**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07248813 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1160035**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **FOR**
## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants Granville Hall Granville Road Leicester LE1 7RU
## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
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|**Report of the Trustees**|1|to|9|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||10||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||11||
|**Balance Sheet**|12|to|13|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|14|to|21|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|22|to|23|
## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Principle Activity**
The principle activity of the charity during the year continued to be the promotion of arts; chiefly dance and live arts from a culturally diverse perspective.
## **Objectives and activities for the public benefit**
Serendipity's mission is to promote, improve, develop and maintain appreciation of the arts for the public benefit, to advance education in the arts and different cultures and heritage for the public benefit, to promote equality and diversity for the public benefit through the arts including hosting events that profile diversity such as Let's Dance International Frontiers and Black History Month.
## **Vision and Mission**
## **Vision**
Serendipity is an internationally connected social enterprise that actively changes the UK artistic and cultural landscape with an innovative and inspiring high quality programme.
## **Mission**
Serendipity is a leading arts organisation, and key contributor to cultural practice in the Midlands and nationally. It succeeds by fostering high quality new work from artists, both emerging and established, that brings diversity to the forefront of cultural experience for all audiences.
## **Values**
|**Values**||
|---|---|
|**International**|a global perspective, working together to make great things happen|
|**Creative**|showcasing innovative work that pushes boundaries, and imaginative problem solving|
|**Diverse**|championing access and inclusion for all|
|**Quality**|professional, high standard artistic work and practice that exceeds expectations|
|**Sharing**|opportunities to share knowledge and practice, inform and inspire|
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Artistic**
## **Let's Dance International Frontiers 2020**
Let's Dance International Frontiers 2020 (LDIF20) was scheduled to take place from 29 April - 16 May 2020 in venues across Leicester. However, the impact of COVID-19 resulted in an international lockdown restriction and within the space of four days, Serendipity went from celebrating the press launch to postponing the festival. In its place, Alternative LDIF20, a digital festival of international dance, was curated and shared during a six-week period in response to the postponement of LDIF2020 due to COVID-19.
A learning curve in uncharted waters, the development of Alternative LDIF20 saw Serendipity developing new areas of work and developing new skills whilst presenting a high quality, culturally diverse programme of work, albeit in a digital space.
The outline of Alternative LDIF20 was as follows:
## - **Alternative LDIF20 Launch**
With a welcome talk from Abid Hussain, Director of Diversity at Arts Council England and Pawlet Brookes, CEO and Artistic Director of Serendipity, held on Zoom, the launch connected 52 people from around the world to celebrate International Dance Day together in a digital space, and provided an opportunity for discussion around what to expect for Alternative LDIF20 considering the short time to plan and deliver the programme.
## **- LDIF 10 Years in the Making**
A publication to celebrate Serendipity's tenth anniversary and the tenth edition of LDIF, Serendipity produced a limited-edition coffee table book featuring photographs from the last ten years alongside reflections from Gladys M Francis and Pawlet Brookes, and a poem by Thomas Prestø. In the absence of physical events, the publication acts as a tangible record of the legacy of the festival and the 266 artists and companies that have been part of the journey. Statistics included in the publication show that over the last 10 years, LDIF has hosted artists from 25 different countries, commissioned 105 pieces of new work including working with 88 emerging artists, presenting 66 UK premiers across 34 venues.
## **- Black Men in Dance: Masculinity in Motion**
Initially envisaged as a physical exhibition at Leicester Gallery, Black Men in Dance: Masculinity in Motion looks at five different dance styles from five dancers and choreographers; Kyle Abraham (urban street meets contemporary), Gerrard Martin (contemporary), Javier Torres (ballet), Lee Payne (tap) and Ivan Blackstock (hip-hop). The online exhibition featured photography and a short documentary featuring footage recorded pre-lockdown.
## **- A Dialogue with Masters**
A Dialogue with Masters is a new podcast series commissioned for Alternative LDIF20 which focuses on platforming Black dance through conversations with international practitioners. Many of the artists interviewed were due to appear in LDIF20, or appeared in Alternative LDIF20 and will return for LDIF21, so it was a good opportunity to expand on the work and practice behind the performances, and also address issues arising from COVID-19 and the impact on the dance ecology. With a new episode released once a fortnight, the artists in the first series included; Yinka Esi Graves, Thomas Prestø, Akeim Toussaint Buck, Alice Sheppard and Ivan Blackstock.
## - **Dance Dialogues**
Using archival footage from past conferences, LDIF presented a series of Dance Dialogues, 10-15 minute films providing a snapshot of key ideas and concepts by leading practitioners, academics and choreographers, a glimpse into their work and practice that led into the opportunity to find out more through the various publications they have contributed to. Alternative LDIF20 featured 10 Dance Dialogues from Kyle Abraham, S Ama Wray, Gladys M Francis, Chester Morrison, Ronald K Brown, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, L'Antoinette Stines, Joan Myers Brown, Nora Chipaumire and Thomas Prestø.
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**SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## - **Dance for Camera**
Alongside Dance Dialogues, Alternative LDIF20 presented a series of dance documentaries, never before seen performances, dance shorts and commissions as evening 'performances'. A mix of new work and archival content, the aim was to present new work from artists who were due to appear in LDIF20 (usually on the day they were scheduled to perform) alongside some new faces, to continue to raise the profile of their work and maintain a momentum, much like a festival. The work featured included:
- LDIF 10 Years in the Making - a documentary short looking back at ten years of LDIF, featuring pre-recorded interviews and archival footage.
- Black Men in Dance: Masculinity in Motion - a documentary short featuring pre-recorded interviews to sit alongside the Black Men in Dance exhibition.
- Short Film Showcase - featuring a curated selection of dance films from around the world; The Man Who Travelled Nowhere In Time (2019), SAETA: The Mourning (2016), PRIDE.forms. (2018), EXILE (2017), HOME (2019), Midnight Bloom (2017), Lil Buck with Icons of Modern Art.
- Alice Sheppard: Where Good Souls Fear - a documentary short commissioned for Alternative LDIF20, providing a peek into the world of disabled dancer and choreographer Alice Sheppard and get unique insight into the development of the dance work Where Good Souls Fear, ahead of the live performance of the full work in LDIF21.
- Tabanka Dance Ensemble: Limbo - a performance from the full company, never seen online before.
- Annabel the Rebel and Thoughts from FIAP - a documentary film and vox pop film looking at the work of artists Annabel Guérédrat and Henri Tauliaut and the live art festival they organise in Martinique.
- Yinka Esi Graves: The Disappearing Act - a series of four short art films made in collaboration with film director Miguel Angel Rosales as an integral part of the development of Graves' current work in progress, which will be presented in next year's festival. Flamenco dancer Yinka Esi Graves explores specific sites, thresholds in Spain once connected to their Afro-Andalusian population and in Ghana, spaces of no return.
- 30 Seconds of Freedom - a collective dance film featuring artists from around the world finding a space to move in the midst of social isolation.
In total, Alternative LDIF20 Presented 22 short film 'performances', including an additional 15 audio-described, British Sign Language, American Sign Language and open captioned versions.
## - **30 Seconds of Freedom**
Inspired by conversations with artists Kinetic Light during the postponement of LDIF20 and the planning of Alternative LDIF20. Serendipity led a call for commissions for dancers to share 30 seconds of movement whilst they were in social isolation, whether from their bedroom, living room, apartment stairwell, roof terrace, balcony, a local park, empty street or carpark, artists embraced the concept which were then woven together into a collective dance film 30 Seconds of Freedom. The film featured over 50 artists from 11 countries (UK, USA, Canada, Nigeria, Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Japan, Greece) representing every continent. Several Leicester based artists also contributed. There was a mix of dancers presenting work in different techniques, professional, in training and amateur, d/Deaf, disabled and non-disabled. The film received one of the greatest 'live' audiences for the festival and also paved the way for a new way to commission dance films and bring together artists in a digital space, albeit geographically distanced.
## **Windrush Day 2020**
On 22 June 2020, Serendipity coordinated an online lecture entitled Where Are We Now? With Professor Stephen Small and a screening of the documentary A Very Brit(ish) Voice, featuring 7 members of the Windrush Generation and their descendants in Leicester. Originally envisioned as a physical event to take place at City Hall, Leicester, the impact of COVID-19 lead the shift to be an online event, just over an hour in duration.
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
Stephen Small's lecture contextualised the positive impact and contribution that the Windrush Generation have made to Britain, from both a personal perspective and an overarching viewpoint. An eminent professor at the University of California, Berkeley in African Diaspora Studies, Stephen is originally from Liverpool and also lived and worked in Leicester for several years, teaching at the University of Leicester, providing him with a unique viewpoint. Alongside acknowledging the positive contribution, Stephen also outlined the impact of the Windrush scandal and the ways in which the Windrush generation have shaped British life, many of which remain largely unacknowledged.
Stephen Small's lecture was followed by a screening of A Very Brit(ish) Voice, a documentary commissioned by Serendipity and featuring the voices of seven people from the Windrush Generation and their descendants; Nelista Cuffy, Elaine Hinds, Christopher 'Sugar' Dennis, Boston Williams, Mellow Baku, Pearl Ricketts and Robert Lee. Providing a unique opportunity to give voice to and recognise people from Leicester's Caribbean community and the contribution they have made in shaping the city. The film was made available in standard format, close captions, open captions and with audio description.
## **Black History Month 2020**
Black History Month Leicester 2020 took place throughout October (with a few events sitting just outside this time frame). With the continued impact of COVID-19, Serendipity and partner organisers and venues worked to create a multifaceted programme of exhibitions, publications, online performances, debate, podcasts, discussion and lectures. COVID-19, the Windrush Scandal, Brexit, and Black Lives Matters continuing to impact on the lives of Black and global majority communities living in the UK, programming for Black History Month took on a new sense of urgency. With this in mind, Serendipity sought to create opportunities that utilised digital technologies, but also bridged the gap between digital and physical work, especially when the opportunities to share physical spaces have been restricted.
A summary of Black History Month Leicester 2020 is as follows:
## **Black Magazine**
BlackInk was envisaged as an opportunity to bring physical and digital together, in the absence of being able to share physical space (and the uncertainty of programming live events). BlackInk was also created by keeping in mind that digital content was not accessible to everyone, that after several months of COVID-19 restrictions (that had impacted Leicester more than most) many people were seeking a break from digital experiences, and that a magazine would be a good opportunity to work with 30 different artists, writers and contributors.
The premise of BlackInk was a physical magazine, with QR codes that linked through to digital content, further resources, videos, interviews, artwork and short stories. A digital copy of the publication was also made available via issuu to extend the reach.
## **Resilience Exhibition**
Curated in the space of four weeks, collaborating with six artists who featured as part of BlackInk and Leicester Gallery at De Montfort University, the Resilience exhibition was an opportunity to make the digital physical, showcase original artwork and be responsive to the changing situation. The exhibition featured original artwork, prints and vinyl transfers of artwork and photography, alongside film. The space was animated by quotes of resilience by Black artists and leaders. Leicester Gallery also acted as a physical shop space to purchase BlackInk magazine, with guests having the opportunity to purchase prints and original artwork from some of the artists.
The private view was the first live in-person event hosted by Serendipity since the start of pandemic. It was a great success, with audiences limited to 20 guests at any time, it allowed for more guests throughout the evening. Socially distancing was observed and face covering were worn. Following the exhibition, Serendipity hosted Resilience: In Conversation, a zoom discussion where artists could talk about their work, being part of the experience and their hopes for the future, and was also an opportunity for the audience to ask questions about their work.
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Decolonising the Curriculum**
Following on from the success of the Windrush Day Lecture, Professor Stephen Small was invited back to give an online lecture on Decolonising the Curriculum. The lecture examined the steps that can be taken to create a more equitable and representative curriculum across education. Those attending the lecture also received a link to the e-publication of Professor Stephen Small's Windrush Day Lecture Windrush Generation As Living History and the podcast recorded following this lecture. Contributing to a winder conversation about Black History.
## **Black History Month Education Pack**
Commissioned by the National Education Union (NEU), Serendipity created an education and teaching pack for Key Stage 3-4 for Black History Month. Available through the NEU website, the education pack covered four key areas; reframing history, social histories, activism and art. The education pack featured discussion points and activities for young people, and offered up an opportunity to address Black history from a local perspective (considering a town or city) using Leicester as a case study, simultaneously putting Leicester's Black history on the map.
Pawlet Brookes, CEO and Artistic Director of Serendipity was also invited by the NEU to present a workshop for the Black Educators Conference 2020, which was attended by 900 Black Educators from across Europe.
## **LDIF21 Preview**
Growing out of the success of Alternative LDIF20, LDIF21 Preview sought to provide a bridge between digital programming and live dance performance ahead of the return to more live programming in 2021. LDIF21 Preview featured 12 dance films, including the world premiere of (Re)United by Alleyne Dance to launch the festival, and provided the opportunity for Serendipity to keep commitments to the six Signatures artists who were originally commissioned to create work for LDIF20. The Signatures artists instead created dance film or filmed performances. LDIF21 Preview also played host to two online workshops by Lénablou and Thomas Prestø. A highlight of the LDIF21 Preview was The Big Debate: Where is Dance Now? With Pawlet Brookes, Nora Chipaumire, Jonzi D, Sharon Watson and Javier Torres as panellists, the discussion focused on the impact of COVID-19 on the dance sector, the impact on diverse representation within the dance sector, support for independent artists and next steps in the recovery of dance ecology.
LDIF21 Preview and Black History Month closed with 30 Seconds to Treasure. Inspired by an earlier dance film, 30 Seconds of Freedom, the film brought together dance practitioners from across the African and African Caribbean Diaspora, based across 11 different countries.
## **Audiences**
2020/2021 saw Serendipity growing a digital audience across the online programme of events and products. By the end of March 2021, Serendipity had reached an estimated audience of 255,800 broadcast (television and radio), 292,847 online and even with the impact of the pandemic a small physical audience of 736 people was reached through the exhibition programme. Serendipity's website generated 20,997 users and 54,531 page views over the 2020/2021 year.
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives for the forthcoming year**
## **Artistic**
-To deliver an adaptable programme of in person and online events Let's Dance International Frontiers, an annual dance festival with events taking place over ten days in April and May, focusing on showcasing emerging talent alongside internationally renowned artists. In 2021, this will focus on the theme Creating Socially Engaged Art: Can Dance Change the World?
-To deliver an annual lecture for Windrush Day 2021.
-To deliver Black History Month an annual arts, heritage and education festival in October. In 2021, this will focus on the fiftieth anniversary of the Blaxploitation genre.
-Commissioning new work through the Black British Dance Platform and BHM Live/Launchpad programme and showcase for emerging artistic talent for new talent from the African and African Caribbean Diaspora.
-To develop publication series focusing on work coming out of the African and African Caribbean Diaspora, with special reference to Black arts, heritage, cultural politics and dance. Adapting these to digital formats through eBooks and audiobooks and increasing their reach through licensing.
-Collaborative working with arts and education partners to deliver artistic interventions and consultancy focused on Black led artistic practice. -To continue working innovatively across digital technologies to create and share artistic practice.
## **Audiences**
-To begin rebuilding in person audiences for live performances.
-To continue to use technologies to reach and expand digital audiences in the UK and internationally through online programmes.
-Continuing to use Audience Finder to document audience data, grown existing audiences and find new ones.
-Continue to work with PR experts to develop and update marketing strategies, raising the profile of Serendipity with national and international audiences.
-Developing membership schemes that encourage new audiences and reward return audience members.
-To continue to embed accessibility across all of Serendipity's programmes.
## **Governance and Leadership**
-Board development and recruitment of trustees with expertise in finance and business.
## **Finance**
-Increasing publications sales, ticket sales.
-Increasing income from consultancy and expertise.
-Continuing to build reserves.
## **Office Base**
The financial year 2020/2021 saw Serendipity work remotely whilst maintaining an office space at 21 Bowling Green Street, Leicester, LE1 6AS. The office space provided a safe working space with room for social distancing. The office space at Clephan Building, De Montfort University remains as a base for additional storage and exhibition preparation.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Finance**
2020/2021 saw Serendipity enter it's third year as a National Portfolio Organisation with Arts Council England for the period 2018-2022. Serendipity continued to increase its earned income through publications and consultancy and collaborations with partners such as the National Education Union.
Notable achievements over 2020/2021 include:
- Windrush Day grants (from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
- Community Fund - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
- Heritage Compass
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**SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves Policy**
## **Rationale**
The Serendipity Reserves Policy is to maintain sufficient level of reserves to enable normal operating activities to continue over a period of up to three months should a shortfall in income occur and to take account of potential risks and contingencies that may arise from time to time. Excluded from the Reserves Policy is income associated with Donor Restricted Funds (Earmarked Income). Therefore, in order to demonstrate transparency, accountability and sound financial management Serendipity's Reserves Policy clearly justifies the amount of reserves kept back each year.
## **Steps taken to establish the level of reserve**
In order to make a judgement on the amount of reserve the Trustees have considered the risks in respect of expenditure, unrestricted income and where appropriate restricted income and where funds can only be realised by the disposal of a fixed asset. Also taken into consideration are any external identified potential major risks to income and expenditure during the year under consideration. A risk assessment will be conducted each financial year using a risk determination approach looking at unrestricted income, restricted income, expenditure and external potential major risks.
## **Level of reserve required by Serendipity**
The Board of Trustees has established that Serendipity should hold approximately three months operating capital which within the current budget period equates to £38k.
## **Monitoring and reviewing the Reserves Policy**
This policy will be reviewed at the Annual General Meeting each year. The CEO will present the Board of Trustees with a draft document and supporting materials that enables them to make an informed decision about levels of Reserves and feeds into their approval of the Strategy Document and Annual Operating Budget.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The company is incorporated under the Companies Act, company number 07248813 and its governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The company is a registered charity, number 1160035.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
The directors of the charitable company (Serendipity Artists Movement Limited) are its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees.
As set out in the Articles of Association trustees serve for a two year term, which is then renewable every two years up to eight years. The board review itself as an effective trustee body once a year via self-evaluation as per the guidance from the Charity Commission. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees are ongoing and incorporated indirectly into the regular trustees meetings.
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Organisational structure**
David Bryan was Serendipity's Chair until July 2020, with Benjamin Browne taking over as Chair from July 2020 onwards. Richard Anthony Graves, Karen Chouhan, Tracy Harwood and Javier Torres remain in post as trustees with Jean-François Manicom joining the board of trustees.
Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural industries, board discussion took place about how Serendipity can adapt programming to meet challenges, repositioning as a arts and heritage organisation with a focus on work coming out of the African and African Caribbean Diaspora, working across live performance, digital work, archiving and publishing. There was also discussion focusing on building the organisation's recovery, resilience and sustainability and the continued dedication to produce high quality programmes showcasing culturally diverse work in multifaceted forms.
During the financial year 2020/2021 Serendipity's CEO and Artistic Director, Administrator, Research and Outreach remained in post with a change of staff for Marketing and Communications Manager. The Administration Assistant was furloughed for a period before leaving the post.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Company number**
07248813 (England and Wales)
## **Registered Charity number**
1160035
## **Registered office**
21 Bowling Green Street Leicester Leicestershire LE1 6AS
## **Trustees**
Mrs P A Brookes Mr B T Browne (resigned 14.9.2021) Mr D Bryan (resigned 5.7.2020) Ms K J H Chouhan Mr R A Graves Ms T Harwood Mr J Torres Del Sol Mr J Manicom Curator (appointed 2.3.2021)
## **Company Secretary**
Mrs P A Brookes
## **Independent Examiner**
Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants Granville Hall Granville Road Leicester LE1 7RU
## **Senior Management**
Mrs P A Brookes is the Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director of the charity.
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 21 December 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
Mrs P A Brookes - Trustee
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**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Serendipity Artists Movement Limited ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2021.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of ICAEW which is one of the listed bodies.
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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
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 accounts to be reached.
## **Use of our report**
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Mr P Bott FCA ICAEW Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants Granville Hall Granville Road Leicester LE1 7RU
21 December 2021
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and grants
2
**275,333**
**Charitable activities**
3
Promotion of arts
**15,860**
**Total**
**291,193**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Promotion of arts
**205,843**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**85,350**
**Transfers between funds**
11
**9,369**
**Net movement in funds**
**94,719**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
**(19,861)**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**74,858**|Restricted
funds
£
**21,897**
**15,745**
**37,642**
**60,909**
**(23,267)**
**(9,369)**
**(32,636)**
**32,636**
**-**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**297,230**
**31,605**
**328,835**
**266,752**
**62,083**
**-**
**62,083**
**12,775**
**74,858**|2020
Total
funds
£
295,627
29,205|
|---|---|---|---|
||||324,832
324,437|
||||395
-|
||||395
12,380|
||||12,775|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 MARCH 2021**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
8
**30,954**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
9
**1,057**
Cash at bank and in hand
**52,706**
**53,763**
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
10
**(9,859)**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**43,904**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**74,858**
**NET ASSETS**
**74,858**
**FUNDS**
11
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Restricted
funds
£
**-**
**-**
**2,791**
**2,791**
**(2,791)**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**30,954**
**1,057**
**55,497**
**56,554**
**(12,650)**
**43,904**
**74,858**
**74,858**
**74,858**
**-**
**74,858**|2020
Total
funds
£
41,432
5,444
11,893
17,337
(45,994)
(28,657)
12,775
12,775
(19,861)
32,636
12,775|
|---|---|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2021.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
The notes form part of these financial statements
continued...
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **BALANCE SHEET - continued 31 MARCH 2021**
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 21 December 2021 and were signed on its behalf by:
Mrs P A Brookes - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Financial reporting standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions**
The charitable company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland':
- the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows.
## **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.
## **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.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
|Fixtures and fittings|- 25% on reducing balance|
|---|---|
|Computer equipment|- 33% on reducing balance|
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
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.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Debtors**
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
## **Creditors**
Short term trade creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **Going Concern**
The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
## **Government Grants**
Government grants received under the job retention scheme are recognised on a systematic basis over the periods in which the company recognises the related costs for which the grant is intended to compensate.
## **2. DONATIONS AND GRANTS**
|Donations
Grants
Government Grants
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Arts Council England-National Portfoilo Organistaion
Leicester City Council
Heritage Lottery Fund
Community Fund
Other grants|**2021**
**£**
**1,422**
**294,176**
**1,632**
**297,230**
**2021**
**£**
**251,797**
**13,000**
**-**
**22,141**
**7,238**
**294,176**|2020
£
4,465
291,162
-|
|---|---|---|
|||295,627|
|||2020
£
210,000
13,000
34,850
30,000
3,312|
|||291,162|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
|Activity
Admissions
Promotion of arts
Book sales
Promotion of arts
Consultancy services
Promotion of arts
Sales
Promotion of arts
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
Independent exam
Depreciation - owned assets|**2021**
**£**
**5,583**
**8,815**
**16,443**
**764**
**31,605**
**2021**
**£**
**3,636**
**10,478**|2020
£
13,764
5,106
6,666
3,669|
|---|---|---|
|||29,205|
|||2020
£
3,320
14,016|
## **4. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
## **5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
Mrs P A Brookes, Trustee, received remuneration of £46,450 (2020: £33,400) during the year.
Mrs P A Brookes, Trustee, invoiced the charity £4,500 (2020: £3,600) in consultancy charges and £6,600 (2020: £3,000) for producer charges during the year.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.
## **6. STAFF COSTS**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
|Employees|**4**|5|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
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**SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**7.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - 31 MARCH 2020**
Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
funds
£
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and grants
246,917
48,710
**Charitable activities**
Promotion of arts
14,462
14,743
**Total**
261,379
63,453
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Promotion of arts
199,379
125,058
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
62,000
(61,605)
**Transfers between funds**
(67,792)
67,792
**Net movement in funds**
(5,792)
6,187
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
(14,069)
26,449
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
(19,861)
32,636|Total
funds
£
295,627
29,205|
|---|---|
||324,832
324,437|
||395
-|
||395
12,380|
||12,775|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**8.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
**COST**
At 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 April 2020
Charge for year
At 31 March 2021
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020
**9.**
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
**10.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Trade creditors
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|Fixtures
and
Computer
fittings
equipment
£
£
**54,173**
**6,619**
**14,187**
**5,173**
**9,996**
**482**
**24,183**
**5,655**
**29,990**
**964**
39,986
1,446
**2021**
**£**
**1,057**
**-**
**1,057**
**2021**
**£**
**4,613**
**2,504**
**2,756**
**2,777**
**12,650**|Totals
£
**60,792**|Totals
£
**60,792**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**19,360**
**10,478**||
|||**29,838**||
|||**30,954**||
|||41,432||
|||2020
£
3,632
1,812
5,444
2020
£
36,456
4,116
2,622
2,800|2020
£
3,632
1,812|
||||5,444|
|||45,994||
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|At 1.4.20
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**(19,861)**
**Restricted funds**
Black History Month
**-**
Elevate
**13,866**
Let’s Dance International Frontiers
**-**
Archiving The Past, Reflecting The Future
**18,770**
**32,636**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**12,775**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Black History Month
Let’s Dance International Frontiers
Archiving The Past, Reflecting The Future
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net
movement
in funds
£
**85,350**
**837**
**-**
**(27,256)**
**3,152**
**(23,267)**
**62,083**
Incoming
resources
£
**291,193**
**29,690**
**7,952**
**-**
**37,642**
**328,835**|Transfers
between
At
funds
31.3.21
£
£
**9,369**
**74,858**
**(837)**
**-**
**(13,866)**
**-**
**27,256**
**-**
**(21,922)**
**-**
**(9,369)**
**-**
**-**
**74,858**
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
**(205,843)**
**85,350**
**(28,853)**
**837**
**(35,208)**
**(27,256)**
**3,152**
**3,152**
**(60,909)**
**(23,267)**
**(266,752)**
**62,083**|
|---|---|---|
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## **11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
|||Net|Transfers||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|between|At|
||At 1.4.19|in funds|funds|31.3.20|
||£|£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|General fund|(14,069)|62,000|(67,792)|(19,861)|
|**Restricted funds**|||||
|Black History Month|-|(17,911)|17,911|-|
|Elevate|13,866|-|-|13,866|
|Let’s Dance International Frontiers|-|(49,881)|49,881|-|
|Archiving The Past, Reflecting The Future|12,583|6,187|-|18,770|
||26,449|(61,605)|67,792|32,636|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|12,380|395|-|12,775|
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Black History Month
Let’s Dance International Frontiers
Archiving The Past, Reflecting The Future
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
261,379
1,225
25,878
36,350
63,453
324,832|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(199,379)
62,000
(19,136)
(17,911)
(75,759)
(49,881)
(30,163)
6,187
(125,058)
(61,605)
(324,437)
395|
|---|---|---|
## **Restricted funds**
## **Let's Dance International Frontiers**
Launching each year on 29 April to celebrate International Dance Day, LDIF brings diversity to the forefront in dance with a 10-day festival showcasing new work from local emerging talent to internationally acclaimed companies. Three dedicated platforms (Signatures, Autograph and Biography) support artistic development at different career stages. The programme also includes a national conference, films, workshops, site-specific projects and performances.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Restricted funds - continued**
## **LDIF+**
LDIF+ is a year-round programme of continued professional development offering quality training in diverse dance techniques from around the world. Through conferences, workshops, masterclasses and courses with international practitioners, LDIF+ provides opportunities not widely available in the UK.
## **Black History Month and BHM Live**
Serendipity, on behalf of Leicester City Council, coordinates Black History Month in the city each October. Trailblazing artists and activists from the African and African Caribbean diaspora take centre stage in a programme featuring film, theatre, dance, lectures and exhibitions. Serendipity's initiative BHM Live supports and highlights the work of emerging Black artists.
In 2017 Serendipity marked 30 years of Black History Month with Lost Legends, a Heritage Lottery Funded project that recorded, documented and archived the contributions of Leicester's African and African Caribbean community to the UK over the last three decades.
## **Archiving the past, Reflecting the Future**
Archiving the Past, Reflecting the Future is a heritage initiative that documents over a century of Black presence in the East Midlands that is often unrecognised, forgotten or ignored. Documenting the contribution of people from across the African and African Caribbean Diaspora to the region through archival documents, exhibitions and documentary films.
## **12. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of employees. The assets of the scheme are administered by trustees in a fund independent from those of the company.
The total contributions paid in the year amounted to £7,600 (2020: £2,950). At the year end there were outstanding pension contributions of £710 (2020: £575).
## **13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2021.
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**SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and grants**
Donations
Grants
Government Grants
**Charitable activities**
Admissions
Book sales
Consultancy services
Sales
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Charitable activities**
Artist fees
Consultants/Freelancers
Exhibitions
Films
**Support costs**
**Finance**
Bank charges
**Information technology**
Repairs and renewals
**Other**
Wages
Pensions
Carried forward|2021
£
**1,422**
**294,176**
**1,632**
**297,230**
**5,583**
**8,815**
**16,443**
**764**
**31,605**
**328,835**
**45,339**
**10,242**
**-**
**378**
**55,959**
**207**
**-**
**106,141**
**7,601**
**113,742**|2020
£
4,465
291,162
-|
|---|---|---|
|||295,627
13,764
5,106
6,666
3,669|
|||29,205|
|||324,832
36,592
26,528
8,846
6,675|
|||78,641
443
2,741
98,303
2,944
101,247|
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## **SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Other**
Brought forward
Rent and rates
Insurance
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Subsistence and hospitality
Technical services
Visas/UKBA
Venue hire
Computer costs
Subscriptions
Marketing and publications
Artists travel and accommodation
Training
Professional fees
Equipment Hire
Fixtures and fittings
Computer equipment
**Governance costs**
Independent exam
Total resources expended
**Net income**|2021
£
**113,742**
**22,823**
**891**
**1,263**
**2,033**
**1,059**
**5,227**
**889**
**-**
**3,795**
**2,358**
**36,115**
**777**
**-**
**5,500**
**-**
**9,996**
**482**
**206,950**
**3,636**
**266,752**
**62,083**|2020
£
101,247
12,325
1,878
1,931
396
15,146
3,016
4,299
4,990
1,133
1,916
26,655
28,523
637
11,707
9,477
13,293
723|
|---|---|---|
|||239,292
3,320|
|||324,437|
|||395|
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