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2025-03-31-accounts

Company no. 06161282 Charity no. 1139598

Travaux Sauvages Limited trading as Wildworks Report and Audited Financial Statements 31 March 2025

Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Reference and administrative details

For the year ended 31 March 2025
Company number 06161282
Charity number 1139598
Registered office and Unit 1, Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Chapel Hill
operational address Porthtowan
Truro
Cornwall
TR4 8HL
Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during
the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:
Frances Branfield
James Chapman
Amaya Jeyarajah Dent appointed 20 May 2025
Michael Martins
Jane Moss resigned 1 April 2025
David Prior
Chair		 appointed 28 February 2025
Richard Smith appointed 9 June 2025
Julia Webb-Harvey resigned 1 April 2025
Rebecca Whitman appointed 12 March 2025
Eleanor Woolman resigned 17 July 2025
Company secretary Emma Hogg resigned 10 June 2024
Bankers Barclays Bank Triodos Bank
14 King Street Deanery Road
Truro Bristol
TR1 2RB BS1 5AS
Solicitors Spencer West
Longbow House
14 - 20 Chiswell Street
Islington
EC1Y 4TW
Auditors Godfrey Wilson Limited
Chartered accountants and statutory auditors
5th Floor, Mariner House
62 Prince Street
Bristol
BS1 4QD

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Chair's report

For the year ended 31 March 2025

This year has brought both challenges and exciting developments for Wildworks, marked by the successful delivery of a major project - We Are Shining - and a transition in leadership.

Completed on 31 March 2025, We Are Shining reached more than 174,000 people through 235 events. Wildworks actively engaged underrepresented communities, including people with disabilities, ethnically diverse groups, and young people in care. Across Cornwall over 1,600 individuals took part in 5,326 opportunities to participate, with surveys showing a measurable uplift in mood, motivation, and creativity among those involved.

In November, the board was pleased to appoint a new executive team - Gwen Scolding and Nathan Jackson - to lead Wildworks through the conclusion of We Are Shining and into a new phase of organisational development. This next chapter will build on the successes of the past year. I was also honoured to join the board in March, stepping into the role of Chair from Julia Webb-Harvey, to whom we owe deep thanks for her years of dedicated service.

We remain grateful to Arts Council England and Cornwall Council for their investment in Wildworks and their continued support. Their belief in our experimental and innovative artistic practice - delivering multidisciplinary work in unconventional spaces - empowers us to pursue ambitious projects in both scale and quality. I am confident that sustained investment will continue to deliver strong returns in artistic excellence, skills development, and creative opportunities for communities, artists, and theatre-makers across Cornwall.

David Prior - Chair of the Board

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

Travaux Sauvages Limited is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 24 September 2010. It became a registered charity on 30 December 2010. In the event that the charity is wound up the members agree to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the funds of the charity.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. Subject to the approval of the members, the trustees may appoint a person who is willing to act to be a trustee. Potential trustees meet the trustees and senior management team prior to their proposal as a trustee. Once appointed, trustees undertake an induction into the workings of the charity including observing operational activity, discussions with staff and reading information such as financial statements and other evaluation documents. The trustees are legally responsible for the overall control and management of the charity.

Changes to the trustee board during the period are shown on page 1.

How we make decisions

As per the funding requirements of being an NPO, the Board of Trustees is a governance board only with no executive decision making. We sign off on strategic development and are the signatories in all contracts. Our role is to monitor the performance of the Executive Team.

Risk management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

The trustees review the financial, operational and business risks that Wildworks faces as part of the on-going management. The risk register identifies risk, the steps taken to mitigate those identified and any further actions required. This is reviewed quarterly.

The most likely risks with the highest impact remain those associated with an ever changing economic and cultural climate. We continue to mitigate these risks with the implementation of a rigorous artistic and producing policy and updated communications strategy.

For the We Are Shining project, the executive team through the Executive Producer, Nathan Jackson, ran a separate risk register for that programme of activity. The trustees also reviewed that on a quarterly basis.

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Pay and remuneration

This was reviewed in Autumn 2025 by the Board, with regard to the organisational restructure and in consideration of budgetary constraints given the level of NPO funding. There has been a small subinflationary increase in our NPO funding (1.61%) for the year 2025/26.

Organisational structure

Wider networks

We are members of the Independent Theatre Council, Outdoor Arts UK and IETM.

Related parties

We have no related party relationships. Partner arrangements for We Are Shining existed with Black Voices Cornwall, Cornwall Pride and The National Trust.

Volunteers

We create work with communities through participatory processes, shaping the projects with participants ideas and stories and supporting their involvement as volunteer makers, performers, artists and collaborators.

Public benefit statement

The trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in establishing the charity's activities.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The charitable objectives for which the charity was established are to "advance the arts for the public benefit by the promotion in particular, but not exclusively, of the art of drama".

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Strategically, Wildworks seeks to develop relationships with leading national and international producing and creative partners who share our ambitious vision of high-quality landscape and participatory theatre, which often result in ground-breaking and exemplar pieces of theatre.

Wildworks describes itself as an "art led, international theatre company based in Cornwall" founded in 2005 by Bill Mitchell to focus on site-specific arts events. The primary artistic vision is to make landscape theatre - large scale spectacular performances and artworks that grow out of their locations driven by the community that inhabit the site. This profound sense of community is the key tenet of Wildworks' creative output; as a company Wildworks is drawn to stories that are both epic and intimate, human stories that can touch and resonate with audiences across barriers of language, age and nationality. We are inspired by the people that we work with - giving voice to individuals and communities alike.

Strategically, Wildworks seeks to develop relationships with leading local, regional, national and international producing and creative partners who share our ambitious vision of original high-quality landscape and participatory theatre events.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

We Are Shining

As reported in the trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023, Wildworks was successful in its application for Cornwall’s allocation of Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK government to deliver a project called We Are Shining which was completed on 31 March 2025.

The We Are Shining project was built on Wildworks’ practice of community engagement and largescale outdoor performance. Through the project we delivered a distinct programme of cultural events for audiences, alongside community participation, and training and employment for many freelancers in Cornwall's culture sector.

There were four distinct strands of activity involving a range of local and national partners:

  1. Hello Stranger: A comprehensive community and schools engagement programme (throughout 2024/25);

  2. RE:WILD: A training programme that equipped individual practitioners and early career creative professionals with new practical skills and tools (autumn 2023 – autumn 2024);

  3. The Kneebone Cadillac (July 2024) – a smaller scale production that was an experiment in creating a show with potential for touring to other locations; and

  4. Stranger Beasts: A large-scale, low cost/free, multi-day performance at Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall that brought communities and visitors together (September/October 2024).

We Are Shining reached more than 174,235 people through 235 events. Wildworks actively engaged underrepresented communities. Across Cornwall, over 1,600 people took part in 5,326 opportunities to participate, with surveys showing a measurable uplift in mood, motivation, and creativity among those involved.

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Hello Stranger

Through the Hello Stranger programme of activity, we supported local freelance artists to lead projects that focused on creating meaningful engagement with groups and individuals who are part of under-represented groups/communities. Our outreach included collaborations with St Petrocs and individuals experiencing homelessness, working with disadvantaged and marginalised young people, engaging with refugee communities, connecting with people living with disabilities, building relationships with the WI, and reaching out to individuals in the hospitality and farming sectors. These projects culminated in touring exhibitions, informal sharings and performance events across the county. At the end of the project in March 2025, we hosted a celebration event for all communities, artists and partners involved, and distributed scrapbooks that documented the brilliant work of the programme.

The ‘Hello Stranger’ programme of activity consisted of:

The workshops and projects for Hello Stranger were also filmed and viewed by 122,097 across Social Media.

As part of Hello Stranger we also offered workshops to every secondary school in Cornwall, and 11 schools took up the offer. With the help of 80 teachers, we nurtured over 450 students to create work seen by over 800 audience. We worked with four school partners for a longer duration with more intensive artist involvement to create their own performance events and films.

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Local press coverage of Bodmin Colleges’ performance on Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway was broadcast on both BBC Spotlight, ITV Westcountry and had significant local coverage on BBC Radio Cornwall and local newspapers.

2. RE-WILD

The Re-Wild Training Programme took place over 4 weeks, and included training opportunities for artists, paying practitioners, and partners. The programme took place over 15 days, renewing and developing a sense of shared purpose with artists and partners. It was a diverse group of people with a wide experience that opened up and expanded our team.

"It’s been thought-provoking and affirming." Participant

"My mental health has been at its best these last few days - genuinely." Participant

3. The Kneebone Cadillac

The Kneebone Cadillac was set up within the We Are Shining project as an opportunity to try something different, an outdoor show that was smaller, more mobile and allowed us to test a model of making work that could potentially enable the Wildworks to be more sustainable in the future. It was also about making work in Cornwall, with Cornish communities that could also be exported to the rest of the country.

The play was a comedy-drama, written by Carl Grose and directed by Kyla Goodey, ran from July 4th14th at United Downs Raceway near St Day in the heart of Cornwall’s mining country. Created within the rim of the stock car and banger racing circuit for the first-ever Cornwall-based production of the play – a critical hit when first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

"We all loved it! Living within earshot of the raceway in St Day it was fantastic to see the show there. Top tip casting, a great set and a fantastic script." Audience Member

296 people responded to an audience survey. The average score out of 5 rating the show, with 5 being high, was 4.7. The show was universally well received. If the show was remounted – the audience who answered the survey were almost universally keen to see it again or recommend it to a friend, with an average score of 4.6 out of 5 (with 5 being most likely). The survey showed it to be a very impactful show: the local community were integral to it, and a wide range of people came to watch it including people who wouldn’t normally come to the theatre.

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Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

4. Stranger Beasts

On the spoil heaps and ruins of the iconic Geevor Mine, at the end of the land, Wildworks created a new show - celebrating Cornwall’s long traditions of welcoming strangers, of community and outdoor performance. With a ticket price of just £5, the project aimed to engage the local community and draw in people who wouldn’t usually consider themselves ‘theatre-goers’.

Stranger Beasts had a significant amount of community connectivity with a community choir performing for each performance. Free tickets were also offered to all schools we’d worked with.

The audience survey showed that 35% of the responders were new to Wildworks. Price of ticket and word of mouth played a significant role in attracting a new audience, with the keen price encouraging people to take a risk, in particular local people.

"This is the sort of experience that our eleven-year-olds will never forget." Schools Group Leader

"It was mind and heart blowing really. Never saw something similar before." Audience Member

Brierley Hill

Wildworks collaborated with Brierley Hill Cultural Consortium to create The Phoenix Project which explored the town of Brierley Hill through the memories and dreams of the people who live there. It lifted stones of the towns’ living-rockpool environments and discovered what lied beneath. A peopledriven development process that culminated in a final sharing of stories.

There was an overwhelmingly positive response to this project, from the artists who co-created new work with community members, from workshop participants and live performance audiences. 84% said they learned something new about Brierley Hill and 95% said they would like to come to a future Brierley Hill storytelling event.

"I’m excited! I always feel like Brierley Hill (and the rest of the Black Country) is a bit of a sleeping beauty. She fell asleep some time in the mid 80s and I’m hoping that this work might finally wake her again."

Workshop Participant

Capital investment

We received funding from Arts Council’s Capital Investment Programme to invest in professionalgrade, portable and sustainable technical equipment, which provided vital support in the successful delivery of the We Are Shining programme. Due to the portability of this equipment, we were able to reach rural and isolated places without mains power, for example, the cliffs on the Tin Coast, Lusty Glaze beach and aboard a steam train at Bodmin & Wenford Railway.

Our investment contributed to the sustainability success of The Kneebone Cadillac , which was the first production in Cornwall to be produced in line with Theatre Green Book standards, and the first site-specific show anywhere to be produced to the standard.

Now we have begun trialling our hire and maintenance processes, we are looking forward to expanding our support to the wider South-West cultural infrastructure through enabling access to our resources with the aim of improving production sustainability.

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The 2024/2025 year has seen an increase in turnover from the previous year due to the delivery of the Shared Prosperity Fund / CIOS Good Growth We Are Shining project and a capital investment grant from Arts Council England. The CIOS Good Growth funding spread over 2 financial years and ending in March 25 has given the company the opportunity to work with a great number of artists, schools and communities. It is intended that much of the work produced will have an impact far beyond the end of the project period when the funding levels of the organisation return to a lower level. The 2025-26 financial year will be one of development, not delivery, and the financial statements for that period will reflect this.

Investment policy and objectives

The trustees have considered the most appropriate policy for investing funds and find that the current arrangement with short term bank deposits meets the requirement to generate a reasonable return on capital whilst maintaining access to funds for operational purposes.

Reserves policy

This policy is reviewed and set annually by the Board of Trustees.

Wildworks requires a level of free reserves to protect the continuity of services for charity beneficiaries as well as to facilitate creative development, including:

Wildworks aims to hold free reserves to cover 6 months of operational costs (to keep the company operating in absence of grant funding for core costs) plus 6 months operational costs to cover the winding up of the company, should it be deemed necessary.

Any cash held by the company over this level of reserves will be designated into a Creative Fund which will be used to develop new work and services for charity beneficiaries with anticipated expenditure by October 2027.

Unrestricted free reserves, being unrestricted general funds less the net book value of fixed assets, totalled £281,676 at the end of 2024/25.

Fundraising statement

Wildworks is grant-funded. The majority of our core costs are covered by Arts Council England National Portfolio funding and a small grant from Cornwall Council. We continue to secure grants from a range of local, regional, and national funders with grant applications undertaken by the core team and occasionally by freelance fundraisers and producers. No professional fundraisers were used during 2024-2025.

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Wildworks has also raised a small amount of funds through optional donations on Ticket Tailor when purchasing tickets for productions. There is also the option to donate towards the organisation on our Support Us website page, and we raised minimal funds through a member’s scheme we have since discontinued. All donations received during 2024 -2025 went towards match funding for the We Are Shining project delivery.

Wildworks also raises funds through sponsorship of theatre productions. For The Kneebone Cadillac we were sponsored by Sharps who provided us with free and discounted drinks to sell to audiences. This income went towards match funding for the We Are Shining project delivery as did the donation from Clean Earth.

No complaints have been received regarding our fundraising activities. Wildworks currently undertakes no other fundraising activities.

FUTURE PLANS

Throughout 2024/25 the team have been totally focussed and committed to the delivery of the huge programme of work for the We Are Shining project. Moving forwards, the Culture Grant from Cornwall Council for the period 2022-26, and Arts Council England funding of Wildworks as a National Portfolio Organisation (now extended until March 2027) means that we have a solid base from which to build on the successes and legacies of the We Are Shining project.

In the coming year, the Board and the executive leadership of Wildworks are committed to a period of organisational development, the articulation of a renewed creative strategy and robust plans for the future direction of the Company.

Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate 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.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

Auditors

Godfrey Wilson Limited were appointed as auditors to the charitable company during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Approved by the trustees on 28 November 2025 and signed on their behalf by

James Chapman

James Chapman - Trustee

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Independent auditors' report

To the members of

Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

We have audited the financial statements of Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows and the related notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and the provisions available for small entities, in the circumstances set out in note 7 to the financial statements, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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Independent auditors' report

To the members of

Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Other matter

The financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 were not audited because the charity was below the statutory audit threshold.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of the trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out in the trustees’ report, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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Independent auditors' report

To the members of

Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The procedures we carried out and the extent to which they are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, are detailed below:

(1) We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the charity operates in, and assessed the risk of non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Throughout the audit, we remained alert to possible indications of non-compliance.

(2) We reviewed the charity’s policies and procedures in relation to:

(3) We inspected the minutes of trustee meetings.

(4) We enquired about any non-routine communication with regulators and reviewed any reports made to them.

(5) We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and assessed their compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

(6) We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected transactions or balances that may indicate a risk of material fraud or error.

▪Testing transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. Irregularities that arise due to fraud can be even harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

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Independent auditors' report

To the members of

Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charityʼs members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charityʼs members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditorʼs report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charityʼs members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

William Guy Blake

Date: 1 December 2025

William Guy Blake ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of:

GODFREY WILSON LIMITED

Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Restricted Unrestricted
Note
£
£
Income from:
Donations
3
90,000
220,546
Charitable activities
4
641,371
178,029
Other trading activities
-
6,144
Investments
-
4,491
Total income
731,371
409,210
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
-
47,692
Charitable activities
849,846
172,306
Total expenditure
6
849,846
219,998
Net income / (expenditure)
(118,475)
189,212
Transfers between funds
(78,448)
78,448
Net movement in funds
7
(196,923)
267,660
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
189,347
255,456
Total funds carried forward
(7,576)
523,116		 2025
Total
£
310,546
819,400
6,144
4,491
1,140,581
47,692
1,022,152
1,069,844
70,737
-
70,737
444,803
515,540		 2024
Total
£
226,345
415,828
-
2,511
644,684
34,847
387,562
422,409
222,275
-
222,275
222,528
444,803

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 14 to the accounts.

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year
12
Net current assets
Net assets
13
Funds
14
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
General funds
Total charity funds		 £
140,735
275,172
415,907
(46,948)		 2025
£
146,581
368,959
515,540
(7,576)
94,859
428,257
515,540		 2024
£
2,108
28,613
440,666
469,279
(26,584)
442,695
444,803
189,347
206,099
49,357
444,803

Total charity funds

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

Approved by the trustees on 28 November 2025 and signed on their behalf by

James Chapman

James Chapman - Trustee

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Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks

Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Cash used in operating activities:
Net movement in funds
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
(Increase) / decrease in debtors
Increase / (decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities
Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year		 2025
£
70,737
22,659
(4,491)
(112,122)
20,364
(2,853)
4,491
(167,132)
(162,641)
(165,494)
440,666
275,172		 2024
£
222,275
1,312
(2,511)
80,235
(1,733)
299,578
2,511
(2,350)
161
299,739
140,927
440,666

The charity has not provided an analysis of changes in net debt as it does not have any long term financing arrangements.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Accounting policies

Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. The registered office address is Unit 1, Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8HL.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities in 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.

Travaux Sauvages Limited t/a Wildworks 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 accounting policy note.

b) Going concern basis of accounting

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider appropriate having regard to the current level of unrestricted reserves. The company remains a National Portfolio Organisation for Arts Council England from 2023 - 2027. There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

c) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from the government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

d) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity: this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

e) Funds accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Accounting policies (continued)

f) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

g) Allocation of support and governance costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity, including the costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on the following basis:

ities on the following basis:
2025 2024
Raising funds 4% 8%
Charitable activities 96% 92%

h) Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Sound and lighting 4 years straight line Office equipment 3 years straight line

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £250.

i) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

j) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

k) Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Accounting policies (continued)

l) Financial instruments

The charitable company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

m) Pension costs

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.

n) Accounting estimates and key judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are depreciation, as described in note 1h, and theatre tax relief / film tax relief, as described below.

Theatre Tax Relief

The charity has estimated the credit receivable under Theatre Tax Relief based on its eligible production expenditure incurred during the period. This amount is £122,322 and is included within income from charitable activities and accrued income at the year end. As this amount is subject to review and approval by HMRC, actual results may differ.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

2. Prior period comparatives: statement of financial activities

Income from:
Donations
Charitable activities
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income and net movement in funds
3.
Income from donations
Grants > £10k:
Arts Council England
Cornwall Council
Donations
Total income from donations
Prior period comparative
Grants > £10k:
Arts Council England
Cornwall Council
Donations
Total income from donations		 Restricted
£
£
-
226,345
353,629
62,199
-
2,511
353,629
291,055
-
34,847
164,282
223,280
164,282
258,127
189,347
32,928
Restricted
£
£
90,000
209,983
-
10,000
-
563
90,000
220,546
Restricted
£
£
-
209,983
-
10,000
-
6,362
-
226,345
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted		 2024
Total
£
226,345
415,828
2,511
644,684
34,847
387,562
422,409
222,275
2025
Total
£
299,983
10,000
563
310,546
2024
Total
£
209,983
10,000
6,362
226,345

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

4. Income from charitable activities

Cornwall Council - Project Grant
Project income
Theatre tax relief
Total income from charitable activities
Prior period comparative
Cornwall Council - Project Grant
Backstage Trust
Project income
Film tax relief
Total income from charitable activities		 Restricted
£
£
641,371
-
-
55,707
-
122,322
641,371
178,029
Restricted
£
£
353,629
-
-
10,000
-
43,213
-
8,986
353,629
62,199
Unrestricted
Unrestricted		 2025
Total
£
641,371
55,707
122,322
819,400
2024
Total
£
353,629
10,000
43,213
8,986
415,828

5. Government grants

The charitable company receives government grants, defined as funding from Arts Council England and Cornwall Council to fund charitable activities. The total value of such grants in the period ending 31 March 2025 was £951,354 (2024: £573,612). There are no unfulfilled conditions or contingencies attaching to these grants.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

6. Total expenditure

Total expenditure
Staff costs (note 8)
Creative fees
Production costs
Staff welfare and training
Travel and subsistence
Insurance
Rent and rates
Equipment and maintenance
Marketing
Office costs
IT costs
Motor expenses
Legal and professional
Materials
Subscriptions
Accountancy
Depreciation
Sub-total
Total expenditure
Allocation of support and
governance costs		 Raising funds
£
15,988
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
24,960
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
40,948
6,744
47,692		 Charitable
activities
£
227,308
429,432
65,648
-
56,939
-
-
79,338
-
-
-
5,274
-
13,680
-
-
-
877,619
144,533
1,022,152		 Support and
governance
costs
£
62,659
-
-
1,706
-
7,725
28,912
-
-
13,228
3,443
-
761
-
1,184
9,000
22,659
151,277
(151,277)
-		 2025 Total
£
305,955
429,432
65,648
1,706
56,939
7,725
28,912
79,338
24,960
13,228
3,443
5,274
761
13,680
1,184
9,000
22,659
1,069,844
-
1,069,844

Total governance costs were £8,940 (2024: £3,144).

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

6.
Total expenditure (continued)
Prior period comparative
Raising funds
£
Staff costs (note 8)
16,756
Creative fees
-
Production costs
-
Staff welfare and training
-
Travel and subsistence
-
Insurance
-
Rent and rates
-
Equipment and maintenance
-
Marketing
9,604
Office costs
-
IT costs
-
Motor expenses
-
Legal and professional
-
Materials
-
Subscriptions
-
Accountancy
-
Depreciation
-
Sub-total
26,360
8,487
Total expenditure
34,847
Allocation of support and
governance costs		 Charitable
activities
£
138,290
107,960
1,717
-
30,613
-
-
9,428
-
-
-
4,732
-
430
-
-
-
293,170
94,392
387,562		 Support and
governance
costs
2024 Total
£
£
44,073
199,119
-
107,960
-
1,717
3,192
3,192
344
30,957
6,327
6,327
27,246
27,246
-
9,428
-
9,604
11,589
11,589
2,318
2,318
-
4,732
2,139
2,139
-
430
925
925
3,414
3,414
1,312
1,312
102,879
422,409
(102,879)
-
-
422,409

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

7. Net movement in funds

This is stated after charging:

Depreciation
Operating lease payments
Trustees' remuneration
Trustees' reimbursed expenses
Auditors' remuneration:
▪Audit (excluding VAT)
▪Independent examination (excluding VAT)
▪Other services (excluding VAT)		 2025
£
22,659
20,000
Nil
255
7,950
-
500		 2024
£
1,312
20,000
Nil
153
-
2,800
500

Board costs amounting to £255 (2024: £153), including the cost of attending trustee meetings for 1 trustee (2024: 1 trustee), were incurred during the year.

In common with other charities of our size and nature we use our auditors to assist with the preparation of the financial statements and to prepare and submit returns to the tax authorities.

8. Staff costs and numbers

Staff costs were as follows:

Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2025
£
277,184
20,927
7,844
305,955		 2024
£
182,757
11,609
4,753
199,119

Salaries and wages includes a termination payment of £26,950, comprising PILON and a settlement payment. This has been funded from unrestricted general funds.

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year or prior year.

The key management personnel of the charitable company comprise the Trustees, Chief Executive Officer, and also the Executive Directors for 2025. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £166,779 (2024: £56,558).

Average head count 2025
No.
8.00		 2024
No.
6.75

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

9. Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes. The charity makes a claim for Theatre Tax Relief based on its eligible expenditure incurred during the period.

10. Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 31 March 2024
Additions in the year
Disposals
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 31 March 2024
Charge for the year
On disposals
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 30 March 2024
Debtors
Trade debtors
Accrued income
Prepayments
VAT
Other debtors		 Sound &
lighting
£
68,131
161,764
(67,768)
162,127
67,974
20,272
(67,768)
20,478
141,649
157		 Office
equipment
£
11,300
5,368
(8,174)
8,494
9,349
2,387
(8,174)
3,562
4,932
1,951
2025
£
-
122,823
8,049
9,200
663
140,735		 Total
£
79,431
167,132
(75,942)
170,621
77,323
22,659
(75,942)
24,040
146,581
2,108
2024
£
12,579
9,400
6,190
23
421
28,613

11. Debtors

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

12. Creditors: amounts due within 1 year

Trade creditors
Accruals
Deferred income
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors		 2025
2024
£
£
30,712
3,337
8,926
5,368
-
10,000
6,304
6,058
1,006
1,821
46,948
26,584

13. Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 31 March 2025
Prior period comparative
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 30 March 2024		 Restricted
funds
£
-
(7,576)
-
(7,576)
Restricted
funds
£
-
189,347
-
189,347		 £
-
94,859
-
94,859
£
-
206,099
-
206,099
Designated
funds
Designated
funds		 General
funds
£
146,581
328,624
(46,948)
428,257
General
funds
£
2,108
73,833
(26,584)
49,357		 Total
funds
£
146,581
415,907
(46,948)
515,540
Total
funds
£
2,108
469,279
(26,584)
444,803

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

14. Movements in funds

Restricted funds
Shared Prosperity fund
ACE capital grant
Total restricted funds
Designated funds:
Operational fund
Bluebird
Creative fund
Website
Wildly Talented
Backstage Trust
Total designated funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds		 At 1 April
2024
£
189,347
-
189,347
101,240
57,300
31,858
3,160
2,541
10,000
206,099
49,357
255,456
444,803		 Income
£
641,371
90,000
731,371
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
409,210
409,210
1,140,581		 £
(849,846)
-
(849,846)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(219,998)
(219,998)
(1,069,844)
Expenditure		 Transfers
between
funds
£
19,128
(97,576)
(78,448)
(101,240)
(57,300)
59,841
-
(2,541)
(10,000)
(111,240)
189,688
78,448
-		 At 31
March
2025
£
-
(7,576)
(7,576)
-
-
91,699
3,160
-
-
94,859
428,257
523,116
515,540

Transfers between funds

Transfers into restricted funds are to top up overspends from general funds.

Transfers out of restricted funds are to recognise capital expenditure, the purchase of which has discharged the restriction over the fund.

Transfers within designated funds are to write down projects which are now finished and redistribute reserves.

Funds in deficit

The ACE capital grant fund is in deficit, as 10% of the total income has been retained until the fund is complete. There is insufficient evidence to accrue the remaining income but it is expected to be received in 2025/26.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

14. Movements in funds (continued) Purposes of restricted funds Shared Prosperity fund

The Shared Prosperity fund is restricted and is part of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Shared Prosperity fund, administered by Cornwall Council. The funding period was from April 2023 to March 2025. The company completed various activities and projects during this period. All funds were spent as at the year end.

ACE capital grant

A fund provided to enable the purchase of high quality, portable and sustainable technical equipment to increase the quality of work made and to support the wider South West Cultural community through training and sharing of resources.

Purposes of designated funds

Creative fund

Fund which will be used to develop new work and services for charity beneficiaries with anticipated expenditure by October 2027.

Website

Ongoing redesign of the website.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

14. Movements in funds (continued) Prior period comparative

Prior period comparative
Restricted funds
Shared Prosperity fund
Total restricted funds
Designated funds:
Operational fund
Bluebird
Creative fund
Website
Wildly Talented
I Am Kevin digital
Portland
Galatea
Backstage Trust
Total designated funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds		 At 1 April
2023
£
-
-
101,240
57,300
31,858
3,160
2,541
-
-
-
-
196,099
26,429
222,528
222,528		 Income
£
353,629
353,629
-
-
-
-
-
29,136
11,667
6,508
10,000
57,311
233,744
291,055
644,684		 £
(164,282)
(164,282)
-
-
-
-
-
(29,084)
(14,016)
(5,013)
-
(48,113)
(210,014)
(258,127)
(422,409)
Expenditure		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(52)
2,349
(1,495)
-
802
(802)
-
-
Transfers
between
funds		 At 31
March
2024
£
189,347
189,347
101,240
57,300
31,858
3,160
2,541
-
-
-
10,000
206,099
49,357
255,456
444,803

15. Operating lease commitments

The charity had operating leases at the year end with total future minimum lease payments as follows:

Amount falling due:
Within 1 year
Within 1 - 5 years		 2025
£
20,000
20,000
40,000		 2024
£
20,000
40,000
60,000

16. Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions in the current or prior year.

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