**Charity number 1163178**
## **The Bone Ensemble**
**Unaudited trustees' report and financial statements**
**For the year ended**
**31 March 2021**
## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors|1|
|Trustees' Report|2 - 3|
|Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities|4|
|Independent Examiners Report|5|
|Statement of Financial Activities|6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
|Notes to the financial statements|8 - 12|
## **The Bone Ensemble**
|**Trustees**|Orit Azaz|
|---|---|
||Louisa Jane Davies-Foley|
||Frances Anne Johnstone|
|**Senior Management Team**|Jill Dowse|
||Adam Ledger|
|**Charity registered number**|1163178|
|**Registered office**|162 Addison Road|
||Kings Heath|
||Birmingham|
||B14 7EP|
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## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Trustees' Report year ended 31 March 2021**
The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of The Bone Ensemble for the year ended 31 March 2021
## **Objectives and activities**
To advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively the art of drama
This year saw the conclusion of a major Arts Council England funded project which included a national tour of _Gulp!_ and an ambitious process of organisational development and strategic planning.
## _Artistic projects_
Although the tour of _Gulp!_ was curtailed due to the pandemic, we offered new online activities (our previous report details touring figures). Our high quality digital and educational resources, including films of performances, were well used and continue to be available. Teachers reported that pupils were inspired to create displays and assemblies based on water issues. The films were also included in online festivals, including for Greenwich Theatre. Overall, some 300 devices accessed the films, each with multiple viewers.
Our industry partner during _Gulp!,_ Severn Trent Water, attested that ' _Gulp!_ was 'a new approach for the water industry… the collaboration gave us access to an innovative range of creative skills and thinking which has broadened and enlivened our future thinking.' We have benefitted from this cross-sector collaboration, including in the development of a children's graphic novel of _Gulp!_ Again, teachers praised the book, which they use 'to support our teaching on water and the environment'.
Our earlier climate change project, _Where's My Igloo Gone?_ continues to be toured by Boulevardteatern (Stockholm) throughout Sweden.
Taken together, both _Gulp!_ and _Where's My Igloo Gone?_ were submitted by our partners, the University of Birmingham, as an 'Impact Case Study' for the UK Government's 'Research Excellence Franework'.
We co-created _Unburied Treasures,_ an outdoor, site-specific performance, with new partners, the Jewellery Quarter Cemeteries Project, and heritage sector volunteers. Although final performances were postponed due to Covid concerns, we successfully created audio recorded stories and songs. (The project was finally performed in September 2021 and will be discussed in next year's report).
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## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Trustees' Report cont… year ended 31 March 2021**
## _Development_
Organisational development work included the creation of new branding and a new website, available at www.theboneensemble.com. Learning from peer-to-peer conversations fed into improvements in our organisational practices. Our resulting Business Plan set out a five-year artistic plan and organisational objectives, plus a series of recommendations. We are revisiting this in the light of the impact of the pandemic and are now planning for future years.
## _Current and ongoing projects_
In reponse to the increasingly uncertain touring landscape, we re-invented a planned project about chocolate as a co-created, site specific, local community arts project. We successfully gained feasibility study funding from Birmingham City Council - a new funder for us - to explore the appetite for this work and potential relationships, including with the Commonwealth Games Culture Programme producers. During its development, we initiated numerous new relationships and partnerships in our home city as well as in Ghana, a significant cocoa producing country. We are diversifying our pool of collaborators for this project, drawing in artists, academics, cocoa growers and schoolchildren of Ghanaian heritage. This inclusive practice responds to our pledge to work as part of regional arts agency Culture Central's 'More Than a Moment' initiative, a project actively seeking to counter damaging power structures by raising awareness of the contribution of Black artists and committing to work with them.
Our current projects repond to our continued drive to build and strengthen local networks, see projects for the coming years, embed us more deeply in our local community and promote our identity as exciting creators of site-specific work as well as touring projects.
By order of the Board
Orit Azaz Trustee 20th January 2022
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## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.
The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period.
In preparing these financial statements the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclosure with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the trustees of the charity on 20 January 2022 and signed on their behalf by:
Orit Azaz Trustee
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Charity number 1163178
## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of The Bone Ensemble**
I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2021.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts
The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
· examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
· follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities 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 seeking 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 to indicate that:
- accounting records have not been kept in accordance with section 130 of The Charities Act 2011
· the accounts do not accord with such records:
- attention should be drawn to enable proper understanding fo the accounts to be reached
Joanne Watkin BA (Hons) FCA Purple Cat Accountancy Limited
87 Highgate Road Walsall West Midlands WS1 3JA
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20 January 2022
## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2021**
|**Note**
**Income**
**3**
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Investment income
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
**4**
Charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure) before transfers**
**Transfers**
**Net income / (expenditure) after transfers**
**Balance brought forward at 1 April 2020**
**8**
**Balance carried forward at 31 March 2021**
**8**|**General**
**Restricted**
**fund**
**fund**
**2021**
**2020**
-
-
-
70,099
-
6,108
6,108
28,233
2
-
2
-
**Total funds**|
|---|---|
||2
6,108
6,110
98,332|
||12,565
9,478
22,043
73,380|
||12,565
9,478
22,043
73,380|
||(12,563)
(3,370)
(15,933)
24,952
30,187
(30,187)
-
-|
||17,624
(33,557)
(15,933)
24,952
838
34,089
34,927
9,975|
||18,462
532
18,994
34,927|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**The Bone Ensemble**
**Charity number 1163178**
## **Balance sheet as at 31 March 2021**
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible fxed asets
6
**Current assets**
Debtors
7
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
8
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Represented by**
**Funds**
Unrestricted general fund
9
Restricted fund
9|**2021**
145
2,654
25,697
28,351
(9,502)
18,849
18,994
18,462
532
18,994|**2020**
-
42,125
14,369|
|---|---|---|
|||56,494
(21,567)
34,927|
|||34,927
838
34,089|
|||34,927|
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 20 January 2022 and signed on their behalf by
Orit Azaz Trustee
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**The Bone Ensemble**
## **Notes to the accounts year ended 31 March 2021**
## **1. Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and with the Charities Act 2011
## **2. Accounting policies**
## **Recognition of income**
Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when
- the charity becomes entitled to the resources
- the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability
## **Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised when ther is a legal or contructive obligation to that expenditure and it is probable that settlement is required and that the amount can be reliably measured.
All expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis
## **Creditors**
The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amount
## **Debtors**
Debtors are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount; subsequently they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
## **Taxation**
The charity is an exempt charity within the meaning of schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011 and is considered to pass the tests set out in paragraph 1 schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes.
## **Funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and have not been designated for other purposes
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or have been raised by the charity for specific purposes
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## **The Bone Ensemble**
**Notes to the accounts year ended 31 March 2021**
|**3. Income**
**Donations and legacies**
Grants
**Charitable activities**
Performance income
Commissions
Royalties receivable
Theatre tax relief
**Investment income**
Interest receivable|**2021**
-
1,650
4,458
-
-
6,108
3|**2020**
70,099|
|---|---|---|
|||16,074
-
1,462
10,697|
|||28,233|
|||-|
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## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Notes to the accounts year ended 31 March 2021**
|**4. Expenditure**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Artistic director fees
Other freelance fees
Sets, props and costumes
Rent
Training
Insurance
Bank charges
Printing and stationery
Software
Travel
Consultants
Marketing
Royalties payable
Miscellaneous expenditure
Subscriptions
Accountancy fees
Depreciation|**2021**
10,685
4,580
36
650
30
418
2
45
2,447
1,063
490
467
10
292
-
780
48
22,043|**2020**
25,125
30,906
3,940
-
211
418
61
3,398
78
5,001
2,180
-
366
500
416
780
-|
|---|---|---|
|||73,380|
## **5. Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
No amounts were paid to trustees in the year under review.
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**The Bone Ensemble**
## **Notes to the accounts year ended 31 March 2021**
|**6. Fixed assets**
**Cost**
Balance brought forward at 1 April 2020
Additions
Balance carried forward at 31 March 2021
**Depreciation**
Balance brought forward at 1 April 2020
Charge for the year
Balance carried forward at 31 March 2021
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2021
**7. Debtors**
Grant monies due
Performance fees owed
Theatre tax relief
Other debtors
**8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other creditors and accruals|**Office**
**equipment**
193
193
-
48
48
145
**2021**
-
800
-
1,854
2,654
**2021**
-
9,502
9,502|**Total**
193|
|---|---|---|
|||193|
|||-
48|
|||48|
|||145|
|||**2020**
24,374
5,130
10,697
1,924|
|||42,125|
|||**2020**
-
21,567|
|||21,567|
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## **The Bone Ensemble**
## **Notes to the accounts year ended 31 March 2021**
|**9. Funds**
Total unrestricted funds
**Restricted funds**
Choc / company development
Igloo
WMIG Production
Cemetary
Gulp R&D
Gulp GC
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**
**10. Fees for examination of the accounts**
Independent examiner's fees|**Balance at**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfers**
**Balance at**
**1 April 2020**
**31 March 2021**
838
2
(12,565)
30,187
18,462|**Balance at**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfers**
**Balance at**
**1 April 2020**
**31 March 2021**
838
2
(12,565)
30,187
18,462|**Balance at**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfers**
**Balance at**
**1 April 2020**
**31 March 2021**
838
2
(12,565)
30,187
18,462|
|---|---|---|---|
||16
-
-
(16)
-
11,345
-
-
(11,345)
-
(76)
-
-
76
-
4,458
(3,926)
-
532
3,291
-
-
(3,291)
-
19,513
1,650
(5,552)
(15,611)
-|||
||34,089
6,108
(9,478)
(30,187)
532|||
||34,927
6,110
(22,043)
-||18,994|
|||**2021**
780|**2020**
780|
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Charity number 1163178
The Bone Ensemble
Independent Examlnefs Rep¢yt to the Trustees ofThe Ensemble
I report on the a¢counts of the coThrf>any lor the year ended 31 Marth 2021.
Respertive resP¢%1b1Iles of trste*S arnl examlmr
The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the acounts
The trustees consider that an audit is not required for thls year under SeCtn 144 of the Charitbes Act 2011 (the
Charitles Act) and that an Independent examination is needed.
It Is my responslbllity to..
' examine the accounts urmkr sertknn 145 of the Charftles Art:
. follow the procedurès laKI down In the Genèral DIrtn$ glben by the Charlty Commlsslon (under sectbn 14515llbl
of the Charltle5 Act •nd to..
. state whether partlcu13r matters have come to my attent
B•sls of Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rfs r•p¢)rt
My examlnation was caffied out in accordance the General Dirrftions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination include5 a revlew of the accountln8 rerdS kept by the charity and a ComparOn of the accounts
presented with those records. It also Includes consideration of any unusual Items or dlsdosures In the accounts,
and 5eekin8 explanatlons from you as trustees oncernin8 arbv such matters. The wocedure5 undertaken do not
provlde all the eVIden that would be requlred In an audit and consequently no opinlonls 8lven as to whèther
the accounis present a "true and fair vierf and ihe report15 limlted to ihose matters set out in the statement
below.
Independ•nt •x*mlnerfi ststement
In connectbn th my e¥aminatbon, no matter has come to myattentlon to Indicate that:
. a¢countlng records have not been kept In ac¢ordano with section 130 of The Charitlts Act 2011
. the accour do not accord wilh suth records:
- allentk)n should be drawn to enable proper under$tsr1rfj of the accounts to be reathed
Joanne Watkin BA (Honsl FCA
PUle Cat Accountancy Limited
87 Hlghgate Road
Walsall
West MidlarKIs
WSI 3JA
20 January 2022