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||Type of governing<br>document|Type of governing<br>document|Constitution|Constitution||||
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||How the charity<br>is constituted||Charitable||Incorporated||Organisation|
||Trustee selection methods||Apped|ltBQ|Qy the existing||( pustees|
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|relevant,<br>about:||||||||
|~|policies and procedures|||||||
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||training<br>oftrustees;|||||||
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||network<br>with which the charity|||||||
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||parties;|||||||
|~|trustees'<br>consideration<br>of|||||||
||major risks and the system|||||||
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|||||To promote social inclusion<br>for the public benefit by working<br>with people|To promote social inclusion<br>for the public benefit by working<br>with people|
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|Summary ofthe objects of<br>the charity set out in its<br>governing<br>document||||in Merseyside<br>who have learning<br>difficulties,<br>who are socially excluded <br>a result oftheir learning<br>difficulties<br>and to relieve the needs ofsuch<br>people and assist them to integrate<br>into society.|as|
|||||Main activities<br>include||
|||||The practise and performance<br>oftheatre,<br>art, music and movement||
|||||therapy,||
|||||Providing<br>educational<br>opportunities<br>including<br>visits to art institutions,||
|||||Raising<br>public awareness<br>ofthe issues affecting people with learning||
|||||difficulties,<br>Ooth generally<br>and<br>in relation to their social exclusion,||
|||||Providing<br>workshops,<br>forums and general<br>support,<br>and providing||
|Summary <br>activities|ofthe main<br> undertaken||for the|recreational<br>facilities and opportunities<br>for people with learning<br>difficulties.||
|public benefit in relation to||||What we do||
|these objects (include||||||
|within this section the<br>statutory<br>declaration<br>that<br>trustees have had regard to<br>the guidance<br>issued by the||||Drama<br>is an established<br>method<br>for promoting<br>self-confidence<br>and a<br>sense of belonging<br>and sharing<br>experiences. It breaks the cycle of<br>isolation,<br>brings people together<br>and presents<br>them with challenges<br>they<br>can solve collaboratively.<br>Company of Friends supports<br>its members||
|Charity Commission<br>public benefit)||on||through<br>the practise and performance<br>oftheatre, art, music and<br>movement:<br>therapy.||
|||||Since 2016, Company<br>of Friends Theatre has staged<br>many productions||
|||||(at the Black-E), including<br>'Dr Who and the Unknown<br>Dimension',||
|||||'Macbeth',<br>'Our Will', 'Hamlet',<br>'Sherlock<br>Holmes and the Wolfman'<br>and||
|||||'Nothing<br>to be Done', based on Samuel Beckets work. Also, we have||
|||||collaborated<br>with<br>LIPA to stage 'The Red and Black', a factual production,||
|||||involving<br>the Spanish<br>Civil War and some Liverpool<br>Sailors, performed|at|
|||||LIPA and the Anglican<br>Cathedral,<br>and more recently, 'The Tam O'Shanter||
|||||Project, performed<br>at Bidston, The Wirral<br>~ And Victoria Victorious, on the||
|||||streets of New Brighton.||



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||CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION||A|"Y||||||1172644|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||FOR||ENGLANO|AND WALES||||||||||||||
||||||||||Receipts and|||payments||accounts|||eC16a|
|||||||||For|the period<br>from||07/04/2021||To||06/04/2022|||
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|~|||||~|.|~|~.||||||||||
|||||||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds||Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds|Last year|
|||||||||to the nearest|||to the nearest 6||to the nearest 6||to the nearest 6||to the nearest 6|
|A1 Receipts||||||||||||||||||
|Subscriptions||||||||||1,404||||||1,404|312|
|Donations||||||||||360|||||||480|
|Community|Impact Fund Grant||||||||||||||||1,500|
|Jacks Grant|||||||||||||||||500|
|Elizabeth<br>Rathbone<br>Grant||||||||||||1,000||||1,000||
|Sub fotal|||(Gross|income for<br>AR)||||||1,764||1,000||||2,764|2,792|
|A2 Asset|and||investment||sales,|||||||||||||
|(see table).||||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub total||||||||||||||
||||Total||receipfs|||||1,764||1,000||||2,764|2,792|
|A3 Pa<br>ents||||||||||||||||||
|Administration||||||||||570||2,520||||3,090|1,280|
|Web Site||||||||||524||||||524|363|
|Training<br>LCVS|||||||||||||||||180|
|Rental<br>Hire|||||||||||||||||179|
|Stationary<br>and ink|||||||||||||||||49|
|Productions||||||||||100||||||100|10|
|Training<br>Materials||||||||||||||||||
|Hospitality||||||||||142||||||142||
|Sets/Props||||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub fotal||||||1,955||2,520||||4,475|2,061|
|A4 Asset and||investment||||||||||||||||
|purchases,|(see table|||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub tofal||||||||||||||
||||Total payments|||||||1,955|2,520|||||4,475|2,061|
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments)||||||||||191||1,520||||1,711|731|
|A5 Transfers||between||funds||||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds|||last year||end|||||||1,520||||2,025||
|Cash funds this||||year end||||||314||||||314|731|





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||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment|
||||||||funds|||funds|funds|
||||||||to nearest|6|to nearest 6||to nearest f|
|81 Cash funds||||Bank||||261||||
|||||Cash||||53||||
|||||||Total cash funds||314||||
|||||(agree|balances|with receipts and payments||||||
|||||||account(s))||||||
||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment|
||||||||funds|||funds|funds|
|||||D ..is'is|||to nearest|6|to nearest 6||to nearest 6|
|Q2 Othor monetary||aeeote||||||||||
||||||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s||Cost (optional)||Current value<br>o tional|
|B3Investment|assets|||||||||||
||||||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s||Cost (optional)||Current value<br>o tional|
|B4Assets retained||for|the|||||||||
|charity's<br>own use||||||||||||
||||||||Fund to which||Amount due||When due|
||||||||liabili<br>relates|||o tional|o tional|
|B5Liabilities||||||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees<br>behalf of all the trustees|||on||'g|nature||Print|Name||Date of<br>a<br>roval|
|||||||||Alan Wardle|||31/01/2023|
|||||||||Sheila Rand||||
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