## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** 06 **To** April 2022 April 2023 05 ## 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** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Daniel Finlay|Chairperson||| ||Stephen Pavey|Treasurer||| ||Teohna Williams|||| ||Rosie McColl|||| ||Ruth Goodall|||| ||Andrew Kay|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **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 **
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**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** **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. **TAR** March **2012** 2 2022/2023 saw the completion of Brighton Theatre’s INSECT TRILOGY, with the premiere on the Brighton Fringe of COCKY & THE TARDIGRADES. The Artistic and Associate Directors then turned to researching Moscow in 1941 on the eve of the German invasion of the USSR; focusing on the legendary meeting between two rival poets, Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva. The war in Ukraine would provide a contemporary context for this drama of resistance and betrayal, told through the writings of the two poets, and set against the threat of national annihilation. Research and pre-production included meetings and discussions with Pushkin House, the politically independent Centre for Russian Culture; with the former head of the BBC’s Ukrainian Service; and with experts on the lives and works of **Summary of the main** the two poets and their contemporaries. **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within** Brighton Theatre’s commitment to international public **this section the statutory** engagement was pursued, with visits to the prison rehab **declaration that trustees have** programme of California-based CREATIVE ACTS, an **had regard to the guidance** organization that ‘ _seeks to transform urgent social justice_ **issued by the Charity** _issues through the power of the Arts_ ’ and to Amazon’s **Commission on public** Creative Opportunities Programme for pre-teens and school **benefit)** leavers. Faynia Williams continued to represent Brighton Theatre locally and nationally, as Governor of Brighton Girls School and a Member of the Stephen Joseph Committee, hosting events, awards and seminars for the public benefit. Richard Crane followed the launch of his acclaimed memoir GHOST BOY: A PLAYWRIGHT’S PROGRESS, with research into its sequel, recalling the origins of Brighton Theatre. 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)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 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 **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main** April 2022: British Actors’ Equity hosted the launch of the new **achievements of the charity** edition of Richard Crane’s GHOST BOY: A PLAYWRIGHT’S **during the year** PROGRESS. April/May 2022: Pre-production, rehearsal and performance of COCKY AND THE TARDIGRADES, the final play in Brighton Theatre’s INSECT TRILOGY. - June September 2022: Beginning research into ANNA & MARINA to premiere May 2023. Meetings with Elisabeth Robson, former Head of BBC Ukrainian Service; Orlando Gough, composer with special interest in the works of Tsvetaeva and Akhmatova; and Denis Stolyarov, Producer in Contemporary Art and Cultural Strategist, Pushkin House, London. - September November 2022: Negotiations with Waterloo Press for publication of the three plays of Brighton Theatre’s INSECT TRILOGY. Interviews, reviews, promotions with Latest TV, Fringe Review and the What Next? Network, dedicated to ‘ _building unlikely alliances through arts and culture_ ’. December 2022/January 2023: Writing, fund-raising, casting ANNA & MARINA. Remote attendance on Zoom at International Playwrights’ Forum. Faynia Williams continued to represent Brighton Theatre at meetings with Equity, Arts & Culture Network and the Stephen Joseph Committee. Richard Crane began researching/writing BREAKING GLASS, the sequel to GHOST BOY. February 2023: Artistic and Associate Directors were invited to observe the work of Los Angeles-based CREATIVE ACTS, with both juvenile offenders and the long-term incarcerated. Remote attendance at the International Theatre Institute’s Biennial Congress in Fujairah. Observed and took part in Amazon’s Youth Opportunities Open Day, Culver City, USA. March/April 2023: Preproduction, promotion for ANNA & MARINA. Rehearsals commenced 4th April, towards world premiere on the Brighton Fringe 5th May 2023. **TAR** March **2012** 5 Section D Achievements and erformance p **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## **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; Audience numbers and Box Office sales in the year showed that we are now returning to normal activity after the Covid pandemic. Box Office income was £996 Donation income was £276 - During the year our work has advanced public education and knowledge of the Arts fully in accordance with our objects. - 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)**
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**Date**|D Finlay|S. Pavey| |---|---|---| ||Daniel Joseph Laurence Finlay|Stephen Peter Charles Pavey| ||

Chair|Treasurer| ||26 January 2024|| ||26 January 2024|| **TAR** March **2012** 7 **Brighton Theatre 1156577 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06-Apr-22 05-Apr-23 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**276**
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**996**
**2**
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**1,274**
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**1,274**
**320**
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**586**
**391**
**222**
**91**
**213**
**1,823**
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**1,823**
**- 549**
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**1,129**
**580**|**Restricted**
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**- 549**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**276**|||||**444**| |Brighton Fringe|**-**|||||**-**| |Arts Council|**-**|||||**-**| |Box Office other|**996**|||||**539**| |Other|**2**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**1,274**|||||**983**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**983**| |||||||| |Production costs - ANNA & MARINA|**320**|||||**524**| |Production costs - other|**-**|||||**-**| |Fees|**586**|||||**434**| |Travel/Accommodation|**391**|||||**276**| |Office/admin/overheads|**222**|||||**271**| |Promo/publicity|**91**|||||**259**| |Venue Hire|**213**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,823**|||||**1,764**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**1,764**| |||||||| ||**- 549**|**-**|**-**|**- 549**||**- 781**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**1,129**|**-**|**-**|**1,129**||**1,910**| ||**580**|**-**|**-**|**580**||**1,129**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/01/2024 1 ## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
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