PURPLE PATCH ARTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 Company registration number: 0704738S Charity Mumber: 1178031 1111 111111 , 2N0312024 COMPANIES HOUSE #79 PURPLE PATCH ARTS CONTEiYrs Pages Company infornmtion Report of the Tn￿leeS 2-16 Independent Examiners. report lo th¢ Tn￿ceS 17 Statement of fit)anciai a¢ttvities 18 Balance sheet 19 Notes to the financial staments 20-26 Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 27 Analysis of Charitable Funds 28 PURPLE PATCH ARTS Comp••y iDformation Registered Company number 07047385 (England and Wales) Registered Cbarity number 1178031 Registered office Hillsid¢ Enlerprise Centre Beeston Road Leed5 Wesl Yorkshire LSII 8ND Trnstees C E Stubbs A M Van Der Vert- Resigned 28 June 2023 ALCIOW J D Coram- Resigned 28 Jun¢ 2023 S J Dunn- Appointed 28 June 2023 H K Prole- Appointed 28 June 2023 S E Wells- Appointed 28 June 2023 The twstees are also the directors of the c4)mpany. AecountaDts Wheawill & Sudworth Limited Chartered Accountants 35 Westgate Huddersfield HDI IPA Bankers The Co-operative Bank p.l.c. P.0. Box 101 l Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP Chlef Executive O￿l¢er F Rodgers PURPLE PATCH ARTS REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 The Trustees, who are also Directors for the pU￿S of company law. present their retrt)rt and the unaudited financial staten]ents of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2023. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered charity llame lknple Patch Arts Charity registration number 1178031 Con)paoy registration number 07047385 (England and Wale5) Registered office Hillside Ente￿Ilse Centre. Beeston Roa￿ Leeds LSI18ND Trustees For the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, the Board of Tn￿1¢¢$ is the Board of Directors of the charitable company and is referred to as the Tn￿ee$ throughout this repoTL The Tn￿lee$ of lknple Patch Arts duTill8 th¢ perifyl and to the dat¢ of signing this report are as follows.. Andrew Leslie Clow (Chair) Carley Ellen Stubb5 Hannah Kate Prole Sarah Jane Dunn Sarah Elizabeth Wells Alison Mary Van tkr Vert Jeremy David Coram - appoinied 28 June 2023 - appOin￿d 28 June 2023 - appoinied 28 June 2023 - Tesign¢d 28" June 2023 - resigned 28 Jun¢ 2023 Independent Examiner Wheawill and Sudworth Limited Governing Documents Putple Patch Arts is a charttable company lirnited by guanntee, incorporated on 17 October 21x19 and registered as a charity on 20 April 2018. The charity is controlled by its governing docurnent, its Articles of A$s￿l8t10n and constinltes a limited Company, limited by guarartke, as defined by the Companies Act. The Directors of the company are also TTUStees of the charity. Eligibility for membership of the charity. and membership of the Board of Trt￿￿es, is governed by the Articles of Asso¢iatiort. The￿ are no restrictions in the governing d(*ument on the operation of the charity other than those IMp￿d by general charity law. PURPLE PATCH ARTS REPORT OF THE TRusfEES YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Structure and Govern*ttce The charity cutrently ha5 a Board of five non participants responded.. "It's brillianl to be able to share our farm with people. I felt proud.- "I felt very relaxed and at peace." "I feel good doing gardening and sing.- "l enjoyed meeting new people.- "[I feltl nervous at first but happy now. I liked the ball garne and looking for buttertlies." Research Our Purple Research Group was fornied in 2020 by Melissa Kirby. a PhD student from The University of Leeds. who wrote her thesis about rh¢ impact of our worL The project utilised a Participatory Action Research approach, whereby 7 tlwple Patch participants were recruited and trained a5 Co-researchers. While the data collection stage of the work was finalised in 2021122. the group continued to meet in 2022123 to develop a comic book that will fom] part of the output of Melissa's PhD. They were invited to attend the Music Psychology Group at the University of Lee(b where they shared the research they'd been doing and goi some feedback from academics and students on their research comic. In February 2023 the group were thrilled to receive fill￿ing from the Young Foundation's Community Knowledge Fund for an exciting project that aimed to break down barriers for learning-disabled people to be meaningfvlly involved in research. During the ptoject, they learned aknut different types of research 12 PURPLE PATCH ARTS REPORT OF THE TRUStEES YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 and identified what might stop learning-disabled people from being involved then ¢am¢ up with a list of recommendations about how research can be made accessible. The PLtrple Research Group also look part in a research project at the University of Leeds co-n￿ by Melissa. The project explored the best ways of working with learning-disabled people in research and differeni people's experiences of research training. The Purple Research Group helped to design the workshop for this project and shared their experien¢¢s a5 researcheT& The group are one of the only research groups in the county for learning41isabled people and they are very proud of all the work they've done. They want to do more research and pass on what they've learned. They'r¢ seeking partnerships with other organisation5. are looking for funding to be able to create ttaining and inforn)ation to help people to do accessible and inclusive research. and are working on growing their network Family and Carer Zooms Our Family and Carer zoorn nights are generously fimded by the Sir George Martin Charitable Trust until February 2024. We keld 10 events during 202Y23, with quiz topics including 'Back-to-school', 'Halloween', 'Game shows.. 'Myths Valentines Royals Victorians, and 'Musi¢'. The ¢v¢nings were an opportunity for rhe families and carers of our participants to meet up, test their knowledge. scream bingo, at the top of their lungs. Bet competitive. and meet new peoplel During the year. 26 individual quizzeTS attended. when combine