Company Tegistration nuM)ber'. 09321941 Charily regist(ation number.. 1166121 Operasonic Cyf (A c01np￿Y limiied by share capital) Artn￿l Reporl and Financial for the Year Ended 5 April 20?1 Athbls 4a Brecon Coutt Williem Brown Close Llantamam Park Torfaen United Kingdom NP44 3AB 'A4F65RQ8' 1511012021 COMPANIES HOUSE A16 #149 Operasonlc Cyf Contents Reference and Admiiu51rative Details Tru51e¢s' Report 2106 Staiem¢nt of Trust¢C5' Responsibilities Indep¢ndent Exan)ineVs Report State￿¢Al of Finan¢ial Activities Balartte Sheet io Noies io ih¢ Financial Statements Opernsonic Cyf Reference And Administrative Details Trnsttts P G Hor1￿0￿ E N¢wi¢k (nee Rouiley) S Mahabir C R Williams C Dacey R Hut¢hing5 Secretary Prinrip¥l Office l Fields Park Avenue Tr4ewport NP20 5BG Reglstered Offiee l Fields Park Avenue Newport NP20 5BG Th¢ ¢harity is in¢oTpof4ted in Engla1￿ ¥nd Wales. 09327941 Company Regtstr#tlo* Number Charity Registration Nu￿ber 1166121 Bankers Unity Tntst Bank 9 Brindley Place Birniingham BI 2HB Independent Examiner Ashbys 4a Breccffl Court William Bro￿ Close Llantarnam Park Torfaen Uniied Kingdom NP44 3AB p￿¢1 Operasonlc Cyf Trustees, Report The Iru5tees. who are direclor5 for the purp05¢5 of company law. present the annual ieporl touieiher with Ihe riftancial statemen1> of the charktable coinpaiiy for the year ended 5 April 2021. Objettlves and attivitie$ Obj¢cts To advanLe cducation for tlie public benefir by rhe proinorion of the ails. in pailicular bilt Dot excluSLv¢ly opero. aiid for such otiier ¢haritabl¢ purposes as tlie company may froin time 10 lime decide. Vision Opcrasonic is passionate about op¢rd a5 an artfonn that conne¢t5 Wlth the pol¢ntial aThJ creaiivily of young peopl¢ in a direct aiid ViSC¢Tal way. Operasonic believcs young people can own opcra. as audiences, Ls creatovs. as leaders. Yound pe()ple need contemporary opera ci'ealed on their own leTT￿5 and in rheii communiiies. ventses. schools, and online spaLes. Th¢ opera of the future wil be driven by tliem_ Mission Our mission is to inspire young minds. broaden horizons and launch fresh ideag through opera. Tn order io fulfil our vision and mi55ion. Operasonic creates opportujiiries for youllg ￿pIe to exploit. CTeate and experience opera. particularly projects fotusing on opera writing. opera productions CTeat¢d 5petifically to open up Ihe world for different age groups. Values We keep participation ai the heart of everything we do_ Public benefit Opensonic has continued to provide access to the art5 for young people. both in the forni of osxra perFtirmances created especially for fdmily audi¢llce5 artd ihrouxh ivorkshop activity working diivily with youn¥ petsple. We focus on our beneficiarie5 gaining new ¢r¢ative expeften¢es and opera skills. as well as developing social and emolional skills in¢luding focu5. altention conttDI. eTnpathy. em(Jtional expression, social problem-solving, tritical thinking and confjdence. The twsiees conflm) thar they h&ve coinplied with the requittrnents of section 17 01 the Charitses A¢t 2011 to h8ve due regard to the public benefit 8uidanre published by the Charity Commission lor Engldnd and Wales. Achlevement5 and Performsnce This year has been iL n unprecedented one and. as an rts organisation which depends on in person work, we have faced a rang¢ of challenges in being able to take our work forward a5 imagined in ihe Business Plan we created in 2018. Embedding and Establishing 2018- 2023 set out ihe following aims for Oper8sonic'5 WOTk. in ordeF to aLhiev¢ our Vibion and misSiOtt- l. To create opportuniries for IneaThing￿l engagement with young people in Newport 2. To tske opeTa out to other comLDUnitie5 of young people 3. To lead the way for opera participarion prnctice in the UK Pag¢ 2 Operasonie Cyf Tru$tees' Report 4. To create a siable sustainable organi28lion However, it was clear this year that, diie to the Coronavirus Pandernic. other priorilies would con)e inio play. As a company we focused on wea1herl￿g the 5torrn finarKially. looking at whaL we eould n)ov¢ online. and puiring the needs of the ¢omiTrJniiy group5 we were workiA¥ with firsl. 2020 2021 Activittes As the first COVID-19 lockdown ¢am¢ into foree. Operasonie was ij) the middle of a range of proj¢cls. incliidinE a IoLir of Vehhcles a ncw children's opera. Gypsy Stars Chohr sessions, and Tlie Lysaght Musical Commissioned by Linc cyn￿￿. We had to r¢-assess all the work ivere deliveiing and look at how we could complete projects. Our local venue The ￿Y¢rfront Theatre - was clos¢d and it was difficiili lo engage our participants onlin¢ from a standing start. Alongside COVID-19 aiid lockdown, this y¢ar ha5 also seen tli¢ protests around Black Live5 Maiter and W¢ Shall Not Be Rtinoved. Tliese agendas must b¢ addre55ed and ar¢ ccniral for Optrasoi?ic trustees and partneib as we rcdefine our work and understand whal our posi.paiMlemic world looks Itke. Surviving thi5 year ha5 llot been easy, and our trustees would like to send a huge thank you to everyone who h&8 supported Operasonic this year, including our partners and ￿nderS who allowed us to be flexible with grants and ¢omTni5sion income 10 Tnake thing5 work. Throiigh %upport from the Culturdl Recovery Fund granted by Arts Council Wale5 and tuiiding from Moondance Founda15un, we wtte a150 able to creaie the role of Executive Producer, bringing a much.Jieeded focus on Strategy and fundraisin¥ at this crucial tiine. This caine #t a crncial time for Opeiasonic, as our founding Direc￿r stepped back to bEcome a t[￿lee a￿1 took on a role with a new charAty. Despite tlie re5tri¢tions. this year Opera50nic has managed to Create and iiial different W8y8 of enoaging participants online, has taken parf in two online community fesijvals ill Newport. and has worked hard to create n ¢)ngoing arts programme for our Gypsy Stars parti¢ipants and ibe wider community. Key Operasonic proie¢ts delivered this year were.. Gypsy Stars Choir- sin8in& art and dance project for ihe Roma community in Newport Cor()navirus TIll￿caPSule Piojert- workin8 with ieetwrs to explure their lockdown experience Loving the Lybaght a songwrtting project with Lliswetry ￿"Sh School in collaboration with Linc Cymrn Housing Asso¢iation ¢ulmÈnaiing in an online Virtual clK)iI Maindee Festival 2020 Livestream Art on the Hill 2020 Video launch L'albero Creative Exchange- practice exchange with an Italian theatre company funded by The BTifi5h Council eulminating in all online 5ymposiiiin Vehicles OperJ project working with Oxford University creating online animatcd resource5 to engage schools Opera Creatots 2021- blended schools opera-writing PToJect Song Crearors- onliDe songwriting sessions for tttn8ger5 De5pil¢ the pandemi¢, Operdsonic has continued to develop and grow our owm projects. Operts Cr¢oiors ran for the Ihird year ninning as a schoo15 project. working through TEAMS. We atso laU￿hed Song Creulors- a se( of online workshops for teens exploring differenr song wriring iechniques. This fornjat allowed us to rea¢h out furtlier Ilian jiist the Newport eOiTllnunity and also brought new Inusic facilitatois in to Wotk with OperAsonic. Page 3 Operasonic Cyf Trustees, Report After the successful launch of vehicles. rhe neiv opeta of 6- 12 year olds created by cornpos¢T Mamyn Hary, il was very difficult io have lo Car￿e1 the planneAJ roui. Howevei. Operasonic coniinued io work with Oxford UniweTSity acT05S Ihe year to create online animaied science regources which Ihe 5¢hools who aiiendeil the N¢wport perfoiThances worked with. Currenily. planning is underway loi the cr&iiion of a Vehicle5 Filin. Tlie pandemic also halied Ihe fin81 p¢rformance of Lv.%4ghi The Mi£Ficol colebraiing the Ly5aghi Inslitute wliich was due lo thkc place with students in Lli5weThy High. Linc Cymru were kcen to continue tlie project. and we worked with Lliswerry High ￿h0o] and local coinmuruty singers io create a set of r¢sourc¢s so tliat singers CQLild record the songs creaied by the studeols. Cobra Sh]dios ID Newport creaied a virtual ¢lioir version ol the songs wliich was premiered at Art on The Hill 2020 in Noventt*r. W¢ also had to adapt our ongoing coininunity work and think differently about liow we delivered work for our Gypsy Stars participants. Woiktng closely with the teams at Maind¢e Prim&ry and Lliswerry Higli Scliool. Operasonic creaÉed a programTne of dilyereni pmjecL8 for participants, including creating art packs, doorsl¢p singing. soTrgywririn¥ in rhe park, online art videos and onlii)c dance classcs working w*ih G-expressions. li was cleai. Ihat participanis were extremely haTd liir by (he pand¢nii¢. with the community aff¢¢l¢d by digital poverty and srudenls Struggling with homc leaming as a ￿$￿It. The planned Creative Exchange with Iralian Theatre Company L'Albero wh¥ch was due to culminate in the Iialian company visiting Newport in March 2020 did not tske pla￿. Insread L'Albero and Operasonic worked logeiher to ereaie a 4-houT online symposium in Novembei 2020 which explored Cofflmurtity tspera. 24 peoplc atiended the 5yrnposium from across rhe UK and ltsly. Operasonic was plaiining ro deliv¢r the Ni¥him&rg Scenorio Residc￿¢} in November 2020. This pioject h4Ld ro be i'escheduled drsd will now t¥ke plac¢ in Noveinber 2021. Aprll 20ZO- Aprhl 2021 Key Dai*: Total workshop 5e5sions 47 Total participants 513 Total ptrfomian¢es 16 Total audiences O Total artists employed 24 Onlkne engogernent 2982 Financial Revi¢w Income of £70,953 (previous year.. £63:91Xl) fuThJed an operating sUrpIL￿ of £44.736 (previous year.. deficit £1.515). Operasonic's reserves stood at £5.289 (urLreslri¢ted fund5) and £44.942 (restricted funds) at ihe ye8r has been ditFiculi to achieve this year. Operasonic is exlretnely grateful to tl)e following partneEs and funders for fundiD8 this year.. Action Transport Theatre Arts Council Wales Page 4 Operasonic Cyf Trustees, Report Art on The Hill Ashley Family Foundwtion Brilish Council Coinic Rcli¢f Coinniurtity FoundatLOn Coinmuiiity House. Eion Road Company Three D'oyly Carte Charitable Trt￿l John Fell Research Fund Leys Developments Ltd Lliswerry High School Maindee Primary Sch￿1 Maind¢¢ Unlirnit¢d Mess Up The Mess Mooiiddnce FoundatLOn Newport Live & The Riverfront Theatre Newport Fuston Project Newport Resilietlt Communities Oxford UniveT5ity Music Department Toich.. Oxford Research CenttE for the Humanities Travelling Ahead Ty Cerdd Future Plans Op¢rasoniL LS looking io the future: taking on i￿rd the lessolls the pandemic has taughi us, and also looking C 8OVtrnADee and m*tt*gtn*nt Noitsr¢ 0fgvverNi￿g ¢It￿hNle￿i Opeyasonic Cyf was Formed as a ¢ompany limited by guarantee on 26th Novcmb¢r 2014 and a registered charity on 18th March 2016_ The chariry is also known as Op¢i'asonic. Recruiimeiil Uiid &ppoiMtmentOftru￿eeS The charity is lcd by a bolarit of trusiees I diTectoi& who are recruited through a publi¢ recruitment process. All trustees give rheir iiiiie voluntarily and receive no benefits from Ihe charity_ Therc wcre no expense.s reclaimed by trustees during the year. New trusrees appointed by thc Board of Tnstees ai meeiings ihr0utsl￿ut th¢ year, based on gelectio￿ againit a rcgularly updated skills audil. Operasonic has a nuiither of policies in place to siipport ihe activities of ihe chatity which are reviewed regularly by the Board of Truslees.. Child Protection Policy Equdl Opportunities Policy General Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice Equality and Equal Opporiunity Policy Environmental Policy Welsh Language Policy Operasonic ernploys a freelance Creative Director and a rdnge of fi.eclance artists who are pi'oject based. Disclosure and Bartlng che¢ks are carried oui foi a15 staff rnembers before they cominence employ1r￿n1. The annual rep)rt was approved by thc trusiees of ihe clwity on 14 Sepiember 2021 and siglied on its behalf by.. R Huichings Company Secretary Page 6 Operasonie Cyf Statement of Trustees, Responsibililies The trusLee5 (who ire a150 Ihe directors of Opernsonic Cyf for Ihe pu￿SeS of company law) are responsible for preporing the truslees. report and the financial >¢atements in accordance wilh the United KiJigTdom Accounting Standards (UnÉted Kingdom Generdlly Accepted Accouniing Praciice) and applicable law #nd regulaiions. Cotnpany law requires tlie trustees to prepare financial 5tatemeiits for each fjnancial yeai. Under compaThy 13W the trustees musl not approve the fillaricial ststcments unless they are satisfied Ihat they give k true and fail vi¢w of the Sta￿ of affairs of the chariiable company aAd of lis incoming L'esources and application of tesourc¢s, including its income and expenditute. for rhai pen(wJ. In preparing these financial si&1eJnent5, Ihe Irusie¢s are reqiiired ro-. select suitsble accounting policies a￿1 apply them conskstenily- observ¢ th¢ methods and prin¢iples in the Charitiu SORP. niake jud8einwits and esumates that are reasonable and pnwjent" 5tal¢ whether appli¢obl¢ UK Accounting Stsndards have been followed. subject to any Inaterial departures disclosed and ¢xplain¢d in tli¢ financial 5ta*m¢nts' and prepare the financial statemeTrr5 Ofi the going eoncern basis un1¢55 it ts inappropriale ro pi'esum¢ thai the charitable ¢ompatiy will continue In busilless. The trustees are responsible for kttping adequate accounting re¢oTds iliat are sufficient to show and explain Ili¢ cl)aritable company's transactions and di5¢1ose with reasonable a¢cura¢y ai ajiy time ihe financial po8ltion of the charitable conipany and enable tliem 10 ¢nsure that the fJnan¢ial staiemeiils comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and h¢nc¢ for faking rca.sonable slep% for Ihe prevenfion and detection of fraud and other irregularilies. Approved by the trusitts of the chority on 14 SeptembEr 2021 aiid signed on its behalf by= R Hutchings Coinpany Secrcrary Page 7 Operasonic Cyf Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Oper2sonic Cyf I report the accounts of the charity for ihe year ended 5 Aprtl 2021 which are sel oul on pages 9 to 18 _ Rcspective responsibililie5 01 trustees and tx*miner The trustees {wlio are also rhe directors of the cojnpany (or purposes ofcoinpany law) are responsible for Ih¢ preparaiion of the acc(Ktnts. The tntstees consider that an kudil 15 Dot required for tliis year uJ]dei seclion 14412) of th¢ ClTrarities Aci 2011 (Ihe 201 l Act) aod Ihai an iudependenl examination is n¢eded_ Having 5Jiisfied mys¢lf that the charity is not subje¢l to audit under company law and is ¢ligible for irxlependcnt Lxajninalion, il is my responsibility to". examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act: io follow Ihe procedures laid down in the general Directions given by di¢ Charity ConllDi55i0n under %¢iion 145(5)(b) of the 201 l Act- and to stai¢ whether particular niatlers have come io my attention. Basi.$ of indtpendeni examin¢r'5 report My examination was cauied oui in accordance wih rhe gen¢Tal Directions given by the ChaTity Commission. Ali examinaiion includes 8 revicw of the aecouniing records kept by rl* charity and a coinpai'ison of the accouiit5 presented with those re¢ord%. It also includes Consideration of any unuslial ilcms oi" disclosures in the accouiits, and qeeking explanali0￿& from you as trusteES concernino any such maueTS. Thc proceduref undertaken do not provtde all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion i given as to wheiher the accounts preseni a 'tyue a￿1 fair view. and ihe report is limited to those InaitsTS sei out iii ihe.ststement below. Independent ex*mlner'$ st8lement In conneetion wih my examination. no Inatter has come to my attenfton-. (I I which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respecr the requiremcnts.. io keep aectsuniing records in accordance wrh seciion 386 of the Companies Act 2006. and ro prepare a¢¢ounis which a¢cord wtth accounting iccords, comply with the aecountiiig iequir¢m¢nts of Section 396 of the Companie5 Aci 2006 and w¢th the Trtthods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practtce.. Accounting and Rtporting by Charities hav¢ not been met.. or (21 to which. in my opinion, attention should be dra￿ in order to cnable a proper undetstanding of the accounts to be reached. Brian Hogg Chaneied A ountant IICAS) 4a Brecon Court William Brown C105e Llantamam Park Torfaen United Kingdom NP44 3AB 14 S¢piernber 2021 Page 8 Operasonic Cyf Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended S Aprtl 2021 {Including Income and Expenditure Account 2nd Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses) Unrestricted fuDds Restricted funds Total 2021 Nott Income and Endowmtnts from". Donarions and lewi¢s 11.742 59,211 70,953 Total incoine 11.742 59.211 70,953 Expenditure Charitable acriviiies (10.412) (15.805 (26,2171 Totsl expendittire 10.412) {15,805 j (26,2171 Net income Traiisfers b¢￿e¢n fijnds 1.330 43.406 {1,1041 44.736 Net niovemcfit in fund5 2,4M 42.302 44.736 R¢¢onclli•tion of fthnds Total funds brouglit fonyaid Toral funds carried forward 2,855 2,()40 5.495 15 5.289 Unrestricted funds 44,942 Restricted lunds 50.231 Total 2020 Jyote Income and Endoivments from: Donations and legacies 63.900 63,900 Total income 63.900 63,900 Expenditure on: Charitable actlvities (65.4151 (65.4151 Tutal expenditure {65,415) (65,415) Net ¢xp¢nditure Transfers between funds {1.515) {1.256) (1.5151 Nei movemeTLt in funds 1.256 (2,771) (1,515) Reconcili•tion of fwD 5.410 {1 ?56) (1.2561 {2:856) 2,639 Re51rielod 63,900 (65.415) TtstAI fllnds 7.010 63.9(KJ (65,415) 5.495 16 ArtAlysis of net assets between funds Page 17 Operasonic Cyf Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 5 April 2021 17 Attaly5i5 of net funds At 6 April 2020 At S April 2021 Cash at bank and in hand 33,833 33.833 Nei d¢bi 33,833 Financing tash flows 33,833 At S April 2112 Al 6 April 2019 Casl) at bank and in hand 23.030 10.803 33,833 33,833 Nei debt 23,030 10.1103 Page 18 Operasonic Cyf Statement of Fin2nti*l Activities by fund for the Year Ended 5 April 2021 Unrestricted Funds Total Total Unri*tricled Unrestricted Funds Funds 2021 2020 Income and Endowments from: Donations and legacie5 11,742 Tothl income 11.742 Expenditure on: Charirable aciiviries 110,412 Total ¢xpenditure 110.412 Net income Trttnsfers bernveen ￿ndS 1,330 ,256 Nct movement in funds 2.434 1,256 Reeonci15alion of (unds Total funds broughr forward Toial fijnds carried totward 2,855 1.600 5.289 2.856 This page does not form part of the sraDJtory finartial statements. Page 19 Operasonic Cyf Stgtement of Financial Activities by fund for the Year Ended 5 April 2021 Restricted Funds Total Restricted Fund5 2021 Tot21 Restricted Fuftds 2020 Income aDd Endowmenls from: Donations and legacies Total incolne 59,211 63,900 59.211 63,900 Expenditure on: Cliar&tsble activities {15,805) (65.4151 Total expendiDJre (15,805) (65.4151 Nei incoi))el(expei)diwrel Transfers between funds 43,406 11.104) (1256) Nti Jnovement in funds 42,302 12,771 } Reeoncillation of fund$ Total funds brought forward 2,640 5,410 Total Fund5 caTTied forward 44.942 2,639 This pag¢ does not lonn part of the statutory financial Sto￿A)ents. Page 20 Operasonic Cyf Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 5 April 2021 Total 2021 Tot41 2020 Inconie and EThdoTrvment5 from: Donaiions and legacies (analysed below) Total incoine 70,95) 63,900 70.953 63.900 Expenditur¢ on: Cliaritabl¢ a¢liviii¢s (analysed below) (26.217) (65.415) Total expendtwr¢ (26.2171 (65,415 Net kncomel(¢xpendiNre) 44,736 Net movement in funds 44.736 Reconclliatlon of funds Total fvnd8 brought fonvard 5.495 7,010 5,495 Total fund5 carried forw?rd 50,231 This page does nor fonn part of ihe stabjtory financ.ial statemen￿. Page21 Operasonic Cyf DetAiled Statement of Flnainci21 Activities for the Year Ended 5 April 2021 Total 2021 Total 2020 Don4tions legocie5 Grants l Donatior GraDts l Donations Other Lneome 59.211 11.742 63.687 213 70.953 63.900 Charilable ucliviii&s Dire¢L cosrs Direct Cos R¢nL Reni Insurance Insurdncc Computer Cosis Coinputer CosL8 Travel Expenses Cdr hir¢ Advcrtising Advertising Subscriplions Subscription5 Accountancy fees Accounrancy Independenr Examiners Fee BJftk Charges Bank Charges Depreeialion of fixiiires, fitttng5 and equipment 115.3551 14.920) 104 (56.7451 (8201 (1,8331 (606) 15991 (961 (440) (4,4501 1271 (1.098) (961 (2931 (46?) (1.0371 (1.366) (50} (120) (721 (24) (58 {26.2171 73) (65.4151 This pa8¢ does not Corni part of the staiuiory financial S&te￿*￿ts. Page 22