Annual Report & Financial Statements
1 SEPT 2023 - 31 AUGUST 2024
Registered Charity: 1159567
Annual Report & Financial Statements 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 – 31 AUGUST 2024
The Board of Trustees is pleased to present its annual report for the year 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2024, together with the financial statements for the year.
Charity Status and Constitution
Delight is a registered charity, number 1159567. Delight is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Delight is governed by its Constitution which was adopted on the 5th November 2014.
Trustees
Victoria Francis Chair Dominic Carpenter Treasurer Matt Fox Secretary Stephen Brown Safeguarding Elizabeth Jane Ee-Mei Lim Education
Chief Executive Officer Kathryn Mills
Bankers
Registered Address
Delight, 9B Station Avenue, Caterham, Surrey CR3 6LB
Lloyds Bank, 21 Station Avenue, Caterham CR3 6YT
Accountant
Xeinadin, Nightingale House, 46-48 East Street, Epsom, Surrey KT17 1HQ
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Delight Partner Schools 2023-24
Welcome
OO 1 Ashford Park Primary School 14 Ottershaw Infant School O 2 Chandlers Field Primary School O 15 Ottershaw Junior School 3 Cordwalles Junior School 16 Pyrcroft Grange Primary School °° 4 Darley Dene Primary School 17 Rowdown Primary School O 5 Fairchildes Primary School O 18 St John’s Primary School, Knaphill ° 6 Guildford Grove Primary School ° 19 St Mary’s C of E Primary School, Oxted OO 7 Kenyngton Manor Primary School 20 St Michaels Catholic Primary School 8 21 O Kingfield Primary School O Town Farm Primary School oO 9 Loseley Fields Primary School oO 22 Walton Oak Primary School OO 10 Manorfield Primary and Nursery School 23 Westfield Primary School O 11 Marnel Junior School O 24 Weyfield Primary Academy oO 12 Meadhurst Primary School oO 25 Wray Common Primary School O 13 Monks Orchard Primary School
On behalf of the Board of Trustees,
I’m pleased to be able to share Delight’s Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 2023-24 academic year.
The driving force behind our work at Delight is our belief in the ability of arts-based learning to help close the attainment and opportunity gap for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with special educational needs and disabilities. Over the past four years, we have worked with independent evaluation expert ImpactEd to examine this belief with specific focus on children eligible for Pupil Premium (a government grant awarded to schools in England to raise the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils). Alongside this, we have run our annual evaluation of the academic year 2023-2024. The results of both studies evidence the positive outcomes of our work and are celebrated in this report.
The success of our work is attributable to the strong partnerships we form with our stakeholders – school leaders, teachers, arts partners and funders. We are incredibly grateful for these relationships. My thanks go out to everyone who has committed time, hard work and energy, as well as to the Delight team whose continued dedication and enthusiasm is reflected in the children for whom they work.
In an economically challenging year, I also want to thank all those who have supported us financially and had faith in our ability to weather the year’s difficulties. This support has enabled us to embrace challenges and work towards a sustainable future. It means that we can continue to bring the power of arts-based learning to an ever-growing number of beneficiaries and share the magic of Delight with more children than ever before.
Victoria Francis Chair
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Delight’s Approach
Delight’s mission is to embed arts-based learning in primary school culture. We want to ensure that children who experience disadvantage have an equitable opportunity to thrive during their school years and beyond.
To achieve our mission, over ten years, we have developed an approach that considers all parts of the school community and how we can successfully engage everyone in the power of arts-based learning.
Children Our programmes are fully accessible to all children, moving the dial on school attendance and engagement. Teachers Through CPDL, teachers gain the knowledge, Wider Teaching Staff skills and confidence We welcome wider to embed arts-based school staff to share learning into their their creative skills and teaching practice. be part of the Delight experience. Lo : Senior Leaders Subsiding programmes through Governors funding removes the Our indepth reporting financial barrier to enables governors to participation. support an arts-based learning approach.
Senior Leaders Subsiding programmes through funding removes the financial barrier to participation.
Families We create sharing opportunities that build strong teacher/parent/ child relationships.
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42% were eligible for Pupil Premium support
25% 20% had special had English as educational needs an additional and disabilities language
LONGITUDINAL REPORTING 2020-2024 a silm pactEd
Key Findings
ImpactEd annually conducted a full indepth evalution of three Delight programmes:
Our aim has always been to share findings from our work and inform the national conversation of the role of arts-based learning in primary schools.
Delight in Dance • ages 7-8
Four years ago, thanks to funding received from The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and in partnership with independent evaluator ImpactEd, we began a deep dive into the effect of our work on children eligible for Pupil Premium.
Delight in Watts • ages 8-9
Delight in Shakespeare • ages 9-10
ImpactEd also cleaned and matched data sets for our other three programmes:
Rainforest Retreat • ages 8-9
Out of this World • ages 9-10
We wanted to understand if taking part in three different arts-based learning programmes in consecutive years could positively affect the social, creative and learning development of longitudinally tracked Pupil Premium children.
Delight in Stories • ages 6-8
This has enabled us to provide robust, independently verified, multi-year impact reporting across all six Delight programmes.
We were also curious to see if an independent evaluation of our approach to arts-based learning, which engages everyone in a school community, was as effective as our internal evaluation showed.
Comprehensive details from ImpactEd’s Impact Evaluation Report can be found in the link below and on Delight’s website.
View full ImpactEd report here
Our annual impact reports focus on the effectiveness of our programmes in multiple areas:
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children’s social and emotional wellbeing
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children’s learning engagement
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children’s creative skills development
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teachers’ confidence and skills development
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parent/carer engagement
Children eligible for Pupil Premium
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1 The average social development score of pupils with Pupil Premium significantly increased for pupils across programmes by 15.4 percentage points.
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2 A 20.1 percentage point increase was observed in the social development scores of pupils with Pupil Premium in Delight in Watts. This was the highest increase observed across years 2020-24.
3 The average creative development score of pupils with Pupil Premium significantly increased by 26.9 percentage points across programmes.
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4 All three programmes contributed to the development of technical vocabulary and knowledge of the arts amongst pupils.
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5 There was a statistically significant increase of 8.9 percentage points in the academic development scores of pupils with Pupil Premium across all programmes. This is in line with previous academic years’ trends.
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6 [Programmes] had a particular effect on pupils’ oracy and literacy, where connections between the art forms and their curriculum learnings were made, especially amongst pupils with SEND.
Teachers
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1 A substantial increase in teachers’ confidence in delivering arts-based education was found consistently.
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2 Teachers’ intention to incorporate arts-based education into their lessons increased across the three programmes for ‘Delight in Shakespeare’, ‘Delight in Dance’ and ‘Delight in Watts’. There were overall positive trends on teachers’ perceptions on programme quality and impact on them.
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3 There is a statistically significant increase of 18.3 percentage points in teachers’ confidence and a 48.5 percentage point in teachers’ intent to deliver arts-based learning.
Parents/Carers
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1 Parents observed enhanced social and emotional skills in their children, along with increased engagement in art, dance, and acting at home, suggesting that the programmes’ learnings were embedded in pupils’ lives.
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2 Parental engagement scores were higher for pupils who were in their third year of participating in Delight programmes compared to pupils who were in their second and first year of participating in Delight respectively. This further suggests a positive relationship between pupils’ length of participation with the programme and parental engagement.
LONGITUDINAL REPORTING Myla’s Story 2020-2024 A PUPIL PREMIUM CASE STUDY OVER 3 YEARS
In 2020, Myla embarked on her Delight journey. A lower ability child with special educational needs, she struggled to remember information and lacked confidence in her abilities. The teacher’s conversations with her busy mum were more ‘doorstep’ chats rather than in-depth discussions.
Delight in Shakespeare • Year 5 • ages 9-10 By Year 5 Myla had gained the confidence to participate in lessons but was still working at a low academic level. Myla’s teacher wanted to see an increase in her self-belief and hoped that she would understand the narrative and complexities of the play. Myla herself was excited to perform again: “I have done Heroes and Villains... I know what I have to do – I will be fine”. This link back to Delight in Dance reinforced the strength of year-on-year Delight participation. Myla’s teacher was overwhelmed with her growth: “Myla excelled... She had one of the main parts and absolutely shone. I was amazed at how well she learnt her lines and song lyrics.” Myla even shared with her teacher that it was “really easy to memorise mine and other peoples’ [lines]” which stunned her teacher who was worried that due to her special educational need this would be very difficult. Myla's mum, who had helped Myla at home practising lines “over and over again", cried as Myla performed. She could see how her daughter’s creative talent had developed and committed to nurture it outside of school.
Delight in Dance • Year 3 • ages 7-8 Myla’s teacher singled her out as one of the real “success stories”. She noted improvements in her self-esteem, personal expectations and leadership qualities, while Myla had a newfound belief that she was “an important person”. The programme marked a turning point in the parentteacher relationship providing a new conversation point.
Delight in Watts • Year 4 • ages 8-9 Building her self-confidence was a main aim for both Myla's teacher and herself, while a development of fine motor skills and improvement in presentational skills were also hopes of Myla’s teacher.
Myla thoroughly enjoyed Delight in Watts taking a keen interest in the workshops and working hard on her self-portrait. It gave her the change to show off her creative side and her teacher noticed a definite improvement with her motor skills which presented itself in her wider written work.
Myla is proud of her Delight journey. The confidence she has developed in her artistic abilities, academic capabilities, and self-belief, shows the power of arts-based learning on those children who struggle with ‘traditional’ teaching methods.
Myla’s mum attended the final exhibition at Watts Gallery and they enjoyed this time together away from home life distractions.
She is in a strong position to embark on her secondary school years with the confidence that she can thrive. As Myla told us: “I feel excited about the future as I will know what I need to do and what I will need to work on.”
“ I feel excited about the future as I will know what I need to do and what I will need to work on.” MYLA F
Photograph for illustrative purposes only, children featured are not Myla.
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Delight in Dance
HEROES vs VILLAINS
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Delight in Dance, devised and delivered in partnership with contemporary dance company Made By Katie Green, immerses the children in the magical world of Heroes and Villains.
The programme begins when the ‘Story Detectives’ dancers, Playful and Particular, take the children on a quest to find the ‘most important story’. Over the following six weeks, dancers and class teachers help the children devise their own Heroes and Villains storytelling dances, which are performed at the end of the programme to parents, carers and the wider school community.
In addition to helping children’s creative development and social and emotional wellbeing, Delight in Dance enhances teaching of Literacy and Physical Education within the National Curriculum.
The percentage of participating children eligible for Pupil Premium who showed a development in the following areas*:
Social & Emotional Wellbeing
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2020-2021 85%
2021-2022 66%
2022-2023 90%
2023-2024 87%
Learning Engagement
2020-2021 69%
2021-2022 58%
2022-2023 76%
2023-2024 74%
Creative Development
2020-2021 72%
2021-2022 71%
2022-2023 94%
2023-2024 94%
Parent & Carer Engagement
2021-2022 48%
2022-2023 47%
2023-2024 54%
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Learning Engagement
Creative Development
Parent & Carer Engagement
*Comprehensive data gathered from 179 children eligible for Pupil Premium.
**Covid Delivery
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Delight in Art
WATTS
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“I really enjoyed painting and going to the art gallery. It was the best art I have ever done. I loved taking part and wish I could do it again.”
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Delight in Watts is an intensive visual arts project devised in partnership with Paintbox and delivered by Delight, Paintbox and Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village.
Begining with a wow day at Watts Gallery children are challenged to take creative risks as they learn about and make visual art in an engaging and comprehensive way.
Working intensively with Paintbox artists and using bespoke art journals Delight in Watts supports teachers in delivering aspects of the Art & Design National Curriculum whilst children gain knowledge that enriches topic and literacy learning.
The programme culminates in an exhibition of the children’s artwork at Watts Gallery which is celebrated by family and friends, and then remains on public display for a number of weeks.
The percentage of participating children eligible for Pupil Premium who showed a development in the following areas*:
Social & Emotional Wellbeing
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2021-2022 76%
2022-2023 85%
2023-2024 82%
Learning Engagement
2021-2022 Pe 67%
2022-2023 74%
2023-2024 55%
Creative Development
2021-2022 76%
2022-2023 93%
2023-2024 91%
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Parent & Carer Engagement
2021-2022 61%
2022-2023 48%
2023-2024 55%
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CPD Day What are the Arts? Painting Day Exhibition Labels Watts Gallery Teacher-Led Paintbox Teacher-Led
*Comprehensive data gathered from 71 children eligible for Pupil Premium.
Watts Gallery Visit Drawing Day & Paintbox Workshop Paintbox
Painting Day Exhibition Paintbox Watts Gallery & Paintbox
In 2020-21 we were unable to deliver Delight in Watts due to pandemic restrictions. To continue supporting schools we created and delivered a new visual arts programme Out of this World which features on pages 20-21.
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Delight in Art RAINFOREST RETREAT
Rainforest Retreat enriches topic learning and increases children’s awareness of the natural world as they transform school spaces into rainforest worlds.
Over six weeks children work with professional Paintbox artists and/or their class teachers to explore a range of art materials and techniques that develop their observation and selfexpression skills.
Rainforest Retreat provides an opportunity to bring an extra layer of excitement to learning about topics such as ecosystems, environment and conservation, or the Amazon. During the programme children fill windows with exotic birds, create garlands of tropical leaves, decorate flying wooden birds and bugs that climb the walls, offering a truly immersive learning experience.
The percentage of participating children eligible for Pupil Premium who showed a development in the following areas*:
Social & Emotional Wellbeing
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2021-2022 88%
2022-2023 92%
2023-2024 92%
Learning Engagement
2021-2022 75%
2022-2023 55%
2023-2024 56%
Creative Development
2021-2022 Po 79%
2022-2023 92%
2023-2024 90%
Parent & Carer Engagement
2021-2022 46%
2022-2023 49%
2023-2024 31%
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Parent & Carer Engagement
- *Comprehensive data gathered from 119 children eligible for Pupil Premium.
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Delight in Art OUT OF THIS WORLD
Out of this World guides children on a six week spacethemed art adventure in partnership with Paintbox.
Enhancing children’s understanding of topic learning about astronomy and strengthening their engagement, they create a range of exciting visual art pieces exploring the wonders of the universe.
Over six weeks Paintbox and teachers co-lead drawing, painting, and collage workshops, guiding children to create space-themed artwork to share with families and friends in an exhibition. Out of this World improves children’s creative confidence, wellbeing and resilience, whilst improving their knowledge of visual arts, STEM language and skills. Throughout the programme, teachers are able to link with Literacy and Science learning and implement the Art and Design National Curriculum.
The percentage of participating children eligible for Pupil Premium who showed a development in the following areas*:
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Social & Emotional Wellbeing
2020-2021 63%
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2021-2022 65%
2022-2023 89%
2023-2024 84%
Learning Engagement
2020-2021 51%
2021-2022 ee 61%
2022-2023 89%
2023-2024 42%
Creative Development
2020-2021 67%
2021-2022 re 78%
2022-2023 100%
2023-2024 ee 84%
Parent & Carer Engagement
2021-2022 ee 74%
2022-2023 ee 44%
2023-2024 51%
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*Comprehensive data gathered from 107 children eligible for Pupil Premium.
**Covid Delivery
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Delight in Shakespeare
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM; MACBETH; THE TEMPEST
Delight in Shakespeare, devised and delivered with Guildford Shakespeare Company, immerses children in the magical world of Shakespeare and sparks their enthusiasm for drama and storytelling.
The programme begins with an interactive performance of a Shakespeare play followed by a Q&A and skills workshop with the actors. Over the following seven weeks, actors and teachers facilitate workshops helping children develop theatrical knowledge and skills, including devising scripts, designing sets, and crafting props. The programme culminates in a Shakespeare performance, devised and performed by the children for family and friends.
Alongside developing children’s creative skillls and social and emotional wellbeing, Delight in Shakespeare supports teachers in delivering elements of the Literacy National Curriculm for Upper Key Stage 2.
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The percentage of participating children eligible for Pupil Premium who showed a development in the following areas*:
Social & Emotional Wellbeing
“I felt joyful taking part and having a role made me feel like I could express myself to higher levels of acting and felt I was part of a community.”
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2020-2021 59%
2021-2022 65%
2022-2023 89%
2023-2024 92%
Learning Engagement
2020-2021 Po 72%
2021-2022 71%
2022-2023 71%
2023-2024 [Lo 76%
Creative Development
2020-2021 Po 82%
2021-2022 Lo 91%
2022-2023 Po 89%
2023-2024 [oT 84%
Parent & Carer Engagement
2021-2022 [oT 61%
2022-2023 Po 48%
2023-2024 55%
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Parent & Carer Engagement
*Comprehensive data gathered from 191 children eligible for Pupil Premium.
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“We had one school refuser who came in for the whole programme and has been in school ever since.”
TEACHER
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Arts-based learning embraces creative experiences as a tool not only for developing children’s artistic skills, but vitally for improving learning engagement, wellbeing, social skills and aspirations. Our longitudinal study demonstrates that arts-based learning connects particularly well with children who have Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and struggle with ‘traditional’ teaching methods. Our approach can also help children develop tools and coping mechanisms for anxiety and mental health challenges.
How we make our work equitable
We work with:
We take away:
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Financial barriers for children and parents by fundraising for the programmes and asking schools for a percentage contribution.
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Mainstream state primary schools with above average children experiencing socio-economic disadvantage or where schools identify pockets of high need.
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Transport barriers by holding endof-programme sharings in schools or, in the case of Delight in Watts, we provide transport for children, parents and teachers to take them to and from Watts Gallery for the children’s exhibition.
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Mainstream state primary schools that have specialist education centres attached – children spend their time in both the specialist centre and mainstream class.
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Specialist education centres attached to mainstream state primary schools – children spend the majority of their time in the centre.
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Preconceptions of who ‘the arts’ are for by positively engaging children with a range of arts organisations including galleries, Shakespeare, contemporary dance and visual arts.
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“Pupils were able to equally engage in these creative activities, which levelled the traditional playing field … some pupils who did not normally take leadership roles in class, were now acting as leaders … those who normally struggled academically, got better with these creative activities.”
How we make our work diverse
Across the arts organisations we have partnered with this year the children and teachers have worked with a variety of professionals from global majorities, professionals with disabilities and neurodiversity, a wide range of ages, and professionals from the LGBTQ+ community.
Through our work, we contribute to a more inclusive society by using positive representation of people of different heritage, genders, sexualities, disabilities and ages. At every stage of our work, we focus on positively profiling children. We work with classroom teachers and arts partners to give a positive platform to children who feel unseen and unheard.
How we make our work inclusive
Programme components include:
Programme resources include:
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Dyslexia friendly font throughout all journals.
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CPD days to take the teachers through all aspects of the programme; techniques and queries surrounding accessibility and inclusion are discussed and support given.
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Writing frames and optional drawing response to enable all children to participate with confidence.
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Professional in-school performances are delivered as ‘ relaxed’ performances to ensure that they are accessible for children with a range of special educational needs.
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Step-by-step ‘How to’ videos to support visual and auditory learners and children with delayed processing.
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British Sign Language incorporated throughout ‘How to’ videos to make them accessible to d/Deaf learners.
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Artists delivering programme sessions are experienced in supporting children with a range of learning or physical needs.
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‘Word bank’ cards to aid vocabulary acquisition for all children and to support those with English as an additional language.
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Planning meetings take place with teachers to identify any adaptations necessary to make the programme accessible for the children in their class.
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Kinaesthetic learning is fundamental to an arts-based learning approach and engages children that struggle with more traditional classroom learning and those with English as an additional language.
ImpactEd
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Developing Teachers’ Skills and Confidence
We offer a wraparound package of support to teachers including:
Working with teachers year on year helps us form close relationships based on trust and a shared desire to positively effect the children in their classes.
- Whole day CPD workshops led by Delight and arts partners taking teachers through every aspect of the programme including content, accessibility and inclusion, and use of resources.
The partnerships we have with our teachers is integral to the success of the programmes; the energy, enthusiasm and dedication they bring increases the impact of the work. By giving teachers the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to deliver creative lessons independently empowers them to expand these skills into their wider teaching practice thereby helping to embed a genuine arts-based learning culture within schools.
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1:1 planning meetings to understand the needs of the class and encourage an open dialogue about the programmes being a partnership.
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Teachers co-leading workshops with artists and independently leading workshops with access to Delight resources and support.
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1:1 consultation to gather feedback that will inform future programme content.
This support is proven to help teachers gain the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to use an arts-based learning approach independently with their class. Over the past four years, we have worked with 346 teachers and collected data from them across all of our programmes.
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Number of participating teachers:
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
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Percentage of participating teachers who have shown development in the following areas:
Confidence in using arts-based learning techniques in their teaching practice
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2020-2021 78%
2021-2022 79%
2022-2023 88%
2023-2024 87%
Using arts-based learning approaches after taking part
2020-2021 80%
2021-2022 82%
2022-2023 91%
2023-2024 86%
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Using arts-based learning approaches after taking part
What teachers said:
Findings from ImpactEd
“Headteachers unanimously agreed that after participating, teachers in their school had an improved sense of confidence and knowledge in delivering arts-based learning.”
“Teachers praised the fact that they learnt how to better integrate arts activities into learning activities and the curriculum, such as integrating the story of dance or theatre into English lessons and literacy learning.”
“The CPD day was one of the most beneficial training days I have ever been on. It was so practical. I remembered it all when I was doing it with the children.”
“I really enjoyed the programme and working with my class in a different way. It helped me realise how much some children can thrive through drama and it has helped me to use drama more often in my lessons.”
“I have always struggled to teach dance. But with the training, learning to do it step by step, I realised that I could do it and any reservations I had went [away]. I felt a lot more confident.”
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Engaging Parents and Carers
Challenges with parental engagement Delight’s programmes offer a new point have reportedly increased over the of conversation between parents and past few years. Parents and carers face children and parents and teachers. mounting pressures, including financial The end-of-programme sharings are an hardship and emotional wellbeing, that invaluable way to engage with parents impact them as individuals and in their and carers, helping to build stronger wider family life. parent/teacher/child relationships.
Percentage of parents who completed surveys shared:
Their child talked about their Delight experience at home*
2021-2022 91% 2022-2023 95% 2023-2024 94%
They feel more encouraged to enjoy the arts with their child on a regular basis 2021-2022 87% 2022-2023 87% 2023-2024 90%*
They believe Delight was a positive experience for their child*
2021-2022 92% 2022-2023 96% 2023-2024 97%
*Data was not collected in 2020-21 due to Covid.
Findings from ImpactEd
“Parents saw Delight as a positive experience, where they believed that taking part in a Delight programme had a positive impact on their child’s social and emotional learning and engagement at home.”
“Some teachers reflected that the Delight programmes encouraged impressively high levels of engagement amongst parents and carers.”
“Within the same academic year (2022-23), parental engagement scores were higher for pupils who were in their third year of participating in Delight programmes compared to pupils who were in their second and first year of participating in Delight respectively. This further suggests a positive relationship between pupils’ length of participation with the programme and parental engagement.”
What parents said:
“It was wonderful to see my child on stage dancing when he was quite worried about it. He overcame his fears. Great life lesson.”
“Listening to my [child] talk about his experience [with Delight in Watts] was lovely. He usually tells me ‘he’s forgot’ what he’s done that day. But his art experience he raved about.”
What a headteacher said:
“We would like to use it [Delight in Shakespeare] as a way for further engagement with parents… this has been so beneficial to this cohort already in the previous two projects where the share part of the experience was engaging and superbly delivered so that all stakeholders were valued and parents warmly included.”
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NEW WORK
Delight in Stories
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A NATURE AND STORYTELLING ADVENTURE
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In our first fully teacher-led programme, children discover their power as the ‘Best Storytellers in the World’.
The adventure begins when the class teacher receives a video message from an intriguing author and former pupil who shares a story about Walter Welliebøøt, a tiny magical gardener from Størilund.
During a nature walk, the children discover Walter has lost his storytelling power, and his magical Story Plants are withering. The children are invited on a quest to save Størilund.
Over a number of weeks they craft powerful stories that help one of Walter’s Story Seeds rapidly grow into a healthy Story Plant. They celebrate by sharing their adventure with their families during an Open Classroom event.
Delight in Stories nurtures creativity, teamwork and empathy. It supports teachers to delivery Literacy, developing positive attitudes to reading, composition and comprehension, and links to the Science topic of Plants.
The percentage of participating children eligible for Pupil Premium who showed a development in the following areas*:
Social & Emotional Wellbeing
“It was so sweet to see the children reading to the Story Plant. The children were so excited when the plant grew. They all understood that the plant had grown because of their storytelling.”
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Self-worth 75%
Confidence 75%
Communication 71%
Creative Development
Setting in Writing 79%
Motivation to Write 75%
Generating Ideas 75%
Learning Engagement
Expression 79%
Concepts 71%
Understanding 75%
Parent and Carer Engagement
Support at Home 38%
Attending Events 58%
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Jenna’s Story A PUPIL PREMIUM CASE STUDY Jenna’s teacher explained that Jenna to talk more and is more excited and had recently come to the country as a confident to voice her opinions in class. refugee. She didn’t speak much English This was especially pronounced during but is making progress in this area, as a the programme when she often talked result she had one good friend but didn’t about the little man and his adventures. talk much to others. At the start of the Jenna’s work has improved, she has programme, Jenna was working at a more stamina when writing for a purpose low ability and her teacher hoped that and is producing more content. Delight in Stories would help her focus Jenna was thrilled with the programme, on sentence structure and forming she said: “I love stories. I like to write her words correctly when spelling. about things that happen in my mind Jenna said that she enjoyed writing and I like how I can write these ideas adventure stories and liked including for people to enjoy.” lots of different characters. Jenna’s teacher was pleased with the impact that Delight in Stories had on her. Since taking part, Jenna has started ' , a | | ~ * She ie i ae , Fr is . ~ : ie A F] ’ Bie. & Fae —e Sate. “ Cease.pagan Hine I really loved writing oe PHOS x > stories to Walter because he a SE y i tl sol 7 fi wrote us lots of notes and came to visit. This made me really excited to write.”
Development Areas Social & Emotional Wellbeing Before Programme After Programme Self-Worth 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Communication 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Teamwork 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Learning Engagement Before Programme After Programme Motivation to Write 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Writing Process 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Storytelling Confidence 1 2 3 | 4 | 5 oe 1 2 3 4 5 ~~||~~ Creative Development Before Programme After Programme Understanding New Concepts 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 || | | Decode Sounds and Words 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Parent & Carer Engagement Before Programme After Programme Attending Events 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Parent & Carer Engagement Attending Events
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NEW WORK
Make, Create, Celebrate
Make, Create, Celebrate is a holistic early intervention visual arts and wellbeing programme supporting children and their families in wards across Surrey that have been identified as having poor health outcomes.
This two-year programme combines children’s and teachers’ participation in a six-week, in-school Rainforest Retreat or Delight in Watts programme with additional ways of integrating these visual arts programmes into the wider family unit.
We do this in the following ways:
- Exhibition
The end of programme exhibition includes an art activity that parents and children do together.
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Take home pack Every child takes home a fully resourced art pack so they can do some of the art activities they did in school with family members at home.
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Community art and wellbeing sessions Some children and parents are sensitively selected and invited to a series of community art and wellbeing sessions led by arts partner Paintbox.
“ I was able to have an wae Bt experience I would ? not normally have the opportunity to have. I am very grateful.”
“ Thank you so much Hannah. My girls and I really loved the class. It’s a fantastic thing to do in the community and to not have to pay anything. This is a wonderful charity and we appreciate having you here.”
PARENT
The project has been incredibly well received by children, parents, schools and the surrounding communities. Our evaluation, produced in conjunction with the Surrey Mental Health Investment Fund, is ongoing and we look forward to reporting on it in detail in our next Impact Report.
PARENT
151 252 330 take-home art family members children packs were attended took part distributed exhibitions
11 teachers took part
76 community members attended art & wellbeing sessions
“I think Delight is one of the best things I have participated in school.”
Future Plans
Over the past two years there has been substantial growth in demand from schools to partner with Delight to support children’s learning and wellbeing. This is due to the sharp rise in children experiencing disadvantage and/or mental health and learning challenges, alongside Delight’s growing reputation in the primary education sector for our high-quality and impactful arts-based learning programmes.
To help us continue our mission of supporting schools to embed arts-based learning and expand our reach in response to demand, our future plans include:
- Fully teacher-led Rainforest Retreat, Out of this World and Delight in Stories running from 2024-25 enabling schools to access our work at a lower price point and to give teachers the opportunity to lead arts-based learning independently.
CHILD
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Expansion of our team to give us the capacity to maintain our strong existing school partnerships and forge new ones.
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Explore the possibilities afforded through Make, Create, Celebrate on parental and community engagement.
“ When I talk about the Delight programmes it reminds me of what our true purpose in education is.”
- Concentrated effort to advocate for the benefits of arts-based learning on children who experience disadvantage through our current local networks and expansion into the national arena.
HEADTEACHER
Our proven success in forging meaningful educational and cultural partnerships, plus the support we receive from our family of funders, will help us achieve these goals in turn making a positive difference to the lives of the children we work with.
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Organisation Structure and Management
Governance
Delight has a board of five Trustees who bring a range of experience covering education, arts, business, finance, marketing and law. The Charity must have a minimum of three Trustees at any time. Under Delight’s Constitution by which the board Is governed, the Board of Trustees has the power to do anything that is believed to further the Charity’s objectives or is conducive or incidental to doing so. The governance of the Charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and coopted under the terms of its Constitution. The Board of Trustees has corporate responsibility for ensuring that Delight complies with any statutory or administrative requirements for the use of public and/or private funds. Trustees meet on a quarterly basis. All Trustees give their time freely. None of the Trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the Charity.
Trustees Appointments
The appointment of new Trustees is made by the Board. Trustees are selected according to the skills, knowledge, and experience that they can contribute to Delight’s charitable remit.
Management
The daily running of Delight is overseen by the CEO, Kathryn Mills, alongside a team of eight part-time staff. Delight is a Living Wage employer.
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Financial Review
The Trustees have reviewed the Charity’s financial position and consider the Charity’s financial position for the year ended 31st August 2024 to be strong.
At 31st August 2024, Delight held general unrestricted funds of £15,000 alongside pipeline development designated funds of £88,080 to support the Charity’s development, reach and impact.
Reserves Policy
Declaration
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report.
Signed on behalf of Delight’s Trustees:
DELIGHT
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF DELIGHT
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Delight (the trust) for the year ended 31 August 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the trust you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
I report in respect of my examination of the trust’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the trust’s gross income exceeded £250,000, the independent examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England andWales, which is one of the listed bodies.
Delight holds free reserves for three months’ operational costs, protecting organisational stability. At 31st August 2024, resilience designated funds were £50,347.
Victoria Francis
CHAIR
DATE: 10TH FEBRUARY 2025
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the relevant version of the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn. I understand that this has been done in order for the financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the trust as required by section 130 of the Charities Act 2011. 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
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3 the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Hazel Day Xeinadin Nightingale House 46-48 East Street Epsom Surrey KT17 1HQ Date: ............................ corktch. ERROR,sas
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DELIGHT
DELIGHT
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 AUGUST 2024
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Debtors Cash at bank and in hand |
13 | 24,664 380,715 |
21,340 258,404 |
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| 405,379 | 279,744 | ||||||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
14 | (251,952) | (129,059) | ||||
| Net current assets | 153,427 | 150,685 | |||||
| The funds of the trust | |||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
15 | 153,427 | 150,685 | ||||
| 153,427 | 150,685 |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | funds | funds | Current assets | |||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | Debtors | |||
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | Cash at bank and in hand | Cash at bank and in hand | |
| Income and endowments from: | |||||||||
| Donations and legacies Charitable activities |
2 | 11,000 | 167,830 | 178,830 | 7,383 | 264,312 | 271,695 - |
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
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| Delight programmes | 3 | 88,700 | - | 88,700 | 87,935 | - | 87,935 | ||
| Net current assets | |||||||||
| Investments | 4 | 2,329 | - | 2,329 | 623 | - | 623 | ||
| Other income | 5 | 56,796 | - | 56,796 | 54,461 | - | 54,461 | ||
| The funds of the trust | The funds of the trust | ||||||||
| Total income | 158,825 | 167,830 | 326,655 | 150,402 | 264,312 | 414,714 | Unrestricted funds | ||
| Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Delight programmes Total expenditure |
6 7 |
32,123 - 2,621 289,169 34,744 289,169 ~~= ~~ |
32,123 291,790 323,913 |
31,858 - 31,858 2,960 355,288 358,248 34,818 355,288 390,106 The financial statements were approved by the trustees on ......................... .............................. ~~a~~ |
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| Ms V M Francis | |||||||||
| Net income/(expenditure) | 124,081 | (121,339) | 2,742 | 115,584 | (90,976) | 24,608 | Trustee | ||
| Transfers between | |||||||||
| funds | (121,339) | 121,339 | - | (90,976) | 90,976 | - | |||
| Net movement in | |||||||||
| funds | 9 | 2,742 | - | 2,742 | 24,608 | - | 24,608 | ||
| Reconciliation of funds: | |||||||||
| Fund balances at 1 September | |||||||||
| 2023 | 150,685 | - | 150,685 | 126,077 | - | 126,077 | |||
| Fund balances at 31 August | |||||||||
| 2024 | 153,427 | - | 153,427 | 150,685 | - | 150,685 |
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on ......................... 10TH FEBRUARY 2025
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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DELIGHT
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
1 Accounting policies
Charity information
Delight is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Charity number 1159567). The registered office of Delight is at 9B Station Avenue, Caterham, Surrey CR3 6LB
1.1 Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the trust's governing document, the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)". The trust is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The trust has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a statement of cash flows.
The financial statements have not departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2 Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3 Charitable funds
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
- Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
1.4 Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
1.5 Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
DELIGHT
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
2 Income from donations and legacies
| Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2024 £ £ Donations and gifts - 928 Grants 11,000 166,902 11,000 167,830 |
Total Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2023 2023 £ £ £ 928 7,383 - 177,902 - 264,312 178,830 7,383 264,312 |
Total 2023 £ 7,383 264,312 |
|---|---|---|
| 271,695 |
3 Income from charitable activities
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Delight programmes | |||
| School contributions | 88,700 | 87,935 | |
| 4 | Income from investments | ||
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | ||
| funds | funds | ||
| 2024 £ |
2023 £ |
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| Interest income | 2,329 | 623 | |
| 5 | Other income | ||
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | ||
| funds | funds | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Bespoke/ fee earning work | 56,796 | 54,461 |
1.6 Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
1.7 Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
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DELIGHT
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
DELIGHT
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
6 Expenditure on raising funds
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | |
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Fundraising and publicity | ||
| Other fundraising costs | 10,616 | 614 |
| Staff costs | 21,507 | 31,244 |
| 32,123 | 31,858 | |
| Expenditure on charitable activities | ||
| Delight | Delight | |
| programmes | programmes | |
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Direct costs | ||
| Staff costs | 107,163 | 105,850 |
| Other operating leases | 10,467 | 7,500 |
| Postage and stationery | 500 | 401 |
| Sundries | 1,367 | 49 |
| Arts Partner fees | 55,389 | 104,807 |
| Coach and Vehicle hire | 7,150 | 5,965 |
| Photography | 576 | 2,257 |
| Film and multimedia resources | 7,322 | 6,660 |
| Other project materials | 12,472 | 25,404 |
| Evaluation | 5,228 | 10,682 |
| Teacher CPD | 2,560 | 2,195 |
| Design and print | 4,072 | 4,566 |
| Travel and parking | 4,289 | 3,588 |
| Arts award | 2,721 | 7,555 |
| 221,276 | 287,479 | |
| Share of support and governance costs (see note 8) | ||
| Support | 67,893 | 67,809 |
| Governance | 2,621 | 2,960 |
| 291,790 | 358,248 | |
| Analysis by fund | ||
| Unrestricted funds | 2,621 | 2,960 |
| Restricted funds | 289,169 | 355,288 |
| 291,790 | 358,248 |
7 Expenditure on charitable activities
| 8 | Support costs allocated to activities | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Staff costs | 37,205 | 44,844 | |
| Operating lease charges | 1,979 | 6,824 | |
| Travel | 1,119 | - | |
| Rates | 941 | 828 | |
| Insurance | 1,117 | 1,094 | |
| Light & heat | 2,943 | 2,593 | |
| Telephone & internet | 467 | 424 | |
| Postage & stationery | 1,154 | 1,324 | |
| Other support costs | 9,768 | 2,128 | |
| Repair & maintenance | 6,378 | 924 | |
| IT & web costs | 4,806 | 6,818 | |
| Bank charges | 16 | 8 | |
| Governance costs | 2,621 | 2,960 | |
| 70,514 | 70,769 | ||
| Analysed between: | |||
| Delight programmes | 70,514 | 70,769 | |
| 9 | Net movement in funds | 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ | ||
| The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting): | |||
| Fees payable for the independent examination of the charity's financial | |||
| statements | 1,750 | 1,650 | |
| Operating lease charges | 1,979 | 6,824 | |
| 10 | Trustees | ||
| None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits | from the | ||
| trust during the year. | |||
| 11 | Employees | ||
| The average monthly number of employees during the year was: 7 | |||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| Number | Number | ||
| Fundraising | 1 | 1 | |
| Programmes | 4 | 5 | |
| Administration | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 7 | 8 |
10 Trustees None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the trust during the year. 11 Employees
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DELIGHT
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
| 11 | Employees | (Continued) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment costs | 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | ||
| Wages and salaries | 165,875 | 181,938 |
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
12 Taxation
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
13 Debtors
| Amounts falling due within one year: Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income |
2024 £ 7,397 17,267 24,664 |
2023 £ 16,250 5,090 |
|---|---|---|
| 21,340 |
14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
| Trade creditors Other creditors Accruals and deferred income |
2024 £ 2,600 652 248,700 251,952 |
2023 £ 7,006 933 121,120 |
|---|---|---|
| 129,059 |
DELIGHT
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
15 Unrestricted funds
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
| At 1 | Incoming | Resources | Transfers At 31 August | Transfers At 31 August | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | resources | expended | 2024 | ||
| 2023 | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| General fund | 15,000 | 158,825 | (34,744) | (124,081) | 15,000 |
| Resilience designated fund | 47,605 | - | - | 2,742 | 50,347 |
| Pipeline development | |||||
| designated fund | 88,080 | - | - | - | 88,080 |
| 150,685 | 158,825 | (34,744) | (121,339) | 153,427 | |
| Previous year: | At 1 | Incoming | Resources | Transfers At 31 August | |
| September | resources | expended | 2023 | ||
| 2022 | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| General fund | 14,022 | 150,402 | (34,818) | (114,606) | 15,000 |
| Resilience designated fund | 47,605 | - | - | - | 47,605 |
| Pipeline development | |||||
| designated fund | 64,450 | - | - | 23,630 | 88,080 |
| 126,077 | 150,402 | (34,818) | (90,976) | 150,685 |
16 Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the trust had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
| Within one year Between two and five years |
2024 £ 10,000 32,930 42,930 |
2023 £ 2,625 - |
|---|---|---|
| 2,625 |
17 Related party transactions
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2023 - none).
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We offer our sincere thanks to everyone who has been a part of our work over the past year. Your commitment to Delight, your enthusiasm and generosity has helped steer us through a challenging year.
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