2023-09-30-accounts

Objecti	ves and	Acti	viti	es
				SORP reference
Summary	of the purposes		of	Para 1.17	To promote the performing arts for
the charity as set out		in its			the benefit ofthe public and to
governing	document				advance the education	ofthe public		in
					the arts through the presentations		of
					theatrical productions	and
					broadcasts.
Summary activities	of the main in relation to those			Para 1.17and 1.19	We Light Up the House	is developing
purposes	for the public				three theatrical productions:
benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.					A contemporary play about protest; play exploring the lives of dancers during Russia's cold war and a new			a
					Oscar Wilde adaptation.
Statement	confirming			Para 1.18	The trustees have had	regard to	the
whether the trustees		have			Charity Commission's	guidance	on
had regard to the guidance					public benefit.
issued by	the Charity
Commission on public
benefit

You ma	ch	oose t	o include f	urther statemen	urther statemen
				SORP reference
				Para	1.38
Policy on	grant making
				Para	1 38
Policy on	social investment
including	program		related
investment
				Para	1.38
Contribution		made	by
volunteers

Achievements and Pe	rformance	rformance
	SORP reference
			We Light Up the House has
			commissioned a new adaptation of an
Summary of the main	Para	V.2ff	Oscar Wilde short story which will
achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the			look at his relationship with his children and their trauma after his
charity's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.			imprisonment. The charity is developing a creative team to tell the story of Russia's dancers during the Cold War. It is staging Protest Song
			at the Areola Theatre in Dec 2023/Jan
			2024 which gives voice to those who
			want to see change in our society.

Achievements against	Para	1 41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives	Para	1 41
set
investment performance	Para	1.41
against objectives
Other

Financial Review	Financial Review
Review of the charity's			Para	1 21	The charity	has cash and bank at hand of
financial position at	the end				6891. It has	paid a writer*s commission
of the period					to adapt an	Oscar Wilde play.
Statement explaining	the		Para	1.22	The charity	holds no reserves.
policy for holding reserves
statin wh the are	held
Amount of reserves	held		Para	1.22
Reasons for holding	zero		Para	1.22	The charity	ensures each project has a
reserves					contingency	but has no regular
					outgoings.
Details of fund materially		in	Para	1.24	No deficit.
deficit
Explanation of any			Para	1.23
uncertainties about	the
charity continuing as a going
concern

You ma choose to include fu	rther	statements	where	relevant a	bou	t:
			~	Grants	and	foundations
The charity's principal sources of funds (including	Para	1.47	~	Support in kind from theatres and other arts and heritage
any fundraising)				organisation s
			~	Philanthro		ists
Investment policy and objectives including any	Para	1 46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the principal	Para	1 46
risks facing the charity
Other

Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document			Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity			Para 1.25	A Charitable		Incorporated	Organisation
constituted'?
Trustee selection methods			Para 1.25
including details of any
constitutional provisions	e.g.
election to post or name	of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
Additional information	(optional)
You ma choose to include		further statements		where relevant		about
				Board Members
				Health and	Safety
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction	and		Para 1.51	Freelancers and Contractors Equal Opportunities
training of trustees				Articles of Association
				The Charity		is managed	by Sarah
The charity's organisational structure and any wider			Para 1.51	Weatherall and has three Angela Wallis, Christine			trustees: Wells and
network with which the				Christopher		White.
charity works
Relationship with any related			Para 1.51
parties
Other

Charit	name			We Li ht U	the House
Other name the charit			uses	N/a
Re istered chari		number		1159190
Charity's	principal	address		8Tapp Street
				London
				E1 5RE

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates ected if not tor whole Bar	Name to a	of person (or body) entitled oint trustee if an	of person (or body) entitled oint trustee if an
	ANGELA MARY		WHOLE PERIOD
1	WALLIS
	CHRISTOPHER		WHOLE PERIOD
	JOHN WHITE
	CHRISTINE		WHOLE PERIOD
	WELLS
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Funds held as custodian	Funds held as custodian	trustees	on behalf of others
Description of the assets
held in this capacity
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details of arrangements	for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own assets

		WE LIGHT	WE LIGHT	UP THE	HOUSE
								uf a,v;		1159190
					Annual	accounts	for the	eriod				CC178
								Period edd
		Period	start date		01.10.22		To	date	i	30.9.23
							Restricted
Recommended		Details of own			Unrestricted		Income	Endowment		Total this		Total last
categories by activity			analysis		z	funds	funds	funds		year		year
						E	E			E
Incoming resources	(Note 3)					F01	F02	F03		F04		F05
Incoming resources from
generated funds
Voluotery Income					S01
Acllvftles for generating funds					502
Iovestmeol focoroe					503					3	013
Incoming resources from
charitable activities					sge
Other Incoming resources					505
Total	incoming resources				s05					3	013
Resources expended		(Notes	4-8)
Costs of Generating Funds
Costs ol geoereliog voluolsry
tocome					S07
Fuodrstslog trediog costs					Sge
Ioveslmeol meosgemeol costs					Sgg
Charitable activities					510					2	120
Governance costs					Sl I
Other resources expended					512
Total	resources expended				sf5
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers					Sfs						893
Gross transfers between funds					515
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other recognised gains/(/oases)					S15						893
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Gains and losses on revaluation			of fixed assets
for the charity's own use					517
Gains and losses on investment			assets		510
Net		movement		in funds	slg						893
Total tunds brought	forward				S20
Total funds carr/ed				fonvard	5th						893

							Restricted
				8	Unrestricted		Income	Endowment	Total	this	Total last
				z	funds		funds	funds	year			year
								2	2
Fixed assets					FO'I		F02	F03	F04			F05
Tangible assets		(Note 9)		BO1
				802
		(Note 10)		803
	Total fixed assets			804
Current assets
Stock and work in	progress			805
Debtors		(Note 11)		806
(Short term) investments				807
Cash at bank and	in hand			806		893				893
	Total	current assets		809		893				893
Creditors: amounts falling			due within
one year (Note 12)				810
Net current assets/(Itabilltles)				811		893				893
Total assets less current			liabilities	812
Creditors: amounts tailing			due after
one year	(Note	12)		813
Provisions for liabilities		and	charges	814
			Net assets	815		893				893
Funds ofthe Charity
Unrestricted funds				816
				817
Restricted Income	funds	(Note 13)		816
Endowment funds	(Note	13)		819
		Total funds		82o		893				893
Signed by one or Iwo thetrustees	trustees on		behalf of ail		S'	nature		Print	Name		Date of a roval