## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st ] January 2020 Period start date To 31[st] December 2020 Period end date** ## **Charity name:ACCESS THEATRE CIO** ## **Charity registration number:1165050** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|**To facilitate access to the arts without**
**limitation in the areas of**
**drama,mime,dance,singing,music,writing,film**
**and additional digital media in Cornwall and**
**Devon.With a particular focus for individuals**
**with learning, physical and or sensory**
**impairments and or mental disabilities,**
**parents, siblings, carers and wider general**
**public.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services nefit
the wider publicidentified
in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**During 2020 the company has focused on**
**maintaining communication and supporting**
**members and families who are at times very**
**isolated.Our company Practitioner Charlotte**
**Kransmo has delivered a range of activity**
**packs, sessions via zoom, one to one**
**sessions when restrictions allowed, to**
**enable individuals to connect with the**
**arts.This culminated in a short film at He end**
**of the year which each individual contributed**
**to and was then supported to access. **| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have continued to work to**
**benefit the wider public by promoting**
**education, health and well being of company**
**members and their families, promoting social**
**inclusion and striving to combat isolation**
**through this difficult year.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**2020 has meant the volunteers working**
**alongside Charlotte to support by means**
**of zoom, and other technologies.Far**
**more frequent meetings were set up to**
**support this and support has been given**
**to enable funding to be applied for to**
**continue the workof the company. **| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity has enabled company**
**members to keep connected with the arts**
**and to feel less isolated in this difficult**
**year. This support has benefited**
**individuals and their wider families and**
**contributed to maintain people’s health**
**and well being physically, mentally and**
**emotionally.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our objectives for the year dramatically**
**changed as it became apparent we would**
**have to work in a completely different**
**way to offer access to the Arts and to**
**continue to support company members**
**through a difficult time. We focused on**
**keeping communication open and**
**offering opportunities for people to**
**engage by use of various means, creative**
**packs by list, regular phone contact and**
**postcards.This proved very welcome and**
**valuable at keeping people in touch with**
**each other and for families as support as**
**well, individuals were less isolated from**
**friends.Video sessions, zoom and when**
**and where possible one to one sessions**
**in gardens and outdoor space were**
**organised to enable individuals to**
**maintain their links.Families and careers**
**have let us know how important this**| |---|---|---| |||**input has been and so our objectives for**
**the year were maintained and met**
**allowing us to look to the future and**
**prepare for the company being able to**
**physically meet again.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Arts Council Funding was applied for and**
**received which enabled the company to**
**continue paying the practitioner and**
**deliver activities throughout the**
**year.YAPP funding concluded this year**
**but enable the group to fund**
**administration and core costs.**
**Cornwall Community Fund money has**
**enabled the company to fund a Creative**
**Enabler to support the Practitioner which**
**enables more time for individual**
**sessions.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The company is now needing to apply for**
**further funding to deliver 2021projects**
**as current funding will finish and we have**
**only a small reserve**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To support the delivery of a core service**
**for 6 months whilst additional funding is**
**secured. **| |Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**£3039**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risks would be if funding**
**cannot be secured to continue**
**working.The company has currently no**
**income through membership fees and**
**subscriptions however this will restart as**
**soon as the company can meet together**
**again and the board are confident that**
**funding streams will be available and we**
**will meet the criteria.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**By Invitation**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Access Theatre CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1165050| |Charity’s principal address|Woozers,
Higher Tremar,
Liskeard
Cornwall PL14 5HW| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jackie Blank|Chair|Full Year|| ||James Lamb|Treasurer|Full Year|| ||Joe Caudle|Secretary|Full Year|| ||Pam Lamb|Volunteer Co
ordinator|FullYear|| ||Lauren Flook|Vice Chair|Full Year|| ||Dani Hamlin||August 2020|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser **
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Legal**|Richard Pollock|Coodes Solicitors 8 Race Hill Launceston, Cornwall. PL15
9BA| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **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) Date** CHARITY COMMISSION fol IN(JlANO Ah() WAIES Recei ts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•rfod Ol-￿20 To 31.Lb¢-20 Section A Recelpts and payments Unrn•trlcl•d RMtrict•d Endo￿￿1 fund• T¢)tsl fur A1 R•c•l 13•7 42 •7Q OJ7 42 •.313 911 3.11• F￿ X)2 17 IS7 21 17 tot￿ ( mss incom• AR) A2 A•••t and Inv••tm•nt •alM, 1•71 )•• 14021 ub total 2,971 2.397 14.026 A3Pa m•nts Ath•uc Dir•Ltr I In•ur•rKx St￿￿10 Hh• W•bslt• & Publlo Offlc• •nd Athlnt•tr• 1,•47 1,620 .417 262 437 076 262 437 75• a othw 4701 J23 323 Sub total A4 A•••t Ind Ihv••tiii•nt urcha•••, ••• tabl• Sub total 4,940 2,663 18,662 N•t of 1K•1p￿{paYM•nt$j A6 Trnn•f•r• b•tw••n fund8 A6 Ca•h fund• la•t y•ar •nd C•gh fund• thlg y•ar •nd 166 2.13 4,6 10.168 0.199 166 10,334 14,970 111334 CCXX R1 a(£ount• (88) See￿0n 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unmtrlctsd fund• to f••rn•t É Restrlcted fundg to n••f••l E Endowrnent fund• 81 C••h fvnd• 5.160 3,039 Total cash funds 8.199 Jxrts,i) UnrMtrlct•d fund• to nMf••t £ R••trlcted lunds to n••r••t £ Endowmont fund• to nur••t £ B2 Oth•r rnon•tsry ••••ts rjofails Fund to whkh Co•t loptjona Cufr•nt v•lu• B3 Inv••tm•nt a•••ts Fund to whkh Co•t (optlon•fj Curr•nt v•lu• 84 A•••t• r•tsln•d fof th• charlty'• own u•• PA Pc*trt4• CD Fund to whlch r•l•t•• Amount du• lon•1 Wh•n d B6 Llabllltl Slgn•d by on• Of two tru8to•• on behalf of all th• tru8tees Ignatur Prlnt N•m• Dale of roval CCXX R2 account• (8S) Ofd02r2021