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|Consolidated|Statement ofFinancial Activities||20||
|Consolidated|Balance Sheet||21||
|Charity Balance Sheet|||22||
|Consolidated|Cash Flow Statement||23||
|Notes tothe|Cash Flow Statement||24||
|Notes tothe|Financial Statements|25|Io|35|





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|LA. Corner||20/03/18|31/08/21|2of 2|
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|Cllr S.Brady||18/11/16|01/04/21|N/A|
|(Vice-Chair)|||||
|N.R.||03/10/14|01/04/21|N/A|
|Hod8kinson|||||
|M.S.lukes||10/OS/16|13/1/22|1of4|
|GJL Allenby||19/07/18||2of 2|
|B.P. Norman||17/07/18|||
|R Lewis||23/09/19|||
|Professor|L|13/08/19|13/1/22|2of4|
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|Dr K Harker||14/01/21|||
|M Gibson||14/01/21|||
|Dr C||14/01/21|||
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|L Pitcher||08/07/21||4of4|
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|Hull.|Where opportunities<br>to engage<br>in the arts and culture are varied|and prevalent.||
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|Hull.|Where careers<br>in the arts and<br>cultural<br>and creative<br>industries|are real options,<br>with|ambitions<br>and|
|aspirations<br>nurtured<br>and supported.||||
|Aims||||
|Absol|utely Cultured<br>Aims to:|||
||Bean exemplar<br>organisation<br>unique<br>in its delivery of its Cultural|& Public Engagement|Programmes-|
||Delivering<br>Arts Centre model across the city through<br>three strands<br>of Arts Programme,||Learning<br>and|
||Community<br>Engagement|||
||Work with a range ofcross-sector partners<br>to maximise<br>the positive impact ofArts &Culture<br>in the city|||
||of Kingston<br>upon<br>Hull —Working<br>partnerships<br>with Yorkshire Water, University<br>of Hull||and Generation|
||Hull|||
||Bea welcoming,<br>productive<br>and creative environment<br>for all our|staff, partners<br>and audiences-<br>Humber||
||Street Gallery<br>generating<br>fooffall of 40,000 plus visitors<br>per annum:<br>Galleries,<br>Cafe||/ Bar and Roof|
||Terrace|||
||Place diversity at the centre ofthe organisation —A learning<br>hub|for Welcome to English|weekly activity|
||(Refugees & Asylum Seekers)|||
||Have a local, national<br>and international<br>impact through<br>a strong<br>partnership<br>approach||—Presentation|
||of 'In My Room' exhibition as part of national<br>commissioning|partnership<br>with Focal|Point & Mostyn|
||Gallery|||
||Present the best Cultural<br>Programme<br>possible<br>to as wide an|audience as possible -|Delivering<br>high|
||quality programmes<br>including<br>Creative<br>Hull July 2021 and Floodlights<br>October 2021|||
||Encourage cross art form participation<br>for all ages —Gipsyville|Creative Centre Saturday<br>morning<br>Arts||
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||Provide a creative environment<br>8 supportive<br>culture for artists at all stages oftheir career —Successful|||
||delivery of Inter<br>Change talent development<br>programme<br>2021/22|||
||Provide<br>excellent<br>learning<br>opportunities<br>through<br>Generation|Hull<br>and<br>all Learning|Programmes-|
||supporting<br>Generation<br>Hull and hosting Project Manager|||
||Be commercially<br>minded<br>striking<br>an appropriate<br>arts and business<br>balance —Working||with One M on|
||Cafe / Bar and private events we have started to develop a wider offer including<br>becoming<br>a licenced|||
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|Investment<br>to research, develo|and test ideas|150,000|
|Match fundin<br>for grant funding|applications|120,000|
|Ca<br>ital projects fund||150,000|
|Brand develo<br>ment and new website||25,000|
|IT Infrastructure<br>8 Digital Capacl||25,000|
|Staff Trainin<br>and Develo<br>ment|Fund|18,000|
|Enhanced paremal<br>leave<br>fund||15,341|
|Financial Contractual<br>Liabilities||95,559|
|Planned<br>Programme<br>Funding<br>Deficit April 22 —March 26||372,111|
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||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||Notes|fund<br>F|fund<br>f|funds<br>f|fundsf|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS|FROM||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||2|20,671|790,037|810,708|516,768|
|Other trading<br>activities||3|9163||9,163|253,700|
|Investment<br>income||4|187||187|1,717|
|Other income|||90,721||90,721|5,065|
|Total|||120,742|790,037|910,779|777,250|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||
|Partnerships<br>&Development|||26,353|55,303|81,656|69,170|
|Marketing<br>&Communications|||44,604|94,804|139,408|141,362|
|Programme<br>& Delivery|||300,544|639,930|940,474|732,973|
|Total|||371,501|790,037|1,161,538|943,505|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||(250,759)||(250,759)|(166,255)|
|RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS|||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward|||1,918,770||1,918,770|2,065,025|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||1,668,611||1,668,D11|1618TTD,|



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|Consolidated<br>Balance Sheet<br>31st March 2022|||||||
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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total||
||Notes|fund<br>f|fund<br>E|funds|funds||
|FIXEDASSETS|||||||
|Tangible assets|11|28,009||28,009|35,306||
|CURRENT ASSETS|||||||
|Stocks|13|1,654||1,654|266||
|Debtors|14|195,382||195,382|43,949||
|Cash at bank and in hand||1,537,913||1,53'7,913|2,160,374||
|||1,734,949||1,734,949|2,204,589||
|CREDITORS|||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year|15|(94,947)||(94,947)|(321,125)||
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||1 640,002||1,640,002|1,883,464||
|TOTAL ASSETS LESSCURRENT|||||||
|LIABILITIES||1,668,011||1,668,011|1,918,770||
|NET ASSETS||1,668,011||1,660,D11|1918TTD,|.|
|FUNDS|17||||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||1,668,011|1,918,770||
|Restricted<br>funds|||||||
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|Charity Balance Sheet||||||
|31st March 2022||||||
|||||2022|2021|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||fund|fund|funds|funds|
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|FIXEDASSETS||||||
|Tangible assets|11|25,670||25,670|35,306|
|Investments|12|1||1|1|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Debtors<br>Cash at bank and in hand|14|251,385<br>1,483,277||251,385<br>1453277|289,478<br>1.1134775|
|||1,734,662||1,734,862|2,224,253|
|CREDITORS||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year|15|(94,662)||(94,662)|(340,790)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||1,640,000||1,640,000|1.883,463|
|TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT||||||
|LIABILITIES||1,665,671||1,665,671|1,918,770|
|NET ASSETS||1,665671|-|1860671|I 918770|
|FUNDS|17|||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||1,665,671|1,918,770|
|Restdicted<br>funds||||||
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|Cash flows from operating|activities||||
|Cash generated<br>from operations||1|(614,204)|289,975|
|Net cash (used in)/provided|by operating|activities|~674.264|289,975|
|Cash flows from investing|activities||||
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed assets<br>Sale oftangible<br>fixed assets<br>Interest received|||(8,548)<br>104<br>187|(8,526)<br>2,356<br>1.717|
|Net cash used in investing<br>activities|||~8,257)|~4,453)|
|Change<br>in cash and cash|equivalents||||
|in the reporting<br>period<br>Cash and cash equivalents|at the||(622,461)|285,522|
|beginning<br>ofthe reporting|period||2 186374|1.874862|
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|Net expenditure<br>for|the reporting||period (as per the Statement|||
|of Financial Activities)||||(250,759)|(166,255)|
|Adjustments<br>for:||||||
|Depreciation<br>charges||||15,845|36,899|
|(Profit)/loss<br>on disposal offixed assets||||(104)|1,145|
|Interest received||||(187)|(1,717)|
|Increase<br>in stocks||||(1,388)|(2)|
|Increase<br>in debtors||||(151,433)|498,206|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors<br>Deferred taxation<br>provision<br>movement||||(226,178)|(76,306)<br>~1,990|
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|Cash at bank and|in hand|2,160,3'74|~022 271|1,037913|
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|Donations|||10,004|5,658|
|Donations|in|kind||8,312|
|Grants|||800,704|502,798|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|Arts Council England<br>Yorkshire Water|579,321<br>45,000|579,321<br>45,000||235,679|235,679|
|Hull City Council<br>Spirit of2012<br>Esmee Fairbairn|40,000<br>4,912<br>66,000|40,000<br>4,912<br>66,000||103,999|103,999|
|Elephant Trust<br>Hull College<br>Kickstart|2,000<br>5,000<br>45,119|2,000<br>5,000<br>45,119||||
|East Riding<br>Yorkshire<br>Council|2,685|2,685||||
|NESTA||||20,000|20,000|
|Covid support<br>10,667||10,667|143,120||143,120|
|10,667|790,037|800,704|143,120|359,678|502,798|
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|Professional<br>services|||8,333|2,700||
|Merchandise<br>sales<br>Partners<br>and club members|||830|251,000||
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|INVESTMENT INCOME|||2022f|2021f||
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|||||Direct|costs (see||
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|||||K||E|
|Partnerships<br>&Development<br>Marketing<br>&Communications<br>Programme<br>&Delivery||||53,468<br>91,087<br>614267|28,187<br>48,322<br>226 187|81,655<br>139,409<br>940,474|
|||||761642|462668|1181626|
|SUPPORT COSTS|||||||
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|||costs|communications<br>5|costs<br>E|costs|Totals<br>f|
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|Development<br>Marketing<br>&||14,436|1 322|11,088|1,341|28,187|
|Communications<br>Programme<br>& Delivery||24,746<br>~167042|2,267<br>15,300|19,009<br>128,321|2,300<br>15,524|48,322<br>326,187|
|||206,224|~18889|~158418|19,165|402,696|
|ort costs have been apportioned||according|to the ratio ofdirect costs.||||
|GOVERNANCE<br>COSTS|||||2022|2021|
|Auditors'<br>remuneration|||||13,815|19,514|
|Legal charges||||||662|
|Consultancy<br>and professional<br>Trustees expenses||fees|||4,594<br>756|4,985<br>1 463|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||||||
|Net income/(expenditure)|is stated sitar charging/(crediting):||||||
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|Staff salaries<br>Redundancy<br>and termination<br>payments<br>Freelance contracts, secondments<br>and salaries<br>Employer's<br>NIC<br>Pension scheme contributions|||in kind|480,382<br>22,790<br>41,502<br>25650|460,580<br>5,714<br>64,434<br>43,937<br>28,280|
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|Administration||||5|4|
|Partnerships<br>and development<br>Marketing<br>and communications<br>Programming<br>and delivery||||2<br>3<br>7|1<br>2<br>7|
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||INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS|FROM||6|6|6|
||Donations<br>and legacies|||157,090|359,678|516,768|
||Other trading<br>activities<br>Investment<br>income<br>Other income|||253,700<br>1,717<br>5,065||253,700<br>1,717<br>5,065|
||Total|||417,572|359,678|777,250|
||EXPENDITURE ON||||||
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||Partnerships<br>& Development|||535,940|407,565|943,505|
||Total|||535,940|407,565|943,505|
||NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||(115,368)|(47,887)|(166,255)|
||RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS||||||
||Total funds brought forward|||2,037,138|47,887|2,055,025|
||TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||1 918779|-|1,918,779|
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||COST||improvements<br>6|equipment<br>8|fittings|Totals<br>f|
||At 1stApril 2021<br>Additions<br>Disposals||255,700|49,608<br>4,012<br>~9,492)|65,478<br>4,536|370,786<br>8,548<br>~9492)|
||At 31st March 2022||255,700|44,128|70,014||
||DEPRECIATION||||||
||At 1stApril 2021<br>Charge for year<br>Eliminated<br>on disposal||232,355<br>7,858|46,303<br>3,430<br>~9,492)|56,822<br>4,557|335,480<br>15,845<br>~9,492)|
||At 31stMarch 2022||240,213|40,241|61,379||
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|Additions<br>Disposals||4,012<br>~9,492)|1,153|5,165<br>~9,492)|
|At 31st March 2022|255,700|40,420|41,848|337,978|
|DEPRECIATION|||||
|At 1st April 2021|232,355|42,596|32,038|306,989|
|Charge for year<br>Eliminated<br>on disposal|7,858|3,430<br>~9,492)|3,513|14,801<br>~9,492)|
|At 31stMarch 2022|240,213|36,534|35,551|~312298|
|NET BOOK VALUE|||||
|At 31stMarch 2022|15,487|3,887|6,298|25,670|
|At 31st March 2021|23,345|3,304|8,657|35,306|
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|DEBTORS:AMOUNTS||FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||||
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|Other debtors|||2,350|6,920|2,350|6,920|
|VAT|||532||||
|Prepayments|and accrued income||131,521|36,740|130,594|36,460|
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|Social security and||other taxes||15,457|10,364|20,391|33,029|
|Other creditors||||4,434|4,278|4,434|4,279|
|Generation<br>Hull||||7,040||7,040||
|Producer <br>Accruals|Exchange<br> and deferred||income|18,339<br>36,726|282,004|18,339<br>32219|279004|
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|Resources deferred||in|the year|253|237,793|253|237,793|
|Amounts|released from||previous year|(245,733)|(35,590)|(245,733)|(35,590)|
|Deferred|income at|31st March 2022||3,223|248,703|3,223|248,703|
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||TOTAL FUNDS|||||||||2,D85,D2~|~1662$5)|1,918,776|
||Comparative|net movement|||in|funds,||included|in the above|are as follows:|||
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|||||||||||resources<br>f|expended<br>f|in funds<br>f|
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||Restricted funds||||||||||||
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||TOTAL FUNDS|||||||||777,250|(943,505)|~166,255)|





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|||1st April|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|31stMarch|
|2021/2022|Arts Council England<br>Spirit of2012||579,321<br>4,912|(579,321)<br>(4,912)|||
||Yorkshire Water||45,000|(45,000)|||
||Hull College||5,000|(5,000)|||
||Hull City Counml||40,000|(40,000)|||
||Hull City Council Kickstart<br>Esmee Fairburn<br>East Riding Yorkshire<br>Council||45,119<br>66,000<br>2,685|(45,119)<br>(66,000)<br>(2,685)|||
||Elephant<br>Trust||2000|(20001|||
|2()2202021|Arts Council England||235,679|(235,679)|||
||Nests<br>Spirit of2012|47,887|20,000<br>103999|(67,887)<br>~IO<br>99 )|||



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