## **NW6 Arts**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 August 2021**
## **Objectives and activities**
NW6 Arts is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) whose only voting members are its charity trustees. It was established for the advancement of arts and education for the benefit of the public by the promotion of literature and the arts, in particular, a literary festival in Queen’s Park and other activities as determined by the trustees.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Appointment of charity trustees**
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Achievements and performance**
In 2021 the festival relaunched following the cancellation of the 2020 festival due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The festival enjoyed its most successful year to date, attracting hundreds of audience members from around London to the weekend of literary and spoken word events.
The festival benefitted from the significant progress it made in operational planning, new ecommerce systems, improved website functionality and effective marketing strategies. It built upon local partnerships, sponsor relationships, charity partnerships and relationships with schools.
New initiatives created as a result of funding from Brent 2020 London Borough of Culture and the National Lottery Awards included a Young Writers Award, expanded artistic programme and a fully funded scheme offering free tickets to every sixth form student in Brent. Next year the festival has the ambition of building on these initiatives and creating new ideas to embed the festival within the local community.
The festival’s key strategic priorities are: increasing operational sustainability; strengthening the festival’s financial position; and maintaining contact with the public throughout the year. The trustees aim to expand the board ahead of the 2022 festival to build on these strategic priorities and realise the festival’s ambitions for the future.
## **For the year ended 31 August 2021**
## **Financial review**
The charity ended the year with a surplus of £17,569 reflecting the careful management of funds throughout the year. With the change of festival dates from June to September, the Receipts and Payments accounts reflect the charity’s end of year 31 August 2021. It therefore does not account for all of the income and expenditure of the festival itself. With the change to the festival date, the trustees will change the charity’s year end so that the charities annual activities are better able to reflected within its Annual Accounts.
## **Policy on reserves**
It is the policy of the charity to build up its unrestricted reserves to a sufficient level to cover the artistic costs of the forthcoming festival. Given the novelty of the festival and the charity, it is expected that these reserves will take a few years to build.
Approved by the trustees on 17 January 2021 and signed on their behalf by
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest**
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**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
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**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
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**to the nearest £**|
|Advertising & Sponsorship|**-**
**1,700-**||**-**
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**1,700-**||**-**
**3,500-**|
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**29,252-**|
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**4,002-**||**-**
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|Artist Honoraria|**-**
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**150-**|
|Design & Branding|**-**
**1,440-**||**-**
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**364-**|
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**1,123-**|
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**46-**|
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**1,000-**|||||**-**
**1,000-**||**-**
**500-**|
|Printing Costs|**-**
**894-**|||||**-**
**894-**|||
|Security|**-**
**1,080-**|||||**-**
**1,080-**|||
|WC Hire|**-**
**858-**||**-**
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**858-**||**-**
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|Website Management|**-**
**216-**||**-**
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**216-**||**-**
**1,148-**|
|Administrative Costs|**-**
**593-**|||||**-**
**593-**||**-**
**769-**|
|Auditing Fees|**-**
**900-**||**-**
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**900-**||**-**
**900-**|
|Website Hosting|**-**
**479-**||**-**
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**479-**||**-**
**310-**|
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**12,683-**||**-**
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**12,683-**||**-**
**5,310-**|
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