2024-06-30-accounts - Arts In Redditch

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Arts in Redditch

Other names charity is known by AIR

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
2 PhilipRoberts	Secretary		Membership
3 Alison Edwards			Membership
4 Huw Moseley			Membership
5 Jacqueline Kirby	Treasurer		Membership
6 Lyn Davies			Membership
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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
n/a

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

n/a

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 Our principal partners are Redditch Borough Council, Rubicon Leisure & structure and any wider The Kingfisher Centre. We are also members of the Reimagine Redditch network with which the charity Consortium, and the North East Worcestershire Cultural Compact (see works; Section C)
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system We undertake a rigorous risk assessments & management for all our and procedures to manage activities. them.

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) Working in partnership with other organisations to provide more opportunities for creative development in the town. In 2023/24 this included continuing participation in the Reimagine Redditch Consortium, which manages the Arts Council England Creative People and Places (CPP) programme for the Borough.
7) We are also members of ReNEW, 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.

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

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

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.

No new grants were awarded from AIR funds in 2023/24, although we did help facilitate a grant provided by a sister organisation, Redditch School of Art Trust. However, we did sponsor a trophy and prize of £100 in the ‘Redditch has Talent’ awards final at The Palace Theatre, an annual event to showcase performing arts, especially young people.

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.

In addition to the 5 Trustees, 4 other volunteers serve on our Steering Committee, which meets monthly to manage the activities of the charity.

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. This year marks 10 years since our first Pop-Up Gallery, and in May, we held a celebration event with present & past exhibitors, to showcase the achievements of over 200 local artists over that 10-year period. 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 3 of that programme, and at the end of the period, Reimagine Redditch successfully bid for a further £284,171 of funding, to extend the programme to 31[st] March 2026. Arts Council England have recently announced the next round of CPP funding, from April 2026, so the Consortium is in the process of bidding for that further round. Arts in Redditch is now established as a member of ReNEW, the North East Worcestershire Cultural Compact, an extensive network of arts, culture, heritage and business organisations committed to the promotion of this part of North Worcestershire to its residents, and to visitors. This Compact has already been successful in attracting additional funding from Arts Council England and other sources, to support arts, culture & heritage in the area. One of our Trustees, Philip Roberts, is a member of the steering group for this initiative. The monthly U3A art appreciation sessions have continued on a monthly basis, now mostly on a face to face basis. In September 2023, we once again participated in the Heritage Open Day event at Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch. This is part of a national initiative and our event included a display of work by local artists, alongside arts & crafts activities for children. During the year, we started a new initiative: ‘Windmill Wednesday’, and informal art group meeting once a month at a local community centre. This gives our Members, and other local artists, the opportunity to meet up, do some drawing, painting & other creative work in a relaxed informal environment. These sessions have proved popular, and have been running for over 6 months at the time of writing.

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Section E Financial review We do not have a formal policy on reserves, but this remains under Brief statement of the review in the context of our remit as a grant-awarding body. charity’s policy on reserves 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, but most banks require long-term deposits of £10,000 to offer meaningful rates of return. Details of any funds materially n/a in deficit ~~_———~~ Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include Our 2 main sources of funds are membership subscriptions (£6 a head for additional information, where individuals, £12 for organisations) and commissions generated by sales relevant about: from our Pop-Up galleries (see Section D).

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

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.

how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

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.

investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Jacqueline Kirby Position etc) Trustee & Treasurer

Philip Christian Roberts

Trustee & Secretary

Date 25th November 2024

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			Arts in Redditch	Arts in Redditch			1168813
	Receipts andpayments accounts 01/07/2023 30/06/2024 To For the period from ~~ee~~ ~~ee ee ee~~							CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments	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			552	552	-	-	552	444	444
Picture Sales - BC Gallery			225	225	-	-	225	334	334
Bank Interest			70	70	-	-	70	22	22
Picture Sales - PUG			8 570	8 570	-	-	8 570	9 912	9 912
Artists - PUG			485	485	-	-	485	1 325	1 325
Redditch Lottery			231	231	-	-	231	234	234
Grant Donations			-	-	250	-	250	400	400
Miscellaneous			60	60			60	13	13
Amazon Donations			-	-			-	24	24
HMRC Gift Aid			50	50			50	50	50
Facebook Donations			-	-			-	102	102
Event Sales			92	92			92	348	348
Event Contribution			350	350			350	-	-
EntryFees - U3A			522	522			522	303	303
Windmill WednesdayEntryFees			8	8			8
							-
			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)		(Gross income for AR)	11 215	11 215	250	-	11 465	13 511
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total receipts* 11 215 250 - 11 465 13 511 ~~——————~~
A3 Payments
Internet/IT Systems/Equipment			913	913	-	-	913	448	448
MembershipAdmin			85	85			85
Picture Purchases - PUG			7 283	7 283			7 283	9 123	9 123
PUG Display& Artists			20	20			20	4	4
Picture Puchases - Bertie Crewe			172	172			172	251	251
Insurance			164	164			164	207	207
Stand & Equioment Storage			360	360			360	396	396
PUG EnergyCosts			264	264			264	132	132
PUG Open Night Consumables			171	171			171
Advertising			-	-			-	90	90
CPP - Reimagine Redditch			-	-			-
MembershipBARN			30	30			30	30	30
Grants			-	-	100		100	100	100
SumUpFinance Costs			138	138			138	162	162
PayPal Finance Costs			-	-			-	12	12
Event Costs			237	237	-	-	237	781	781
Room Hire - U3A			513	513	-	-	513	249	249
Printing			164	164	-	-	164	96	96
Sponsorships			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Winndmill Room Hire			88	88	-	-	88	-	-
Windmill Consumables			14	14	-	-	14	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **			10 617	10 617	100	-	10 717	12 081
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total payments* 10 617 100 - 10 717 12 081 ~~——————~~
*Net of receipts/(payments)* 598 150 - 748 1 430 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 6 961 5 834 - 12 795 - *Cash funds this year end* 7 559 5 984 - 13 543 CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ~~===>=>~~

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
		Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment funds
Categories	Details	funds funds
		to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	6 646 - - - 5 914 - SumUp Account 290 692 - - 7 628 5 914 - *Total cash funds* Lloyds Treasurers Account Lloyds Business Bank Instant Account Cash Float ~~=Zze~~
	(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))	Agreement Error Agreement Error	OK
		Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment funds
		funds funds
	Details	to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~==~~
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets	- - - - - - - - - - ~~===>~~
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~===>~~
		Fund to which Amount due	When due (optional)
	Details	liability relates (optional)
B5 Liabilities	- - - - - ~~===~~
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name	Date of approval
		PhilipRoberts	25th November 2024
		Jackie Kirby
			25th November 2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)