2021-04-05-accounts - Brighton Theatre

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date

Period end date

From 06

April 2020

April 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Brighton Theatre

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1156577

Charity's principal address 28 George Street

Brighton Postcode BN2 1RH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Daniel Finlay	Chairperson	Appointed 23 April 2020
Stephen Pavey	Treasurer
Teohna Williams
Rosie McColl		Appointed 23 April 2020
Ruth Goodall		Appointed 23 April 2020
Andrew Kay		Appointed 19 Aug2021

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 Address
Accountant

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Richard Crane (Associate Director), Faynia Williams (Artistic Director)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Appointed by Board (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

The charity follows the Charity Commission’s guidelines on selection and recruitment of trustees, and ensures that trustees are familiar with the Commission’s guidance notes “The Essential Trustee…”.

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To advance public education in the Arts and to promote knowledge, understanding and appreciation in the Arts (in particular drama, scenography, music, dance, visual and performing Arts) by the Summary of the objects of the production, in collaboration with other artists and venues, of innovative charity set out in its plays and performance work that are both intellectually stimulating and governing document entertaining, and of a national and international standard of excellence.

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This year saw the cancellation, due to Covid 19, of the Brighton, Edinburgh and other Festivals; the closure of live theatres across the country throughout most of the year; and severe restrictions on travel and public gatherings.

To stay active and connected to our audience, we restructured our programme, by creating three short films which we recorded live and then broadcast on social media.

We also presented a Covid safe rehearsed reading of our postponed Brighton Festival production to a secondary school audience; and researched, developed, sought funding, and did casting and pre-production for our premiere of EXIT THE QUEEN , re-scheduled for May 2021.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the re-scheduled for May 2021. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within More details on these activities are given in Section D. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have The Trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to had regard to the guidance have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public issued by the Charity benefit. Commission on public benefit)

More details on the above are given in section D.

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

April 2020: Zoom meeting of Brighton Theatre Board, welcoming new Trustees and setting up a restructured ‘lockdown’ programme. - May July 2020: pro bono filming three Lockdown Specials from Brighton Theatre’s award-winning Pushkin, for broadcast on YouTube: 1. Sam Crane, performing Plague Song 2. Ava Pavlo-Ruffell performing Tatyana’s Letter 3. Daniel Finlay performing The Prophet August 2020: research trip to the Eden Project and Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall for our bee project, Exit the Queen. August 2020: Associate Director publishes Ghost Boy: a Playwright’s Progress . September 2020: Promotion of Brighton Theatre on the online global Jim Masters Show, via interview with the Artistic Director. October/November 2020:

Charity rehearsed reading of Exit the Queen at Brighton Girls’ School. November 2020:

The Artistic Director was a finalist for the International Gilder Coigney Award for Lifetime Achievement, leading to six months of online meetings with global theatre professionals and exchanging work information. - January April 2021: Script work, music, design, casting and preproduction on Exit the Queen , scheduled for performance in spring/summer 2021.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We intend to build up reserves as appropriate to a small grant aided arts charity. Ideally we would like to have sufficient reserves to enable us to invest in innovative productions without over reliance on external grants.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

As a result of Covid, artistic activity during 2020/21 was severely curtailed, with negligible box office income and minimal donations. Such work which was done were pro bono You Tube videos; and preparation for the production in May 2021 (after the year end) of EXIT THE QUEEN .

Donation income was £371.

During the year our work has advanced public education and knowledge of the Arts fully in accordance with our objects.

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

S. Pavey Signature(s) D Finlay Stephen Peter Charles Pavey Full name(s) Daniel Joseph Laurence Finlay Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Chair Date 31 January 2022

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	Brighton Theatre	Brighton Theatre	Brighton Theatre	1156577	CC16a
	For the period from	Period start date 06-Apr-20	To	Period end date 05-Apr-21

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	370	-	- - - - - - - -	370	518
Brighton Fringe	30	-		30	758
Glasgow theatre	-	-		-	-
Arts Council	-	-		-	-
Box Office other	-	-		-	-
Other	2	-		2	5
	-	-		-	-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	402	-	-	402	1,281

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-		- - -	-
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*Sub total*	-			-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
			-	402	1,281

Workshopfee Tron theatre	-		- - - - - - - - - -	-	-
Venue costs	-			-	-
Production costs - MOZZZ!/VLAD	-			-	140
Production costs - other	107			107	-
Fees	-			-	300
Travel/Accommodation	-			-	42
Office/admin/overheads	177			177	35
Promo/publicity	-			-	208
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**Sub total **	284			284	725

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total **	-			-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
			-	284	725

	118		-	118	556
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	1,792			1,792	1,236
	1,910		-	1,910	1,792

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

02/02/2022

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

Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Co-Op Bank accounts Details Details Details Signature S. Pavey	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,910 - - - - - 1,910 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Stephen PeterCharlesPavey	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Date of approval
S. Pavey	Stephen PeterCharlesPavey	24-Jan-22

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

02/02/2022