In 2021 we again had to cancel the Festival, which was a great disappointment.  This was driven by safety concerns, for both our visitors and our supporting staff, in light of the Covid pandemic.  We looked at several options but in addition to our safety concerns they also presented too much financial risk with the strong possibility of either cancellations or reduced visitor numbers. 

Although our cash balance has been reduced through the pandemic, we remain in a relatively strong financial position as we start 2022, assuming we are able to hold a festival in 2022. 

Our Festival Director, Vicki Luker, stepped down from her role.  Vicki has been a tremendous asset to the Festival during her tenure, taking it from strength to strength.  Vicki will join the Board of Trustees.  We have been lucky enough to recruit a new Festival Director, Victoria Lympus.  Victoria lives in Wantage and has a publishing background which is ideal for the role. 

Ben Dreyer Chairman of the Trustees 



## **Statement of Accounts for Wantage Literary Festival 2020-2021** 

Registered Charity 1165315 

## **2019  2020** 

## **2020  2021** 

|**Income**<br>Ticket Sales<br>Grants and Sponsorship<br>**Expenditure**<br>Salary Festival Director<br>Advertising<br>Team Welfare<br>Banking<br>Authors, Events & Speakers<br>Venue Costs<br>First Aid training<br>Insurance<br>Schools Programme<br>Misc.<br>Website<br>Stationary<br>Festival Asset - Laptop<br>Surplus<br>Funds in hand at 4th April 2019<br>Balance at Barclays as of 30th March 2020|£<br>23,540.37<br>7,688.09|£<br>**Income**<br> <br>Ticket Sales<br> <br>Grants and Sponsorship<br>**31,228.46**<br>**Expenditure**<br> <br>Salary Festival Director<br> <br>Advertising<br> <br>Team Welfare<br> <br>Banking<br> <br>Authors, Events & Speakers<br> <br>Venue Costs<br> <br>First Aid training<br> <br>Insurance<br> <br>Misc.<br> <br>Website Costs:<br> <br>_Seven Design_<br> <br>_Hosting_<br> <br>_GoCardles_<br>_Zoom_<br>_Event books_<br>**28,411.91**<br>**2,816.55**<br>Loss<br>**34,726.98**<br>Funds in hand at 30th March 2020<br>**37,543.53**<br>Balance at Barclays as of 5th April 2021|£<br>-<br>966.64|£<br> <br> <br>**966.64**<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>**10,378.79**<br>**-   9,412.15**<br>**37,543.53**<br>**28,131.38**-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||8,325.20<br>3,931.79<br>380.46<br>103.54<br>7,843.19<br>3,737.42<br>336.00<br>280.00<br>1,824.33<br>29.39<br>1,045.20<br>25.44<br>549.95||8,697.30<br>88.00<br>86.40<br>59.92<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>936.00<br>80.40<br>239.90<br>172.68<br>18.19||





Asset i.
Laptop
Purchased 2019-2020