RliGISI'ERED COMPANY NUMBER.. 07538636 IEtLgland Wgles)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1143727
And
UllAuditeil Finaneial StA￿eMents foi. tILe Year Endtd 31 December 2022
for
Essex Book Festival
Fisher Mi¢h4el
The Old Grdnge
WariEn Estate
LoTd%hip Road
Writtle
Essex
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Essex Ilook festival
Contents of the Fin￿￿e]￿l Stgtements
foi. the Yeui'_EtLI!ed_31 December 2922
Page
Report of the Tru5tce5
Independeiit ExAmin¢i"s Report
Statement ofFinHncial Activities
BAIAn¢¢ Sheet
Note5 to the FRiiAnei81 St#teNients
Detaile(I StAtement of FinaticiAI Adlvlties
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Essex Bool( If¢stivAI
Repo￿￿[ Ihe Trustees
¢_y..L&r Eii(led 31 Decemb_er 2022
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purp05ES of the Lonipanies Act 2006, present their IEport with
rhe financial stateinenis of the cliaiity for ihe year elided 31 December 2022. 'fhe trusl¢¢s have adopted thc provision8 of
Aceoutiting and Rewrting by Charities.. Statemeiit of Kecomineiided PrnGti¢¢ applicablc to chai'ities preparing theii.
accounts in accoTdanc¢ with the Financial Reporting Standaid applicabl¢ in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021
{effrGlive l January 20191.
OIIJI,.'CTIVLS ANI) ACI'IVITIE4 S
Objectives Rnd aims
The thbje¢tivc% of the charity are to advance the education of the public in Essex by piDmoting literature, reddii)g for
pleasure and suppoiting and developing writers. The objcctive5 are mei, primarsly. tlirough an annual Essex Book
Fcstival, wliich offers opportunities foi. local, national intemational authvr5 10 diseu¥s Iheir woi'ks.
workshops and compelitions for budding authors.
Sigjiifieant aLtivities
The periiA covering Isi Jaiiuaiy 2022 to 31st Detember 2022 marks an ambitious and innovative pcriod tsf a¢tivity for
Essex Book Festival. That is, both in tems or cojjsolidating and givwing its exi%ting fcstival activity, and also. Ihe
establishnient of a new 3-year prograiiime of woi'k in F￿SeX primary sch(K)Is und¢T the umbrella of the national project
Spok¢ii Word Projecl, wliich is led by l-'astsid¢ Edu¢ational'l rust.
Working ih partneiyhip with Essex Childrcn'5 IlniveTsity. F,ssex Book Fcstival commissioned 3 artists to nin woikshops
with YR3-YR6 childrcn in 6 %chools in Tendring District Council. This culminated in a Regional Spoken Word Slain
hosted by Univcrsity of F.ss¢x, segments of which wcre seTeened at The Criterion TheatiE, Londot), as part of World
Poetry Day ¢¢lebration8, Wlth a 5clcctioM of the children's poems publislied a5 partof a Swkejj Word Puwer ¢olle¢lioii.
Following on from this. the festiv81 h051ed its anniial month-long Essex Book Festival in 40 venues acr055 the tounty
with 25￿r local. national and international ar¢isis paiticipating in its activities it) Jiine. Alihough audience numbcrs were
down, line with similar UK venlles and feslivals, the overall feedback from ait15t5. veiiues and audienccs was
overwhelinill8ly positive. It additionally rE5111t¢d in a number of new partn¢rships including Creative Basildoll.
Backstage Centr¢ and Harwirh Electric Palace Ciiiema.
Other notable activities included festival Dire¢tor Ros Cjreen's invitation to attend Global Association of Literary
F'estivals S&iTnmit in Lagos, Nigeria, which again has resulted in a nllmber of new partnerships and opporlunities for the
ftstival moving forwards.
Essex tjook Festival ended the year on high note wilh the award of £20,000 grani from Essex County Cvuncil's Cliinale
Action Ciroup, to develop its Manifesto for Essex activity for young people acj'oss Essex lo expre55 their Ideas throiigli
Cultural activity over the next 12-months. All in all. excellent show of confidence iii the festival's ability to deliver
eartingful gnd impactfvl work for E5SeX.
Public benefit
Oui. maill activities and who we tiy lo help are described abovc. All Oilr charitable activities focus on the education of
the public alld are uiidertaken to further our charitsble piirposes for the piibli¢ benefit.
FINANC.IAL REVIEW
Reseiwes poliey
lThe Ls5¢x Book FestlV81 maintained two rcscives during the year.
The general ￿SeTVe is maintain¢d 8t a level which tlie boaTd of Trustees believe is reqiiired iii order lo conliiiue to run
thc chariry as a going eonccrn. It is the TTU5tees' opinion ihat a relatively high geiieral I'eserve is rcqiiiird sn ordei. to
mitigatc the Tisk5 aivund fuiure grant alld otliei. support incoiMe. The current irserve level will offer some certainty 10
provide fuiuir festivals.
The chaTi(y also maintained restricted reserves gen¢rHted froin ilie Arts Coiiiicil England. The rescrves werE used to
develop specific projects, partnerships and audieiices with the aiin to embed diversity into all OilT ftstival evenfs.
Going coilcerji
No material uncertainties exist Tcgarding the charity's ability to continue as a goit)E conc¢m.
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i ssex Ilook fieltival
ort of the-I'rii$tee$
foi. tlie Yegj. Eniled 31 Decemher 2022
s'rRUCTURC, GOVEI RNANCE AND MANACEMENT
Govei'tiing d￿LUJi]ent
The chaiity is controlled by ils goveming document, a deed of trust, aiid eonstitutes a limited company, limited by
guaranteE a5 defEned by the CDrnpanies Act 2006.
Reei'uitment And APPOiEltment of iieiy tl'U5fee5
The dir¢¢tors of thc comp)Dy ale also charity trusltes for the piirpose8 of charity law. The tiustees are elected to serye ai
Aiinual Genei?l Mectings.
REFERC4NCE AND ADMINISTRATIVF. DF,TAIIS
Registered CompHny number
07538636 (England and Wales)
Regislered Charity nutnber
1143727
Registered office
125 Iligh Street
Col¢he%ter
Essex
coi Isz
Ti'u5tees
P B Dojialdson
Mrs S M Fol'd (Itsigntd 26.9.221
J A Macdollald
P A Gaudin
s C Shestopal
T Fi5hEr
F Ogunlana-Fadipe (appointed 7.11.22)
Independent Examiner
Fisher Michael
The Old Grange
Warren Esiate
Lordship Road
Wi'itile
Essex
CMI 3wr
Thi5 report has bcen p￿pared in accoilance with the speci81 provisions of Part 15 of the Compatiies Act 2006 ￿latiftg
to small ¢tsnipanies.
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Approved by oiy]cr of the Lx)ard oltriislees on ............................................. and sigtied on behalf by..
J A Macdoiiald- Trustee
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de
he Ti'u5tee5 of
endeiit ExamiTLer's Re￿o￿LL￿￿_..-
Essex BollliEgstiv&!
Ind¢p¢nd¢nt exAminer's report to th¢ trustees of Essex Boolc Festival ('the Company'l
I report to thc chai'ity trustees on my examination of th¥ a¢¢ounls ofthe Company for the year ended 31 Ik¢emlxr 2022.
Responsibiliti￿ And bAsis of repoil
As the charity's tiusiees of tlie Company land also ils direGtots for the purposcs of company lawl yoii are rcsponsiblc foi.
the preparation of the account5 in accordance willi the reciLiiirmenls of tlie Coinpanies Acl 2006 Ilh¢ 2006 Act,).
Having satisfied Tnyself that the accounts of the Company are nnt rcqiiircd to ￿ audited iindcr Part 10 of the 2006 Aci
and are eligibl¢ fo¥ indcpendent exaimination. I repDrl in i'espect of Iny examination of your chariiy's accounts as ¢ari'ied
oiit under Sectioli 145 of the c.harities A¢t 2011 I'the 201 l Act'l. In Carrying out my examination I have followed the
Directioiis given by the c.harity Commission uiidci. Section 145{5) Ibl of thc 2011 Act.
Indcpen(lertt examitier'5 Stalement
I have coinplctcd my ¢Xicmination. I confirm that no matters have come ￿ my attention ill connection with the
examination giving me cause to believe:
accounting Tecords were not kept in respect of the Company as re9uiird by Section 386 of the 2006 Act. or
the accounts do not accoi'd with those ttcords. or
the accounts do iiot c(>mply wilh the ac£ounling requireincnts of Section 396 of the 2006 A¢t other than ally
requii'ement that tlie accounts give a true and fzsr view wliich is not a matter considcred as port of an independenl
exainination., or
Ihe accounts hav¢ not becn prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of tlie Statement of
Rtconimended Practice for accounting and T¢POltin8 by chai'ities (applicable to charities prepariiig tlieir a¢¢ounts
in accordance with the Firtancial R¢porting Standard appli¢able it] the UK and Republic Of Ireland {FRS 10211.
I havc no con¢¢ms and have come acTOSS no other matters in connection with the exaniiEialion to wliich attention Should
bc drawn in this Teptsrt in order to ¢nable a proper undcrsianding of the account5 lo be IEached.
Mr5 A S Kaley
risher Michael
1hc Old Grange
Warrell Estate
Lordship Road
Wiiltle
Essex
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$5ex Ilool( liestiv¥l
Statemen
f FinxncTal Activitie
for Ihe Year EiJilt(131 D¢tembcr 2022
Pei'iod
Year Ended
31.12.22
Total
fiinds
Uni'estricled
funds
ResiriLted
fujjds
Total
funds
Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS fROM
Dondiions and leLtaLies
45.-$84
49,899
95,483
44,443
EXPENDII'URL 0￿,
Charil%bl¢ activities
Evcnt Costs
iovernunce cost8
37.953
10.104
38.954
10,945
76,907
21,049
14,316
Other
25.826
48,057
49,899
97.956
40,142
NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURI)
{1473}
(2.4731
4,301
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
'lotal funds biY)iight foiww"d
31.673
31,673
27,372
TOTAL b"IINDS CARKIVD foRWARD
29,200
29.200
31.673
The note5 forin part of these financial slateilleii15
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Essex Book Festivwl
Balaiir.e Sheel
31 Decembej. 2022
2022
Total
fiiiids
2021
'rotal
fuiids
lJnrestri¢ted
funds
Reg11'i¢ted
funds
NotCS
CURRENT ASSEI TS
Debto
Casli at bank
900
56,500
900
56..500
930
36,932
57,400
57,41i0
37.862
CREI Dll'ORS
Ainounts falling due within one year
128,2001
{28,200}
{6.1891
NET CURRENT ASSETS
29,200
29,200
31,673
TOTAL ASSETS LLI SS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
29,200
29.200
31,673
NET ASSETS
29,2(K>
29,200
31.673
FUNDS
Unre5tri¢ted ￿ndS
29.200
31,673
TOTAL FUNDS
29,200
31,673
The charitable company is entitled to exernption from audit under Section 477 of the Compat]ies Act 2006 for the year
ended 31 December 2022.
The members I￿ve not ￿qUired the company to obtain an audit of its finanGial statements for the yeaT ended
31 Deceinber 2022 in accordance with S￿lI0n 476 of the Compat]ie5 Act 2006.
The trustets acknowledge their responsibiliiies for
(al
cnsursng that thc Ch￿lIable company keeps accounting r¢¢ords that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the
Companies Act 2006 and
prepai'ing financial statements which give a t￿¢ and fair view of the slatc of affaii's of the charitable company a5
at tht end of each finan¢ial year and of its surplus OT deficit for each financial year ill ac£otdan¢e with the
requireinents of Seclions 394 and 395 and which otherwi%c comply with tlie requirements of tlie Companies Act
2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the Charitable Company.
Ibl
These fjnaiicial stat¢menls have been prepared in accordanee with the provisions applicable to Charitable companies
subject tD the small companies ITgime.
Tht financial statements were approvcd by ihe Board of Trustees and authorised for issue
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and wcre signed on its behalf by..
on
J A Macdonald- Trustee
Thc notes form part of these financial staieiiieiit5
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Essex Booh FtstivAI
Notes to tlie FiiiaiicjAl￿t .tements
foi. the Yeai. Eiiile(131 Decenjber 2022
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS of piepat'iijg the finAnetal statements
The financial SlalemeJis of thc ch81'itable company. which is a public beoefil entity under FRS 102, have bren
prcpared ITE accordance witli the Chariti¢s SORP 11-.II£ 1021 'Accuunting and Repoitiiig by Charities.. Statement
of Recommended Pracii¢e appliC￿bIC to Charitics preparing their accuunts accordance wiui the Financial
R¢poiting Standard appli¢able in Ih¢ UK and Republic of IIEland 11,"RS 102) (effective l January 20191,,
Finan¢ial Ileporting Standard 102 'The Financial Re￿Iting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Irelaiid, and the Companies Act 2006. Trie financial statemcnts have bcen prepared und¢r the liislori¢41 ¢05t
convent¥on.
InLome
Shoil t¢rm debtors arc measuTcd at the tiansaclion pijce. less any impairment. All income is r¢Gognised in the
Statement of Financial Activities once the cliai'ity has entiilemenl to the funds, it is probAblc that th¢ income will
be received And the amount can bt measiired reliably.
Expenditui'e
Liabilities aiE reLogtiised a5 expenditurc as soon as ihere is a legal or consiTuclive obligation cominitting Ihc
cliarity to Ilial expeiiditure, it is probable that a tran.%fer of economic beiiefjls will be reqiiired in scttlcment and
thc amount of the obligatTon call be TneasuiEd reliably. Exp¢nditiire is aceouiited foi. otj 2n accruals basis and ha5
been classEficd under hek)dings that aggregate all c05t I'clated 10 thc category. Where costs Cannot be directly
attributed to particular headings they have been allo¢ated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of
resources.
TaxAtto
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on ils charitable aciivities.
Fund Accounting
UnTesti'icled fuods call be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretioji of the trustces.
Resh'icted fund5 can oi)ly be used for particular restrictcd purpose5 Wttliin the obj¢ct5 of the charity. Restti¢tions
arise when specilied by the donor or when funds aiE raised for parti¢ulaT restricted PUTFK15es.
Further explanation of the natUTe and PUTpose of ¢ach fund is in¢luded in the notes to the fjnancial stateniejjts.
TRU￿EF.S, RKMUN&RATION Ah'D BENEFITS
TheTe were no trustees. remunerntion or oihEI. benefits for ¢he year ended 31 Dccember 2022 nor for the PEriod
ended 31 Deceniber2021.
Trustees, txpen5e5
There were no twstees, expense5 paid for the year ended 31 DecEmber 2022 nor for the period ended
31 December 2021.
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E55ex B ok Pe%tiv
Notes t(b th finAncial St4temen15- t￿LIA￿￿ed
or the Yeai. li ndeil 31 DeLLlm￿.¢r 2022
COMPA114TlVKS fiOR TIIE s-fATEMfi N'T OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
UnT¢5trictcd
funds
Ilestricted
fi]iids
Total
funds
INCOME AND EiYDOWMENTS FROM
tA)nations and legacies
19,543
24.900
44,443
IXPENDJTURE ON
Chsi'itable activities
Bvent Costs
1.896
12,420
14,316
Other
13,346
12,480
25,826
TotAI
15,242
24,900
40,142
NL"r INCOMF
4.301
4.301
RF.C.ONCII.IATIOIY OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
27,372
27,372
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED bORWARD
31,673
31.673
DEwfoRS.. AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022
2021
Prepayments
900
930
CREDITORS: AMOUTrtfS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022
202
Trade creditors
Other crediiors
Accruals and deferred irtcomc
189
1,200
27,000
6.000
28,200
6,189
OVE4 MENT IN FUIYDS
Net
movemcnt
sn futsds
At
31.12.22
At 1.1.22
Unie5trieted fuiLd5
G¢neral fund
31,673
12,4731
29,200
TOTAL FUNI DS
31.673
(2,473}
29,21K)
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E55ex Book Feslival
e fiÉn#rtcial StateineiJts- eorttiiiued
ror the Yeai. Li ij(le(131 Decembei. 2022
MOVEMEINTIN FUNDS- continu¢d
Net movement iii tund5, included in Ihe above aTe a5 follows..
Ineoining
Te50urces
Ilesources
expetided
Movement
in funds
Uni'estrif t¢d funds
GeneTyI ftjnd
Essex County Council Arts Developnient
27.084
18,500
{29,557)
(18.5001
12,473)
Restvicleil funds
Arts Colincil Grant
45,584
(48,0571
(2,473)
49,899
{49,899)
I'OTAI. FUNDS
(97,9561
{2,4731
CompArAtives for movement rn futjds
Net
movemcnt
in funds
At
31.12.21
At 1.6.21
Unresti'ieted funds
Cjeneral fvnd
27,372
4,301
31,673
TOTAL FIJNDS
27.372
4,301
31,673
Comparativc net movement in funds, included iji the above aTe as follows..
Incoming
resourLe5
Resources
expellded
Movement
in fund5
Uiji'esti'icted futkds
Get]cral fiiiid
Essex Coiinty Council Atts Developjnent
14,543
5,000
110.2421
{5,0001
4,301
9,543
Restricted fund$
Arts C.oun¢il GIEnt
{15,242)
4,301
24,9(MJ
124,9001
TOTAL FUNDS
44.443
140,142)
4,301
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Es5ei Book 14estival
'otes tu tlie D'inaijcial StAtements- c0ntiru￿d
for tlie Year f¥￿￿¢￿ 31 December 21)22
ULTIMATE PARLINI. COMPANY
I'here is no iiltiinate Controlling party.
REI.,ATEI D PAR'fY DlSC.tDSURES
Thcre were no related party transaciions for the yeai. ended 31 Decembei. 2022.
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E55ex Booli Feslivlll
iled %tAlemeiit of fillajicial Activllies
for tlie Year Li n(leil 31 Decembei. 2U22
Period
1.6.21
to
31.12.21
YeaT Elided
31.12.22
INCOMI,.. AND F,NDOWMENTS
DonAtions And legacies
Oihcr incoine
Grdnts
8.545
35,898
83,700
95,483
44,443
I'otAI in¢oNiing resouj'ces
95,483
44,443
I XPENDII'URL
Charilable Activitie5
Marketiiig and aiidiente development
Art15tic expenditure
19,852
24,942
3,816
9,601
44,794
13,417
Support costs
Other
Insurance
Accountancy
Developtneiit ma￿geT fees
1,100
900
51.162
604
900
25,221
53,162
26,725
Total resoutres expEnded
97,956
40,142
Net (expenditurellineome
12,473)
4.301
Tliis page does not fotTh part of the statutory financial statements
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