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9.780
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1,760
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
INK (From Pen to Perfomiance
On accounts for the year
onded
3010912022
Chaiity no
(if any)
1175770
Set out on pages
3and4
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3010912022
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation ot w..-"
ae(x)unts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
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under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Ggrying out my examination, I
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- Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Datg:
08/0￿2023
Name:
Peter Hennem
Rélévant professional
qualiflcationls) or body
IER
Fe15ow of the Institule of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Oct 2018

## **(if any):** 

**Address:** Bowen House, 108 Wangford Road, Reydon, Suffolk, IP18 6NZ 

**Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

2 

**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 




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

## **From  1 October 2021                    To 30 September 2022 Period start date                              Period end date** 

## **Charity name: INK** 

## **Charity registration number: 1175770** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the Arts for the public benefit|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Encouraging and nurturing the writing of<br>new short scripts for stage and radio by<br>emerging and established writers of all<br>ages, the majority with an East Anglian<br>connection, without distinction of sex,<br>sexual orientation, age, disability,<br>nationality, race or political, religious or<br>other opinions.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Providing affordable local access to new<br>drama and to raise awareness of the<br>Performing Arts in East Anglia;<br>Advancing the education of children in<br>drama; supporting The Cut Performing Arts<br>Theatre, Halesworth, Suffolk, and other like<br>venues in their role in bringing performing<br>arts to the community.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|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<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The next INK Festival is to be held in The<br>Cut Arts Centre and surrounding venues in<br>Halesworth, Suffolk, from April 13-17,<br>2023. At the 2022 Festival INK produced<br>50 new short plays for stage and radio.  We<br>continue to focus on providing opportunities<br>for new writers and highly accessible short,<br>sharp theatrical experiences for new and<br>returning audiences.  However, in 2021-<br>2022 we also put an emphasis on our<br>young audiences via the hugely successful<br>“Cuckoo” production dealing with County<br>Lines and presented to secondary school<br>pupils throughout Suffolk and Norfolk. We<br>have also targeted bringing the businesses<br>of Halesworth and the Halesworth<br>Thoroughfare into our projects, and this is<br>something we will be pushing forward with<br>our free-to-all Sunday Funday event in the<br>town during our 2023 Festival.**_The INK_**<br>**_Festival goes from strength to strength_**<br>**_with a bumper crop of emerging talent._**<br>**_London is not the only creative hub in_**<br>**_the country._**(Paul Hegarty Theatre- The<br>Reviews Hub)**_INK is the seed-corn of_**<br>**_theatre and of new writing…The world_**<br>**_should pay attention to INK_**(Libby<br>Purves)|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|INK's Reserve Policy is to target a<br>minimum freely available cash balance of<br>£1,000.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|After careful consideration, the Trustees<br>consider this to be an adequate reserve to<br>cover unforeseen contingences.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£66,207 due, in part, to further carry-<br>forward funds from cancellation of 2020<br>and 2021 Festivals|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>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<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|As above|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected and are appointed for<br>a term of three years by a resolution<br>passed at a properly convened meeting of<br>the charity Trustees (Para 10.1 (a) of the<br>INK constitution).|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||||
|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|INK|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|INK Festival|
|Registered charity number|1175770|
|Charity’s principal address|INK Spot, Unit 10,The Cut Arts Centre<br>8 New Cut,<br>Halesworth,<br>Suffolk, IP19 8SY|
|||





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Anthony<br>Mackintosh|Chair|||
||Julia Sowerbutts|Artistic Director|||
||John Bainer||||
||Alastair King||||
||Simon Cortenay<br>Trewin||||



## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** n/a 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|n/a|||



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

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



## **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)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
||n/a||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 



Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**n/a** 

## **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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Julia Sowerbutts|John Bainer|
||<br>Trustee and Artistic Director|Trustee|
||18 March 2022||
||18 March 2022||



