I MADE THIS (EDUCATION THROUGH THE ARTS)
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
| Trustees' Annual Report | for theperiod | ||||||
| From | Period start date | To | Period end date | ||||
| 1st | April | 2024 | 31st | March | 2025 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name[I MADE THIS (EDUCATION THROUGH THE ] ARTS) Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1157400
| red charity number (if any) | 1157400 | 1157400 |
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| Charity's principal address |
Studio House |
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St Margaret South Elmham |
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| Harleston, Norfolk | ||
| Postcode | IP20 0PR |
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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| Rose Davidson | ||||
| Jude Cowgill | Treasurer | |||
| Yvonne Sandison | ||||
| Dr Sara Bluffield | Chair | |||
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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 (CIO)
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Trustees elected annually by retiring trustee board.
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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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;
The charity is a CIO. It has continued to grow its relationships with Children in Need, The Lottery and other funders working in Lowestoft. We have been able to restart our regular weekly term time sessions at the Kirkley sessions. We have funding for the next 2 years.
We applied to the SZC Community fund to run an animation club based in Leiston. We are delighted to say that we were successful and received a substantial grant that means we can run the club for the next 3 years.
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C Objectives and activities Education Through the Arts - to raise aspirations, celebrate diversity and improve the quality of life for our Summary of the objects of the community through the provision of creative activities charity set out in its including, without limitation, the arts of film and governing document animation, digital media, music and drama. In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. I Made This (Education Through the Arts) delivers outreach projects to young people on the autistic spectrum in schools, community centres and clubs. We also make public/social interest films for other third sector organisations and for the Suffolk County Council. 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) Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Summary of the main achievements of the charity Our reputation as filmmakers for the third sector continues to during the year grow and we are actively promoting this as a vehicle for increased partnership working.
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Section E Financial review
Our projects are funded on a project-by-project basis. Brief statement of the We have limited reserves intended for the repair and charity’s policy on reserves renewal of our charity’s vehicle and computer hardware and software. The trustees have agreed that any surplus from funded projects will become part of our unrestricted reserves after a period of 1 year after the project has ended and will be used within the aims and objectives of our charity. Details of any funds None materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)
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You may choose to include Our principal source of funding is small grants from additional information, where various funders and SZC Community fund relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) Jude Cowgill Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Treasurer ] Date 25.09.2025
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| I Made This(Education Through The Arts) | I Made This(Education Through The Arts) | 1157400 | ||
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| Charitable incorporated organisation | ||||
| 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25 Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from |
CC16a |
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Bramfield House School Project | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 1,600 | 600 | ||||
| Lottery | 8,000 | 8,000 | 15,664 | 664 752 701 |
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| Private Donations | 4,752 | |||||||||
| Children in Need | 9,701 | |||||||||
| Folk East | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | ||||
| SENDIASS Project | 2,400 | 400 | 2,400 | 400 | 500 | 500 | ||||
| Castle East School Project | 400 | 400 | ||||||||
| NCC Animation Project | 1,000 | 000 | 1,000 | 000 | ||||||
| The BaileyThomas Fund | 5,000 | 000 | 5,000 | 000 | ||||||
| Belstead Gonzoni Trust | 3,000 | 000 | 3,000 | |||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
20,600 | 20,600 | - | 20,600 | 20,600 | 33,417 | 33,417 | |||
| ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~SSS~~ |
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| ~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ |
| ~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
- ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ |
| Sub total ~~SSS~~ |
- ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | - ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | - - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
- - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
- - ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ |
| ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
~~SSS~~ |
| Total receipts ~~SSS~~ |
20,600 ~~SSS~~ |
20,600 ~~SSS~~ |
- ~~SSS~~ |
~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | ~~SSS~~ | 20,600 ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
20,600 ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
33,417 ~~SSS~~ ~~55~~ |
33,417 ~~SSS~~ |
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| I Made This(Education Through The Arts) | I Made This(Education Through The Arts) | I Made This(Education Through The Arts) | I Made This(Education Through The Arts) | I Made This(Education Through The Arts) | 1157400 | 1157400 | |||
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| Charitable incorporated organisation | |||||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date 01-Apr-24 |
To | Period end date 31-Mar-25 |
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| A3 Payments | |||||||||
| Facilitators | 14,600 | 600 | 14,600 | 600 | 14,140 | ||||
| FacilityHire | 2,100 | 100 | 2,100 | 100 | 4,800 | ||||
| Salary | 4,400 | 400 | 4,400 | 400 | 4,800 | ||||
| Fuel | 747 | 747 | 747 | 747 | 538 | ||||
| Website and advertising | 65 | ||||||||
| Crafts,props,materials etc | 1,884 | 884 | 1,884 | 884 | 3,456 | ||||
| Film crew expenses | |||||||||
| Repairs and maintenance | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | |||||
| Van expenses/vehicle hire | 2,201 | 201 | 2,201 | 201 | 747 | ||||
| Insurance | 322 | 322 | 322 | 322 | 312 | ||||
| Accountancy | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 407 | ||||
| Admin expenses | 600 |
27,170 - 27,170 30,465 iMacs 520 520 900 - Sub total 520 520 900 ~~—————~~ Total payments 27,690 27,690 31,365 Net of receipts/(payments) - 7,090 - 7,090 2,052 A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end 45,276 45,276 43,224 Cash funds this year end ~~e222~~ 38,186 - 38,186 45,276
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| Categories | Details | Details | Details | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
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| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||||
| B1 Cash funds | Bank account | 38,186 | 38,186 | - | ||||||
| - | ||||||||||
| - | - | - | ||||||||
| Total cash funds | Total cash funds | 38,186 | 38,186 | - | ||||||
| (agree balances w ith receipts and payments account(s)) |
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | - | ||||||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | ||||||||
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | 6 Macbook Pro inc cases | Unrestricted | ||||||||
| 8 imac computers inc carry bags | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| 1 Macpro computer | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| 2 x Acer laptops | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Computer software and cameras | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Panasonic camcorder | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Video peripherals | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| CD/DVD duplicator | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| HP printer | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Musical instruments | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Soundbeam computer | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Office furniture | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Animation peripherals | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Computer hardware peripherals | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Pat testing equipment | Unrestricted | |||||||||
| Vivaro Van-EU 17 TZS | Unrestricted | 20,434 | 20,434 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | ||||||||
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| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | |||||||
| B5 Liabilities | B5 Liabilities | Creditors | Unrestricted | 1,427 | 1,427 | |||||
| Hire purchase | - |
Guarantees
There are no liabilities as at 31 March 2025 for which the CIO has provided a guarantee.
Security
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
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| Jude Cowgill |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner’s Report ~~a~~ Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of I Made This (Education Through The Arts) ~~PO~~ On accounts for the year 31[st] March 2025 Charity no 1157400 ended (if any) ~~eeee ee~~ Set out on pages 7-10 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ~~PO~~
Respective responsibilities The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s of trustees and examiner trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the examiner’s statement Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
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Independent examiner's In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that statement disclosed below *) 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: • to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
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have not been met; or
| 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper | 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper | |
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| understanding of the accounts to be reached. | ||
| *Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. | ||
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
Signed: Date:25/09/2025 Name:Pieter van Dijk - van Dijk Accountants Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FMAAT Address: 11 Trinity Street, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1EH ~~a~~ ~~Cn~~ ~~OoCR~~ |
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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