The Childrens Art School
Charity number 1161225
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024
The Childrens Art School
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Contents | Page |
|---|---|
| Trustees' report | 2 to 3 |
| Examiner's report | 4 |
| Receipts and payments account | 5 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 6 |
| Notes to the accounts | 7 to 8 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
1
The Childrens Art School
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2024
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates
Catherine Patel Julie Eustance Jael Williams Shafina Akhtar
Sally Brown Maire Tracey
Resigned April 2023 Resigned March 2024
Appointed April 2023 Resigned August 2024 Appointed January 2023 Appointed January 2023
Charity number
1161225
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address Bankers 22 Back Lane The Co-operative bank Holmfirth P O Box 250 Huddersfield Skelmersdale HD9 1HG WN8 6WT
Independent examiner
E J Beverley FCCA
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 9 April 2015.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed at a meeting of the trustees.
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
To promote the education of children and young people in the United Kingdom, particularly in West Yorkshire, by: providing visual and other arts classes and workshops advising and training teachers and arts facilitators; and raising awareness of the value of teaching creativity and innovation and its impact on the development and well-being of children and young people.
The charity's main activities
Providing art classes and workshops for children and young people through Saturday Art School, after school clubs and experience days for schools.
Providing CPD training for teachers
Creating art works with children and young people for public display, arts festivals and community events.
2
The Childrens Art School
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education and the advancement of the arts and heritage.
Achievements and performance
-
l The Children's Art School has had 2160 visits from children during the year at our studio at Holmfirth Tech and over 3000 visits from children throughout the year at our Maker World Huddersfield space. We piloted MakerWorld in Dewsbury between April and October 2023 with 1560 visits from children. We delivered the Intergalactic Space Jungle project over the 2023 summer holidays. Young people and their families were invited to take part in a series of space themed sculpture, light and sound workshops, culminating in a light and sculpture installation at the Piazza Centre in Huddersfield. Drumming, music and dance workshops were also offered to visitors through Kirklees Year of Music 2023. The project was supported by the Department for Education’s Holiday Activities and Food Programme. This project was featured on BBC Look North and contributed to place-making aims as well as improving individual well-being and supporting community cohesion.
-
l Our outreach programme in partnership with Chol Theatre reached 436 children across Kirklees and we worked with 360 children through work in schools facilitating their participation in the Woven in Kirklees STRUT event and Kirklees year of Music HERD project.
-
l We successfully bid for Reaching Communities Lottery to fund MakerWorld until March 2026. This funding commenced in November 2023. TCAS continues to be involved at a strategic level with Evoke, the Kirklees cultural education partnership.
-
l TCAS continues to work with Kirklees libraries, Kirklees Events team, Holmfirth Arts Festival, HAF programme and Kirklees Museum Service to deliver workshops to bring participatory opportunities for children and young people to events and projects.
-
l We received a donation of £50,000 to develop a music offer alongside the visual art offer at MakerWorld. We are working with Musica Kirklees to develop this.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £52,947, including net receipts of £50,163 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £2,784 on restricted funds after transfers.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £60,749.
TCAS current reserves policy aims to hold reserves of 3 months operating costs for the purpose of enabling the smooth running of the charity and to enable allow for an orderly winding up should the charity need to close.
The free reserves are currently above this limit but will be used for organisational development and to further the aims of the charity.
Approved by the board of trustees on 28/01/2025
Jael Williams (Trustee)
3
The Childrens Art School
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Childrens Art School
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2024, which are set out on pages 5 to 8.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
E J Beverley FCCA
29/01/2025
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
4
The Childrens Art School
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Notes 2024 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 50,004 Sales and fees 56,625 Total receipts 106,629 Payments Salaries and NIC 29,306 Freelance teachers and artistes 14,690 Rent 5,671 Materials and resources 10,363 Equipment 1,323 Marketing 621 Travel expenses 149 Subscriptions 340 Insurance 601 Miscellaneous 461 Accountancy and Independent examination 792 Organisational development 350 Legal and professional - Phone and internet 444 Printing - Outreach - Total payments 65,111 Net receipts / (payments) 41,518 Transfers between funds 8,645 Net movement in funds 50,163 Fund balances brought forward 10,586 Fund balances carried forward (3) 60,749 |
2024 Restricted funds £ 80,951 10,598 91,549 15,711 46,606 3,053 3,475 2,930 5,510 71 - 614 972 - 1,178 - - - - 80,120 11,429 (8,645) 2,784 29,203 31,987 |
2024 Total funds £ 130,955 67,223 198,178 45,017 61,296 8,724 13,838 4,253 6,131 220 340 1,215 1,433 792 1,528 - 444 - - 145,231 52,947 - 52,947 39,789 92,736 |
2023 Total funds £ 96,652 69,694 166,346 26,263 76,289 4,336 19,785 2,504 5,939 249 426 952 918 751 - 42 433 158 500 139,545 26,801 - 26,801 12,988 39,789 |
|---|---|---|---|
5
The Childrens Art School
Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2024 2024 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 60,749 Total cash funds 60,749 Liabilities Accruals |
2024 Restricted £ 31,987 31,987 |
2024 Total £ 92,736 92,736 2024 £ 990 990 |
2023 Total £ 39,789 39,789 |
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 28/01/2025
Jael Williams (Trustee)
6
The Childrens Art School
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2024
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
7
The Childrens Art School
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2024
| 2 Grants and donations Arts Council England One Community Kirklees Council National Lottery Community Fund Local Giving Awards 4 All Chol Arts Little Lives UK Didymus Sir George Martin Trust Chaps West Riding Holme Valley Parish Council Other donations 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f £ Intergalactic hudds - Little Makers Dewsbury 24,214 Maker World 4,989 29,203 |
2024 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - 50,004 50,004 Incoming £ 34,461 6,826 50,262 91,549 |
2024 Restricted funds £ 27,100 1,000 3,500 47,593 500 - - - - - - - 1,258 80,951 Outgoing £ 31,461 24,699 23,960 80,120 |
2024 Total funds £ 27,100 1,000 3,500 47,593 500 - - - - - - - 51,262 130,955 Transfers £ (3,000) (4,200) (1,445) (8,645) |
2023 Total funds £ 76,632 - - - - 8,275 860 1,500 2,000 3,100 2,500 1,000 785 96,652 Balance c/f £ - 2,141 29,846 31,987 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purpose of restriction
Fund name Purpose of restriction Intergalactic hudds Intergalactic Space Jungle project providing a participatory visual arts project for children and families in Huddersfield town centre during the summer of 2023. The transfer relates to management charges. Little Makers Dewsbury To deliver a Maker World offer in Dewsbury. The transfer relates to management charges. Maker World To fund a regular MakerWorld offer for children and families. The transfer relates to management charges.
4 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
8