Supporting cultural developments in Gloucester Trustees Report for GUST Charity No 1164727 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 GUST is now well established as an incubator and collaborative partner in Gloucester’s cultural sector. Over this period we have continued to support Voices Gloucester to transition to independence and worked closely with Gloucester Culture Trust in the launch of Together Gloucester, an Arts Council England funded Priority Place programme. ## **Voices Gloucester** Having incubated Voices Gloucester for several years, our relationship formally came to a close over this period with Voices Gloucester established as an independent CIO in April 2024. In order to support the transition, a GUST Trustee joined the Board of this CIO for 12 months (until 31 December 2025). Voices Gloucester continues to deliver extraordinary work highlighting hidden histories and promoting wider engagement in heritage. Information about all Voices activity in this period is available online (https://voicesgloucester.org.uk/voices-archive/). ## **Together Gloucester** Following a successful Arts Council England Place Partnership bid, Gloucester Culture Trust launched Together Gloucester in March 2024 (https://gloucesterculture.org.uk/projects/together-gloucester/). GUST is one of nine partners collaborating to deliver the programme. Our particular focus is to support the incubation of emerging cultural organisations and individuals. In late 2024 we began conversations with the Gloucester based founders of Kings Jam Festival (https://www.kingsjamfestival.com/). Having been dormant for a number of years, Together Gloucester is supporting an initiative to examine opportunities to establish Kings Jam as a sustainable cultural festival in the city’s calendar. Looking ahead to 2025-26, GUST will be collaborating with the Kings Jam team and broader stakeholders to explore next steps. The total income for the charity in the year to March 31st 2025 was £128,292 against £149,564 year ended March 31st 2024. We closed the year with unrestricted cash of £6,679. Gust is a registered charity in England and Wales No. 1164727 **Registered Office** 2 Wychwood Court| Cotswold Business Village | Moreton-in-Marsh | Gloucestershire GL56 0JQ **Trustees** Marianna Hay | Jonathan Lund | Simon Murray | Donna Renney | Toby Smith CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period from To Section A Receipts and payments ￿n￿Stricted funds to the newrEst Resthcte(I funds Endowment lunds Total funds Last year tott* ne¥re51£ toth• £ to the ry*¥ffjst e A1 Receipts Donations 870 770 Sp￿la1 Prwts Managem￿1 Bank Account Inte￿$1 Gift Aid Unreslricled Grant Cil Voices Gr8nls Cil Vouces Restncled Grants Cil Voic￿$ Individual Donation5 City v0￿eS tknations C Vol￿5 Gift Aid VoiTrs Bi Give Cil Voi*s Bank Account IniÈresi Sub total(Gross incoffte for AR) 290 7.9$0 104.312 4879 7,9 104.312 4.879 23,500 90,056 20.000 4.600 10,078 200 64 81 81 4.071 124221 128293 149.564 A2 Asset and inveslment sales, Isee table). Sub total 4.071 124,221 128293 149,564 A3Pa ments GUST Bank Charges GUST Adm￿lStrai0ft and TrAarkEIIw GUST Ne%v Proied Dsvdopm8nl City Vo¢e$ Young City Votgs Markeling City vo￿3 Website City Vote5 AdMIntst￿￿ City Votes staffing City Vott$ Steering Group Cily Vots$ Bank Charges ty Vores Insurar￿e Set Up CostS* J03 39 303 39 628 1.0 14.747 3.739 2.821 3,739 2,821 46,411 547 9S2 57,842 547 1,997 City Vores Filmiw snd Arthmrty ¢￿te￿I 10.6th) 10.600 City Voi¢e$ Evaluation City Voices Cotnmuniiy Grant City Voices Project Fu City v0￿e5 Experienknal Ctynm1ss￿1nY Fund Clty VoK¥8 ￿$tainab￿ ErbVw￿M￿t Support City v0￿eS PrOfessic￿￿1 Su¢sK Contributors Ciiy Votss MHLF ¢￿ti￿genLY Cily Votrs Twsterol Funds lo VoKes G￿U￿ter 6.713 13,413 6,7Z3 13,413 17.470 22,766 16,891 750 18.509 18,609 50.362 183226 50,362 Sub total A4 Asset and investment Purchases, Isee table 413 183636 131102 Sub totsl 413 183,226 183,638 131,102 Net of receipts/(paymentsJ AS Transfers between fun(Is A6 Cash funds 18St year end 3,6S9 59,004 55.346 18,462 3,021 59.004 62.025 43,563 6.660 62.026 Section B Ststement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre5tiicted funds Restricte fund$ Endowment funds to r*arest£ Categories Details B1 Cash funds nl (GUST) 6.$78 CAF A￿ffl (Spw Prwts. Ciiy VO￿￿) 101 Totsl cash funds rllsii Unrestricted funds to nearest É Restricted funds Endowment funds to rwrest £ Detai15 to I￿reSt 82 Other monetary assets Fund tOwh￿kn Cu￿ent value ional Detsils Cost {optionall B3 Investment assets Fund to which asset bel¢)ti CuTrentv8lu¥ ti01￿1 Dets51s t Ioplionall B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Fund lo which relatss Arnount ional When due t10r￿1 Details 85 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all Ihe Irustees Signalure Pnnl Name Date of roval NA **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name THE GUST **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2025 **Charity no** 1164727 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/03/2023** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters **examiner's statement** have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ ## **Signed:** SM Greaves **Date:** 10/01/26 **Name:** Samuel Martin Greaves **Relevant professional** AICB **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Fretherne Court Cottage Saul Gloucester, GL2 7JF 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**