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Trustees Annual Report 2024
Charity Name: The Exmouth Players
Charity Registration Number: 1174875
Address: The Blackmore Theatre, 10 Bicton Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2RU
Structure and Management
The charity is run by a group of committee members (Trustees) who are elected each year at the AGM.
Activities and Objectives
To advance the education of the public in the dramatic arts by the public performance of plays, Readings and live theatre and such other charitable purposes as the trustees determine.
Achievements
This year we saw another success full programme of plays, 4 in-house produced and several external local amateur productions. We were also able to welcome back three locals schools, Exeter Road Primary, Beacon School and St Peters, for their various end of terms and mid term performances. All were very well attended by the parents, we very much enjoy having the lcoa groups come to use out facilities. Two external adult amateur groups also hired out the theatre for their own productions: EMCo and Tambourine Productions.
Several building upgrades were completed during the year as time allowed in the busy schedule and all the time freely donated by our members.
Finances
Outlook
The Exmouth players continue to welcome many different groups into the theatre and we are looking to expand on that in 2024.
We have more building upgrades coming next year and all the great hard work done in 2023 is going to allow us to move forward and ensure the theatre is available for many years to come.
Exmouth Players Registered Charity Number – 1174875
Income and Expenditure for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
| Income Opening Balances as at 1 January 2022 Theatre Account Bar Account Theatre Deposit (TSB) Bar Deposit (TSB) Theatre Deposit (Nat W) Bar Deposit (Nat West) 30 Day Notice Account Theatre Hire Bingo Coffee Morning Raffle Costume Hire Prop Hire Bar Income Other Income Ticket Sales Members Subs Friends Subs Ice Creams External Tickets Programme Sales Quiz Money Interest Grant Income Miscellaneous Correction |
£ Expenditure Cost of Sales Bar Stock Ice Cream Purchases 21995 Coffee Morning / Bingo 9947 Show Expenses 1678 Garage Lease 1167 Building Development 40021 Graphic Services 17009 Script Purchase External Ticket Reimburse 91817 Programme Purchase Utilities DBS Check Fire Alarm Technical Expenses Office Costs 4197 Bar Till Subscription 319 Computer Hardware 5543 Tools and Paint 1298 Other Expenditure 100 Internet & Telephone 10 Stationery 21671 Theatre Licenses 733 Miscellaneous 26242 Meals 3080 Advertising and Promotion 130 Legal and Prof Fees 2539 Charitable Donations 8146 Subscriptions 959 Bank/Finance Charges 15 Insurance 1597 Rehearsal Space rental 38 250 Cleaning 76,867 Staff Training Closing Balances as at 31 December 2023 Theatre Account Bar Account Theatre Deposit (TSB) Bar Deposit (TSB) Theatre Deposit (Nat W) Bar Deposit (Nat West) 30 Day Notice Account 168,684 Bus Ent - Xmas Social |
£ 33 9,451 2,016 425 1,580 1,200 6,428 2,587 252 6,195 965 4,426 30 299 24 291 360 948 491 175 480 226 2,364 100 69 632 180 200 190 181 1,291 50 42 2,642 95 |
|---|---|---|
| 46,918 | ||
| 10,817 8,393 1,692 1,177 16,188 14,190 69,309 |
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| 121,766 | ||
| 168,684 | 168,684 |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities Theatre Account Bar Account Theatre Deposit (TSB) Bar Deposit (TSB) Theatre Deposit (Nat W) Bar Deposit (Nat West) 30 Day Notice Account |
2023 £ 10,817 Theatre Account 8,393 Bar Account 1,692 Theatre Deposit (TSB) 1,177 Bar Deposit (TSB) 16,188 Theatre Deposit (Nat W) 14,190 Bar Deposit (Nat West) 69,309 30 Day Notice Account 121,766 |
2022 £ 21995 9947 1678 1167 40021 17009 0 |
|---|---|---|
| 91,817 | ||
| Reserves Balance at end of 2022 Surplus of Receipts |
£ 91,817 29,949 121,766 |
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| 121,766 |
30 Ivydale Exmouth Devon EX8 4JX
22 January 2025
Exmouth Players The Blackmore Theatre 10 Bicton Street Exmouth Devon EX8 2RU
Dear Sirs
I have been asked to complete an independent examination of the Exmouth Players' accounts, for the year ending 31 December 2023. The purpose of this examination is to give the charity’s trustees, supporters, beneficiaries and the wider public, some independent assurance that the charity’s money has been properly accounted for and accounting records kept.
I can confirm that I have recently inspected the above mentioned accounts, and found them to be in very good order.
The Exmouth Players are an amateur theatre group, who happen to own their own theatre premises. Their total income for the year was just under £77k, whilst they spent a little under £47k. This gave them a surplus of around £30k.
The largest part of their income came from ticket sales (£26k) and bar takings (£22k). This is supplemented by regular fund raising events (coffee mornings, bingo and raffles), which brought in over £7k. Additionally, over £4k was raised by renting their theatre facilities to schools and other local theatre groups.
The company staged four major productions throughout the year, which showed a combined surplus of over £20k.
As stated previously, the Exmouth Players own their own theatre. During the twelve month period they spent over £6k on building development.
Adding this year's surplus of £30k to their previous reserves of just under £92k, gives the company a new balance of almost £122k. This is a fantastic amount, and the Treasurer and Committee should be commended for their excellent work. The Exmouth Players are certainly in a great place to continue their activities for the future.
Yours faithfully
Adrian Vanstone