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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1[st] January 2023 Period start date To 31[st] December 2023 Period end date
Charity name: Littleborough Arts Festival
Charity registration number: 1156946
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To advance the appreciation, education and involvement in the arts in Littleborough for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively, by the provision of an arts festival, workshops and public concert |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
A 4-day Arts Festval encompassing a variety of artstc workshops, children’s workshops, theatre performances, an outdoor bandstand concert and a family arts day in the park with multple partcipatory actvites. A folk music concert in the local church as an opening event for the Litleborough Rushbearing Festval. Our annual lantern parade involving local schools and artsts, singers, a choir and several giant lanternpuppets |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | The aim of our organisaton is to provide a wide range arts-based actvity for our local community. These actvites are benefcial for the community’s health and wellbeing, they provide employments for artsts and creatves, they support educaton and learning, and they help to being the community together. Our 4-day Festval in 2023 was very well atended and we packed a broad range of events into the festval that included both partcipatory arts experiences and performance-based events. This included early- years and pre-school music sessions and other children’s art workshops, as well as a family day in the park with DJ’s, skate compettons and graft art. We also hosted a workshop on sound producton for women and non-binary people, who are signifcantly less represented in the business. We also supported the producton of a monologue theatre performance writen and performed by several members of the Royal Exchange Elders company. We feel that with these events we were able to give a platorm to underrepresented groups and provide free and afordable, easy to access, arts-focussed actvity for our community. Our lantern parade is partcularly special and benefcial, breaking down many of the barriers to arts partcipaton by working for free in schools and presentng the fnal performance in a free community space. It allowed the children taking part to have fun and make mess, with each child having created their own lantern by the end of the day. Working in schools is of partcular beneft, as teaching tme and budgets for art is being squeezed. Unfortunately, this year Storm Babet arrived on the day of our fnal Parade, so we were forced topostpone,but we were able to |
reschedule the event to allow our participants the opportunity to share their creations with their families and wider community. As a small semi-rural town, we feel that it is important to give residents the opportunity to experience high quality artistic work in their local community, something that they would normally need to travel to larger cities to experience. We work hard to find and champion local artistic talent and provide a platform for local artists to gain work and build their careers. Attendees and community members have told us that having events such as ours happening in the town was one of the best things about living in the area and that it significantly improved the local environment and the wellbeing of local residents.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | No reserves are held |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | Our small charity has very little in the way of assets or future liabilities |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | Our charity will continue as a going concern, but this is very much subject to the availability of grant funding. In 2023, our main application for grant funding to the Arts Council was rejected. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | Availability of grant funding Trustees being willing to continue in their roles. |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | All trustees are elected to post with 33% required to retire each year |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 |
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| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Littleborough Arts Festival |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1156946 |
| Charity’s principal address | 14 Cecil Street Littleborough OL15 8LERose |
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 (ifany) |
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| Rose Bibby | Vice Chair | |||
| Helen Chicot | ||||
| Victoria Clegg | ||||
| Ann Harrison | Secretary | |||
| Richard Jackson | ||||
| Nicol Kennedy | ||||
| Chris Rainham | ||||
| Stephanie West Besford |
Chair | |||
| Maryanne Royle | ||||
| Caroline Pheasey | Treasurer | |||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
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Full name(s) Ann Harrison
Position (eg Secretary, Secretary Chair, etc)
Date 21.10.2024
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No (if any) Littleborough Arts Festival 1156946 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01.01.2023 31.12.2023
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
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| A1 Receipts - Grants 26,674 Other Income(tickets and drink sales) 285 - - - - - 26,959 - - Sub total - Total receipts 26,959 A3 Payments Insurance 206 Website Hosting 72 Craft Materials 27 Bank Charges 60 Festival Events 2021 800 Festival Events 2022 4,148 Festival 2023 11,739 Lantern Parade 2022 144 Lantern Parade 2023 4,850 Sub total 22,046 - - Sub total - Total payments 22,046 Net of receipts/(payments) 4,913 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 12,763 Cash funds this year end 17,676 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| - - - - - - - - - |
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- 26,674 285 - - - - - 26,959 |
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| 31,802 | ||||
| 583 | ||||
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| 32,385 | ||||
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| - | - | 26,959 | 32,385 | |
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206 72 27 60 800 4,148 11,739 144 4,850 22,046 |
189 | |
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| 2,047 | ||||
| 15,106 | ||||
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| - | - | 22,046 | 25,801 | |
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4,913 - 12,763 17,676 |
6,584 | |
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| 6,179 | ||||
| 12,763 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details cash at bank Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 17,676 - - - - - 17,676 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Ann Harrison Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| OK | |||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Ann Harrison | 21.10.2024 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ members of
Charity Name Littleborough Arts Festival
On accounts for the year ended
31[st] December 2023
Charity no (if any)
1156946
Set out on pages
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023.
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
J.ABOKLAM
15/10/2024
Signed: Date: Name:
Jaffer Aboklam
Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):
Cima trainee accountant – Chairty accountant
1 October 2018
IER
Address:
605 Gateway west , East st , LS9 8DR , LEEDS
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
2
October 2018
IER