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Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** _**Darker Purpose Arts**_ **Other names charity is known by** _**Darker Purpose Theatre Company**_ **Registered charity number (if any)** _**1157205**_ **Charity's principal address** _**7 Blackstone Hill Redhill**_ **Postcode RH1 6BE** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) 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 _**Trustees are appointed by existing trustees. Apart from the first**_ (eg. appointed by, elected by) _**charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of four years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment: (a) a copy of the current version of the constitution; and (b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement of accounts.**_ **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

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

- 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** 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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_**The objects of the charity are to promote and advance the arts, for the benefit of the general public.**_ **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** _**This year the charity completed no projects. Plans for longer-term projects in future years were developed. The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their powers and duties.**_ **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)** 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

- 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 

March **2012** 

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**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

_**Darker Purpose Arts continues to pursue its object, to benefit the public by providing access to original presentations in the art-forms of opera, theatre and films that in their intellectual and moral content contribute to the fabric of national and international culture. The charity continues to develop projects that benefit the public by providing access to high-quality and affordable exponents of the above art-forms, and artists developing their skills as professionals in those fields, through the collaboration of masters and novices. Younger members of creative teams benefit from the experience and know-how of their senior colleagues, providing them with a rich source for further professional development, while allowing the more experienced participants to enjoy a revitalisation through the energy of their young collaborators.**_ 

**Section E** 

## **Financial review** 

March **2012** 

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_**The Charity adopted a Financial Reserves Policy by unanimous**_ **Brief statement of the** _**consent of the trustees on 22nd January, 2024.**_ **charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **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. 

## **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)** _**Dominic O’Mahony**_ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** _**Chair**_ **etc)** 

**Date** 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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Darker Purpose Arts 1157205<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  4/1/2022 3/31/2023<br>To<br>from<br>Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br> to the nearest<br>to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>£<br>A1 Receipts<br>Project donations - -   -   -    -<br>Project receipts - -   -   -    -<br>CIO set-up donation - -   -   -    -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>Sub total(Gross income for  - -   -   -   -<br>AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>- - - -<br>- - - -   -<br>Sub total  - - - -   -<br>- - - - -<br>Total receipts<br>A3 Payments<br>Project costs - -   -   -    -<br>CIO set-up cost - -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>- -   -   -   -<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>





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

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>cash deficit (interest-free loan to charity)<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**204-**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**|**Details**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>cash deficit (interest-free loan to charity)<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**204-**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**|
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|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**_Total cash funds_**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**204-**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>OK<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Details**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**|**-**<br>**--**|
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with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a woper understamling of the accounts to be reached.
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