## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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Period start date Period end date
From 01 09 2022 To 31 08 2023
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** The Company
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1163093
**Charity's principal address** Whitehouse Farm
Novington Lane East Chiltington, Lewes, East Sussex **Postcode BN7 3AU**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Christopher
1
Sheffield
Sally Ann
2
Jayasekera
3 Sophia Kingshill
4 Christopher Dixon 23/10/2022 31/08/2023
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6 John Emerson 01/09/2022 23/09/2022
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- t major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
TO IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF ART, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN PERFORMANCE ART INCLUDING DRAMATIC, MUSICAL, PERFORMANCE, LITERARY AND VISUAL ARTS, THROUGH CREATING LIVE AND RECORDED PRODUCTIONS IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS INCLUDING RELATED HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS.
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|**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|In planning the activities for The Company in the year 2022/23, the
to ensure that work undertaken by the Charity promotes projects for the
benefit of the public.
Projects developed by The Company in the year 2022/23:
**BOURNE FREE YOUTH CLUB**
**SASBAH**
A four-day workshop project with a group of 15 participants with different
needs; focusing, through discussion and improvisation, on the
importance of feeling heard and having a voice in society. The work
culminated in a performance to family and friends on Friday 29thOctober
2021.
**ALL CHANGE FOR ASHFORD - FILM PROJECT**
Commissioned by Southeast Rail Community Partnership (SRCP), and
funded by SRCP and Community Rail Network Fund. This ten-minute
video explores the effects of Covid and the ensuing lockdowns, on rail
users and workers from the local area. This film was completed in May
2022 and The Company has since worked alongside partners to arrange
public screenings.
**HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE**
The Company was engaged by Herstmonceux Castle (
University, Canada) to create six short videos that would form a walking
trail around the castle grounds which would be open to the public, and a
site-specific play to be performed by professional actors and students in
Sept 2023. The subject of the works was to be the 20thcentury history of
the castle with a focus on its LGBTQ+ heritage.
Whilst much preparation work was undertaken, the funding bid to the
HLF was not successful and the project was cancelled in June 2023
**INSIDE/OUTSIDE DRAMA & FILM COURSE, & PSHE LESSON PACK**
This is a co-production project delivered in partnership with Discovery
College Sussex (part of Sussex Partnership NHS Trust), working with up
to 18 young participants with lived experience of mental health
challenges. Together, during 15 weekly workshops, we will create a play
about the experiences and ideas of the participants which will be
performed to year 9 and 10 students in local secondary schools. We will
also film some of the workshops and performances, and interviews with
the participants, to develop 10 bite-size videos about mental health and
wellbeing. These videos will form the backbone of a mental health and
the PSHE hubs of
East & West Sussex, and Brighton & Hove, for circulation to secondary
schools in these areas. The first workshop will be held on October 3rd
2023.|
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**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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|Section D|Achievements andperformance|
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|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|**ALL CHANGE FOR ASHFORD - FILM PROJECT**
The video was screened in the refurbished waiting room of Ashford
Station, Marsh Link Line, on 26thJanuary 2023, with some cast and local
dignitaries present. Unfortunately, the station maintenance staff were
unable to fix the monitor screen permanently onto the walls of the waiting
room, and the film cannot therefore be shown on a loop for three months
as was planned. The Company, Ashford Museum and Southeast Rail
Community Partnership are now investigating alternative venues/events
to screen the film.
**BOURNE FREE YOUTH CLUB**
**SASBAH**
Oct 25th
28th2022 at Ratton School, Eastbourne
A 4-day theatre and music workshop/performance project with 15
participants from the Bourne Free Youth Club (part of SASBAH - Sussex
Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus). The participants
engaged with the subject of being heard within society, and were guided
in the development of a performance, created through improvisation,
music, film, poetry, games and artwork, by theatre and music
practitioners and Bourne Free youth workers. The final performance
entitled_Can You Hear Me?,_was made up of short vignettes and songs,
which took place in front of a large enthusiastic audience of friends and
family.
The participants developed new acting, music and performance skills as
well as self-confidence in their own abilities.
**HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE**
An ambitious HLF application was developed to fund a number of smaller
theatre and video work was to be funded by this bid. The application,
written and submitted by Herstmonceux Castle, was due to be submitted
in April 2022, with work commencing in Sept 2022. Unfortunately, delays
in completing and submitting the funding application, led to the project
being postponed. The application to the HLF was finally submitted in April
2023, but was unsuccessful, and all projects were cancelled.
**INSIDE/OUTSIDE DRAMA & FILM COURSE, & PSHE LESSON PACK**
This project has been planned in detail to ensure the wellbeing of the
participants, and funding has been raised through Arts Council England,
Chalk Cliff Trust and Discovery College. The weekly workshops will run
from October 2023 to Feb 2024, with practitioners in drama, music and
film, together with mental health practitioners, trainee peers and a peer
trainer, to support the work of the participants.|
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## **Section E Financial review**
## **Brief statement of the**
The Company has an informal policy to hold a reserve of £1,500 of financial year in order to cover annual running costs (e.g., insurance and accountancy costs for the next financial year).
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
funds come from charitable trusts, funding organisations You **may choose** to include such as The Big Lottery Fund, HLF and Arts Council England, private additional information, where funders, and project commissions from local authorities and charitable relevant about: groups.
the chari sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
## **Signed**
## **Signature(s)**
Christopher Sheffield **Full name(s)** Christopher Dixon **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Trustee Trustee **Date** 22 May 2024
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**Charity Name No (if any) The Company 1163093 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/09/2022 31/08/2023
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
- - - -
Donations - - -
Charitable activities 26,298 - 26,298 42,469
Other - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ - ] 26,298 - 26,298 42,469
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts - 26,298 - 26,298 42,469
A3 Payments
- - - - -
Charitable Activities 1,096 7,823 - 8,919 77,390
Governance 480 - - 480 483
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 1,576 ] 7,823 - 9,399 77,873
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 1,576 7,823 - 9,399 77,873
Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,576 18,475 - 16,899 - 35,404
A5 Transfers between funds 1,219 (1,219) - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 3,066 5,042 - 8,108 43,512
Cash funds this year end 2,709 22,298 - 25,007 8,108
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Cash at bank 2,709 22,298 -
- -
- - -
Total cash funds 2,709 22,298 -
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B3 Investment assets - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities Short term loan repayable at the Trustees'
discretion
-
-
-
-
Signed by one or two trustees on Date of
Signature Print Name
behalf of all the trustees approval
22 May 2024
Christopher Sheffield
Christopher Dixon
21 May 2024
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## **Organisation- number 1163093)**
I report on the accounts of the company for the period ended 31 August 2023, which are set out on pages 1 to 2 of the Receipts and Payments accounts.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of inde**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirement: To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been meet;
or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Michelle Westbury FCCA West & Berry Limited Trafalgar Place, Mocatta House Brighton BN1 4DU 22 May 2024