
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** 16 **202** ebruary 0 **3  Period start date To** 16 February 2024 **Period end date** 

**Charity name:** North West Youth Theatre (NWYT) 

**Charity registration number:** 1174285 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance education of young people between the<br>ages of 4 and 16 years in the north west through the<br>performance arts including but not exclusively drama<br>dance and music.|
|Summary of the main activities<br>in relation to those purposes<br>for the public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services identified in<br>the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|Weekly theatre sessions for children aged<br>between four and sixteen years. three,<br>one-hourly<br>sessions<br>every<br>Saturday<br>during the academic year.|
|Statement confirming whether<br>the trustees have had regard to<br>the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|We can confirm the Charity Commission<br>guidance was used.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 



|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|Servicing families in deprived areas including<br>but not-limited-to: Moston, New Moston,<br>Harpurhey, Cheetham Hill, Blackley and<br>Chadderton, with theatre sessions for 99p per<br>child.<br>The price of these sessions allows for families<br>with multiple children to attend. The sessions<br>provide training in acting, singing and dancing,<br>confidence building and team work.<br>The NWYT provides children from deprived<br>areas with the opportunities to perform in a fully<br>functioning theatre, enhance their skills and<br>enable them to make friends in a safe and<br>affordable environment.|
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## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other 



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the<br>period|Para 1.21|£9587|
|Statement explaining the policy<br>for holding reserves stating<br>why they are held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the charity<br>continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|The charity does not expect to raise prices to<br>members in the next twelve months.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal sources<br>of funds (including any<br>fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any social<br>investment policy adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to<br>appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|(a) Every charity trustee must be a<br>natural person.<br>(b) No individual may be appointed<br>as a charity trustee of the CIO: • if<br>he or she is under the age of 16<br>years; or if he or she would<br>automatically cease to hold office<br>under the provisions of clause<br>[12(1)(e)].<br>(c) No one is entitled to act as a<br>charity trustee whether on<br>appointment or on any re-<br>appointment until he or she has<br>expressly acknowledged, in<br>whatever way the charity trustees<br>decide, his or her acceptance of<br>the office of charity trustee. [<br>(c) At least one of the trustees of the<br>CIO must be 18 years of age or<br>over. If there is no trustee aged at<br>least 18 years, the remaining<br>trustees may only act to call a<br>meeting of the charity trustees, or<br>appoint a new charity trustee.]|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|North West Youth Theatre|
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|Registered charity number|1174285|
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|Charity’s principal address|270a Lightbowne Road<br>Moston<br>Manchester<br>M405HQ|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Lauren Anderson|Chair|2017 –present||
||Claire Howarth|Secretary|2017 –present||
||Robert Lloyd||2017 –present||
||Joanne Gough||2017 –present||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held n/a in this capacity Name and objects of the charity n/a on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Lauren Anderson **Full name(s)** Lauren Anderson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 13/12/20 



||**North West Youth Theatre**|**North West Youth Theatre**|**North West Youth Theatre**|**1174285**|**1174285**|**1174285**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|17-Feb-23|**To**||16-Feb-24|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**2,177**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,177**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **2,177**<br>**4,752**<br>**180**<br>**1,060**<br>**205**<br>**1,900**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **8,097**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**8,097**<br>**-                  5,920**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                  5,920**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**2,177**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,177**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,177**<br>**4,752**<br>**180**<br>**1,060**<br>**205**<br>**1,900**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,097**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,097**<br>**-                  5,920**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Subs & events|**2,177**||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**2,177**||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
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|Staff|**4,752**||||||**-**|
|Stationery|**180**||||||**-**|
|Sundry|**1,060**||||||**-**|
|Insurance|**205**||||||**-**|
|Rent|||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**8,097**||||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
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||**-                  5,920**|**-**|**-**||**-                  5,920**||**-**|
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||**-                  5,920**|**-**|**-**||**-                  5,920**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

27/11/2024 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Bank<br>Cash<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>~~27.11.~~|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**9,579**<br>**-**<br>**8**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,587**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>~~L Anderson~~<br>~~24~~|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||~~L Anderson~~||
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

27/11/2024 

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