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2020-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 09 2019 To 31 08 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Morphē Arts Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1143458 Charity's principal address Westbank House Longforgan Postcode DD2 5EZ

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
David McCulloch Secretary
Alastair Gordon
Adrienne
Dengerink Chaplin		 Chair
Ben Quash
Clive Parnell
Sara Schumacher

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Two trustees, David McCulloch and Alastair Gordon are also employees You may choose to include of the Trust. The other trustees give their time voluntary and received no additional information, where remuneration or other benefits. relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To advance the Christian Faith particularly but not exclusively through the provision of support work for artists and performers primarily with creative arts throughout the UK or the world. We are committed to equipping the next generation of artists with a Christian vision for creative excellence through individual mentoring, arts conferences, professional seminars and exhibition opportunities.

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At trustees meetings our plans for the year took into consideration the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Our focus continues to be on the development of community between artists of various disciplines and their role producing a thoughtful and dynamic creative culture. This has happened through the organizing of monthly gatherings in Scotland and London, an annual conference, monthly lecture series and regular exhibitions. The gatherings, lectures and conference provide a place for dialogue on the issues facing artists. We provided a number of speakers who have taught and advised in the areas of art and faith and how artists can contribute to society. Nomas* Projects and Sharing Not Hoarding – two gallery/project spaces in Scotland provide opportunities for artists to exhibit and develop their professional practice. The galleries have also provided opportunities for us to connect better with the arts communities and to partner with other art groups, galleries, city council and art institutions. The galleries enable inclusion of a relationship between an often un-heard Christian voice in the arts and cultural developments happening in the UK. Exhibitions have included local, national and international artists.

All artists are welcome regardless of different faith positions or none. We offer weekly individual mentoring sessions for our artists where discipleship issues of faith and character are discussed as well as the practical concerns of the graduates in establishing a career in the arts.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

A number in our network contribute voluntarily in administration tasks and the preparation of monthly events and exhibitions and conferences. We value their efforts, time and help and are encouraged that they want to partner with us.

In an effort to raise funds we make applications to regular supporting trust funds.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

We make individual supporters aware of our financial position and make appeals in our newsletters. We also write letters of thanks and appreciation at least twice a year.

We search to find other trusts funds where we can also apply for funding.

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Section D Achievements and performance

In the year 2019-2020 the London Morphē Arts group have hosted a Summary of the main series of mentoring and art events both online and in the real. After the achievements of the charity Covid-19 lockdown most of our programme moved to digital platforms. during the year The Make Good Lectures were hosted on zoom once a month. Crit groups, individual mentoring and artists discussion groups were likewise hosted on various digital platforms. Mentoring Groups In our monthly group for early career painters we have been reading T.J. Clarke’s book, Heaven on Earth as a starting point for conversation about faith and art. Our Critical Theory Group has been working towards an online publication, a journal of critical writing in response to discussions in the group. The Performers Group has continued to meet every two weeks for peer mentoring and bible study. Make Good Lectures For the Make Good lecture series we hosted nine lectures that take the broad theme of the good art can serve in society. Prior to the lockdown we had lectures from art historian Sara Schumacher and Elizabeth Oldfield, director Theos Think Tank. After the programme went online we were able to reach a wider variety of people through zoom. Some joining the call from across Europe, the Middle East and the United States. Speakers have included artist Kaori Homma, Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin, Giuseppe Marosco, writer Bobette Buster, and filmmaker Luke Walton. We continue to sell books through our on line publishing house. As a publisher we commission and distribute small books on Christianity and the Arts. This includes a series of bible study books for artists, musicians and designers. We continue to make use of ‘After’ - our graduate resource handout. The London team have 2 staff workers assisting the director Alastair Gordon. Eleanor Young works part-time as a mentor to performing artists and is responsible for our performing arts programme and monthly gatherings. Sarah White also works part time. She also works as a mentor and heads up the monthly critical theory group. One of our volunteer members runs a writers group that meet monthly in London. We provided 3, Arts and Faith based training sessions for UCCF: The Christian Unions arts interns. Additional conferences and events that we were involved in within this year included contributing to the UCCF student conference in September and hosting the creative arts programme at the Keswick Convention in July. International Prayer Room Since the beginning of the pandemic we have hosted an online prayer meeting every morning. The group has met for half an hour on zoom every week day since the onset of lockdown in the UK. This group has been a great support for individuals in isolation and has also been a lifeline to artists who might not usually be able to join us at real life events. The Artists Benevolent Fund As many actors and artists in our network lost income due to covid-19 we responded by launching an Artists’ Benevolent Fund, offering small grants to artists most affected through loss of income. The project was crowd funded and over 125 grants of £200 have been given. Interface Conference We hosted our annual Interface arts conference in February at Leith School of Art bringing together over 80 artists from across the UK. The theme Art and Action was responded to by our speakers – Artist David Mach, curator David Patterson from Edinbugh City Arts Center and Artist and activist Kaori Homma. Our evening program was a performance by

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Section D Achievements and performance

comedienne Anna Nicholson. In Dundee, the gallery space Nomas Projects in Dundee enables exhibiting opportunities and contributes in a meaningful way to the arts community. Partnerships developed include the city council, Wasps artist studios, Creative Dundee and NEoN Digital Arts Festival. Nomas Projects hosted 10 exhibitions from respected artists in the UK and abroad. We also run artists’ talks in local artist led space Generator Projects. Sharing Not Hoarding – the open-air gallery poster space set up in Dundee’s waterfront development area near to the V&A building programmed 6 exhibitions for the year. The vision for this space is to encourage and give voice to the public regarding the waterfront developments in the city and the use of public space. Despite lockdown, Both our gallery projects were able to keep running due to the ‘open air/public nature’ of the spaces. We offered a unique contribution in the arts community during lockdown this year. The monthly Morphē Gathering continues in Glasgow with a regular venue in the ‘Wasps’ studio of one of the artists in the network. This provides opportunity for artists to ‘show and tell’ their work and a place to discuss issues of art and faith. The gathering enables networking and support between artists of varying disciplines in the city. As lockdown hit during the year, all our gatherings and Nomas* artists talks moved from in person venues to online. While this took some adjusting we found that numbers attending events increased and our audience reach became wider nationally and even internationally. Ongoing weekly individual mentoring sessions for our artists is one of our main achievements of the year. It is also one of the harder things to quantify as lives are constantly changing but below are comments and feedback from some of those who have been mentored and supported by what we do and in particular from those who have benefitted from the benevolent fund grants. Quotes: I just wanted to express my personal appreciation of the work of Morphe and the impact you are having on many lives. At this particular time, it is a great encouragement to see how you are supporting people in the network. Thanks again for all your work, and for supporting people in this way. Owen Daily I was talking with a friend the other day and we both agreed that it felt like Morphe had 'stepped up' to meet the situation of lockdown. I felt so supported in those early weeks/months, even though I only joined for a few events. I think you guys struck a really good tone. And the conversations I was part of were exciting and super relevant. Thank you! Vanesa Chamberlin I thank you so so much. Without you I’d be truly lost. It reminds me there are still some good people out there and I will certainly be making sure people know you guys were there for me. I hope in turn I can do some good for others too. Melody Schroeder

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Section D Achievements and performance

Thanks for organising such a lovely zoom session last night, I so enjoyed getting the chance to waffle about my work for a while with your and Owen's support! The community surrounding Nomas* is made up of a lovely bunch of inquisitive people, it was great to have a wee discussion with them. Rhona Jack

Thank you for letting me share last week at the Morphe gathering. Was really helpful to go through the process of preparing and getting it ready to present/ having a deadline to work too. The comments from yourself and the group we really encouraging and helpful and have given me food for thought and fuel to continue. Was touched that people took it seriously and I didn't feel like there was Christian tokenism at all, thank you for creating a safe environment to be able to share in. Ciara Menzies I wanted to write to you to thank you for the bursary of £200 you awarded me this week. Morphe Arts has offered me such a deep, seemingly bottomless well of comfort and support over the past year or so, and I am overwhelmed by the kindness shown by all those representing the group. I have found the past few months very difficult, and even when I found it hard to participate in Zoom calls and online Morphe activities, Ally reached out to me personally, offering me guidance and support in my current situation. After encountering more financial difficulty in the recent months, I wondered whether it would be appropriate to apply for the Morphe Arts bursary, and was encouraged whole heartedly to do so. I felt incredibly moved that Morphe Arts had not only come up with this scheme almost immediately as lockdown began, but has kept it going throughout these past few months, and now has been gifted to me in an hour of need. I wanted to express how incredible Morphe has been in supporting and encouraging Christian artists, reminding us all that God will carry us through this, and that we will be cared for in ways we could not have anticipated. Thank you so very much for all the great work you have been doing, and I shall pray for it to continue, as you go on to transform and support many lives touched by Morphe Arts.

Freya Storch

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Section E Financial review

Reserves are carried forward yearly and contribute to the budget set for the following year.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially Not applicable in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Our funding sources are a combination of individual donors, churches and trust funds. These valuable contributions have enabled us fulfill our key objectives in offering mentoring support to artists.

Some of our expenditure has been used to create and develop resources that will support and provide guidance for those making the transition from art education into professional practice.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) David Peter McCulloch Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretray etc) Date 28/05/2021

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Charity Name No (if any) Morphe Arts 1143458

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/09/20 31/08/20

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations via Stewardship
23,400
Donations
20,435
International Donations
49,289
Events
3,615
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)96,739
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total -
Total receipts 96,739
A3 Payments
Staff Costs
40,968
Staff Expenses
5,918
Artist Benevolent Gifts
17,000
Office/Administration
1,131
Events
5,196
Resources
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Sub total 70,213
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total -
Total payments 70,213
Net of receipts/(payments) 26,526
A5 Transfers between funds
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A6 Cash funds last year end
962
Cash funds this year end 27,488		 Restricted funds
to the nearest £
28,147
14,620
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42,767
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42,767
24,202
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32,581
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32,581
10,186
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8,056
18,242		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
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to the nearest £
51,547
35,055
49,289
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65,170
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A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
**Cash funds this year end **
102,794
26,526 10,186 - 36,712
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962 8,056 - 9,018
27,488 18,242 - 45,730

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted funds Restricted funds
Categories Details funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Bank and Cash Balance 27,488 18,242
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Total cash funds 27,488 18,242
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted funds
funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - -
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Details Fund to which asset
belongs		 Cost (optional)
B3 Investment assets -
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B4 Assets retained for the -
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Fund to which Amount due
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B5 Liabilities -
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees		 Signature Print Name
David McCulloch

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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CC16a

Last year

to the nearest £

28,772 18,840 - 6,881 - - - 54,493

54,493

61,722 9,886 - 538 7,551 298 - - - 79,995

79,995 - 25,502 - 34,520 9,018

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

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Endowment funds to nearest £

OK Endowment funds to nearest £

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Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval

28/05/21

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinef s Roport R•port to th• tru•to0 m•mb•v• of On aecounts for th• y•ar •nd•d 31 AW 2020 Charlty no (If any) 1143458 S•1 out on p9 1arM12 I rewrt to the tN8t88s on my examination of the a¢Munts of the above Charty {Ihe Trust") for the year er#led 3110&12020. R••ponslblllllo• and A8 tho charity tmstees of the Trust. you are resp(￿$1￿8 for the preparation ba•ls of r•port of the acccmmts in acctydance wrth the roquir6ment8 of the Chantie8 Act 2011 ￿). l rnport in r88pod of my examination of the Tru's Kcounts ￿•tid out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my eXaminat￿n. I have follo￿d the applicable Oiroctsons ￿'Ven by th• Chwty Commi88ion undef sertion 145(5)(b) of the A¢t. I h•ve c(n￿ted my ex&ninatK)n. I confirm that no material matt•rs have come lo my attention in connection with tho examinab'on Vtiich gives me cause to belwve that in, any material Indopandont •xamln•rf# •tst•mont accountiry record8 Jre not kept In accordanco with 8gCtion 130 01 the Acl or with the examination to vthich attention Should t* drwwn in order to anabl8 proper under8tarKlirvJ of the acc￿nts to ￿ reached. ' Èleese ddete the ￿￿rdS in the br8ckels rfth8y do not appfy. Dat•: 20 Nam•: ISOAJ. ALJSS R•l•vant prol•ulonal qu•llllcallonls) or body 111 any): IcA&ki Addr•8•: IER October 2018

Section B Disc105Lire Onty compkte rf the examiner needs to hWhI￿h1 matters of concem (see CC32. examiners). Glvo h•r• brfof d•t•lh of any Items Ihat th• examlnor wl•h•8 to dl•cloM. IER Octobor 2018