## Edgelands Arts
Charity number 1173773
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024
## Edgelands Arts
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 4|
|Examiner's report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6|
|Balance sheet|7|
|Notes to the accounts|8 to 11|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Edgelands Arts
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates** Julie Ann Connolly Chair Claire Pickering Appointed 1 August 2023 Erin Lesley Braithwaite Pamela Massett Appointed 29 January 2024 Stephen Foster Resigned 1 August 2023
Appointed 29 January 2024 Resigned 1 August 2023
## **Charity number**
1173773
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
## **Bankers**
G27 Co-operative Bank The Art House PO Box 250 Drury Lane Skelmersdale Wakefield WN8 6WT WF1 2TE
## **Independent examiner**
Alan Dodd FCCA
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 11 July 2017 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the trustees at a duly convened meeting.
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## Edgelands Arts
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To advance the arts and education by:
- l promoting, sustaining and increasing individual and collective knowledge and understanding of the arts,
- l assisting in the provision of creative activities in the interests of social welfare for individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, geographic location, social circumstances or, with the object of improving their conditions of life,
- l promoting social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and/or economically deprived community.
## **The charity's main activities**
Edgelands Arts creates culturally connected communities by sharing stories from the edges of communities, cities and countryside.
We collaborate commission, create and co-produce excellent and accessible arts projects which:
- l Bring artists and communities together.
- l (Re)connect people with each other and the world around them.
- l Explore stories of space, place, identity and belonging.
- l Improve the social, cultural and community well-being of people of all ages and abilities.
We use the arts to nurture
- l a sense of identity and belonging and exploring how the natural and man-made environment shapes and influences people’s lives and how people, in turn, have shaped and influenced the landscape.
- l caring, healthy, culturally connected communities by building relationships, enabling self-expression, developing skills, celebrating difference and supporting people to work together creatively.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of the arts and education.
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## Edgelands Arts
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Achievements and performance**
During the financial year ending March 2024, Edgelands Arts completed 6 projects, and began work on a further 3 projects for completion in 2025. The completed projects include:
- l A banner co-created with Leaning Disability Nursing for NHS England
- l The Magic Paintbrush – the completion of a new theatre using shadow puppetry commissioned by Wakefield Council for tour to Wakefield Libraries as part of Wakefield WordFest.
- l A series of crowns co-created with young people to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee for display in The Victoria Shopping Centre, Harrogate for Bewonder.
- l A play in a week with children from South Kirkby for South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council.
- l Two days of street performance of our giant puppet Heron for Rotherham Town Council as part of the Rotherham Show.
- l A lantern parade co-created with children and communities in Dewsbury for the Dewsbury Town Centre Partnership.
The projects we started in 2023/24 for completion in 2024/5 include:
- l A woolly sheep trail for display in the Woolshops Shopping Centre, co-created with children in Halifax for Bewonder.
- l Bridge Through Time - An installation of a community co-created artwork on a railway bridge in Fitzwilliam for Friends of Fitzwilliam Station.
- l Explore, Create, Connect - An arts project aiming to tackle loneliness with people in Wakefield for Creative Lives, funded by UK Government and Arts Council England.
During the year we provided 6 Freelance artists with 132 days' work. These artists worked with over 600 participants and reached over 6500 people as live audience.
The organisation works on a project by project basis affected by the available time of three lead artists. Due to restraints in these freelancers’ availability, Edgelands Arts completed fewer projects in this financial year than in previous years. This smaller number of projects were nonetheless successful, had extensive reach and continued to progress the organisation’s objectives.
## **Financial review**
The net expenditure for the year was £29,568, including net expendituree of £10,003 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £19,565 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £26,760.
Edgelands Arts reserve policy is to maintain funds to cover the costs of 6 months’ overheads (studio rent and administration costs), calculated and reviewed annually, as protection should the organisation lose significant income/funding or have to cease its operations and fulfil contracted obligations.
Approved by the board of trustees on 4/12/2024
J A Connolly (Trustee)
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## Edgelands Arts
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Edgelands Arts
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2024, which are set out on pages 6 to 11.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Whilst an independent examination is not required under section 145 of the Act, the trustees have opted for this type of scrutiny.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alan Dodd FCCA
9/12/2024
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Edgelands Arts
## Statement of Financial Activities
## (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2024
|Notes
2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Income from:**
Grants and donations
(2)
-
Project fees
15,904
Other income
-
**Total income**
15,904
**Expenditure on:**
_Project expenses:_
Lead Artists
13,407
Freelance Artists
1,200
Other project expenses
2,693
_Overheads:_
Premises
5,076
Office expenses
2,966
Insurance
25
Independent examination
540
Miscellaneous costs
-
**Total expenditure**
25,907
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(10,003)
**Transfers between funds**
-
**Net movement in funds**
(10,003)
**Fund balances brought forward**
36,763
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
26,760|2024
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
13,832
4,600
607
500
-
-
-
26
19,565
(19,565)
-
(19,565)
19,370
(195)|2024
Total
funds
£
-
15,904
-
15,904
27,239
5,800
3,300
5,576
2,966
25
540
26
45,472
(29,568)
-
(29,568)
56,133
26,565|2023
Total
funds
£
43,522
41,510
187
85,219
47,757
7,704
5,247
6,198
1,724
25
1,380
182
70,217
15,002
-
15,002
41,131
56,133|
|---|---|---|---|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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## Edgelands Arts
## Balance sheet
|as at 31 March 2024
2024
Unrestricted
£
**Current assets**
Debtors and prepayments
(4)
540
Cash at bank and in hand
(5)
31,031
**Total current assets**
31,571
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(6)
4,811
**Total current liabilities**
4,811
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
26,760
**Net assets**
26,760
**Funds**
Unrestricted funds
26,760
Restricted funds
-
**Total funds**
26,760|2024
Restricted
£
-
(195)
(195)
-
-
(195)
(195)
-
(195)
(195)|2024
Total
£
540
30,836
31,376
4,811
4,811
26,565
26,565
26,760
(195)
26,565|2023
Total
£
-
56,987
56,987
854
854
56,133
56,133
36,763
19,370
56,133|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 4/12/2024
J A Connolly (Trustee)
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## Edgelands Arts
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by 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) and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Going concern**
The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, if it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Grants and donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
## **Expenditure and liabilities**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
## **Leases**
Rents under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the lease term or to an earlier date if the lease can be determined without financial penalty.
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## Edgelands Arts
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
|**2 Grants and donations**
NHS England
SW Yorkshire NHS Trust
Wakefield Council
**3 Restricted funds**
NHS England
Magic Paintbrush
Know your Neighbourhood
**Fund name**
NHS England
Magic Paintbrush
Know your Neighbourhood|2024
2024
2024
2023
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
funds
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
9,500
-
-
-
4,300
-
-
-
29,722
-
-
-
43,522
Balance b/f
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers
Balance c/f
£
£
£
£
£
9,500
-
9,500
-
-
9,870
-
9,870
-
-
-
-
195
-
(195)
19,370
-
19,565
-
(195)
**Purpose of restriction**
Engagement piece with individuals with lived experience.
To research and develop the Magic Paintbrush for performance in libraries
across the Wakefield District during WordFest 2023.
To support people at risk of loneliness and isolation, delivered in the
following financial year.|
|---|---|
|**4 Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors
**5 Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank
**6 Creditors and accruals**
Accruals and deferred income|2024
£
540
540
2024
£
30,836
30,836
2024
£
4,811
4,811|2023
£
-
-
2023
£
56,987
56,987
2023
£
854
854|
|---|---|---|
Includes balance of £3,878 in respect of a grant for activities completed in the following financial year.
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## Edgelands Arts
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **7 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
## **Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel**
The key management personnel of the charity include the trustees, and three lead artists who are engaged on a self-employed freelance basis. The total benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £27,239 (previous year: £47,757)
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit in this capacity during this or the previous year.
## **8 Operating leases**
|Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
Over five years from the balance sheet date
Expected future minimum lease payments over the remaining life of the
lease, analysed into the period in which the commitment falls due:|2024
£
3,907
-
-
3,907|2023
£
3,907
-
-
3,907|
|---|---|---|
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## Edgelands Arts
## Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2024
|2024
2023
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
£
£
**Income**
Grants and donations
-
-
Project fees
15,904
41,510
Other income
-
187
**Total income**
15,904
41,697
**Expenditure**
_Project expenses:_
Lead Artists
13,407
31,077
Freelance Artists
1,200
3,100
Other project expenses
2,693
3,896
_Overheads:_
Premises
5,076
4,681
Office expenses
2,966
1,724
Insurance
25
25
Independent examination
540
1,380
Miscellaneous costs
-
182
**Total expenditure**
25,907
46,065
**Net income / (expenditure)**
(10,003)
(4,368)
**Transfers between funds**
-
-
**Net movement in funds**
(10,003)
(4,368)
**Fund balances brought forward**
36,763
41,131
**Fund balances carried forward**
26,760
36,763|2024
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
13,832
4,600
607
500
-
-
-
26
19,565
(19,565)
-
(19,565)
19,370
(195)|2023
Restricted
funds
£
43,522
-
-
43,522
16,680
4,604
1,351
1,517
-
-
-
-
24,152
19,370
19,370
-
19,370|2024
Total
funds
£
-
15,904
-
15,904
27,239
5,800
3,300
5,576
2,966
25
540
26
45,472
(29,568)
-
(29,568)
56,133
26,565|2023
Total
funds
£
43,522
41,510
187
85,219
47,757
7,704
5,247
6,198
1,724
25
1,380
182
70,217
15,002
-
15,002
41,131
56,133|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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