REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1ST SEPTEMBER 2024 – 31ST AUGUST 2025 REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE005084 (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1162754 ## **THE HEADLINES** Record-breaking 12,000+ audiences for outdoor cinema THE HEADLINES 25% increase in festival tickets booked (up from last year) Established Shropshire Independent Cinema, supporting and expanding regional rural cinema 68 young filmmakers supported 98 volunteers supported 100% of audiences rated events as good or very good **MADE ME PROUD TO BE FROM BIRMINGHAM** ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.2 **“I went to Flatpack and... felt the power of collective experience!”** Flatpack 2025 audience member ## **INTRODUCTION FROM OUR CHAIR** 2024/5 marked another brilliant year where more people than ever got to experience first-hand the wonderful, communal delight that is film done the Flatpack way. The unique ethos of Flatpack was once again woven throughout the eclectic programme of screenings, events, exhibitions, talks and opportunities to create and learn. A sense of place came through strongly last year with activity happening across Birmingham and the region, celebrating the area and highlighting the many stories and talent who call the West Midlands home. Flatpack continues to be a cultural ambassador for the region gaining national recognition and attracting filmmakers and artists from around the world, and audiences from across the UK. The team excels in delivering fresh, exciting and creatively ambitious programming and as you read this report you will see that 2025 was no exception. I’m delighted that we were able to offer so many opportunities for people to connect and I’m immensely proud of our contribution to the cultural tapestry of Birmingham and the West Midlands. As we look forward to our very special anniversary year, I would like to thank the team, freelancers, volunteers, my fellow trustees and of course you - our wonderful audience. - **Leigh (she/her), Chair of Trustees, Flatpack Projects** ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.4 ## **OUR VISION** Over the last twenty years we’ve built a national reputation for distinctive, boundary-pushing programming, global in outlook while strongly rooted in Birmingham. ## **Our Vision?** A thriving West Midlands where everyone has the opportunity to engage with film and moving image creativity in all its forms. ## OUR VISION We work to make this vision a reality through the realisation of four overarching aims: Bring people together Show amazing work Illuminate place Nurture creativity We hope you enjoy reading about how we worked to meet those aims in 2024/25. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.5 ## **FLATPACK FESTIVAL** Flatpack has called Birmingham home since it started life as a film night in a local pub over twenty years ago. # FLATPACK FESTIVAL We love our city, and believe it deserves the best. We showcase amazing work from around the world at our annual festival, giving our audiences chance to see things they wouldn’t otherwise see. ## **Flatpack Festival stats 2025** 4322 total audience - 58% from Birmingham - 17% from the wider Midlands - 24% from across the UK 100% of audiences rated events as good or very good - 31% were first time visitors ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.6 - ⅓ of audiences came to see something they wouldn’t usually get to see ## **FLATPACK FESTIVAL** In 2025 we: Continued to develop our free ticket scheme, allocating 5% of all paid event tickets as free ‘Solidarity tickets’, accessible to anyone who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend. Working class audiences increased by 10%. # FLATPACK FESTIVAL Recruited 98 volunteers to help us deliver the festival. Volunteers gained events experience and enjoyed everything the festival had to offer first hand. The majority said their time at Flatpack had a positive impact in them pursuing further opportunities within the arts. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.7 ## **NEW COMMISSIONS** We commissioned exciting new work which had premieres at Flatpack Festival 2025: ## **In Movements** NEW COMMISSIONS A new immersive audiovisual experience from visual artist Guri Bosh and experimental electronic jazz trio un.procedure. They came together to deliver a performance to a sold out audience at the opening night of the festival. And did they deliver - architecture, cinema, and sound merged into shifting layers of light and motion. ## **The Dark Mirror** A co-commission with the brilliant Hippfest in Bo’ness, Scotland. Artist Moira Salt used archive footage to create a dreamy, visual poem scored by musicians and composers Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.8 ## **SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL** Many see Flatpack as alternative tour guides to the city. Birmingham highlights in 2025 included: ## **Time Flower** We received national press coverage for unearthing and digitising Desmond Morris’ surrealist short film Time Flower, saving it from obscurity and screening it for the first time in over seventy years - complete with a new live score. # SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL ## **Slade in Flame** We welcomed the one and only Noddy Holder back to the Midlands for a sold out 50th anniversary screening of Slade in Flame. **Mirror Mirror + Language is the Key** We had the pleasure of screening two films from the early career of Midlands filmmaker Yugesh Walia, who joined us in conversation after the screening. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.9 ## **EXPANDED CINEMA** The festival continues to explore and expand what cinema can be today, including: ## **Clue** ## EXPANDED CINEMA We screened the film complete with participatory murder mystery and intro from the daughter of Birmingham-based Cluedo inventors Marcia Davies (resulting in a deposit of Cluedo-related objects into the collection at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery). ## **Audiovisual showcase** We brought international artists together for a showcase of boundary pushing moving image work. This included Polish audiovisual artist Ela Orleans, Texan composer Graham Reynolds and UK multi-instrumentalist Rusty Sheriff. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.10 **“Found deep inspiration and excellent people and vibes all round!”** Flatpack 2025 audience member ## **FLATPACK MONTHLY** In order to bring the festival magic to more people throughout the year we launched Flatpack Monthly in 2025. ## **The stats** Total audience - 657 First timers or those who hadn’t attended a Flatpack event in over a year - 20% 100% of audiences rating events as good or very good **I ENJOYED SEEING A FILM I'VE STRUGGLED TO GET TO SEE ELSEWHERE** FLATPACK MONTHLY ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.12 ## **FLATPACK MONTHLY** Flatpack Monthly has given us an opportunity to test titles with audiences throughout the year. ## FLATPACK MONTHLY The most popular screenings were those with special guests in attendance, including: Nuts in May, with Alison Steadman and Roger Sloman Sunlight, with Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen Whistle and I’ll Come to You, with a live score by Death and Vanilla Hundreds of Beavers, with Ryland Brickson Cole Tews Memoir of a Snail, with Adam Elliot ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.13 ## **FILMS IN GREEN SPACES** In our experience, there’s nothing more special than an evening watching a film under the stars. In the last year we’ve worked with community groups and local businesses who want to bring the magic to their local outdoor space, offering: Outdoor cinema equipment Tech support Programming and marketing On the day event delivery ## FILMS IN GREEN SPACES We broke our outdoor cinema record in the summer of 2025, with 12,087 audiences total. We worked with new partners and explored new formats, mixing outdoor film with art and spoken word. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.14 ## **FILMS IN GREEN SPACES** Outdoor highlights included: ## **Spirited Away** A beautiful evening at Birmingham Botanical Gardens with live music by Sekine Quartet. ## FILMS IN GREEN SPACES ## **Wizard of Oz** An Edgbaston street was transformed into the yellow brick road in this collaboration with local independent businesses. ## **Words and Pictures** Blending film and spoken word with performances by Brum-Kashmiri poet Nafeesa Hamid and twotime national slam champion Maureen Onwunali. ## **Rowheath Pavilion** ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.15 A magical week of family films, singalongs, and big-screen adventures in collaboration with Mockingbird Cinema and Rowheath Pavillion. **“For baby artists like myself, events like this mean so much. I left inspired, enthralled. I’m so grateful I got to witness this.”** Words + Pictures audience member ## **NURTURING CREATIVITY** The Flatpack aproach encourages creative participation and seeks out new and underrepresented voices. We share expertise, platforms and time with generosity, working to develop skills and nurture ideas. ## NURTURING CREATIVITY In 2024/25 we supported 68 young creatives thanks to support from Warner Brothers' CrewHQ. 16-25 year old filmmakers were given the opportunity to screen their work, and take part in networking and training opportunities. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.17 ## **NURTURING CREATIVITY** # NURTURING CREATIVITY **The next generation of cinemagoers...** We worked with Midlands Arts Centre to deliver our monthly family programme Colour Box, pairing the best family films from around the world with hands-on creative workshops. We welcomed 1848 kids and their families through the doors across the year. ## **…and film exhibitors** We partnered with Coventry University to support the Coventry Phoenix Film Festival, providing young people with hands-on experience in film exhibition and access to industry insight. Through the scheme, participants developed practical programming skills, hosted sold-out film screenings, and created their own short films. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.18 ## **NURTURING CREATIVITY** Our Open Call programme strengthens our programming by platforming voices that are currently underrepresented in the sector. In 2024 we changed the way we deliver our Open Call, going deeper and more local, working with two Midlands-based programmers across two years. In 2025: ## NURTURING CREATIVITY Birmingham-based collective Film Pardna curated an event that explored the question ‘How can we reimagine, reclaim and decolonise collective pasts and futures through Capoeira?’ Author, translator, critic and curator Misha Zakharov launched Carceral Cinema - a project aiming to spark conversations about carcerality, representations of prisons, and race and gender in the context of incarceration, through the lens of film. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.19 **“It was fun and relaxing! Great for the kids and adults to have a space to be creative and then enjoy a lovely film together, just great!”** Colour Box audience member ## **DRIVING MIDLANDS FILM CULTURE** DRIVING MIDLANDS FILM CULTURE Flatpack, in its role as Film Hub Midlands, takes a strategic lead on the independent film sector in the region. In 2024/25 we supported a weekend of film, community and creativity across four Shropshire cinemas, with events including a sold-out red carpet gala screening of Withnail and I hosted by Shropshire Young Curators (an initiative which came out of this project) and a new “Films for Farmers” initiative. We reached new audiences, grew admissions and got lots of press coverage in the process. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.21 **“Flatpack have encouraged, supported and challenged us to remain focussed and positive on delivering quality indie cinema experiences in a difficult landscape.”** Jess Laurie, Programming & Engagement at Ludlow Assembly Rooms ## **DRIVING MIDLANDS FILM CULTURE** ## **Community Cinema** We have supported Birmingham’s burgeoning community cinema scene, providing marketing, programming and technical support. ## **Spotlight on: The Outpost** We worked with artist Jayne Murray at the Outpost, an arts centre and community hub in Druids Heath, to launch The People’s Projector. ## DRIVING MIDLANDS FILM CULTURE The community cinema is set up and run by a team of local people, boasting comfy seats and drinks and snacks on sale, including fresh popcorn. Films are often complimented by activities. Since The People’s Projector launched 154 local residents have gathered to watch films in their neighbourhood cinema. ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.23 **“Working with Flatpack is a joy. They understand Birmingham’s heritage and how it links to the cinematic experience. They supported us to build a community cinema, training a team of local people to programme and present their own curation of film in Druids Heath. This has created a resource capable of popping up and connecting with a range of community projects in the area - a cinema experience on people’s doorsteps that they can be part of defining.”** Jayne Murray, Artist ## **MAKING IT HAPPEN** ## **Who we are** ## MAKING IT HAPPEN Flatpack is a charity with a unique approach to film events. Born out of a monthly film night in Digbeth, each spring 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. ## **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. ## **The Team** ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.25 All we do at Flatpack is achieved with a core team of six staff members alongside a pool of freelancers and volunteers. ## **CREDITS** 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 2024/25, these included: - Bruntwood - Birmingham City Council University of Birmingham BFI NETWORK - HippFest - Warner Brothers’ CrewHQ Polish Cultural Institute - Finnish Film Foundation - John Feeney Charitable Trust The National Trust - Creative Scotland National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations - PRS Foundation - West Midlands Combined Authority - University of Birmingham Calthorpe Estates - Chamberlain Highbury Trust - BFI Doc Society - Sir Barry Jackson Trust Image credits: Greg Milner p. 2, 6, 7, 9, 13 Katja Ogrin p. 3, 5, 8, 14-16 Max Priddy, p.12 Rachel Baker, p.17 Sarah Ali, p.19 Rida Suleri-Johnson, p.20 Joe Nobile Photography, p. 21-22 ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.26 ## **CHARITY INFORMATION** ## 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. 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 2025 and signed on its behalf by: Leigh Cowling - Chair of Trustees ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25 - P.27 Company registration number: CE005084 Charity registration number: 1162754 **FLATPACK PROJECTS TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025** CJM Associates ## **Flatpack Projects Contents** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Trustees' Report|1—2| |Independent Examiner's Report|3| |Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|4| |Balance Sheet|5| |Statement of Cash Flows|6| |Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows|7| |Notes to the Financial Statements|8—12| |The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:|| |Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|13—14| **Flatpack Projects Company No. CE005084 Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025. ## **Reference and Administrative Details** ## **Trustees** Philip Foxwood Rachel Carter Dan Lawson Edwina Quansah Leighann Cowling Katie Lucas **Charity Number** 1162754 **Company Number** CE005084 ## **Registered Office** Unit 304, Zellig Building, Custard Factory Gibb Street Digbeth Birmingham B9 4AU ## **Independent Examiner** CJM Associates 2nd Floor Lakeside Tower Lakeside Business Park, Walkmill Lane Cannock Staffs WS11 0XE Page 1 **Flatpack Projects Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** ## **Small Company Rules** This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by: L Cowling Trustee Date Page 2 **Flatpack Projects Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Flatpack Projects For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 August 2025. ## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report** As the charity trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent Examiner's Statement** Since the Company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date 2nd Floor Lakeside Tower Lakeside Business Park, Walkmill Lane Cannock Staffs WS11 0XE Page 3 ## **Flatpack Projects** ## **Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** |**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Other trading activities
**4**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds
**6**
Charitable activities:
**6**
Direct costs
Support costs
Finance
Governance costs
NET (EXPENDITURE)/INCOME
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
**14**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
243,238
331,642|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
26,800
-|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
270,038
331,642|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
276,721
256,373| |---|---|---|---|---| ||574,880|26,800|601,680|533,094| ||(1,908 )
(427,276 )
(177,470 )
(550 )
(4,502 )|-
-
-
-
-|(1,908 )
(427,276 )
(177,470 )
(550 )
(4,502 )|(925 )
(327,774 )
(198,044 )
(486 )
(5,017 )| ||(611,706 )|-|(611,706 )|(532,246 )| ||(36,826 )|26,800|(10,026 )|848| ||(36,826 )
181,609|26,800
-|(10,026 )
181,609|848
180,761| ||144,783|26,800|171,583|181,609| The notes on pages 7 to 12 form part of these financial statements. Page 4 ## **Flatpack Projects Balance Sheet As At 31 August 2025** |**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible Assets
**10**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
**11**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**12**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
TOTAL FUNDS
**14**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
4,419|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
4,419|**2024**
**Total funds**
**£**
10,025| |---|---|---|---|---| ||4,419
132,528
43,668|-
-
26,800|4,419
132,528
70,468|10,025
174,436
39,600| ||176,196
**(35,832 )**|26,800
**-**|202,996
**(35,832 )**|214,036
**(42,452 )**| ||**140,364**|**26,800**|**167,164**|**171,584**| ||**144,783**|**26,800**|**171,583**|**181,609**| ||**144,783**|**26,800**|**171,583**|**181,609**| ||||26,800
144,783|-
181,609| ||||171,583|181,609| For the year ending 31 August 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. On behalf of the board L Cowling Trustee Date The notes on pages 7 to 12 form part of these financial statements. Page 5 **Flatpack Projects Statement of Cash Flows For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** |**Notes**
**Cash flows from operating activities**
Net cash generated from/(used in) operations
**1**
Interest paid
Net cash generated from/(used in) operating activities
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible assets
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
**2**
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
**2**|**2025**
**£**
31,304
(436 )
30,868
-
30,868
39,600
70,468|**2024**
**£**
(43,074 )
(880 )| |---|---|---| |||(43,954 )| |||(4,234 )| |||| |||(48,188 )
87,788| |||39,600| Page 6 **Flatpack Projects Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** ## **1. Reconciliation of (expenditure)/income to cash generated from/(used in) operations** |**.** **Reconciliation of (expenditure)/income to cash generated from/(used in) operations**||| |---|---|---| |Net (expenditure)/income
Adjustments for:
Interest expense
Depreciation of tangible assets
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors
Net cash generated from/(used in) operations|**2025**
**£**
(10,026 )
436
5,606
41,908
(6,620 )
31,304|**2024**
**£**
848
880
6,771
(74,323 )
22,750| |||(43,074 )| ## **2. Cash and cash equivalents** Cash and cash equivalents, as stated in the Statement of Cash Flows, relates to the following items in the Balance Sheet: |**.** **Cash and cash equivalents**
ash and cash equivalents, as stated in the Statement of Cash Flows, relates to the following items in the Balance Sheet:|| |---|---| |**2025**
**£**
Cash at bank and in hand
70,468
**.** **Analysis of changes in net funds**
**As at 1**
**September**
**2024**
**Cash flows**
**£**
**£**
Cash at bank and in hand
39,600
30,868|**2024**
**£**
39,600| ||**As at 31**
**August 2025**
**£**
70,468| ## **3. Analysis of changes in net funds** Page 7 **Flatpack Projects Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** ## **1. General Information** Flatpack Projects is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number CE005084 and registered charity number 1162754 . The registered office is Unit 304, Zellig Building, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AU. ## **2. Accounting Policies** ## **2.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements** The financial statements 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 charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. ## **2.2. Incoming Resources** 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 ## **2.3. Resources Expended** 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. ## **2.4. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation** Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases: Fixtures & Fittings 25% reducing balance Computer Equipment 25% straight line ## **2.5. Cash and Cash Equivalents** Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts. ## **2.6. Foreign Currencies** Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate ruling on the date of the transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating surplus. ## **2.7. Taxation** The charity is exempt from tax as all its income is charitable and applied for charitable purposes. ## **3. Income from Donations and Legacies** |Donations and gifts
Grants
Donated goods, facilities and services
Other|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
213,228
26,825
3,185
-|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
26,800|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
213,228
26,825
3,185
26,800| |---|---|---|---| ||243,238|26,800|270,038| Page 8 **Flatpack Projects Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** |Arts Council England and British Film Institute
Grants
Trust and Foundations
Other|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
234,012
28,879
-
13,830|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
234,012
28,879
-
13,830| |---|---|---|---| ||276,721|-|276,721| ## **4. Income from Other Trading Activities** |**.** **Income from Other Trading Activities**||| |---|---|---| |Sponsorships
Broadway
Year round projects
Booking fee
Box office.
Programme partners
Submission fees
Merchandise sales
Bar takings
**.** **Net Income/(Expenditure)**
he net (expenditure)/income is stated after charging/(crediting):
Bad debts
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets - owned
**.** **Analysis of Expenditure**
Raising funds
Direct costs
Support costs
Finance
Governance costs|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**£**
2,500
-
194,481
128,988
44,914
30,991
-
67
34,909
29,465
41,891
59,072
12,885
6,755
62
31
-
1,004
331,642
256,373
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
500
-
5,606
6,771
**2025**
**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**Support costs**
(see note 7 )
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,408
500
1,908
427,276
-
427,276
-
177,470
177,470
-
550
550
-
4,502
4,502
428,684
183,022
611,706|| |||**Support costs**
(see note 7 )
**£**
500
-
177,470
550
4,502| ||428,684|183,022| ## **5. Net Income/(Expenditure)** The net (expenditure)/income is stated after charging/(crediting): ## **6. Analysis of Expenditure** Page 9 **Flatpack Projects Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** |Raising funds
Direct costs
Support costs
Finance
Governance costs|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
925
327,774
-
-
-|**Support costs**
(see note7)
**£**
-
-
198,044
486
5,017|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
925
327,774
198,044
486
5,017| |---|---|---|---| ||328,699|203,547|532,246| ## **7. Support Costs** |Employee costs
Premises expenses
General administration
Depreciation
Interest payable
Governance costs
Employee costs
Premises expenses
General administration
Depreciation
Interest payable
Governance costs|**Raising funds**
**£**
-
-
500
-
-
-|**Support costs**
**£**
136,351
22,233
12,844
5,606
436
-|**Finance**
**£**
-
-
550
-
-
-|**Governance**
**costs**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
4,502|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
136,351
22,233
13,894
5,606
436
4,502| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||500|177,470|550|4,502|183,022| |||**Support costs**
**£**
140,325
32,889
17,179
6,771
880
-|**Finance**
**£**
-
-
486
-
-
-|**Governance**
**costs**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
5,017|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
140,325
32,889
17,665
6,771
880
5,017| |||198,044|486|5,017|203,547| ## **8. Staff Costs** Staff costs were as follows: ## Wages and salaries |**2025**|**2024**| |---|---| |**£**|**£**| |241,644|240,880| No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000. Page 10 **Flatpack Projects Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** ## **9. Average Number of Employees** Average number of employees during the year was: 6 (2024: 6) ## **10. Tangible Assets** |**Cost**
As at 1 September 2024
As at 31 August 2025
**Depreciation**
As at 1 September 2024
Provided during the period
As at 31 August 2025
**Net Book Value**
As at 31 August 2025
As at 1 September 2024
**11.** **Debtors**
**Due within one year**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
**12.** **Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income
**13.** **Deferred Income**
Deferred income movements in the year were as follows:
Balance at the start of the period
Income deferred in the current period
Balance at the end of the period|**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**£**
9,688|**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**£**
9,688|**Computer**
**Equipment**
**£**
35,199|**Total**
**£**
44,887| |---|---|---|---|---| ||9,688||35,199|44,887| ||7,844
460||27,018
5,146|34,862
5,606| ||8,304||32,164|40,468| ||1,384||3,035|4,419| ||1,844||8,181|10,025| ||||**2025**
**£**
111,901
20,627
132,528
**2025**
**£**
14,106
2,481
11,732
7,513
35,832
**2025**
**£**
-
5,000|**2024**
**£**
141,980
32,456| |||||174,436| |||||**2024**
**£**
10,525
2,266
10,165
19,496| |||||42,452| |||||**2024**
**£**
-
-| ||||5,000|-| Page 11 **Flatpack Projects Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** ## **14. Movement in Funds** |**4.** **Movement in Funds**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Restricted funds**
General restricted fund
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Total funds**|**As at 1**
**September**
**2024**
**£**
181,609
-|**Income**
**£**
574,880
26,800|**Expenditure**
**£**
(611,706 )
-|**As at 31**
**August 2025**
**£**
144,783
26,800| ||181,609|601,680|(611,706 )|171,583| ||**As at 1**
**September**
**2023**
**£**
180,761|**Income**
**£**
533,094|**Expenditure**
**£**
(532,246 )|**As at 31**
**August 2024**
**£**
181,609| ||180,761|533,094|(532,246 )|181,609| ## **15. Transactions with Trustees** During the year the expenses reimbursed to the trustees or paid directly to third parties were as follows: ## Travel |**2025**||**2024**|| |---|---|---|---| |**£**||**£**|| ||37||84| ## **16. Related Party Disclosures** During the period, £0 (2024 - £2,253.90) was paid to Made Media Limited for the maintenance of the charity's website. J Grimley was a trustee for a period in the prior accounting year and is a person of significant control at Made Media Limited. ## **17. Company limited by guarantee** The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital. Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1. Page 12 **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** ## **Flatpack Projects** |**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
**Donations and legacies**
Arts Council England
British Film Institute
Grants
Donations
Trusts and Foundations
**Other trading activities**
Sponsorships
Broadway
Year round projects
Booking fee
Box office.
Programme partners
Submission fees
Merchandise sales
Bar takings
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
**Raising funds**
Cost of raising funds type A
Bad debts written off
**Charitable Activities:**
**Direct costs**
PR and Marketing
Programme
Equipment purchase
Facilitators
Technical and Venue
Guest Care
Wages and salaries
Other direct costs
**Support costs**
Wages and salaries
Staff training
Travel expenses
Rent, rates and utilities|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
113,828
99,400
26,825
3,185
26,800|**2024**
**Total funds**
**£**
112,024
121,988
28,879
-
13,830
276,721
-
128,988
30,991
67
29,465
59,072
6,755
31
1,004
256,373
533,094
(925)
-
(925)
(30,016)
(101,025)
(1,552)
(10,316)
(47,416)
(16,346)
(106,461)
(14,642)
(327,774)
(134,419)
-
(5,906)
(26,888)
...CONTINUED| |---|---|---| ||270,038
2,500
194,481
44,914
-
34,909
41,891
12,885
62
-|| ||331,642|| ||601,680
(1,408)
(500)|| ||(1,908)
(66,884)
(129,874)
(821)
(12,726)
(55,153)
(12,100)
(117,491)
(32,227)|| ||(427,276)
(124,153)
(5,433)
(6,765)
(16,729)|| Page 13 ## **Flatpack Projects** ## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) (continued) For The Year Ended 31 August 2025** |Premises insurance
Printing, postage and stationery
Gifts
Telephone
IT costs
Office running costs
Legal fees
Other staff costs
Depreciation
Foreign exchange charges
**Finance**
Bank charges
**Governance costs**
Accountancy fees
**NET (EXPENDITURE)/INCOME**|(5,504)
(119)
(47)
(2,123)
(4,174)
(1,733)
(118)
(4,530)
(5,606)
(436)|(6,001)
(354)
(150)
(2,325)
(5,949)
(3,334)
-
(5,067)
(6,771)
(880)| |---|---|---| ||(177,470)
(550)|(198,044)
(486)| ||(550)
(4,502)|(486)
(5,017)| ||(4,502)|(5,017)| ||(611,706)|(532,246)| ||**(10,026)**|**848**| Page 14