Company Registration number 07107557 Registered Charity number 1139976
Arts-Insight
Report of the Trustees and unaudited financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Arts-Insight
Charity information
| Trustees | MF Macvie |
|---|---|
| J Adam | |
| S Cornwall-Jones | |
| Company number | 07107557 |
| Charity number | 1139976 |
| Registered office | 75 Moorside Crescent |
| Sinfin | |
| Derby | |
| DE24 9PH | |
| Independent Examiner | DWS Accountancy Services |
| 75 Moorside Crescent | |
| Sinfin | |
| Derby | |
| DE24 9PH |
Contents
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Trustees' report | 1 - 2 |
| Independent Examiner’s report | 3 |
| Statement of financial activities | 4 |
| Balance sheet | 5 - 6 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 7 – 9 |
| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | 10 |
The trustees, who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Structure
The charity is a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act 2006. The charity is controlled by its articles of association under which it is incorporated. Other administrative details are shown on the “Charity Information” page.
Objects of the charity
The objects of the charity are to promote, maintain and improve education by the encouragement of the arts of music, singing, drama and movement in all their aspects. The charity provides national schools and local communities with first class theatre and performing arts experiences which focus on improving children’s development in essential life skills such as confidence, communication, teamwork, discipline and self-esteem which are all for the public benefit. Our work is proven to be completely inclusive for children of any age, culture, physical and mental ability.
Charity Commission guidance
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission, particularly guidance on the public benefit.
Trustees
The trustees who served during the year are as stated below:
MF Macvie
J Adam S Cornwall-Jones
Achievements and performance
It was through a wish to concentrate solely on the educational and social benefits of music, drama and dance in schools that we originally created Arts Insight, so that a charity could exist to roll out a programme of highquality music and performing arts-based workshops throughout the UK which was inclusive for all young people.
Arts Insight continues to bring a wealth of experience within the music and drama education industry spanning a period of over 15 years. Our freelance creative practitioners still work with and alongside the most prominent artistic institutions and artists as musicians, composers and performers themselves, in conjunction with providing their first-class talent, experience and expertise with Arts Insight and the young people the charity works with.
As our charity has evolved and since recovering from the impact of Covid-19 on our organisation, during which we established ‘Arts Inside’ an online creative learning platform, where young people could access creative learning material, stimulus and classes online, we now deliver an extensive programme of local and national work.
Our national workshops, involves our team of theatrical practitioners bringing one of Arts Insight’s original musicals into primary or SEN schools. Over the course of the workshop the students are given the technical and life skills to prepare them for a series of public performances at the end of the workshop. Given more time and during our longer workshops, the entire school and their staff become a theatre, comprising not only the performers, but all the backstage departments too, including, set, costume and marketing teams. This enables us to introduce this young and impressionable age group to an early insight into vocational training. Whilst focusing and celebrating the themes of our original shows, which we write to be current, educational and socially relevant. Arts Insight workshops create an environment where every young person will be pushed to excel beyond what is generally expected of them on a typical school day. The children are
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Arts-Insight Trustees' report (Continued)
for the year ended 31 December 2024
encouraged to develop their ability to communicate, to work as a team, to be spontaneous and to be professional, all of which help those involved to grow in confidence over the course of the 2–5-day process.
Since 2021, we increased our creative output in our home county of Warwickshire by introducing more afterschool performing arts provisions in local primary schools, tutoring many students in Lamda Exam preparation both in and out of schools. Finally creating Arts Insight Youth Theatre, where we promote the value of the arts whilst celebrating the positive impact it has on all young people from every background, age and ability that engage in it. We currently work with over 200 children a week and our portfolio of work ranges from 10-minute to 180-minute Musicals, Plays and Multi-Media Performances. We use theatre and performing arts as the vehicle to teach, nurture and introduce all our members to essential life skills that are transferable to every part of their education and lives now and in the future. Specialising in new writing, we pride ourselves on making thought provoking original theatre that is relevant and engaging, not only to the young people performing it, but to the audiences of all ages watching it.
The strategies employed to achieve the charity’s aims and objectives are to:
Fundraise: By researching and applying to local and national trusts, government schemes and corporate funding who donate an amount that allows us to deliver our workshops at no cost to the school that takes part. We also fundraise to give our Youth Theatre, which accepts new members all year round, the chance to perform an original full-scale production in a professional working theatre once a year. All of our classes are offered at a heavily subsidised rate, to ensure our work is available to all and in the cases where this is unaffordable, we finally fundraise to provide full and part bursaries to those that need them.
Promote: Through our website, social media, phone and email communication and finally word of mouth led by us and encouraged through our community of families we work with on a weekly basis.
Deliver: As many workshops that we receive funding for, throughout the school year to as many schools though out the UK. Deliver as many classes as possible, finally we aim to produce multiple small performances and one large scale annual performance with the largest number young people throughout the school year and during some school holidays.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under section 419(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the Trustees on 20[th] October 2025 and signed on its behalf by MF Macvie
Director and Trustee
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Arts-Insight
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 set out on pages 4 to 10.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiners
The charity’s trustees (who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is required.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioner under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioner. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below:
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:
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(a) to keep accounting records in accordance with sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006; and
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(b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of sections 394 and 395 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities have not been met; or
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2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
DWS Accountancy Services Ltd 75 Moorside Crescent Sinfin Derby DE24 9PH
- 15 September 2025
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Arts-Insight
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024
| 2024 Unrestricted Funds Notes £ INCOMING RESOURCES Incoming resources from generated funds Charitable activities 53,576 Donations and legacies 23,146 Other trading activities 7,385 Other 223 Investments - _ 84,330 _ RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs of generating funds Fundraising trading: Cost of goods sold and other costs 59,793 Charitable activities Events and promotions 15,223 Support costs 1,841 Governance costs 680 Other resources expended 2 6 _ Total resources expended 77,543 _ NET INCOMING RESOURCES 6,787 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward5,066 _ TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 11,853 |
2023 Total Funds £ 53,121 10,550 - - - _ 63,671 _ 54,198 11,140 591 685 8 _ 66,622 _ (2,951) 8,017 _ 5,066 |
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The notes on pages 7 to 9 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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Arts-Insight
Balance sheet as at 31 December 2024
| Notes Fixed assets Tangible assets 5 Current assets Debtors 6 Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 7 Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Net assets Funds Unrestricted funds 8 Total funds |
2024 Unrestricted Funds £ £ 20 - 12,263 _ 12,263 (430) _ 11,833 _ 11,853 _ 11,853 _ 11,853 _ 11,853 |
2023 Total Funds £ £ 26 - 5,470 _ 5,470 (430) _ 5,040 _ 5,066 _ 5,066 _ 5,066 _ 5,066 |
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The trustees' statements required by Sections 475(2) and (3) of the Companies Act 2006 are shown on the following page which forms part of this Balance Sheet.
The notes on pages 7 to 9 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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Arts-Insight
Balance sheet (continued)
Directors' statements required by Sections 475(2) and (3)
for the year ended 31 December 2024
For the year ended 31 December 2024 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
Trustees' responsibilities:
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of the accounting year and of its deficit or surplus for each accounting year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small charitable companies and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008).
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 20[th] October 2025 and are signed on their behalf by: MF Macvie
Trustee
Company Registration number 07107557
The notes on pages 7 to 9 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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Arts-Insight
Notes to the financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
1. Accounting policies
1.1. Accounting convention
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, “Accounting and Reporting by Charities”.
1.2. Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
1.3.
Resources expended
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources..
1.4. Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:
Computer equipment - 25% reducing balance
1.5. Fund accounting
All of the resources of the charity are unrestricted funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
2. Net incoming resources
Net incoming resources are stated after charging:
Depreciation – owned assets |
2024 £ 6 |
2023 £ 8 |
|---|---|---|
3. Trustees’ remuneration and benefits
There were no trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 nor for the year ended 31[st] December 2023.
Trustees expenses
There were no trustees’ expenses paid for the year ended 31[st] December 2024 nor for the year ended 31[st] December 2023.
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Arts-Insight
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
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| 4. | Staff costs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Wages and salaries | - | - | |
| _ | _ | ||
| The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: | |||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| - | - | ||
| _ | _ | ||
| No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000. | |||
| 5. | Tangible fixed assets | Plant and | |
| Machinery etc | Total | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Cost | |||
| At 1 January 2024 | 1,059 _ |
1,059 _ |
|
| At 31 December 2024 | 1,059 _ |
1,059 _ |
|
| Depreciation | |||
| At 1 January 2024 | 1,033 | 1,033 | |
| Charge for the year | 6 _ |
6 _ |
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| At 31 December 2024 | 1,039 _ |
1,039 _ |
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| Net book values | |||
| At 31 December 2023 | 26 | 26 | |
| _ | _ | ||
| At 31 December 2024 | 20 | 20 | |
| _ | _ | ||
| 6. | Debtors | 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ | ||
| Prepayments | - | - | |
| Other debtors | - |
- |
|
| _ | _ | ||
| - | - | ||
| _ | _ | ||
| 7. | Creditors: amounts falling due | 2024 |
2023 |
| within one year | £ | £ | |
| Accruals and deferred income | 430 _ |
430 _ |
|
| 430 _ |
430 _ |
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Arts-Insight
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
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| 8. | Movement in funds | Net movement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 1.1.24 | in funds | At 31.12.24 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||
| General fund | 5,066 _ |
6,787 _ |
11,853 _ |
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| Total Funds | 5,066 _ |
6,787 _ |
11,853 _ |
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Incoming | Recources | Movement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| recources | expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 84,330 _ |
(77,543) _ |
6,787 _ |
| Total Funds | 84,330 _ |
(77,543) _ |
6,787 _ |
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Arts-Insight
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024
INCOMING RESOURCES Incoming resources from generated funds Charitable activities Donations and legacies Other trading activities Other Investments Total incoming resources RESOURCES EXPENDED Fundraising trading: cost of goods sold and other costs Charitable activities Commission Charitable activities Office & website Events and promotions Governance costs Accountancy Other resources expended Computer equipment depreciation Support costs Management Insurance Finance Bank charges Total resources expended Net incoming resources |
31.12.24 31.12.23 £ £ 53,576 53,121 23,146 10,550 7,385 - 223 - - - _ _ 84,330 63,671 45,441 41,250 14,352 12,948 _ _ 59,793 54,198 _ _ 1,250 640 15,223 10,500 _ _ 16,473 11,140 680 685 6 8 505 505 86 86 _ _ 591 591 _ _ 6,787 (2,951) |
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