2023-06-30-accounts - Arts In Redditch

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date 1 July 2022 30 June 2023 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

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Charity name Arts in Redditch
Other names charity is known by AIR
Registered charity number (if any) 1168813
Charity's principal address 349 Birchfield Road
Redditch
Worcestershire
Postcode B97 4NE
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
2 Philip Roberts Secretary Membership
3 Alison Edwards Membership
4 Huw Moseley Membership
5 Jacqueline Kirby Treasurer Membership
6 Lyn Davies w.e.f. 06/10/2022 Membership
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
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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
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Charity Commission ‘Association Model’ Constitution (August 2014) Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Election by the membership or co-opted by the existing Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
Our principal partners are Redditch Borough Council, Rubicon Leisure & The Kingfisher Centre. We are also members of the Reimagine Redditch Consortium, and the North East Worcestershire Cultural Compact (see Section C)
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

We undertake a rigorous risk assessments & management for all our activities.

Section C Objectives and activities

1) To advance the arts for the public benefit in particular by acting as an umbrella body for arts organisations in Redditch and the surrounding area in order to facilitate greater public access to, and increased public participation in, the arts.

Summary of the objects of the participation in, the arts. charity set out in its 2) To advance the education of the public in the arts in particular by the governing document award of grants.

3) To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Redditch and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason

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of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.

See Section D and elsewhere for details, but the main activities are as follows:

1) Twice-yearly ‘Pop-Up’ galleries, to showcase local artists, and encourage interest and active participation in visual arts.
2) Management of the ‘Bertie Crewe Gallery’ in the Palace Theatre, Redditch, on behalf of Rubicon Leisure Ltd., the trading arm of Redditch Borough Council.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

3) Initiating - and in some cases running - activities to increase peoples’ awareness of and engagement in creative activities, for example, our U3A monthly Art Appreciation Group.
4) Providing grants to promote participation in creative activity (see ‘Grant-making’)
5) Promoting performances and other arts events staged by local arts organisations, through our website and social media platforms.
6) Developing events & exhibitions marking the 40[th] anniversary of the installation of the Paolozzi mosaics.
7) Working in partnership with other organisations to provide more opportunities for creative development in the town. In 2022/23 this included continuing participation in the Reimagine Redditch Consortium, which manages the Arts Council England Creative People and Places (CPP) programme for the Borough.
During the year, we also became members of the North East Worcestershire Cultural Compact, an informal network established to promote arts, culture & heritage in this part of the County.

It is confirmed that in all these activities, the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Grant-making – our grant policies and procedures have been reviewed and we have managed to secure new funds that we can make available for our small grant scheme. The purpose of the scheme is to support new arts initiatives which would not otherwise get off the ground.

As members of the Reimagine Redditch Consortium (see Section C) we have undertaken to make funds available to support projects coming forward as part of that programme, so – pending further development of that programme – we have not been actively promoting our grant scheme.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

No new grants were awarded in 2022/23, although we did help finance a grant provided by a sister organisation.

Volunteers – all our activities to date have been undertaken by volunteers, including the Trustees, and this will continue for the foreseeable future. For each of the six-monthly Pop-Up Galleries, for example, every exhibiting artist undertakes approximately 4 hours of duty, supervising the event, talking to visitors, and dealing with sales. This amounts to some 300 hours of volunteer time for each Pop-Up Gallery. Some of those also volunteer as Duty Managers for each day. Artists, Members and other volunteers are also involved in other activities, such as manning our promotional gazebo at local community events.

At our Annual General Meeting on 6[th] October 2022, Lyn Davies was elected as a Trustee of Arts in Redditch.

In addition to the 5 Trustees, 4 other volunteers serve on our Steering Committee, which meets monthly to manage the activities of the charity. This is an increase on previous years, giving us more capacity to support our various activities.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main Our programme of twice-yearly Pop-Up Galleries is now firmly re- achievements of the charity established, with over 100 local artists registered with us as potential during the year participants; there are always more artists wanting to exhibit than we have space for, but we work hard to ensure a fully inclusive event; we do not make judgements about the quality of work which is included, but visitor feedback shows that the standard is maintained at a consistently high level. Arts in Redditch are one of 5 consortium members of the Reimagine Redditch Consortium, which oversees the delivery of the £1.3 million ‘Creative People & Places’ (CPP) programme for Redditch. We are now in year 2 of that programme, with the delivery team fully established and operational, and projects coming on stream. Arts Council England have recently announced the next round of CPP funding, from April 2025, so the Consortium is likely to be bidding for extension funding for this programme. During the year, Arts in Redditch became members of the North East Worcestershire Cultural Compact, an extensive network of arts, culture, heritage and business organisations committed to the promotion of this part of the County to its residents, and to visitors. Ultimately, this Compact will be able to attract additional funding, from Arts Council England and other sources, to support arts, culture & heritage in the area.

The monthly U3A art appreciation sessions have continued, using a ‘blended model’ of face to face & Zoom participation, although the majority of participants now attend in person.

In September 2022, we once again participated in the Forge Mill Heritage Open Day event at Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch. This included a display of work by local artists, alongside arts & crafts activities for children.

April 2023 saw the 40[th] anniversary of the unveiling of the ‘Paolozzi Mosaics’, a major piece of public art created by leading British Sculptor, Eduardo Paolozzi and installed in the town’s Kingfisher Centre. Arts in Redditch and Redditch Borough Council continued to work with a University of Birmingham post-graduate student to research the history of the installation, and assess its relevance to local people today. This work, funded by a third-party funding body, helped us to plan a very successful celebration event on 22[nd] April 2023, hosted by local poet ‘Spoz’.

More recently, Arts in Redditch worked with Redditch Borough Council and the Kingfisher Centre management team to develop a temporary exhibition about Paolozzi and the Redditch mosaics, located in Milward Square. These activities have also stimulated other events inspired by the mosaics, which will continue into 2024, the centenary of Paolozzi’s birth.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We do not have a formal policy on reserves, but this remains under review in the context of our remit as a grant-awarding body.

Consideration has been given to investing part of our funds in a fixedterm, interest bearing account, to take advantage of higher interest rates; this option remains under review.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Our 2 main sources of funds are membership subscriptions (£6 a head for individuals, £12 for organisations) and commissions generated by sales from our Pop-Up galleries (see Section D).

The steps taken in previous years to mitigate the loss of income caused by pandemic restrictions (increasing membership, securing Gift Aid status etc.) continue to generate some additional funds.

Expenditure is entirely devoted to expenses relating to the promotion of our objectives, including the making of grants to support other organisations with shared objectives.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Philip Christian Roberts
Full name(s) Jacqueline Kirby
Position etc) Trustee & Treasurer Trustee & Secretary
Date
14/10/2023
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	Arts in Redditch	Arts in Redditch	Arts in Redditch	1168813	CC16a

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	1st July2022	To	30th June 2023


Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
MembershipFees	444		-	444	498
PopUpGallerySales(2 Events)	9,912		-	9,912	17,054
Picture Sales(BCG & other displays)	334		-	334	720
Artists EntryFees,PUG's	1,325		-	1,325	462
Redditch CommunityLottery	234			234	322
Donation to Grant Fund		400		400	200
HMRC Gift Aid	50			50	38
Facebook Donations	102			102	251
Amazon Donation	24			24	5
Miscellaneous	13			13	37
Bank Interest	22		-	22	1
Event Sales	348			348	125
U3A Art Appreciation	303			303
*Sub total*(Gross income for _AR) _	13,109	400	-	13,509	19,713

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).				-
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*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-

*Total receipts*	13,109	400	-	13,509	5,751

A3 Payments
PopUpGalleryPurchases(3 Events)	9,123		-	9,123	14,697
Picture Purchases (BCG & other displays)	251		-	251	580
Room Hire U3A Art Appreciation	249		-	249	144
PL Insurance	207		-	207	207
PopUpGalleryExpenses(Energy)	132			132	-
PopUpGalleryAdvertising	90			90
PopUpGalleryPAT testing	4			4
BARN Membership	30			30	30
Internet/IT Systems/Equipment	448			448	770
Sum-UpCharges(Card Reader)	162			162	234
Stand & Equipment Storage	396			396	288
Grant support to RSOAT	100			100	983
Event Costs	781			781	176
Sponsorships (Redditch Has Talent Award)				-	49
PUG Printing/Consumables	96			96	49
PayPal Charges(Membershipsystem)	12			12	11
**Sub total **	12,081	-	-	12,081	18,218

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-

*Totalpayments*	12,081	-	-	12,081	18,218

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	1,028	400	-	1,428	1,495
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	5,559	5,807	-	11,366	9,868
*Cash funds thisyear end*	6,588	6,207	-	12,795	11,363


Section B Statement of assets and		liabilities at	the end of the period
Categories	Details		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds CCXX R1 accounts (SS)	Lloyds Treasurers Acc	ount	6,911 1	-	-

	Lloyds Business Bank Instant Account		5,834	-
	Cash Float	50	-	-
	*Total cash funds*	6,961	5,834	-	12,795
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets		-	-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets			-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use			-	-
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	Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities			-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval
		PhilipRoberts		14/10/2023
		Jackie Kirby		14/10/2023

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)