## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 2[nd] April 2024 Period start date To 1[st] April 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Monster Cat Theatre CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1177293**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|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 beneft, through theatrical
drama-based actvites that develop their skills,
capacites and capabilites, to enable them to
partcipate in society as mature and
responsible individuals.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Our bullying awareness workshops, which is
the bulk of our charitable work, beneft the
children taking part by enabling them with
personal and group strategies to help them
cope with negatve social behaviour by others.
With an increase in a positve appreciaton of
pro-social behaviour and how to acton it, they
beneft from a calmer school environment
conducive to learning. Expansively and happily,
the workshops also allow the children to
experience a vivid, fun, interactve, artstc and
dramatc experience.
We received the third tranche of £12,000 of
our three-year main grant from John Lyon’s
Charity. This grant supports our Bullying
Awareness Project.
This grant allowed us to tour our Bullying
Awareness Workshop to primary schools in
Ealing and Brent, beneftng 982 Year 4
children, during the academic year 2024/2025.
We also contnued to improve and formalise
our planning and governance policies and
procedures with the invaluable help of our
dedicated Trustees. The laterprovided|
|||professional advice and practcal help on
funding, fnance and child safeguarding. Our
charity contnues to feel 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 objectves for the year and
planning our actvites, our trustees have
considered the Charity Commission’s guidance
on public beneft. 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:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We are not a grantmakingcharity.|
|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 (ofen our trustees) contribute to:
general ofce administraton dutes;
development of policies and procedures; all
aspects of fnance and accountng;
safeguarding advice and also grant
applicatons. All of our trustees serve on a
voluntary basis.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
|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 grant from JLC, we
were able to tour our Bullying Awareness
Workshop to 14 primary schools in Ealing and
Brent, reaching over 982 children and 34
teachers.
We provide each teacher we visit with an
evaluaton report. The feedback was
overwhelmingly positve, and indicated that
the benefciaries taking part had increased
their abilites to deal positvely and efectvely
with all aspects of bullying. The reports also
showed an increased improvement in positve
social interacton between the children taking
part. Both these efects beneft the wider
school community, and also the families and
communites of the benefciaries, as there is a
general improvement in positve social
behaviour. In response to the queston, ‘How
useful was the workshop?’ 100% of teachers
rated it 5/5.
For the third year running, we have provided a
pupil online evaluaton form. We received 172
responses from 7 diferent schools. In response
to the multple-choice queston, ‘Do you think
the workshop will help you know what to do
when someone is being bullied?’, 48.5% replied
‘Always’ and 37.4% replied ‘A lot’, 12.9% chose
‘A litle’. Only 1.2% of responses chose, ‘Never’.
The remainder of our Young Ealing Foundaton
grant from last year allowed children identfed
by their schools as disadvantaged in life to
atend Monster Cat Theatre’s afer school
drama club. This contributed to the social and
educatonal development of the children taking
part. We were not eligible to apply for this
grant this year, and we are looking for new
funders.||
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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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 ayear by2021/20.|
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|||Although we did not reach this target during
this reportng period, we did manage to secure
enough funding to deliver 34 workshops, and
maintained our reach outside Ealing into Brent,
during the 2024-25 academic year.|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We fulflled our funding requirements for the
third year of our three-year JLC main grant,
which included our report on how the project
was progressing. We also applied to Arts
Council England for a grant for our Bullying
Awareness Project but were not successful this
tme.
We are in the process of applying to Foyle
Foundaton, Heathrow Community Trust and
the Hedley Foundaton.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|We do not have any investments.|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period the charity held
£7,155.90 in cash at the bank. This comprised:
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No restricted funds (zero)
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Unrestricted funds of £7,155.90
The charity had no other assets at the end of
the period.
The charity had no liabilites at the end of the
period.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity has no paid staf, no non- fnancial
assets and its benefciaries do not receive any
fnancial 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
discretonary expenditure on its charitable aims
(such as workshops or evaluatons) when
funding has been contracted. Therefore, the
purpose of the reserves is to fund non-
discretonary administratve 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 applicatons 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
applicatons and discretonary spending.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|As at 1 April 2025 the CIO held £7,155.90 in
cash reserves comprising £7,155.90
unrestricted reserves and zero restricted grant
funds.|
|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 defcit.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We do not have any uncertaintes about the
charity contnuing as a going concern.|
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
During the 2024-25 fnancial year, the charity
applied successfully for restricted grants for
specifc projects from John Lyon’s Charity (third
tranche of main grant).
The overhead costs of the charity are minimal
due to its small size and the contributon of
services made by its volunteers. In the year
ended 1 April 2025, 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 signifcant
contributon towards the preparaton of the
charity’s grant applicaton to funders and
general administraton.|
|Other||Partculars of Any Outstanding Guarantee
Given by the Charity:
The Trustees declare that the charity has given
no guarantee where potental liability is
outstanding at the date of the statement of
assets & liabilites.
Partculars 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
charityat the date of the statement of assets &|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Consttuton, adopted 23/2/18 with
registraton of CIO|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisaton
(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 frst charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of three
years by a resoluton passed at a properly
convened meetng of the charity trustees.
2) In selectng individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must have
regard to the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the efectve administraton of the
CIO.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees||The charity trustees make available to each
new charity trustee, on or before their frst
appointment:
a) a copy of the current version of our
consttuton; 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 inducton and
training of new trustees.
All trustees are required to sign the CIO’s Code
of Conduct.|
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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 frst
appointment:
a) a copy of the current version of our
consttuton; 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 inducton and
training of new trustees.
All trustees are required to sign the CIO’s Code
of Conduct.|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are stll a very small charity. The Trustees
provide expertse and guidance in fnance and
fnancial planning, safeguarding, fundraising
and project planning. Our drama workshops
are purchased from and delivered by Monster
Cat Theatre, a related party.
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
Foundaton’s network and The Natonal Council
of Voluntary Organisatons.|
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|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Afer the year end, Monster Cat Theatre
entered into transactons for the purchase 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 atends
meetngs with the CIO’s Trustees.|
|Other|||
## **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
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Jacqueline
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Ashmenall|Chair|||
||Nick Dale|Treasurer|Appointed on 13th
December 2022||
||Erica Georgeson|Acting Designated
SafeguardingOfficer|||
||Ravinder Singh
Dhillon|Trustee|Appointed on 5thMarch
2024||
||Mrs Sasha E.
Howard|Trustee|Appointed on 5thMarch
2024||
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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**
## **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)** Erica Jane Georgeson
**Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 14/1/25
||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
02/04/2024|**To**||Period end date
01/04/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**450**
**123**
**260**
**-**
**-**
**833**
**-**
**-**
**833**
**- 833**
**310**
**7 679**
**7 156**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12 000**
**-**
**-**
**12 000**
**-**
**-**
**12 000**
**26 236**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26 236**
**-**
**-**
**26 236**
**- 14 236**
**- 310**
**14 546**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12 000**
**-**
**-**
**12 000**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|John Lyon's Charity|**-**||||||**12 000**|
|Arts Council England|**-**||||||**3 000**|
|YoungEalingFoundation|**-**||||||**2 546**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**-**||||||**17 546**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
|n/a|**-**||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**17 546**|
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|Monster Cat Theatre|**-**||||||**32 138**|
|Hugo Chairella(Bid writingadvisory)|**450**||||||**-**|
|Zurich Insurance|**123**||||||**101**|
|Citizens UK|**260**||||||**250**|
|Louise Alexander(Ind. Examiner)|**-**||||||**550**|
|The Arts Fundraisers|**-**||||||**2 400**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**833**||||||**35 439**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
|n/a|**-**||||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**35 439**|
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||**- 833**|**- 14 236**|**-**||**- 15 069**||**- 17 893**|
||**310**|**- 310**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**7 679**|**14 546**|**-**||**22 225**||**40 118**|
||**7 156**|**-**|**-**||**7 156**||**22 225**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
n/a
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
n/a
Unrestricted reserves
Grant funding
**Details**
**Details**
n/a
n/a
Signature
N. Dale|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**7 156**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7 156**
**-**
OK
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 £**|
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||||**-**|
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||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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approval|
||N. Dale|Nicholas Dale|17/12/2025|
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