**Registered Charity Number 1177033**
## **The Basement Door**
**Trustees Report and Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2025**
**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **Table of Contents**
|**Table of Contents**||
|---|---|
||**Page**|
|Charity Information ………………………………………………………………..|3|
|Trustees Report ………………………………………………………………………|4|
|Independent Examiners Report……………………………………………….|7|
|Statement of Financial Activities……………………………………………..|8|
|Balance Sheet………………………………………………………………………….|9|
|Notes to the Accounts……………………………………………………………..|11|
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## **Charity Information**
|Charity number:|1177033|
|---|---|
|Registered office:|Patch WorkPlace|
||42 York Street|
||Twickenham|
||TW1 3BW|
|Trustees:|Louise Nagle (as Chair of Trustees)|
||Maia Rose Walsh|
||Clare Strike|
||Chris Meara|
||Kenneth Andrew McMahon|
||Tom Strike|
||Mairi McLeod|
|Accountant:|Landi Accounting Limited|
||62 Stakes Road|
||Waterlooville|
||Hampshire|
||PO7 8NT|
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **Report of the Trustees for the year ended 5 April 2025**
The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025. The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
## **Objectives and activities**
By running regular live music events, The Basement Door provides **education and opportunity** to young volunteers up to the age of 22, primarily in and around the Greater London area, by providing:
1. Training, work experience and qualifications in the areas of event management, front of house, sound and light engineering and artist liaison.
2. Performance opportunities, mentoring, and industry advice for young musicians and those interested in the music industry at all stages of their development within a community which encourages respect and collaboration.
3. A creative community in which young artists, photographers and film-makers can gain valuable experience.
The Basement Door exists in order to benefit young people by:
1. Enhancing social welfare in the provision of leisure-time activities in safe, age-appropriate spaces.
2. Relieving unemployment in the provision of opportunities to develop skills and capabilities
3. Supporting wellbeing in the provision of educational opportunities and teamwork
**4.** Creating a community open to all young people in the target age bracket, which is safe and drug-free.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Basement Door is a charitable incorporated organisation managed by trustees in accordance with its constitution. Trustees must be at least 16 years old. At least one Trustee must be 18 or older. There must be a minimum of 3 Trustees and a maximum of 12. Trustees appointing new Trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the charity. These criteria have been considered by the current Trustees whenever the recruitment of additional Trustees has been discussed.
## **Public Benefit**
The Trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in deciding activities undertaken by the charity. The Trustees are satisfied that the information provided in the report and accounts meets the public benefit reporting requirement.
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## **Achievements and performance**
The main activities of The Basement Door during the relevant period are set up above and remain in line with its Charitable Objectives. The Basement Door continues to carry out activities which are for the public benefit, illustrated by the data below:
|**Data capture sheet**|**2018**|**2019**|**2020**
**online**|**2020**
**live**|**2021**|**2022**|**2023**|**2024**|**2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**# Back stage and front of house trainees**|25|28||17|30|37|78|79|125|
|**# AQA units awarded**|51|66|0|0|0||144|0|0|
|**# Artists/bands**|237|100|65|54|135|233|323|251|385|
|**Total # young people in bands + artists**|507|283||331|353|615|906|741|802|
|**# gigs**|63|62|46|53|29|55|91|59|67|
|**Attendance gigs**|1714|1903||1456|849|2301|4950|6003|3489|
|**Attendance festivals**|9890|12050|||13400|12725|32780|43200|41950|
## **Financial review**
The gross income of the charity was £55,332.00. Total expenditure was £44,485.00
The year’s surplus was £10,847.00
## **Plans for the future**
At the time of submitting this report the Trustees aim to:
1. Create a coherent Business Plan (including a marketing and communication strategy) so that the Basement Door is visible to more young people and wider audiences
2. Include more young people and increase provision across all areas by building relationships with schools and colleges
3. Monitor our impact and track improvement through testimonials and a repeat of the survey conducted in 2022.
4. Increase fundraising activity by widening the avenues used to raise funds
5. Concentrate our organisational efforts and finances on events which benefit more young people and have a larger appeal for young audience members.
6. Encourage the support of parental groups and volunteers to assist and support the charity
7. Obtain specific funding for targeted projects including a singer-songwriter competition, studio access and more industry advice for young people interested in the field of music
8. Widen the scope of events for solo musicians and acoustic artists
9. Maintain existing links with festivals, venues and events, and nurture new ones for the future in order to increase the number of opportunities available
10. Maintain and develop music industry contacts
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11. Continue to develop our approach to Safeguarding and Diversity through monitoring, policies and procedures
12. Appoint a larger and more diverse group of trustees
13. Work with organisations that match Charities to empty premises to seek a more permanent location for training evenings, rehearsals space and gigs.
14. Restart the AQA programme for future participants and “catch up” on awarding young people who are already trained.
## **Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities**
The Charities Act 2011 requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2005;
- Make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to do so.
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Signed on behalf of the Trustees**
… C J Meara …
Chris Meara
Date: 28 October 2025
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of The Basement Door**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2025 which are set out on pages, 8 - 10
## **RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER**
The Charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act
- To follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)b of the 2011 Act
- To state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT**
In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention:
- (1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act;
- To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
Have not been met; or
- (2) To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Date:
Sally Winterbottom FCCA
Landi Accounting Ltd
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
|**THE BASEMENT DOOR**
**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
**NOTES**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Charitable activities
2
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Direct Charitable Expenditure
3
Administration and Advisory Services
3
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR**
**BROUGHT FORWARD 6 APRIL 2023**
**TRANSFER**
**CARRIED FORWARD 6 APRIL 2024**|**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
55,332
0
55,332
42,367|
|---|---|
||**55,332**
**0**
**55,332**
**42,367**|
||13,436
0
13,436
20,319
31,050
0
31,050
36,794|
||**44,485**
**0**
**44,485**
**57,113**|
||10,847
0
10,847
(14,745)
10,837
0
10,837
25,582
0
0
0
0|
||**21,684**
**0**
**21,684**
**10,837**|
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **THE BASEMENT DOOR**
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 5 APRIL 2025**
|**NOTES**
**FIXED ASSETS**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank and in hand
Debtors
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS TOTAL**
**LIABILITIES**
**CHARITY FUNDS**
Unrestricted funds
Restricted Funds
**TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS**|**2025**
**£**
**£**
0
23,151
0
23,151
(1,468)
21,684
**21,684**
21,684
**21,684**|**2024**
**£**
**£**
797
11,557
0
11,557
(720)
10,837
**11,634**
10,837
**10,837**|**2024**
**£**
**£**
797
11,557
0
11,557
(720)
10,837
**11,634**
10,837
**10,837**|
|---|---|---|---|
||23,151
(1,468)|11,557
(720)||
|||||
||||**11,634**|
||||10,837|
||||**10,837**|
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **THE BASEMENT DOOR**
## **STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
|Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for the year
Depreciation and impairment
Decrease/(Increase) in debtors
Increase/(Decrease) in creditors
**Net Cash inflow from operating activities**
Capital expenditure
Increase/(Reduction) in cash in the year
**Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds**
**Increase in cash in the year**
**Total Cash at 6 April 24**
**Total Cash at 5 April 25**|**2025**
**2024**
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
10,847
(14,745)
(17,825)
(9,635)
0
797
3,969
3,862
748
3,090
(1,164)
(1,711)
0
0
133
353|
|---|---|
||**11,595**
**(10,858)**
**(14,887)**
**(7,131)**|
||(1,071)
11,595
(10,858)
(14,887)
(8,202)
**11,595**
**(10,858)**
**(14,887)**
**(8,202)**
**11,557**
**22,415**
**37,300**
**45,502**|
||**23,151**
**11,557**
**22,413**
**37,300**|
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **THE BASEMENT DOOR**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding period
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by charities issued in March 2005
## **1.2 Cashflow**
The charity has produced a cashflow report in accordance with FRS102
## **1.3 Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
Income received by way of grants donations and gifts are included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Grants where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included.
## **1.4 Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
## **1.5 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life as follows:
Stage equipment - 20% Straight line Office Equipment - 33.3% Straight line
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **THE BASEMENT DOOR**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
|**2**
**Income from Charitable Activities**
Donations
Income from events
Unrestricted grants
**3**
**Costs of charitable activities**
Direct Charitable Expenditure
Administration and Advisory Services
**4**
**Employees**
**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries
Social Security costs
Other costs|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
23,057
0
32,135
0
140
0|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
23,057
32,135
140|
|---|---|---|
||**55,332**
**0**|**55,332**|
||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
13,436
0
31,050
0|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
13,436
31,050|
||**44,485**
**0**|**44,485**|
|||**Year ended**
**2025**
23,336
(1,593)
0|
|||**21,743**|
## **Number of employees**
The average number of employees (including the Trustees) during the year was 1 (2024: 1)
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## **THE BASEMENT DOOR**
**Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **5 Tangible Fixed Assets**
|**Cost**
**At 6 April 2024**
**Additions**
**At 5 April 2024**
**Depreciation**
**At 6 April 2024**
**Charge for the year**
**Net book values**
**At 5 April 2024**
**At 5 April 2025**
**6**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|**Stage**
**Equipment**
**£**
17,517
0|**Office**
**Equipment**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
1,865
19,382
0
0|
|---|---|---|
||**17,517**|**1,865**
**19,382**|
||17,517
0|1,865
19,382
0
0|
||**17,517**|**1,865**
**19,382**|
||**0**|**0**
**0**|
||**0**|**0**
**0**|
|||**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
580
0
888
720|
|||**1,468**
**720**|
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**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1177033 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025**
## **THE BASEMENT DOOR**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
|**7**
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
Fund balances as at 5 April 2024
as represented by:
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
**Total Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2025**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
0
0
0
23,151
0
23,151
(1,468)
0
(1,468)|
|---|---|
||**21,684**
**0**
**21,684**|
## **8 Going concern**
There are sufficient reserves in order for The Basement Door to continue to operate as a going concern over the next 12 months.
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