Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1156577
Brighton Theatre
Charity's principal address 28 George Street
Brighton Postcode BN2 1RH
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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| Daniel Finlay | Chairperson | |||
| Stephen Pavey | Treasurer | |||
| Teohna Williams | ||||
| Rosie McColl | ||||
| Ruth Goodall | ||||
| 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) |
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| 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…”.
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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 production, in collaboration with other artists and venues, of innovative plays and performance work that are both intellectually stimulating and entertaining, and of a national and international standard of excellence.
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This year saw activities on various fronts against a background of sudden changes and postponements due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
These changes led to new professional collaborations and a wider public benefit, which might not otherwise have occurred. All three plays in the Brighton Theatre Insect Trilogy, raising awareness of humanity’s engagement with the insect world, were featured in previously unexplored settings.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
The Artistic and Associate Directors represented Brighton Theatre in, respectively, Theatre From The Streets, a 12-week pilot programme of short theatre works, followed by dialogue with audiences from around the world; the establishing of the Stephen Joseph Award in memory of the Theatre-in-the-Round pioneer, for ‘work that creates an exemplary and adventurous relationship between performance and audience’; and the research, writing and promotion of two volumes of theatre memoir.
More details on these activities 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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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
April/May 2021: Postponement of Brighton Fringe Festival meant rescheduling the Premiere of play #2 of the Insect Trilogy, EXIT THE QUEEN, to the end of June 2021.
Pre-production involved meetings with industry professionals; liaising with Fringe and Festival companies through the network WhatNext; Arts Council funding opportunities seminar and rescheduling rehearsals.
June 2021: 3 weeks rehearsal for EXIT THE QUEEN; Artistic Director guest speaker at regional Equity meeting; premiere postponed for the third time, due to ‘pinging’ of a company member and the necessity to self-isolate.
July 2021: Targeted publicity to new out-of-festival audience; rescheduled rehearsals and performances for EXIT THE QUEEN; run of premiere performances at Latest Music Bar Brighton.
August 2021: Online presentations of short performances with feedback and panel discussion from Ashtar Theatre (Palestine), Brighton Theatre (UK), Darpana Academy (India), Teatro La Comarca (Venezuela) and Theatre Beyond Broadway (USA).
September 2021: Special performance of play #1 of the Insect Trilogy MOZZZ! A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN UNDERCOVER MOSQUITO, at Brighton Girls’ School, as part of Brighton PierFest.
- October 2021 April 2022: Research, writing, fund-raising, casting and pre-production for play #3 of the Insect Trilogy, COCKY AND THE TARDIGRADES, towards premiere at Brighton Fringe May 2022; Artistic Director, as member of the Stephen Joseph Committee, helped establish the Stephen Joseph Award for ‘exemplary and adventurous theatre work’. Equity launch of new edition of theatre memoir by Associate Director: research and writing of the sequel.
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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)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Continuing Covid issues meant that the timing of artistic activity during 2021/22 was affected, although by July 2021 performances of EXIT THE QUEEN showed that normality was returning.
Box Office income was £538
Donation income was £444.
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During the year our work has advanced public education and knowledge of the Arts fully in accordance with our objects.
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
D Finlay | S. Pavey |
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| Daniel Joseph Laurence Finlay | Stephen Peter Charles Pavey | |
Chair |
Treasurer | |
| 31 January 2022 | ||
| 31 January 2022 |
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Brighton Theatre 1156577 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 06-Apr-21 05-Apr-22
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 444 - - 539 - - - 983 - - - 983 524 - 434 276 271 259 - 1,764 - - - 1,764 - 781 - 1,910 1,129 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 444 - - 539 - - - 983 - - - 983 524 - 434 276 271 259 - 1,764 - - - 1,764 - 781 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 444 - - 539 - - - 983 - - - 983 524 - 434 276 271 259 - 1,764 - - - 1,764 - 781 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 444 | 370 | ||||
| Brighton Fringe | - | 30 | ||||
| Arts Council | - | - | ||||
| Box Office other | 539 | - | ||||
| Other | - | 2 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
983 | 402 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 402 | ||||||
| Production costs - ENTER THE QUEEN | 524 | - | ||||
| Production costs - other | - | 107 | ||||
| Fees | 434 | - | ||||
| Travel/Accommodation | 276 | - | ||||
| Office/admin/overheads | 271 | 177 | ||||
| Promo/publicity | 259 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 1,764 | 284 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 284 | ||||||
| - 781 | - | - | - 781 | 118 | ||
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| 1,910 | - | - | 1,910 | 1,792 | ||
| 1,129 | - | - | 1,129 | 1,910 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature S. Pavey Details Details Co-Op Bank accounts Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,129 - - - - - 1,129 - 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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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| S. Pavey | Stephen PeterCharlesPavey | 24-Jan-23 | |
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