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**National Drama Annual Report 1[st] January 2021 to 31[st] December 2021**
## **Introduction**
National Drama (ND) is the UK’s leading professional subject association for all teachers, lecturers and theatre practitioners who work in drama, and theatre education. ND provides an inclusive and progressive framework of continuing professional development that is informed by reflective practice, research, publications, productive partnerships and creative networking.
ND celebrates diversity and promotes respect and equality in all dimensions of its work. ND welcomes members from those communities deemed to have ‘protected characteristics’, as identified in the 2020 Equalities Act.
## **National Drama’s overriding rationale**
ND exists to ensure that all children and young people have opportunities to learn about and through drama and theatre education within a broad and coherent curriculum that is taught by teachers who have appropriate levels of subject knowledge and have received relevant training.
ND is committed to establishing Drama as a subject in primary, secondary, SEND and in alternative education communities with equal status to the other arts subjects.
National Drama is dedicated to the development, promotion and support of Drama and Theatre both in the UK and Internationally. We are an open and inclusive organisation - _One Forum: Many Voices_ - and we positively welcome as members all those who are interested in drama and theatre in learning contexts whether in the UK or beyond.
## **Reference and Admin Details**
Charity Number:
1173215
Address Trent Lodge, Main Street, North Muskham, Newark NG23 6HD
## Trustees in 2021
Geoff Readman (Chair) Zeena Rasheed (Vice Chair) Chris Lawrence (Treasurer; Publications Officer) Louise Mai Newberry (Membership Officer)
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Vivienne Lafferty (Publicity and Marketing Officer) Steve Wood (Secondary Officer) Sharon Coyne (Theatre Officer)
## Volunteers
Amanda Kipling; Sam O’Reilly.
## Our Financial Support
Account Reviewers: Rosie Lacey, 72 Clarence Road London N22 8PW Bankers: Co-operative Bank Lloyds Bank
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## Governing document
National Drama is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by its Constitution, a document prepared for and approved by the Charity Commission on 30[th] May 2017. At this date it became a Charity and was registered with the Charity Commission.
## Appointment of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is ordinarily called ‘The Executive Committee’ and members of the Committee are ordinarily called ‘Officers’.
Appointment of Trustees/Officers is decided annually by Postal Ballot. This process for AGM 2021 was organised and conducted by Civica Election Services (CES).
## Trustee Induction and Support
National Drama has a procedure for appointing new Trustees outside of AGMs and a Code of Conduct for all Trustees to follow. Guidance is provided to new Trustees on these procedures. Trusteeship is viewed as a collective responsibility and support is available to any member of the Executive Committee who requires it.
## Organisation
The Board of Trustees, usually known as the National Drama Executive Committee, meets at least four times a year at a time and place agreed by the Trustees.
Each Member of the Executive Committee is an Officer designated for a particular area of responsibility within the organisation. Currently these areas of responsibility are:
1. Chair
2. Secretary
3. Treasurer
4. Vice Chair
5. Membership Officer
6. Publicity and Marketing Officer
7. Publications Officer
8. Conference Officer
9. Primary Education Officer
10. Secondary Education Officer
11. Further and Higher Education Officer
12. Theatre Officer
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## 13. Additional Needs Officer
Election of Officers is normally by Postal Ballot as outlined above with the exception as noted above in Trustee Induction and Support.
There are particular rules governing which roles are available for election or re-election according to amendments to the Constitution made at AGM 2020 and detailed in National Drama’s Annual Report 2020.
## Risk Management
National Drama has developed a number of policies to safeguard the organisation including a Risk Management assessment; Conflict of Interest Policy; Complaints Policy; Safeguarding Policy; Reserves Policy. These are available to any member on request.
## **Purposes and activities**
The objects of National Drama are to advance the art of drama and to advance education in the art of drama for the public benefit.
National Drama has power to do anything that is calculated to further its objects or isconducive or incidental to doing so. In particular, National Drama’s powers include power to:
(1) arrange and provide for, either alone or with others, the holding of meetings, lectures, classes, seminars, training courses or other learning opportunities on a local, regional, national or international basis;
(2) collect and disseminate information and ideas on all matters relating to its objects, and to exchange such information with other bodies having similar objects whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;
(3) write, procure to be written, print or publish in whatever form, such papers, books, periodicals, pamphlets or other documents, including films, recorded material and computer software, as shall further its objects and to issue or circulate the same whether for payment or otherwise.
## **Financial Review and Pricing Policy**
Pricing
There are four main areas of activity which require attention to levels of pricing:
Membership Fees
Subscriptions for _Drama_ Magazine and _Drama Research_
- Attendance Fees for Conferences and Events
Charitable financial support for attendance of Members at special Drama events, for example, IDEA, or for special achievements.
These should be reviewed on an annual basis in the light of current financial constraints or opportunities.
## Reserves Policy
In an endeavour to safeguard finances for at least one year going forward National Drama will seek to maintain a Reserve that is at least equal to the total unrestricted expenditure of the average of the previous three years or £21000, whichever is the greater.
## Financial Performance
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The financial performance of the organisation during its fourth full year as a charity has been a very productive one with improved performance in most aspects of the charity’s enterprises. Total assets for the period 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2021 were £60,746 (£54,793 in 2020) an improvement of £5953. [See separate reviewed accounts for full details.] Income from membership fees has improved over that of 2020 (£10139/£7813), while fees from subscriptions to _Drama_ and _Drama Research_ and were much improved over the previous year (£6052/£3317). Advertising revenue in 2021 was £2510 compared with £675 in 2020 – a big improvement. The Royalties that we receive from Allied Publishers was comparable at £699 (£870 in 2020).
The big expenditure in this financial year has been £4000 as first payment of £10000 for our new website which has been created by Anthony Kelly, but this does not seem to have dented the financial performance of the charity.
The charity is advantaged in that it has no paid employees; but it must remain vigilant going forward to ensure good financial stewardship in all its activities.
## **Trustees Responsibilities in relation to the financial statements**
The charity trustees are responsible for ensuring that the Charity complies with the requirements of the Charities Act2011 with regard to the keeping of accounting records, to the preparation and scrutiny of statements of accounts, and to the preparation of annual reports and returns.
The charity trustees are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity at any time and for preparing financial statements for each year which provide a true and fair view of the state of the charity.
They are also responsible for ensuring that the charity’s accounts are submitted for independent review annually and for generally safeguarding the assets of the charity, taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Chair/Vice Chair’s Report**
## Achievements and Performance
As schools, theatres and travel opened up we had to recalibrate and balance our exam classes sitting actual exams and doing performances to audience, changes to specs to mitigate the effects of covid on education and stabilise our Executive.
CPD and support for members remained a key offer and success, with a daylong SEND Conference, and with Mezze Eade and two members of the Exec, a popular and hugely important session around representation and changing the approaches around diversity. When I look at what Exam Boards and colleagues are doing, positively, I am proud of how fully we were part of the conversation. We will keep working on improving confidence and range so our brilliant learners and communities can explore issues around identity, ethnicity, justice and prejudice in devising, and explore brilliant playwrights that may have been overlooked in schools for a range of reasons. These include Inua Ellams, Chinonyerem Odimba, Maninder Virk, Roy Williams, Sabrina Mahfouz and Dennis Kelly – amongst others. We created resources which will be on our members’ area celebrating playwrights from LGBTQ+ and global majority backgrounds, to educate ourselves and redress a knowledge balance.
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We delivered thirty online sessions, where value, quality and expertise were standout. There was much to be proud of and excited about!
We raised funds for two new bursaries, one encouraging research and campaigning initiatives, Drama Matters, and one supporting community and engagement projects, Drama Inspires. We consolidated partnerships, with links to practitioners, writers and CfSA, DTEA, NT and IDEA, and campaigned against a range of anti-Arts policies to hold the country’s Executive government to account (including the vanishing Arts Recovery Fund and the failure to create a Performing Arts T Level to replace the BTEC Level 3). We have improved our marketing and social media presence, grown both the Exec and our membership, reviewed our CPD offer and researched the impact of Covid and what members need, and added to our list of patrons. Our website is developing all the time, and we have promising plans for members only pages. We supported Oak to create Drama content for their online school, and have reviewed our CPD offer, and are working on a Covid Impact study.
## Conference
Due to the pandemic, we did not have a live conference, but did host a brilliant SEND Conference online, that was moderately attended and very well received. We would like to rerun this event live in the future.
## E-Newsletter
_Behind The Curtain_ was launched and offers a newer, fresher and more up to date news, opportunities and reminders about what we are offering, what we need and how members can get involved.
We have started a blog which can carry more theoretical and reflective pieces, as a monthly series, including work on games, the teacher director and working live again. Each blog was engaging, a good deep and nourishing read, with enough provocation and entertainment to finish the read smiling. We also send out single item mailouts when appropriate.
## Website
Our website continues to grow, with our fantastic consultant. We are working on a member’s area next! Home - NATIONAL DRAMA
## Bursaries
This year we awarded two bursaries, all for members.
1. Drama Matters Bursary: Campaigns, Research and Raising Awareness
2. Drama Inspires Bursary: Connect, Inspire and Raise Awareness These £500 awards supported some excellent work from Wendy Frost in Warwick, and Arnold Koledji, in Togo.
## Publications
We published two excellent magazines in this time period,an emotional centrepiece celebrating and honouring Aine, plus articles from Kylie Perry at Paper Birds, and Amanda Abbott in New York sharing her study of embodying textual analysis, finding meaning in the body and making incredible connections with developments in neuroscience. The Summer edition looked at an East End _Macbeth_ , Lisa Williamson and Gemma Nicol from Wonder
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Fools gave us reason to hope, and Karen Wallace Jones wrote with wit and verve about what energetic learners with moderate and severe learning difficulties, with a spectrum of neurodivergent needs, with any number of SEND presentations can do, can relish and can learn. _Straight Outta Mainstream_ was a eye-popping read. Always, reviews, student voices and the pull out are worth holding on to.
## IDEA and World Alliance of Arts Education
We remain allies and members of these organisations and successfully planned for a presence at the February 2022 conference in Iceland.
## Other Professional Bodies
We are an important presence contributing to several Drama and Education focussed bodies such as DTEA, SCITED, CLA, and the CfSA. We have good relationships with theatres, especially our patrons, including Lung Theatre, Paper Birds, Theatre Centre and Splendid, who share our values around diversity, creativity and education and that all our young people deserve the best in-curriculum Drama Curriculum, ourt of English as an art form. We also have good relationships with official bodies such as Trinity, Ofqual, and subject leads in Exam Boards.
## – Play it out Loud Erasmus Plus project
_Drama for social inclusion of shy children._
This Erasmus Plus project, funded by the European Union, involving National Drama and four other European partners, is now concluded and an excellent booklet of lesson plans has been produced under the direction of our Project Leads, National Drama members, Patrice Baldwin and Dr Ruth Sayers. We thank them for their hard work and commitment to this Erasmus+ project, especially as such projects are now not available to the UK because of our exit from the European Union.
Plans for the Future Plans for 2022 and 2023include: -
- Improving our offer of high quality and varied CPD to include high quality, sustainable live events, and more strategic online CPD.
- - Supporting members and friends to thrive professionally and as communities with fresh challenges and a governmental attitude around the arts that remains challenging
- Growing the membership
- Improving our presence and voice on social media platforms
- - Working as change – makers to affect policy and advise members in their conversations with SLT and funders around sold evidence – based research and beliefs that support Drama in our lives
- Creating a portfolio of Position Papers to support members make informed choices, be empowered with information, and state our collective view
- - Maintaining our mission to campaign for, celebrate and champion Drama in schools and in a full range of alternative and educational settings
- - Support members, support the Executive so work, life, and volunteer work remains a pleasure, and recruit trustees and more members to actively participate and grow our reach
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- Offering training to the Exec
- Continuing to make best use of our group of patrons
- Funding bursaries, including a third exciting offer
- Sustaining our biannual magazine, Drama, monthly newsletters and half termly Member Treats
- Strategic processes, policies and systems to future proof and grow our organisation and ensure trustees passion and contribution is best employed, and work-life balance is respected
As before, it is important to remind others that we are all volunteers on the National Drama Executive Committee and we work tirelessly to unite teaching professionals and our industry colleagues as a diverse and expert group of Drama and Theatre in Education practitioners.
Zeena Rasheed Vice Chair of National Drama [26.10.22]
New Chair November 2021
I was delighted to be elected as the Chair of National Drama at the 2021 AGM. I would like to record my thanks and appreciation for the significant contribution of Zeena Rasheed who has succeeded in leading and guiding the association throughout a testing and challenging YEAR. Zeena has been an inspiration to the Executive and has carried out her responsibilities in a manner which I intend to aspire to.
Geoff Readman Chair of National Drama [26/10/2022]
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## **NATIONAL DRAMA REPORT AND FINANACIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 2021**
1. Report of the Executive Committee
2. Report of the Independent Examiner (Reporting Accountant)
3. Balance Sheet
4. Income and Expenditure Account
5. Notes to the Accounts
ROSIE LACEY Reporting Accountants 72 Clarence Road London N22 8PW
## NATIONAL DRAMA
## Registered Address: The Crypt Centre, Munster Square, London NW1 3PL
## REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The members of the Executive Committee submit their report with the financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2021. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with relevant accounting standards.
## PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the association is:
(a) To promote drama in the broadest range of educational contexts as an entitlement for all without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race, disability or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together all those interested in all aspects of drama in the U.K. and elsewhere.
(b)To improve the understanding of drama and otherwise, support and represent the interest of all those engaged in drama in such contexts .
## STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
The executive committee are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the association. They are also responsible for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The members of the committee in office during this period were: -
Zeena Rasheed (Vice Chair) Chris Lawrence (Treasurer) Vivienne Lafferty (Marketing and Publicity Officer) Sharon Coyne (Theatre Officer) Geoffrey Readman (Chair) Louise Mai Newberry (Membership Officer) Steven Wood (Secondary Officer)
This report has been prepared under the relevant accounting standards, and was approved on 12[th] September 2022.
Christopher Digitally signed by Christopher Lawrence DN: cn=Christopher Lawrence, o, ou, email=chrislawrence776@gmail.com, c=GB Lawrence Date: 2022.09.26 15:42:47 +01'00' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C. Lawrence (Treasurer)
## NATIONAL DRAMA
## REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER (REPORTING ACCOUNTANTS) TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL DRAMA
## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2021
## RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER (REPORTING ACCOUNTANTS)
The executive committee responsible for the preparation of financial statements.
## BASIS OF OPINION
We planned and performed our review of the books of account so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
## OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the association's affairs as at 31[st] December 2021, and of its profit for the year then ended, and have been properly prepared in accordance with relevant accounting standards.
ROSIE LACEY Reporting Accountants 72 Clarence Road London N22 8PW
Dated this 12[th] September 2022.
## NATIONAL DRAMA
## BALANCE SHEET 31st December 2021
|CURRENT ASSETS
Stock
Cash at bank/in Hand
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
RESERVES
General Fund – 1stJanuary 2021
Income and Expenditure Account
SURPLUS|Notes
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6|**2021**
**£**
**450**
**60,746**
**61,196**
**450**
**60,746**
**£60,746**
**54,793**
**5,953**
**£60,746**|**2021**
**£**
**450**
**60,746**
**61,196**
**450**
**60,746**
**£60,746**
**54,793**
**5,953**
**£60,746**|2020
£
480
54,763
55,243
450
54,793
£54,793
46,966
7,827
£54,793|2020
£
480
54,763
55,243
450
54,793
£54,793
46,966
7,827
£54,793|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**61,196**||55,243||
|||**450**||450||
|||||||
||||**£60,746**||£54,793|
||||**54,793**
**5,953**||46,966
7,827|
||||**£60,746**||£54,793|
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## EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to community associations with the relevant accounting standards.
The accounts were approved by the board on 12[th] September 2022, and signed on its behalf:
Digitally signed by Christopher Lawrence Christopher DN: cn=Christopher Lawrence, o, ou, email=chrislawrence776@gmail.com, Lawrence……………………………… c=GB Date: 2022.09.26 15:44:55 +01'00'
C. Lawrence (Treasurer)
## NATIONAL DRAMA
## INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2021
|INCOME
ERASMUS**+**Grant
Oak Academy Project Grants
Subscriptions from Members
Magazine/Journal Subscriptions
Advertising
Courses / Events / Conferences
Royalties
Donations
Other Income-Gift Aid
Stock – 31/12/2021
EXPENDITURE
Stock of Books / Publications – 1/1/2021
Cost of: Printing and design Fees
Mailing/Postage
Advertising/Publicity
Conference Tickets/Event Fees
Administration: Fees
Bursaries
Rent / Room Hire
Printing / Stationery
Insurance
Travelling/Subsistence
Sundries
Professional Membership
E-News Expenditure
Accountancy
Training
Erasmus Project Expenses
Event Selling/PayPal Fees
Website/Zoom/Computer Expenses
OPERATING PROFIT / (LOSS)
Bank Interest received
BALANCE TO BALANCE SHEET|**2021**
**£**
**0**
**22,322**
**10,411**
**6,119**
**2,510**
**4,166**
**698**
**367**
**372**
**450**
**47,415**
**480**
**3,404**
**1,948**
**1,745**
**0**
**7,577**
**24,155**
**510**
**2,496**
**66**
**288**
**35**
**76**
**257**
**11**
**450**
**0**
**0**
**227**
**5,329**
**41,477**|**2021**
**£**
**0**
**22,322**
**10,411**
**6,119**
**2,510**
**4,166**
**698**
**367**
**372**
**450**
**47,415**
**480**
**3,404**
**1,948**
**1,745**
**0**
**7,577**
**24,155**
**510**
**2,496**
**66**
**288**
**35**
**76**
**257**
**11**
**450**
**0**
**0**
**227**
**5,329**
**41,477**|2020
£
9,738
10,415
9,031
3,536
675
3,902
870
24
442
480
39,113
520
4,212
2,026
1,262
242
8,262
16,727
0
786
27
288
469
0
476
314
450
899
2,028
199
514
31,439|2020
£
9,738
10,415
9,031
3,536
675
3,902
870
24
442
480
39,113
520
4,212
2,026
1,262
242
8,262
16,727
0
786
27
288
469
0
476
314
450
899
2,028
199
514
31,439|
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|||**47,415**
**41,477**||39,113
31,439|
||**7,577**
**24,155**
**510**
**2,496**
**66**
**288**
**35**
**76**
**257**
**11**
**450**
**0**
**0**
**227**
**5,329**||8,262
16,727
0
786
27
288
469
0
476
314
450
899
2,028
199
514||
|||**5,938**
**15**||7,674
153|
|||**£5,953**||£7,827|
NATIONAL DRAMA
## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2021
## 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
## 1.1 Basis of Accounting
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention
## 1.2. Income
Income represents the sums received from subscriptions and magazine/journal subscriptions, together with events.
## 2. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
The resulting profit is attributable to the general activities of the company.
## 3.FIXED ASSETS
There are no fixed assets.
## 4. STOCK
Residual stock of books, periodicals and magazines are included in the accounts at cost.
## 5. CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND
|CO-OP Community Account
Lloyds Current Account
CO-OP Business Select Account
PayPal
6. CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year: -
Accountancy|**2021**
**£**
**7,785**
**975**
**51,964**
**22**
**£60,746**
**2021**
**£**
**450**
**£450**|2020|
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870
45,449
283|
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