## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date 1/6/23 To Period end date 31/5/24**
## **Charity name: Leading Players Charity registration number: 1161385**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To enable adults with a learning disability
from across Warwickshire to explore
learning disability issues in drama
workshops to include mime, role-play,
improvisation and song.
To engage with the wider community and
organisations to raise awareness about
learning disability through drama
productions, presentations, consultation
events and training activities.
To learn new skills in the performing arts to
build confidence, independence and raise
self-esteem.
To promote social skills, social interaction
and integration within the wider community
in a non-tokenistic way.
To promote equality and diversity using the
performing arts.
To produce resources like DVD’s and
accessible information to raise awareness
and break down barriers.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Leading Players makes an enormous
difference to people’s lives, it enables them
to grow in confidence, increases their
feelings of self-worth and sense of
belonging. Motivation is high and everyone
has a strong desire to achieve. Headed by a
pro-active Steering Committee, Group
Facilitator and Trustees, we ensure that
everyone is fully included and given the
opportunity to voice their views and opinions
openly and explore these through drama,
role-play, improvisation and other arts
activities onaweekly basis.|
|||Working alongside professional artists,
members have developed their existing
acting skills and learnt a variety of new skills
to include mask making, acting with masks,
scriptwriting, storyboarding, stage etiquette,
manual dexterity skills, film making and
creative imagination. All activities have
boosted confidence, broadened horizons
and raised everyone’s aspirations.
Members have a strong sense of belonging
and members have made huge strides
socially that have decreased their social and
emotional isolation. Members have grown
into a warm, friendly and caring group who
have great pride in their achievements and
stage performances. We have made lasting
links with many community groups and
organisations and have performed live
shows and given presentations about our
work to these groups to raise awareness
about learning disability and promote
equality and diversity.
Members feel very positive and
accomplished about raising awareness
through their new, emotional, though
provoking DVD ‘Disability through the Lens
of Drama’. Providing the opportunity to self-
advocate about issues that are so important
to everyone with a learning disability and
how they want to be treated. Through
Leading Players members have more
confidence to speak up for themselves and
explain to others about their rights,
independence, choice and control of their
lives, breaking down barriers and bringing
about positive change for all.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees declare that they have had regard
to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on Public Benefit (PB2)|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related
|investment|||
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Leading Players is a user-led drama group
facilitated by a volunteer leader/ drama
teacher and are overseen by a small group
of volunteer Trustees. We are very fortunate
to have very keen and willing volunteer
helpers who assist in all aspects of our work
during weekly drama workshops, live
performances and events. They are
responsible for preparing refreshments,
cleaning up and general backstage duties to
include wardrobe, props, sound, lighting,
front of house and set construction.
We also have a group of volunteer
fundraisers who assist in various fundraising
activities throughout the year.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Our main achievements this year have been
performing an outdoor production of the
Shakespeare classic, ‘Romeo & Juliet’ and
our annual sell out Christmas production
which this year was ‘Cinderella’.
Through our work within the community
members have a strong sense of belonging
and have made huge strides socially that
have decreased their social and emotional
isolation. Members have grown into a warm,
friendly and caring group who have great
pride in their achievements and
performances. We have made lasting links
with many community groups and
organisations and have performed live
shows and given presentations about our
work to these groups to raise awareness
about learning disability and promote
equality and diversity to make lives better for
all.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|||In January of each new year we complete an|
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|Achievements against|Para 1.41|annual review of our achievements against|
|objectives set||our yearly action plan.|
|||We discuss ideas and formulate a new|
|||action plan for the forthcoming year.|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|of funding objectives is discussed and
monitored by the Steering Committee and
Trustees.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|As above.|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
ofthe period|Para 1.21|Annual Income £6,893
Annual Expenditure £10,530
Total fundsremaining £26,934|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|An amount is held in a Business Reserve
Account, Trustees oversee this and transfer
funds to top up our current account if
necessary.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£ 16,165.99|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|We do not have any funds materially in
deficit.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We have no concerns and the charity
continues to thrive.|
|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||
|---|---|---|
|You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|||From April 2017 we became self-financing|
|||and we continue to successfully raise funds|
|The charity’s principal||through fundraising events, ticket sales,|
|sources of funds (including|Para 1.47|raffles and private donations.|
|any fundraising)||Members also pay a weekly subscription|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|From April 2017 we became self-financing
and we continue to successfully raise funds
through fundraising events, ticket sales,
raffles and private donations.
Members also pay a weekly subscription|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||Charitable Incorporated Organisation –
AssociatedModelConstitution||
||||||
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25||Associated Model Constitution||
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25||Individuals are personally invited by the
current Trustees, they must be of good
standing, are suitably skilled for the post and
can provide references. Trustees are elected
and appointed by Trustees and the Steering
Committee and are subject to enhanced
DBS checks.||
|**Additional information (optional)**
Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatements|**Additional information (optional)**
Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatements|whererelevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Leading Players have a Code of Conduct
and Group Rules for all Members and
includes Trustees.
New Trustees are given copies of the
following policies and information at
Induction:-
Charity Commission Guidance on becoming
a Trustee
Leading Players Mission Statement & Aims
CIO Constitution
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy
Policy for the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
Data Protection Policy
Health & Safety Policy
Disciplinary/Grievance Procedures
Organisational Structure|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Leading Players|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1161385|
|Charity’s principal address|‘Downsway’, Nuneaton Road, Mancetter, Atherstone,
Warwickshire, CV9 1NN.|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Dawn Teagles|Secretary|||
||Elizabeth Ratcliffe|Treasurer|||
||Sharon Andrews|Chairperson|||
||Lynda McKenzie|Fundraisinglead|||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** _Dawn Yvonne Teagles_ **Full name(s)** Dawn Yvonne Teagles **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 20/2/25
**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1161385**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **FOR**
## **LEADING PLAYERS**
TGFP Chartered Accountants Fulford House Newbold Terrace Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 4EA
## **LEADING PLAYERS**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
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Report of the Trustees 1
Statement of Financial Activities 2
Balance Sheet 3
Notes to the Financial Statements 4 to 8
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**LEADING PLAYERS**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 May 2024. 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).
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number** 1161385
## **Principal address**
Downs Way Nuneaton Road Mancetter Atherstone Warwickshire CV9 1NN
## **Trustees**
S Andrews Chairperson D Teagles Secretary D Worth E Ratcliffe Treasurer L Mckenzie
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 11 December 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
D Teagles - Trustee
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## **LEADING PLAYERS**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
|Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
Notes
£
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
**1,699**
**-**
Other trading activities
2
**4,239**
**-**
Other income
**955**
**-**
**Total**
**6,893**
**-**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
3
**10,530**
**-**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**(3,637)**
**-**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**26,934**
**-**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**23,297**
**-**|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**1,699**
**4,239**
**955**
**6,893**
**10,530**
**(3,637)**
**26,934**
**23,297**|2023
Total
funds
£
4,293
2,350
109
6,752
4,049
2,703
24,231
26,934|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **LEADING PLAYERS**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 MAY 2024**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
6
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank|Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
£
£
**3,624**
**-**
**19,673**
**-**|Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
£
£
**3,624**
**-**
**19,673**
**-**|**2024**
2023
**Total**
Total
**funds**
funds
**£**
£
**3,624**
3,355
**19,673**
23,579|
|---|---|---|---|
|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**|**19,673**|**-**|**19,673**
23,579|
|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**|**23,297**|**-**|**23,297**
26,934|
|**NET ASSETS**|**23,297**|**-**|**23,297**
26,934|
|**FUNDS**
7
Unrestricted funds|||**23,297**
26,934|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||**23,297**
26,934|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 11 December 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:
D Teagles - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**LEADING PLAYERS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).
Financial statements are prepared on going concern basis.
## **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 - No depreciation Computer equipment - No depreciation
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from 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 the purpose set down by the donor.
## **2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
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|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|Fundraising events|4,239|2,350|
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## **LEADING PLAYERS**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **3. RAISING FUNDS**
## **Raising donations and legacies**
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|---|---|---|
|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|Support costs|10,530|4,049|
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## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 May 2024 nor for the year ended 31 May 2023.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 May 2024 nor for the year ended 31 May 2023.
**5.**
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|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|fund|fund|funds|
|£|£|£|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM|
|-|
|Donations and legacies|4,293|4,293|
|-|
|Other trading activities|2,350|2,350|
|Other income|109|-|109|
|Total|6,752|-|6,752|
|EXPENDITURE ON|
|-|
|Raising funds|4,049|4,049|
|NET INCOME|2,703|-|2,703|
|RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS|
|-|
|Total funds brought forward|24,231|24,231|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|26,934|-|26,934|
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## **LEADING PLAYERS**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**6.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**|||
|---|---|---|
|**COST**
At 1 June 2023
Additions|Fixtures
and
Computer
fittings
equipment
£
£
**2,047**
**1,308**
**269**
**-**|Totals
£
**3,355**
**269**|
|At 31 May 2024|**2,316**
**1,308**|**3,624**|
|**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 May 2024|**2,316**
**1,308**|**3,624**|
|At 31 May 2023|2,047
1,308|3,355|
|**7.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund|Net
movement
At 1.6.23
in funds
£
£
**26,934**
**(3,637)**|At
31.5.24
£
**23,297**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|**26,934**
**(3,637)**|**23,297**|
|Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund|
Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
**6,893**
**(10,530)**|Movement
in funds
£
**(3,637)**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|**6,893**
**(10,530)**|**(3,637)**|
|**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund|Net
movement
At 1.6.22
in funds
£
£
24,231
2,703|At
31.5.23
£
26,934|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|24,231
2,703|26,934|
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## **LEADING PLAYERS**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund|Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
6,752
(4,049)|Movement
in funds
£
2,703|
|---|---|---|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|6,752
(4,049)|2,703|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net
movement
At 1.6.22
in funds
£
£
24,231
(934)
24,231
(934)|At
31.5.24
£
23,297
23,297|
|---|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund|Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
13,645
(14,579)|Movement
in funds
£
(934)|
|---|---|---|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|13,645
(14,579)|(934)|
## **8. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 May 2024.
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**LEADING PLAYERS**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024**
## **9. ACCOUNTANCY FEES**
There are no accountancy fees in the accounts as they are prepared on a pro bono basis.
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