Company regisiration llumber.. 08329205
Charity registraiion nuniber.. 1167258
BACKLIT LTD
IA eompany limited by 8uaran*el
Annual Report aTbd Finiincial s￿lements
for th¢ Y¢aT Et)dcd 31 Mar¢h 20?1
C0￿[￿u￿1ty Acrounting Plus
Units. l & 2 North ￿.¢￿1
41 Talbui st￿¢1
Nottingham
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Contents
Ref¢Tence and Administrative tkthil
Trustees, Report
2to9
Indepcndcni Examiner's Report
io
SiaiemeThl of Fin&nLial A¢iivilie.%
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Balance Sheet
Noi¢s lo th¢ Finan¢ial Siaiemenis
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Reference and AdtDinistrative Details
Tru5tet$
Philip BtODks-Stephenson. Choir
hley Gallant. Vice Chajr
Mail Hthll
L#urn-Jd(le Vaughan
Feltham
Dathiel Poole
Ctaig Ch¢i¢lc
AlcxartdcT Jov¢i¢-Sas
Susart Andc]%on
Seereiary
Alexarmler Jov¢ic-S&%
Senlor M*n#gemtni T￿M
Maiihew Chesney. DireC￿T
Suzanrt¢ Goldim, D¢puiy Dirccior
Prlnclpol Office
Alfred Hous¢
Ashley Sireei
Noiiinghumshire
NG3 IJG
Comparty Re%i$tra(Son Number
08329205
Ch#rlty ReRl$tr#tlon Number
116725¥
lrtdependeni ExArnlner
John O'Bri¢n. cmploy¢¢ of
Community A¢¢ouniing Plus
Units l & ? Nvrth W¢¥i
41 TdlFx)I Sireei
Nottingham
N(i15(iL
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The trnsiees, who are diTeciots for th¢ pws of comparty law, pweni the ann￿] report ￿gelh¢r with the
financial staiemenis of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2021.
Trugttt$
Philip Bm(Ik%-Siephert%(In. Chair
Ashl¢y Gallani. Vi¥¢ ChaLr
Mail Hall
Laura-Jade Vaughan
Laura Fcliham
Dani¢l Pool¢
Craig ChL*iII¢
AI¢xLinder Jov¢ic-SLlS lappoini¢J 3 DLY¢m￿l 20201
n And¢rsun iJppuJniLxi 18 FLbruary ?0211
Mark Rawlinson Ir¢sign¢d 15 D¢c¢mb¢r 20211
Andrca t)owdic Iresigncd 15 Dcccmbcr 20211
Sirueiurt, govtrrbanee m*fj#%emoni
IV414re
Thc charity 1% a company limi*d by guarantec and rcgisicrcd chariiy. li 1$ 0￿rated undcr lh¢ rule* of its
mLmurJnLlum and aniills vf ObSU¢iO1ivn dail￿ 12 LkY¢mb¢r 2012 mosl r¢Y¢nily #m¥nd¢d 12 May 2016. 11
no %hdrL' LJpildl dnd the liability of eaLh memFKr in the eveni of windinbr.up 1% limilL￿ Iv £1.
Retruilmenl a￿￿￿PPOi￿1￿e￿Io￿1rU.I1e
ThL Lhdril) idiniiliLS IIIL nLLd for nlw Iruslees. This is due 10 vacancies thai have ariscn through rLsignalions.
or il may be thai cxi51ing ITUSlccs hai'¢ decidcd that onc or morc new Iru51ces with 5pccifLC skills aTC nccdcd to
help run ¢he ¢hariiy more etTe¢tiv¢ly.
ThL Iru%tec8 agrcL w'hat skills, expcriencc and know'led8c are nceded. The senior mana8emeni team ihis
dow'n in the r(7mi ora short job dc%cripiion and spccificaiion.
The tmstees agre¢ r¢5w>n5ibilitie5 and a prore55 for re¢rnitsnen¢ and en51Jlf that th¢ Charity comply ￿7th the
sp¢¢ifi¢ r¢quir¢m¢nis ¥¢1 Out Ln the its goY¢ming do¢um¢nt.
The In￿le£S consider the best methods of aiiracilng a dlverse rdn8e of eandidates with the skills the charity
nccds. This includcs advcnising in Ihc ILwal andlor spccialisi prcss and using mstcc nctworks. Short-lisling and
inlcrvicws iakc placc again51 agrecd CTitCTia. Inlcrvicws arc carricd out by a small paiiel of tru51ccs. and cach
iandidat¢ l5 45kd 51milar qu¢5tion5 to ¢n5ur¢ a fair al￿ objrftiv¢ approorh. Not¢s ort kept of each Int¢TVi¢W,
Preferred candidgL ies are idenlified and inviied io join the ￿￿ees. subjeci Lo references, fornial veiting and
approval by ihc full tn￿le¢ board.
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Objectii'es actiTrities
Objeé'ts aims
To advanLe ¢duLation in ih¢ fields of ￿'isual. creaiive and applied ans by The establishment and inaintenance of
an art ¥allery <ind in panicular the pmi'i4ioTh of %luditis and yll¢ti¢s where art tDay b¢ p]*¢tjbed, created and
exhibiied and public exhibitions of art for ihe benefji of the publi¢.
Objeciivew,.flroleKie.s Acriviries
• To provide an accessible public progrnmme of exhibitions. thlks and evenrs for dil'erse audiences. To provide
a profcssional plaifomi for new and etnLrging anisis. offering assLKiale I￿en]bership and alTordable studio and
cxhibiiion &puLc 150 in totall with thc offer uf supponing CTeatiVC skills dcvclupmcnt.
To thffLr a broad range ofart ftsrnis and WtsTkth(>p¥ lexlcndivg tt> ￿rr*I￿]ng arL%. Tnedia. S¢Teening*l as
w¢ll as a ciiraiorial ¢xp¢rim¢niaiion spa¢¢ for und¢rlposigra4u8i¢s and l(Kal pra¢iiiion¢rs.
• Tts expand Lurreni audiences and aecess 10 local ialeni. through delivery of a professional arts and learning
programmc of collaborations bciw'ecn local. national and iniernaiional anisis.
Inviting artists lo cxplorc. collaboTalL and rcspond lo ihe ILKal hcritagc Lif NG3 and b¢yond via TcsLarLII.
¥xhibiti(IrL4 un4J cvcnls.
To bL an arts, community and local ￿sourCe for artists. audicn¢c$ and ha￿ to rcach group$.
Puhlir benefil
-ro proi IdL an ae¥¢ssibl¢ publi¢ programme of ¢xhibiions. talks and eV￿ts for div¢rs¢ audi¢n¢¢s.
To wnrk cli)4cly w'iih Ihl Ii)cal rcsidenLs and c(Trmmunity groups of Noiiingham City. and thc Ea%1 side areas of
Si Ann's and Sn¥inl(iJi IL TLiilivL Quartcrl.
Tv wurk in partJlir%hip ￿1Th Ihc univcrsilics and culiural partners io cmbcd publi¢ work%hop%, Lritical debatc
and n¢iworking. ¢r¢aiing a l¢ga¢y ith programm¢ ￿en1$. This pro%'id¢s a wider thpponuniiy for public d¢bate,
br(iad¥ns ()ur audi¢n¢¢s I paNi¢ipanis and ¢t)¢ourag¢s yaduaii¥ lo Ix¢om¢ ri¥id¢ni siudiv ii)¢mb¥rs ai
BACKLIT.
To mana8c a volunleeT and iniernship PTO8fdmme pmviding v￿allOnal experience and fiTSI-hand cxpcricnce
in IhL arts liild. W¥ aitn lo allraLI a widc ran¥c of pcvplc from diffcTLnl back¥ruuiid5 aiid diffiTLnl agc5. Ilic
majority ot whirh would not oih¢This¢ g¢1 lh¢ Op￿>rtunlty.
Region21 re¢¢ni graduat¢% ond ¢m¢rging afti%lb mak¢ up the majority of BACKLIT'S audi¢n¢¢% and
pariiiipdnlb. EIAC KLIT b¢ing d v¢nu¢ ihdl vtTers ioniinued l¢dmin¥ dnd new exp¢ri¢nces.
To pro%idL LrL'Jlive aLIiViILes for youn8er people 10 L'n8age with the arts.
Thc truslcc5 conflrm that thcy havc complicd w'ith ihc rcquircrnenis ot- 5cciion 17 of Ihc Chariiic5 Aci 2011 to
have due Tegard to the publir ben¢fil guidance publish￿ by the Charity C'omniis5ion for Liiglaiid and Wale5.
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Achievernent5 and perforThance
Co￿,[￿
The public programtne was l¢tnwJrarily c105¢d throughoui 20?() and the studios u'ere closed in Marcli and ApTiI
ut tu th¢ ](xkdv￿￿. The arti¥l 51udio¥ ￿re ID Juu¢ 2020 afi¢i LonsulutioD at)d itnpl¢m¢nldtiun uf a
health and safety procedure.
Funding frotn etnergeney fund5 from the Cultural Recovery fund and the Heritage funds. suprx)ned additional
mca5ure4 to be insialled. Ihi5 includes exwa wall based non-iouch anti-bac dispcnsers and papcr towcl
dispcns¢rs. impr(Iving S¢LuriIy L)n sile and a rule for a dedicated Building a[￿1 Glillery FilLilitdlLIT IL) JnaDage Ihe
ortgoirt¥ health of ihe building.
Our landlords Notiinuham City Council implemenied a daily clvdner service 10 anii-bae loueh Surfaces witli a
fuL￿4 on Lotnmunul aTLas. This is an unaniicipated cosi of £ISO per wttk 1£6(h) per monthl which is in addition
lo IhL profe%%iunul clcuncr who CIC¢￿5 Backlii.
VISUAL ARTS PUBLIC PRO(iRAMME..
DUL to the Cvvid 19 pund¢miL BACKLIT Llo&eil and postponed lis prL)sramminb frLim MarLli- DeL' 2020.
Pmgramme
Th¥ Il¥riidg¢ Asylum progromm¢
-rhe Heritage Alylum pro¥rumme supported wilh funds from ihe National Lonery TleriidbtL Fund wa4 dev¢lopcd
within a di¥i1i& I formal. Communiiy workshops i(K>k place i'la z[￿1￿. Ih¢se are led by %oft Estate aTLs collecliwe
wilh LoIIugyL T￿L(ry and wcllbL'ing walkb. Llin RusianLY. who bpraduaicil la51 ycar from finc an NTU. w'urks ab a
5u¢ial carc worker, hav¢ d¢velopcd a PToJ¢rl ¥4'1th him looking ai the in51itutional bchaviour in tLNJay'& ¢aTe
qyst¢m ¢ttmpar¢d 10 lh¢ Vi¢iorian Asylum ¢ra.
Environment A¥cnLy IEAI ProJeLi'Re8ulaied ExhibLILOn'
F3ACKLIT mainlaincd dci'clopmcnt of OUT projccl M'ith Ihc cni'iroiiinciit agcncy and anisl Joshua Sofacr. Alcx
Mobb¥s 11i5. a EIAL KLIT studio mctnEa i5 working wilh BALKLIT within a curdlorial aiid projLcl 5uppori
rolc, H¢ r¢i¢ntly altcnd¢d Ihc Nottingham Gr¢cn Partn¢rship5 INGPI m¢¢¢ing to showca5C th¢ projcct and
¢n¢()urag¢ involv¢ment.
RIMARK IArt Kcvicw PTojccII
This projccl wa5 rein51aled ¢nd of Feb 2021. Ongoing dialogue wa5 en5urcd with partneT5 (Uni of Not15. NTU,
Art R¢vi¢M' and NorrspoKE. as well a5 participanis) aboui Ihe ￿>s1￿￿￿eMen¢ of the projecl. Further de¢ail
3bvut this will follow.
Fqualirj. and Diversity Programmin8
A Black Livcs Mattcr 51alemcni was is5u¢s via ￿cial rn￿18. we Teceivd tK) negative feedback. We worked on
thi5 slatcrnent with trusl¢e5 Andrea and Daniel as wrll a5 Studio and associate wTr¢rni￿T5.
Ja7]. Glen. a studio m¢mbvr took part in a paid pla￿Me￿i via NTU lo map and Kor￿ Rlack and ¢thni¢ minority
Lvmmunily bTruup% and A%¥i%lin¥ with dev¢lopLn¥ a plart iv widen dudienLe%. %ULLe%%ful in reLeivin¥
Arts Council fund% Jn Dec 2020 and eoniinued his research and curaiorial suppon io de￿e[OP a Black, Asjan and
ethnically dii'erse programme iiniil October 2021.
He worked with Isob¢l Elslob IA5Slslani PTofe55or. Hi510ry of Art. NTUI Io WOTk ivith a group of ethnically
diveT5¢ Stud¢nls to ¢ng¥g¢ wTrth d15CU5sion aiound ￿p￿sentatiOn and baTri¢f5 in ¢h¢ art w'orld. The outCQTn¢ 15
)dca%t% artd wtsrk%h()ps. He expl*)re% whai local diier%e ei)mm4Jnity wiup% ale relevant for BACKLTT ta
ertgage with and how that infr&%trnLitsre could be developed.
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Ertvirortmenl Agency Project
The Environment Agency IEAI supp)rted £6K i0￿.ardS a research project with BACKLIT io allow anisi Joshua
Sotaer io take part it) an organisalional resideney with ihc EA.
Arts WTlting Project update..
The partrt¢T%hip W&5 ()n¥inally £3K from NTU, supw)Tt in kjrtd from UON, BACKLIT artd Art Review of which
was sent io ACE for fllrtding i'la the Wftters ith Rcsidents IN0tU￿￿kcI. The arts counLiI application was
successtul in Nqarch 2020 10 proi'ide partnerships ￿1th Art Review, and both unii'ersities io develop re8ional
writers which build an it)frasin￿lUre of ans criticism in Ihe Easi Midlands.
Asylum Project
BACKLIT was awarded Iok from the Naiional Lollery HLYitsgc Fund io develop a project thai explores King
Ldwards park as the fomier side of the UK'S fiTSI C-ounry asylum. This projeci ini'olves Community Teqearch
wilh local groups a5 WCII as anisis, comniissions and workshops for Ihc public. The partncrsliips include
National JusiiLc Mw4cum and Univcr%ity of NL)ttingham as well Sneinton Tcnants and Rcsidcnt% A4%(Kiaii(In
and w8¢ar¢hLr Dave Sicwart. For ihc IILF furtdcd proj¢¢i ¥xpI()ring ihc firsi ¢ouniy asylum in N()Ilinghainshire,
ai King Edwards Park from 1812 will Comm¢￿¢ mid Janl Fib onwards. W¢ ar¢ workiob> in colldboraiivn
iih National JusiiLL Museutn, Uni ol. Noiijngham IGeography departmenii and Dake Siewan Ihisiorianl. We
hai'c rccTUitcd an F.nyli%h MRc¥ $ll￿ent who is working w'ith I day PCT wcck for 12 wcck% 10 Tc%carch
rL)Iklore surroundingr Ihe asylum. W't have also recruilcd 3 vulunieers from Ihe iurrent volunieLr prL)gJramine 10
u%ii%t wilh NscarLh un(1 prc%cnliiliLin. We have sclcLicd 'Suft E¥lalc' to dcvclop and pr￿Juc¢ an artililic rc%pon%e
10 lh¢ pmjcci. An ¢¥hibiiion will b¢ pr¢s¢ni¢d in July 2Q?O.
LEARNINCJ PROCIRAMME
Art + F¢mini¥m
Aft i F¢mini%m ¢oniinu¢d 10 m¢¢1 onlin¢ nM)nihly and r¢n#m¢J Ih¢m%¢lv¢s th¢ Lumina Coll¢¢tii'¢. Th¢ ¥roup
exploring the hisinry of psyehiairic ireaimeni ofw4)men and hfftv this has been repre4enied in liieraiure and filin.
ThL An + FL'mini%m tiroup WLrL' workinby iowdrds a rcadinb wup for ThL County Alylum ProjLLI howL'vLr ihis
has bccn postponed.
Pending Colleeiive (Young People's Collectivel
Pending Ci)Ileciii'e are continued io meet on a foffnL8hily ba81$ 4)nline. They worked with BACKLIT marketing
coordinator io ihink aknui ways in which Ihiy can recruil ncm, mem￿rS. divcrsify ilic group, and reaLh oul 10
new audicnces. Thcy iniliatcd gardcning scssions which werc laier movLui onlinc duc to lockdowm rcsrriclions.
Thc group arc using this tirnc lo rnccl virtually. rondiKI rc5rarch into naTural dyc8 and pigimcnts. producc a
bTdrdirtinbT Lal¢rtdar, and d¢v¢lop ways (Trf suppvrtin& wpl¢ lo ¢ngaup¢ wilh th¢ allvtiii¢ni in th¢ n•v ycar. The
arti%1 work.%hop% will Mume in January an41 we aniiLipaie (hai these will take place online.
Thc participants of our young pcoplc s Programme (Pendin8 Collcclivel worked with Ihe on a Crcativc
Plac¥making projccl for King Edwwd Park. The wup arc also tsking part in allist-lcd ￿orkshopS with local
artists.
VoLU￿rEER I INTERN PROGIL4MME
Had to bc placed on hold Ihroughoui Ihc pandcmic.
HPJ RECRUITMENT
All siarrexLepl s￿anne and Mail were pui furlough job reieniion scheme from April - July 2020.
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Director. Deplliy DiTecior and orrite and silldjo toordithaioi remained a 2-dAy week11 day flexible f￿rIoUghl.
The gallery Lind biiilding coordinator role remained a l-day ￿eek. Marketing and Leaming coordinaior
rcturned tully trom turlough in July. SLqtYwerc workillg I day from homc and I day in Ihc otyicc.
-rhe Studio and Office AdminisiraioT5 Tole was splii frorn Tr"ebn￿ry 2021 ihis is now ? days peT week and titled
artisl D¢v¢lopm¢rti Coot(]inaioi. Th¥ BU￿￿¢sS FinanLr ()f this Tole was reLruil¢d 1]] mxrlh 2021 fvi 2
days pcr week.
A llew. Gallery aNd Building Faciliiaior role was funded and recrniied in Dec 2020 10 include more health ajid
Safety expertise. A new marketing coordinator was confirmed for 2 days per week.
BOARD
IACKLIT'S SUSLqinabiliry throu8hoiii the pandemie was insirumentsl in support from the board of rrustees who
dLdicaicd extra litne to meci nioThihly lo advisc Ihc direcior and depuiy director on guidance. fundiny aiid
tinunLiuI plunThing. The AGM touk place in MurLh 2020. this Wds online.
R￿rUitM¢nt
A ITu%iCL SLLr¢tary and Treasur¢r position was recnjiied for and w¢r¢ fornially adopted in the Board of truste¢s.
A satiuuarding lead was aptM>inied and 8ivcn Safe8uaTdin8 training.
Bu.sine%% Plun
Dir¢¢ior. D¢puiy Dirccior and iN$i¢cs mct io disc￿$$ and rcwork ihc Conicni of th¢ BACKLIT Busincss Plan. A
drnft will then be presented in advanie of ihe Atsm.
STUDIUS
Th¥ MTr A Exhibiiion Continucd 10 rent a large PONion of thc bascin¢ni SttHlios which Losi ovcr £12K amiuin.
Studio %pa¢¢.% w¢r¢ mo%ily mointsin¢d ond a waitin8 1151 1% ongoin¥. Som¢ m¢mb¢TS were unobl¢ to ¢on¢inue
reniinbl their %pace due io the lack of fjnancial security and impaci ofihe pandemic.
Fundid Spi4 ce Programme
Pablo Riibio conlinucd his placement with kind SUp￿rt fTom the donor and thi5 funded period wa5 extended to
align with the impa¢t of ihe pandemi¢.
PRIVATE HIRE
On aTrcrag¥ private hiTe5 are gcncrdling an iTKomc of £2.5KI £3K pcr month and thc dcmand is incrcasing.
Projccls that U5cd thc spacc for hirc includc Dance 4. Noltinghatn City Council Vicliin Carc. 'Ilamilcs5'
vrbpaniuiivn fvr suirid¢ p￿¥¢n(lon and m¢nthl hcalth awdi¢rtCS5 Itainin￿ Nollinbhdm La1￿ur Party and Da￿d
and Confused photo shoot.
FUNDING
BAC'KI.TT applied fo¥ fvnding to support th¢ iTnpact of the Covid 19 pan(kwnic and We￿ 5UCCtssful in funding
rrvm ACE <mergenLy grdtsts. 4. Naiional Loiiery Heritsge Futml Em¢rgenLy wi. Business Rates gratji,
Clllturdl RLCOVCry [l￿d round l and 2.
Wc were succcs5fiil with the C-ultural Recovery fund for £54.950. This is specifically for..
£15K foT a Building 3nd G311¢ry Facili13tor, £7.5K for a basernent accessible toileL £7.2K for security
Improwemeni% lalarni, seeuriiy fob sysienL video etjiry system and loading bay gaiel. £2.2K for a iethnieian io
insiLg11 seciirity, £6.5K for Covid ready equipment In(x>r markings. iemperaiure forehead checkers, PPE.
improved signagcl and £1.5K for a rccbnician io itlsrall Covid cquipmcni.
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This is itt addition io other ¢mergen¢y fijnds: ACE eme¥g¢thcy grknts £12K +£2K, Heritsge Funds Emergency
Grant of £14.7K towards sia(fJng costs. cleaning costs. PPE. archii'e space costs and additional project suppon
for the Asylujn projeci.
FIACKLIT 15 pleased Ihai li has managed io build re5m.es M'hich fall in line with the Tesern'e5 policy. The
DiriLior and D¢puly DIT¢LlOI fthuseJ *e¢ured mailh fwiding Inve$ts￿en1s for pioJe¢ts iu en4ure thai iarbT¢is
were mct despiic Ihe challcnges of the pandcmic.
Financial Viability
In ihi5 financial year 120121 I unTesrricliv¢ resm'es have risen froin £70k to £106k w,hich is sutTicient to coi'eT
IhTee m(Inths of operatinB costs as 8￿CIficd in ihe ￿serve.% w)licy. We have. howe￿tr. de%ignal¢d these fund%
towards Costs ol. buyinb, and upy&ding thc fth¢ilili¥S of. Alfr￿ House. w¢ haw¢ ¢xplaiocd Ihis io our An$
Council RLlaiionship Managcr and they feli this was sensibl¢.
Re%tricied flind reserl'es have ri.sen from Ll 7k ro L¥¥k and expendi¢ure thai has been held over from pandemic
aflected acliviiies will recommence ITh the nexi yvdr.
inan¢ial Moni¢oring
W¢ ha￿¢ ¢oniinu¢d working wilh CA Plus Icommunity Ac¢ouniing Plus) io h¢lp with a¢couniancy softwar¢
%upport IQuiLkbooksl and a bookkcyr who has advised on best praeiicc and TCPOrtinb. Wc now hai'e also a
-rrca%urer in place on the ljoard 10 &ssisl with financial %ysierns and InDniioTing. Thc rcSCTVCS policy was
iniruduLLd during 1912(J whiLh is rcvicwcd and suppurtcd by thL Board IhrL)ughuui 20121.
Pvli¢y ott re.Terv¢
Thi8 iq a new financial procedure adive from l 8119 onward%. li wa$ ¢onsidere4 that funds would *¢art io
d¥¢iimuldli during 1811Y and th¢rt.ftsri w¢ aim¢xl 10 r¢aih our r¢¥¢rv¢s iJrg¢i in 2 y¢ars' lim¢ by y¢ar ¥nd 20?1.
BAC'KI.IT ha% set d tar¥¢i ¢sldbli¥h a JTh)d¢si finan¢ial r¢%¢n'e ¢)f unr¢%tnci¢d fund% equikal¢nt to thr¢¢
monih%' li)tal expenditure. This money will be .*1 aside in order 10 cater for contingencies. Thc iru.41ce% will
r￿￿TU141r1Y riN'iLw ihc IivLI Lif rcilrvis pan ofihL'ir financc disLussiL)n al board mlxliiigs. ciisuring Ihal LurrLnl
financial ¢irrum%tanc¢% and any oihcr r¢lcvani factor5 are lakcn inio accvuni. BAC'KLIT 1% coinmitlcd io
¢ontiniially raising fund8 in order 10 r¢3¢h th¢ tsrg¢i l¢%'¢l of resetvcs. IJACKLI'f$ ￿l1¢Y ot) r¢s¢rn¢s 18 to build
unrisiriii¢d funds 10 sUPPVrt 3 months op¢raiin8 ¢QSl$.
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LEASES WITII NOTTINGIIAM CITY COUNCIL
Nottingham Ciiy CoutLciI INCCI had delayed Ihe rdurn of ihe 1&gses for ihe firsi and second floor in the
prtViOLL4 finthLial year. They ha￿.¢ %Jn¢¢ res￿￿ded %aying they propose that they ivill )b40rb the ¢o.%L4 on a
50150 basis and ackno￿[edge their fauli ivithin this process. YCC sllggesied thai iwe pay 500/0 of Backdated rent
1£7,7671 which w&8 paid lor with a bid io cjncrgency fundijig due io thc loss of incomL we expcriLiiccd Irom lh¢
impact of C'ovid. Costs were also supported for cleaning costs ￿hICh were unaniicipaied.
The service charBe5 have a150 been increased to 12k per annum for ihe eniire building and we sought legal
advi¢c artd r¢qucsiLxl a brcakdo%n io pn)vid¢ cvidcw of wo¢*s io wes¢nt io ihc trus￿¢$.
In April 2020 there were ongoing concerns rdised on the security of tenure in Ilie premises of Alfred Hous¢
follow'ing Lonversaiions wilh the landlord (Nollinghain City Council). As an atTordable artisi studios, public
gallcry an(1 comrnunity spacc ihis WDuld rai%¢ con%idcrdblc financial risks to our fururc %ustainability and
operuliuns. NCC were di5P(isinB uf pruperty and rJised cvDLern ihal Alfred HL)U5e w'L)uld be wld up Ihe n)aTket.
This Pul% BACKLifs tuiur¢ in J¢wpardy so w¢ ￿'ll1 ¢oniinu¢ ¢onv¢rsaiion 10 ¢nsure BACKLIT ian pur¢lia&c.
IMPACTUFCUVIt)-19
Alihuu¥h EIAC'KLIT was able to secure funding 10 %iipport I1￿ impaci a loss of private hirc. studio rcntal. and
match lunding duc to thc pandemic. wc arc mirmlful ihai in fuiurc wc will not h4￿C accc%s lo the%c fuiid% and
Iher¢forc wc n¢¢d 10 rebuild irtcome streams in Tclaiion 10 pri¥'ai¢ hire 10 make sure ihai we are susiainabl¢.
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BACKLIT LTD
Trustee5' Report
StateTNeNt of Trustee5' RespoN5ibilities
The inisiees (who are also ihe directors of BACKLIT LTD for the purwses of c4)mpany lawl are responsible for
preparing Ihc Irusiees, rep)n and Ihe rJ[￿t}Cial sial￿net)IS iji aceordance wilh Ihc Ut)iied Kiiigdojn Ac£oulltit)g
Siandards (United Kingdom (ienerally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and Tegulations.
Company law require5 the ￿￿tee5 to prepare firbancial stsiernenis for &8ch financial year. Under company law
the trusic¢s Tnusl Doi appTOI'¢ lh¢ financial .staiemenL4 unleks they are ￿li￿ried that they gil'e a true and faiT I'iew
of IhL 4lat¢ of 4iIfJiT5 uf the LhJnLLbl¢ Lx)rnp4Lny vf ils inLvrning r¢wurLes <U)(I dppliLdti(In uf TLS(IUfLIS.
In¢ludirtg ils in¢om¢ and ¢xpcndililW. for that In prcporing fitwicia] sthi¢m¢nts, th¢ truslc¢s are
required to..
select suithble aceouniing policies and apply them ¢oAsisienily-
obs¢tvc th¢ meth￿S and pnn¢ipl¢s in th¢ Chariii¢s SORP..
mak¢ judg¢m¢nts and esiiJnai¢s that ar¢ rewnabl¢ atHI pwd¢nt',
51411L whLiihLr applicablc UK Aceouniijig Standards have be¢n follow¢d. subject 10 any Inaierial departures
di.4clo%ed and Lxplaincd in ihc financial sthicmcnts., and
preparL thc fjnancial staiemenis on the going concern basis unl¢ss it is inappropriate to presujne rhal the
chariiablc company will coniinuc in bu5ifbCSS.
Thc Iru4tcc% urc rL%pun%iblc for kceping 4hdcqu¥￿ accounting rccLITds that JTC %ufficicnt w lihuw Lind cxplain Ihc
charitable comp#ny'% iran.%a¢iion% and di%clo%e wilh Teasonable accuracy ai any iinie the financial posiiitsn of the
Lhdritabl¢ Lvmpiiny lind Lnabl¥ Ih¢m iv LnSUTL Ihai ihL finanLial &uicin¢nls L￿MplY with Illl CvJiipaniLs ALI
2006. Thcy ar¢ dl.%o rc¥pon¥ibl¢ for ¥af¢guarding lh¢ oi¥¢is of Ihc ¢hanthbl¢ ¢umpany and h¢n¢L for tdking
rea%onahle %lep% for the Pre￿.entI(Thn and deieciion of fraud and oiher irregularities.
Small ¢ompgnles pro%'l$lon si•t¢ment
Thi.4 ripon h414 bLLn prLpaTL(l in aicuTddnc¢ wilh the small companies rcgime urtdcr the Companie5 Act 2006.
ThL dnnual rL'port approved by ihc irusiees of charily on I S December 2021 and $i¥ncd on it4 bchalf by..
Ashlcy Qtallani
Twsiee
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BACKLIT LTD
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of BACKLIT LTD
Independent tiamlntr'$ report ¢0 iht ITU$itts of BACKLIT LTD ('tbe Company'l
I repori 10 the chariry Irusiees on my examination ofihe accounts of the company for Ihe year ended 31 March
2021.
Responsibilities And b95is of report
As the charity's trusicc5 of ihL company land also its direcwrs for ihe purw>ses of cornpany law) you are
restK)n%ible for the preparaiion of the accounrs in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act ?(K)6
{'Ih¢ 2006 ALI.).
Having satisfied myself that the accounrs of the Company are noi required to be audiied under Part 16 of the
2006 Act and are eligible for indLpcndeni examinaiion. I report iii respect of my cyaii)iiiaiion of your cliaTIIy's
Lcounls as LiifTicd out under scciion 145 of ihe Chariiies Aci 2011 I'thc 2011 Aci'l. In carrying out my
xaminulion I hilic followc(I Ihc dir¢¢tion% giveD by Ibe Chariiy ComJniknioD undcr scction 145151 Ibl uf the
?01 l Aci.
Indipindeni ¢i#mln¢r's $i#iemeni
SItlLL' IIIL, Cot)iP41ny's IiiLumL Lx¢c¢dcd £250.0￿ your ¢x2min¢r MU￿ b¢ a m¢mb¢r of a body listed in
section 145 ot. the 2UI l Aei. I contim that l am qualified io undertake the examinaiion becausc l arn a mcmbcr
and FLllow of the A8sociati(Trn of Charily IrbderKndeni k.xaminers. ￿hICh is one of Ihe listed bodics.
I ha￿l LomplLtLd my LxaminaliL)n. l LLinfimi Ihai t￿) maitL'f5 havL coine lo my aiicntion in cunnLclion wilh the
¥xaminaiion giving ML ¢aus¢ io bili¢i'¥ ihai in any maiLmal rcs]KYi."
uLLuuniir)g rLLur4J% werL' nui ith TLI]￿￿( vf ihL C(TrJiipany a¥ rcquircd by seltion 386 of the 2Tr)6 ALI,. or
2. IhL aLLoun¢s noi accord wilh those rL¢ord$: or
3. the uLLuunls du nul LL)mply wilh ihe aLl￿U￿11￿¥ requirements of ¥eciiL)n 396 ofihe 2006 ALI oiher ihan aiiy
rL'4uiK'mLni thai the oL¢ounis giv¢ a 'Irt￿ #nd f¥irf view whi¢h is t￿ a matt¢r ¢ontsider¢d a¥ part of an
ind¢p¢nd¢nt cxaminJiion'. or
4. the uecouni% hav¢ n(Trt bc¢n PTepar¢d in ac¢ordaThc¢ with th¢ and principle4 of the Strdi¢ment of
Reci)mmended Practice for acci)uniing and re￿)rtInb by cliariiieq lapplicable i(Tr chaTiiie% Preparin8 IlieiT
aLLounls in aLLUTdaniL wilh thi FiiianLidl RLy)rtjiigp Siaiidard JppliLablL iii ihL UK and RLpubliL of Irllaiid
IFRS 10211.
I hav¥ LonLcrn5 and havc romc across oihcr tnallcrs in conncclion wilh thc cxamination to whiLli attcniion
Should b¢ in Ihi5 rcJx)rt in order to cnablc a propcr und¢rstanding of th¢ a¢¢OUnL￿ lo be rcachcd.
John O'Bricn MSC. FCCA. FCIE. crnploycc of Cornmuniry Accouniing Plus
F¢llow of ¢h¢ A550rialion of Charity Indq)¢nd¢ni Examin¢t5
UniL$ I & 2 North We81
41 TLglboi Stre
Nottingham
NGI 50L
Date..
16112r2021
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BACKLIT LTD
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 .Ilarch 2021
(Including Income and Expenditure Account and S¢a¢ement of Total Recognised Gains
and Losses)
Unre51ricted
fuNd5
Rc5¢ricted
funds
Total
2021
'I'otal
2020
riote
lrt¢om¢ *nd Endowment$ from:
l)onalions and legacies
Ch<irildblL oLliviti¢s
Investmcnt incomc
60.785
46.823
60,785
204.577
10.313
220.810
24
157.754
Total income
107.611
157.754
265.365
231.147
Expendilure on:
ChaiiiablL aLlJvitiL$
169,6981
87,7531
1157,4511
1166.9781
T()thl eX￿ndItUre
169,6981
87.753
1166.9781
Ncl inLumc
TrJnslirs ￿tween funds
37.913
11.0401
70.IM)I
1,040
107.914
64,169
Nci movcm¢n¢ in funds
36.873
71.041
IU7.914
64.169
R¢¢on¢lllfitlon of funds
Total fund% brought forward
69.430
17.683
87.113
22.944
Total funds carried forward
19
106.303
Xli.724
195.027
87.113
All of ihc charity'% a¢iiYili&% dciivc from ¢oniinuing or¢rniions during thc above Thvo p¢ri(Kls.
The flind% breakdown for Ihe peTi(Ki is.shown in note 19.
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BACKLIT LTD
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 .Ilarch 2021
(Including Income and Expenditure Account and S¢a¢ement of Total Recognised Gains
and Losses)
These are the figures for thc previo￿$ accounting period *nd arc illcluded for COTnpar4¢ivc purpose5
Unrestricted
Restricted
'I'otal
funds
funds
2020
ote
Income Endowments from:
rJ(Inali(Ins and l¢gacie
Chariiable aciivities
Inv¢simcnt incomc
10.313
71.16¥
24
10.313
220,810
24
149.642
Total income
81.505
149.642
231.147
Expendllure on:
C.hJrildblL aLliviliLs
64,3191
1102,6591
1166.97RI
Tothl cxpcnditurc
164.3191
1102,6591
1166.97RI
Nei income
TransfLrs ￿*¢w¢¢n funds
17.186
29.657
46.983
129.657}
64,169
Nci movcmcn¢ in funds
46.843
17,326
64.169
Re¢on¢lllatlon of funds
TotsLI fund% br(Trughi foTWdrd
22.587
357
22.944
Total fund5 carricd forward
19
69.430
17,683
87,113
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BACKLIT LTD
(Registration number: 08329205)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2021
21121
2020
Flxed *ssets
TallgyiblL assLIS
14
32,196
34.147
Current Asstts
Dcbtors
Ca4h at bank and in hand
15
16
16,658
155.945
18,718
46.987
172,61)3
65.705
Credltors.. Amounts falllng due withln one !'ear
17
9,7721
112.7.191
ct currenl asset5
16? R31
52.41>6
Nct a55et5
195.027
87,113
Funds ofthe charlty:
Restricted ineome funds
Re%lriLlcd liind%
19
8¥.724
17,683
Unrestrlcted Incorne fund5
UnrLslriLt¥LI tunds
106.303
69.410
Total funds
19
195.027
For Ihc financi*LI year endin8 31 Mareh 2021 the chariry was ¢ntitl¢d to excmpiion from audit und¢T section 477
of the Cnmpanies Act •006 relaiin8 10.small companies.
r)ire¢ior8' re%￿nSIbilitieS..
ThL mLmbLT5 havL not rcqulrcd Ihc charily lo obiain an audit of its accounts for (he ycar in qucslion in
aLLordanLc with 5CCtion 476. and
1.hc dir¥ctor¥ acknowlcdgc ihcir rcsw)nsibililics for complying with thc rCqu1￿mCnts of thc Arl wi￿1 rcspcct
to Hrcounting r¢¢ord5 and the preparation of attounts.
Thcse accoun15 have b¢¢n prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companie5 5ubj¢ct ro the
sm411 ¢ompani¢s r¢gim¢.
Thc financial 5tal¢mcnts on pages I I to 24 were appTov¢d by the tru51tts. and authorised for 15sue on I S
Dccember 2021 and signed otl their behalfby..
Susan Andersotj
Trusiee
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BACKLIT LTD
Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
l Aecounting polities
ummary of $lgnlfie&ni xe¢ountlng poll¢les affjd kei. #¢¢outstlffjg e$ilm#tes
The principal acLouniing wlicie5 applied in ihe prepaTaiion of ihese financial 51aleTDents are sel out bclow.
Th¢%e puliLi¢S hJv¢ been Lvns14t¢ntly applied to all the y¢ar4 pre*nteil. unle>% Othenvi%e stated.
Statement of compliance
ThL IijiiqllLial siaiLinLliiS have been prepared in accordance wilh Accounting and Reporting by Charilies..
Staicmenl ot Recommcndcd Praciicc applicable 10 chariiics preparing ihcir accounis in accordancc witli Ihe
Financial Re￿)￿}ng Siandard applicable in ihe UK ar￿ Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffectiwe l January
20151- 1("h¢lTilie5 SORP IFRS 10?11. Ihe FinanLi411 Rewnin¥ Siandaid iippIiLdble in the UK and RepubliL of
IrL.1￿￿ IFRS 1021. ThLy also comply with the Companies Aci 21M)6 and ChJn'¢ies A¢1 2011.
B Y4515 of prL'PY4rAtlon
IIAC'KI.I'I' L'I'D me6￿15 the dLfiniiion of a public ￿Theri1 ciiiiiy under FRS 102. Asscis and liabiliiics arc iiiiiially
rLLogni.4Ld al hisiuriLal Losi ur IrJnsllLiion valuc wilcss oihcnvisc Sta￿￿ in ihc relcvant aLLouniin¥ poliLy nutcs.
roln% eon¢¢rn
The linanLial siaiements have been prepaTed on a ¥oin% L￿nCern basis.
The Iru%te¢% &¥%¢%% w'hcih¢r thc us¢ of goin8 ¢on¢¢rn is uppropnai¢ i.¢. whdh¢r ih¢r¢ ar¢ Sny n)at¢riJl
unLert￿linIiets reldled lo even15 4>r Londiiions Ihai may Lasi si¥nifiLani doubi on Ilie abiliiy of Ihe Lharily 10
Lonlinul bTLiillg? LL)nLcrn. Thc ITu%iCCN rnakc this asscx5n￿Trr in rcspcct of o pcriod of unc ycar fron) Ihc diile
of approval of ihc firvdncial 5th1emcftts.
Exemptlon from prepArlng * cash floTh st8ttment
Th¢ ihdrity opi¢d tv ttdopt Bull¢iin I publish¢d on 2 F¢bnw 2016 and hav¢ th¢r¢for¢ not In¢lud¢d o ¢#sh flow
51alcmcnt in thLbL financial staiLmcnts.
Income #nd endowmtnts
Voluniary incotnc including donations, gifts. Icgacics and grants Ilial providc corc funding or arc of a gcncral
ature 15 T¢rogni5ed when the charity hw5 enliil¢menl lo the income. it is probable that the incoime will be
received and th¢ amouni can b¢ m¢&¥ur¢d with SU￿1¢1¢￿1 reliabiliiy.
Don41ion5 and leKAcies
Donations arc Tccognised whcn Ihc chariiy has F*en noiifjcd in wriiin8 of boih (he amouni and seiilcmcni dale.
In Ihc Lvclll thai a dotjation is subjccl to conditions ihai rcquire a Icvcl of pcrforniancc by ihc chariiy bcforc Ihc
charity i5 eniitled to the fund5. Ihc income is d£fcrred and nol rccogni5cd unlil eithcr ihosc condirion5 arc fully
met. or the fulfilrnent of ¢h05e condition5 15 ￿￿ollY within the control of the chaTity and it IS PTobable ihat these
Lundiiiuns will be fulfilled in th¢ rewrtirt¥ peri￿1.
Gran15 receivable
Grants are recognised when the charity has an enLiilemenL io the fimds and any conditions linked to the grants
havc bccn mcl. Where pcrforn)ance condiiions are aithchcd 10 Ihc grallt al￿ are Jci 10 be mel, the incomc is
recognis¢d a5 a liability and Included on the balanc¢ Sheet a5 d¢f¢Tred io be r¢l¢ased.
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BACKLIT LTD
Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
DeferrediNcome
Defcrred inLomc represenis amounts recetved for fimire ￿riOdS and is released io incomtng resources in rhe
period for Tr'hich. it has been receii'ed. Such income is only deferred ￿then..
- The donor spe¢ifJe.% that the gr4ni 01 donation must only be in f￿Ure a¢¢OWl¢ing peTi(Xts," or
The donor has imposed conditions which musi be mei before the chariry has llnconditional eniiilemeni.
F.xpendlture
All Lxpendiiure is recognised once there is a legal or consinKiii'e obligation io thai expendiiure. it is probable
5Cttlerncnl is rcquired and ihe amount can be measured reliably. All costs arc allocaicd to the applicable
exp¢nditur¢ hedding that ag¥r¢gale similar costs 10 Ihal caiegury. Where costs LannLiI be direLily allTibulc(l io
particular hcadings Ih¢y hav¥ bc¢rt all￿)1¢￿ bJsis Consis[L￿1 with ihc us¢ of rcsour¢cs, wilh Ccniral
cosis allocated on th¢ b&sis of ilme sp¢ni, and depre¢iaiion charg¢s all￿a[¢d on Ih¢ portion of lh¢ ass¢t's us¢.
oihcr suppori costs arc allocaied based on Ihe sprL'ad ofsiatTcosis.
Charilable Acrfvilie.
Charilahlc expenditure cornprise4 iho* eth%Ls incurred by the Charity in the delivery of IL% activities and %ervice.%
IUT il% bL'nLliLiariLs. 1¢ includ¥4 boih L￿1.% thai can bc all￿a￿d dir¢¢ily ￿ SULh aLlivilic* and ihu%L Lu%1% ut-an
indir¢¢i naiurc ne¢c4sary io supp(prt Ihcm.
GoTrernment kirants
(iOVL'nllllLtil b7ratils drL' rccognised b&sed on Ihe accrual nmmlel and are Me￿￿re￿ al the fair value uf ihe assei
recei￿Ld or recci%.￿7bIl. CirdniN urc cl&*sifie41 as Tcluiinbv cither io r￿'enue or 10 CjTulli% rclaiiny to rei'cnuc
are recoBnised in income over the period in which Ihe Telaied Costs are re¢￿￿1*ed. GranLs relaiing li) a$4e15 are
rLLv¥ni¥¥d OVLT thi Lxpcri¢d u&¢ful life of Ihc os¥¢1. Wh¢rc part ofo bryJni rclaling Iv abSLt is (JilitrLxl, il is
¢ogniscd as (kferr¢d in¢ome.
TaxAtlon
ThL lh￿lf11Y 1.% LollsidL'rLxi 10 pas's IIK. les15 oul in Parag7raph I SLhLdulL 6 of Ihc FinanLL ALI 2010 and
IhLrLforn il miris ihc diflnilion of a chariiablc company for UK corporation Mx pury>oscs. Accordingly, the
charity 1% po¢en¢ially ¢x¢mp¢ from taxation in re5p¢cI of income or ¢apilal gains receii'ed wi¢liin categoTI¢S
ovcrcd by Chaptcr 3 Parn I l of ihc Cotpotalion Tax Act 2010 or kniion 256 of the Taxation of Charg¢able
Gain¥ A¢1 1992, 10 the exi¢ni that 5u¢h in¢(Trm¢ or gain5 3r¢ applied ¢x¢lusiv¢ly to ¢haritabl¢ purpvs¢%.
Tangible fixed as5et5
Itjdividudl lixLd asscls costing £5￿.00 or more are iniiially recorded al cost. less any subsequeni accumulaled
dcprcciation and subscqucnl accumulaicd impairnjcni Ios5CS.
Amortlsatlon
Amvrlisdtiiin ib prvvid¢d on irtiangibl¢ fix¢d asb¢ts $0 &5 to write ofythe rost, le￿ any ¢5timaied ￿5]dUal valu¢,
oi'er their expected useful economic lile as follows..
Asset class
Digital asscts
AThorti58tion method and rate
2￿/0 on cost
Depreciation and amorti5ation
Dcprccialiot) is provided on langiblc fixcd asscts so as 10 NTitc thc cost or valuaiion, less any cstimatcd
residual N'alue, over their expecied us¢ful economic life a5 follow5..
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BACKLIT LTD
Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
Asset class
FixiurLS & fillings
Depreciation method and rate
?OO/u rcducing balance
strdighi line over the ren)aining time of
the lease
25/D r¢ilucing balance
Leasehold improvemenrs
OtTice equipment
Trade debtors
Trade debii)r% are amourtts due from ¢￿￿met& for merchandise sold or sernices perfomied in Ihe ordinary
Coursc Ot'businl￿￿.
Trade debtors are recognised initially ai ihe irdThsaciion price. They are subsequently measured ai arnortised cost
using the etTeciive inleresi meiho(L less provision for iinpairnieni. A provisioii for Ihe iinpairnieni of trade
dcbtur4 1% c4iabli.%hcd when ihcrc is objcclive ei'idcnce ihai the charity Mqll not bc ablc to collcct all uinounl% due
According to rhe original iem)s of the receivabl¢&
Cash and cash equll'xlents
C'ash an(1 ca%h LNUlI'alLni% comprise cash on harml and call dcposits. and oiher short-iem highly liquid
invesimenl.% Ihai are readily convertible ￿ a known amouni of Cash ar￿ are subject to an insignificant risk of
LhungyL in value.
-rr*de Lrediti)r5
Tr£id¢ ir¢diti)r8 ar¢ ohligaiinn8 10 pay for gmds or Servic￿ thai h8ir been a¢quir¢d in th¢ ordin8ry ¢OUT$¢ of
businLiS fr()m supplilrs. AL¢tsunis paydbli ar¢ ilassifJ¢yl as iurrini liabilJii1s if lh¢ ¢hariiy Jo¢¥ n(>1 hail an
unLundilional ribrhi, ai the cn41 of ihL reportin8 peri￿1. 10 dcfLY 4eiilLyllL￿t uf ihc crL￿)(0T tor ai iwLlI'e
month% aftcr the Teportin¥ dalc. Ir Iherc is an iincondiiional ri¥hi 10 dcfcr sciilcmcnt for ai Ica41 Iwcl%'c mnnihs
aft¥r Ihc rcwriin¥ dalL. thcy arc pr￿cntcd as non-currcnl liabililics.
Trad¢ creditors are r¢¢o8ni8cd iniiially ai th¢ transa¢tion pric¢ and subs¢qu¢nily Me￿llred at amortis¢d ¢osi
u>in¥ IhL' irr¥KIIvL LlliLrn¥I ml￿th￿l.
Fund Structure
Unrcsirictcd income funds arc gencral funib thai arc availablc for usc at thc tnjstecs, discrction in furthcrancc of
Ihc objuctlkcs ofihc charily.
Re5tricl¢d income fund5 are those grant5 for use in a particular area or for s￿lf7¢ PUryK>5es. the use of which 15
resiricl¢d lo that area or purpos¢.
Pen5iOllS Y4nd other p05t relirernenf obli%alions
The Lhariiy operLlte% a defined Loniribuiion pension ￿heme for employees. The assets of ihe seheme are held
sLparniLI)' Irom IhosL Ot'ihL iharii). Pl￿￿10￿ ctssls ehar8cs in the Sialemetti of Financial Aciiviiics reprcscnt ihc
contributions payable by the chaTity during the year.
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BACKLIT LTD
Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
2 Income from donations Itycie5
Utyrtsirlded
funds
Total
2021
Tolal
2020
General
Donations and legacies..
Dvnaiiun4 ITUrn LumpaDies, trusts ar)d similar proceeds
Granis, including capital grnnts-
Govemment grants
17.340
17.340
3,3YO
43.445
{￿.785
60.785
3 Income from charltable actlvltie5
Unreslrieted
fund5
Resirlcitd
funds
Toill
2021
Toi#l
2(b21
G¢neral
CRTants & donations
Rent & sliidio hire
UihLr inLvmc
P#rtnLr inLomc
Evinl¥ & %ub¥¢riptJons
Insurdncc claim
151.214
45,358
310
(1.540
149.fi42
68.4XX
45
45,358
310
6.540
1.155
1.72¥
907
46.823
157.754
204,577
220.810
4 Cyrants & donatlons
Unre%irlclod
lunds
Ro%lrltttd
funds
TolAI
Arts Qouncil
Th¢ Atchiterturdl Heritage Fund
Ndtii)nal Lvttery H¢T]tage Fun
Noitingham Ciry Council
IIMRCJRS
Sundry donations
14.980
131,330
5.184
14.700
146,31
14.7(X)
31.827
31.827
2.360
2..I6
60.785
151,214
211,999
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BACKLIT LTD
Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
5 Ins'estment income
Utyrtsirlded
funds
Total
2021
Tolal
2020
General
Interest receivable and similar income.
Int¢re4t rtLe1￿#b1e un bank dep(Isil%
24
6 F.xpendlture on charltable ictlvitles
Lnreytricl¢d
Cpener#l Restrlcied fund$
Tot41
2021
2020
Exhibition & ¢v¢ni Cosis
Arti%1 tL*S
Prcmi.4cs custs
Communieulion costs
Trnvel
Accountancy
C'on%uliancy
Llunk ihur¥Ls
Sun(lry
D¢pr¢iJaiion
In%urdllLL
Adv¥rti%ing
Legal & prnfcssional fces
OffiLe equipment. expenses & sthiionery
Pdyroll fees
Subscriptions
s4laric5, Nl & pcnsion
Fr¢¢lani¢ & work pla¢ements
Trainin8
Lcarning & participation
Promotion
Work5hop5
742
5.049
5.791
7.244
10.692
40,8341
1,011
72
.1139
8,315
199
46,225
1.244
20
6,457
52.682
1.395
20
1.207
2,452
154
172
1.951
2.335
49
4.584
754
824
734
78.207
4.035
105
198
1,394
1.058
154
78
1.951
2.335
49
5,19(J
1,968
X.17
4.584
240
514
824
677
11.74)
1.050
10
2,238
857
298
74.920
5,882
335
540
364
2,57fi
57
66.465
2.985
95
69.698
87.753
157,451
166,978
7 Net Antonjlngloutgolng resourte5
Net itlcoming resource5 for the year include=
21121
2020
Depreciation of fixed assets
1.951
5.190
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Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
8 Trllstees remuntrAtion 9nd espenses
No iruslLcs, llor atiy pLrsons conncLicd with them. have received any remuneration from ihc eharity during Ihe
year.
No trustees have received any reimbursed ex[￿nseS or any other benefirs from the chariry during the year.
9 Fees payable to independent examiner
During the peiii)d. the fees pa)'ahle le.x¢luding VAT) ￿ the ¢hatity'S independe0¢ examir)er are analysed a$
follows..
21121
2021
Ind¢pend¢ni examinaiiot)
Oiher financial service5
850
l.R97
850
1.684
2.747
The #ggrcg#i¢ payroll ¢osts wcr¢ as follows..
2021
2020
staff c05t5 durln% the ye*r were:
Wage% and %alarie%
SoLial %eLLiriiy ci)qts
Pension Lost5
77.289
73.516
375
l.(J2
918
7¥.?V7
74.920
The mnnthly ai'¢rage nvmber of pery)ns lin¢luding senior management team) employed by the ¢harity during
th¢ y¥ar was fvllows..
2021
20211
Avcragc numbcr of cmployce5
41202Q- 51 vf the atr￿¥¢ ¢mplvye¢s parti¢ipai¢d in th¢ Defined Cotttribuiion P¢n¥ivn S¢hemes.
ConlTLbution5 to the ernploy¢¢ ￿￿510￿ %hanes for the year tothlled £91812020- £1.0291.
No employee receivd tmoluments of more than £trt),(KM) during ihe year.
The total employee benefits ofthe key management wsonnel of the chariiy were £33,54712020- £35,850).
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Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
I l Taxatlon
Thc chariiy is a registered charity and is therefore exempi from Lgxation.
12 Charity status
The Lharily i_4 a ¢tsTnpany litnit¥d by guarantee and ¢onsequenily does ntst have %hare capital. Each of the
Irustees Is liable io Lonlnbute ath amouni ex¢eedJn¥ £1 14)wards the assets of the chaTily in the event of
liquidation.
13 IntanEible fixed gSS¢ts
Digit81 a5sels
Total
Cos¢
At l April 2020
At 31 March 2021
14.955
14.955
14.955
14.955
Amortls9tlon
At l April 21120
14.955
14.955
At 31 Marih 2021
14.955
14.955
Net book value
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020
14 Tinglbl¢ f]x¢d assets
Flxtures
ritlin%5
C)fflce
equipment
Lease
Improiement5
Tol%1
Cost
At l April 2U20
3.￿9
3.401
33.S69
41.119
At 31 March 2021
3.849
3.401
33,809
Depreclallon
At l April 2U20
Charge loi the yfar
2.991
172
2.441
240
1,540
1.539
6,972
1,951
At 31 MaTrh 2021
3,163
2,681
8,923
Net book value
At 31 MaTch 2021
686
720
30,790
32,196
At 31 MaTch 2020
858
960
32.329
34,147
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Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
15 Debtors
2&21
202
Trade debtors
Prepayments
Other debiL)TS
1,745
4,234
10,679
1.953
1,585
15.180
16,658
18.71¥
16 Cgsh And Cash equA%'aleDts
21121
2020
Cash on hand
Cu%h ul bdnk
?40
155.705
239
46,74X
1 $5,945
46.9%7
17 Crtdltors.. grnounts fAllln2 due w"Ilhln •n¢ i¢*r
2021
2020
Trnde Lrediiur%
Oihcr ￿X￿tIOn and social 5ccuriIy
Other ¢rcdiiors
A¢¢wal$
J)efeTred income
1.692
l.R39
1.577
(?.492
Y.772
18 Obll%atlons under lex5es and hlre purchase conlracls
OpL'rxtln# IL'yse Lomrnltml'nts
Total future minimum l¢ab¢ paJThents und¢r non-¢atK¢llabl¢ op¢rating l¢as¢s are a% fn1ln￿$=
2021
2020
Land and buildings
Within one year
Beiween one and fjve years
Aftcr fivc ycars
16.500
51,()00
153.450
16,5(X)
58,8(K)
162,750
221,550
238,050
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Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
19 Funds
Balance al I
April 2020
Incoming
resources
Re50urees
expended
31 f41arch
21121
Transfer5
Unrestricted funds
Gertérol
G¢ner<il fund
69,430
107.611
{69.6981
11.0401
106,303
Rc5tricted funds
ATIS C()uniil
76.380
5.184
54.950
(57.2091
15.1841
12.8091
11.2751
13.11361
115.7401
AHF
Culiiiral RLLOVLry Fund Pl
Pending C'iillcLlive
ThL A4ylum PTvjeLI
HLF ImLYgcncy
Ja77 Swali Equality &
InLIusion
7.923
.7(rf)
6,64X
5.Y24
14.71K)
1.040
6.540
{1.7(Kll
4.X40
Tot81 re5trlcled funds
17.6113
157.754
1x7.7531
1.040
88.724
Total fund5
87.113
265.365
157.4511
195.027
Thc Iran8fcT from thc Cicncral fund to ihe HLF Emcr8cncy fund is io covcr thc dcficit on this activity.
Thc S￿lf1¢ purpos¢5 for which lh¢ funth are to b¢ oppli¢d are as follows..
Arl% CounLiI - the main fuLU% of Ihi.s projeLI 1% lo develop ihe ani.%iiC an41 learning pn)grnmme iu collJbordie
with highly repulablc and influcrblial artists. M'ith an inlcniion to prol'idc opportuniiic5 for CTOS5 ￿OrkIng with
local artis15 artd communitie5 wilh a r¢laled theme: thi5 enabled u5 to explore Il)c location and therefore
rclrvancr lo l(Kal audicnrc5. In OTdcr lo achicv¢ ihi5. wc idrniificd a numbcr of arca5 wc wanicd lo furtlicr
%upport, r¢%¢arch, monitor and dthelop. Ihis in¢lud¢d ￿￿o￿Thg dnd prof¢s5ionally supporting the studio dnd
associate artLSIS. Teview'in8 and seeuring staff roles and resrM)nsibiliiio%. m2ppin& recording and archii'in8 8(x)d
pracliLL.
Pending Colleclii'¢- to support workshops and programming.
Th¢ A5ylutn PTOjCft- lo ¢xploT¢ heritage 1¢5¢arch M"iih community and local artists.
AHF - Ivwdrds PTUj¢¢t Viability R¢pvrt Ipr¢-a¢qu1511Jort 5Utv¢y and r¢port¥ by ARC bvildin¥ ronbultanLs. HEB
10 llndL•rtake a valuation and lor projeci lupport and towanl% %thfTsllpport io lead ihi% JTrn)jecil.
Cultural Rccovcry Fund Pl & HLF Emcr8eney- funding io suppon ihc impact of the Co￿ld 19 pandcmic.
Jazz Swali Iqiialily & Inclusioij Jazz Sm'all was recruilcd as a Equaliiy and Div¥rsiiy Coordinator in January
2020. The Big Hou5¢ CDI gtanl, through the Univ¢T5ity. provided 200/0 grdnr funding Towards ihe cost of
BACKLIT emplnyirtg a gTaduaie foT Ilp to on¢ year.
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Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
These *re ihe figure$ ftsr ihe preYSou$ #tcounilng perlod #tsd #re In¢luded for compar*tlve PUTPO$¢$
Balance at
31 M#r¢h
2020
BJ)lan¢¢ ai I
April 2019
Resthurcts
expended
resources
Transfer5
Unrestrleted fund$
General
GenLral fund
22.587
81.505
{64.3191
29.657
69.430
R¢stri¢i¢d funds
Arib Couniil
ChurLh Urban Fund INeaT
Ncighboursl
UK Yniing Artists
lealing sy51ertVLF.t) lightlTh8
IN2EGI
HLdiing $ygicnvLED lighting
IFoyl¢ Fourtdaiionl
EnvironmLni Agency
Pendingr C'ollective
ThL AsyILin) ProjLYl
Exn¥gLrai¢ Everything
77.9
{79.2901
1.3(M)
357
15761
13.6221
219
137111
12.1x12
1651
20.0
11 ¥.6491
08
14.ObXI
12.0771
12401
110.7841
10.O(M)
10.IMMI
10.750
7.923
9,760
34
Toi#l resirleitd furtds
357
149,642 ￿102 6591
29.657
17,6X.I
Totfil fynd$
231.147
166.9711
87,113
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Notes to the Financial Statemellt5 for the Year Ended 31 Trlarch 2021
20 Analysls of net Assets between funds
Unr¢stricied
funds
Restricted
funds
2021
Tolal fund5
General
T<ingibl¢ fiK¢(l <i$s¢lS
Curreni asseis
Current liabilities
32.196
83.879
19,7721
32,196
172.603
19.772
88.724
Total nei &ssets
106.303
88.724
195,027
Unresiricied
funds
Restricted
funds
2020
Total fund5
Gcnernl
Tangible fixed assets
C'urrl'ni
Currcnl liabililics
34.147
48.022
112.7391
34,147
65.7(>5
112.7391
17.683
Total n¢1 &ss¢ts
69.430
17.6x3
117,113
21 RelAtL,d party trAns8CtioThs
Thcre wcrc no Tclaied party Iran5a¢iions in the ycar.
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