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2024-01-31-accounts

EMPATHY MUSEUM

Charity registration no: 1172596

Income Detailed

Trustees Report and Unaudited Accounts

31 January 2024

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Empathy Museum

Contents of the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 January 2024

Page
Charity Information 3
Trustees Annual Report 4-10
Independent Examiners Report 11
Statement of Financial Activites 12
Summary of Income and Expenditure 13
Balance Sheet 14
Cash Flows 15
Notes to the Financial Statements 16-22
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 23-24

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Empathy Museum Charity Informatiom For the Year Ended 31 January 2024

Registered Charity Name:

Trustees: Lorraine P. Gamman
Judith A. Knight
Helen N. Kringlebach
Morten L. Kringlebach
Roman Krznaric
Eric Lonergan
Office Address: International House
6 Canterbury Crescent
Brixton
London
SW9 7QD
Registered Company number: 09941846 (England and Wales)
Charity Registered Number: 1172596
Accountant: JT AccountS
9 Woodrgrange Avenue
Enfield
EN1 1EW
Independent examiner: Jacqueline Tetley
9 Woodgrange Avenue
Enfield
EN1 1EW
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Empathy Museum Report of the Trustees

Period from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024.

The Board of Trustees presents its report and financial statements for the year ended 31 January 23 and reports on developments since that date and future plans for the charitable

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 8 January 2016 and registered as a charity on 18 April 2017. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the company and

Recruitment and Appointment of New Trustees

The number of Trustees is limited to a minimum of three; there is no maximum. Trustees are elected by members of the charitable company. All Trustees are directors of the charitable company. None of the directors have any beneficial interest in the charitable

Organisational Structure

The Trustees are responsible for all legal decisions and administer all aspects of compliance and governance. An Artistic Director, who is not a company officer, has been appointed and delegated quotidian administrative powers to manage specific projects and

Risk Management

The major risks to which the charitable company is exposed have been identified and reviewed, and systems or procedures have been established to manage those risks.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees monitor their creditors each year to ensure that they have sufficient reserves

Post Balance Sheet Events

There were no significant post balance sheet events.

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Empathy Museum Report of the Trustees Period from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024.

Objects and Activities

The objects of the charitable company are:

For the benefit of the public the promotion of moral or spiritual welfare or improvement of the community and the advancement of the arts by creating artworks that focus on the theme of empathy using a variety of forms including (but not limited to) theatre performance arts and interactive exhibitions.

For the purposes of this clause the term "empathy" means the capacity to understand the

Basis and Values

Empathy Museum creates high quality experiential artworks that focus on the theme of empathy. These are free to access, tour nationally and internationally, and are created in collaboration with artists, cultural partners and community participants. The forms of art

The Trustees have regard to the Charity Commission’s published guidance in relation to public benefit when setting, reviewing and assessing their aims for the charitable company.

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Empathy Museum Report of the Trustees Period from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024.

Programme

During 2023 – 2024 Empathy Museum’s work covered the following areas:

We presented Up Your Street , a popup collection of Empathy Museum projects presented in an unused Brixton shop space alongside a programme of free public events.

We presented our existing piece A Mile in My Shoes in a number of UK and international locations and collected new stories.

We began work on Circles , a new collaboration in the healthcare space.

We developed new project partnerships outside the arts sector.

We continued to develop our podcast series to extend the reach of these stories and built on our record of wider industry engagement within the arts sector and beyond.

Up Your Street

Objectives

 To create an environment rooted in our local community, where visitors could explore Empathy Museum’s projects, all under one roof for the first time since the organisation was founded, and research and explore the future of the British High Street. Installations included A Mile in My Shoes , From Where I’m Standing ,

Achievements

 An ex-railway arch was transformed into a place of storytelling, listening and human exchange rather than commercial transaction. By night, we ran a series of conversations with some of the city’s most galvanising activists, practitioners, researchers, and makers, each focusing on how we can live better together. We

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Empathy Museum Report of the Trustees Period from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024.

A Mile in My Shoes

Objectives

Achievements

A Mile in My Shoes is a shoe shop where visitors are invited to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes - literally. Often housed in a giant shoebox, and sometime as a pop-up in commercial spaces or within organisations, this exhibit holds a diverse collection of shoes and audio stories that explore our shared humanity. From a Syrian refugee to a sex worker, a war veteran to a neurosurgeon, visitors are invited

‘81 Uprisings was a version of A Mile in My Shoes which brought together stories from people who were there in the early eighties at the time of the uprisings in Brixton, Moss Side, Toxteth, Handsworth and St Pauls, and who felt the reverberations through the homes, streets and communities across the country. The collection was launched in collaboration with the Black Cultural Archives (where the

Brighton Corn Exchange . A version of A Mile in My Shoes focussing on migration stories was presented in the venue as a companion piece to physical

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Empathy Museum Report of the Trustees Period from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024.

Circles

Objectives

Achievements

Podcasts and other creative activity

Objectives

Achievements

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Empathy Museum Report of the Trustees Period from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024.

Financial Review

Total income for the year was £137,917.

Total expenditure was £211,976.

The Board of Trustees is satisfied with the cash position at the end of the year. These resources will be used in future to further the aims and objects of the Charity.

Public Benefit

The Trustees are satisfied that Up Your Street , A Mile in My Shoes , Circles and our wider audio work and the further partnerships outside the cultural sector engaged a diverse range of people with ideas around empathy, in innovative and enjoyable ways. In doing so, the Trustees feel that the objectives of the promotion of moral or spiritual welfare

Plans for the Future

Key aims for the year ahead include:

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Company law requires the Trustees (as directors of Empathy Museum) to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the surplus or deficit of the charitable company for that year.

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Empathy Museum Report of the Trustees

Period from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence

On behalf of the Board

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…………………………………… Hélène Neveu Kringelbach - Trustee

09/26/2024 Date: …………………………

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Empathy Museum Independent Examiners Report for the year ended 31 January 2024

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Empathy Museum

Statement of Financial Activites

for the year ended 31 January 2024

INCOMING FUNDS
Unrestricted
funds
2024
Restricted
funds
2024
Total funds
2024
Notes
£
£
£
Income from:
Donations and grants
2
35,000
39,454
74,454
Charitable activities
3
54,713
-
54,713
Other
4
8,750
-
8,750
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
98,463
39,454
137,917
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Charitable activites
5
103,941
97,790
201,731
Other
5
10,246
-
10,246
TOTAL RESOUCES EXPENDED
114,186
97,790
211,976
-15,723
-58,336
-74,059
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total Funds Bought Forward
30,378
58,336
88,714
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
14,655
-
14,655
NET INCOMING RESOURCES FOR
THE YEAR		 Total funds
2023
£
69,250
166,332
-
235,582
121,369
140,238
261,607
-26,025
114,739
88,714

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Empathy Museum

Summary Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2024

Income
Interest and investment income
Gross income for the year
Expenditure
Depreciation and charges for impairment of fixed assets
Total expenditure for the year
Net (expenditure)/income before tax for the year
Net (expenditure)/income for the year		 2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
Unrestricted Restricted
Total
98,463
39,454
137,917
98,463
39,454
137,917
114,186
97,790
211,976
-
-
-
114,186
97,790
211,976
-15,723
-58,336
-74,059
-15,723
-58,336
-74,059		 2023
£
Total
235,582
235,582
261,607
-
261,607
-26,025
-26,025

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Empathy Museum

Statement of Financial Activites

for the year ended 31 January 2024

Tangible Assets
Notes
Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Debtors
6
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors -Amounts falling due within one year
7
Net Current Assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Total assets excluding pension asset or liability
FUNDS
Restricted Income Funds
Unrestricted Income Funds
8
Reserves
8		 2024
-
39,678
18,976
58,654
44,000
14,655
14,655
14,655
-
-
14,655
14,655		 2023
-
22,700
105,459
128,159
39,445
88,714
88,714
88,714
58,336
-29
30,407
88,714

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

For the year ended 31 March 2023 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved by the board on 12 September 2023

And signed on its behalf by:

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Hélène Neveu Kringelbach 09/26/2024 Trustee

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Empathy Museum
Statement of Financial Activites
for the year ended 31 January 2024
Cash flows from operating activities
Net (expenditure)/income per Statement of Financial Activites
Adjustments for:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
(Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Net cash from investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayment of borrowing
Net cash from financing activities
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Components of cash and cash equivalents
Cash and bank balances		 2024
£
-
-7,521
10,360
2,839
-
-
-
-
-86,483
105,459
18,976
18,976
18,976		 2023
£
-
-7,521
10,360
2,839
-
-
-
-
-7,048
112,507
105,459
105,459
105,459

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Empathy Museum Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2024

Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in
furtherance of the general objects of the charity.
Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for
particular purposes.
Revaluation funds These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve
representing the restatement of investment assets at their market
values.
Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the
donor or through terms of an appeal.
Income
Recognition of income Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA)
when the charity becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to
receive, the income and the amount of the income can be
measured with sufficient reliability.

Income with related expenditure Is reported gross in the SoFA.

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Donations and Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is
grants included in the the SOFA when receivable and only when the
Charity has unconditional entitlement to the income.
Tax reclaims on donations and Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same time
gifts as the gift/donation to which it relates.
Donated services These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in
and facilities expenditure) where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably
quantifiable, measurable and material.
Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included jn the
accounts.
Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments
revaluation of fixed assets to market value at the end of the year.
Gains/(losses) on investment This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments.
assets
Expenditure
Recognition of expenditure Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes
any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of
the expenditure to which it relates.
Expenditure on raising funds These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary
income, fundraising trading costs and investment management
Expenditure on charitable These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of
activities its activities and services in the furtherance of its objects, including
the making of grants and governance costs.
Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus
an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at
Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the
constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including
any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked to the
Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.

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Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Intangible fixed assets and amortisation

Intangible fixed assets (including purchased goodwill, patents and trademarks) are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and impairment losses.

Trade and other debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.

Trade and other creditors

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

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Empathy Museum Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2024

The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.

1. Statement of Financial Activites - prior year

Income from:
Donations and grants
Charitable activities
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activites
Other
Total
Net (expenditure)/income
Reconciliation of funds:
Total Funds Bought Forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
funds
2023
Restricted
funds
2023
30,000
39,250
166,332
-
196,332
39,250
78,205
43,164
134,238
6,000
212,443
49,164
-16,111
-9,914
46,489
68,250
30,378
58,336		 Total funds
2023
69,250
166,332
235,582
121,369
140,238
261,607
-26,025
114,739
88,714

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Empathy Museum

Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 January 2024

Income from donations and grants

2 Donations and Grants
Foyle Foundation
Compass Festival
Eric Lonergan
Heritage Fund
Compass Live Art
Anoymous Donor
3 Income from charitable activites
Charitable activities
4 Other income
Gift Aid		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
-
15,000
15,000
-
6,466
6,466
35,000
35,000
-
17,988
17,988
-
-
-
-
-
-
35,000
39,454
74,454
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
54,713
54,713
54,713
-
54,713
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
8,750
-
8,750
8,750
-
8,750		 Total
2023
£
-
-
-
29,250
10,000
30,000
69,250
Total
2023
£
166,332
166,332
Total
2023
£
-
-

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Empathy Museum

Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 January 2024

5 Expenditure on charitable activities

Accountancy fees
Projects - Unrestricted
Projects - Restricted:
Anoymous Donor
Foyle Foundation
Compass Festival
Heritage Fund
General administrative core costs
Premises costs
Other		 Charitable
Activities
Support &
Governance
Total
2024
2024
2024
-
1,950
1,950
31289
-
31,289
45000
-
45,000
15,000
-
15,000
1,820
-
1,820
35,971
-
35,971
67,737
-
67,737
-
4,261
4,261
8,948
-
8,948
205,765
6,211
211,976		 Total
2023
1,950
72,206
-
-
14,646
34,517
130,645
7,543
100
261,607

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Empathy Museum

Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 January 2024

6 Debtors
Trade debtors
Other Debtors - HMRC Museum Relief
7 Creditors
Deferred Income
Trade creditors
Other taxes and social security
8 Movement in funds
Restricted funds:
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Reserves		 2024
2023
£
£
6,287
-
Tax Claim
33,391
22,700
39,678
22,700
2024
2023
£
£
33,391
44717
8,988
2487
1,621
-7759
44,000
39445
At 1 February
2023
Incoming
resources
(including other
gains/losses)
Rescources
expended
At 31 January
2024
£
£
£
£
58,336
39,454
97,790
-
58,336
39,454
97,790
-
-29
98,463
98,434
-
30,407
-
15,752
14,655
30,378
98,463
114,186
14,655

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Empathy Museum

Detailed Statement of Financial Activites

for the year ended 31 January 2024

Income from:
Donations and Grants
Donations and Grants < £5,000
Foyle Foundation
Compass Festival
Eric Lonergan
Heritage Fund
Compass Live Art
Anoymous Donor
Charitable activities
General
Other
Gift Aid
Total income		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
-
15,000
15,000
-
6,466
6,466
35,000
-
35,000
-
17,988
17,988
-
-
-
-
-
-
35,000
39,454
74,454
54,713
-
54,713
54,713
-
54,713
8,750
-
8,750
8,750
-
8,750
98,463
39,454
137,917		 Total
2023
£
-
-
-
-
29,250
10,000
30,000
69,250
166,332
166,332
-
-
235,582

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Empathy Museum

Detailed Statement of Financial Activites

for the year ended 31 January 2024

Expenditure on:
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2024
2024
2024
Charitable activities
25,306
82,790
108,096
25,306
82,790
108,096
Core Costs
67,737
15,000
82,737
Other
8,948
-
8,948
76,685
15,000
91,685
Governance costs:
Accountancy fees
1,650
-
1,650
Independent Examination
300
-
300
1,950
-
1,950
Total of expenditure on charitable activities
103,941
97,790
201,731
General administrative costs, including depreciation and amortisation
Advertsing and Marketing
679
-
679
Bank fees
70
-
70
Equipment repairs and maintenance
90
-
90
Entertainment
698
-
698
Insurance
2,616
-
2,616
IT Software and Consumables
364
-
364
Professional fees
40
-
40
Premises costs
4,261
-
4,261
Printing/Stationary/Telephone
-
-
-
Subscriptions
1,427
-
1,427
Sundry
-
-
-
Training, Seminars and Recruitment
-
-
-
10,246
-
10,246
Total expenditure
114,186
97,790
211,976
Net (expenditure)/income
-15,723
-58,336
-74,059
-15,723
-58,336
-74,059
Other Gains
-
-
-
Net movements in funds
-15,723
-58,336
-74,059
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds bought forward
30,378
58,336
88,714
Total funds carried forward
14,655
-
14,655
Net (expenditure)/income before other gains/(losses)		 Total
2023
121,369
121,369
123,190
100
123,290
1,650
300
1,950
246,609
1,491
138
19
579
2,366
410
40
7,543
150
1,914
48
300
14,998
261,607
-26,025
-26,025
-
-26,025
114,739
88,714

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Envelope Data

Subject: Empathy Museum accounts, year ending 31 January 2024 Documents: accounts year ending 31 january 2024, FINAL.pdf Document Hash: 58073812 Envelope ID: ENV63130824-9984-AACF-6552-DEDA Sender: Jacqui Tetley Sent: 09/26/2024 08:13 AM UTC Status: Completed Access Authentication: None Status Date: 09/26/2024 13:23 PM UTC Email Access Code: Unchecked Email Verification: Not enabled

Recipients / Roles

Name / Role Email Type
Jacqui Tetley jorlog1221@gmail.com Sender
Hélène Neveu Kringelbach h.neveu@ucl.ac.uk Signer
Ed Errington ed@empathymuseum.com Cc

Document Events

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:23 PM UTC		 Signed
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Carbon Copy Events

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Signer Signatures

Signer Name / Roles Signature Initials
Hélène Neveu Kringelbach