FLATPACK
PROJECTS
REPORTOFTHE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR
1ST SEPTEMBER 2023~ 31ST AUGUST 2024
REGISTERED COMPANY NUMgER. CEIxiyx4 (ENGLAKJ *•4DWALES)
REGISTEFIEO CMIAITY NUMBEFL. 1162754
**“I WENT TO FLATPACK AND… LIFE IMPROVED.”**
- FLATPACK 2024 AUDIENCE MEMBER
SUMMARY
Putting together this report offers a brief opportunity to pause and look back over what we’ve been up to during the past year. Once again I’m stunned by the expertise, passion and openness of Flatpack’s small team, and the sheer variety of connections forged with audiences, artists and partners.
## **SUMMARY**
Whether it be audiovisual spa treatments, community film histories or lighting up a local park with David Bowie and his puppet pals, the work contained within the following pages is as gloriously eclectic as ever. United by the following ambitions:
- Bring people together
- Show amazing work
- Illuminate place
- Nurture Creativity
- **Ian Francis, Flatpack Director**
ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23 — P.3
## **FLATPACK 2023-24: THE HEADLINES**
**COMMISSIONED AND CHAMPIONED NEW WORK, BRINGING 70+ ARTISTS AND FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO BIRMINGHAM FOR THE EIGHTEENTH FLATPACK FESTIVAL**
## **FLATPACK 2023-24: THE HEADLINES**
**SPENT OUR SUMMER TRANSFORMING OUTDOOR SPACES INTO AL FRESCO CINEMAS FOR 10,000 FILM FANS**
## **FLATPACK 2023-24: THE HEADLINES**
**PRESENTED 310 SCREENINGS AND EVENTS ACROSS THE REGION WITH 84% SAYING THEY LEFT FEELING CONNECTED, MOVED, HAPPY AND INSPIRED**
## **FLATPACK 2023-24: THE HEADLINES**
# **PRODUCED TWO NEW FILMS ABOUT LITTLE KNOWN MOMENTS OF CINEMA HISTORY IN BIRMINGHAM AND SHROPSHIRE**
## **FLATPACK 2023-24: THE HEADLINES**
# **SPEARHEADED A PROJECT TO PROTECT AND CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE OF THE ELECTRIC - THE UK’S OLDEST CINEMA - IN THE CONTEXT OF REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR STATION STREET**
## **CONTENTS**
**FLATPACK FESTIVAL P10 FLATPACK ON THE ROAD P15 NURTURING CREATIVITY P18 MIDLANDS FILM EXHIBITION P21 + PARTNERSHIPS & CHARITY INFO P28**
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.9
**“I’M ALWAYS INTRIGUED TO SEE WHAT FLATPACK, WHICH IS COMMITTED TO SHOWING FILM IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, HAS ASSEMBLED FOR ITS ANNUAL FESTIVAL. THINK CRAFTY CROSS-CULTURAL INVENTION WITH NO MANUAL RATHER THAN FACTORY READYMADES.”**
- SIGHT & SOUND MAGAZINE
FLATPACK FESTIVAL
## **FLATPACK FESTIVAL 2024**
The 18th Flatpack Festival was a joyous feast of cinematic treats that (in the words of our audience) “expanded the mind” and “refreshed the soul”.
We commissioned new work from international and local artists, and hosted UK and world premieres that wouldn’t otherwise have been seen by a Birmingham audience.
## **FLATPACK FESTIVAL**
Our imaginative, multi-disciplinary approach to programme continues to cement us as one of the UK’s most ambitious and creatively programmed festivals.
## **NIGHTS TO REMEMBER**
- Ukrainian experimental band Protreba Group’s new live score programme led us through 40 years of Ukrainian animation
- Poetry and film came together with four brilliant spoken word artists performing creative responses to short animations and archive material
- Texan composer and sonic adventurer Graham Reynolds stole hearts and blew minds with his first solo EP
- We were given an afternoon of audiovisual magic courtesy of Japanese AV-performance duo Usaginingen
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.11
**“THE EVENT WAS SUBLIME - I WANT TO SEE MORE EVENTS LIKE THAT, MORE CROSSOVER BETWEEN ARTFORMS”** NAFEESA HAMID - POET, PLAYWRIGHT, COOK
FLATPACK FESTIVAL
## **PREMIERES INCLUDED**
- Birmingham-produced Booty (world premiere)
- Peter Mettler’s While the Green Grass Grows (UK premiere)
- Alison O’Daniel’s The Tuba Thieves (UK premiere)
- 4K restoration of Bridgett M Davis’s Naked Acts (UK premiere)
## **CINEMATIC EXPERIMENTS**
- Trailblazing filmmaker Jan Kulka brought his opto-mechanical projecting apparatus the Archeoscope to Birmingham from Prague, exploring the essence of film
## **FLATPACK FESTIVAL**
- Visual artist Marco Broeders and sound artist Julian Edwardes delivered a transformative ‘spa’ experience that stimulates the brain by projecting patterns and colours directly into your eyeballs
- Our opening night saw film used as a medium to create new work, as audiovisual artists People Like Us and The Light Surgeons harnessed digital and analogue methods to produce new narratives, taking us on a journey through cinema
- **1/3 OF ALL FESTIVAL ATTENDEES CAME TO SEE SOMETHING THEY WOULDN’T USUALLY SEE**
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.13
**“WHAT A TRIP! BIRMINGHAM IS SUCH A COOL CITY AND FLATPACK FESTIVAL IS A TRULY AWESOME EVENT WITH PLENTY TO SEE.”** ARTIST JAN KULKA, ON VISITING BIRMINGHAM FROM PRAGUE
FLATPACK ON THE ROAD
We worked with organisations across the Midlands to deliver film events to local audiences.
## **THE RANDHAWA STORY**
## **FLATPACK ON THE ROAD**
During 2023 we worked with a Hindu mandir in Sparkbrook to mount a series of Sunday afternoon screenings of Indian classics, in a nod to the building’s previous life as the Waldorf cinema.
Out of this collaboration emerged a new documentary about the Randhawa family who ran the Waldorf during the 1970s, made by Sima Gonsai and Joseph Potts - two local filmmakers with their own personal connection to this story. The film premiered at the mandir during Flatpack 2024, alongside a programme of live music and dance.
## **IMPERIAL REVISITED**
We took a trip back to the golden age of Hindi cinema as part of Moseley Road Bath’s Balsall Heath Living Room project, with classic songs from the likes of Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle along with two rarely-seen BBC films, both from 1973:
A Touch of Eastern Promise and Bombay Superstar.
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.15
FLATPACK ON THE ROAD
## **AL FRESCO CINEMA**
We spent our summer travelling across the Midlands and beyond with our outdoor cinema kit, spreading our al fresco cinema magic.
## Highlights include:
- A sell-out screening of cult favourite The Lost Boys at Dudley Castle
- A free family day of film, live music, spoken word, arts and crafts stalls, games and workshops at Calthorpe Park in partnership with Sähëlï Hub, South Asian Arts Collective and Fruit and Nut Village
- Writing With Light, a new film and literature festival in book-lovers paradise Hay-On-Wye
- A weekend of outdoor film at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens, including a screening of Labyrinth complete with masquerade ball
## **“JUST A GORGEOUS EVENT! THANK YOU SO MUCH. FAVE CINEMA EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR”**
- Botanical Gardens attendee
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ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.16
**“CAN WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR?!”** HIDDEN RIVER FESTIVAL ATTENDEE
NURTURING CREATIVITY
## **BUILD YOUR OWN FILM NIGHT**
We partnered with Phoenix Cinema in Leicester and two Midlands universities (Coventry and Nottingham Trent), offering valuable industry insight and practical programming skills to young people interested in film exhibition. Participants went on to host sold out film nights and make their own mini movies.
## **NURTURING CREATIVITY**
## **COLOUR BOX**
Our monthly family screenings at Midlands Arts Centre continue to thrive, with the first Sunday of each month becoming a popular fixture for families across the region. Combining creative workshops with screenings of classic and international films, we introduce young audiences to diverse cinematic experiences, encouraging deeper engagement through a playful approach to film criticism.
## **OVER THE COUNTER CULTURE**
We supported the graduation project of Curator Joseph Wallace on a programme of four film events exploring consumerism through the prism of abandoned shopping malls.
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.18
**”AS A GROUP, WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT FILM CULTURE, ESPECIALLY DEVELOPING YOUTH AUDIENCES LIKE US, AS WE ARE THE DRIVING FORCE THAT WILL ALLOW FILM CULTURE TO FLOURISH AND EVENTS LIKE THIS TO KEEP HAPPENING.”**
- BYOFN PARTICIPANT
NURTURING CREATIVITY
## **GUEST CURATION AT FLATPACK 2024**
- Yifan He’s film programme ‘Chinese Queers; Diasporic Dykes’ explored Chinese diasporic lesbian identity
- Sound artist Bint Mbareh gave a moving performance as part of Maria Paradinas’ screening of R21: aka Restoring Solidarity about the Japanese solidarity movement with Palestine
## **NURTURING CREATIVITY**
- Ahfiwe Cinema (a “live archive” focused on Black women’s cinematic contributions) shared Julie Dash’s acclaimed Diary of An African Nun and 1930s silent Hellbound Train by Eloyice Gist
- Birmingham-based Radical Exhibition Collective hosted an evening of South Asian Solarpunk with audiovisual artist Seema Mattu
- Film historian and professor Valentina Vitali presented a selection of award-winning short films from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Myanmar
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.20
**”FLATPACK’S SUPPORT HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN BRINGING A DIVERSE RANGE OF FILM SCREENINGS TO OUR RURAL DISTRICT, EMPOWERING LOCAL VENUES AND ORGANISATIONS TO CONFIDENTLY HOST FILM EVENTS. THEIR COMMITMENT HAS TRULY HELPED ENRICH THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF OUR COMMUNITY”**
- SARAH BIRD, OUTSIDE ARTS
MIDLANDS FILM EXHIBITION
## **SPOTLIGHT ON STAFFORDSHIRE**
From 2023-2026 we’re working with partners and exhibitors across Staffordshire on a jam-packed programme of screenings and events designed to grow film audiences across the county.
Our mission? Supporting anyone who shows or wants to show films in Staffordshire to develop a connected, thriving film scene.
This is the latest in a series of ‘Spotlight’ interventions carried out by Flatpack in their work as co-lead of Film Hub Midlands together with Broadway Cinema in Nottingham. Since 2018, the hub has championed and facilitated film activity in key areas where there is a significant lack of provision, building ambition, expertise and infrastructure.
**MIDLANDS FILM EXHIBITION**
In 2023, this work inspired a UK-wide initiative led by BFI Film Audience Network investing in culturally underserved communities across eight local areas. Spotlight has gone national! Next, the world…
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.22
**“THE PUBLIC RESPONSE SINCE THE CINEMA CLOSED ITS DOORS HAS BEEN STAGGERING. PEOPLE LOVE THE LAYERS OF HISTORY IN THIS PLACE, AND IT HAS GIVEN AUDIENCES SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN A CITY WHERE THE FILM OFFER IS QUITE NARROW CONSIDERING THE SIZE AND DIVERSITY OF OUR POPULATION.”**
- IAN FRANCIS, FLATPACK DIRECTOR
BIRMINGHAM
## **THE ELECTRIC CINEMA**
The 2024 Flatpack Festival took place without the Electric Cinema, following the venue’s closure at the beginning of the year. It’s a building which embodies the city’s rich cinema history in its many chapters, from silent films in 1909 through newsreels, cartoons and arthouse double-bills to the boutique sofa offer of more recent times.
Losing the Electric would be a huge loss to Birmingham and the UK, and in the light of redevelopment plans for Station Street we’ve been working with a range of partners to ensure the best possible outcome for the city and its independent film scene.
The results of our feasibility work will be made public in spring 2025.
**MIDLANDS FILM EXHIBITION**
## **ECHOES OF THE SOIL**
As part of the BFI’s UK-wide Powell and Pressburger celebrations we commissioned and produced a short documentary about the shooting of the Mary Webb adaptation Gone to Earth in Shropshire in the summer of 1949. We tracked down three Shropshire locals who were child extras in the film, and screened it for a sell-out audience in Much Wenlock’s Priory Hall.
This approach - using film as a tool to explore the story of a place - is integral to what we do at Flatpack. We’ll be building on this work and delving further into Shropshire’s film stories as part of a BFI-funded project in 2025.
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.24
ECHOES OFTHE SOIL
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MAKING IT HAPPEN
## **WHO WE ARE**
Flatpack is a mobile arts organisation born out of a monthly film and mixed-media night in Digbeth. Every May you’ll find us taking over venues across Birmingham with the “magnificently eclectic” Flatpack Festival, while throughout the year we pop up across the Midlands with everything from family activities to al fresco horror. Our mission? To enrich people’s lives through imaginative film events.
## **MAKING IT HAPPEN**
## **FILM HUB MIDLANDS**
Flatpack is a lead partner in Film Hub Midlands, an initiative as part of the BFI Film Audience Network to develop a thriving film culture in the Midlands. Among other things this means working with partners across the region, sending out monthly Filmwire bulletins and breeding the next generation of exhibitors through Build Your Own Film Night.
## **THE TEAM**
Everything that Flatpack achieves is done so with a core team of six staff members alongside a pool of freelancers and volunteers. The Trustees want to thank Team Flatpack for all that they do and congratulate them on a fantastic year.
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.26
**“WORKING WITH FLATPACK WAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST IN GETTING HANDS-ON SUPPORT FROM A RENOWNED ARTS ORGANISATION, BUT IN ESTABLISHING NEW CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN THE REGION. THEY GAVE FULL CREATIVE CONTROL, HELPED PROMOTE THE EVENT AND FACILITATED A JOYOUS ENVIRONMENT THAT EXTENDED TO AUDIENCE EXCITEMENT.”** JOSEPH WALLACE
Flatpack Projects is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, reg no 1162754
Our core funders are Arts Council England and the British Film Institute.
In partnership with Broadway in Nottingham, Flatpack also co-lead Film Hub Midlands as part of the BFI Film Audience Network. Along with core funding and earned income, Flatpack’s work would not be possible without the support of a huge range of partners, trusts & foundations and cultural institutes. In 2023/24, these included:
- The British Council
- Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- John Feeney Charitable Trust
## **THANK YOU**
- The University of Birmingham
- Sasakawa Foundation
- Saintbury Trust
- The Daiwa Foundation
- Blakemore Foundation
- William A Cadbury Foundation
- The National Trust
- Birmingham City Council
- BFI Network
- Doc Society
- National Film And TV School
- Saheli Hub
- West Midlands Combined Authority
- Outside Arts
- The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
- The Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- Mockingbird Cinema
- Midlands Arts Centre
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.28
## PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, ‘Charities and Public Benefit’.
## SUMMARY OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SET OUT IN ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENT
1. To promote appreciation of and education in the arts and their associated technologies, especially but not exclusively those of the cinema, film and other forms of moving images, through the production and performance of festivals, workshops, seminars, projects, events, online resources, new media and in any other ways as the CIO may decide from time to time.
2. To advance the education of the public in the history, culture, aesthetics, practice and theory of arts, cinema, film and other moving images.
## STATEMENT OF THE CHARITY’S POLICY ON RESERVES
It is the policy of Flatpack Projects (CIO) to retain sufficient reserves to cover the organisation’s overheads for a 3 month period should there be any unexpected costs or delays in receiving any funds owed.
## **CHARITY INFORMATION**
The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the charity commission on public benefit.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 3 December 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Dan Lawson - Chair of Trustees
ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 — P.29
**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE005084 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1162754**
Report of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
for
Flatpack Projects
CJM Associates 2nd Floor, Lakeside Point, Lakeside Business Park Walkmill Way Cannock Staffordshire WS11 0XE
Flatpack Projects
## Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 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 a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Company number**
CE005084 (England and Wales)
**Registered Charity number** 1162754
## **Registered office**
Unit 304 The Custard Factory Gibb Street Digbeth, Birmingham West Midlands B9 4AA
## **Trustees**
I Francis (Director) (resigned 4.10.23) J Grimley (resigned 2.10.24) D Lawson L Page (resigned 4.1.24) L Cowling (Chair) K Lucas P Foxwood R Carter E Quansah
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:
.......................................................................... L Cowling- Trustee
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Flatpack Projects
## Statement of Financial Activities
## for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
276,721
Other trading activities
3
256,373
**Total**
533,094
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
4
925
Other
531,321
**Total**
532,246
**NET INCOME**
848
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
180,761
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
181,609|Restricted
fund
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|31.8.24
Total
funds
£
276,721
256,373
533,094
925
531,321
532,246
848
180,761
181,609|31.8.23
Total
funds
£
283,854
265,631
549,485
2,302
544,748
547,050
2,435
178,326
180,761|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Flatpack Projects
## Balance Sheet
31 August 2024
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
10
10,025
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
11
169,448
Prepayments and accrued income
4,988
Cash at bank and in hand
39,600
214,036
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
12
(42,452)
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
171,584
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
181,609
**NET ASSETS**
181,609
**FUNDS**
13
Unrestricted funds:
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Restricted
fund
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|31.8.24
Total
funds
£
10,025
169,448
4,988
39,600
214,036
(42,452)
171,584
181,609
181,609
181,609
181,609|31.8.23
Total
funds
£
12,562
84,036
16,077
87,788
187,901
(19,702)
168,199
180,761
180,761
180,761
180,761|
|---|---|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2024.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Flatpack Projects
## Balance Sheet - continued
31 August 2024
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:
.............................................
L Cowling - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Flatpack Projects
Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
|Notes
**Cash flows from operating activities**
Cash generated from operations
1
Net cash used in operating activities
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Net cash used in investing activities
**Change in cash and cash equivalents in the**
**reporting period**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning**
**of the reporting period**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the**
**reporting period**|31.8.24
£
(43,954)
(43,954)
(4,234)
(4,234)
(48,188)
87,788
39,600|31.8.23
£
(27,067)
(27,067)
(1,291)
(1,291)
(28,358)
116,146
87,788|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Flatpack Projects
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
## **1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES**
|**Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial**
**Activities)**
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charges
Increase in debtors
Increase in creditors
**Net cash used in operations**|31.8.24
£
848
6,771
(74,323)
22,750
(43,954)|31.8.23
£
2,435
5,935
(41,211)
5,774
(27,067)|
|---|---|---|
## **2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**
|At 1.9.23
Cash flow
At
£
£
**Net cash**
Cash at bank and in hand
87,788
(48,188)
87,788
(48,188)
**Total**
87,788
(48,188)|31.8.24
£
39,600
39,600
39,600|
|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Flatpack Projects
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
|Fixtures and fittings|- 25% on reducing balance|
|---|---|
|Computer equipment|- 25% on cost|
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Arts Council England
British Film Institute
Grants
Trusts & foundations|31.8.24
£
112,024
121,988
28,879
13,830
276,721|31.8.23
£
112,024
125,470
35,660
10,700
283,854|
|---|---|---|
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
|**3.**
**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
Bar takings
Booking fee
Box office
Programme partners
Submission fees
Merchandise sales
Year round projects
Broadway
**4.**
**RAISING FUNDS**
**Other trading activities**
Cost of raising funds
**5.**
**SUPPORT COSTS**
Management
£
Other resources expended
198,044
**6.**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation - owned assets|31.8.24
£
1,004
67
29,465
59,072
6,755
31
30,991
128,988
256,373
31.8.24
£
925
Governance
Finance
costs
£
£
486
5,017
31.8.24
£
6,771|31.8.23
£
1,470
8
16,980
110,676
14,425
756
7,923
113,393
265,631
31.8.23
£
2,302
Totals
£
203,547
31.8.23
£
5,934|
|---|---|---|
## **7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
During the period remuneration of £3,863 was paid to the director of the organisation who was also a trustee of the charity.
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
## **7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS - continued**
## **Trustees' expenses**
Trustees' incurred expenses totalling £84.00 during the year to 31st August 2024.
## **8. STAFF COSTS**
## **9.**
|Wages and salaries
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Director
Other staff
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
fund
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
283,854
Other trading activities
265,631
**Total**
549,485
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
2,302
Other
538,148
**Total**
540,450
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
9,035
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
171,726|31.8.24
£
240,880
240,880
31.8.24
1
5
6
Restricted
fund
£
-
-
-
-
6,600
6,600
(6,600)
6,600|31.8.23
£
221,976
221,976
31.8.23
1
5
6
Total
funds
£
283,854
265,631
549,485
2,302
544,748
547,050
2,435
178,326|
|---|---|---|
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
|**9.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
£
£
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
180,761
-
**10.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Fixtures
and
Computer
fittings
equipment
£
£
**COST**
At 1 September 2023
9,688
30,965
Additions
-
4,234
At 31 August 2024
9,688
35,199
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 September 2023
7,226
20,865
Charge for year
618
6,153
At 31 August 2024
7,844
27,018
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 August 2024
1,844
8,181
At 31 August 2023
2,462
10,100
**11.**
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
31.8.24
£
Trade debtors
141,980
Other debtors
18,251
VAT
-
Prepayments
9,217
169,448|Total
funds
£
180,761
Totals
£
40,653
4,234
44,887
28,091
6,771
34,862
10,025
12,562
31.8.23
£
46,375
20,292
2,985
14,384
84,036|
|---|---|
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## **12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
||31.8.24|31.8.23|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Trade creditors|10,525|5,553|
|Social security and other taxes|6,673|10,227|
|VAT|3,492|-|
|Other creditors|2,266|1,672|
|Accrued expenses|19,496|2,250|
||42,452|19,702|
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Designated Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.9.23
£
180,761
180,761
Incoming
resources
£
533,094
533,094
At 1.9.22
£
171,726
6,600
178,326|Net
movement
At
in funds
31.8.24
£
£
848
181,609
848
181,609
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(532,246)
848
(532,246)
848
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.8.23
£
£
9,035
180,761
(6,600)
-
2,435
180,761|
|---|---|---|
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## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Designated Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Designated Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
549,485
-
549,485
is as follows:
At 1.9.22
£
171,726
6,600
178,326|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(540,450)
9,035
(6,600)
(6,600)
(547,050)
2,435
Net
movement
At
in funds
31.8.24
£
£
9,883
181,609
(6,600)
-
3,283
181,609|
|---|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**|Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£|Movement
in funds
£|
|---|---|---|
|General fund|1,082,579
(1,072,696)|9,883|
|**Restricted funds**|||
|Designated Fund|-
(6,600)|(6,600)|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|1,082,579
(1,079,296)|3,283|
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## **14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
During the period, £2,253.90 (2023 - £2,161.50) was paid to Made Media Limited for the maintenance of the charity's website. J Grimley was a trustee for a period of the account year and is a person of significant control at Made Media Limited.
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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024|||
|---|---|---|
||31.8.24|31.8.23|
||£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**|||
|**Donations and legacies**|||
|Arts Council England|112,024|112,024|
|British Film Institute|121,988|125,470|
|Grants|28,879|35,660|
|Trusts & foundations|13,830|10,700|
|**Other trading activities**|276,721|283,854|
|Bar takings|1,004|1,470|
|Booking fee|67|8|
|Box office|29,465|16,980|
|Programme partners|59,072|110,676|
|Submission fees|6,755|14,425|
|Merchandise sales|31|756|
|Year round projects|30,991|7,923|
|Broadway|128,988|113,393|
||256,373|265,631|
|**Total incoming resources**|533,094|549,485|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Cost of raising funds|925|2,302|
|**Other project delivery**|||
|Wages|106,461|82,489|
|Equipment purchase|1,552|2,973|
|Facilitators|10,316|530|
|PR and Marketing|30,016|43,656|
|Programme|101,025|130,714|
|Technical and Venue|47,416|59,926|
|Guest Care|16,346|10,661|
|Other direct costs|14,642|13,526|
||327,774|344,475|
|**Support costs**|||
|**Management**|||
|Wages|134,419|139,487|
|Carried forward|134,419|139,487|
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|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024|||
|---|---|---|
||31.8.24|31.8.23|
||£|£|
|**Management**|||
|Brought forward|134,419|139,487|
|Rent, rates and utilities|26,888|28,690|
|Insurance|6,001|4,457|
|Telephone|2,325|2,051|
|Printing, post and stationery|354|562|
|Gifts|150|22|
|IT costs|5,949|3,587|
|Office running costs|3,334|1,441|
|Other staff costs|5,067|4,304|
|Travelling expenses|5,906|5,282|
|Foreign Exchange Profit/Losses|880|338|
|Depreciation of tangible and heritage assets|6,771|5,935|
|**Finance**|198,044|196,156|
|Bank charges|486|535|
|**Governance costs**|||
|Accountancy and legal fees|5,017|3,582|
|Total resources expended|532,246|547,050|
|**Net income**|848|2,435|
||||
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|||Page||
|---|---|---|---|
|Report of the Trustees||1||
|Statement of Financial Activities||2||
|Balance Sheet|3|to|4|
|Cash Flow Statement||5||
|Notes to the Cash Flow Statement||6||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7|to|13|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|14|to|15|