REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 8302801 (England and
Wales)
REGisfERED CHARrrY NUMBER: 1155661
ANNUAL REPORT AND
ACCOUNTS
Little Green Pig
Space to create
for young writers
2024-25
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CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
INTRODucfoN FROM THE CHAIR
REFERENCE AND ADMINIsfRATIVE DEfAILS
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
WHO WE ARE
OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
THEORY OF CHANGE
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
STRATEGIC REPORT
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfIvITIES
BALANCE SHEEr
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
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INTRODUCTION FROM THE CHAIR
"We are constantly living in the future.
It can be wasted
It can be cherished
It can be hated
It can be loved
It all depends-
Ailsa Rose, Young writer
At Little Green Pig, we've spent a lot of this year trying to live in the future, developing a
strategic plan for our next three years. Looking at what we do and why we do it. At how we
can do it differently, do it better. At what we need to focus on, and sometimes what we
need to let go. We involved young people at every step of the way, at Staff and Board Away
Days, as members of the steering group, in discussions with the consultant we have worked
with. Together we agreed on four strategic priorities: Powerful Experiences; Pathways for
Progression. Partnerships in the Community. and Pride In Our Difference. It's been an
exciting and exhilarating experience, and we look forward to telling you more about it as it
shapes our work in years to come.
However, we have spent most of our year, as always, living very much in the present. We
supported over 500 children and young people - 112 more than last year. Our young writers
created comic books, performed original spoken word pieces at AudioActive Worthing and at
Brighton Jubilee Library, and were interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex. We created new
opportunities for older participants, and strengthened our connections with communities in
Brighton, Worthing and Eastbourne. We also grew our volunteer network and delivered our
most ambitious Christmas fundraising campaign to date. We are hugely grateful to everyone
who has supported us, especially our funders and our superb volunteers who support every
workshop with their skills, time and enthusiasm.
I really hope you enjoy reading about the year that's gone as much as we ve enjoyed it. And
that ypu carry on supporting us as we hurtle headlong into the future.
Pete Lawson
Chair, Little Green Pig
"Time is a burden and a blessing
Some see itas the worst thing to exist
Some say itpasses too fas¢ leaving you no time to think
Some say itpasses too slow,
leaving your future goals feeling like theyre light years away.
Time waits for no man.-
Lex, Young writer

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Company number
8302801 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity number
1155661
Registered office
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton
BNI 3XG
Trustee directors:
Kaia Allen-Bevan (appointed 27th November 2025)
Matilda Barrowman (appointed 23, September 2024)
Emily Bromfield (appointed 16th September 2021)
Chris Callard (appointed 16th September 2021)
Mark Chesson (appointed 31" March 2025)
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Ed Cottrell (appointed 22nd December 2021, retired 25 September 2025)
Suhayla El-Bushra (Vice Chair) (appointed 12th September 2018)
Kirsty Fitsscott (appointed 26° September 2025)
Pete Lawson (Chair) (appointed 14th January 2016)
Jackie Mendoza (appointed 27th November 2025)
Lizzie Mullarky (appointed 16th September 2021, retired 25th September 2025)
Sam O'mahoney (Treasurer) (appointedlst December 2023)
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Joss Perring (appointed 23" September 2024, retired 25 September 2025)
Tim Smith (appointed 19th March 2020, retired 31st March 2025)
Jess Starns (appointed 16th September 2021, retired 20th October 2024)
Stsff team:
Nicky Crabb (Direttor)
Laura Halliwell (Regional Producer)
Jo Holding (Admin and Finance Officer)
Nikki Shaill (Learning and Engagement Manager)
Sally Woodcock (Volunteer Manager)
Workshop leaders and artists worked with this year: Akila Richards, AFLO the poet,
Anna Twinam-cauchi, Avia Jay, Bex Large, Brighton Zoo animation team (Dominic Minns,
Abi Slack, Becky, Lewis McKelvey and Sasha Fusini), Coco Kirkland, Creative Waves, Darren
East, Dorothy Koomson, Emma Joy Edwards, Gladrags Community Costume Resource, Harry
Papworth, Helen Cann, Hello Dodo, Jacques Griffith (Props UK), Jess Starns, Joanna Neary,
Kaia Allen Bevan, Laura Wilkinson, Louie Levack, Maggie Chau, Mario Camacho, Natalie
England, Nikki Shaill, Rayna Haralambieva, Roy McFarlane, Sally Woodcock, Sam Harper
Holding, Sarah Sayeed, Suhayla El-Bushra, Tanaka Mhishi and Thomas Buckley.

Volunteers who supported us this year were: Adrian Neugebauer, Alison Durrant, Amelia
Ellison, Anton Thompson Mccormick, Avia Jay, Bridget Maher, Bryony Partridge, Caz O'Kane,
Chloe Duke, Chris Callard, Circe Marden-Rull, Claire Davies, Clare Bunb"ng, Cloe Grampa,
Ellie Louise Capron (Ellen), Eric Stark, Geri Oida, Grigoris Tsiavo, Heather Conolly, Helen
Edwards, Helen Sykes, Himaya Nammunige, Jackie Mendoza, Jacqui Hobbs, Jessica Marcus,
Jo Ward, Jonathan Campbell, Joshua Mead,, Lesley Mccune, Lorraine O'sullivan, Lottie
Barnes, Louise Clark, Macaulay Slaughter, Madeline Denny, Mariah Hartman, Martha Crivello,
Mia Webb, Nadia Rehahn, Namse Udosen, Nancy Jones, Niamh Hickey, Nicola Fincham,
Nusaybah Mohamoud, Poppy French, Ray Ribeiro, Rosie Birch, Rowena Markies, Sapphire
Adams-Elmes, Seungmin Oh, Sheelagh Dunk, Sheena Vernon, Sherlyn Assam, Sian Cannell,
Thalassini Mavrostom, Tim Smith, Toni Stead, Vicky Cave, Victoria Maynard, Will Martin and
Willow Twinam-cauchi.
Youth Board: Matilda Barrowman, Dylan Calder Keen, Orla Chapman, Esmee Gray-
Brennan, Zac Heffernan, Emilia Kaczorek, Bara'a Mohamad, Joss Perring (until September
2025), Mia Sukumaran
Ambassadors: Tanya Byrne, Juno Dawson, Daniel Hahn, Peter James, Dorothy Koomson,
Patrice Lawrence and Nick Sharratt.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST
2025
The Trustees who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of company law,
present their report for the year ended 31st August 2025 together with the financial
statements of the Charity, which have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act
2006 and the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of
Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing accounts in accordance with the
Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Ireland (effective 1st January 2015).
Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, the articles of association of Little Green
Pig, a company lirnited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
Public benefit
The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have
due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission on public
benefit when reviewing the charity's main aims and objectives and in planning future
activities.
This report of the Trustees sets out a summary of the main activities undertaken by the
Charity to carry out its charitable purposes for the public benefit.
Charitable Objectives of Little Green Pig:
l) To advance education for the public benefit in writing and reading in all its forms.
2) To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 18 by providing advice and
assistance, organising programmes of education and other activities as a means of:
(a) advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills,
capacities, and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as
independent, mature and responsible individuals,
(b) advancing education,
(c) relieving unemployment, and
3) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from being
socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and
assisting them to integrate into society.

WHO WE ARE
Little Green Pig (LGP) is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity working to
inspire children and young people aged seven to eighteen in Brighton & Hove and East and
West Su55ex to become creative with writing. Established in 2008, LGP became a charity in
2012. The Charity offers fun and innovative writing workshops, as well as large scale
projects and one-off residencies in schools. We encourage young people to have fun with
words, use their imaginations, improve their literacy skills and see themselves as writers,
because we know that giving children the ability to express themselves is fundamental to a
successful life. We focus on creating fun, safe, imaginative spaces in which children can
produce high-quality, tangible outcomes.
We work in partnership with local primary and secondary schools, galleries, and other
organisations, to offer free writing workshops outside of the classroom in inspiring and
imaginative spaces that will motivate children to be creative with words. We work with
schools which have a high proportion of pupils who experience socio or economic
disadvantage.
To date the Charity has worked with over 7,000 young people and attracted over 370
volunteers giving participants one to one support and attention. Our volunteers come from
all walks of life including professional writers and illustrators. All volunteers are DBS checked
and trained to contribute to the work of the Charity.
After-school and weekend sessions are usually open to all, prioritising those who live or
attend schools in areas of high deprivation.
My powerful words.
Here are my records,
My words of truth,
My honest opinion,
About my disadvantaged youth.
My poetry is my power,
With words written every hour,
Sharing my work is an opportunity I won t miss
Because I'm sharing my version of poetic justice.
Extract of a poem by Lunar, written in Monday Club at Longhil/ High School
* In a report by the Sussex Community Foundation, Sussex Uncovered 2.. Bndging the Gap,
(November 2016), it is identified that Brighton & Hove has wards with levels of overall
deprivation above the nationa/ average which are in the top IO¥0 in the UK," the East
Brighton Ward in particular is ranked as extremely high on this list 227th out of 7679 wards
nahona/ly, with high /eve/s of chi/dpoverty across the area. Tre target audience for our
creative wrihng programme is children who live or go to school in these wards many of
whom are failing to reach expected levels of literacy and are experiencing socia/ exclusion
because of their lack of reading and wnting attainment [Brighton & Hove City Council report
Our Future City, 20157. A report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission shows
that children who receive free school meals in Brighton & Hove are in the bottom 201 for
achievement.

OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
Our vision
We believe that writing can positively change lives. Our vision is that all children and young
people in Sussex have space and time to write for pleasure and purpose, and the
opportunity to share their stories.
Our mission
We enable children and young people in Sussex to experiment with writing in all its forms,
and to share their work with a wide audience. We prioritise working with children and young
people who live or go to school in areas of highest deprivation, or who face challenging
circumstsnces. From anthologies to soap operas, radio shows to films, our projects challenge
perceptions of what writing can be and deliver serious outcomes: improved self-confidence,
literacy, and communication skills.
In collaboration with volunteers, writers, artists, schools, families, and partner organisations,
we respond to children's needs and ideas to provide fun, innovative, and excellent learning
experiences.
Our values
Be open
Be brave
Be imaginative
Take pride
Have fun
Wortliing young writers creating fantastical creatures during a workshop with artist Sam Harper Holding,.
Moulsecoomb writer5 enjoy a trip to Brighton beach as part of our mystery project

THEORY OF CHANGE
Why we exist
Children and young people in some Sussex communities lack opportunities to express
themselves creatively. They miss out on life-enriching experiences and face barriers
in realising their potential.
What we do
Deliver inspiring writing programmes
Offer safe community spaces
Showcase children's words and voices
Create communities of young writers
Support future leaders
Provide access to diverse professional writers, mentors and public platforms
Share learning and best practice with schools and partners
Upskill teachers through training and professional development
The change we make
Children & Young People...
grow in confidence and self-belief
become better writers and communicators
feel more positive about themselves and their future
feel part of a safe and supportive community
are inspired to write outside of school
become leaders
Schools & Partners...
can support children and young people more effectively
have increased opportunity, capacity and knowledge to work with young people
How we measure change
We listen to feedback from children and young people
We record observations from teachers, workshop leaders, parents / carers &
volunteers
We collect data from schools and partner organisations
Our long-term impact
Children and young people are empowered to create change in their lives through
having their voices amplified and their confidence improved, writing a better future
for themselves.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
In 2024-25, we:
Supported 511 children and young people - a 28 % increase on 2023-24.
Worked with children and young people from 25 schools and sixth form colleges.
Delivered 2,187 creative experiences that inspired imagination and built confidence.
Were supported by 66 brilliant volunteers who gave their time on 595 occasions -
25 % increase in volunteer shifts since 2023-24.
Collaborated with 32 inspiring professional writers and artists, and 15 local cultural
partners - including University of Sussex, Brighton Festival and Worthing Museum.
Worked with 9 young leaders on our youth board, welcomed 16 young people to our
new Young Writers Collective, and appointed 2 young people as Trustees.
Delivered 6 writing clubs, 12 full scale projects, 7 publications, 3 films, I podcast, I
public art installation, I rap and music video and I VR work (shown at Hove Museum
of Creativity) - all led by children and young people, sharing their words with their
communities, performing to audiences across Brighton, Eastbourne and Worthing.
Who did we support?
Feedback from school partners and the demographic data we collect shows that our writing
programmes are reaching the children and young people they are intended to support -
those experiencing challenging circumstances and povety, Across our weekly writing clubs:
32 % of children receive Free School Meals
34 % of children are people of colour/non white British
220/0 speak English as an additional language
23 % have a special educational need and/or disability
l % are Looked After Children (14 % of our Moulsecoomb writing club)
What differen￿ did we make?
Our evaluation framework, which includes termly consultation sessions with participating
children and young people, demonstrated that as a result of our work:
Children become better writers - 95 % of children felt their writing had improved
(500/0 felt this way all or most of the time)
Children feel more positive about themselves- 98 % said taking part made
them feel proud (68 % all or most of the time)
Children grow in confidence - 97 % felt more confident to share their writing and
ideas (680/0 all or most of the time)
Children feel safer - 97 % felt safe and supported at Little Green Pig (68 % all or
most of the time)
Children feel empowered to lead - 85 % felt they can make decisions at Little
Green Pig (520/0 all or most of the time)
Children enjoy writing - 90 % said they now like writing outside of school (52 %
all or most of the time)
(Sased on responses from respondents across weekly writing clubs in July 2025)
"It makes me happy and excited that I can be creative. The more I do, the more I want to
do it. I think I have become about 17 % more creative since joining." Young writer
"I like writing at Little Green Pig because this club is fun and it made me excited to write
which I don't at school. It makes me feel better here than school because I'm allowed to
write whatever I want and there are less rules. School you have to do what you're told to do
and here I can write how I want., Little Green Pig young writer
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Programme Overview
In 2024-25 our programme of support for children and young people across Sussex
included:
1. 3 weekly writing clubs in Brighton
We continued delivering our weekly writing clubs in Brighton for the 16th year in Whitehawk
(in the top 10 % of most deprived areas nationally), Moulsecoomb (an area with one of the
worst child poverty rates in Brighton) and Central Brighton at The Black and Minority Ethnic
Community Partnership - all areas selected due to their high level of need. Our Brighton
clubs have designed new worlds and fictional maps to set their stories, written comic books
with a graphic novelist, and created a VR armork for Hove Museum of Creativity.
2. A weekly writing club in Worthing
Our writing club in Worthing celebrated its third birthday. The club is based in The Laurels
Primary School in the Northbrook area of Worthing (ranked in the 10 % most deprived areas
in England for education) and has built a steady membership of 15 children. They have
created fantasy maps to inspire their writing in collaboration with author and artist Helen
Cann; recorded an episode of the Little Green Pig podcast; designed their own board game
as part of an intergenerational project with older community members; and were
interviewed by BBC Radio Sussex about their thoughts on books and the representation of
themselves in stories. The club is becoming a well-established and supportive creative
community, with children increasingly confident in sharing their work and speaking in group
settings, with many now keen to read aloud and participate in discussions. A particularly
positive development has been the thoughtful, generous feedback children now give each
other during circle time an atmosphere of mutual respect and encouragement that our
workshop leader has nurtured with great care.
3. A fresh start in Eastbourne
After a short pause, we relaunched our Eastbourne club in February 2025. Taster sessions
were delivered at three local community venues - Leaf Hall, Stafford Primary School and
Devonshire Collective - to gauge local appetite. Leaf Hall in the Seaside ward was selected
as the new home of our Eastbourne writing club due to its large space, flexible scheduling,
and strong interest in the taster workshop from children attending multiple different schools.
1.5 terms of writing club sessions have been delivered so far, and the club has already
recruited a committed and enthusiastic membership of 14 young writers. The new club
venue has raised our local profile leading to significant interest from the community to see
our work, inspired more adults to train as Volunteer Story Mentors, and drawn in new
organisations who are keen to partner with us.
4. Regular support for Longhill young writers
Little Green Pig started running a writing club at Longhill High School in East Brighton in
2022, which provides young people aged 11-16 with a much-needed space and the time to
write outside of curriculum requirements and limitations. The club is led by workshop leader
Roy McFarlane, a previous Birmingham Poet Laureate who draws on his experience as a
youth worker and anti-racism advocate. For our latest project, young people focused on
crafting poems inspired by place, identity and belonging, while building up confidence in
themselves and their own voice. We were incredibly lucky to have one session led by AFLO
the poet, an award-winning poet, spoken word artist and activist. The project culminated in
a live public performance by the young writers at Jubilee Library attended by the community
in December 2024.

5. A brand new Young Writers Collective
Our work to develop local young leaders continues to go from strength to strength. Our
latest initiative is the creation of a Sussex-wide Young Writers Collective - an online
comrnunity for Little Green Pig alumni (aged 11-18) to connett. develop as writers through
writing prompts, resources and masterclasses. publish their work via a regular Young
Writers Collective digital publication. and perform at youth-led open-mic events - all ideas
conceived and developed by our young participants. The Young Writers Collective responds
to demand from local young people seeking progression opportunities beyond age 11 and
has already welcomed 16 young writers from across Sussex - including several areas where
Little Green Pig does not provide weekly provision including Horsham and Shoreham. This
initiative will deepen our youth leadership work, create new opportunities for older young
writers, and develop sustainable models that can be built upon. Long-term we plan to test
the viability of expanding this initiative to include an in-person writing club, co-led by
emerging young leaders and professional mentors. The first Young Writers Collective
publication including work written, edited and selected by members - will be released in
Autumn 2025.
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6. Transitions
This adaptation of our established Transitions programme supported more vulnerable young
people than ever before, helping them navigate the transition from primary to secondary
school while strengthening their mental health, expanding their educational horizons, and
introducing them to Further Education. Our 2025 Transitions project supported a full Year 6
class at The Laurels Primary School in Worthing, where we learnt from delivering our writing
club that the current year 6 group faced exceptionally high levels of SEND, mental health
challenges, and other needs. As a result, staff were deeply concerned about their transition
to secondary school. For the first time, we partnered with a Further Education college rather
than a secondary school to deliver Transitions. Northbrook College, which seNes The
Laurels, catchment area, is committed to introducing young people to Further Education
early and raising aspirations. Be￿een June - July 2025, all Year 6 pupils at The Laurels
worked with a lyricistlrapper to create poetry, raps, and lyrics expressing their experiences,
hopes, and fears, which were recorded at Northbrook College's state of the art recording
studio. They also worked with a professional prop maker from Northbrook College staff to
create plaster casts for an armork titled 'Part of Me,, which was showcased at an end-of-
term assembly and a celebration with families. The 'Part of Me, rap and music video can be
viewed on the Little Green Pig YouTube.
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Year 6 children from The Laurels at Northbrook College recording their rap and maknng casts
7. Amplified
We brought our signature Amplified project to Worthing for the first time, in partnership with
AudioActive Worthing. Amplified provides young people with mentoring by professional
industry experts who support them to discover their unique story and how they want to
express it, ready to share on stage. We have delivered the programme 4 times in Brighton
and Worthing to great success. This year 12 young people wrote a powerful piece of spoken
word about their lives and issues that matter to them, with the support and mentoring of
professional writers, musicians and volunteer story mentors. All young people involved were
new to Little Green Pig and recruited via referrals from local partners including schools and
youth mental health services. 8 young people took the stsge to perform their works to a live
audience - which took the form of poetry, talks, raps and musical songs with accompanying
instruments. This included a rap about the power of music to turn away from crime and
drugs, a young person with Down's Syndrome sharing what it was like to be part of a Disney
filrn, and a moving account of life in care. In addition to building confidence and writing
skills, participants formed new friendships over the course of the projett. Many fed back that
the highlight of the experience had been socialising and making new connections with other
young writers and their mentors. A video documenting the project has been shared on the
Little Green Pig YouTube channel.
Young writers being interviewed pOst-perforMan￿ at Amplified Worthing's live show
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8. Our Youth Board
Our youth board continue to be in instrumental in the governance and direttion of Little
Green Pig. They have worked closely with our team to design and launch The Young Writers
Collertive, including feeding into the design and branding of the new Young Writers
Collective digital platform, which launched in June.
Programme Highlights
A selection of some of our proudest moments and achievements in 2024-25:
Club Amplified - Amplified for a new generation
This year we brought the magic of our long-running Amplified project for older writers to a
younger generation for the first time. All children attending our 3 Brighton writing clubs took
part, working with writers, volunteer story mentors and Young Mentors (young people from
our Youth Board and past Amplified participants) to create powerful spoken word pieces
about their lives, their community and their hopes for the future. Whilst some children found
the move away from fiction and fantssy writing a challenge at times, they all rose to the
challenge and shared something unique to them on stage in front of a live audience of
friends and family at Jubilee Library. One standout moment was Ziggy a child who started
this year at The Imagination Station (our Central Brighton writing club), who exceeded
expectations with their confident performance:
'Ziggy wouldn t ever share his wnting in the club with the group before. So, seeing him
perfonn on stage w35 amazinglll Wowl Mariah, Volunteer story mentor
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Young writers perforrning their Club Amplified spoken word pieces to a live audience at Jubilee Library
Comic Chaos at Moulsecoomb!
Young writers from our Moulsecoomb writing club created their own comic book strip
characters and narratives with the support of guest comic book artist Coco Kirkland. Comic
strips ranged from stories about Dave Star, an intergalactic explorer navigating grief and
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belonging, to witchy potions and tales of superheroes, pancakes, three-eyed dogs and more.
The project culminated in a special publication - Comic Chaos - packed with poems, stories,
comics and potions.
Brighton Zoo character design project
After our young writers told us they wanted to explore video games through writing, we
launched a new partnership with BAFfA-winning animation and game design studio Brighton
Zoo. The project included two studio visits to New England House (one of Brighton's largest
homes for artist studios and creative companies), a workshop on the Tate Paint app (a
painting game created by The Tate) and a final pitching session where children presented
their chararter designs and storyboards to Brighton Zoo's director. Their designs, inspired by
their professional industry skills, were celebrated in a special in-house publication.
The Mysterious Grand Ideas Hotel
Our Eastbourne club worked with award-winning writer and comedian Emma Joy Edwards to
imagine and write about characters using a hotel theme as inspiration. The children had a
memorable visit to Eastbourne Grand Hotel - complete with a tour, Q&A session with staff
and special cakes in one of the function rooms. Professional illustrator Joanna Neary helped
them to bring their characters to life through drawing and explore the idea of the hotel as a
story setting, creating their own beautifully detailed hotel roorns which children shared with
parents at special event. Eastbourne club's first publication entitled 'The Mysterious Grand
Ideas Hotel, is available to read now.
Hearing Worthing writing club on BBC Radio
Young writers from our Worthing writing club were featured on BBC Radio Sussex and
Surrey during a special segment hosted by Sarah Gorrell. The invitation came from Little
Green Pig ambassador and bestselling author Dorothy Koomson, who welcomed the club
into a conversation about the importance of reading, storytelling, and diverse representation
in children's literature. Several children shared their thoughts on what reading and writing
mean to them, offering heartfelt and inspiring reflections:
'I think reading is super fun because a book is like being with someone and they take you
on an adventure. fheyre the person in the story and they drag you into the book. So, you
get to fee/ all the story as if its happening to youl
'Every single time I read, I want to read 1¢ and do a quiz on whatI ve read. I do reading in
my free time and it helps me become who I want to be in the future.
Dorothy Koomson in The Laurels Primary school library preparing to interview our young writers for BBC Radio
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Our Impact
What do our young writers think?
They feel their writing has improved
Since I came to the club I ve been wnting more in English
"Little Green Pig helps me to improve writing, stories andpatience
"Little Green Pig helps me to wnte in many different ways
They enjoy taking part
This project made writing rea//y fun
The best thing is when I write"
'I come to Little Green Pig because I/ike writing. I want more wnting.
They are more creative
Little Green Pig helps me to share my imagin3bon with the world
Little Green Pig helps me to think of stories
'I come to ￿'ttle Green Pig because it helps me to use my imaginatson"
They feel more positive
'I really enjoyedperfonning for an audience. I feel happy 3ndpmud
'I struggle a lot with anxiety and I wasn t sure if I would be able to do this but after
coming to the first session everyone was so welcoming and I felt comfortable to come back
and be part of the group. It has helped with my anxiety 3 lot. .
'I feltproud when I read out my story at the first session I came to
They are more confident
'Little Green Pig helps me to wnte and be brave"
'Little Green Pig helps me to be confident
They feel more connected to others
bttle Green Pig helps me to SE KIND
Little Green Pig helps me to make friends
They value the experience
'I haL/e made memories from this pmject. J wi// remember this when J am older.
"I feel I am important in the club and it is my most favourite club
What do their parents/carers think?
"fom * has enjoyed your club so much. Thank you for everything you ve 311 done in
supporting his reading and writsng.
This has been such an amazing expenence for the young people involved. They have
been able to find their creative voice in a safe, co//aborative and energising group. My son
11 benefitted hugely and its helped him to gain a sense and self and confidence in who he
is.
'Absolute/y inspinngl IO/IO I could not fault anyone on that stage and behind the scenes. -
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'Sometimes you get invited along to your childs shows and you re like 'oh no, this is
going to be a bit boring" but I can genuinely say that I am blown away by the variety and
range ofskil/s and talent on stage today. Amazing and I can t wait to see what these
performers each have in store for the future.
'I recon7mend it to everyone I know. Its a real/ygreat clubl
'Itprovides a quiet space where he can get away from the n7ayhen7 of home and the
c/assrooml
'I wanted to email to say how impressive the work is. We are so pmud of Helen s work
and immense/ygrateful for He/en* having a place in this great club that you have put
togetherl
'It has given my daughter a Joy to write, a way to express herself and build her skills.
What do our volunteers think?
"lodays session was abso/ute/y amazing. rhe workshop leader AFLO made a// the children
fee/ so safe. They were brave and courageous in sharing their work.
My magic moments were seeing the growing interattions between the children -
friendships forming and imaginations being fired.
'[ watched a child who I have been working l-l with really coming along in her
confjidence 3nd interaction with the other ch//dren. I notsced an older child being so kind and
supportive to this same child. Lots of kindness andsmiles exchanged a// mund.
Marie was quite shy and softly spoken in the group circle, but when it came time for her
to read her story, she was one of the most charismatic storytellers complete with sound
effects andso much confidence. It was a delight to see her come out of her shell and into
the spot/ightl*l
"Laila made greatprogress. She init1311y said she wou/dn t share, but I told her that her
wnting was great. When the workshop /eader asked who wanted to read their work, she put
her hand up and shared fjirst - what an achievementi
What do teachers think?
"rhe opportunity that Little Green Pig s Young Writers Collective has given students at
Longhil/ to express themselves through poetry has been amazing. I've no doubt the
experience has impacted our students rea//ypositive/y and that they wi// look back upon it as
one of their most significant schoo/ experiences. '
' Thanks for a// your hard work and for everything LGP does to enrich the lives of our
young people. The mentors and leaders provide gentle, supporti've guidance which values
and develops their creati'vity. As a result, even reluctant writers are now demonstrating
stamina and enthusiasm for the craft.
"The club has taken the children out into parts of their own community that they didn t
know existed and has broadened theirperspective developing their confidence and
resilience.
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Organisational development
New Three-year Strategy
We were delighted to receive funding from Criseren to enable us to appoint consultant
Kerryn Wotton to work with us to develop a new three-year strategy, helping us to prioritise
and focus our work on the areas of greatest impact. The consultation process was kicked off
with an Away Day for Trustees and Staff in April 2024 and included three members of our
Youth Board. The final strategy was launched in March 2025 and gives us a framework for
our next three years, work under four strategic priorities: Powerful Experiences. Pathways
for Progression. Partnerships in the Community. and Pride in Our Difference.
Young Trustees Appointed to the Board of Trustees
As part of our commitment to ensure that young people's voices are heard at every level of
our organisation, we were thrilled in September 2024 to appoint Matilda Barrowman and
Joss Perring to our Board. Both Matilda and Joss started their journeys as participants in
different Amplified projerts, sharing their powerful stories with audiences at the Brighton
Festival. They both went on to become founder members of our Youth Board, and it has
been fantastic to complete their progression pathways with an appointment to the full
Charity Board. Their input has been brilliant, and both have been fantastic ambassadors.
Welcoming our new Regional Producer.
In Autumn 2024 we welcomed Laura Halliwell to the team as our Regional Producer - a new
role focused on leading our work in Eastbourne and Worthing. Laura's made a powerful
impact, significantly strengthening Little Green Pig's presence in both communities. She has
successfully relaunched our Eastbourne writing club and reinvigorated our Worthing writing
club. Laura's enthusiasm, creativity, and commitment are already shaping an exciting new
chapter for Little Green Pig's work in new Sussex communities.
New paid internship.
We hosted our sixth paid internship, and were delighted to have Sophie Martin working with
us to help develop our evaluation framework.
Volunteers
We are proud of our excellent volunteer base, and our workshops this year have been
supported by 56 brilliant volunteers, delivering 595 volunteering experiences - our highest
ever level of support. New volunteers have continued to bring more diversity to the team,
and new Illustrator Mentors have had a brilliant impact on the children's experiences.
Funding
We are profoundly grateful to everyone who has supported us this year, and with particular
thanks to funders who have committed grants year on year.
This year we were supported by grants from Arts Council England, the Gemini Foundation,
the Lynn Foundation, the Fonthill Foundation, the Foyle Foundation (£10,000), the PayPal
Giving Fund, the Christopher Laing Foundation, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Homity
Trust, the Postcode Society Trust, the Forrester Family Trust, the Friarsgate Trust, the
Su55ex Community Foundation, the Ernest Kleinwort Charitsble Trust, the Asda Foundation,
the Norman Trust and the Sussex University Career Lab - Sussex Internships all of whom
generously supported either our project work or our core costs.
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In December we ran our most ambitious Big Give Christmas Campaign to date, raising
£6,065 against a target of £6,000. We were over the moon to be supported by 64 donors,
and thanks to the generous support of our pledgers and Big Give Champion, ShareGift, all
donations were doubled until we reached our target. We are delighted at the success of the
Big Give in bringing together the Little Green Pig community and can t wait until our next
campaign in December 2025. Further fundraising led by the Board was in the form of When
Pigs Fly, our ninth annual Quiz night, which once again raised almost £2,000.
Despite all of our successes, we continue to find the fundraising climate increasingly
challenging, with the cost of living placing greater demands on funders and some funders
closing. It's important to recognise how essential unrestritted funds are to Little Green Pig in
meeting our charitsble mission. They allow us the freedom of discretionary spending, such
as expanding the staff team, investing in new equipment, and paying for training and
professional development. Supporting us in this way allows the charity breathing room to
focus on long-term planning goals and organisational improvements; similarly, it allows us to
pay competitive salaries to hire and retain employees. Please do get in touch if - as an
individual, an organisation or a business - you think you are able to support us in this way.
What's next for Little Green Pig
We have lots of exciting plans for our young writers in the year ahead:
Sussex Stories - Our most ambitious Eastbourne and Worthing programme yet. This place-
based storytelling project will empower children to find their voice by drawing on local
landscapes, histories, and traditions. Many of the children we work with have never visited
local landmarks and Sussex Stories will change that. Through visits to local sites, creative
exploration, and mentorship from professional writers, artists, and musicians, children will
produce performances, publications, audio pieces and films that celebrate their communities.
Eastbourne Amplified - Bringing our acclaimed Amplified spoken word programme to
young writers in Eastbourne for the very first time, offering them the chance to create and
perform powerful, personal spoken word pieces about issues that matter to them.
Child-centred Evaluation - We're investing in new evaluation approaches that put young
people's voices at the heart of how we measure impact - alongside insights from families,
teachers, and volunteers.
Word Laboratory - An exciting STEM-inspired project for all three Brighton clubs,
combining science, technology, and literacy. Through experiments, inventions, and even
learning from mistskes, children will see how curiosity fuels creativity.
Coast to Coast - An international creative writing exchange with Story Fartory in Sydney,
Australia (another member of our global family of creative writing organisations working
with children and young people). Young writers will swap and build on each other's work in
a 'call-and-response" format, creating a collaborative piece that spans continents.
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STRATEGIC REPORT
Financial results
The results for the year ended 31st August 2025 are given in the Statement of Financial
Activities (SOFA) on page 25. The Charity's assets and liabilities as of 31st August 2025 are
given in the Balance Sheets on pages 26-27.
The charity has had another strong year with significant success in fundraising for both
restricted and unrestricted funds, despite the fundraising climate proving increasingly
challenging. Totsl expenditure of £187,356 shows an increase of £12,012 on the previous
year. Total income of £182,604 shows an increase of £9,420 reflecting an impressive level of
fundraising in such a challenging climate. The figures show a small net operating deficit of
(£4,752), which has been met from reserves. The liquidity position remains strong, with the
charity carrying forward net current assets of £50,860.
Fixed assets
The Charity carries ten laptops for staff, purchased be￿een 2019 and 2025.
Investment policy
The Charity's policy is to maintsin all of its liquid resources in interest bearing, instant access
accounts at competitive rates available in the market. This year a second account was
opened with Charity Bank to ensure that reserves were maximising their return.
Going concern & reserves policy
The Board of Trustees is satisfied the Charity can continue as a going concern. Over the
course of 2024125, the Charity continued its work on income stream diversification and
maintained unrestricted reserves at the end of the year of £39,379. These unrestricted
reserves have been built up in accordance with the Charity's ReseNes Policy which states
that Little Green Pig should work towards holding reserves to cover three months,
contractual obligations but as a minimum, maintain reserves equivalent to one month's
contrartual obligations. For the year 2025126 our reserves were slightly lower than the
previous year; they exceeded the minimal target of £15,000 under the Reserves Policy and
were over 50 % of our aspirational target of £45,000.
Risk management and internal control
"Risk," as our risk strategy says, "is an inevitable part of what we do - indeed, taking risks is
something we encourage our young participants to do." We have continued to look hard at
risk this year, supported by a special risk group of Trustees and the Director. They have
taken our risk strategy - covering Governance risks, Operational risks, Financial risks,
External risks, and Compliance with law and regulation - and continued to develop it,
looking at which risks need to be on our radar that we may have not previously considered.
They have looked at all the risks identified and scored them all in terms of likelihood and
potential severity to help us focus on our greatest challenges and consider what necessary
steps need to be taken to lessen and mitigate these risks. The group continues to do this
ice a year. This approach enables the Board as a whole to have a clear understanding of
the risks we face, and the ability to know what to prioritise. The principal risks identified are
around Safeguarding, Finances (inadequate fundraising and income generation, inadequate
reseNes, cash flow sensitivities) and appropriate mitigation is in place for all.
During 2024125 the Trustees have reviewed the Charity's Safeguarding Policy to ensure it is
still relevant to the delivery of online work as well as work in different geographical areas
and have found it to be comprehensive and robust. The Charity followed its Safeguarding
Policy which all new staff, freelance workers and volunteers are given training on.
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The Board has overall responsibility for ensuring that the Charity has a system of internal
control. Such a system of control can provide only reasonable and not absolute assurance
against errors or fraud. The controls include a delegation of the authority of the Board of
Trustees through to the Director to manage the day-to-day business. Controls safeguard
Little Green Pig's assets and maintain the integrity of accounting controls.
Little Green Pig operates an annual planning and budgeting system with an annual budget
approved by the Board. Any significant changes to those plans or budgets need specific
approval from the Board. The fundraising strategy has continued to be adapted during the
year to cover the changing situation, and cash flow has been closely monitored, with the
Board seeing regular cash flow forecasts.
Organisational Structure, Governance and Management
Charitable status
The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number
1155661.
Board of Trustees and organisational structure
The Charity is a company limited by guarantee and is governed by the Board of Trustees,
who are also directors for the purposes of the Companies Act. The names of Trustees who
served during the year and further board changes since the year-end are set out on page 4.
The Board is responsible for the oversight of the management of all the affairs of Little
Green Pig, and work in accordance with procedures set out in the Charity's Articles of
Association, which is its governing document. The Board undertook a process of peer
appraisal this year. Two Trustees retired, Jess Starns and Tim Smith, and Mark Chesson and
Young Trustees Matilda Barrowman and Joss Perring were appointed in their places. Post
year end in September 2025 Ed Cottrell, Lizzie Mullarky and Joss Perring retired. Current
Board Members bring specialist knowledge and experience from a range of sectors: legal,
financial, business development, education, safeguarding, marketing, communications,
digital, volunteering, inclusive arts practice and the creative industries. Trustee roles are
advertised via arts, charity and volunteer recruitment websites and our local networks.
Before appointment, new Trustees are given an induction, so they are familiar with both the
responsibilities of being a Trustee and the detailed nature of the organisation. All new
Trustees are given a 'Board Buddy, to help them settle in, and the organisation runs training
sessions covering Trustees, legal and financial responsibilities and reading financial papers.
The Board ensures that all activities are within the agreed charitable objectives. The Board's
work includes setting the strategic direction, reviewing risk, and agreeing the financial plan.
It meets quarterly, the principal purpose of which is to review the development of the
Charity and ensure it meets its financial targets.
Our Youth Board is in its sixth year and currently runs in parallel. Two Youth Board members
this year joined the main Board as Young Trustees.
As well as Trustee/Director volunteers, a great amount of time, the value of which is not
reflected in these financial statements, is donated by our 56 volunteer story mentors,
without whom the Charity would not be able to sustain the current level of activities.
At the start of 2024-25, the Charity employed four part-time staff - a Director, a Learning
and Engagement Manager, an Administrator and a Volunteer Manager, supported by a
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Freelance Fundraising Consultsnt. During the year, the team increased to 5 with the
appointment of a part-time Regional Producer. The organisation has drawn on 37 freelance
workshop leaders across the year. The Arts Council defines us as a diverse-led organisation:
the Board is currently 70 % female, with one Deafldisabled (10 % ), three LGBTQl+ (30 % ),
three people of colour/global majority (30 % ), and aged from 21-60 with two trustees under
25. Our staff team is all female/non-binary, 40 % LGBTQI+, 40 % neurodiverse, 20 %
disabled.
Governance
The governance of the Charity is undertaken by the Board of Trustees at its quarterly
meetings. At these meetings, the Board of Trustees fvlfils its legal, ethical, and functional
responsibilities through adequate governance policy development, monitoring of charity
activities, and the evaluation of the effettiveness of Board performance.
We continued to run hybrid Board Meetings, with most Trustees meeting in person, and
some joining remotely via Zoom. This not only helped Trustees with caring commitments but
also helped to minimise our travel miles in line with our Environmental Sustainability Policy.
Some decisions were tsken in be￿een meetings by email.
Board members actively support the organisation's work through Trusteelstaff Working
Groups that convene independently and feedback at Board meetings: our Risk Management
Working Group (established 2019); our Equality, Diversity & Incluslon Working Group
(estsblished 2020). and our Environmental Working Group (established in 2021 to develop
our first Environmentsl Sustainability Policy).
The Treasurer meets regularly with the Director to review cash flow and budgets. Staff also
get monthly support from Carpenter Box Chartered Accountants.
Accountants
Carpenter Box Chartered Accountants have once more been appointed to assist Little Green
Pig with their End of Year Accounts and to act as Independent Examiners.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the
Companies Act relating to small companies.
SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES
Pete Lawson
DATE
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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees, annual report and the financial
statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards
(United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Prartice).
Company and charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial ststements for each
financial year. Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements
unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity
and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and
expenditure for the year. In preparing those financial ststements the Trustees are required
to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in business
observe methods and principles in the Charities SORP.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate and proper accounting records that are
sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transattions and disclose with reasonable accuracy
at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial
statements cornply with the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made thereunder and with the
requirements of the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the
assets of the Charity and hence for tsking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection
of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial
information included on the Charity's website.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LIrrLE GREEN PIG
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Little Green Pig (the
charitable company) for the year ended 31 August 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charitable company (and also its direttors for the purposes of company
law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial ststements in accordance with
the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charitable company are not
required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent
examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charitable company's financial
statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). In carrying
out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity
Comrnission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in
connettion with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respett:
l. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the
2006 Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial ststements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of
the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is
not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and
principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities
applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting
Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination
to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding
of the financial statements to be reached.
Mr R Evans BA FCA cfA DChA
Carpenter Box
Arnelia House
Crescent Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BNII IRL
Dated:
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LrrrLE GREEN PIG
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIvrrIES
(INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
2025
2024
Unrestricted Restricted Total funds Total funds
fund
fund
Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
100 411
182 604
Total
100,411
82,193
182,604
173,184
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
Charitable activities
General
16,738
908
17,646
16,050
71,371
98,339
169,710
159,294
Total
88,109
99,247
187,356
175,344
NEf INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE)
12,302 (17,054) (4,752) (2,160)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
(from last year's final accounts)
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
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LrrrLE GREEN PIG
BALANCE SHEEr
AT 31 AUGUST 2025
2025
2024
Unrestricted Restricted Total funds Total fvnds
fund
fund
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Computer equipment
693
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at bank
3,464
20,000
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
Current Liabilities
5,651
5,651
5,376
NEf CURRENT ASSErs
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILrrIES
39,379
13,321
52,700
57,452
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Restrirted funds
10
39,379
27,077
TOTAL FUNDS
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The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies
Art 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial ststements for the
year ended 31 August 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Settions 386
and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the stste of affairs of the
charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each
financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which
otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Att 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 charitable small companies.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on .
and were signed on its behalf by:
P B Lawson -Trustee
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LI￿LE GREEN PIG
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial ststements of the charitsble company, which is a public benefit entity under
FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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 l January 2019),, Financial Reporting
Stsndard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland,
and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the
historical cost convention.
Going cOn￿rn
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees have
considered relevant information, including the annual budget and the impact of subsequent
events in making their assessment.
Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the
trustees have concluded that there is no material uncertainty in relation to the
appropriateness of continuing to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report
and accounts.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has
entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can
be measured reliably.
Gifts and services in kind are measured at the amount the charity would have to pay in the
open market for items that would provide the equivalent benefit. In line with the Charities
SORP the accounts do not attribute a value to volunteer hours due to the difficulties in
measuring this contribution.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation
committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits
will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
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.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its
estimated useful life.
Computer equipment - 33 % on cost
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LrrrLE GREEN PIG
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion
of the trustees.
Restritted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the
charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular
restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the
financial ststements.
Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Ststement of Financial Attivities on a
straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions
payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of
Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
GlFfs IN KIND 2025
2025
2024
Volunteer hours
1,312
991
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Net income/(expenditure) is ststed after charging/(crediting):
2025
2024
Independent Examiner's fee for independent examination
2,544
2,364
TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Suhayla El-Bushra was commissioned to be the lead writing workshop leader for our
Amplified Worthing project for the charity which she had co-devised and was remunerated
£875. The trustee board reasonably believed it to be in the charity's best interests to do so
and the services in question were in addition to her normal trustee duties. (2024: £475 paid
to Chris Callard re services provided in managing podcasts for the charity).
Trustees, expenses
Trustees, expenses amounted to £NIL for the year ended 31 August 2025 (2024: £NIL).
STAFF NUMBERS AND COSTS
Staff numbers
The average number of persons employed by the company during the year was 5 (2024: 4).
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UThLE GREEN PIG
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
STAFF NUMBERS AND COSTS- continued
Stsff costs
No ernployees received benefits of more than £60,000 in the year (2024: none).
2025
2024
Staff salaries and wages
Social security costs
Employer pensions costs
97,200
1,228
3,147
101,575
81,769
633
2,548
84,950
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total funds
fund 2024 fund 2024
2024
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
114 062
173 184
Totsl
59,122
114,062
173,184
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
Charitable activities
General
15,130
920
16,050
108 688
159 294
Total
65,736
109,608
175,344
NEf INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE)
(6,614)
4,454
(2,160)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
33,691
25,921
59,612
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
30,375
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LIThLE GREEN PIG
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs
Computer
equipment
Total
COST
At 1st September 2024
2,507
2,507
Additions in year
2,240
2,240
At 31st August 2025
DEPRECIATION
At 1st September 2024
1,814
1,814
Charge for year
1,093
1,093
At 31, August 2025
NEf BOOK VALUE
At 31st August 2025
At 31, August 2024
693
693
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025
2024
Accrued income
3,464
20,000
3,464
20,000
CREDrroRS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wrrHIN ONE YEAR
2025
2024
Social security and other taxes
Accrued expenses
3,107
2,544
1,517
3,859
5,376
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LIThLE GREEN PIG
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net
At 1.9.24 movement At 31.8.25
in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
27,077
12,302
39,379
Restricted funds
Restricted
(17 054)
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources
expended
in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
100,411
(88,109)
12,302
Restricted funds
Restricted
TOTAL FUNDS
182 604 (187 356) L4 752)
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LIThLE GREEN PIG
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continued
Net
At 1.9.23 movement At 31.8.24
in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
33,691
(6,614)
27,077
Restricted funds
Restricted
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources
expended
in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
60,122
(65,700)
(5,578)
Restricted funds
Restricted
113 062 (109 644)
TOTAL FUNDS
173 184 (175 344) L2 160)
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
Net
At 1.9.23 movement At 31.8.25
in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
33,691
5,688
39,379
Restricted funds
Restritted
(12 600)
TOTAL FUNDS
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LIThLE GREEN PIG
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds,
included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources
resources
expended
Movement
in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
160,533 (153,877) 6,656
Restritted funds
195 255
208 823
355,788 (362,700) (6,912)
Included in Restricted Funds 2025:
Funder
Anonymous
Donor
Arts Council
Description ￿fwd £
Anonymous
72
Donor
Story
Journeys
projett in
Eastbourne
and Worthin
Moulsecoomb
Club
All clubs
(includes
Champion
funding from
ShareGifit
Blagrave Trust Youth Board
and mini
mentors
Funding for
Club Amplified
Income £
S￿end £
(72)
34,644
(28,690)
5,954
Asda
Foundation
Big Give
400
(400)
1,570
5,969
(2,411)
5,128
9,632
(9,132)
500
Brighton
Shared
Prosperity
Fund
Criseren
5,000
(5,000)
Work with
strategy
consultant
Workshop
2,700
(2,700)
Dorothy
Stringer
School
Ernest
Kleinwort
Charitable
Trust
450
(450)
Transitions
Eastbourne
1,877
(1,877)
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Ernest
Kleinwort
Charitable
Trust
Fonthill
Foundation
Transitions
Worthing
5,000
(5,000)
Funding for
after school
club at The
Laurels schc4)1
in Worthin
All After
School Clubs
Worthing Club
8,000
(6,795)
1,205
Foyle
Foundation
Friarsgate
Foundation
Garfield
Weston
Homity
Foundation
10,000
(9,466)
534
3,000
(3,000)
Operating
Costs
For club at
Longhill
School
Club Amplified 500
10,000
(10,000)
995
(995)
lan Askew
Charitable
Trust
JJ Charitable
Trust
(500)
Support for all 2,524
our After
School Clubs
Brighton Clubs 6,500
(Club
Am
lified
Internship
(2,524)
Sussex
Community
Foundation
University of
Sussex
Total
(6,500)
3,735
(3,735)
99,247)
LrrrLE GREEN PIG
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
During the year, the charity received £1,048 (2024: £1,484) donations from members of the
Board of Trustees. No conditions were attached to these donations.
Key management personnel remuneration amounted to £67,591 (2024: £64,723),
2025
2024
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Grants and Donations
Other Income
Donations
Arts Council Grant
Bank Interest
127,395
5,185
15,279
34,644
101
136,893
5,425
30,866
182 604
173 184
Total incoming resources
182,604
173,184
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued
2025
2024
EXPENDrruRE
Raising donations and legacies
Entertainment
51
Charitable activities
Wages
Pensions
Rent
Marketing and fundraising
Workshop materials and costs
Consultants, freelance artists
98,428
3,147
2,552
17,646
7,131
82,402
2,548
1,820
16,587
6,034
168,784
160,437
Support costs
Management
Insurance
Telephone
DBS Checks
CPD development costs
796
532
1,792
606
343
1,102
851
2,902
4,662
Finance
Bank charges
Professional costs
265
278
3,543
265
2,009
Information technology
Postage and stationery
Website and computer costs
2,050
696
2,746
1,982
321
2,303
Human resources
Travelling
Recruitment
staff entertainment
3,088
505
191
3,784
2,127
200
730
3,057
Depreciation
Computer equipment
1093
399
Governan￿ costs
Independent Examiner's remuneration
Remuneration for accounts preparation
2,744
2,880
1,306
Total resources expended
187,356
175,344
Net income/(expenditure)
36