## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 2[nd] April 2022 Period start date To 1[st] April 2023 Period end date Charity name:**
## **Charity registration number:** 1177293
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 To advance in life and help young people,
the charity as set out in its living in, but not exclusively The London
governing document Borough of Ealing, for the public benefit,
through theatrical drama-based activities
that develop their skills, capacities and
capabilities, to enable them to participate in
society as mature and responsible
individuals.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Our bullying awareness workshops, which
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|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
To advance in life and help young people,
living in, but not exclusively The London
Borough of Ealing, for the public benefit,
through theatrical drama-based activities
that develop their skills, capacities and
capabilities, to enable them to participate in
society as mature and responsible
individuals.|||
|Summary of the main|Para 1.17 and
|Our bullying awareness workshops, which|
|activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|1.19|is the bulk of our charitable work, benefit
the children taking part by enabling them
with personal and group strategies to help
them cope with negative social behaviour
by others. With an increase in a positive
appreciation of pro-social behaviour and
how to action it, they benefit from a calmer
school environment conducive to learning.
Expansively and happily, the workshops
also allow the children to experience a
vivid, fun, interactive, artistic and dramatic
experience.
We were successful when applying to John
Lyons Charity (JLC) for a Three Year Main
Grant to support our Bully Awareness
Project. We will receive a total of £36,000,
released in three annual tranches of
£12,000, starting during this reporting
period.
We applied to Arts Council England (ACE)
for a Main Grant to support our Bullying
Awareness Project and were awarded a
grant of £30,000. A portion of this grant
was delivered during this reporting period.|
|||Both these grants allowed us to tour our
Bullying Awareness Workshop to primary
schools in Ealing and Brent, benefiting
1,721 Year 4 children, during the academic
year 2022/2023.
We also received a small grant of £2378.50
from Young Ealing Foundation to allow
primary aged children with a disadvantaged
background to attend Monster Cat
Theatre’s after school drama club at
several schools in Ealing.
We also continued to improve and
formalise our planning and governance
policies and procedures with the invaluable
help of our dedicated Trustees. The latter
provided professional advice and practical
help on funding, finance and child
safeguarding. Our charity feels truly
supported by our Trustees.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In shaping our objectives for the year and
planning our activities, our trustees have
considered the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit. The trustees
always ensure that the projects we
undertake are in line with our charitable
objects and aims.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We are not a grant making charity.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|We do not make or receive any social
investments.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers (often our trustees) contribute
to: general office administration duties;
development of policies and procedures; all
aspects of finance and accounting;
safeguarding advice and also grant
applications. All of our trustees serve on a
voluntary basis.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|As a consequence of our grants from ACE
and JLC, we were able to tour our Bullying
Awareness Workshop to 23 primary
schools in Ealing and Brent, reaching over
1700 children and 62 teachers.
We provide each teacher we visit with an
evaluation report. The feedback was
overwhelmingly positive, and indicated that
the beneficiaries taking part had increased
their abilities to deal positively and
effectively with all aspects of bullying. The
reports also showed an increased
improvement in positive social interaction
between the children taking part. Both
these effects benefit the wider school
community, and also the families and
communities of the beneficiaries, as there
is a general improvement in positive social
behaviour. In response to the question,
‘How useful was the workshop?’ 80% of
teachers rated it 5/5, 20% 4/5. We didn’t
receive anything lower than 4.
This is the first year we have provided a
pupil online evaluation form. We received
223 responses from 7 different schools. In
response to the multiple-choice question,
‘Do you think the workshop will help you
know what to do when someone is being
bullied?’, 55.9% replied ‘Aways’ and 26.6%
replied ‘A lot’, 16.2% chose ‘A little’. Only
1.4% of responses chose, ‘Never’.
Our Young Ealing Foundation grant
allowed children identified their by schools
as disadvantaged in life to attend Monster
Cat Theatre’s after school drama club. This
contributed to the social and educational
development of the children taking part.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|As set down in our Five-Year Annual
Business Plan (May 2020) (‘MCT CIO Biz
plan_Approved18May2020’), we planned to
deliver 70 workshops a year by 2021/20.
Although we did not reach this target during
this reporting period, we did manage to
secure enough funding to deliver 62
workshops, and expand our reach outside|
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|||Ealing into Brent, during the 2022-23
academic year which is partially included in
this reporting period.
We had not planned to receive an
increased grant from Young Ealing
Foundation, but happily that grant has been
roughly doubled to £2378.50 with a
proportional increase of beneficiaries to our
Drama Access Fund.|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We planned to reapply for funding for our
Bullying Awareness Workshops from ACE,
JLC and were successful with both
objectives.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|We do not have any investments.|
|Other||Plans for the Future:
We will be expanding the reach of our
bullying awareness workshop into Brent,
which has one of the lowest rates of artistic
engagement for young people in London.
We hope to understand the appreciation of
our workshops by expanding our online
child beneficiary evaluation form.
We are actively searching for new trustees
who will ethnically diversify our board, and
consequently broaden its understanding of
our community and wider society.
Also, we are also planning to ethnically
diversify the actual delivery of our
workshops, by seeking out and training
practitioners from ethnic minorities. This will
require additional funding.|
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 At the end of the period the charity held
financial position at the end £40,118.14 in cash at the bank. This
of the period comprised:
Restricted funds made up of:
‒
Arts Council England (ACE
National Lottery Project grants
NLPG-00569483): £24,240
‒
John Lyon’s Charity (JLC Main
Grant Fund (Request ID 109007):
£12,000
‒
Young Ealing Foundation Small
Grants Fund (2021): £1,000
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Young Ealing Foundation Small
Grants Fund (2023): £2,378.50
Unrestricted funds of £499.64
The charity had no other assets at the end
of the period.
The charity had no liabilities at the end of
the period.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22
policy for holding reserves The charity has no paid staff, no non-
stating why they are held financial assets and its beneficiaries do not
receive any financial assistance. The sole
ongoing cost commitments of the charity
are trustees' insurance and regulatory
costs such as audit fees. The charity has a
policy only to commit to discretionary
expenditure on its charitable aims (such as
workshops or evaluations) when funding
has been contracted. Therefore, the
purpose of the reserves is to fund non-
discretionary administrative costs (such as
insurance).
The reserves policy targets £5,000
unrestricted funding reserves on the basis
this will fund one year's expenditure on
insurance, audit fees, training and
applications for grants. In a year where
grant funding has been secured for audit
fees and insurance, the reserves policy is
to target £1,500 to provide funds for grant
applications and discretionary spending.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 As at 1 April 2023, the charity held £499.64
unrestricted reserves. In addition, within
the restricted reserves both the John Lyon’s
Charity grant and Young Ealing Foundation
grant included £100 each for CIO expenses
and the Arts Council England grant
included £2,000 for bookkeeping and audit
fees, £6,000 for fundraising strategy and
bid writing, £3,500 for CIO expenses and
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|||operational reserves and £2,000
contingency.
The Board of Trustees these funds
collectively satisfied the reserves policy’s
requirements.|
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|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|We do not have any funds in deficit.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We do not have any uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going concern.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|During the 2022-23 financial year, the
charity applied successfully for restricted
grants for specific projects from ACE, JLC
and Young Ealing Foundation.
The overhead costs of the charity are
minimal due to its small size and the
contribution of services made by its
volunteers. In the year ended 1 April 2023,
our main overhead cost was insurance for
the CIO.|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We do not have an investment policy as we
are not planning to make any investments
for the foreseeable future. The charity will
develop an appropriate investment policy
should the need arise.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The charity is currently reliant on a single
supplier, Monster Cat Theatre, for the
delivery of drama workshops. If Monster
Cat Theatre’s business were disrupted and
to cease to trade, this would impact on the
charity’s ability to commission the delivery
of workshops. Monster Cat Theatre also
makes a significant contribution towards
the preparation of the charity’s grant
application to funders and general
administration.|
|Other||Particulars of Any Outstanding Guarantee
Given by the Charity:
The Trustees declare that the charity has
given no guarantee where potential liability
is outstanding at the date of the statement
of assets & liabilities.|
Particulars of Any Outstanding Debt: The Trustees declare that the charity has no outstanding debts that are secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the charity at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution, adopted 23/2/18 with
registration of CIO|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (CIO).|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|1) Apart from the first charity trustees,
every trustee must be appointed for a term
of three years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity
trustees.
2) In selecting individuals for appointment
as charity trustees, the charity trustees
must have regard to the skills, knowledge
and experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The charity trustees make available to each
new charity trustee, on or before their first
appointment:
a) a copy of the current version of our
constitution; and
b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’
Annual Report and statement of accounts.
As the need arises, we will develop fuller
policies and procedures for the induction
and training of new trustees.
All trustees are required to sign the CIO’s
Code of Conduct.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are still a very small charity. The
Trustees provide expertise and guidance in
finance and financial planning,
safeguarding, fundraising and project
planning. Our drama workshops are
purchased from and delivered by Monster
Cat Theatre, a related party.|
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Day to day running of the charity relies on
volunteers, one of whom is also a Trustee
(Erica Georgeson).
The charity is a member of Young Ealing
Foundation’s network, The National Council
of Voluntary Organisations and London
Youth.
After the year end, Monster Cat Theatre
Relationship with any Para 1.51 entered into transactions for the purchase
related parties of drama workshops from Monster Cat
Theatre, a related party.
Monster Cat Theatre is a partnership of
Erica Georgeson and Richard Georgeson.
Erica Georgeson is a Trustee of Monster
Cat Theatre CIO. Richard Georgeson is a
volunteer with Monster Cat Theatre CIO
who regularly attends meetings with the
CIO’s Trustees.
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Monster Cat Theatre CIO Other name the charity uses None Registered charity number 1177293 Charity’s principal address 24d, Windsor Road Ealing London W5 5PD
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Jacqueline Chair
1 Anneliese
Ashmenall
Waveney Patel Designated
2
Safeguarding Officer
Nick Dale Treasurer Appointed on 13 [th]
3
December 2022
Erica Georgeson Deputy Designated
4
Safeguarding Officer
Hugo Chiarella Outgoing Resigned 23 [rd]
5
Trustee September 2022
David Wilson Outgoing Resigned 1 [st] February
6
Treasurer 2023
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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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 None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
|**Independe**
**nt Adviser**|Louise Alexander,
ACMA|3, Upper High Street, Ipswich IP1 3NE|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
Senior volunteers: Erica Georgeson and Richard Georgeson.
## **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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||
|---|---|
||Jacqueline Anneliese Ashmenall
Nick Dale|
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Chair
Treasurer|
||12/12/23|
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Monster Cat CIO 1177293
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 02-Apr-22 01-Apr-23
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Arts Council England - 28,485 - 28,485 13,365
John Lyon's Charity - 12,000 - 12,000 5,000
Young Ealing Foundation - 2,379 - 2,379 1,000
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ - ] 42,864 - 42,864 19,365
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
n/a - - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts - 42,864 - 42,864 19,365
A3 Payments
Monster Cat Theatre - 5,750 - 5,750 14,350
The Arts Fundraisers - 2,760 - 2,760 -
Zurich Insurance 128 - 128 128
Sub total [ 128 ] 8,510 - 8,638 14,478
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**Related Party Note:** Monster Cat Theatre is a related party. Monster Cat Theatre is a partnership between Erica and Richard Georgeson who also founded Monster Cat CIO. Monster Cat Theatre delivers the workshops funded by the CIO and is identified as the delivery partner when the CIO applies for grant funding.
There were no other related party transactions that require disclosure.
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A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 128 8,510 - 8,638 14,478
Net of receipts/(payments) - 128 34,354 - 34,226 4,887
A5 Transfers between funds 100 - 100 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 527 5,365 - 5,892 1,005
Cash funds this year end 499 39,619 - 40,118 5,892
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**Restricted Funds:** At the year end the CIO had the following restricted funds:
- £24,240 from Arts Council England
- £12,000 from John Lyon's Charity
- £3,378.50 from Youn Ealing Foundation
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
n/a
**Details**
Unrestricted reserves
Grant funding
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
n/a
n/a
n/a
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**500**
**-**
**39,619**
**500**
**39,619**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
Nicholas Dale|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
12/12/2023|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Monster Cat Theatre CIO **members of On accounts for the year** 1[st] April 2023 **Charity no** 1177293 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 01/04/2023.
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|**Date:**|**14th December 2023**|
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||Louise Alexander||
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||Chartered Institute of Management Accountants||
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||3 Upper High Street||
||Ipswich||
||IP1 3NE||
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
1
**October 2018**
**IER**
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**October 2018**
**IER**