## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date
Period end date
**From** 01 09 2024 **To** 31 08 2025
## 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
2 Mary O’Keeffe 01/09/2024 – 04/12/2024
Christopher R
3
Dixon
Christopher G
4
Dixon
5 Rachel Foggitt 09/06/2025 – 31/08/2025
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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)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Appointed by trustees
## **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 charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of 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 2024/25, the
Trustees reviewed the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit,
to ensure that work undertaken by the Charity promotes projects for the
benefit of the public.
Projects developed by The Company in the year 2024/25:
**BOURNE FREE YOUTH CLUB – SASBAH**
A four-day workshop project with a group of 17 participants with different
needs, creating a play about their experiences. The project culminated in
a performance to family and friends on Friday 1st November 2024
The aim of the work was to develop creative skills, build confidence, and
provide a platform for a marginalised group to speak/perform and be
heard.
**INSIDE/OUTSIDE DRAMA AND FILM PROJECT**
The Company’s role in this partnership project with Discovery College
(part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) took place between
October 2023 and June 2024. However, the PSHE packs (based around
the 8 bitesize videos created during the project featuring interviews and
discussions with the project participants), were completed by our partners
in February 2025 and distributed to secondary schools in East Sussex
and Brighton & Hove through the PSHE Teachers’ Hub.
These PSHE packs and the accompanying videos are being offered to
schools as a tool to open discussions around mental health and well-
being.
**EASTBOURNE SOUP (EASTBOURNE COMMUNITY PROJECT,**
**STAGE 2)**
This project follows on from the Eastbourne R&D (2024). The work began
in August 2025, developing the script, confirming partners and
interviewing and contracting young creatives (aged 17 to 25) to take key
roles in the project, mentored by experienced professional artists.
The project is a large-scale community-led performance project based on
the stories and memories of local people gathered during the R&D stage,
and will involve local participants and volunteers in all elements of work
including; acting, music, singing, back stage, costume, set and prop
making, and marketing, developing creative skills, building confidence,
social cohesion and pride in the Eastbourne communities who are the
backbone of this work.
The project will culminate in four performances at the Winter Garden,
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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 and performance
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|**BOURNE FREE YOUTH CLUB – SASBAH - Oct 29th to Nov 1st 2024**
A four day theatre and music workshop/performance project with 17
participants from the Bourne Free Youth Club (part of SASBAH - Sussex
Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus). The theme of the
project, chosen through discussions with participants, was how to create
an inclusive celebration for SASBAH’s 60th anniversary. The participants
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_Where’s the Party At?,_was made up of short
vignettes and songs, and 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.
**INSIDE/OUTSIDE DRAMA & FILM PROJECT**
This co-production explored the experiences of 16 participants who all
experience mental health challenges, to create a play through discussion,
improvisation, music and creative writing. The play was performed to
students in local secondary schools and 8 bitesize videos were created
from interviews and discussions with participants, with each video
reflecting upon a different aspect of mental health. This stage of the
project ended in June 2024.
Unfortunately, our project partners, Discovery College (part of Sussex
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) lost their funding and closed down,
and the task of completing the PSHE packs that were to accompany the
videos was picked up by Recovery College. This led to some delay in
finalising the work. However, in February 2025, the packs received final
authorisation and were released to the PSHE Teachers’ Hubs to be
distributed with the videos to secondary schools in East Sussex and
Brighton & Hove. These packs will be a valuable aid in opening
discussions about mental health and wellbeing in the classroom, by
presenting the perspectives of young people with mental health
challenges through video interviews.
This work was funded by Arts Council England, Chalk Cliff Trust and
Discovery College.
**EASTBOURNE SOUP (EASTBOURNE COMM. PROJECT, STAGE 2)**
Raising funds for this large-scale project was difficult in the current
economic climate. The Company did not receive the necessary funding
from Arts Council England, but fortunately Backstage Trust, Chalk Cliff
trust, East Sussex Arts Partnership and Darcy Clothing all offered
substantial funds so that the work could go ahead.
From August 2025 we began script development, engaging the artists
and young creatives, and confirming local partnerships. Community
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Section D Achievements and performance
into rehearsal in February. We will hold workshops locally to create the set, props and costumes and the four public performances will be at the Winter Garden on 4, 5 and 6 June 2026.
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## **Section E Financial review**
The Company has an informal policy to hold a reserve of £1,500 of **Brief statement of the** unrestricted funds in The Company’s bank account at the end of the **charity’s policy on reserves** 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)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
The Company’s funds come from charitable trusts, funding organisations such as The Big Lottery Fund, HLF and Arts Council England, private funders, project commissions from local authorities and charitable groups and ticket sales.
- the charity’s principal 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**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Trustee Trustee **Date** 19 Jun 2026
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## **File 2 of 2: Trustees Report 2024-25.pdf**
## Signed By
**Signer:** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com) **Identity Check:** Email Authentication
**Signature Type:** Mouse or hand drawn
**Time Zone:** UTC+01:00, Europe/London (British Summer Time)
**Signer:** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com)
**Identity Check:** Email Authentication
**Signature Type:** Typed
**Time Zone:** UTC+01:00, Europe/London (British Summer Time)
## Event Log
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:06 PM -** Email notification sent to Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com). **Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:10 PM -** Email notification sent to Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com).
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:18 PM -** Email notification delivered to Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com).
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:20 PM -** Email notification delivered to Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com).
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:41:16 PM -** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com) opened the email notification (estimated), from 87.248.116.147.
**Jun 17, 2026, 4:42:54 PM -** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com) viewed the document(s), from 2a00.
**Jun 19, 2026, 10:26:48 AM -** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com) opened the email notification (estimated), from 142.250.32.97.
**Jun 19, 2026, 10:27:20 AM -** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com) viewed the document(s), from 31.111.152.107. **Jun 19, 2026, 10:29:11 AM -** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com) electronically signed or completed the document(s), from 31.111.152.107.
**Jun 19, 2026, 2:34:05 PM -** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com) electronically signed or completed the document(s), from 2a00.
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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 01/09/2024 31/08/2025
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 63,007 - 63,007 25,841
Other - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ - ] 63,007 - 63,007 25,841
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts - 63,007 - 63,007 25,841
A3 Payments
- - - - -
Charitable Activities 971 16,765 - 17,736 36,502
Governance 480 - - 480 480
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 1,451 ] 16,765 - 18,216 36,982
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 1,451 16,765 - 18,216 36,982
Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,451 46,242 - 44,791 - 11,141
A5 Transfers between funds 1,259 (1,259) - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 2,949 10,918 - 13,867 25,007
Cash funds this year end 2,757 55,901 - 58,658 13,866
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**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Cash at bank
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,757**
**55,901**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,757**
**55,901**
**-**
OK
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**When due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
Print Name
Chris R Dixon
Chris Sheffield
19 Jun 2026
19 Jun 2026|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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## **File 1 of 2: Accounts 2024-25.pdf**
## Signed By
**Signer:** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com)
**Identity Check:** Email Authentication
**Signature Type:** Mouse or hand drawn
**Time Zone:** UTC+01:00, Europe/London (British Summer Time)
**Signer:** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com)
**Identity Check:** Email Authentication
**Signature Type:** Typed
**Time Zone:** UTC+01:00, Europe/London (British Summer Time)
## Event Log
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:06 PM -** Email notification sent to Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com). **Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:10 PM -** Email notification sent to Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com).
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:18 PM -** Email notification delivered to Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com).
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:26:20 PM -** Email notification delivered to Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com).
**Jun 17, 2026, 2:41:16 PM -** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com) opened the email notification (estimated), from 87.248.116.147.
**Jun 17, 2026, 4:42:54 PM -** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com) viewed the document(s), from 2a00.
**Jun 19, 2026, 10:26:48 AM -** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com) opened the email notification (estimated), from 142.250.32.97.
**Jun 19, 2026, 10:27:20 AM -** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com) viewed the document(s), from 31.111.152.107. **Jun 19, 2026, 10:29:11 AM -** Chris R Dixon (chrisdixonworks@gmail.com) electronically signed or completed the document(s), from 31.111.152.107.
**Jun 19, 2026, 2:34:05 PM -** Chris Sheffield (c_sheffield@compuserve.com) electronically signed or completed the document(s), from 2a00.
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of The Company (Charitable Incorporated Organisation- number 1163093)**
I report on the accounts of the company for the period ended 31 August 2025, which are set out on pages 1 to 2 of the Receipts and Payments accounts.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees 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 independent examiner’s report**
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 ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
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 Nile House, Nile Street Brighton BN1 1HW 21 June 2026
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## Signed By
**Signer:** West & Berry (documents@westandberry.co.uk)
**Identity Check:** Login with account
**Signature Type:** Typed
**Time Zone:** UTC+01:00, Europe/London (British Summer Time)
## Event Log
**Jun 21, 2026, 4:27:43 PM -** Email notification sent to West & Berry (documents@westandberry.co.uk). **Jun 21, 2026, 4:27:54 PM -** Email notification delivered to West & Berry (documents@westandberry.co.uk). **Jun 21, 2026, 4:27:57 PM -** West & Berry (documents@westandberry.co.uk) viewed the document(s), from 86.169.102.129.
**Jun 21, 2026, 4:28:31 PM -** West & Berry (documents@westandberry.co.uk) electronically signed or completed the document(s), from 86.169.102.129.
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