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|Trustees'<br>Annual<br>Report|||
|Independent<br>Examiner's<br>Report|||
|Statement of Financial Activities|||
|Summary<br>Income and Expenditure|Account||
|Balance Sheet|||
|Notes to the Accounts||7to 15|
|Detailed Statement ofFinancial Activities||16to17|





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|Statement o<br>for the year|fFinancial Activiti<br> ended 31March|es<br> 2022|||||
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||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||
||||funds|funds|Total funds|Total funds|
||||2022|2022|2022|2021|
|||Notes||f|f|E|
|Income and|endowments||||||
|from:|||||||
|Donations|and legacies||230,417||230,417|217,423|
|Charitable|activities||418||418|1,090|
|Other trading activities|||17,230||17,230|(1,760)|
|Investments|||1||1|30|
|Total|||248,066||248,066|216,783|
|Expenditure|on:||||||
|Charitable|activities||42,652|2,100|44,752|25,437|
|Other|||162,410||162,410|128,733|
|Total|||205,062|2,100|207,162|154,170|
|Net gains on|investments||||||
|Net income||10|43,004|(2,100)|40,904|62,613|
|Transfers between<br>funds|||||||
|Net income before other|||||||
|gains/(losses)|||43,004|(2,100)|40,904|62,613|
|Other gains and losses|||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||43,004|(2,100)|40,904|62,613|
|Reconciliation offunds:|||||||
|Total funds brought forward|||45,419|19,782|65,201|2,588|
|Total funds carried forward|||88,423|17,682|106,105|65,201|





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|Income||248,065|216,753|
|interest and|investment<br>income||30|
|Gross income forthe year||248,066|216,783|
|Expenditure||193,242|143,045|
|Depreciation|and charges for|||
|impairment|offixed assets|13,920|11,125|
|Total expenditure<br>forthe year||207,162|154,170|
|Net income|before tax for the year|40,904|62,613|
|Net income|for the year|40,904|62,613|





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|at 31March 20|22|22|22||||
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|Company<br>No.|08653315|||Notes|2022|2021|
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|Fixed assets|||||||
|Tangible assets||||12|394,407|391,221|
||||||394,407|391,221|
|Current assets|||||||
|Debtors||||13|3,064|21,390|
|Cash at bank|and||in hand||119,397|107,641|
||||||122,461|129,031|
|Creditors: Amount||falling due within one year||14|{38,134)|(96,114)|
|Net current assets|||||84,327|32,917|
|Total assets less|current liabilities||||478,734|424,138|
|Creditors: Amounts|||falling due after more than one year|15|{372,629)|(358,937)|
|Net assets excluding|||pension asset or liability||106,105|65,201|
|Total net assets|||||106,105|65,201|
|The funds ofthe|charity||||||
|Restricted funds||||16|||
|Restricted income funds|||||17,682|19,782|
||||||17,682|19,782|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||||
|Designated<br>funds|||||88,423|45,419|
||||||88,423|45,419|
|Reserves||||16|||
|Total funds|||||106,105|65,201|





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|last year and no chan|last year and no chan|last year and no chan|ges have been made to accounts for previous years.||||||
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|Fund accounting|||||||||
|Unrestricted||funds|These are available for use at the discretion ofthe trustees||in furtherance||ofthe||
||||general objects ofthe charity.||||||
|Designated||funds|These are unrestricted<br>funds earmarked<br>by the trustees|for particular||purposes.|||
|Revaluation||funds|These are unrestricted<br>funds which include a revaluation|reserve representing||||the|
||||restatement<br>ofinvestment<br>assets at their market values.||||||
|Restricted|funds||These are available for use subject to restrictions<br>imposed||by the donor or||through||
||||terms ofan appeal.||||||
|Income|||||||||
|Recognition||of|Income is included<br>in the Statement of Financial Activities||(SoFA) when|the|charity||
|income|||becomes entitled to, and virtually<br>certain to receive, the|income and the amount of|||||
||||the income can be measured<br>with sufficient<br>reliability.||||||
|Income with||related|Where income has related expenditure<br>the income and|related expenditure|||is||
|expenditure|||reported gross in the SoFA.||||||
|Donations|and||Voluntary<br>income received by way ofgrants, donations<br>and gifts is included||||in|the|
|legacies|||the SoFA when receivable<br>and<br>only when the Charity has||unconditional||||
||||entitlement<br>to the income.||||||
|Tax reclaims||on|Income from tax reclaims<br>is included<br>in the SoFAat the same time asthe||||||
|donations|and gifts||gift/donation<br>to which it relates.||||||
|Donated services|||These are only included<br>in income (with an equivalent<br>amount<br>in expenditure)||||||
|and facilities|||where the benefit tothe Charity is reasonably<br>quantifiable,||measurable|and|||
||||material.||||||
|Volunteer|help||The value ofany volunteer<br>help received is not included|in|the accounts.||||
|Investment||income|This is included<br>in the accounts when receivable.||||||
|Gains/(losses)<br>on|||This includes<br>any gain or loss resulting<br>from revaluing<br>investments<br>to market value||||||
|revaluation||offixed|at the end ofthe year.||||||
|assets|||||||||
|Gains/(losses)<br>on|||This includes any gain or loss on the sale ofinvestments.||||||
|investment||assets|||||||





|Expenditure||||||
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|Recognition|of|Expenditure<br>is recognised<br>on an accruals basis. Expenditure<br>includes||any VAT which||
|expenditure||cannot be fully recovered,<br>and is reported<br>as part ofthe expenditure||to which|it|
|||relates.||||
|Expenditure|on|These comprise the costs associated with attracting<br>voluntary|income, fundraising|||
|raising funds||trading costs and investment<br>management<br>costs.||||
|Expenditure|on|These comprise the costs incurred<br>by the Charity<br>in the delivery ofits||activities|and|
|charitable<br>activities||services in the furtherance<br>ofits objects, including the making|ofgrants and|||
|||governance<br>costs.||||
|Grants payable||All grant expenditure<br>is accounted for on an actual paid basis|plus an|accrual for||
|||grants that have been approved<br>by the trustees at the end of|the year but not||yet|
|||paid.||||
|Governance|costs|These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional||and statutory||
|||requirements<br>ofthe Charity,<br>including<br>any audit/independent|examination<br>fees,|||
|||costs linked to the strategic management<br>ofthe Charity, together with a share|||of|
|||other administration<br>costs.||||
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|3<br>Statement|ofFinancial|Activities - prior year|||
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||||Unrestricted||
||||funds|Total funds|
||||2021|2021|
|Income and endowments||from:|||
|Donations|and legacies||217,423|217,423|
|Charitable|activities||1,090|1,090|
|Other trading activities|||(1,760)|(1,760)|
|Investments|||30|30|
|Total|||216,783|216,783|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||
|Charitable|activities||25,437|25,437|
|Other|||128,733|128,733|
|Total|||154,170|154,170|
|Net income|||62,613|62,613|
|Net income before other|||62,613|62,613|
|gains/(losses)|||||
|Other gains and losses:|||||
|Net movement|in funds||62,613|62,613|
|Reconciliation|offunds:||||
|Total funds brought forward|||2,588|2,588|
|Total funds carried forward|||65,201|65,201|





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||Grants||||142,577|142,577|142,576|
||Capital Grant||||13,308|13,308|10,754|
||Digital calibration<br>income||fund||||19,782|
||Additional<br>grant||funding||72,132|72,132|44,311|
||British Arts Show||||2,400|2,400||
||||||230,417|230,417|217,423|
|5|Income from|charitable||activities||||
||||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||||2022|2021|
||Philanthropic<br>giving,<br>fundraising<br>and sponsorship||||418|418|1,090|
||||||418|418|1,090|
|6|Income from|other trading activities||||||
||||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||||2022|2021|
||Studio Rental||||15,755|15,755|1,990|
||Other Income||||1,475|1,475|(3,750)|
||||||17,230|17,230|(1,760)|
|7|Income from|investments||||||
||||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||||ZQZZ|2021|
||Bank interest|received|||||30|
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|Not|es tothe Accounts|es tothe Accounts|es tothe Accounts|||||
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|8|Expenditure<br>on charitable activities|||||||
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||||2022|2021|
||Expenditure<br>on charitable|||||||
||activities|||||||
||Exhibition costs|||12,520||12,520|6,827|
||Event costs|||9,393||9,393|1,745|
||Marketing|||2,870||2,870|6,644|
||British Arts Show|||70||70||
||Under expenditure|||13,969||13,969|9,921|
||Digital calibration|fund|costs||2,100|2,100|300|
||CRFG2|||3,830||3,830||
||Governance<br>costs|||||||
|||||42,652|2,100|44,752|25,437|
|9|Other expenditure|||||||
||||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||||2022|2021|
||Employee costs||||102,503|102,503|77,361|
||Motor and travel costs||||306|306|299|
||Premises costs||||23,175|23,175|17,414|
||Amortisation,<br>depreciation,|||||||
||impairment,<br>profit/loss||on||13,920|13,920|11,125|
||disposal offixed assets|||||||
||General administrative||costs||6,616|6,616|11,539|
||Legal and professional||costs||15,890|15,890|10,995|
||||||162,410|162,410|128,733|
|10|Net income before transfers|||||||
||||||2022||2021|
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||Depreciation ofowned||fixed assets||13,920||11,125|
|11|Staff costs|||||||
||||||2022||2021|
||Salaries and wages||||99,134||75,482|
||Social security costs||||1,827||706|
||Pension costs||||1,542||1,173|
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||||Land and||Studio||Fixtures,||
||||buildings||Equipment|. TFA3|fittings and<br>equipment|Total|
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||Cost or revaluation||||||||
||At 1April|2021|402,346||14,608||6,176|423,130|
||Additions|||17,106||||17,106|
||At 31March 2022||419,452||14,608||6,176|440,236|
||Depreciation<br>and||||||||
||impairment||||||||
||At 1April|2021||11,125|14,608||6,176|31,909|
||Depreciation<br>charge forthe|||13,920||||13,920|
||year||||||||
||At 31March 2022|||25,045|14,608||6,176|45,829|
||Net book|values|||||||
||At 31March 2022||394,407|||||394,407|
||At 31March 2021||391,221|||||391,221|
|13|Debtors||||||||
|||||||2022||2021|
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||Trade debtors|||||3,064||21,390|
|||||||3,064||21,390|
|14|Creditors:||||||||
||amounts|falling due within one|year||||||
|||||||2022||2021|
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||Trade creditors|||||11,296||67,194|
||Other taxes and social security|||||634|||
||Other creditors|||||12,236||14,262|
||Accruals|||||660||1,350|
||DeFerred|income||||13,308||13,308|
|||||||38,134||96,114|
|15|Creditors:||||||||
||amounts|falling due after more|than|one year|||||
|||||||2022||2021|
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||Deferred|income||||372,629||358,937|
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|||||Incoming|||
|||||resources||At 31|
|||||(induding|Resources|March|
||||At 1April|other<br>gains/losses|expended|2022|
||||2021|)f|||
|Restricted funds:|||||||
|Restricted income||funds:|||||
|Digital Calibration||Fund|19,782||(2,100)|17,682|
|Total|||19,782||(2,100)|17,682|
|Unrestricted|funds:||||||
|Designated|funds:||||||
|Designated|Funds||45,419|248,066|(205,062)|88,423|
|Total|||45,419|248,066|(205,062)|88,423|
|Total funds|||65,201|248,066|(207,162)|106,105|



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|||Unrestricted||
||||Total|
|||funds||
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|Fixed assets||394,407|394,407|
|Net current assets||84,327|84,327|
|Creditors due in more than one year and<br>provisions||(372,629)|(372,629)|
|||106,105|106,105|
|Reconciliation ofnet debt||||
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||At 1April||IVlarch|
||2021|Cash flows|2022|
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|Cash and cash equivalents|107,641|11,756|119,397|
||107,641|11,756|119,397|
|Net debt|107,641|11,756|119,397|



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||||d funds|funds|Total funds|Total funds|
||||2022|2022|2022|2021|
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|Income and endowments||from:|||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||||||
|Grants|||142,577||142,577|142,576|
|Capital Grant|||13,308||13,308|10,754|
|Digital calibration|fund|income||||19,782|
|Additional<br>grant funding|||72,132||72,132|44,311|
|British Arts Show|||2,400||2,400||
||||230,417||230,417|217,423|
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||
|Philanthropic<br>giving, fundraising<br>and sponsorship|||418|||1,090|
||||418||418|1,090|
|Other trading activities|||||||
|Studio Rental|||15,755||15„755|1,990|
|Other Income|||1,475||1,475|{3,750)|
||||17,230||17,230|{1,760)|
|Investments|||||||
|Bank interest received|||||1|30|
|||||||30|
|Total income and endowments|||248,066||248,066|216,783|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||
|Exhibition costs|||12,520||12,520|6,827|
|Event costs|||9,393||9,393|1,745|
|Marketing|||2,870||2,870|6,644|
|British Arts Show|||70||70||
|Under expenditure|||13,969||13,969|9,921|
|Digital calibration|fund|costs||2,100|2,100|300|
|CRFG2|||3,830||3,830||
||||42,652|2,100|44,752|25,437|
|Total ofexpenditure<br>activities|on|charitable|42,652|2,100|44,752|25,437|
|Employee costs|||||||
|Salaries/wages|||99,134||99,134|75,482|
|Employer's<br>NIC|||1,827||1,827|706|
|Pension costs|||1,542||1,542|1,173|
||||102,503||102,503|77,361|
|Motor and travel costs|||||||
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|Premises costs||||||
|Rent||7,870||7,870|5,700|
|Rates||2,381||2,381|2,879|
|Premises repairs and<br>maintenance||7,752||7,752|3,513|
|Other premises costs||5,172||5,172|5,322|
|||23,175||23,175|17,414|
|General administrative|costs,|||||
|including<br>depreciation|and|||||
|amortisation||||||
|Depreciation<br>of land <br>buildings|and|13,920||13,920|11,125|
|Depreciation<br>ofStudio||||||
|Equipment||||||
|Depreciation ofFixtures, fittings||||||
|and equipment||||||
|Software,<br>ITsupport<br>costs|and related|3,834||3,834|9,092|
|Sundry expenses||1,232||1232|1,320|
|Telephone,<br>fax and broadband||1,550||1,550|1,127|
|||20,536||20,536|22,664|
|Legal and professional|costs|||||
|Accountancy<br>and bookkeeping||3,152||3,152|2,972|
|Consultancy<br>fees||11,640||11,640|6,945|
|Other legal and professional<br>costs||1,098||1,098|1,078|
|||15,890||15,890|10,995|
|Total ofexpenditure<br>ofother costs||162,410||162,410|128,733|
|Total expenditure||205,062|2,100|207,162|154,170|
|Net gains on investments||||||
|Net income||43,004|(2,100)|40,904|62,613|
|Net income before other||||||
|gains/(losses)||43,004|(2,100)|40,904|62,613|
|Other Gains||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds||43,004|(2,100)|40,904|62,613|
|Reconciliation offunds:||||||
|Total funds brought forward||45,419|19,782|65,201|2,588|
|Total funds carried forward||88,423|17,682|106,10S|65,201|





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||||2022|2022|2021|2021|
||||Land and||Land and||
|||||Other||Other|
||||buildings||buildings||
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||Operating|leases with expiry date.|||||
||Pension commitments||||||
|||||2022||2021|
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||The pension cost charge to the company||||||
||amounted|to:||1,542||1,173|
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|Objectiv|es and|Activities||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||SORP||||
|||reference||||
|Summary|ofthe|Para 1.1T|To promote art and toadvance education<br>in the arts|||
|purposes<br>ofthe<br>charity as set out in<br>its governing<br>document|||for the benefit ofthe public by the establishment<br>maintenance<br>ofan art gallery, artist studios and<br>project space<br>Toestablish outreach projects in order to harness<br>further engagement<br>with our local communities.||and|
||||To provide a creative hub for local contemporary|||
||||artists to develop their creative and professional|||
||||practice.|||
||||To illuminate,<br>expand and drive engagement<br>in|||
||||contemporary<br>art practice, forthe benefit ofthe|||
||||public.|||
||||To develop KARST's profile through<br>curating an|||
||||exhibition<br>programme<br>that identifies and sets|||
||||international<br>agendas<br>and trends within contemporary|||
||||art practice.|||
||||Tooperate as an important<br>and essential<br>example of|||
||||acontemporary<br>visual arts initiative<br>principally|in|the|
||||South West ofEngland.|||
||||Toexist and operate as an independent,<br>artist|led||
||||visual arts project space.|||
||||Toopen and maintain a bank account or bank|||
||||accounts<br>in the name ofthe Charity.|||
||||Toenter into agreement<br>with artists, curators,<br>writers,|||
||||galleries and other creative contributors.|||
||||10.Toemploy and remunerate<br>such staff as are|||
||||necessary<br>for the carrying<br>out ofthe work ofthe|||
||||Charity. The Charity may employ or remunerate|a||
||||director only tothe extent it is permitted<br>to do so||by|
||||these articles and provided<br>it complies with the|||
||||conditions ofarticle 49(2).|||
||||11.Subject tosuch consents as may be required<br>by||law,|
||||to purchase,<br>take on tease or in exchange,<br>hire|or||
||||otherwise<br>acquire any real or personal<br>property|and||
||||any rights or privileges<br>which the Charity may think|||
||||necessary forthe promotion ofits objects; and|to||
||||construct,<br>maintain<br>and alter any buildings<br>or|||
||||erections necessary<br>for the work ofthe Charity|||
||||12.To undertake<br>and execute any charitable<br>trusts|which||
||||may lawfully be undertaken<br>by the Charity and|may||
||||be necessa<br>for its obectives.|||





||||||13.|Subject to such consents as may be required<br>by law,|
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|||||||to sell, Iet, mortgage,<br>dispose ofor turn to account all|
|||||||or any ofthe property<br>orassets ofthe Charity as may|
|||||||be thought necessary forthe promotion ofits|
|||||||objectives. In exercising this power, the Charity<br>must|
|||||||comply, as appropriate,<br>with sections 117and 122|
|||||||Charities Act 2011.|
||||||14.|Subject to such consents as may be required<br>by law,|
|||||||to borrow or raise money forthe purposes ofthe|
|||||||Charity on such terms and on such security as may|
|||||||be thought<br>fit. The Charity must comply as|
|||||||appropriate,<br>with sections 124to 126Charities Act|
|||||||2011 if it wishes to mortgage<br>land.|
||||||15.|To invest the monies ofthe Charity not immediately|
|||||||required for its purposes<br>in or upon such investments,|
|||||||securities or property as may be thought<br>fit, subject|
|||||||nevertheless<br>to such conditions<br>(ifany) and such|
|||||||consents (ifany) as may for the time being be|
|||||||imposed or required<br>by law and subject also as|
|||||||hereinafter<br>provided.|
||||||16|Toestablish<br>and support oraid in the establishment|
|||||||and support ofany charitable Companies<br>or|
|||||||institutions<br>and to subscribe orguarantee<br>money for|
|||||||charitable<br>purposes<br>in any way connected<br>with the|
|||||||purposes ofthe Charity or calculated to further its|
|||||||objectives (to acquire, merge with orto enter into any|
|||||||partnership<br>orjoint venture<br>arrangement<br>with any|
|||||||other charity).|
||||||17.|Todo all such other lawful things as shall further any|
|||||||or all ofthe above objectives.|
||||||18.|To procure to be written,<br>printed,<br>published<br>and|
|||||||issued gratuitously<br>or otherwise such papers, books,|
|||||||pamphlets<br>or other documents as shall further the|
|||||||above objectives.|
||||||19.|To pay out ofthe funds ofthe Charity the costs of|
|||||||forming and registering<br>the Charity asa charity.|
|Summary ofthe<br>main activities<br>in||||Para 1.17<br>and 119|The reason for which the Charity isestablished<br>is to advance<br>the arts for public benefit by the promotion<br>and education,<br>in||
|relation to||those|||particular<br>but not exclusively,<br>ofcontemporary<br>ait for the||
|purposes<br>for the<br>public benefit,<br>in<br>particular,<br>the<br>activities, projects<br>or services|||||benefit ofthe public.<br>It also establishes<br>outreach<br>projects<br>in<br>order to harness<br>further engagement<br>with local communities<br>to promote art and toadvance education<br>in the arts forthe<br>benefit ofthe public by the establishment<br>and maintenance<br>of<br>an art gallery, artist siudios and project space.||
|identified|in the||||KARST|gallery delivers<br>regional,<br>national<br>and international|
|accounts.|||||cutting edge contemporary<br>art exhibitions<br>and event projects,||
||||||all offering avariety ofartistic content and audience||
||||||engagement.<br>We curate and deliver high profile on and off-||
||||||site exhibitions<br>8 project work with ambitious,<br>experimental||
||||||international<br>artists 8 curators to programme<br>challenging,||
||||||criTically|engaging<br>work.|
||||||KARST|studio complex provides a creative hub for local|
||||||artists who are in varying stages oftheir careers, ranging<br>from||
||||||graduate,<br>emerging,<br>mid, and established<br>artists, to promote||
||||||and develop their creative and professional<br>practice fora||
||||||minimum|ofasix-month<br>period.<br>Studios provide affordab/e|
||||||space for up to eighteen<br>local contemporary<br>visual artists;||
||||||delivering<br>a series ofcrits every four months,<br>and new digital||
||||||critiques|with other UK studio spaces<br>The studios operate as|
||||||a collective ofambitious<br>artists, with an ethos toshare||
||||||knowledge,<br>skills 8 opportunities.<br>Studio artists have worked||
||||||8 exhibited<br>regionally,<br>nationally<br>8 internationally.||





|||||KARST has atalent development<br>programme<br>to support the|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||vibrant and diverse Contemporary<br>arts sector in Plymouth.|
|||||Studio Residency<br>Programme<br>—Annual<br>Studio Residency|
|||||programme<br>that includes artist residencies<br>in partnership<br>with|
|||||CAMP and Sudio. KlND, graduate<br>artist residency<br>with Bath|
|||||Spa University<br>and Arts University<br>Plymouth<br>and KARST|
|||||gallery programme<br>artists.|
|||||Test Space —a programme<br>strand that utilised the gallery|
|||||space between<br>exhibitions<br>with fast turn round projects, often|
|||||run in partnerships.|
|||||Fenster Space —a new space dedicated to host learning<br>and|
|||||engagement<br>workshops<br>and for studio artists totest, display|
|||||and show their work.|
|||||Project Assistant/Intemships/Volunteer<br>—Create opportunities|
|||||to share and exchange specialist knowledge,<br>collaboration|
|||||skills and peer to peer support through a programme<br>ofwork|
|||||opportunities<br>.|
|||||City Partnerships<br>-KARST collaborates<br>with visiting<br>exhibition|
|||||artists/curators<br>to facilitate one-to-ones and studio visits|
|||||KARST collaborated<br>8 worked<br>in partnership<br>with Plymouth|
|||||Culture (PC), The Box, Plymouth<br>City Council (PCC), Arts|
|||||University<br>Plymouth<br>{AUP), University<br>of Plymouth<br>(UoP),|
|||||Plymouth<br>City NPO Stakeholder<br>Group to capitalise on cross-|
|||||city exhibition<br>programming<br>toensure increased capacity,|
|||||develop audiences,<br>promote cohesion 8 extend outreach 8|
|||||engagement.|
|||||National<br>Partnerships<br>—KARST collaborates<br>with regional<br>and|
|||||national<br>programme<br>partners<br>for both studios and|
|||||exhibitions.<br>KARST collaborated<br>and worked<br>in partnership|
|||||with Backlit Studios (Nottingham),<br>Bath Spa University,|
|||||Hayward<br>Gallery Touring (Southbank<br>Centre), OUTLANDS|
|||||and Studio. KIND {North Devon).|
|||||KARST has a key strategic rote to play within<br>Plymouth<br>8|
|||||continues to work in partnership<br>with key stakeholders<br>to|
|||||collectively<br>deliver a collaborative 8 cohesive approach to|
|||||developing<br>8 maintaining<br>a rich 8 valued cultural offer within|
|||||the city 8 to support the Plymouth<br>Culture Strategy 8 Visual|
|||||Arts Plan.|
|Statement|||Para 1.18||
|confirming<br>the trustees||whether<br>have||The KARST trustees have all had regard tothe guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission<br>on public benefit.|
|had regard||to f.he|||
|guidance|issued by||||
|the Charity|||||
|Commission||on|||
|ublic benefit|||||






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|Project AssistantllnternshipslVolunteer<br>-KARST developed||
|---|---|
|a new programme<br>framework,<br>totest and review in-house||
|support mechanisms.<br>We worked with 3project assistants<br>(paid), 1 paid internship<br>(PoU), and 6volunteers<br>during this||
|period.||
|We continue to play a key strategic role within<br>Plymouth<br>and||
|will continue towork in partnership<br>with key stakeholders<br>to||
|collectively deliver a collaborative<br>and cohesive approach to||
|developing<br>and maintaining<br>a rich and valued cultural offer||
|within the City and to support the Plymouth<br>Culture Strategy||
|and Visual Arts Plan. Current partners<br>include<br>Hayward<br>Gallery||
|Touring,<br>British Art Show 9 National<br>Group and City Groups,||
|Plymouth<br>Culture (PC), The Box,Arts University<br>Plymouth||
|(AUP), Plymouth<br>University<br>(PU), Plymouth<br>City Council||
|(PCC), Plymouth<br>City NPO/Key<br>Stakeholder<br>Group and||
|Plymouth<br>Cultural<br>Educational<br>Partnership<br>(PCEP).||
|British Art Show 9(BAS9)- Oct 2022: BAS9is a landmark||
|touring<br>exhibition organised<br>every five years by Hayward||
|Gallery Touring. BASSis curated<br>by Irene Aristizabal<br>and||
|Hammad<br>Nasar, and presented<br>in partnership<br>with the cities of||
|Aberdeen,<br>Wolverhampton,<br>Manchester,<br>and Plymouth<br>where||
|it will be presented at KARST, The Box, Levinsky Gallery||
|(UoP), and Mirror (PCA).<br>Planning<br>and development<br>for BAS9,||
|October 2022. Ongoing.||
|All KARST exhibitions are free entry and where possible we||
|aim to ensure our events are affordable or have concessions,|if|
|they are not free. This enables<br>us to extend and drive||
|engagement<br>within contemporary<br>art practice and ensure we||
|are inclusive to all audiences,<br>including<br>cultural,<br>community,||
|education<br>and those audiences<br>that might not normally<br>engage||
|to drive engagement<br>in contemporary<br>art practice for the||
|benefit ofthe public.||



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|Financial<br>Review|||
|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe|Para 1.21|The Charity is in agood financial<br>position.<br>We have secured|
|charity's<br>financial<br>position at the end of<br>the period||Funding<br>from Arts Council England<br>National<br>Portfolio<br>Organisabon<br>grants 2018-2022. This ensures the charity<br>has operational<br>funds to continue to operate securely for the<br>foreseeable future.|
|Statement<br>explaining<br>the policy for holding<br>reserves stating<br>why<br>the<br>are held|Para 1.22|As ofthe 1stApr 2021 we held R30Kreserves.<br>Itis company<br>policy to maintain<br>sufficient funds to cover 3months<br>operational<br>costs and to deliver the current programme<br>of<br>work.|
|Amount ofreserves|Para 1.22|P30K|
|held|||
|Reasons for holding|Para 1.22||
|zero reserves|||
|Details offund|Para 1.24|None ofthe charity's<br>funds at the end ofthe financial year|
|materiall<br>in deficit||were in deficit.|
|Explanation<br>ofany||There are no uncertainties<br>about the charity moving forward|
|uncertainties<br>about||as a going concern.|
|the charity continuing|||
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||||Arts Council England|Arts Council England|National|Portfolio Organisation|Portfolio Organisation|funding.|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|The charity*s|||Earned Income.|Studio hire and gallery hire|||||
|principal sources of<br>funds<br>(including<br>any||Para 147|Other grant income:<br>Development.||Creative|Programme|and Capital||
|fundraising)|||||||||
|Investment<br>policy<br>and objectives||Para 1.46|||||||
|including<br>any|social||||||||
|investment<br>policy|||||||||
|adopted|||||||||
|A description|ofthe|Para 1.46|||||||
|principal<br>risks|facing||||||||
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|Description<br>of<br>charit<br>'s trusts||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Type of governing|Para 1.25|Memorandum|||8 Articles ofAssociation ofKARST|||
|document||||||||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|Gharity|Limited by Guarantee|||||
|constituted'?||||||||
|Trustee selection|Para 1.25|Appointed||- Executive Director and Trustees||will look to||
|methods<br>including<br>details of any<br>constitutional<br>provisions e.g.<br>election to post or<br>name ofany person||appoint a new trustee when a specific area ofexpertise<br>required<br>and/or when a person is recognised<br>to be of<br>significant<br>benefit to KARST and its core aims and<br>objectives. Executive Director and Trustees<br>will make a<br>named recommendation<br>at programmed<br>KARST Board<br>Meetings.|||||is|
|or body entitled to||||||||
|appoint one or more||||||||
|trustees||||||||
|Additional<br>information|(optional)|||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include further||statements||where relevant about:||||
|Policies and||||||||
|procedures<br>adopted|Para 1.51|||||||
|for the induction<br>and||||||||
|training oftrustees||||||||
|The charity's||||||||
|organisational|Para 1.51|||||||
|structure<br>and any||||||||
|wider network with||||||||
|which the charity||||||||
|works||||||||
|Relationship<br>with any|Para 1.51|||||||
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|mes|ofthe charity trus|ofthe charity trus|tees who manage|the charity||||
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||Trustee name||Office (ifany)|Dates acted if not forwhole<br>eaf|Name <br>to a|ofperson (orbody) entitled<br>int trustee<br>ifan||
|1|Nicholas Buckland|||||||
|2|Mark Cotton|||||||
|3|Azza Gasim||||27th|Jan 22to present||
||Wes Gilpin||||27th|Jan 22 to present||
|5|Christy Johnson|||||||
|6|Alan Qualtrough|||||||
|7|Merrydith|Russell|||27th|Jan 22 to present||
|8|Tom Sleman||||27th|Jan 22to present||
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|Cor orate trustees —names ofthe directors at the date the re ort was a|roved|
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|Director name||
|Donna Howard||



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|assets are held and how|this||
|falls within the custodian|||
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|safe custody and|||
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|Type of|Name|Address||||||
|adviser||||||||
|Accountant|Luke Hardacre|Precise Accountants<br>Ltd,||Unit 6 Brooklands,|||Budshead|
|||Road, Plymouth,|Devon,|PL6 5XR||||
|Banking and|Branch Manager|Natwest, 14Old|Town Street, Plymouth,|||PL11DG||
|Finance||||||||
|Name ofchief|executive or names|ofsenior staff|members|(Optional|information)|||



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