COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 06034549 CHARifv REGISTrATION NUMBEIL" 1161585 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Financial Statements 31 March 2022 •ABFH16 2711012022 COMPANIES HOUSE Abandon Normal Devices Company Limlted by Guarantee Flnancial Statements Year ended 31 March 2022 Pago Truslees, annual report (incorporating the directorfs reporl) Independent auditorfs report to the members 20 Statement of financial activities {induding income and expenditure account) 25 Statement of financial position 26 Statement of cash flows 27 Notes lo the financial stalements 28 The following pages do not fomi part of the financial ststem•nts Detsiled statement of financial activities 41 Notes to the detailed ststement of fjnancial activities Abandon Normal Devlces Company Limited by Guarantee Year ended 31 March 2022 R￿erence and admlnlstrth dotalls Registered charlty name Charity r¢9iStralion nurnber 1161585 Company r•gi8tratlon numb•w 06054S49 Principal office and reglsfered 44 Peter Street offi Manehesler M2 5GP The trust¢¢s J.HerTiro (Chw} Z Jabbar S Bompas . D Lander A Budd D M¥lhi8S K Moffat A Gilmtye M Stubbs IResNJngd 28 April 20211 Company sKretary Rulh Mcculkx Auditor Mtt¢hell Chatsworth IAudrtl Limrted Sialulory audrlor 3rd Floor 44 Peter Streel manC￿lef M2 5GP Bank•rs RBS 38 Wesl Mosley Slreel Manchester M2 3A2 Soli¢itors Brabners LLP Hortofi House EXChar￿ Flags Liverpool L2 3YL Abandon Nonnal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporatlng the Director's Report) Year ended 31 March 2022 The Irustees, who are also Ihe directors for the purwjses of company law. present their report and Ihe rinancial stalements of the charity for Ihe year ended 31 March 2022. Chalrf8 T•POrt As another year passes and I reftect on what has gone befo￿ l am again surprised and somewhal ovenKhelmed al the nature. Pa￿ and chalknge of t￿ change we are experiencing inlernaiionally, nationally and in the arts 5eclor ilsem. And yel here al Abandon Normal DevKes (AND) our vision of iwiling radiEal thinking through new CTealNe communities couldnl be more relevant or reqLtNed. In Ihe spirit of ra(li¢alism and devdoprKJ thas and artfom)s we thaHen9ed ourselves lo dellver our 91h festival in a way we had nevw done before - over a ksnger time period127 May- 11 July 2021) a as a hybrKI of online and in person experiences_ The feslNal traced the currents ol shipping, energy and politi¢al power aEong the ndustr5al ecolo9ies of our rivers p￿ts, along the Manchesler Ship Canal aThJ Rwer Mersey. DeliveriTrJ a festival over an e￿ended lime. alongsNle the challenges that coming out of a parKlemic pY0V￿e(l was no mean feai_ Thanks musl go lo our team. artists, prodU￿r$. volunteers. and aud*n¢es who put on a feslNal to ￿rneMber. It is sale lo say that we learnt rnL￿h from the experience that will infivence future edit￿n$ of AND. At the beginning 012022 ￿ launched our IMpossi￿e PersFWtNes Lab. We recruiied 5 diverse and exciting artists lo take part in ¢xK firsl residency wogramme al Tatton Park, inspired by the works of Ilalian painter Canaletto. to develop Iheir practice in augmented. viflual, and mixed realty lechfK)logies. The over811 aim is lo support the development of emergir¥J UK artssts through producin9 and commissioniro large scale immersive arts•￿￿kS a5 part of a wo9romme at Tatton Park ￿ 2025. Our Direclor. Ruth Mccullough. took maternity leave in M¥ch 2021. returnirg in January 2022 focused on diiving the future slralegy and vi5i0n lor AND. alongside planning luttKe editK)ns of the festlV81 and all the great wwk we do beyond. We submttted an appItst￿ in May 2022 to conlinue as a National Porttolio Organisalitin wilh the Arls Council England. with result due in Octobw 2022 The process h8S enabled us to communute our refreshed vision fof the future ancl fundamentsmy what AND stonds for. focusing our missK•n to be a calalysl for new ideas and wNorms aid arliojldting excilir)g new progr8mmes and ways ofworking in Ihe years to come. Trustees and I woukj like lo thank ANO'S brllianl staff team for Iheir hard work during challenging times, Ihe nUmer￿JS artisis. partners. funders and volunteers Wil￿Ul all of whom AND coukl not have delivered such an cNJtstarvJiThJ festival in 2021. 8rKI a wider programme of engagiThJ and exciting art. A special mention should be made for ow Interim Executive Director. Catherin8 WaddiThJlon. who will be leaving us after 10 years wth the organisation. AND would not be whal it 15 today wthoul Catherine's commitment 8nd lireless work. she wi15 be sadly mFssed. I woul(l also like lo thank Abigail G￿MOre who has eome to the end of her second &ye8r term on AND'S boarA and las brought pe-,-peclive$ an¢? cOnneCt￿n$ whth have sUp￿rted us as an ¢xgani$alion and helped us develop and grow. John Herrir Chair Abandon Normal Devlces Company Llmited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report {Incorporating the Directorfs Report) Year ended 31 March 2022 Rèport of the trustees for the year endirhg 31 Mar¢h 2022 The Iruslees are pleased lo wesenl their annual report with the financial statements of the charity for the year erKling 31 March 2022 whith are also prepared to meet the requiiemenls for a direclors, reFQrt and accounts for Companies Act purF*)ses. The finanua slatemenls comply with the Charities Ad 2011. the Compani8s Act 2006. the Memorandum and Artides of As￿l3t1￿n. arKI Attounting and Rew)rtJ"ng by Chwil*s". Stalèmenl of RecommeThJed Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial ReportirKJ Stsndar(l applicabte in UK arxl Republ￿ of Irelan¢J IFRS 102) leffe¢trve 1 J8nvary 2019). The cornpany is registered as a charity undef Charrt￿S Acl 2011 ar￿ its registered charity number 15 1161585. Obje¢tives and a¢tMtles The purposes of the ¢harbty are: lo promote, maintain. improve, and advar£e ¢￿¢8170n by Ihe erKouragemenl of visual art. film and moving image public &xhibIl￿n activity. In the United Kingdorn. conducive to the advancement of educalKJn", to benefrt aUdier￿e3 by enabling and suprM)rting the deve10pw￿nt of dyrtal and screen pr8etice'. and any other purpose for the public benefrt wF¥ch i% charitable according to the law in England and . Wales wh￿h the trustees may detemiine fmm time to lime. The vision thal shapes our annual actNiligs 1$ womolion of digital and xreen wactices and tho fostering of knowledge, with a Spe¢rf￿ fcKus on new approaches to art-makiNJ and d￿lIa1 invention. This includes workin9 Vlith filmmakers. artisls. lechnologists. and scientists to promolè. organise. presenl, and proOu¢e varyiiry techniques and methods of s(Yeen and digrtal culture. The charity provides a plaffom for audien￿ lo see and learn at￿1 these new approaches and further educale audiences and artists. in the process. AND presents. promotes. organises. wovides, manage$ and produ￿$ ¢vllural experiences such as sueenings. exhibilions. broadcast and Itve perfom)ances, le¢turès and cwference$. These are all conducive to the pror￿￿￿. maintènance arKI advancemem ol s¢reen educalKJn or lo the enujuragement of cultural cinema. In shaping our objectives f¢x the year a￿1 planniThJ our actwit*gs. tru5tee$ have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on putrjic bertefiL induding the guidance "public benefit.. Ajnning a charity IPB2)'. The Trustees have always ken pr03clive in ensuring Ihat a¢t4vities ol AND are to the benefit of Ihe public an¢J as a con5ewenc* have conS￿ered guhdarte in employiro Ihe lollowing 5trale9ies." Working with artistic ident in the UK through hwJh qualty cofflmissions and ambill¢M digital oductions,. p￿Ineerir￿ new forms of pU￿1C engagement ttwough eX￿oiti￿j Ihe ￿sSibIlIt￿ of creative media praclti: Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trusteos, Annual Report (Incorporating the Directorfs Report) lcofflxrt￿ Year ended 31 March 2022 Objectives and activitles (£onNnu•d) Erynderirg connectivily acloss ¢JisciK4ines sed￿S {uealNe induslries, re9enero1ion, education and ar151 Growing and supporting dNerse aud*n¢e5 for digital cullure and $￿en-baSe￿ exhibition particvlarty in site5 where arts and cullural enga9ement and produclK)n infrastructure is low: Encouraging yourg producers arxl artLsts to a¢ctts new networks and platfomis", and Strenglhening the foun¢Jalions (rfthe organi5al￿n throu9h cxe*iftg a Mixed &C￿ornY rnts￿l so AND iemains fleet of foot. adaptive and entrepreneunal. Putting Ihese aims and objectives into aC￿n the chwity has fwe main areas of adivity. vthich together make up a single chantable a￿1v￿.. a} AND Festival The AND Festival is a roamirvJ biennial of rew cinema. dyital culiure, and art. il maps new cultural and digital domains every Iwo years. taking place in marginal locations. wral villages. and coastal towns. AND cre#les a delNery framework for new partner organisalions. eslabltshing the festival as a sile to explore fresh ideas. The festNal programme i￿ludeS new public realm commissions, exh*Jitions. interactive perforMar￿S. live c4nema. laks and films. Past festival locations include hAanchester and LiverrKM)112W9-2013}. Lancashire and Cumbria12010 & 2011 I, GTizedale Forest, CumLYia {20151, Peak District NalkMa Park12017). Merseyshde and Che5hiTe (2021). bl Res¢ar¢h Prolècts AND'S talent developmenl programme embeds th'sts at the forefront of research ac¥oss industry. innovaiK)n. and erwJineerin9. Residencie5 benefit from "h3rKIs-on- involvemenl by artists and deSNjne￿. creating meaninglul dialogue wrth the publr. science pfactll￿ers, acèdemics. and iesear¢hers_ Our residenoes ent8il working wilh emergin9 iechnologies and $c￿ntff￿ research lo make ground-breaking art provoCat￿ns. examining ethics," potentials ol rEw materials and art- forms. defining how we sèe and experienc* the wodd in the futu￿. Past projects indude.. Pigs Blaclder Foolball 12012-13}. Proiecl Daedalus {2014-16), COSMOS 1201 >211. Toxicity's Reach (2019-211. ¢} Cross Platfomi - Llvfr Cinema & Onlin¢ Artist led projects which facilrt8te aud￿rKe eryagemenl a￿fr encourage user-led content. involving live cinerna. public r831m works and online cofflmis5ions. com￿@mented by expèriments iftfo how digital conteni can be distributed through peryasive arKI locative media, experimentin9 W41h emerging te¢hnology such as tdo¢kchain, mobile and disiribuled web. Past projects indu(le: New Netsvoiked Norm81 (2017-191 with partners Transmediale (Germany). STRP Festival {Nelherfandsl, Centre for Contemporary Cvllure Barcelona and The InflLbencers (Spainl,. #n(J Weedwe¥vers12021) th Dutch partners New Emergences aThJ Creatwe IndustrTrÈ$ Fund (Netherfandsl. Abandon Normal Devices Company LlmDted by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report {Incorporating the Directoffs Report) (confrix Year ended 31 March 2022 Obl¢dlvos and actlvlU•s d) Exhlbltlons AND curates exhibitic*ts, which bring together artists wothiNJ with emwging technologies and artislic praGtjce5. ExhibItior￿ are often set outside of tradit￿nal 56ttir4Js, in lorests, abandoned buildings or ¢aves; plaw"n9 vthh w formats fry aUd￿nce en9agemÈnl. Debate and d$uJssion lake pla￿ around how art arKS flffl are inifuenc£d by inlernel cutture. emerging lechnology, arHJ science. Pastexhibilions include.. Seeing Ihe Foresl Thfwgh Ihe Trees (20151. The Art of Bots120161. Digilal Dark Ages12017). FREEPORT.. Terrninal MCR {20191. ToxrAVs Reach {2021). •) Tourlng Pr¢du¢tions AND tourn commisslons nationalty and Internat￿nalty to wKler and more diveT5e aLNJiences. This exlends reach and invdves the strategic developmenl of new partners across ¢ulIu￿, heritage. tourtsm. lechn(Aogy. and s¢v&nce sector5 ill the UK and tnlernalionally wilh. partners in the Nelheflands, Mexico. sfovenia. Itaty. Brazth. Indones￿. Gemiany. SulFSaharan Africa. Argentina and Ihe United State$. Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Directorfs Report) Year ended 31 March 2022 Strat¢gi¢ r¢port The fcsllowing sections for athievemenls and performartt arml financial review form ihe stralegK report of the tharity. Achievements and performance AND supports artists through residencies. new Cornmiss￿rts. and exhibrtKJn opportunit¢e5', creating space and lime lo develop ideas and arfvdork. AND'5 evenis are more Ihèn art projects - Ihey are experiences rooted in a location a￿1 a cullure. They are swial envill￿mentS wh￿h enal)le and empower our ariis15. Partners, arKS audIe￿e5 to lake risks and Create something new_ 2021-22 saw conlinued challenges due to Ihe ongoing impact of COVID-19. on slaffing. finances. antl production. Despile these challenges AND was able lo devdop a h￿h-qUaIlty annual programme Ihal creatively responded lo Ihe ongoing restrKtion5, Ihrou9h research. testing and innovative product￿￿ str318g￿$ lo ewe with audierK*s, commisSK￿ art15ts and collabtyale ￿th partners. The 9th edition of our bienntal AND Festival took place from 27 May lo 11 July 2021. pxploring Sltes across the Manchester Ship Canal and RNer Mersey in Wirral. ENe5mere Port. Warrington and Online. Over 150 artists and filmmakers feaiured in 8 7-week gatherirrfj for UK and intèrnalional audiences and industry professionals. Through a programme 01 13 new arh¥orks. 18 online lalks. workshops and Industry events. 22 audio visual performances and screenings. that respon¢Jed lo (he Manchester Ship Canal exploring urgenl global, social, and environmental issues through works on water. on docklands and online. OrvJinally scheduled lo take place in May 2020 il iyas paused due to Ihe COVID-19 pandemic. A period of lundrai8ing and development wilh parlners in 2021>21 enabkd the programme lo be reshaped Into a hybrid Iorm, adapted lo engage audiences across physul and online spaces. This format took into accounl the ¢hallenges Presented by the ongo>ng pandemic arnj aimed to eliminate as many risks as poss*Jle. Spreading the programme over 7 weeks mrti9ated risks of repeat local lockdowns as experienced in 2020 and driving crealrve sdulh)ns to present tIE cornmi5sior15 thal had been developmenl Sin￿ 2019-20. Nalional and InternatK)nal cdIaboral￿n and partnership vK)rking remains a key focus and developfflent opportunity for AND. Feslival commissKJns were C￿deSigned specrfically for touring with Tegional partners. such as WelLab. a floating pavilion vthich t¢)ured acr05S the North Wesl of England with Canal & River Tru51 and Super Skiw Way. The re5trtl￿nS on travel due to the pandern￿ affected AND'S international working and touring progr8mmes, despile this we were ablè to CaPilali5e on an appelile for showcasing new work, with AND commissKJns featured at film and media festivals in Zurth, South East Asia. Holland. Ireland. and the US. The AND ieam continued lo faalilate inlernational collaborations Ihfough Dutch artist developmenl kycgramme wrth Creative Industries Fund Nelherfancls. an In(lonesian Curator in resHIe￿e and colL￿NOWN0W commissioning pfogramme ￿th artists from Sub-saharan Africa; Doih supwled by the British Ciyjrtd. Abandon Normal Devices Company Limlted by Guaraniee Trustees. Annual Report (In¢orporating the Directorfs Report) l¢l¥>tth￿j Year ended 31 March 2022 A¢hlev8m•nts and perforrnance AND conlirM*d lo think future. irNe51wNJ in ￿searCh. residences, aThJ new programme5: Impossible Perspectives a colatx*ratNe XR lalent developmerrt ￿sIdenCY took pla(£ in March 2021 fLKused on supwting new visfions. eych3nges. an(1 experierw of hwitage 8t Talton Park, Cheshire. In January 2022 we inrtiated rtew wwammes.. Wikl Nature5. an artist and &iivlsl"led project working wilh young people fac4ng mulliplfr disadvantages lo explore the intersection of criminal and environmental juslice: and Unseen Futures. a radical new artist's felkjwship focused on SUFiPCYtin9 marginalised V0￿eS and emerging artis￿ praclres Ihat ¥wll launch in Aulumn 2022. Ah￿QsIde ongoing environmental and sustainatMIty research project. The Nelworked Condition. a collaboration launched in 2019 that fctuses on oftefvhidden envvonmenlal inpacl of the Ixeation and delivery of arty￿rkS using d￿rtaI lechnology. AND'S annual programme ¢)f festwal. louring aTrJ devekjpment fcused on transforming digital'8rtforms and atJdien¢e erKJagement by growing talenl produ¢tion, 8nd lèadership in the UICS ¢re8tive niedkq sector. specth¢ally in Ihe North. Driving long4erm change irh the seclorfs ambilion and ¢apacrty, wilh AND Festival being a plaeemaking Strakgy aThJ wtternatio￿ shrmrase for ihe commll8sion$ and lfve experiences. Thls labje gives an overvw of 2021-22 adivty. Summary E¥•nts Cornmlsslons Artlsts Participants Ambient Audlences 6.077 Audt•nc•s Sere8ninos 11 24 25 1.348 ine Exhibthn Lrve Cinema Sited Projects Online ProJ"e¢ts Perftminance 732 151 1.718 2.067 471 CREATE 19 14 340 3.148 4,057 IAV Total Cre•te Touriry Broadcast Total Shai• Wothshops Residenoes Re5881¢h I￿VSty Events Talk5 Total Develop Total Prowamfftè 14 55 385 123 6,467 3.029 85.459 88,488 73 1&291 1,208 .1,258,154 .1.259.362 175 13 SHARE 22 123 11 DEVELOP 14 20 1,625 1.698 96,673 13.6E 13.835 1288,4¥0 22 77 74 14 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report {In¢orporating the Directorfs Rèport) Year ended 31 March 2022 A¢hlÈvèrn¢nts and p¢rformance {￿NtInued) AND Fostival 2021-22 focused on Ihe rKoduclion. delwery and evaluation of the 9th editi￿ of our biennkql roaming AND Festival (the laigesl event in AND'S porttolio). Originalty due lo lake place in May 2020 il was postpone(S due to CovKI-19, as referenced above. AND Festi¥31 2021 explored sile5 acr05S the Manchester Ship Canal and Mersey RNer in Wirral. Ellesmere Pori. Warriwon and Online. working in partnership with British Library, Canal & Rivw Trust, Cutture Liverpool. Maritime Digrtal Hub. Merseytravel. The Daniel AtJ8m$orb Preservalion Society, Portro." Portsmoulh's Car90 Terminal. Super Slow Way. Wigan Council. York Mediale and Peel L&P HddirvJs. £3CKI.000 of Propct Granl fundirKJ was secureo from ACE in A91￿ 2019 luVr￿dS an amorlious. new yea¥4ong prryramme oi commlssions: Sector development and tourirvJ. The bKJ was Submitted to an ACE nation￿ panel and considered to be of 'oulstanding artislic quality.. Whil$l a proportion of this lunding had tjeen spent prior to ￿stponemenl. the team managed to k*ole¢t the fern￿￿1￿g funds and the artworks in developmenl. ready for futufe restaging. The Projecl Grant was supplemented Ihough additional fu￿raising in 2020-21 with support from BFI, The Space. British Council. Cullure Warringt￿. Wfffal Borough Council, Creaiwe Industries Fund Netherlands and a £175,000 grant in 2020-21 and an £80.000 granl in 2021-22 from Ihe DCMS J ACE Culture Recovery Fund supporting both the Feslival and wider organisation's impa¢1 from the Covid-19 pandem￿. Throughout 202Ck21 the AND team assessed the vkibdity of rescheduliw the fesb.val Programme lor 2021-22. negoliating with extsting funders. venue5. and pwirers, undertaking additional fundraising, and reprofiling the bl￿get. The team mapped sc*narios and approwate opt¢ons for delivery of the festival considering the ev(Avin9 impact of the Covi&19 pandemic ané approyiate aéaptations required for the public programmes that limrted risk lo the wgani581KJn's overall operations and missu). T1￿ festival was resche(luled for 27 May lo 11 Juty 2021, fealuriry 14 newly commrssioned artworks. that spanned augmented realrty tours. immerstve Wtiwmeys, site specrft sourKJ compositions. online exhibilions, inleTaCtive flm and perfOM)ar￿es. The programme brought Icoether 37 artisis and curatofs to collaborate. including a diverse group of UK and International piaclrtK)ners with 600A idenlrfying as female. 8% as r￿n-b1n2ry and 39% as global majority. 18 Onli￿ talks. WOTkshops and Industry events Ihal included in-depth conversations with artists presenting work Mthin ihe festival and dialogues on I lulure ecologies of art and unema an(J a mults.-pers￿tive approach to piodu¢lion and exhibilh)n with national and international sector leaders creatives. 22 audio visual performances and screenings inelvding an open-air cinema and exten5Ne online new cinerna shorts tryraTnme broadcasting via AND Festival's Live Channel. All th￿ 4fdS accessed through on online Festwal Hub that allowed audiences to explore the hybrid programme in an interaclive browser app. The programme allracled an audience of 48,085 with adt1ilional reach of 1,342.513 across broa(Scast. online, ané in wriltThJ 3cross the sited and online programme, AND Festival rea¢hed international, nat￿n31. and l¢>w engaged local audienc8s, th 20% of aud￿nceS in 2021 ranked most disadvantaged and 22% from a 15 minute drwetime - en98ging them in high quality experiènces. "I I￿e the ￿ea ol a nomadK festNal. 11 makes Ihe whole festival become so ff&xibl8, 8daplive fftto new W8ys. cullures. peopts. lechnokgy. values and to 81w8ys evolva." Artist Abandon Nomial Devlces Company Llmited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Directorfs Report) Year ended 31 March 2022 Aehl•v•m•nts and p¢rf¢mi•nee l¢ontinuod) 'A was 1xW￿nI to have Ihese events so local. Ihe subjec¢ malter simuttaneously lelt connected lo the ar&a andyetg1(thl. The confenl w8s unwue aThdinnovaftwe. 11 was very b￿lIp1￿ned.- Audience Member 2021 Tal•nt dev•lopm•nt and nw•work AND'S programmes continue to offer an exciliffj and unparal￿1ed Op￿rtUnitY for arti51s lo develop new work in response lo uncharted I(￿1￿)rts and ewing technologm and research supported by innovalive cross-sedor partnerships. AND Festpial 2021 suPp￿re￿ the developmenta￿1 yoduction 0114 newartWOTks", 3 major commlssions lead by fwnale artists.. The Blue VK)lel River by Anita Fontain¥. By the ScAJnd ol ThirrfJs by Kate Davies and Does spn.ng Hide Its Joy by Kali Malone." and 6 commissK)ns led by artlsts of Global Majority.. One Fifth of the Earth's Surface by max￿11 Mutanda and HakeemAdam. The Sea Collapsed by Lvvza Prado de. O Martins, Noles from the Periphery by TulaFQP Saenjaroen. Estroworld Now by Mary Maggtc, r￿EntrophY by Ya Ya 8ones (Ayesha Tan JOI￿) ¥KI Ralio Ensembjè by Ignalia Ndu. In January 2022 AND launched Impossible Per5peiaives. a MUlt￿year research and artisl development Pfoject, ￿lch will culminate n a site-WKle exh￿ttl0￿ ai Talton Park. Cheshire in 2025. In 2021-22 the rirst stage of Ihe programme focused on the support and development of 5 emerging UK artists.. Baft Akoio, Thomas Buckley. Angela YT Chan. entyé. Kraly Tihr@2ng." 5elÈded Ihough an Oren call. A week- long residential lab at Tallon Park was delivered by AND in collaboralion wrth experts. artists and technologists. from the NaIy￿al Trust. School of O¥Jital Arts Mancfwler Metropolilan Univer51ty. an4J HTC. The arb"$1$ 9alned h8nds-on experience and inswJht into con$tsntty devekiplng production lethrbiques such as augrnenled. virlu81. and mixe¢l reality technok>gies IARIVRJXR). The programme took inspiralion from Tatlon PJk's laFKJscape. and the WOTk5 of ltslian painler Canaletto. whose paintings, and Ir8wiros fom pari of the kXOFty's ar¢hive colleclion. cana￿tt0.$ works are renowned for their Émmersive gualilies.of vnaginary architectural vie¥￿. cor￿Idere(l to be fledgling versions of current virtual reality. The devdopmenl WOTk that took place in 2021-22 wlll feed a programme of artis15' development and a large•sc* ￿mMiSsion fr(xn 2023-25. AND is (x)mmitted lo supportiryj art151$ who are mar9inalised in *. or tech 5edor as well as creafiThJ opp)rtunIt￿S for wtists who aienl on mainslream visual 8rls or lestiV81 circuil. 2021-22 progiammes focused on larws to supr)ort an equitable gender split and dNersty that featured 29 artists. lwlh 34Yo male and 59% female and 7% non-binary. We specifically addressed the 9ender imbalance in the crealive Ir￿ustrIes. IL¥ exarn￿e the 2021 FeslNal featured 7 female CY non-birwy led commissions including Anita Fontaine IAUNL), Kale Davies (GBI. Mary Ma9giG (USICNI. Marija Bozinovska Jones IMKID), K811 Malone IUSISEI Sissel Marie Tonn (NLI arKJ Lurza Prao IBRI. We continue to advocate for this change in the sector. presenliThJ at events nationally and inlernat¥)nally. For the winif•nt majority. thts was Ihe first time they had wcffked wlh AND. Amowst them. local artists. an¢J curators from Liverpool," from elsev*there in the UK lincludirwJ Lon￿n. Sheffield and Stenhous¢muirl,' from acfOS5 Europe {including Germany. Netherlands. and Sweden) and frorn as far aft￿d as the United States. Australia and IrKlOr￿s0. wcrfking rerr¥)lety as a resuli of the pandemic. Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees, Annual Report (Incorporatlng the Dlrector's Report) fcontinu Year ended 31 March 2022 Aehltvements and p•rfonnance {contlnuedl AND has continued to engage a dNeTse rdnge of artists practitioners in CTealing work, 39% of which were of non-white British ethnic background. EMerg￿g wogrammes Unseen Fulures Fellowship 8nd Wild Natures developed in 2021-22 due for launth in 22-23 will ¢)ffer [L￿her opportunilres lo expand Ihis work, w7th focDses on social and envnnmental justice. "The enlir• experignce WAII Inffi￿n￿ my artslic praclKe JG•)sitwely k￿ye￿3 to come.. Artist "A 18S1ival that allows the artists to be free and 8$ exwe$sive as they a 9(xxI plAce to be. All fes¢Nalv Mle811.. -fr￿Uld have Ihis open fiexi￿￿rf.t1 how &￿sen1¢d and how this lolds oul from produclAorp lo re81isatit)n." Artist Touring AND uses 8 r8n9e of tsctics and Creative wlpuls lo reach WKI inspire audiences. Touring foms a key parl of Ihis stralegy. workirvJ V￿th a dynamic rar¥Je of arts. herrtage. and tourism partner5 across the UK and inlernalionalty. The m8jority of AND'S lourirKJ follows a 2-year pattern: in response to the biennial festNial. new commissKJns devdoped as parl of the feslival are tCYJTed the following 2 years. National activty focuses on delivering sethr developmenl with partners to grow key skilL8 in digttal arts produclion and audience developmenl. specrfically workirwJ with partners who do not have experience of presenting works usir@ digilal or emerging technologies. In 201-22 festNal commissKfft WetLab was co> of hybrwj progTamming ana new creative online content to rive new audiences lo our online charbnets. 10 Abandon Normal Devlces Company Limlted by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report Ilncorporating the Directorfs Report) Year ended 31 March 2022 Achl•v•m•nts •nd p•rformanu (Continu• We saw 60% of online visil(Ks in 2021-22 registered in the UK (40% in 20-121, with 10% Irorn lh¢ US {33% In 20-21) and 30% spread across the (27% in 2￿21}. wrf(h olher Count￿ in the lop 10 including China, Germany. Switzedand, Nett*rIa￿1$. Ukraine. Indonesia, Canada and France. The reduction in visitor numbers from overseas from previous yeats reftect5 Iwr level physical Intemalional wdien¢e al t1￿ festNal due lo Ihe travel res1r￿IK)nS of Ihe COV￿-19 pandemic. The 2021 FeslNal wogramffle sl9nifKanI￿ Ir￿TeaSed in dEttal. online and hybrid content featuring." 1 online exhibikn"on, 4 online sKoiects. 18 or4ine lalks, worksh(w and industry events. 4 online pertorrnances. and 11 ￿Teeni￿js. Togelher ihe5e eroaged 69.714 audiences Ihrcyjgh existing. new. and ¢omm¢ssioned pkffonns. The addIt￿n of a regulaf podcast Ser￿￿$ pcovided new roule5 for audience8 to dig deeper In ihe festNal therna￿ and artists development. Successes learniro from this edition of Ihe festival will infomi future programmes and audience devekjpmenl strategies. 'It W8s inspiring lo see how AND OVer¢an￿ the barriets c8us8d by the COVID restrict￿￿$, u&ng a number of on4tne plalforms ii? a very coherenl way. Ihaf made Ihe lestival ¢nvKonmenl a comlortable one ft)rpoople who were physically thore.. Arlisl Public Engagem•nt AND Festival was our main publ￿ 13ung aclrwity in 2021-22 workirvJ with 17 natio￿1 arKI inlernation81 partners lacross lourism, heriiage, local authorit*s. arts. venues. property development, libraries. univefsilies and research and Innovalion hubs). This ensured thal ourwork would e¥tend Into puts1￿ an online spaces to reach new au(JIen￿. Part￿rShip devebprnenl is a key slralegy for public engagemenl success. usualty over half of AND'S partners are each year- for example in 2019-20 of the 26 pariners, 14 were rwi. howevw in 2021-22 due to the nature ol Ihe postkxjnement and reSchedUl￿g this Saw a grealer challen9e of rela¥wo exisling partneJs anol finding appropriate ways lo deliver the Commiss￿￿ed works and engage audi?n¢es once reSIr￿1￿)n$ were lifted and events wgrs 5¥fe lo r9￿mmer￿￿. Partners in 2021-22 included Merseytravel {MerseysKSel. Peel L&P Holdings IUK). Vvirral Borough Council IMer5aysidel, Canal & Rr4er Tnjst (UK). CLllure Liverpool. Super Slow Way ILancashire). Cullure W3rrington Icheshirel. York Mediale. Maritime Digitaf Hub (Merseysidel British Library (UK), Daniel Adamson Preservat%￿ Society IMers&yside). Porb"¢o: Portsmouth's Car90 Terminal. w￿an Council and Somerset House Sludios (London). AND continues to seek out new wtners thal r*ovide nE•V conlexl for research, corTffiissioning. and audience engagement. In 2021-22 we forged rew partnerships wilh: Liverpool John Moores University. the Howard League for Just￿. and Nacro through Wild Naiures: and wTrth National Trust, Cheshire East Cwncil. SODA IS¢hool of DNJital Arts. Manchesler Metropolrtan Universilyl and HTC through Impossible Petspectives. 11 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees, Annual Report (IncOrpoTh￿1n9 the Direclorfs Report) IcMtin4rtdJ Year ended 31 March 2022 A¢hl•vements and performan¢* (contlrbued) Sgctor L•ad•rship AND continues lo be a leadeT and innovator in the sueen based and d￿￿131 arts sector, in our continuing investment in talenl devebpmenl. and in slN)wcasl￿ the most excitirvJ emergiThJ arlisls and artforms alongside rw experimental apsxoathes 10 aUd￿nCe engagement. Our leadership. knowledge and skills Sn this area have drawn more atlention, as the impacl of COVID-19 has meanl a1¥9e peri*ntage of the ullural seclor has needed to produce their work in new ways through di9ltal broadcast and online lo¢Ls. We have provided a range of stakeholders wih aLlvKe aryj crrtKal thinking on the besl rrethods and approaches. e.9. DCMS, DaDa Fest. BTtti%h Library North_ We continue to advrKate fry artists and emergirKJ artlcffms: presenting al evenls natk)nally and inlernalionalty. F￿dWOrk Nelwork 12017-2019) developed wlth Ihe Barbscan and Ihe British Council focused on sector devekjpfflenl natwjnalty and Internat￿nallY. il Wds initialed during the 2017 AND Fe$lival, ￿th network aclivit*es taking place in Indonesra (20171, Mexw 2018, Argentina (20181, Soulh Africa120191 and India12O191. A5 Fiejdth paused due to the paTr1em￿ have continued lo develop deep relalionships with partners and artists in Indonesk8. Mexico and South Afru, I￿￿dIng the CollabNowNow collaboralion ￿th MaThell Mutanda {ZW) and Hakeem Adam IGHI who ¢realed an online commission, One FTNh of the Earth's Surface for AND Festival 2021. Equallty and Olversity We began a significant piece of EDI work in 2021 with the rewitment of Equality. Diverslty. and Indusion Consultants lrtms w￿rth the aim ol revNsiling our core values wilh a focus on social and climale justice, to support posilrve and pra¢li¢al action acros5 the organisalv)n. In 2021-22 this i￿l￿ded.. AND staff membws and Boar¢J parlicipalion in Anli-rac4sm workshop sessions,. SMT review of inlern31 processes of recruitment, ￿mMiSsiOn1n9 ofartists, select¥)n of partner5 and projecl locations.. 81on9side indivi(lual $ess￿nS condL¢Cted with a number of staff and board ￿Mtsers. Inc Arts also undertook desk research. revyewing p￿￿les. procedures. and other relevant docurnenls. The result was a sel of recommen(lalions across HR. artists development and programme. whith we have begun to implemenl.. new application arKI adverlising process for opportunities, representation wilhin Ihe programme and communications. review of programme development and arlisls selection, resulting in the development ol new programm&s atKI crealwe processes (Unseen Fulure Fellowship and Impossible Perspeclivesl. This is an ongoing pieee of work which will inform our strategic reliesh along wlh future recfuilmenl across the orgarnsation lslxff and board). Environmental Sustslnability The Nehvorked Condilion: En¥ironmentsl Impacts of Doilal Cultural Prod(Jcth)n is an AND collaboration wllh Arfs Calalysi and Fa51 Famili8r laurtheLI in January 2020 as part ol Julie's Bicycle Acceleratcf Programme. This research-led programme explores the often-hidden environmental impact o! the reation arml ¢Jelivery of artworks using digital technolcw. This acts.vity continued Ihroughoul 2021-22 with case studies being Carried oul with arlisls. researchers ano or9anisat*)ns workin9 fft this space. In In September 2021 Ihe collaboration laurKhed a free-t(&use carbon ¢al¢tJlalor. to help artisls and arts producer5 understand and reduce car￿n fooiprint as part of planning or evalualing a liveslrearned event. digital artwork. or dKJrtal event. 12 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Dlrectorfs Report) i¢wtiAue Year ended 31 March 2022 Achlwom•nts and p•rforman¢e lcontinued) As part of our ongoing revi*¥ of AND Pf11￿. we annually review our EA¥ironmental Policy and Workplan. continually explomg ways for the organisation to redur£ its envirOn￿ental impad acr05$ produclion {indUd1￿ online). Staff and *tist travel. and IKJW we ¢oThwnunK*le this commitment lo audiences. arlists. and Stake￿kIeTs. Self-ovaluation I Significant programmes of AND'S aclwty ￿ supprrfted by an ndependeni evaluation progiamme. We work with hrghly experie￿1 evaluator Hden Corkery to deliver a detailed evaknatK•n framework and Captu￿ baseline dats against the projed's aims ar￿ objethes. Thefr8mewotk has been developed over the last decade and allow5 AND to arAlyse year-oryear results. ensuring ThE learn from our experience to contirbualty devek)p ano imyove ￿ Ferfmnce. The evaluation indudes.. Measurry online reach (audience Intera¢IN￿& on soual media. press Ncggor reviews, website anatytiC51. Audience attendance arKI behavk)ur {on-$rte arKI O￿lne eVauatIL￿ surveys) Volunteer feedback lo￿1ne survey). Partner fe8¢Sback Itèlephcne inter4iews. On￿ne survey). Artist feedback Itelephcffie interviews. online survey). We undertook a ￿Mprehen￿e evaluation ol AND Festival 2021 and assticaated lourirvJ programme, which provided a detailed p￿lUre of audience engagement, behavK)ur. and reach {geogr3phully, emographically and in low ervjaged communitw). The evdualK)n also informs our dtsvelopmerbl and future working practices and 15 Shared wth lo develop ther Wac1￿*. Increased r•sllienc¢ There is an incre¥sin9 need for any ¢uKural organisation rÈli3nt on publ￿ se¢tor fimding to develop alternative m￿elS for earning unrestricted funts. Through prevK)us AND programmes we have lesteLI oul new I￿k¢11n9 and income slreams. generatir*J income from festi¥o1 passes, irKINKl￿l tickel sales and car parking. Thou9h m(1st of thi5 learnin9 couklnl Oe apFAied in 2021-22 (due to Covid-19 and the consequential risk miligalirrfj festNal delivery model). this success has fed inlo Ihe planning of future edilions of the AND Fe51iva and how we approach annual prc•3ramrning and wKome 9enaralK)n focusing on revenue streams from ticketing. sportsc￿ships, donatiorts, and services. 2021-22 saw AND drawing on expertise from our TnL8lees wth (xjmmeroal expèrierKe lo lotsk at models for commwcial income generation. whlch will bè Implèmented kn 2022-23. In respect ol the Boar(l of Trtjstees. we have a bro&Jer r•we ol skills ar￿ experrence available across strategic. commerual, programming arKI part￿lships. This has further strengthened and diversified the Board and broughl rw ideas and fresh perspectNes. We contiwe to look for way5 to streng+her. and div8fsiiy the ward. 3rrtl li I Ihe w8itÈ of In￿ease￿ awareness of Black Lives N4aller in 2020 we are committed to I￿eaSe the dNer5ity of the organisotion. All staff and bowd members undertook anli-racism trainino In 202L¥21. We are activew wing tPYcAJgh a deep (levelopmental and relleclive period with the support of Inc Arts lo ir￿reaSe our social and r)Dlit￿l awareress in regard to the crealNe sector and rts lack of dwersrty. 13 Abandon Normal Devices Company Llmlted by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Directofs Report) (coiitinu• Year ended 31 March 2022 Achievements and perfomance (contlnued) AND'S ￿serVeS remain in a heatthy [￿S￿l0n wrfh ft￿re Ihan 6 monttts. operating cosls in unresl(Kled income al the end of 2021-22. Whilst the impact of COVID-19 on our sector has been hugely sNJnrfie8nl, the combination o15UPP(Yt grants and our opeialional adaptsbli tty and the fnancial reserves we have built up in re¢enl years have given us the ￿$111ence to be atAe to fa￿ the Challenges ￿th a strong base. AND was delighted to have been ab￿ lo put Ihe feslTval on in 2021. after wogrammes were severely constr8ineLI due lo the pandem￿. The organisalion is thankful for the skli Is arKI commitment of its staff and for the support of its board ol trustees, and to conlinue lo tAan an 8xcitin9 future. Fln•ndal rovF•W The continuing impact of COVID-19 made 2021-22 another unusual year. in lerrns of finances as well 8s activrties. AND had started the yearwyth re¢ryd reserves, due to main f*lors- income generatson for the bEnnial festival which had had to be postPK•net1. and grant fvnding frorn thè DCMS Cultu Recovery Fund ICRFI to supwjrt some of our ￿Te costs durir¥J the period when events were mo$1 severely conslrained by COViD-19. Duriro 2021-22 the m8joIty of cyJr festival events were able lo tske place, approprialely adapted. an¢J these restrKted balan￿S- along with Some new grants from partner organisations - were fully spent. The balance of the CRF grant receNed in 2020-21, and a second CRF grani awarded in 2021-22. erbabled us lo make some of these ajaptalions 8rKI lo meet commitments to staff, artisls aTrJ freelancers. arKI also prov¥ded some nexibility to review the organisation as we move forward. Underpinning core aclivity, AND continues lo be supp(xted by ACE, wilh current NPO funding of £137,484 per year. 2021-22 was the fourth year in Ihe four-year ACE NPO funding period (April 2018- March 20221. and the funding agreemenl has been extende(J by ACE until March 2023 in response lo COVID-19. sir￿ the year￿nd. an application has been s￿ttled lo ACE for NPO funding from 2023 which is due to be decided on in late 2022. Expenditure in 2021-22 on charitable actNi1￿$ was £520.91512021.. £239.2301 ofwhich £83.535 (2021.. £155,757} was Unrestr￿le￿ £437,380 {2021." £83.4731 was restricledl. These swings 8re expected in a 'fest'val° year, but exaggerated this time by the CRF funding being spent as activity picked up. Expendilure on the festival an(1 on other CRF-supwried aclNities resulleif in an in-year def￿11 on feslricted funds 01 £345.630 {2021'. surplus of £121.327), fulty using our resIr￿ted reserves. Meanwhile thanks lo $0 much ol txjr actNily relating lo restrded funding, AND ended the year wth an unrestricted surplus of £57,462 (2021.. £24.9311 before taxation. Total re5eTres as at 31 March 2022 have thus ￿(luCe{l by £288.168 from £491.306 10 £203,138. Cash reserves at yearond have re(Suced from £451.252 to £228.762. These reductions are as planned. and reflect the spending of accumulated leslNal income broughl forward. and use of the CRF grants to fund core cosls ar*¢ *&¢r)ve. j plvfii iiDIy. AND is not VAT registered bul we ￿ntInUe lo monitor our situalKJn closdy lo er￿Ule the VAT re9lStralion thfeshold is not breaehed. 14 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Directofs Report) (¢wrfintsed) Year ended 31 March 2022 In the long tem), the trustees believe Ihal s19n1r￿antlY excessNe levels of general funds unjustifted; but Ihal AND should buld and maintain a general reserve to bridge the 9ap betsyeen ￿ spendirg and Tecetrving ol income lo covw unl￿anned ernergenc￿. Sorne Yea￿ ago. th8 Iru5tees recotnmended an ideal level ol reserves al £irxJ.000. This goal was xhieved in 201￿20. arKt exceeded in 2020-21. Trustees revi•vtscl AND'S re8er¥es pol* at the erKI of 2021-22. arnj agreed that in Ihe light of tho continuing challenges and urK*rtainties of the envwonment we are workirKJ in linduding the Continuing pandemic and inflation￿ pressures) it is wdenl to have comfortable reseryes to give confidence to plan for more Ihan the very short lerm. The sudden shock to seclor caused by COVID-19 had also highlighled that we have a re5ponsrbility to our arlist5 and creatrrfes a5 well as to Ihe employed workforce. and so il was agreed Ihal reserves should broajly aim to cover vp to 6 months of runnirMJ and prwamme ￿SIs. This sb"Il opproximales to the £1(N)k largel sel prevK*usty. The current free reserves lunrestricled fuNls nol invested inftxed assels or othe￿iSe desgnaledl stand at £203,138, and are thus signrficanwy above this target. This Is partly due to furthèr covid-related programme dèlays, and party due lo thÈ ongoing work (enablÈd by CRF funds} to invesl in Ihe futu of Ihe organisath)n. We anilcipate that the arn￿11 carried forvrdTd in excess of the will be used in 2022-23 to fund these delayed woiect$ and lo strerttJtW AND goiThJ foThvard. AND'S funding model is based on ACE NPO fundirrtJ 5UPW)rting the fflajority of (wr core committed costs. with a slrong track record of pro.ect funding and incrxne being raÈsed to enable sMJnrficant Jdilional expenditure on the artistic programme. Whilst Ihe corntxne(I financiJ Impacts ol COVID-19 8nd of the bienn￿1 festival model have caused huge fluctualK)ns in the accounts for past couple of years. we have continued lo work %Mihin our budgets. We also continue to lake a ¢autiou$ approach lo commrttlng lo nèw expenditure. with L￿￿9815 bery revwed regularty by senior managemenl and trustees lo ensu￿ that furnlirKJ is in place before r*w proiecls a￿ s￿ed. The Iruslees Iherelore ￿leVe li is aFvopriale to wepare the financial sialements on the going concem basis. Strudur•. gov•manc• and m•Thag•ment Governing Document AND is a cornpany limited by guarantee govemed by its memora￿lum and Art￿leS of Association dated 1 January 2007. as 8mende(I by speclal resofutK)ns dalesliG atternatNe bul to do so. Audltoes responslbllities foT thè audlt of the fIn•n¢1￿ ststèments We have been appoinlenale ol any signrficanl transactions that are unusual w QLrtside tl* nomial course of business. We also communtsled rejevant identified 18ws and regulat￿n$ armj poienlial fra￿1 risks lo all en9agement team members and remained akrt to any ind￿at￿n9 offraud or ￿n-￿mplian¢e with laws and regulalKJns Ihrough(NJt the audit. A further description of our responsiT)ilities for the audil of the fina￿la1 statements is I￿aled on the Financial Reporting Council's website at http.11￿rtv.trc.Org.uk1a￿dlt0rsresponsIbIIilIe$. This description fom)s part of auditor's ièpori. Use of our report T￿S report is made solety lo the chariV5 mernbers, a5 a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. ()Jr aLJdit work has been U￿jert3ken so Ihat we might stste lo the charrtls members Ihose mallers we are Tequired to stale lo them in an audilor's rem and for no other purpose. To the fullest exlent permitted by law, we do not accept 01 assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the Charity's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report. ￿ for Ihe opir)ions ¥%e h3ve formed. 1911012022 Alison Buckley (Senior Stslulory Audi(or) For and on beh8M of Mttchell Chaflesworth (Audit) Lirniled St8lutory auditor 3rd Floor 44 Peter Street Manchester M2 SGP 24 Abandon Nonnal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Statement of Financial Activities lincluding income and expenditure account) Year ondod 31 March 2022 2022 2021 u￿est￿ Restircted funds lund$ fvnds lund8 Total fvnds Totsl lunds Income and endowm•nts Donat1￿5 and 18ged85 Charilable activknes Olher traLlThJ actiwt 450 140.032 515 1.750 231.782 S15 137.484 204.8C*) 43.204 342284 43.204 Tolal in¢rwawd 20J.138 203.138 126,864 364.442 491.306 The s13lement offinan¢ial a¢tNitts indtsdès al galns losses re¢ognis¢d in Ihe year. All income and expenditure derive from ¢onb"nuiThJ activi￿$. The notss on pages 28 to 39 lonn part ofthese finandal statements. 25 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limlted by Guarantee Statement of Financial Position 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Not* Fixed assels Tangible fixed assets 15 2,364 1.127 Current assets Debtors Cash al bank and in hand 16 2.281 228,7fj2 75.830 451.252 231.043 527,082 Cr*dltors: amounts fallin9 due wlthln on• y¢ar 17 30.269 36.903 Net curr•nt assets 2￿,TY4 490.179 Total &sBets kss current liabilities 203,138 491,306 Net assgts 203.138 491.306 Funds of th¢ charity Restricte(I funds UnreStr￿ted funds 364.442 126.864 203.138 Total ¢hariQy funds 18 203,138 491.306 cial slatemenls were approved by the board of truslees aThJ aut￿￿lsed for issue on 1g?181982S . and are signed on behajf of ihe boar¢J by.. erTirvJ Ichai uslee The notes on pages 28 to 39 fomi part of th¢se finanelal slalgnwnts. 26 Abandon Normal Devlces Company Limited by Guarantee Statement of Cash Flows Yèar •nd•d 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Cash Ilows from operating ¥ctlvlties Nel {expern1i￿rey￿come {288.168) 146.258 Adjuslments lor.. Depreciation of tsngibte fixed assets Interest payable and similar d)arges Accrued expensesl(in¢ome) 1.162 2.￿3 55.925 3,059 61.6921 Chan9e5 in.. Trade and other debtors Trade aNJ olher creditors 17.624 {6,6341 1,764 6,158 Cash generated Irom opeTalion8 1218,088) 96.333 Interest paid <2.￿3) 13,0591 Nel cash (used inyfrc*m operaling aclivities 1220.091) 93,274 Cash Ilows from investlng activiti•s Purchase of tangible assets 12.3991 Net cash used in inestirwJ aclivtrs 12,399) Ngt Idecrease)fincreast in cash and cash equivatgnts Cash and cash oqulvalents at bèglnnlng of yoai 1222.4bK)I 451,252 93.274 357,978 Cash and eash •quivalenls at end of y•ar 228.762 451.252 The noles on pages 28 10 39 fonn part of these Ilnan¢lal statem8nl8. 27 Abandon Normal Devices Company Llmlted by Guarantee Notes to the Fbnancial Statements (contin Year ended 31 March 2022 Gèneral inform¥tion The charity is a publ￿ benèfit enlity and a priv*e company limiled by guarantee, registered in England and Wa￿S and is a regtslèred charity in ErvJlaThJ and Wales. The addres5 of the re9islered office is 44 Peter Slreel, Manthster. M2 5GP. Slatemont of compllan These finanoal statements have been prepared in ￿dance wlh FRS 102, Tr Financial Reporting Standard applicable in Ihe UK and the Republic of ITelarKJ', the Stalemenl of Recommended Pra¢li¢e aprAicatAe lo tharities preparing the¥ acr#Junts in aceordance with the FinancK81 Rew>rtin9 Standard appluble in the UK and Reput41¢ of Irda￿ IFRS 102) (Charities SORP IFRR 102)) and tba Companies Act 2006. A¢counting poil¢les Basls of prepar*ion The financial sialements have been prepared on the hist￿lca1 cosl basu8. Abandon Norn)￿ Devices mee15 defiThtion ol 3 Publ￿ benefrt enlrty under FRS 102. The fjnancial statemenls are prepared in sterling. wh￿h the fU￿11)nal currery of Ihe enlity. Incoming resour￿$ All incorne i8 induded in the statement of financKal aclr4ilies when entdlement has passed to the charity, il is probable that the economi¢ benefrts assock3led with the trans#ction will flow lo the charity and Ihe 8mount can be relobty measured. The follov•in9 speGifK pol￿￿$ are applied lo part￿ular categories of incomè- - income from donations or grants ￿ Tecognised when there is evKlence of entiuemenl to the gth. recelpl is probable and ils amtyjnt can be measured re1kgb￿. - in¢ome from ￿ntr￿tS for the supply of services ￿ recognised vthh the delivery of the contracted seryice. This is dassrfEd as unreslrideil lunds unless there is a contr8ctU81 requiremeni for il lo be spent on a partiwlar purpose and ￿Urned rf unspent. in which case it may be reg8rded as restricted. Resources expended Expenditure is rec(N)nised on an acuuals basis as a liabilrty is incurred. ExperKJilure includes any VAT bthi¢h ¢annol be fully re¢ov¢¥ed. and is claSS￿*d under heaijings of the stalemenl of financial aclsvities lo which il rdales. - expenditure on charitatAe 3￿r￿itES I￿ude$ all costs incurred by a charrty ￿ ur￿rtakry aclivities Ihal further ils charitable aims for the t*nefrt of ils benefiuarEs, induding the cos15 of performances, exhibitions and olhef educatK)nal *tNrties un¢Jerlaken and those support costs and costs ref?tip.g lo the goi'= aye of ¢hartry lo ctoritable a¢iiviIips. - other expendilure indLKles all expenditure that is neither felated lo raising furNJs for the charity rw)r part of its expenditure on charilable actNblies. Supwrt cos15 are Ih05e funct￿n5 Ihai 0SSi51 w(Kk of ihe charity do nol direclly relate to 28 Abandon Nornial DeviGes Company Limited by Guarantee Notes to the Financial Slatements Year ended 31 March 2022 Accountin9 policre5 ILThthxxd) charitable activities. Support costs inc*Jde back office cosls. finance, personnel. payroll 8nd governan￿ cosls whth Supp￿ the Ctsr￿S arlislic wogT8mmes a￿1 &tivit￿5. All these costs are allorAted to expeTrJiturè calegones ￿lleCtIng the use of resoLJTce. Direct Costs attribulable to a single activity are allocated ¢Jirectty to that activity. Shared costs are apport￿n&￿ between the activities they conln.bute lo on a reasonat4e. justifiab￿ and consistent basis. A￿a￿lOn Normal Devices is nol Tegislered VAT a￿1 Iherefore 41 VAT incwred on expendilure is irrecoverable. Irre(M)verable VAT is as a cosl againsl the actrvity lor which Ihe expendiiure was incurred. Judgements and k•y Sources of estimation uncertainty Th6 preparathjn of the finanual ststemenls requires marogemenl lo make judgements, estimates anLY assumplw)ns Ihal affect Ihe gmounts reported. These e5tirnale5 aThJ ju¢Jgomenls ¥ continually reviewed amf we base(l on experience and other factors. includin9 expectal￿nS of future events Ihal are bel￿ed lo be reasonalAe unde¥ the cirrJJmstarus. Signrficant judgemenls The judgemen15 (apart fr¢m those involving estimations) that management has made in the prccess of applying Ihe entity's accounting tdicies have had no signrfKanl effect on the amounts recognised in the fina￿1#1 ststements. Key sources of e511mat￿ uncortainty Accounting estimates and assumption5 are made concerrxThJ the fLFture and. by Ihew nature. wll rarely equal the relalgj 8clual outcome. There are no key assumptions and other sources of e511mèt￿n uncertainty that have a signrfunt risk of causing a material adjustment ts the carrying am¢)unl$ of assets and liabilitios within next finarKbal year. Golng COn￿M 2021-22 was the f¢)urth in the four year ACE NPO fijnding perK)d (April 2018- March 20221. Ih was subsequenlly exlended by ACE in 2021 an additional Y￿l0 coverAwl 2022- March 2023 lo support NPO organi5alK)nS With the rthv challenges presenled by COVID.19. The festival. origin￿ty sc*edvled for May 2020, was POStyK•ned unlil Ihe Summer 01 2021. Addition81 costs weie incurred by honourin9 our existsn9 cThnmilmenls lo artists, producers and olher freelancers and staff who had alreaty been worf(in9 on the fesiival. However Ihe COVID-19- relaled CRF. CJRS arKI Small business grants. as well as grant irthme. enabted u5 to over Ihese costs. as wdl as to adapt a￿1 further d￿eloP Ihe festsval programme. The current free ￿SerVeS lunrestricled fuThJs not invesle(l or otheA•Ase deslgnated) stand al £203.138. and are thus more than Suff￿len{ lo cJ)ver 6 monlhs. ordinary running and pro8rarnme costs for the organisattm. A trxd has been subrnitte¢l to the Arts COU￿31 for a lurther NPO grant, the re￿115 of which will be known in October 2022. GNen our ht9h kvel of free reserves, Ihe truslees bal￿e it is appropriate lo prepare the fjnancial statement$ on Ihe goi￿ concern basis. 29 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Notes to the Financial Statements (Gonthu•dJ Year ended 31 March 2022 Accounting policie¥ Income ta The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains lalling wilhin seclion 505 of Ihe Taxes A 1988 and section 252 of ihe Taxation ol Chafgeable Gains Act 1932 to Ihe exlenl that these are applied to its charitabk objects. Fore(gn curren ForevJn Currency transactio￿ are initially recordeé in the fU￿tIOnal currency by apptying the spot exchange rate as at the date of ihe ir8ns8ction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated al the exchange rate ruling at the reporting dale, wrth any gains or losses being taken to ￿ ststement of financi81 activrties. Fund ae¢ountlng Unrestricted funds are a¥a￿a￿e f(Y use at Ihe discrelK)n of the Irusiees to furtl*r any of the charity's pvrpos8S. Designated funds are unreslfKted funds e*marked by the trustees for part￿ular fulure projects or commiiments ReStr￿t￿d fuThJs are subiected to restrictions on t￿1[ expeTrJituie declared by the donor or throug the lemis of an appeal. and fall into one of two sutKlasses'. restricted income funds or endowrnent funds. Tangible wtsots Tangible a55ets are iTritkilly Tecorde(18icost. and subsequenlly stsled al cost less any accumulated depreciats.on and impairment losses. Any lar¥Jible as5els carr￿1 at Trvalued amourhls are rewrded at the fair value al Ihe date ol fevalualion less any subsequent accvmulaled depreaalion an(J subseouent acoJmulaled impairmenl bosses. Depre¢iati¢n Depreciation is calculaled so as to wiite off the cosl or vaualion of an asset. less its residual value, over the useful economK lrfe of that asset as follow5.. Equipment 25% straight lir IndNidual r￿ed assets costing less Ihan £SOO are wntten off m the year. Impairment of fixed assets A review for indicators of irnpairmenl is Carr￿ out al each reporbng date. with the re￿verable arrThinl being estimated where such iThJrcaloTS exist. carryin9 value exceeds the recoverable amounl. the asset is impaire(J acc(xdingly. PrKX impairmen15 are also rev*wed for possible reversal at each feE￿ing dale. Gov•rnmenl grants Governmenl grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset TeceNed or receivable. Grants are not recognised vnlil there is reasonable assuran￿ thal the company wjl comply with the Abandon Nomial Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Notes to the Financial Statements Year ended 31 March 2022 AccountirMJ Fst. Defined contribution schemo ContritsJtions to defined conlribulton plans are recognised as an expense in the perioLI in which the relalod service is provKlwJ. Pre￿Id contribuiDn$ are r•Mgni$ed as an asset to the extent that Ihe prepayment wll lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refvTrJ. Creditors and provisions Creditors and provisK)ns are reCOgn￿ed Wffiere the charity ha5 3 presenl obligylion resufling from o pasl evenl Ihat wll probably resull in the transfer of fuTh3s to a Ihird party the amount due to setue ihe oblLqalion can bo measured or estimaied reliably. Cre¢1￿¢0￿$ and provisM)ns arts nomially re¢Dgnlsed al their Settlement arnount after ol1r￿.ng for any trade discounts due. Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank arKI cash in h*KI indude aThY slwrt lefm highly IKiutd investments wilh shcrt maturities of three monlhs or less from ihe dale of 8CquL%ltK￿ ￿ opening or the deposit or similar acojunt. D•btor• Trade and olher debtors are recognised al the setuement amount due afler arry Irade discounl offered. Prepayments we valued al the amwnt kwiaid of any trade discounts due. 31 Abandon Normal Devlces Company Limited by Guarantee Notes to the Financlal Statements (rofithL Year ended 31 March 2022 Llmited by guarante• AND is a private company limiled by guarantee inccffporaled in England and Wales and has no share capital. The registered oifrE is al 44 Peter Street. Manchesler. M2 5GP. In the event of the charity being wournl up. the liability in respect of the gvarantee is lirniled lo £1 per member of the chariiy. Donations and legaci•s ur￿trIcted Total Fund$ Unrestrthd Total Funds Funds 2022 Funds 2021 Donations DonatK)ns 450 450 Charitable adivilies Unrest￿ted Resirided Toial Funds FuThJs Funds 2022 Arls Councal England {North Wesil- NPO fuvKling Culture Recovery Fvnd The Space Feslival 8ox Office Cheshire East Couniil Ilalban Cultufal Institute 137.484 137,484 80.000 5,000 2.548 6.000 750 80.0fy) s.000 2.548 6.000 750 140.032 91.750 231,782 un￿str￿ter1 Funds Restricted Tolal FuThJs Funds 2021 AMS Council Englan(5 (North Westl- NPO fundiThJ Cullure Recovery Fund The Sp8ce Wirral Counul British Council (One Fifth of the Earth's Surface) Culture Wanin9lon Univgrsity of Safford 137.484 137.484 175.000 6,000 10.000 5,ODO 7,ODO 1,800 175.000 6,000 10,000 5.000 7,CllO 1,800 137.484 204,800 342,284 32 Abandon Normal Devices Company Llmited by Guarantee Notes to the Financlal Statements Year ended 31 March 2022 Oiher trading actlvlties Ur*estricted TO1￿ Funds unlestr￿led Total Funds Fun(Is 2022 Fund5 2021 ConsLthancy & speaker fees Product 531es Srnall &J5iness Gr8nl Fund Job Retention Scheme 450 65 750 1.650 10.0 30.804 750 1,650 10.000 30.804 65 S15 515 43.204 43.204 Expenditure on charitabl* actfvities by fund type lthreslitted Funds RestrKted Total Fund5 FurKIs 2022 Charitalje aetivilies Support costs 23,592 59.943 437.380 460.972 59,943 83.535 437.380 520,915 unreStr￿ted Funds Restrtcled Totsl Funds Funds 2021 CharitatAe aclNities Support costs 105.283 50.474 83.473 188,756 50,474 155,757 83.473 239.230 Costs other Ihan direct project or festiva costs are shown as part of supp)rt costs. See analysis in rv)te 10. Exp•ndttur• oft charitable a¢llvltl¢s by acllvlty ty Activities ufthrtaken O¥ectly Support Total funds 2022 Total fund 2021 Ch•btsble activiknes Goimnance costs 460,972 44.007 15.936 504,979 15.936 238.172 1.058 460.972 59.943 520.915 239.230 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Notes to the Financlal Statements (¢oth*) Year ended 31 March 2022 10. Analysis of support costs Total 2022 Total 2021 Staff cosls General office Finance costs Goveinance costs Storage Travel & accommodation Consultancy Depreciation Management accountino & oavroll 7.213 20,158 2.003 15,936 1.428 3.423 3.240 1.162 5.380 7,213 20.158 2.003 15.936 1.428 3.423 3.240 1,162 5.380 15.743 18.678 3,059 1.058 2,702 47 787 A,400 59.943 59.943 50,474 The support Costs in ihe 2022 year have been reapportK)ned to show costs rdab'ng 10 8c¢ounts preparation in Governance costs. Within the Govemance cosls olher legal and professional costs include costs in relation to Ihe audit of the CRF expendrture carried out by the auditor5. Governancè costs 2022 2021 W8geslsalaries Accountancy and audit fees Legal and other professiond fees Catefing a venue hire for Board meetings 3.697 10.070 2.040 129 1,013 45 15.936 1,058 11. Net (expendilurelllncome Nel {expendiIureyir￿me is ststed after C￿rgi￿{￿e￿￿gl'. 2022 2021 Depreciation of tsngible fixed assets 1.162 787 12. Audltors remuneration 2022 2021 Fees payable for the audil ol ihe finarKial slatemenls 6.LN)O 1.013 Fees Pay8￿ to the CharIt￿S auditor arKI its a5sociales lor other 5wvices.' AuL1il-rdated ass￿3￿ services Other non-audil services 2,070 4,070 Abandon Nomial Devices Company Llmlted by Guarantee Notes to the Financial Statoments Year ended 31 March 2022 13. Siaff costs The IrAal slaff costs arnl ernployee benefrts fcff the reFthing PWKJd are ar￿ySed as follows: 2022 2021 Salarie$ ond wages S¢xi¥I Serjjrity Costs Pension costs 137.205 12.115 3.103 147,208 12,644 2.856 Wages sal*ies 152.423 162.708 The average head count of emF4oyee$ durin9 the year was 6 (2021.. 61. The average number ol full-tThne equivalent enyloyees during thè Y￿ is analysed as follow5.' 2022 2021 Number of staff No employee recelved empknyee benefits of more Ih8n £60.rM during the year12021.. Nill. K•y Managom•nt Prnnnel The key management personnel of the tharrty cornprise the twustees. Director. the exe(JJlive director and the seni(x producef. The lolal emph)yee beneffits of the key Mar￿ernent personn of Ihe charily were £97.723 {2021.. £94,933). 14. Trustw 1omun•ration and w•ns•s Tho tharity truslees were not paid nor did receive arry remuneraiv)n or olhBr benefit$ from employmenl wlh the charily or a related enlity in Ihe year12021.' £nill. No charity trustee received payrnenl for professional or ottr￿r servrces supplied to the clwity12021_" £nil). No Irvstee expenses have been inc4ffied in the year12021'. £nll 15. Tangible fixed ￿*ts Equipmont Cost At 1 Awil 2021 Additions 3,145 2.399 At 31 March 2022 5,544 D•pr¢¢iatlon At 1 A￿￿ 2021 Charge for Ihe year 2.018 1,162 At 31 March 2022 3.180 Carrying amount At 31 March 2022 2,364 Al 31 March 3021 1,127 35 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limlted by Guarants• Notes to the Financial Statements Year ended 31 March 2022 16. Debtois 2022 2021 Trade debtors Prepaymenls and accrued ir Other debtors 16,000 59,830 2.000 81 2,281 75.830 17. Credltors: amounts fallSng due within one year 2022 2021 Trade creditors Ac(¥u81s and deferyed income Social se¢urity and other laxe$ 14.681 11.775 3,813 19,907 11,775 5.221 30,269 36.903 36 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limlted by Guarantee Notes to the Financial Statements {¢tyrf•]f* Yèar ended 31 March 2022 18. Analysis of charitable funds Unrestrleted funds At 1 Awil 2021 At Transfers 31 March 2022 I￿orne ExFeTr*ture Genoral funds 126,864 140.997 (83,5351 18.812 203.138 Al 1 Awil 2020 Al Transfers 31 March 2021 1￿me Expenditure General fund5 101.933 180,688 1155.7571 126,864 The free reserves are after aNowing for ￿ des•3nated funds. Restricted lund$ At 1 April 2021 Ir￿￿ ExpeThJiture Transfers 31 March 2022 Festivaj Fund BFI Film Hub North 8rilish Coun￿1 IlrKlones Producerlcuraior Exchange) 7.966 8rilish Council (One Fifth of the Earth's SJrface} Culture Re¢overy FUNI Unbversty of Salforcl Imposssble Perspectives 206.809 6,500 1406.879) {6,$001 195.070 (7.￿) 3.500 139,667 13.500) (219.6671 6,750 (12.5351 5.785 364,442 91.750 1437,380) 118.812) At Transfers 31 March 2021 l April 2020 It￿orne EX￿dIture FestNal Fund BFI Flm Hub North British Council (Indorns Producerlcurator Exchange) 7.966 Brrtish Council lone Frfth of the Earih's Surface) CulluTe Recovery FurKI Unbversty of Safford 228.649 23.000 {44.840) 206.809 6,500 7.966 (1.500) (35,3331 {1,8001 3.500 139.f67 17S,ODO 1.800 243.115 {83.473) 364.442 37 Abandon Nornial Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Notes to the Financial Statements Year ended 31 March 2022 18. Analysls of charitablè fund$ icortln¥Ed) Festival FurK1 This fund was set up lo contribute to Ihe developmenl and presentation of the feslival. Al.unspenl furth broughl forward were spent in the presentatmy) of the fest￿￿ in 2021. BFI Fill Hub Norlh This fund was to support the film strand ol Ihe festsval programme. All unspent fvnds brought forward were spent in the presentation of Ihe film 51rand of Ihe lestival ￿ 2021. Brilish cour￿11 11ndor￿￿7 pr(￿￿Cer1Curat0f exchange! Thi% fund 5UPPDrte(I the Irxlone5ian Creative Exthange betsveen the UK and lrnlonesia. Brttish CouncAI (One Fifth of the Earth's Surface) T￿S fund 5upporled the éevdopment and PfesenlalKJn of a wqect strand of the festival prograrrme be￿een Sub Sahara Africa and Indonesia. Cuhure Recovery Fund This fund was set up lor the receipl of Cutture Recovery FuTrJs lo support AND through Ihe pandemic recovery and representation of FK)Stponed work. Untversity of SaW¢yd This fund supported Ihe Beginningless Minds project during the financial yew. Impossible Perspe¢lwes This hjnd supporied the Impossible PerspeclNes projecl dtsr￿g the TInar￿la1 year. Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guaranto• Management Inforniation Year ended 31 March 2022 19. Anatysl$ of not as$rf8 b•lwwi funds ur￿StriCted Fund5 Restricled Total Funds Funds 2022 Tangible fixed assets Current assets Cre(lrtors less Ihan 1 yew 221,589 120,81SI 9.454 {9,454) 231,043 130,2691 Net assets 203,138 203.138 UrffestrKled Funds Restricted TO1￿ Fund8 Funds 2021 Tangible fixed assels Cu￿ent assets Credrtws less than 1 year 1.127 138.268 112.531) 1,127 451.252 38,927 312.984 51.458 N•t assgts 126,864 364.442 491,308 20. Flnan¢lal instruments The canylng amount for each calegory of financial instrument is as follDWS'. 2022 2021 Flnanclal assgts that ar• d•bt in$lrum•nt8 rn•asur￿ at amortls•d cost Financial assels Ihat ¥e debt instruments M￿Ured al amortned Cost 231.043 418.778 Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost Financial liabili1￿S measured al amrytiseL1 cost 30.269 75.643 21. Analysts of changes In nel dèbt At At 1 Apr 2021 Cash Iluws 31 Mar 2022 Cash at bank and in hand 451.252 1222.45X)} 228.762 22. Related parties Th￿e V•ve no related pariy tran&%1￿rtS 0￿Ing Ihe year12021.. £nP! 39 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarantee Management Infomiation Year ended 31 March 2022 The following pages do not form part olthe financial ststem•nts. Abandon Normal Devices Company Limited by Guarante• Detailed Statement of Financial Activhies Year onded 31 Mar¢h 2022 2022 2021 Incomo and endowments Donations and legaci•s Oonalions 450 Charltable actiNlltiès Art5 Council England (Norlh West)- NPO furMdiThJ Culture Recovery Fund The Space Wirral Council Festival Box Offrce Bfltlsh Council {One Fifth of Ihe Earth's Surface) Culture Warringlon Cheshire East Ctxjrtil University of Salford 1181ian cutt￿81 Institule 137.484 60,0(M) 137,484 175.000 10,000 2.548 5,000 7.000 6,(X)O 1.800 750 231.782 342,284 Other trading •cttviti•$ Consultancg & speaker fee$ Pro¢Jvcl sales Small Business Grant Fund Job RelÈntk￿ Scheme 750 1,650 10,000 30.804 515 43.204 Total Incom• 232.747 385.488 Expenditur¢ Expendlture on ¢hari1oble actlvlties Wages and salaries Other moiorltravel costs Legal and wofessional fees Oiher office tt)5ts DepTeciation Other inleresl payable and similar charges Direct project ¢osts & consulling Marketing Storage costs Bad debts 154.732 3.423 17.490 20.158 1.162 2.(LJ3 277,289 43.230 1.428 155,179 47 9.413 18.705 787 3,059 42.984 6,381 2.702 12TI 520.915 239,230 Total oxpendituro 520,915 239,230 41 Abandon Normal Devices Company Limlted by Guarantee Detailed Statement of Financial Activities Year ended 31 March 2022 2022 2021 {exp•nditureylncome (288.168) 146,258 42 Abandon Normal Devices Company Lim6tèd by Guarantèe Notes to the Detailed Statement of Financial Activitie5 Year ended 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Exp¢ndRure on charlt•ble •￿1¥111eS Charltablo a¢tlvities Actlvltl•$ undertaken dirtcty Stafl costs Orrecl project costs Marketirya 143,822 273.920 43.230 139,436 42.939 6.381 460.972 188,756 Support cosf$ Salaries. wages and related costs Travel & subsistence Flnance SUPP¢)rt General office costs Depreciation Bank charges and related costs con$￿t￿cY Slorage Bad debts 7.213 3.423 15.743 47 8,400 18,705 787 3.059 20.158 1.162 2,003 3.240 1,428 2,702 127} 44.007 49,416 Govornan¢e ¢o$t$ Wageslsalaries Accountancy arKI audit fees Leg31 and other prolessM)nal fees Caterin9 & venue hire for Board meeb"rKJs 3.697 10,070 2.040 129 1.013 45 15.936 1.058 Expenditure on chaiitable •¢tivities 520,915 239.230