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

**From 01/01/20 Priod start date   To 31/12/2020             Period end date** 

## **Charity name:Felling Stage** 

## **Charity registration number:1179714** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote and educate the community**<br>**in the dramatic and musical arts and to**<br>**develop public appreciation of said**<br>**arts.To include all ethnicity and able body**<br>**members of Society.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Within this period we have undertaken 2**<br>**concerts in the Gateshead community.**<br>**Both concerts performers were mainly**<br>**special need children. We rehearse each**<br>**week with a Musical Director,**<br>**Choreographer and Artistic Director, who**<br>**teach all aspects of performance to the**<br>**children.**|
|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|**Tthe trustees have had regard to the**<br>**Charity Commission’s guidance on**<br>**public benefit.**|



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

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 



Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|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||



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|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**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Our expenditure the period  was  £154**<br>**and our income from 2 concerts was  £20.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We require reserves to pay for the**<br>**running cost of Felling Stage. To perform**<br>**concert we need to pay up front ,**<br>**insurance, performing rights, costume**<br>**hire, scenery hire,lighting , sound ,**<br>**musicians plus venue hire. Plus cost for**<br>**rehersals.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5004**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/a**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|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:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Foundation Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable incorporated organisation**|
|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|**A yearly meeting  is held and any new**<br>**member must put forward their names. At**<br>**the annual meeting  new trustees can be**<br>**appointed .**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|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|Felling  Stage|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1179714|
|Charity’s principal address|9 Moss Side<br>Gateshead<br>Ne9 7UU|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**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)**|
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||Beatrice Atkinson||||
||Michael Joseph<br>Avery||||
||Trevor Michael<br>Hopper||||
||Michelle Coulson||||
||Alice Marie<br>Harland||||
||Lyn Dos Santos||||
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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 N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)** 

## **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)** Michael Joseph Avery 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

10/03/2021 

