls of the valuer and method of valuation The Transfers. row is for nvefflents behveen fixed asset categones. ' Please indicate the method of d8preGiation by deleling the method nol applicable (SL = straighl line,. RB = reducing balance). Also please indicate the rale of depreciation.. for straight line, what is the antiupated life of the 8sset (in years)," for reducing balance, what is the percentage annual deduction. CC17a {Ex(xl} 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont) Note 9 Investment assets Please complete thls note If the charity has any investment assets. 9.1 Fixed assets investments Carrying (market) value at beginning of year Add: additions to investments at cost Less: disposals at carrying value Addl(deduct): net gainl(loss} on revaluation Carrying (market) value at end of year Please pmvlde below." 9.2 A breakdown of the market values of investments shown above agreeing wlth the balance sheet row BO3. 9.3 A breakdown of the Incom• from Investments agreelng with SOFA Analysis of Investments Markot valuo at ar ond Income from Invéitm8nts for the yoar Inv98tment prortIeS Investments Ilsted on a recognlsed stock oxchang• or held In common investment funds, open ended Investment companle8. unlt trusts or oth•r collectlve Investment schemes Investments In subsldlary or connected undertaklngs and companles Socurltles not Ilst•d on a recognlsed Stock Exchange Cash held as part of the Investment portfolio other Investments Total 9.4 Material Investment holdlngs If any investments are material in terms of thelr value (for example each represents more than 5 per cent of the valuo of the chartys totsl Inv6Stments) please provlde details. Marf(et value at year end Investment held Total CC17a (EX1) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont) Note 10 Debtors and prepayments Please complete thls note If the charity has any debt0 or prnpayments. Analysls of deblor8 Amounts falllng duo withln one yaar This year Last year Amounts falllng due after more than one year Thls year Lasl year Trade debtor8 Amounts duo from 8ubsidlary and assoclated undertaklngs Other debtors Prepayments and accru Income 1,4.0 412.0 Total Note 11 Credltors and accruals Please complete thls note If the charity has any cftvdltors or 8ccru8l$. 11.1 Analysis of credltor3 Amounts falllng du• wlthln one year Thls year Last yoar Amounts falllng due after more than one year Th18 yoar Last year Loans and overdrafts Trade credltors Amounls due to Subsldlary and associated undertaklngs Other credltors Accruals and deferred Income 1.400 1,400 5.000 7,000 1,032 684 Totsl 11.2 Securlty over assets If any loan, overdraft or other credhor holds a charye or other secuiity over any assets of the charfty please provide details. CC17a {Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts {cont) Note 12 Endowment and restricted income funds Please compkte this section rfthe charfty has any endowment or rnstricted Incon funds. 12.1 Funds held Ploase glve a brlef doxrlplion of any of tho followlng type of funds hald by the charlty. Permanent endowment funds {PE); expendable endowmentfunds (EE); and restricted Income funds, includlng swclal trusts. of the charlty (R). otherfunds. Fund Nama Typg PE. EE . R or other Purpose and rostrlct6on8 12.2 Movements of major funds Please glve dotalls of the movements of the majty funds summarlsed In the rnstrkt•dand •ndowm•nt columns of the Stat•m•nt of Flnanclal Actlvltles. Fund balances brought loard und balances carrl•d forward Ineomlng rosourc•s Rosourcès expended Galn8 and 10•808 Transfers Fund namès Col Hen er Fer usson Grant Smith Chari 2,000 2.000 H MCAI The Tweed Foundation Bleth n Charit Donallon Garfi•ld W08ton Foundallon Totsl Fund8 ine Grant 10.000 5,000 15.000 54,331 15.000 19.764 45,180 10,613 12.3 Transf•rs between funds Please glve detalls of any trnnsfers betwwn funds. From Fund (Name) To Fund (Namfr) Rea$on Amount 12.4 Analysls of net assets botween funds Unrestrlct•d Restrlct•d nds Endowed funds Total Flxed assets Inveslments Net current assets Credllors duo in more than one year and Drovlslons Total net assots 14,250 14,250 13.247 10,613 27,497 10.613 38.110 CC17a {Excel) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts {cont) Note 13 Transactions with related parties If the charity has any transactions with related partles (other than the trustee •xpenses explalned in note 5) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactlons to report, please enter "None" In the relevant boxes. 13.1 Remuneration and benefits Pleas• glve the amount of. and legal authorlty ft•r. any remuneratlon or other benefits pald to a trustee or other relatad parties by the charity or any Instltutlon or Company connected with 1£ Amounts pald or benefit value Name of trustee or relat party Legal authority (eg order, govemlng document) This year Last year Ms J Dunn for professional services for Admln & Seryetarlal Services 4625 10160 Ms J Dunn 5300 13.2 Loans Please glve detalls ol and amounts owlng to or from the charlty's trustees or other related partles by tho charlty at the year end. Nam• of trustee or relat•d party Amount owlng Thls yr Last year Legal authority Due to trustees and related parties Due from trustees and related parties 13.3 Other transaction{s) with trustees or related partles Please glve detalls of any transactlon undertaken by (or on behalf OQ the charity in whlch a trusta• or related party-has a material interest. Name of the trustee or related party Relationshlp to charlty DCriptIon of the transaction(s) This year Last year CC17a {Exc61) 2810512024
Section C Notes to the accounts (cont) Note 14 Additional Disclosures The following are signlficant matters which are not covered In other notes and need to be Included to provlde a proper understandlng of the accounts. If there Is Insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet. CC17a (Excel) 2810512024
KENT FILM FOUNDATION End of YearTrustee Report information and details of management for the year ended 3tst March 2024. Brought up to date at HMRC submission May 2024 Trustees: Emlyn Gre80ry- Chair Zoe Carr Jo Blair Nathan Shepherd Alan Jones Marie Kelly Thomas Rachel Dobson Company Reglstratlon Number 07274484 Charlty Reglstratlon Number 1138581 Reglstered Office: 22 Grange Road, Ramsgate CTII 9LR Place of operation: Ramsgate Community Cinema, 64 High Street, Ramsgate crii 9RS Governlng Documentatlon{s) Kent Film Foundation is a registered charity and a company limited byguarantee incorporated at Companies House on 4th June 2010 and registered as a charlty on 26th October 2010. The organisation was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. The company is governed by a management committee. All Members, trusteeship is reviewed each year where they are eligible for re-elertion or retirement. The organisation was founded by the award-winning filmmaker Jan Dunn who remains involved with the management team of the board of Trustees as one of the named dlrectors as approved unanimously by all Trustees. Reserves Pollcy. It remains an aim of the charity to build a net of "free reserves" in the event of insufficient funding bid success. However, this continues to remain very difficult when many of the funding applications do not cover overhead at all, and if they do- an insignificant portion of this could be allocated as a reserve/surplus. One of the ways the charity has managed to continue, and now grow, is by having no salaried staff and instead by hiring freelance arts practitioners. This helps two-fold, in keeping spending to that which is necessary and also in supporting the creative freelancer network to access local work from Kent Film Foundation, retaining talent in the region. Reserves listed at end of year come to £38,110 but this is all grant-funded raised income which is for specific allocated spending relating either to the youth film clubs or our screenings and screening events.
The charity has a savings account with the Charity Bank raised from donations towards our attempt to acquire the old Granville Cinema, Ramsgate in 2022 from Thanet District Council. Kent Film Foundation had spent five years in the pursuit of acquiring the building at the time of the previous tenant's looming exit by having the building registered as an "Asset of Community Value" in 2019. At the helm and alongside five other community arts groups locally, our application for a CommunityAssetTransfer was denied and Thanet District Council instead, sold the building on the open market to a commercial company with no history of community work and no intention (nor know-how) of running a cinema and promptly closed it and then permanently closed it as a cinema. Therefore, all the funds donated were offered back to each individual doner. Two people asked for their £10 donations back. This meant we had approximately 12K sitting in the charity bank. This was still in the account at the end of March 2024 but shortly into the new financial year we have used 8K from it (plus a further donation of SK from an individual} to cover the costs of renting and refurbishing our premises at No64 which we have turned into a community cinema. The building came to our notice for very low rent. With the help of 60 residents giving their time for free. we have transformed it by up-cycling materials already at the building. For example, the old changing rooms from the previous Cats-in-crises charity shop have been reformed and framed into a downstairs accessible loo. Ramsgate communlty cinema operates a pay-what-you-can system and the audience is growing and at the point of compiling this trustee report, we have secured a club premises licence. This means for the first time the organisation has a small income revenue other than grant reliance. However, having a premises again does also raise our spending. Therefore, at the moment it is still relatively unlikely to be in a position to raise "free reserves" but it continues to be an aim. Current Funders In order to run and faalitate all our programmes including the new community cinema venture, our funders over the course of this financial year (and over-flowing into 2024) include.. Colyer Fergusson Chartynweed Foundation/Kent Community Foundation/Ramsgate Town Council and Film Hub South East. The charity are extremely grateful for all fvnded support, especially as most of our funders return to fund us again due to their genuine belief in the significant difference our work makes to our community but with a specific emphasis on young people, regardless of whether they are looking for media careers or not. It takes the bid-writing and a significant number of grant funding applications to submit each year to be even at all successful and our volunteer bid writers. time has paid off this year in garnering continued funded support, particularly from the significant level of support from Colyer Fergusson and frequent support from the Kent Community Foundation- it cannot be under-estimated how much competition there is for their funding. We would like to state our
gratitude in this report on behalf of our young residents and the wider community for this continued support. This year we welcomed our first successful funding for our long-hoped for Wildlife/Nature cinematography youth workshops from The Tweed Family Charitable Foundation. This is a small family initiative of the Tweed family to support projects that have a social impact for young people growing up disadvantaged, like our demographic of young people and the majority of our board. As our team of mentors and our trustees all consider themselves genuine environmentalists, we are delighted to finally get a youth environmental project underway. The fund specifically pays for the wildlife mentor(s) Keith Ross (Countryfile/SpringWatch) and enhanced by field trips with naturalist, Nick Mitchell another well respected local wildlife photographer. This group has already garnered {within just two sessions) a short-listed Kent Wildlrfe Photographer of the Year Award {Under-185 category) for one fourteen-year-old boy. We aim to prep young members of the group to start thinking about other photography competitions and displaying their works and we have industry sessions planned with them. At the point of submittlng this Trustee report Andrew Tweed has expressed how impressed he is and the foundation is strongly hinting at another year of support which will secure Keith for another whole year of mentoring as well as cover costs of some field trips including Nick Mitchell. We hope this year to raise grant funding to secure another High Street venue once our short term period at No64 ceases in the autumn. This is utterly crucial to the continuation and growth of the charity. Artlvltles and ObJectlves The aims and objectives of the organisation remain the same. As listed at the Charity Commlssion these are: (i) ro advan the educat/on and training of disenfrandpised teenagers who are not in emp/oymen¢ educabon or training. (2) To help youngpeople espeaa//y but nrt exdu&ve/y thmugh leisure time attivities so as to develop their capabilities that they maygmw to fu// maturity as individuals and members ofsoaety. (3) Enhan the life of the elderly by use of film. (4) Arts Facilitstlng (5) Environmentsl aWanesS and responsibilty for young people Our objectives are achieved in various ways. The film clubs are running again now after difficulties of recruiting young people back out into face-to-face activities. Our numbers of participants are slowly growingonce again. The fattthat we offer them for FREE is our unique and considerable factor, we can only do this by raising grant funding to pay for the
professional film/arts practitioners we hire and for the equipment available for them to use. The new wildlife group has been a huge hit with young people and also the film mentors too. We began by capturing wildlife at St Luke's Church Hall frequently but over the past year, usingthe Ramsgate Town Council funded trail camera funding alongside the Kent Community Foundation digital funding that purchased the camera/filmin&lediting equipment, we have allowed young people to take cameras home overnight to capture wildlife. We are currently in discussions with the Ramsgate Cemetery ground staff about setting up hedgehog houses and trail cameras. We have a slot booked at Ramsgate Film Festival, now we are officially partnering with them in our premises, to screen films made by the young people and about the work we are doin& New Premlses Acqulsltion Helped by NUMEROUS Volunteers. We took occupancy of No64 High Street, Ramsgate in November 2023, launching in January after eventually getting in mid-december and transforming the building in just three weeks. The rental fee is very low as it is only officially available for 9 months, although we have a suspicion, we shall be in situ for quite some time longer. Good will from the trustees (particularly our Chair Emlynl has been overwhelmin8. Helmed by founder, Jan Dunn, we have built superb local support and good will. All the youth mentors have been prepared to give many hours of their time, particularly filmmaker Joanne Postlewaite, to empty and clear out the old Cats in Crises shop fittlngs and fixtures. Patron Brenda Blethyn has also been very proactlve and given tremendous support to the transformation of the building into a small communty cinema with multi purpose use for youth workshops too. We have completely emptied the buildin& strlpped it back and beginning from scratch. Donations have paid for the professional work from a builder/plumber/electriclan but everything else has been time given for free from many people including over 211F young people from Broadstairs College construction. They came in four groups over two days, one in the morning and one in the afternoon but many of the young people wanted to stay to help once their group was dismissed. It has been absolutely incredible. The young film club members put together a film about the process, helped by filmmaker Jo Postlewaite, our main filmingjediting youth mentor. This can be viewed on Vimeo here: Pw Ramsgatecommunitycinema Everything in the building has been upcycled to build inner rooms including an edit suite. a downstairs, accessible toilet, café-bar and a studio/greenscreen filming area. We will be sharingthe building With the CIC, Ramsgate International Film Festival. The festival applied to Ramsgate Town Council to cover the costs of the important pieces of equipment that we don't have funding for. The projector/electric screen/chairs/sound system. However, of the 3500 we needed, they only approved for 2500. The shortfall has been covered by generous equipment donations from local people and local businesses who want to see a cinema in the town again.
Funding staff & support of volunteers The or8anisation remains a grant-reliant charity and whilst this is so, we shall continue to hire freelance film/arts practitioners. The numbers of volunteers are likely to raise now that we are partnering more officially with the Ram5gate Film Festival. They alone have 40 volunteers connected with their programming and running of events including many young people interested in arts/festival curating careers. All funding bid writing is undertaken voluntarily as we have no funded staff. The volunteers who have helped us create the cinema runs to around 60 people including some of the trustees. This Flnandal Year As at point of submission there is approximately 21K in the combined current and savings account forthe organisation. All of this is accounted forwith regard to continued expenditure. Declarations Although she is not 3 Trustee herself, the Kent Film Foundation board of trustees unanimously approve continued payment to the founder, Jan Dunn who is listed as one of the Directors, in her capacity as film consultant/mentor to continue in her capacity as project managing the youth workshops and as Arting CEO to undertake administration where needed and consider this a funding priority. The board of trustees also accept that an allowance towards her utillty bills should be forthcomin8 when funding allows for overheads. The trustees also recognise that the sheer volume of voluntary work she undertakes for the charity cannot be under- estimated, much of which she receives no remuneration for and is undertaken around her own professional work and her caring responsibilities as a single parent. Also, whilst undertaklng a part time PhD. The board of trustees also unanimously accept that should the opportunity arise through various funding attempts, to begin a youth theatre side to the organisation, Marie Kelly- Thomas can be remunerated if She is called upon for her specific skills and fundin8 allows. This report also acknowledges the generous time given by the Management Team in a voluntary capacity, particularly Jo Blair for her film exhibition knowledge and skills and for Emlyn Gregory making himself available regularly for the management of the cinema and administration needs. Meetlngs It has not been possible to have held a full meeting together since December 2023 but the Trustees accept that Zoe Carr. Emlyn Gregory and Jan Dunn meet very regularly- sometimes on a weekly basis to discuss all management issues and regularly including Jo Blair with the community cinema management. Jan Dunn makes reasonable attempts to keep everyone on the board of trustees in the loop of the management discussions when needed.
Trustees Responslbllities The trustees (who are also dirertors of Kent Film Foundation Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparingthe Trustees. Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practise). In preparing the financial statements. the trustees are required to.. Selett 5Ultable accounting policies and then apply them consistently. Observe the methods and principals in the Charities SORP 2015 (FRS 102). Make judgements and estimates that are reasonably prudent. State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue to operate. There are no trustees who are currently approved for remuneration. However, as state previously the trustees wish to confirm the advanced approval for Marie Kelly Thomas to be paid for consultancy work should the opportunity to begin in the future with the Ramsgate Youth Theatre arise. The trustees wish to acknowledge and pay particular thanks to the Emlyn Gre80ry, for his excessive amount of voluntary hours in undertaking (literally) the transformation of No64 High Street and management of the cinema. Current status We now have occupancy of the empty shop on the high street which is now Ramsgate Community Clnema. We are there until the autumn at which polnt it is due for demolition. The landlord has offered for us to remain there on a month-by-month basis. We are currently writing funding-bids In the hope of raising core costs to enable a move to a longer term, more permanent premises. At this moment there are at least three vacant buildings on the High Street that have stood there empty in the long-term, which would be our first options once we have successfully raised the grant fundin8. The core costs may well come with some of the current vouth-focussed funding bids we are submittingat the moment but often overheads are not allowed. Approved by Date rf• z)¥ Emlyn Gregory- Chair On behalf of the board of Trustees