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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 as<br>a result oftheir learning<br>difficulties<br>and to relieve the needs ofsuch<br>people and assist them to integrate<br>into society.||
|||||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>both generally<br>and<br>in relation to their social exclusion,||
|||||Providing<br>workshops,<br>forums and general support,<br>and providing||
|||||recreational<br>facilities and opportunities<br>for people with learning||
|||||difficulties.||
|||||What we do||
|Summary <br>activities|ofthe main<br> undertaken||for the|Drama<br>is an established<br>method<br>for promoting<br>self-confidence<br>and|a|
|public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (indude<br>within this section the||||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>can solve collaboratively.<br>Company of Friends supports<br>its members|they|
|statutory<br>trustees|declaration that<br> have had regard to|||through<br>the practise and performance<br>oftheatre, art, music and<br>movement<br>therapy.||
|the guidance<br>issued <br>Charity Commission<br>public benefit)||by the<br>on||Since 2016, Company of Friends Theatre has staged many productions<br>(at the Black-E), including<br>'Dr Who and the Unknown<br>Dimension',<br>'Macbeth',<br>'Our Will', 'Hamlet',<br>'Sherlock<br>Holmes and the Wolfman',<br>'The||
|||||Tempest'<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,<br>involving<br>the Spanish<br>Civil War and some Liverpool Sailors,||
|||||performed<br>at LIPA and the Anglican<br>Cathedral,<br>and more recently,|'The|
|||||Tam O'Shanter<br>Project, performed<br>at Bidston, The Wirral. Victoria||
|||||Victorious,<br>on the streets of New Brighton.<br>And our latest collaboration||
|||||with<br>LIPA, 'More then a Club' at Tanmere<br>Rovers Football Club.||
|||||After much consideration<br>and consultation,<br>'Company<br>B', was born|in|
|||||May 2022. This activity group<br>is seen as a stepping-stone,<br>to the main||
|||||group. Commitment<br>is more relaxed,<br>with drama<br>activity taking a||
|||||secondary<br>role, with the focus being on confidence,<br>communication,||
|||||collaboration,<br>focus and fun. Currently,<br>6 members<br>are involved,<br>with||
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|FOR|ENGLAND|||AND WALES|||||||||||||
||||||||||Receipts and||payments||accounts|||CC&sa|
|||||||||For the period||07/04/2022||To||05/04/2023|||
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|||||||||Unrestricted<br>funds||Restricted<br>funds||Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds|Last year|
|||||||||to|the nearest<br>6|to the nearest 6||to the nearest E||to the nearest k||to the nearest 6|
|A1 Receipts|||||||||||||||||
|Donations|||||||||1,660||||||1,660|360|
|Subscriptions|||||||||1,474||||||1,474|1,404|
|Lottery Grant|||||||||||8,280||||8,280||
|Black-E Contributions||(light Desk)|||||||210||||||210||
|Elizabeth Rathbone||Grant||||||||||||||1,000|
|Sub total|(Gross income for<br>AR)||||||||3,344||8,280||||11,624|2,764|
|A2 Asset and|investment||||sales,||||||||||||
|(see table).|||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub||total|||||||||||
||||Total||receipts||||3,344||8,280||||11,624|2,764|
|A3 Payments|||||||||||||||||
|Administration|||||||||1,760||||||1,760|3,090|
|Web Site|||||||||503||||||503|524|
|Black-E Rental Hire|||||||||440||||||||
|Members Theatre|Contribution||||||||358||||||358||
|Members<br>Meal Contribution|||||||||355||||||355|142|
|Black-E Payment|(light||Desk)||||||210||||||210||
|Audio Expenses|||||||||30||||||30||
|Productions|||||||||115||||||115|100|
|Sets/Prop Costs|||||||||||||||||
|Training<br>Materials|||||||||31||||||31|134|
|Stationary,<br>Ink, stamps|||&expenses||||||69||||||69||
|||||Sub||total|||4,119||||||4,119|4,475|
|A4 Asset and|investment||||||||||||||||
|purchases,<br>(see table)|||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub||total|||||||||||
|||Total payments|||||||4,119||||||4,119|4,475|
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||||||||8,280||||7,505|1711|
|A5 Transfers|between|||funds|||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last year|||||end||||314||||||314||
|Cash funds|||this|year||end|||||8,280||||7,819|1711|





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|||||||||||funds|||funds|||funds||
|||||||||||to nearest|8|to|nearest||8|to nearest|8|
|B1Cash|funds||||Bank||||||461||||8,280|||
||||||Cash||||||468|||||||
||||||||Total||cash funds|||||8,280||||
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||||||D.'.ai is|||||to nearest|K|to|nearest||R|to nearest|K|
|B2Other|monetary assets|||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s||Cost (optional)||||Current value<br>o tional||
|B3Investment||assets||||||||||||||||
||||||De'tails|||||Fund to which<br>asset belon s||Cost (optional)||||Current value<br>o tional||
|B4Assets retained for|||the|||||||||||||||
|charity's|own|use||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||Fund towhich||Amount||due||When due||
||||||Derails|||||liabili<br>relates|||o tional|||o tional||
|B5Liabilities||||||||||||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees<br>behalf of all the trustees|||on|||Sign||tur|||Print|Name||||Date of<br>a<br>roval||
||||||||||||Alan Wardle|||||18/01/2024||
||||||||||||Sheila Rand|||||||
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