Charity resistralion number 1158366 (En￿Orta and Wale81 WILD ARTS ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2026 WILD ARTS LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Silvia Melchror Jlll Peltew Guy Everingion Stephen Barter (Appointed 10 Apnl 20251 (Appointed 9 july 2015} Charity resistration Ensland and Wales 115&¥ Principal address )uth Green Farnthouse Fingringlm C05 7DP Independent examiner Jen Richard￿￿ FCA FCCA tEhA 32 Award Road WILD ARTS Co￿rE￿r5 Tru5tees' rebX)rt Independent exami1*I5 reF Statement of financial activitie5 BalarKe sheet StateM￿t of cash flows Notes to the financial Statements 11-21 WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANiIAR Y2026 The trustees present t￿lT annual Teport and linwxlal ststements for the year ended 31 January ￿. The firwKial staten￿ntS have been prepared Rn acc0TdaT￿e with the ￿CountIng pTrlicies set out in note i to final￿la1 ststements comply with the charity's governing d(xurrent. the Charitie5 Ad 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reportin8 StandarJ applicable in the UK and Republic o( Ireland. and Charilie5 ￿Rp 'A¢counting and Reportin8 by CharitLes.' Statement of Rtwmn*nded Practice applicable to charitie5 preparkng their accounts In accordance with the FinancTral ReFM)rtin8 &andard applicable in ihe UK and Republic of Ire]and IFRS 1021.. Oble¢tlve8 and •rtlvlUes The Charity'8 obFcts are to advartt. improve. dlivelop arnl maintsin public education trL and apprcLiation of. the art and xIell￿ ol music in all it$ asr¢Yts by any nwans th¢ trustÉY5 fit, incluitins through the preaentstion ol Ilve music events. Wild Arts d￿5 this by: {11 bringing world-class ￿rfor11￿rS and F*rfomwnLV to t*w platt5 a￿j new people, {21 wvrkin¥ with xlMM)l¥ partners and Iwin8 Artis15 lo foster future taienl. {31 rethinking accepted environmentsl prartKe and demonstratin6 a commitment to the natural world. This year Wild Arts presented F*rfornurKes year-rournl In the form of: two main sumw*r OFrra pr(xluctions wforn1￿ throughout the UK - irKludins a niiw pr(xlurtion of Tchaikovsky's Eugent Onexin and a revival of our 2023 prTrluction ol Donizetti'8 The Elixir of summer ow>ra evenin85 which Showcase aria5 and ensembles from different operatif WOTks • chaM￿r music. orrhe4tral and criB5-difj¢iplinary perfornurKe4 through the Roman River Festiv81 in and around Colche4ter and coastal E5￿¥ orrhe4tTal perfum￿nceS by the newly launched Wild ATts Emembie a Christmas 5emi-stagixl ￿￿Orn￿r￿￿' ol m￿sIah education and outreach work with primary xhwL8, families and emersing artlsts Public bgnefil The tru8t¢** have paid due re8ard to guIda￿e isgued by the Charity Commission in decidlng what artivitie5 the charity should undertake. Achlevement& and perfornun¢e SisNJfvoitt uctiiittw.* a(liiLv¢ittrnls dpFctiu6 Arti$tic Review 2025 marked another year of 5ignifKant wwih fry Wild Arts. From an audienLT of appn>ximately 21￿) Y￿PIe in 2021 ihe charity has vxpandL.d raptdly arKI this year r￿hed around 15,(MM) audien￿ memEeT5 acrosg JJ counties, presentiri8 TJ Fth0rTTw￿e5 at 61 venue5. The charity perforn￿d at a wide Tan8e of venw nationwide. includin8 ￿]1-oUt Fwfornla￿￿ at tAyer Marney Tower. Owa Holland Parl ￿ Minack Theatre. and Sinfonia Smith S4uare. Tlw performances received consistent four- and f1v￿tsr reviews from maior publications i￿luding Tr Tr￿￿. Opera Nfflv. Tthy, aAssical Explorer, Seen & Heord lrtternolifflal, and Thrfjire Bwrd. Acr055 the year the charity en8a8ed oveT 2￿) ￿rf0m)ErS and creatives. SUPFMrt￿ by mole than 8A) I￿￿ts and volunteers. and continued to develop its national repulation within the UK Cla￿l¢al music wlor. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (coNfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY2026 Review ¢￿t￿ty ￿trI1￿5 Obj'ectiw l - u*rfd-¢l&&sprfvrmets ffidwfvrmaxces to tTnd Fople to aUdi¢]K￿ Fryond traditional 0￿ra venues. range of I￿ationS (rom historic buildin8s and rural venue5 lo maioT ¢uliural institutioAg. . M&nY FoAI)rnknrrtJ ￿ld ¢wt IT￿1￿11￿8 th￿ HdlaThl Park where Wtr]d Arts appeared as a sue81 charity. for the lir51 ti￿. demor6tratins 5￿cesS in rea¢hTns TW audie￿ and widening acce55. objecti￿2- uvrking ujith 5dxd4 PrtneTS epntrxiKg artists l0fvterfy1ts￿ thi Schwls Prcyromme . 21125 is our third year working WTth primary The pTr)8r￿. In¢luJed six weeks ol structured le￿n plarLS deSi￿ed to Supprt muslc leachers reach¢Trd around ￿ childrern oJlminatins in worksknps and wf0rnU￿es of The ThLx' sessions allowLxl students to explo￿ tl* sknry. characters and music of A further primary and p￿P￿1 children experienced free orrhestral perfornianL*S ay P7rt of tht Romm River Fejtival. Eme&xin% Artijlg proxmmm￿ - pnrfessional FerfOrn￿￿. In 201$ four singers - Mekh*il. Terry, FAmonn Walgh arml Alex PF•tley - participated in the programn*, ￿rf()rMInS 5010 role4 in the 5ummpr 0￿ra P￿1￿CtIOnS and 5inBin8 ITr all 24 ￿r1￿mI￿3￿*s{YI Euxene Owxin and Tlw El&rir rfL¢w. Tht En*r%in% Artj5ts also Pre%￿kn1 five recitals Jcroqs ihe Surn￿*r Opera Festival rlomiin8 within a Prof￿￿10nd1 er6emble environn*nL Oty'¢¢lit¥3- ts'thiAkin% Arceptedcniiironpnrnthl pradice detsirnstrdtingA commitnThl our nalural uyorld We LX)ntinue to develop a touring m(Nlel that mlnimi5es environrnental impact while maintaining high art15tic $14ndard$. In 21Y25.. . 88% of projuctmm materials were 5UStainably sourced 70% of tourins milea8e wa5 undertaken by train The chariws minimalt515ta8ins and touring nxmlel allow proJurtion5 to tT•vel efficiently while reducins resourre c(snsumption and envIft)rÈn￿nts1 imF¥CI. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE ITAR ENDED 31 IANiIARY21T26 Fin•n¢i•l revlew The Charitv's financial Ff6ittDn continu￿ to stable. despi7e substantial growth. As part of its annual review. the reserves p?li¢y was UFxlated to reflect the Organi￿tion's srale and Forward plan5. TIx¥ revised approach establisheg a target of increasin8 rverve5 by £4ri.m) each year until a level of a￿).(￿￿1 is achieved, aligned wth a PToiected annual tUrnOVLY of £1 million in 2026127. Th15 15 intended to continue io und¢Tpin the cknity's growt￿ ensuring thai sufficient reserves aro available to meet contractual Commitn￿lS in the event of unfvrew>n circumstance9. aThl such reserves may on]y ￿ used in mitigatM)n with Board agree￿￿1. Durins 2025/26. the Charity made encouragin8 progress towards ihi5 goal. with fret rex¥rves rtsing from £103,928 to É144,2YI. Free regerves are defined a5 Unrestr￿￿1 (unds less the net knk value o( tansible tixed a￿ts held at the ycar.tmd date. Projected commitrt*nts lor 20￿￿27 will rw)t excrtyl Ihe5e re￿IVeS. PriNcirylfvndrng sources The Charity's p￿￿tPa1 8ources of fundins comprlge income from Ixylorn￿nce9. donations from indkvidual $upporters, i￿0￿C from Cyeatsve Tax Reltefs and Gift Aid, ar￿ srdnts from arts funding bodies and trusts. These IrKome stroanLS are distributLII ￿ follows: Charithble Activities.. 64% DorFati17ns and Gifts.. 16% Other ItKon* (fax Relief & Gilt Aid).. 12% GranLs'. 8% While donatior￿. sifts and grants continue to play a vital role in enabling the (Tharity to deliver Its oEfj'ectives, iNome IMM kwrf0rnunCL￿ remains the lar8esl contributor to operaling (￿ts arwj the ftnar*lal &u8talnabillty of the Charity'5 tourins nKKlel. Thi5 distribution ol income has been cruoal in the ChariW5 growih lo dale. ￿￿h an ￿n¢￿asin8 nUm￿r of rfvrmances land srealer wfvm)a￿e income) enab]in8 expansion in Ix>th *¥le and arti%tic amiN'tion. However, with 73 ￿￿OrMance0 delivereif iri the yeat. Is limiied SCO￿ lor lurtkn srowih thr(>u8h wrformance I￿￿n aloT*. ThL. Board c)1 Trustees LS therefore f(KU5ed on I￿e*￿Ing the proKrt)rtion of irthme derivlxl from donation$. Sifts and srants. This will 5UPFM)rt ihe continuAI develOpn￿t of Charity's work while maintaining attordoble ticket pricin& in lir* with its otFcti've of re¥hin8 audieTKeS arKI communitie RestriLted fund ReStrIct￿ fund9 rePre￿Trted 12% of iotsl itryome during the year, and no 5insie restricted income 9tream fully funded a 5Fwific arva of i'XF*nditure. This provided the &Mrd of Trustees with flexibility in atT(KatSng resources ross projLxts and charitable viryertives. while also highii8htir48 an opportuntty to increase targeted fundin8. The niaprity of restriL*ed donatior6 and gifts We￿ dirtttal towards supwrting the Charlty'$ prlndpal produrtion5. tefltrtins its ¢ommittnent to ertharKin8 artistK quality and delivering hi8h-quality experien￿5 for aUdier￿e8 and performeT% Grant income was primarily rtreived fffom Arts cour￿1[ En8larKI throush a National Lottery Proied Grant supporting the Summer Q￿ra Tour and its a%￿lated Emergins Arti51 aT￿ Pn"￿￿ry 5th￿15 Pro8ramrrE5. This lundins contributed to the Charity's oiyrtive of reaching r*w are45 and audiences, as well ￿ supporting its" Primary &hoo15 and Emer8in8 Artists PTOgram￿. Whether rE5trlrtd or unrestriLtsJ, donation5 and phtlanthrnp￿ SUPFKJrt rETnain e5Wtial in enabling CharTty5 outreach and education worl which cannot Ee fully furKled throu￿ eamed IrKOn￿ alor￿. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANiL4RY2ff26 Major IT5k5 Risks and wKertainties are reviewed Te8uIarly. CuTrent key risks identified incTude'. • insufficient or reduced funding from govem11￿1 or public SOUTtrS funding and spon￿rShiP uncertainty uncertain finatKial climate . loss uf key ￿￿Sonnel within a small orsansali0n￿ Strurt￿ (staff. trustees •rnl volunteers) gaps in Board knowledse OT ex￿rIe￿e. These risks are Teviewed ar￿ as*ssed by the PAMrd of Trnstees in order to mitigate as much as po55ible. Plans for future periods In thL' next 12 montks the ChaTity plaTLS io COTrtinve ils work in accorda￿e with its 014'ective& i1￿lUdI . The Mon10￿Of Fi%oro. directed by international OFera star Danielle de Neise . ¢ontinued national touring of OFera pr(￿uCtIO[L￿ and opera eventng programmL • expansion of schwls education and community outreach pnwamme {doubling in scale to reach 1.750 primary sch￿1 pupils a(T055 UK) furtlw charnt*r music ￿rforn￿￿es in unusual kKations as part ofthe Roman River Festival in Colchester and coaslal Essex • orchestral and chamber Ferf0r[na￿eS by ihe Wild Arts Ertsem • semi-Sta8ed perforn￿￿ of Handel's Messiah in tknmber. In 2027 and ￿YOnd, plarns for jar￿￿k.5 lrniifv and Iknitrth's Pt¥uAle are Fwnin8 to take shape as re5erve5 and fundraising supwrt grow. Sthjrture. governamce and management Wild Arts Ipreviouslv Roman River Music) 1$ 8 Charitable I1￿OrPOrated Ctrgani5alioTh {CIO). registered charity number 1158366, and is governed by a corLStitution datLIJ 11 NoVeM￿r 2014 and arnended 27 Cktokn 2023. Prior to this it wasan UnirxorwTaied Charity. regist￿￿ charity numiET 1126Y The trustsÉ¥ who servgj durins the yeot a￿1 up to the date of st8nature of the 5tai*ments are shown on the LE¥al and administration section of this ye￿rt. RecNitment and ￿p￿T￿l￿ent of Irftistees Xn sel¢rtin8 ind1vid￿￿$ for aP￿irlIn￿l as rlwity trust￿ theckn'ty trustees have regaTd to ¢1* skilw knowledge and ex￿rientr I￿eded for the effLrlive administration of CIO. New t￿Stee$ recruited by inyitatio following recommendatior6 froTn Iru51eLs and officers. ba￿ on n￿tChIng candidatés, sktlls. knowledse. exFvieTKE and committnent to the CWTrent Identifi￿ needs. New trustees are mentored by ex￿rIe￿ed memirr5 aThi will ￿ siven xcess to on-line andlor direct trainin8 in appropriate aTeas. LD ARTS TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 51 IANUAR Y2026 The Trustees come from a variety of public and private sector ￿grOund5 with a wide range of skill$ atxl experience. are regularty reyiewed toeTh$u￿ full covera8e of governar￿￿ te5[A)r￿1b1lities. All trus%￿5 berye for lh￿ years tl* option to extend for a further thrEY ytW5 if the knnl a5k5 arul if t Trustee accepts. Each trustee take5 the lead in overseeAng sFcific area% of the Charity5 activitie5 appropriate to their skills and The (]wiWs core activities are(arr￿ oui by a small ￿arn of appropriately skilled pe￿n$. includin8: . Max Parfiti. Lead Prodwer Orlando Jopling- Artistic Director Freelar￿e produ￿￿ and a team of volunteers. Their work is over9een by the Board 0fTTUs￿. This team ts supplemeniLxI for performanLES a￿1 ea￿atIon work by a larger group of volunteets wkn sive generously of their time and exI￿rtiSe. The Charity iEnefits from the support of volunteers across its touring pn)8ramme, including front of h¢)u5e Istewardin& ti¢ketÉn& and prosramme 5alesl, as well as providins logistical support such as volunkn drivers accommodation hostin& and cateTill8 for the charity while on tour. Volunteers are managed on Site by the senior prOdU￿r present ￿ad OT Associate Producer), gJpw>rted bv lead volunteeT5. Whth tho* involved in logistical support c(x>rditTrateJ directly with the Clwity's adminithtive and operatiord ￿arn to ensure the effective dÈlivery of actsvitie RemtsAernlion policy The ￿M￿neratIOn of key mana8etneTht pers01￿￿] is *t by the PATrard of Tntstees, takin8 Into account the re5ponsibth.ties of role and tF* fin￿lai position of ihe Clwty. In deterfflini￿ appropriate leveb of pay, the Trustees consider comparable roles within arts and charitable SeC￿r to erLwre that remuneration 15 fair and proportionate. The Charity ensases a range of operational freelancers. who are paid at rates alx)ve equivalent Living Wase and berKhmarked against ¢omparable roles wÉthin the arLs and charitsble wtor. Creative teams, includin8 musicians and 1*rforn￿rs. are remunerated at rates in excess of relevant union minimum5. Support and arknowled8ements The trustees" are indebted to the senerous support tsf Supwrter& PatrorLS and BeneFac￿r$ of Wild Arts. We aL¥ extend our 51TKeTe thanks to the following OTganisatiorL% whose contributions enabled the yearfs PTogramme'. Arts Coll￿1] England National Lortery Pro]￿t Gran¢ Garfield Weston Foundat￿￿ Fowler Smith & Jone5 Trust. FÉdelio Charitable Trust, Idlewiid Trusl. Col¢hester County COU￿11 Arts and Cultural Fund. CAstleacre Insurantr, and The Golden Bottle Tntst. The Charity also iEnefited from the invaluable contrÉbution of its volunteer community, with more than ￿ hosts and volunteer5 5UPPOrting its work over the year. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (COKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 The trustees. rel￿ was appn)ved by the Erf)ard of Trustees. Guy 11 August 2￿26 WILD ARTS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfEES OF WILD ARTS , I report to the trustee5 on my exaMI￿tion of tht financ￿ stalen￿ts of Wild Arts (the charity) for the year ended 31]anuary 21rth. RespoD5ibilities and basxs of Teport As the trustee5 of charity you are res￿r￿Ible for the preparation of the financial statements in ac[rJrda￿e with the requfftrements of the Charilies Art 2011. I rewrt in re5P&t of my examI￿tion of t￿ charitys fiT￿r￿La] statements carried out under wtion 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carying out my examination I have followed the Directions gven by the Charity Commission under s￿lI0n 14515llb) of the Chwilies Art 2011. IndeF*ndent ex￿￿￿￿$ statement section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. 1 confirm that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am a Your attention is dEawn to the lad that hL5 PFePartl the fi￿*￿1a1 stsknrtentg in ara)r￿ with the relevant version of the Statement ol RLr0mn￿VK1ed PrartI￿ applicable to charities preparing their financial Statew*nts 4rcor41aFKe with the Financial ￿1x)rtIng StaAtsrd applKable in the UK •nd Rep￿1￿1( of trelA¥d (FI 102) in preferer￿e to the Accounting and Rewrting bv Charilie5: Statemenl of Recommended Practice issued on I April 2LX)5 which is rEferFed to in the exlant re8ulatioThs h*5 now i￿en wJthdrJwn. I that thks has en done in order for the fiTwKial ststements to provide a true and fair view in accordaJKe with UK Generally exarnination gtving me cause to ￿lieve that in any material resptrtr. accounting TrY()rds Th)t kept in rLW of charity as YEyuiYeJ by wtion I￿10f the Charits Ad ￿￿1. the financial statements do not accord with those records or tht financial stalen*nls do nol c(Trmply with the applitable rwiirements corttrniTr8 the form and content of finatKial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2(th other than any re4uireTr*nt that the financial slatements give a true and fair view. which is not a malter ¢onsidÈred as part of an independent examtnation. should ￿ drawn tn this rewrt in order to enable a prow understsndin8 of the finarKial state￿￿ts to i* reached. Jen Richardson FCA FCCA DChA 32 Aw3rd Road BH217Wf Date.. WILD ARTS FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31 JANUAR Y 2026 Unre5trirted ReStric￿d funds nds Ttrtal funds funds Notes In¢ome and endowments fronL Donations and lesacie5 Charitable activiti&s l(b.754 534.917 233 Y2.Sfj7 .947 111879 457WI 84,140 11876 124.755 457AA6 84.140 Tolal incorne 734.619 96233 8J).882 653kkn5 11876 Expenditure Raising funds Charktable activities 41JB5 653.1 41,ti)5 749,424 28.149 JA43 28.149 616J19 %233 11876 Total e¥pendifvre 286 %233 ).519 631592 11876 Net iRcog* and i funds 40J63 40J63 22.OTJ Reconciliation of fund&. Fu￿4 ￿13￿￿5￿1 l Fi"bruary 2025 ItU.928 103.928 8]￿55 81,855 Fund balantes at 31 January 144. IX291 iQ1928 103.928 The statement of financial artivities indudes all gain5 and lo&%es TEr0￿1$ed Tn year. All irthme and exp￿allUTe dertve from continuing activitie WILD ARTS BALANCE SHEEr AS A T31 IANUARY 2026 Cuffenl aB8ets 13 81439 67,159 Cash at bank and in hand 101046 197.019 149, Credilm: amo¥nt> fallitt8 dut wllhifv o•t year 14 15IT281 145,6701 Net curr¢nt a8wIs 144, 103,928 The fund$ of the mi¢ i￿nefits will requirLrd in sett]en￿nL and the amount of tTr￿ obligation can nyasured reliably. Expenditure ts classified by activity. The cty8ts of exh activity a￿ made up of the lothl of dlfect costs and shared c<￿ts, includins supp)rt Costs involveil in undertaking each artivity. Dirv¢i c0515 0ttributAble to a yingltb activity all￿ated dirtrtly lo that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and 4UPPOrt COSt5 which are rK>I attributable to a sinsle activity ore apwrtIon￿ i*tween ih05e activitle5 on a iKIsiS COnSlgtent with vse of resourres. Irrecoverable VAT is char8ed as an exFfftse again￿ tF* artlvity for which theexpendlture arose. 1.6 Ca8h and ¢a8h ¢qulv•l¢nts Cash and cash equivalcnts include cash it) hand. ￿e￿)91ts held at call with banks, Other short-term IL4uid invi¥4tmenls with original maturities of three montlLS or less and bank Overdraf￿ BaDJ4 overdrafts are shown wlthin ix)rrowlngs in current liabiliti 1.7 Flnancial Inslrumen ThL' iharity h&s LILx%ed ￿ apply provi510ti5 of kniou 11 'Bw Fltity1xi￿ I￿trU￿￿' aDd Sortlun 12 'Ot￿r Fina￿1￿1 Instrun￿ts IsJues' of Fks l(r2 to all ol its financial irstrurnents. Basil linanrrial irLstrur￿ts are initially rwised at trangartion value aThl gutrthiuenily measured at provi5kon is made lor debts for which nXK>verability is in Joubt. Cash at bank and in hand i8 defined as all deferred IrKOn￿ a[￿ provision5. WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿s (CONT￿uED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 Accountin8 poltciej (Continued} I￿ Employee beneflts The cost of any unused holiday entitleTT￿t 15 rLrogni5ed in pen(Kl in whith the employ￿5 5eTvice5 are receiv￿. Terniination ￿nefIts are reCO￿lised immediately a5 an eXPe￿e when the charity 15 demonstrably COTnmitted to terminate empIoyrr￿nt of an employEe or io provide temiination i￿tfits. 1.9 Retltement ben¢flt8 P&ymL￿ts to dilitxsd contribution retire￿rt Eer*fit 5cheme5 are charged as an eX￿nSe as they tall due. fund• fund• fund& fundg Donation5 and glfts GranL8 Tax rtyovered uThler Gill ALLI $4.%7 41,266 134fi 611 1626 io, 67,165 48,431 20%q) 38,181 9,159 9,159 I1￿.75¢ 233 )1876 124,755 Income fTom ch•rit•ble artlvltles UotQAtrlded Unreslrided funds fund$ 534.947 457.(w16 13- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coNfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUARY2026 Iwome froth charitable arttvities (Continued) Perforniance income analysis IWJ13 76,516 Opera Evenin85 RorrtaTt ￿"Ver Messiah Education Other 411,n9 93.653 534.947 457.646 her income Unre¥tricted UnrestTieted funds funds .140 Other iTKome tomprise5 i￿Ome arising from activities that are not part of charitys PTimary charitable activ>ttes or fundraising. Thearn%￿ Tmhouy rElatE5 to ThethTax Relief. on theatrtcal productions during ihe year. The ￿l￿E is intended to support the e￿ation and production of Expenditure on raisln8 funds funds fitnds Fllndraising and publicity Fundraisins a8￿ts Other Eundrai5ing c(sts 1576 25.5TJ 37J98 41,(P)5 28.149 14- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿s (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUAR Y2026 ExpendI￿re on ¢lwit•ble •divitle8 DiTe¢l ¢0818 Stall c05t8 70343 451J16 136,186 159,582 n9JlO Sts7,￿2 Share of jupport and governance costs l#et note 8} Supp()rt Govemance 29.114 28,017 749.424 616.319 Analyois by fumd UnrL*tricieJ ful￿ 653,191 I2￿70 749.424 616.319 Support co81& alloCa￿d lo artivltle• Staff (L￿ts Accounlancy 11,124 9,341 Ingura￿e rr and Offi L*8al and Professional Sundry 1.037 3.514 1,47 30.114 17 CTrwTitable eXp￿IlUr￿ ,114 28￿17 -15. WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (COKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 Net movement in ￿Trds The net movement in funds is ststed after charsin81(credilin81.' Fee5 ptsyable for the indeF¢ndent examination of thecharity's finanaal statements Nono ol the tnL4'tees {or any Persor￿ conrxrted with t￿m) re&Yived •ny remuneration or benefits from t charity durins the year. Employe The average nwnthly number of employets during tl* year wa: Number Number Employment C￿¢$ 69,193 1,19) Oth¢'r ￿nsiOn costs 70J43 e We￿ rtt) employees wI￿e annyal temu￿atiOn nM)re than £￿$,(￿). Remuneratlon of key manasement pern)rtnel The remuneration of key n￿￿geMent perwnnel follows.. 94917 [￿l￿ded within the a￿ve is fAO.51512015: 17270) whKh was paid in YE5P￿t of m￿￿clan fees on a *lf- gXFkniliture. 12 Taxatio The charity is exempt fn)m taxation on its artivilies F*tauseall its Irthr￿ is applilxl forcharitabje purFX)5e5. -16- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE F￿ANCIAL STATEMENrs (cowrINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 Debtors Amounts fallins due Jvithin one year. Trade deblors Corporntion tax recoverable OthÈt debtots 10,592 7AWI 4,7( 4.320 14 CreditOTX amounts fallin8 due within one year (hher taxation and s(Kial security 873 15 Trade creditors 2.665 Accrua]s 16.IB3 6.494 51728 45,670 ot￿rdeFerred irKome 32.693 Deferred itKKJme is included in the finaThial stalen￿ts as follow tklerred itr)come is tr￿1￿ded withi Current liabilities 31693 17- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs (coKrtNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JAN(IAR Y21Y26 15 Dtfetred income (Continued) Movements in the year. tkferred in(ome at l February JJ25 B£ieawJ PTevious ￿[10￿* Resources defeTrEd in the year 35.638 135.638) 31693 126.W2) 35.638 ikferred im)me at 31 January 2026 31693 35,638 Income is recognised at fair value when the Charity has entitlement after any ￿E0m￿nce conditioThs have 16 Retirement benefit schemes Defined th)rttrTbutiott scheme8 awge to profit or lo￿ Rn resF*rt ofdefined cvntrit￿ts0n ¥Trwnes The charity owryates a defined conknlwtion pension xheme (or all qualifying employee5. The assets of the rne are held separaiely from those of ￿ charity in an indeFEndenU)' administered ￿nd. 18- LD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME￿5 (coNrtNUED) FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 17 Restricted funds The restrKted funds of charity comprise ￿￿FEnded balancts of donations and 8ranLs held on trusl subi&t to 5￿clE1C conditions by donoTS as to how may be USLYI. At l February Incomin Resouttrs At 31 lanswy Arts Coll￿￿1 England National Lottery FidelioChaTitab]e T￿81 Fowler Smith & Jones Trust Cokhester County Council Atts and Cuhural F￿rtd Idlewild Trnst (Emersing Artist Frosramrt*) Grattan tknnation Olga Allen (Onegin) Mr & Mrs (YHare (knr Townsley IOne8kn) 29.841 129,8411 {1￿} I3.￿1) I1,4￿) 15,LT25) {11(X￿) {20,(XX>) {13.(XK)) {6.(XK>) 13.(XK Con￿rt} li.4￿) I￿233} Freviousyear. Atl February Incomins ResouTces At 31 January ccc Fssex C97nmunity Foundation Arts kniety Colchester FSJ Charities Centre for Innovation Furnlins Friends of Rotnan River R(KMII I1,5￿1) 13,(KMII artislsl {1.726) 12876 (11876) -19- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE FEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y21r26 17 Restrided fund8 (Continued) Restrirted funds compr1￿ irthme rlreived foT $Fxrific purpctts as defined by dono -Arts Cou￿11 England National IA>ttery - Funding was r£reived for Combined Summer Activity fincluding the Summer Opera Eveninss Emerging Artists. and Prinwy SchooJ5 Programrnel. -Fidelio Charitable Tru51- Funding was ￿(eIved for Enrrsing Artists. -Fowler Smith & Jones Trust - Funding was Tffeived for Emersins Artists and the Primary *hools ulche5ter County CvuTKiI Arts at)d Cultural Fund - Funding was received lor Cc?mblt￿￿ Summer Artivity linclLtding the Summer Opera. OFErn Evenin85. En*ryAns Arti81s aThl Prtmary Pn¥ramme). -Idiewild Trust- FUr￿Ing was rtyeived for the Emersins Artist ProsTamme. rattan tknalion- Fundins was Tlteived for Perforn￿ Feeg on a variety ofevenls. Isa AIEen- Funding wag Yereived for the C￿￿n Summer OFra event. -Mr & MYS (YHare- FuThling was received for the SummEr Opera events. )xar Towftsley- Fundln8 was re￿IVed lor theOT*8in ￿rnrner OF*rt event. -lennie Mace- Funding was ￿e1v￿ for a Roman River Fordham Cor*ert. undry . I￿lUd￿ within Sundry are vaTiOUS ad donatlons whKh were restrKted for core C￿ts and Vario￿ RoFnan RiveT events. 18 Unrejtrltted fund The unr￿tr￿ted funds of the charity comprise the unexpeThled balances of donations and 8rants whlch are not su￿.l￿ to 5Fecilic conditions bv donors and srantors as to how t￿Y May iE U￿1. These ir￿l￿d desigt)atLMI funds which have iyen set aside oul of unrv5tr1rt￿ fut)ds by the trustees for specific puryxws. At l FebnTary Intomin8 Resources At 31 January rewurces expended Cenerdl funds 103.928 734.649 1694,2861 144.291 Previou8 year. At l FebTuary Jncomift8 Re8ouTres At 31 l•nuary expended 81A55 653.665 1631,W21 103,928 WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coNrtNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 19 Related party tr*ti8•rtion$ The Charity Iw a corporate Sport￿lShiP agr1￿lent with castle￿ IrLwrdTr￿ ServicEs Ltd. an entity in which Guy Everington hold5 a 9)% owncrship interest. tk>natior6 and trket sale Ir￿Me re￿Ived in the yeaT totsl £35YJ (2025: £2￿)). Thre were no amounts outsta￿lIng at the ba]¥nce sheet date12025: £Nil). Aggregate donations and ticket 5ale5 of 1223? We￿ received from 4 trllst&￿ without conditiorLS and on an arm's leA￿h t•sts12025.. L7.039 receivLMI from 4 ￿5￿1. There were t)0 further disclosable trdTWrtion5 with related parties. Cash 5ener¥tsd frOn￿(ab80￿bed by) operations 40J63 Movements sn workin8 capitaL. Oncreasel in debtors Increase in creditors (DLrrea5ellincwease in deferrd irKome (115341 10.IK13 119451 X31 6.616 Cash seneratea fvonvlabsorbed by) operations ffi7 1415881 Analysis of changes in net funds The rhaTity had ￿MIlerIal debt durir% ihe year. Charity resistralion number 1158366 (En￿Orta and Wale81 WILD ARTS ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2026 WILD ARTS LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Silvia Melchror Jlll Peltew Guy Everingion Stephen Barter (Appointed 10 Apnl 20251 (Appointed 9 july 2015} Charity resistration Ensland and Wales 115&¥ Principal address )uth Green Farnthouse Fingringlm C05 7DP Independent examiner Jen Richard￿￿ FCA FCCA tEhA 32 Award Road WILD ARTS Co￿rE￿r5 Tru5tees' rebX)rt Independent exami1*I5 reF Statement of financial activitie5 BalarKe sheet StateM￿t of cash flows Notes to the financial Statements 11-21 WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANiIAR Y2026 The trustees present t￿lT annual Teport and linwxlal ststements for the year ended 31 January ￿. The firwKial staten￿ntS have been prepared Rn acc0TdaT￿e with the ￿CountIng pTrlicies set out in note i to final￿la1 ststements comply with the charity's governing d(xurrent. the Charitie5 Ad 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reportin8 StandarJ applicable in the UK and Republic o( Ireland. and Charilie5 ￿Rp 'A¢counting and Reportin8 by CharitLes.' Statement of Rtwmn*nded Practice applicable to charitie5 preparkng their accounts In accordance with the FinancTral ReFM)rtin8 &andard applicable in ihe UK and Republic of Ire]and IFRS 1021.. Oble¢tlve8 and •rtlvlUes The Charity'8 obFcts are to advartt. improve. dlivelop arnl maintsin public education trL and apprcLiation of. the art and xIell￿ ol music in all it$ asr¢Yts by any nwans th¢ trustÉY5 fit, incluitins through the preaentstion ol Ilve music events. Wild Arts d￿5 this by: {11 bringing world-class ￿rfor11￿rS and F*rfomwnLV to t*w platt5 a￿j new people, {21 wvrkin¥ with xlMM)l¥ partners and Iwin8 Artis15 lo foster future taienl. {31 rethinking accepted environmentsl prartKe and demonstratin6 a commitment to the natural world. This year Wild Arts presented F*rfornurKes year-rournl In the form of: two main sumw*r OFrra pr(xluctions wforn1￿ throughout the UK - irKludins a niiw pr(xlurtion of Tchaikovsky's Eugent Onexin and a revival of our 2023 prTrluction ol Donizetti'8 The Elixir of summer ow>ra evenin85 which Showcase aria5 and ensembles from different operatif WOTks • chaM￿r music. orrhe4tral and criB5-difj¢iplinary perfornurKe4 through the Roman River Festiv81 in and around Colche4ter and coastal E5￿¥ orrhe4tTal perfum￿nceS by the newly launched Wild ATts Emembie a Christmas 5emi-stagixl ￿￿Orn￿r￿￿' ol m￿sIah education and outreach work with primary xhwL8, families and emersing artlsts Public bgnefil The tru8t¢** have paid due re8ard to guIda￿e isgued by the Charity Commission in decidlng what artivitie5 the charity should undertake. Achlevement& and perfornun¢e SisNJfvoitt uctiiittw.* a(liiLv¢ittrnls dpFctiu6 Arti$tic Review 2025 marked another year of 5ignifKant wwih fry Wild Arts. From an audienLT of appn>ximately 21￿) Y￿PIe in 2021 ihe charity has vxpandL.d raptdly arKI this year r￿hed around 15,(MM) audien￿ memEeT5 acrosg JJ counties, presentiri8 TJ Fth0rTTw￿e5 at 61 venue5. The charity perforn￿d at a wide Tan8e of venw nationwide. includin8 ￿]1-oUt Fwfornla￿￿ at tAyer Marney Tower. Owa Holland Parl ￿ Minack Theatre. and Sinfonia Smith S4uare. Tlw performances received consistent four- and f1v￿tsr reviews from maior publications i￿luding Tr Tr￿￿. Opera Nfflv. Tthy, aAssical Explorer, Seen & Heord lrtternolifflal, and Thrfjire Bwrd. Acr055 the year the charity en8a8ed oveT 2￿) ￿rf0m)ErS and creatives. SUPFMrt￿ by mole than 8A) I￿￿ts and volunteers. and continued to develop its national repulation within the UK Cla￿l¢al music wlor. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (coNfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY2026 Review ¢￿t￿ty ￿trI1￿5 Obj'ectiw l - u*rfd-¢l&&sprfvrmets ffidwfvrmaxces to tTnd Fople to aUdi¢]K￿ Fryond traditional 0￿ra venues. range of I￿ationS (rom historic buildin8s and rural venue5 lo maioT ¢uliural institutioAg. . M&nY FoAI)rnknrrtJ ￿ld ¢wt IT￿1￿11￿8 th￿ HdlaThl Park where Wtr]d Arts appeared as a sue81 charity. for the lir51 ti￿. demor6tratins 5￿cesS in rea¢hTns TW audie￿ and widening acce55. objecti￿2- uvrking ujith 5dxd4 PrtneTS epntrxiKg artists l0fvterfy1ts￿ thi Schwls Prcyromme . 21125 is our third year working WTth primary The pTr)8r￿. In¢luJed six weeks ol structured le￿n plarLS deSi￿ed to Supprt muslc leachers reach¢Trd around ￿ childrern oJlminatins in worksknps and wf0rnU￿es of The ThLx' sessions allowLxl students to explo￿ tl* sknry. characters and music of A further primary and p￿P￿1 children experienced free orrhestral perfornianL*S ay P7rt of tht Romm River Fejtival. Eme&xin% Artijlg proxmmm￿ - pnrfessional FerfOrn￿￿. In 201$ four singers - Mekh*il. Terry, FAmonn Walgh arml Alex PF•tley - participated in the programn*, ￿rf()rMInS 5010 role4 in the 5ummpr 0￿ra P￿1￿CtIOnS and 5inBin8 ITr all 24 ￿r1￿mI￿3￿*s{YI Euxene Owxin and Tlw El&rir rfL¢w. Tht En*r%in% Artj5ts also Pre%￿kn1 five recitals Jcroqs ihe Surn￿*r Opera Festival rlomiin8 within a Prof￿￿10nd1 er6emble environn*nL Oty'¢¢lit¥3- ts'thiAkin% Arceptedcniiironpnrnthl pradice detsirnstrdtingA commitnThl our nalural uyorld We LX)ntinue to develop a touring m(Nlel that mlnimi5es environrnental impact while maintaining high art15tic $14ndard$. In 21Y25.. . 88% of projuctmm materials were 5UStainably sourced 70% of tourins milea8e wa5 undertaken by train The chariws minimalt515ta8ins and touring nxmlel allow proJurtion5 to tT•vel efficiently while reducins resourre c(snsumption and envIft)rÈn￿nts1 imF¥CI. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE ITAR ENDED 31 IANiIARY21T26 Fin•n¢i•l revlew The Charitv's financial Ff6ittDn continu￿ to stable. despi7e substantial growth. As part of its annual review. the reserves p?li¢y was UFxlated to reflect the Organi￿tion's srale and Forward plan5. TIx¥ revised approach establisheg a target of increasin8 rverve5 by £4ri.m) each year until a level of a￿).(￿￿1 is achieved, aligned wth a PToiected annual tUrnOVLY of £1 million in 2026127. Th15 15 intended to continue io und¢Tpin the cknity's growt￿ ensuring thai sufficient reserves aro available to meet contractual Commitn￿lS in the event of unfvrew>n circumstance9. aThl such reserves may on]y ￿ used in mitigatM)n with Board agree￿￿1. Durins 2025/26. the Charity made encouragin8 progress towards ihi5 goal. with fret rex¥rves rtsing from £103,928 to É144,2YI. Free regerves are defined a5 Unrestr￿￿1 (unds less the net knk value o( tansible tixed a￿ts held at the ycar.tmd date. Projected commitrt*nts lor 20￿￿27 will rw)t excrtyl Ihe5e re￿IVeS. PriNcirylfvndrng sources The Charity's p￿￿tPa1 8ources of fundins comprlge income from Ixylorn￿nce9. donations from indkvidual $upporters, i￿0￿C from Cyeatsve Tax Reltefs and Gift Aid, ar￿ srdnts from arts funding bodies and trusts. These IrKome stroanLS are distributLII ￿ follows: Charithble Activities.. 64% DorFati17ns and Gifts.. 16% Other ItKon* (fax Relief & Gilt Aid).. 12% GranLs'. 8% While donatior￿. sifts and grants continue to play a vital role in enabling the (Tharity to deliver Its oEfj'ectives, iNome IMM kwrf0rnunCL￿ remains the lar8esl contributor to operaling (￿ts arwj the ftnar*lal &u8talnabillty of the Charity'5 tourins nKKlel. Thi5 distribution ol income has been cruoal in the ChariW5 growih lo dale. ￿￿h an ￿n¢￿asin8 nUm￿r of rfvrmances land srealer wfvm)a￿e income) enab]in8 expansion in Ix>th *¥le and arti%tic amiN'tion. However, with 73 ￿￿OrMance0 delivereif iri the yeat. Is limiied SCO￿ lor lurtkn srowih thr(>u8h wrformance I￿￿n aloT*. ThL. Board c)1 Trustees LS therefore f(KU5ed on I￿e*￿Ing the proKrt)rtion of irthme derivlxl from donation$. Sifts and srants. This will 5UPFM)rt ihe continuAI develOpn￿t of Charity's work while maintaining attordoble ticket pricin& in lir* with its otFcti've of re¥hin8 audieTKeS arKI communitie RestriLted fund ReStrIct￿ fund9 rePre￿Trted 12% of iotsl itryome during the year, and no 5insie restricted income 9tream fully funded a 5Fwific arva of i'XF*nditure. This provided the &Mrd of Trustees with flexibility in atT(KatSng resources ross projLxts and charitable viryertives. while also highii8htir48 an opportuntty to increase targeted fundin8. The niaprity of restriL*ed donatior6 and gifts We￿ dirtttal towards supwrting the Charlty'$ prlndpal produrtion5. tefltrtins its ¢ommittnent to ertharKin8 artistK quality and delivering hi8h-quality experien￿5 for aUdier￿e8 and performeT% Grant income was primarily rtreived fffom Arts cour￿1[ En8larKI throush a National Lottery Proied Grant supporting the Summer Q￿ra Tour and its a%￿lated Emergins Arti51 aT￿ Pn"￿￿ry 5th￿15 Pro8ramrrE5. This lundins contributed to the Charity's oiyrtive of reaching r*w are45 and audiences, as well ￿ supporting its" Primary &hoo15 and Emer8in8 Artists PTOgram￿. Whether rE5trlrtd or unrestriLtsJ, donation5 and phtlanthrnp￿ SUPFKJrt rETnain e5Wtial in enabling CharTty5 outreach and education worl which cannot Ee fully furKled throu￿ eamed IrKOn￿ alor￿. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANiL4RY2ff26 Major IT5k5 Risks and wKertainties are reviewed Te8uIarly. CuTrent key risks identified incTude'. • insufficient or reduced funding from govem11￿1 or public SOUTtrS funding and spon￿rShiP uncertainty uncertain finatKial climate . loss uf key ￿￿Sonnel within a small orsansali0n￿ Strurt￿ (staff. trustees •rnl volunteers) gaps in Board knowledse OT ex￿rIe￿e. These risks are Teviewed ar￿ as*ssed by the PAMrd of Trnstees in order to mitigate as much as po55ible. Plans for future periods In thL' next 12 montks the ChaTity plaTLS io COTrtinve ils work in accorda￿e with its 014'ective& i1￿lUdI . The Mon10￿Of Fi%oro. directed by international OFera star Danielle de Neise . ¢ontinued national touring of OFera pr(￿uCtIO[L￿ and opera eventng programmL • expansion of schwls education and community outreach pnwamme {doubling in scale to reach 1.750 primary sch￿1 pupils a(T055 UK) furtlw charnt*r music ￿rforn￿￿es in unusual kKations as part ofthe Roman River Festival in Colchester and coaslal Essex • orchestral and chamber Ferf0r[na￿eS by ihe Wild Arts Ertsem • semi-Sta8ed perforn￿￿ of Handel's Messiah in tknmber. In 2027 and ￿YOnd, plarns for jar￿￿k.5 lrniifv and Iknitrth's Pt¥uAle are Fwnin8 to take shape as re5erve5 and fundraising supwrt grow. Sthjrture. governamce and management Wild Arts Ipreviouslv Roman River Music) 1$ 8 Charitable I1￿OrPOrated Ctrgani5alioTh {CIO). registered charity number 1158366, and is governed by a corLStitution datLIJ 11 NoVeM￿r 2014 and arnended 27 Cktokn 2023. Prior to this it wasan UnirxorwTaied Charity. regist￿￿ charity numiET 1126Y The trustsÉ¥ who servgj durins the yeot a￿1 up to the date of st8nature of the 5tai*ments are shown on the LE¥al and administration section of this ye￿rt. RecNitment and ￿p￿T￿l￿ent of Irftistees Xn sel¢rtin8 ind1vid￿￿$ for aP￿irlIn￿l as rlwity trust￿ theckn'ty trustees have regaTd to ¢1* skilw knowledge and ex￿rientr I￿eded for the effLrlive administration of CIO. New t￿Stee$ recruited by inyitatio following recommendatior6 froTn Iru51eLs and officers. ba￿ on n￿tChIng candidatés, sktlls. knowledse. exFvieTKE and committnent to the CWTrent Identifi￿ needs. New trustees are mentored by ex￿rIe￿ed memirr5 aThi will ￿ siven xcess to on-line andlor direct trainin8 in appropriate aTeas. LD ARTS TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 51 IANUAR Y2026 The Trustees come from a variety of public and private sector ￿grOund5 with a wide range of skill$ atxl experience. are regularty reyiewed toeTh$u￿ full covera8e of governar￿￿ te5[A)r￿1b1lities. All trus%￿5 berye for lh￿ years tl* option to extend for a further thrEY ytW5 if the knnl a5k5 arul if t Trustee accepts. Each trustee take5 the lead in overseeAng sFcific area% of the Charity5 activitie5 appropriate to their skills and The (]wiWs core activities are(arr￿ oui by a small ￿arn of appropriately skilled pe￿n$. includin8: . Max Parfiti. Lead Prodwer Orlando Jopling- Artistic Director Freelar￿e produ￿￿ and a team of volunteers. Their work is over9een by the Board 0fTTUs￿. This team ts supplemeniLxI for performanLES a￿1 ea￿atIon work by a larger group of volunteets wkn sive generously of their time and exI￿rtiSe. The Charity iEnefits from the support of volunteers across its touring pn)8ramme, including front of h¢)u5e Istewardin& ti¢ketÉn& and prosramme 5alesl, as well as providins logistical support such as volunkn drivers accommodation hostin& and cateTill8 for the charity while on tour. Volunteers are managed on Site by the senior prOdU￿r present ￿ad OT Associate Producer), gJpw>rted bv lead volunteeT5. Whth tho* involved in logistical support c(x>rditTrateJ directly with the Clwity's adminithtive and operatiord ￿arn to ensure the effective dÈlivery of actsvitie RemtsAernlion policy The ￿M￿neratIOn of key mana8etneTht pers01￿￿] is *t by the PATrard of Tntstees, takin8 Into account the re5ponsibth.ties of role and tF* fin￿lai position of ihe Clwty. In deterfflini￿ appropriate leveb of pay, the Trustees consider comparable roles within arts and charitable SeC￿r to erLwre that remuneration 15 fair and proportionate. The Charity ensases a range of operational freelancers. who are paid at rates alx)ve equivalent Living Wase and berKhmarked against ¢omparable roles wÉthin the arLs and charitsble wtor. Creative teams, includin8 musicians and 1*rforn￿rs. are remunerated at rates in excess of relevant union minimum5. Support and arknowled8ements The trustees" are indebted to the senerous support tsf Supwrter& PatrorLS and BeneFac￿r$ of Wild Arts. We aL¥ extend our 51TKeTe thanks to the following OTganisatiorL% whose contributions enabled the yearfs PTogramme'. Arts Coll￿1] England National Lortery Pro]￿t Gran¢ Garfield Weston Foundat￿￿ Fowler Smith & Jone5 Trust. FÉdelio Charitable Trust, Idlewiid Trusl. Col¢hester County COU￿11 Arts and Cultural Fund. CAstleacre Insurantr, and The Golden Bottle Tntst. The Charity also iEnefited from the invaluable contrÉbution of its volunteer community, with more than ￿ hosts and volunteer5 5UPPOrting its work over the year. WILD ARTS TRUSTEES, REPORT (COKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 The trustees. rel￿ was appn)ved by the Erf)ard of Trustees. Guy 11 August 2￿26 WILD ARTS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfEES OF WILD ARTS , I report to the trustee5 on my exaMI￿tion of tht financ￿ stalen￿ts of Wild Arts (the charity) for the year ended 31]anuary 21rth. RespoD5ibilities and basxs of Teport As the trustee5 of charity you are res￿r￿Ible for the preparation of the financial statements in ac[rJrda￿e with the requfftrements of the Charilies Art 2011. I rewrt in re5P&t of my examI￿tion of t￿ charitys fiT￿r￿La] statements carried out under wtion 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carying out my examination I have followed the Directions gven by the Charity Commission under s￿lI0n 14515llb) of the Chwilies Art 2011. IndeF*ndent ex￿￿￿￿$ statement section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. 1 confirm that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am a Your attention is dEawn to the lad that hL5 PFePartl the fi￿*￿1a1 stsknrtentg in ara)r￿ with the relevant version of the Statement ol RLr0mn￿VK1ed PrartI￿ applicable to charities preparing their financial Statew*nts 4rcor41aFKe with the Financial ￿1x)rtIng StaAtsrd applKable in the UK •nd Rep￿1￿1( of trelA¥d (FI 102) in preferer￿e to the Accounting and Rewrting bv Charilie5: Statemenl of Recommended Practice issued on I April 2LX)5 which is rEferFed to in the exlant re8ulatioThs h*5 now i￿en wJthdrJwn. I that thks has en done in order for the fiTwKial ststements to provide a true and fair view in accordaJKe with UK Generally exarnination gtving me cause to ￿lieve that in any material resptrtr. accounting TrY()rds Th)t kept in rLW of charity as YEyuiYeJ by wtion I￿10f the Charits Ad ￿￿1. the financial statements do not accord with those records or tht financial stalen*nls do nol c(Trmply with the applitable rwiirements corttrniTr8 the form and content of finatKial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2(th other than any re4uireTr*nt that the financial slatements give a true and fair view. which is not a malter ¢onsidÈred as part of an independent examtnation. should ￿ drawn tn this rewrt in order to enable a prow understsndin8 of the finarKial state￿￿ts to i* reached. Jen Richardson FCA FCCA DChA 32 Aw3rd Road BH217Wf Date.. WILD ARTS FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31 JANUAR Y 2026 Unre5trirted ReStric￿d funds nds Ttrtal funds funds Notes In¢ome and endowments fronL Donations and lesacie5 Charitable activiti&s l(b.754 534.917 233 Y2.Sfj7 .947 111879 457WI 84,140 11876 124.755 457AA6 84.140 Tolal incorne 734.619 96233 8J).882 653kkn5 11876 Expenditure Raising funds Charktable activities 41JB5 653.1 41,ti)5 749,424 28.149 JA43 28.149 616J19 %233 11876 Total e¥pendifvre 286 %233 ).519 631592 11876 Net iRcog* and i funds 40J63 40J63 22.OTJ Reconciliation of fund&. Fu￿4 ￿13￿￿5￿1 l Fi"bruary 2025 ItU.928 103.928 8]￿55 81,855 Fund balantes at 31 January 144. IX291 iQ1928 103.928 The statement of financial artivities indudes all gain5 and lo&%es TEr0￿1$ed Tn year. All irthme and exp￿allUTe dertve from continuing activitie WILD ARTS BALANCE SHEEr AS A T31 IANUARY 2026 Cuffenl aB8ets 13 81439 67,159 Cash at bank and in hand 101046 197.019 149, Credilm: amo¥nt> fallitt8 dut wllhifv o•t year 14 15IT281 145,6701 Net curr¢nt a8wIs 144, 103,928 The fund$ of the mi¢ i￿nefits will requirLrd in sett]en￿nL and the amount of tTr￿ obligation can nyasured reliably. Expenditure ts classified by activity. The cty8ts of exh activity a￿ made up of the lothl of dlfect costs and shared c<￿ts, includins supp)rt Costs involveil in undertaking each artivity. Dirv¢i c0515 0ttributAble to a yingltb activity all￿ated dirtrtly lo that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and 4UPPOrt COSt5 which are rK>I attributable to a sinsle activity ore apwrtIon￿ i*tween ih05e activitle5 on a iKIsiS COnSlgtent with vse of resourres. Irrecoverable VAT is char8ed as an exFfftse again￿ tF* artlvity for which theexpendlture arose. 1.6 Ca8h and ¢a8h ¢qulv•l¢nts Cash and cash equivalcnts include cash it) hand. ￿e￿)91ts held at call with banks, Other short-term IL4uid invi¥4tmenls with original maturities of three montlLS or less and bank Overdraf￿ BaDJ4 overdrafts are shown wlthin ix)rrowlngs in current liabiliti 1.7 Flnancial Inslrumen ThL' iharity h&s LILx%ed ￿ apply provi510ti5 of kniou 11 'Bw Fltity1xi￿ I￿trU￿￿' aDd Sortlun 12 'Ot￿r Fina￿1￿1 Instrun￿ts IsJues' of Fks l(r2 to all ol its financial irstrurnents. Basil linanrrial irLstrur￿ts are initially rwised at trangartion value aThl gutrthiuenily measured at provi5kon is made lor debts for which nXK>verability is in Joubt. Cash at bank and in hand i8 defined as all deferred IrKOn￿ a[￿ provision5. WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿s (CONT￿uED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 Accountin8 poltciej (Continued} I￿ Employee beneflts The cost of any unused holiday entitleTT￿t 15 rLrogni5ed in pen(Kl in whith the employ￿5 5eTvice5 are receiv￿. Terniination ￿nefIts are reCO￿lised immediately a5 an eXPe￿e when the charity 15 demonstrably COTnmitted to terminate empIoyrr￿nt of an employEe or io provide temiination i￿tfits. 1.9 Retltement ben¢flt8 P&ymL￿ts to dilitxsd contribution retire￿rt Eer*fit 5cheme5 are charged as an eX￿nSe as they tall due. fund• fund• fund& fundg Donation5 and glfts GranL8 Tax rtyovered uThler Gill ALLI $4.%7 41,266 134fi 611 1626 io, 67,165 48,431 20%q) 38,181 9,159 9,159 I1￿.75¢ 233 )1876 124,755 Income fTom ch•rit•ble artlvltles UotQAtrlded Unreslrided funds fund$ 534.947 457.(w16 13- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coNfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUARY2026 Iwome froth charitable arttvities (Continued) Perforniance income analysis IWJ13 76,516 Opera Evenin85 RorrtaTt ￿"Ver Messiah Education Other 411,n9 93.653 534.947 457.646 her income Unre¥tricted UnrestTieted funds funds .140 Other iTKome tomprise5 i￿Ome arising from activities that are not part of charitys PTimary charitable activ>ttes or fundraising. Thearn%￿ Tmhouy rElatE5 to ThethTax Relief. on theatrtcal productions during ihe year. The ￿l￿E is intended to support the e￿ation and production of Expenditure on raisln8 funds funds fitnds Fllndraising and publicity Fundraisins a8￿ts Other Eundrai5ing c(sts 1576 25.5TJ 37J98 41,(P)5 28.149 14- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmE￿s (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUAR Y2026 ExpendI￿re on ¢lwit•ble •divitle8 DiTe¢l ¢0818 Stall c05t8 70343 451J16 136,186 159,582 n9JlO Sts7,￿2 Share of jupport and governance costs l#et note 8} Supp()rt Govemance 29.114 28,017 749.424 616.319 Analyois by fumd UnrL*tricieJ ful￿ 653,191 I2￿70 749.424 616.319 Support co81& alloCa￿d lo artivltle• Staff (L￿ts Accounlancy 11,124 9,341 Ingura￿e rr and Offi L*8al and Professional Sundry 1.037 3.514 1,47 30.114 17 CTrwTitable eXp￿IlUr￿ ,114 28￿17 -15. WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (COKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 Net movement in ￿Trds The net movement in funds is ststed after charsin81(credilin81.' Fee5 ptsyable for the indeF¢ndent examination of thecharity's finanaal statements Nono ol the tnL4'tees {or any Persor￿ conrxrted with t￿m) re&Yived •ny remuneration or benefits from t charity durins the year. Employe The average nwnthly number of employets during tl* year wa: Number Number Employment C￿¢$ 69,193 1,19) Oth¢'r ￿nsiOn costs 70J43 e We￿ rtt) employees wI￿e annyal temu￿atiOn nM)re than £￿$,(￿). Remuneratlon of key manasement pern)rtnel The remuneration of key n￿￿geMent perwnnel follows.. 94917 [￿l￿ded within the a￿ve is fAO.51512015: 17270) whKh was paid in YE5P￿t of m￿￿clan fees on a *lf- gXFkniliture. 12 Taxatio The charity is exempt fn)m taxation on its artivilies F*tauseall its Irthr￿ is applilxl forcharitabje purFX)5e5. -16- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE F￿ANCIAL STATEMENrs (cowrINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 Debtors Amounts fallins due Jvithin one year. Trade deblors Corporntion tax recoverable OthÈt debtots 10,592 7AWI 4,7( 4.320 14 CreditOTX amounts fallin8 due within one year (hher taxation and s(Kial security 873 15 Trade creditors 2.665 Accrua]s 16.IB3 6.494 51728 45,670 ot￿rdeFerred irKome 32.693 Deferred itKKJme is included in the finaThial stalen￿ts as follow tklerred itr)come is tr￿1￿ded withi Current liabilities 31693 17- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs (coKrtNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JAN(IAR Y21Y26 15 Dtfetred income (Continued) Movements in the year. tkferred in(ome at l February JJ25 B£ieawJ PTevious ￿[10￿* Resources defeTrEd in the year 35.638 135.638) 31693 126.W2) 35.638 ikferred im)me at 31 January 2026 31693 35,638 Income is recognised at fair value when the Charity has entitlement after any ￿E0m￿nce conditioThs have 16 Retirement benefit schemes Defined th)rttrTbutiott scheme8 awge to profit or lo￿ Rn resF*rt ofdefined cvntrit￿ts0n ¥Trwnes The charity owryates a defined conknlwtion pension xheme (or all qualifying employee5. The assets of the rne are held separaiely from those of ￿ charity in an indeFEndenU)' administered ￿nd. 18- LD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME￿5 (coNrtNUED) FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 17 Restricted funds The restrKted funds of charity comprise ￿￿FEnded balancts of donations and 8ranLs held on trusl subi&t to 5￿clE1C conditions by donoTS as to how may be USLYI. At l February Incomin Resouttrs At 31 lanswy Arts Coll￿￿1 England National Lottery FidelioChaTitab]e T￿81 Fowler Smith & Jones Trust Cokhester County Council Atts and Cuhural F￿rtd Idlewild Trnst (Emersing Artist Frosramrt*) Grattan tknnation Olga Allen (Onegin) Mr & Mrs (YHare (knr Townsley IOne8kn) 29.841 129,8411 {1￿} I3.￿1) I1,4￿) 15,LT25) {11(X￿) {20,(XX>) {13.(XK)) {6.(XK>) 13.(XK Con￿rt} li.4￿) I￿233} Freviousyear. Atl February Incomins ResouTces At 31 January ccc Fssex C97nmunity Foundation Arts kniety Colchester FSJ Charities Centre for Innovation Furnlins Friends of Rotnan River R(KMII I1,5￿1) 13,(KMII artislsl {1.726) 12876 (11876) -19- WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE FEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y21r26 17 Restrided fund8 (Continued) Restrirted funds compr1￿ irthme rlreived foT $Fxrific purpctts as defined by dono -Arts Cou￿11 England National IA>ttery - Funding was r£reived for Combined Summer Activity fincluding the Summer Opera Eveninss Emerging Artists. and Prinwy SchooJ5 Programrnel. -Fidelio Charitable Tru51- Funding was ￿(eIved for Enrrsing Artists. -Fowler Smith & Jones Trust - Funding was Tffeived for Emersins Artists and the Primary *hools ulche5ter County CvuTKiI Arts at)d Cultural Fund - Funding was received lor Cc?mblt￿￿ Summer Artivity linclLtding the Summer Opera. OFErn Evenin85. En*ryAns Arti81s aThl Prtmary Pn¥ramme). -Idiewild Trust- FUr￿Ing was rtyeived for the Emersins Artist ProsTamme. rattan tknalion- Fundins was Tlteived for Perforn￿ Feeg on a variety ofevenls. Isa AIEen- Funding wag Yereived for the C￿￿n Summer OFra event. -Mr & MYS (YHare- FuThling was received for the SummEr Opera events. )xar Towftsley- Fundln8 was re￿IVed lor theOT*8in ￿rnrner OF*rt event. -lennie Mace- Funding was ￿e1v￿ for a Roman River Fordham Cor*ert. undry . I￿lUd￿ within Sundry are vaTiOUS ad donatlons whKh were restrKted for core C￿ts and Vario￿ RoFnan RiveT events. 18 Unrejtrltted fund The unr￿tr￿ted funds of the charity comprise the unexpeThled balances of donations and 8rants whlch are not su￿.l￿ to 5Fecilic conditions bv donors and srantors as to how t￿Y May iE U￿1. These ir￿l￿d desigt)atLMI funds which have iyen set aside oul of unrv5tr1rt￿ fut)ds by the trustees for specific puryxws. At l FebnTary Intomin8 Resources At 31 January rewurces expended Cenerdl funds 103.928 734.649 1694,2861 144.291 Previou8 year. At l FebTuary Jncomift8 Re8ouTres At 31 l•nuary expended 81A55 653.665 1631,W21 103,928 WILD ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coNrtNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IANUAR Y2026 19 Related party tr*ti8•rtion$ The Charity Iw a corporate Sport￿lShiP agr1￿lent with castle￿ IrLwrdTr￿ ServicEs Ltd. an entity in which Guy Everington hold5 a 9)% owncrship interest. tk>natior6 and trket sale Ir￿Me re￿Ived in the yeaT totsl £35YJ (2025: £2￿)). Thre were no amounts outsta￿lIng at the ba]¥nce sheet date12025: £Nil). Aggregate donations and ticket 5ale5 of 1223? We￿ received from 4 trllst&￿ without conditiorLS and on an arm's leA￿h t•sts12025.. L7.039 receivLMI from 4 ￿5￿1. There were t)0 further disclosable trdTWrtion5 with related parties. Cash 5ener¥tsd frOn￿(ab80￿bed by) operations 40J63 Movements sn workin8 capitaL. Oncreasel in debtors Increase in creditors (DLrrea5ellincwease in deferrd irKome (115341 10.IK13 119451 X31 6.616 Cash seneratea fvonvlabsorbed by) operations ffi7 1415881 Analysis of changes in net funds The rhaTity had ￿MIlerIal debt durir% ihe year.