| The objects ofthe charity as set out in its governing | The objects ofthe charity as set out in its governing | document are to advance |
document are to advance |
education for the |
education for the |
public | benefit |
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| and to preserve and protect the good physical and mental health ofthe general |
public by the | provision of | artistic | ||||
| performances and workshops. |
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| In planning the activities |
for the year, the trustees | have complied with their |
duty to have | due | regard | to the | |
| guidance on public benefit published by the Charity |
Commission. | ||||||
| The main activities undertaken were: |
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| Activity | |||||||
| April 2020 | Produced first podcast series about our tour ofDRY, |
a play about | middle | age drink- | |||
| ing problems. The play was | produced in partnership |
with Turning Point and toured |
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| January - February 2020. | |||||||
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| Listeners: 620 | |||||||
| April —May 2020 | Received ACE Emergency | Covld-19 grant to produce | Happy Even | Alter | as a radio | ||
| play and podcast series, in | response to the Covid lockdown situation |
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| April- May 2020 | Gaye adapted Happy Even |
ARer as radio play and actors recorded | it in isolation | ||||
| www. huma nato eatre.corn/ dcast |
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| May 2020 | Released DRYpodcast | ||||||
| May- June | National radio campaign about Happy Even Aller podcast series. Interviews on |
var- | |||||
| 2020 | ious national BBCradio stations and other community | radio programmes: | with | ||||
| writer Gaye Pool, actor and | audio producer Jifiy Bond and BecciSeabourne Do- |
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| mestic Abuse Specialist | |||||||
| June 2020 | Released Happy Even Atter podcast series: a 5 part | series showcasing | Human | ||||
| Story Theatre's play which |
explores domestic abuse; | from wedding | vows, various | ||||
| anniversaries, and into this |
lockdown. | ||||||
| Listeners: Radio play: 629; | QBA / personal stories episodes: 426 | ||||||
| May- June | Produced a mini monologue | to camera series on the | theme of 'end | of life'. Written | |||
| 2020 | by local Oxfordshire playwrights, directed, performed |
and recorded | in isolation | by | |||
| local talent, and shown on our website and You Tube | channel. | ||||||
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m/s ecial- 'ects |
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| Views on YouTube: 608 | |||||||
| 11June 2020 | Joint Artistic Director, Amy, | goes on maternity leave for 12months |
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| August 2020 | Joint Artistic Director, Gaye, retires and moves to Wales |
| August 2020 | Due to Covid-19 the Mulberry Bush School 'Young people's Mental Health' project was cancelled and funding was returned. |
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| September— October 2020 |
Social media campaign launched to raise awareness ofour End ofLife monologue series. Produced by Ameila Thornber (project managed by Amy whilst on maternity leave). The End of Life project, delivered online, replaced the planned tour ofR.I.P., a new play exploring 'end of life' which was not possible due to the Covid-1 9re. |
| strlctions. |
| Restricted | Unrestr)cted | Total | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| Unrestricted | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Receipts | |||||
| Grant Income | 1,500 | 14,921 | 16,421 | 112,654 | |
| Production income |
669 | 669 | 2,463 | ||
| Other income | 9,425 | 9,425 | 18,342 | ||
| Total receipts | 1,500 | 25,015 | 26,515 | 133,459 | |
| Payments | |||||
| Production expenditure |
1,350 | 14,633 | 15,983 | 116,507 | |
| Nonyroducfion | expenditure | 3,165 | 3,165 | 7,973 | |
| Refunded grant |
income | 9,461 | |||
| Total payments | 10,811 | 17,798 | 28,609 | 124,480 | |
| Net receipts/(payments) | (9,311) | 7,217 | (2,094) | 8,979 | |
| Cash funds at 1stApril 2020 | 9,461 | 13,387 | 22,848 | 13,869 | |
| Cash funds at | 31stMarch 2021 | 150 | 20,604 | 20,754 | 22,848 |
| Restricted | Unrestricted | Total | Restdcted | Unrestricted | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 8 |
2021 8 |
2021 8 |
2020 8 |
2020 2 |
2020 f |
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| Cash funds | ||||||
| Bank balances | ||||||
| Current accounts | 150 | 20,604 | 20,754 | 9,461 | 13,387 | 22,848 |