## **Shoreham Wordfest CIO 1163258 ANNUAL REPORT 2022**
## **Review of activities 2022**
## **Celebrating Shakespeare One -day Festival 23 April** .
A very successful event after two year’s gap due to Covid pandemic. Audience feedback was very positive and the costs were met by ticket income, along with a health contribution to St. Mary de Haura after a packed free concert in the morning.
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Total Total sales
attendance
St. Marys 197 £544 to church
Concert Collection
Beth Miller 42
On
Shakespeare
Singing 38
Workshop
King Lear one 75
man
performance
Total 352
attendance
Total sales £1482.87
Total Costs £1460.07
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## **Shoreham Catalyst Club**
This new initiative started in January 2022 as a monthly salon-style event in the foyer of Ropetackle Arts Centre, in partnership with, and hosted by Dr David Bramwell, founder of Brighton Catalyst Club. The format of three short talks by different people sharing their passion for a particular topic has proved very successful. By the end of the year the monthly session was selling out in advance and will continue into 2023.
## **Schools project**
Despite dedicated efforts by our School and Community lead, the idea of a writing project with the two local secondary schools did not come to fruition due to lack of capacity from schools, which are still struggling with catch up for their pupils after the long disruption to core education. We will revisit our offer for children and young people in the new year.
## **Main Festival: Shoreham Wordfest 3 – 16 October 2022**
|Number of events|25||
|---|---|---|
|Number of tickets sold|2532||
|Total postcodes|82|78 towns|
|Ticket income|30812||
|Other income|5234|_adverts, admin fees, book sales_|
|Event costs|22353||
|Overhead costs|9969||
|Carry forward|3724||
|Books sold|186|144 City books stock + 42 others|
Number of performers 98 Number of vol. sessions 125 Number of vols on events 24 Number of venues 3 Videos recorded 6 **Feedback forms** 357 majority 4/5 rating
## **Positive impact**
Strong ticket sales & no. of sold-out events Professional and visible team – hoodies! Enthusiastic audience comment and feedback Appreciative comments from performers Increased visibility and awareness of Wordfest Variety of events and diversity of speakers
## **Things to improve or change**
Auditory and visual arrangements in St. Mary’s Church: best for song and recitation, not spoken word
Challenge of finding suitable venues of right size – prioritise Shoreham Centre for future festivals
Diversity and demography of audience
## **Source of ticket sales**
Wordfest website 72% Ropetackle 20% Events @ Ropetackle 63% WF 37% RT Shoreham Art Gallery 6% Markets, phone, door 2%
## **Website analytics**
Age of users 18-2410% 25-3414% 35-4421% 45-5418% 55-6417% 65+ 20% Gender of users 59% Female 41% male
## **Early consideration of activities 2023**
Catalyst Club monthly Tackling the issues – joint series with Ropetackle in discussion Economy; Democracy; Migration Celebrating Shakespeare April 21-22 Drama Project: Tales of Shoreham Annual Wordfest: 1 – 15 October tbc
## **Appointment of new trustees agreed:** Janet Behan. Ivor Gaber.
registered charity 1163258
## Shoreham Wordfest
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ending 31 December 2022
## **General Unresticted Funds**
|**General Unresticted Funds**||
|---|---|
|Balance at 1 Jan 2022|23,598|
|Transfer from Restricted Fund|2,408|
|Total Income|37,740|
|Expenditure on events 33,359||
|General overheads 3,830||
|Total Expenditure|(37,189)|
|Balance at 31 December 2022||
|**26,557**||
|**Restricted Fund**||
|Adur District Council – Cultural Projects||
|Balance at 1 January 2022|2,408|
|Transfer to General Funds|2,408|
|Balance at 31 December 2022|**Nil**|
The balance of the fund has been used for subsidising children and family participation in Wordfest activities
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