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2023-12-31-accounts

G39

(A company limited by guarantee and not having share capital)

Charity No. 1181492

Company No. 03938363

Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts

31 December 2023

G39 Contents

Pages
Trustees'AnnualReport 2
IndependentExaminer'sReport 12
Statement of FinancialActivities 13
BalanceSheet 14
Notesto the Accounts 15
Chartered AccountantsReport to theBoard ofTrustees 25

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G39

Trustees Annual Report

The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Company No. 03938363

Charity No. 1181492

Registered Office

G39 Oxford Street

Cardiff South Glamorgan CF24 3DT

Directors and Trustees

The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The following Directors and Trustees served during the year:

H. Ansari R. Betton M.A. Brimfield

H.Ansari
R.Betton
M.A.Brimfield
J.Corbett-Simmons
K.L.S.Haines
M.Jivram
N.Morley
C.Mutigli
R.Pelopida
A.D.Shapland
G.C.Todd		 MaternityLeave:1 yearfrom May 2023
Acted betweenJune 2022-18th October 2023
Acted betweenJune 2022-18th October 2023

Key Management Personnel

Key ManagementPersonnel
InterimCo-Chair H Ansari
ChiefExecutive Officer CinziaMutigli
Creative Director AnthonyShapland
Co-Chair JoCorbett-Simmons

Accountants

Full Stop Accounts Ltd 67 Lakeside Drive Cardiff

CF23 6DE

Summary

Having supported visual artists in Wales for over two decades, g39’s longevity as an organisation is in part due to its responsiveness and adaptability in the face of a changing landscape for artists and audiences. In the past three years we have seen some of the most significant changes in that landscape that we are likely to see in a lifetime.

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Trustees Annual Report

In 2023 socio-economic equality in the arts in Wales continued to be a central motivation in our programming and operations. The Art Fund project - for which we secured funding in 2021 for research, testing and implementation of schemes and programmes towards this aim - continued throughout 2023. We intend to report on the findings in summer 2024.

The first three full months of 2023 were focussed in great part on the Arts Council of Wales’ (ACW) Investment Review process. In September 2023 we received an in principle decision to fund our organisation, with a final offer due in 2024 when ACW has more detailed knowledge of their own funding position.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The Objects of the Charity are to advance and promote contemporary visual arts for the benefit of the public in particular but not exclusively by providing exhibition space for Welsh and other contemporary visual artists, and by providing training and other similar resources to artists and to the public.

Our visionis a future where visual art practice is accessible to all regardless of background or circumstances. It is a society in which visual artand culture are resourced and supported as a right, and as a means to understand the cultural values of Wales.

We are pleased that our vision is supported by a growing consensus within Wales that the artscan foster and nurture both individual psychological resilience and community resilience. At thecore of our conviction is the belief that artists are agents for change. In Wales this change isdefined in part by the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Universal access toarts education and participation are highly effective means of achieving the goals set out in thelegislation: our creative agility as a nation will influence the perception of Wales as a healthy,prosperous, equal and resilient country, both within our borders and internationally.

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G39 Trustees Annual Report

Leadership and advocacy for the visual arts

Trustee statement

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit (gained via Commission guidance booklets and bespoke Trustee Training sessions).

Summary of the main achievements and performance of the charity

The right to culture is a human right. “At a time when artists, global majorities, culturalheritage and cultural expressions are increasingly under attack, defending the cultural rights of individuals and communities has never been more important.” UNESCO, The Right toCulture, 2018. Our message counters the perception that artists come from ‘elsewhere’,and we strive to demonstrate how artists should be seen as belonging to their communities, societies, nations, by advocating for artists as valuable agents of change within their communities.

ACW Lottery “Create” funding secured in December 2022 constituted the main funding for our 2023 public programme of exhibitions and events.

We also continued to receive funding from the Freelands Foundation to run the final year of our Fellowship programme supported by their Freelands Artist Programme.

Soft Split the Stone was the title of our first exhibition in 2023, which ran from 8th April to 20th May, with a public launch event on 6th April. This show presented work by the third cohort of the g39 Fellowship programme and it brought the 5 artists’ works together for the first time. The artists had been based at g39 during the previous two years. Soft Split the Stone ran alongside a parallel public exhibition, In the Same Breath, at the Freelands Foundation, London.

The Common Place season ran from 16th June to 3rd September and was a summertime public celebration of community culture and arts activities. The g39 space hosted a packed programme of more than 16 events featuring new voices, different communities, and neighbours. It included music, performances, screenings, exhibitions and workshops. We worked with early career curator Robert Oros, who programmed the June events and emerging writer, and multi-disciplinary artist Joshua Jones, who was resident in our public Library Resource space. Workshop leaders included Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) with artist Mel Brimfield, and Jerwood Arts.

Within the Common Place season we hosted the Made in Roath Open exhibition. This is a truly open call to the people of Wales with no submission fee, no theme, and no restrictions on age, ability or experience. This approach is an excellent match with g39’s aims to remove barriers to participation and dismantle notions of cultural hierarchy. In 2023 the Open was activated by weekly creative workshops open to the public and run by Made in Roath and Aurora Trinity Collective.

From October to November we presented We Ran Together, a show of work by Richard Billingham with the groundbreaking TV debut, Fishtank, at its centre. Made in 1998, the year g39 opened to the public, it led g39 to think about its own beginnings in South Wales, and some of the conditions that it came out of, a generation, in many cases, that mirrored Billingham’s own pattern: the first generation to go to college, the first in the arts, the sense that contemporary art was somewhere else, something you left home to pursue and all the subsequent ties and tensions of family patterns and priorities. Fishtank was presented in partnership with The Artangel Collection. We Ran Together also featured many works by Billingham, which had never before been publicly exhibited in Wales or anywhere in the UK, providing a unique opportunity for the people of Wales to experience these culturally important artworks during a socio-politically resonant time.

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G39

Trustees Annual Report

In 2023, g39’s long-running Paid Internship provided an early career professional with training, mentorship and hands-on experience of working within an arts organisation. g39 has provided a paid internship opportunity continuously for the past 16 years. We have seen those interns go on to work in many creative and leadership roles within the arts, contributing to best practice, public accessibility and creative excellence, enhancing the experience of audiences in Wales.

The g39 Fellowship, funded through a partnership with Freelands Foundation, alongside equivalent initiatives in Belfast, Edinburgh and Sheffield, continued in 2023 with 5 artists taking part in a structured programme of studio practice, professional development and self-directed research at g39 over a period of two years with financial support. The programme is unique in Wales and complements the ongoing support g39 offers artists in Wales. The general public are given the chance to see the result of some of that investment in artists through 2 exhibitions, one organised by Freelands Foundation at their London venue and the other organised by g39 in Cardiff.

Throughout the year, we also hosted several public screenings in our Cinema space. These supported artists’ practice by providing a public platform for viewing their work. Partnerships with the Jarman Award, Film London and Videotage helped us to bring the work of emerging and nationally acclaimed filmmakers to Welsh viewers.

Our professional development programme, which ran through the year, brought in 25 artists and curators to help us deliver the programme, directly contributing more than £6,000 towards the arts sector economy through the fees we paid to them. This programme, featuring talks, training, workshops and mentoring sessions, is aimed at equipping people with an ambition to pursue an arts career with the skills, knowledge and networks required to build confidence and progress. Although the figures for this programme are slightly lower than in 2022 due to a 6 month period of decreased staff capacity, the programme has benefits beyond the initial investment, providing a basis from which to build into an excellent future cultural offer to the public and contribute to the economy.

Our partnerships with organisations such as Artangel, the Jarman Award, Made in Roath and DAC have been crucial in extending our resources and widening opportunities for communities and audiences in Wales to experience and participate in a diverse visual arts scene.

The difference g39’s work has made to its beneficiaries and society as a whole: Our commitment to a diverse programme

As part of our ongoing focus on socio-economic barriers to the arts, we targeted certain opportunities, such as the We Ran Together commissions, towards artists who had experienced or were currently experiencing socio-economic disadvantage.

As in the previous 3 years, staff received training paying particular attention to the mental health and wellbeing of our constituents, including one session on managing and maintaining safer spaces for participants.

Our data collection from the period indicates that 16.6% of g39’s exhibitions, training and events during the year were delivered by or targeted to people with protected characteristics. These were mainly LGTBQ+, global majority and disabled people. The diversity of our casual audiences and participants is more difficult to gauge as we don’t collect data from them as comprehensively, but we estimate that a fifth of the people we connect with via our activities belong to a protected characteristic group.

In April 2023, we appointed a new Public Programmer role, and this brought our staff numbers back to 5 part-time staff after a 6 month period of decreased capacity.

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G39

Trustees Annual Report

Working both in-house and with artists and curators to deliver talks and workshops, our Public Programme has attracted in excess of 1,000 beneficiaries across the year. In addition, our exhibitions, events and newsletters have reached more than 4,000 people, bringing them together with contemporary visual art and connecting them with the information, opportunities and networks which enhance their experiences, build knowledge and increase confidence in pursuing their interest in the arts.

Summary of targets and performance

Aim Activity Target Performance
To
increase
the
programme’s
inclusivity
and
accessibility:
particularly for people
with
caring
responsibilities.		 Create events that are
accessible for a wider
range ofaudiences		 Deliver 3 daytime
previews
and
3
daytime
events
within
g39’s
programme		 We held a daytime community event
with Non Place Collective, Sub-Saharan
Advisory Panel during Refugee Week
2023; an afternoon of queer short film
screeningswith OnYour Face collective;
a Paul Maheke film preview, and a Live
Performance event with Teddy Hunter
andImogen Marooney.
We held an evening launch event for
the Made in Roath Open in July 2023
and the following month we hosted the
daytime closing event for the Open. We
presented several daytime and evening
cinema screening sessions. There was
an evening launch event for the 2nd in
our
series
of
g39
Fellowship
publications. We also hosted a Shelter
Cymruart exhibitionandcharityauction
evening event. In Oct 2023, we held an
evening
launch
of
the
Richard
Billinghamshow,WeRanTogether
To bringartandartists
into more people’s
lives		 A
focus
on
programming
that
supports and engages
artists,
participants
and
audiences
from
lower
socio-economic
backgrounds who are
underrepresented
in
theartsin Wales.		 We’ll
present
3
exhibitions within
g39’sprogramme		 1:
Soft
Split
the
Stone
exhibition
launched
April
2023.
2: The Made in Roath Open exhibition
ran from 15th July to 12th August.
3: The We Ran Together exhibition by
Richard Billingham ran from October to
December 2023.
To widen engagement
and increase equality,
diversity and inclusion
forartists.		 Target
opportunities
towards
artists
who
have
experienced
or
are
currently
experiencing
socio-economic
disadvantage.		 We
will
commission
new
works
from
3
artists from lower
socio-economic
backgrounds		 We contracted 3 artist commissions for
WeRanTogether(Phase 2).

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Trustees Annual Report

G39
TrusteesAnnualReport
To widen engagement
and increase equality,
diversity and inclusion
in
pathways
to
arts
careers.		 Provide access support
in
our
recruitment
processes.		 When recruiting
the paid
internship,we will
implementa
system of
application
support,travel
and
accommodation
costsfor
interview,for
thoseapplicants
with
socio-economic
disadvantage		 We supported the appointed intern’s
access requirements via a travel cost
subsidy.
For thesecond round ofrecruitment for
the internship, we adopted a policy of
positive action, which gave preference
to
applicants
from
lower
socio-economicbackgrounds.
Increaseaccessibleand
inclusive
public
programming.		 Expand team capacity
to deliver the public
programme		 Recruit
a
new
Public
Programmer
role
focused
on
engagement:
to
reach
more
audiences
and
participants
from
underrepresented
groups
(particularly those
including
D/deaf,
disabled
people
and
those
from
lower
socio-economic
backgrounds)		 In
April
2023
our
new
Public
Programmer
started
their
role.
Since they began they have organised
training on D/deaf awareness and blind
and partially sighted awareness offered
to
staff
and
board;
organised
BSL
interpretation of work in the Richard
Billingham
show;
organised
the
commission of audio description of the
g39 building.

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G39

Trustees Annual Report

Financial Review

G39’s financial position

G39’s total income in the last financial year (Jan-Dec 2023) was £260,464 and our total expenditure was £242,872.

Amount of reserves held

On 31 Dec 2023 our reserves position was £177,190 (£60,321 restricted and £116,869 unrestricted)

Reserves policy

g39 takes a resilience-oriented approach toward reserves designed to provide the ability to continue with our work through periods of lower funding and revenue or higher costs than planned. We want to ensure that we have the ability to invest in future opportunities, people and research and that we can develop and innovate within the sector.

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To allow for succession planning and development of the organisation and its financial stability, the focus of g39 in the coming years is to consolidate funding streams and this formed the rationale of our Arts Council of Wales Investment Review proposal. With multi-year project funding from other sources coming to an end at the end of 2023, we believe g39’s reserves are best utilised as a financial buffer for retaining key staff in the event of fluctuating project funds being insufficient to cover core costs, or our fundraising efforts not being successful (to date 50% of g39’s salary costs have been met by project grants, earned income and donations).

Additional information: g39’s principal sources of funds

g39 submitted its Investment Review application in March 2023. In late 2023, we were informed that our Investment Review application was successful and were given an in principle offer of £140,000 per year, which was an increase of £68,000 on our previous award. However, it was £65,000 less than the £205,000 we had requested. The final settlement amount is to be provided by ACW in early 2024.

g39 is experienced in responding to sea-changes in policy, funders’ priorities and available financial resources. The way that g39 has operated in the past, through necessity, makes financial management a complex process that navigates a number of project funding streams. This period addresses our longer-term goal, to address the capacity of the organisation and consolidate core costs.

g39 operates with a mixture of funding streams, several of which are administered by the Arts Council of Wales (including, currently, a three-year Revenue agreement and various Lottery-funded project grants). Our track record of securing diverse funds for activity is good: on average two-thirds of the organisation’s income is from non-public sources (i.e. Lottery funds, charity and trust funds, partner projects, earned income and donations).

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G39

Trustees Annual Report

In 2018, we secured £375,000 from Freelands Foundation to run a fellowship programme for artists at g39 between 2018-23 (of which 17.8% or £66,948 was budgeted for Jan-Dec 2023). This Freelands programme has now ended and 2023 was the final year of this multi-year project fund.

Core funds

Since 2010, g39 has received £72,000 Revenue Funding per year from Arts Council of Wales. However, our annual core costs and project costs have increased substantially in that time. Following our relocation to our current premises in 2011, we have been able to develop plural strands of our current programme and widen accessibility for audiences and to increase support for artists. Multi-year project funding from Freelands Foundation ended in 2023 and from Jerwood Arts in 2022 and these cannot be immediately reinstated. While our programme is planned with associated funding up to the end of 2024, we are currently researching and planning for applications to alternative multi-year sources of project funding for 2025 and beyond. With the advantage of some increase in our Revenue Funding agreement, our focus for the years ahead is to stabilise core funding through longer term funding partnerships.

Earned income and trading

or a museum running a cafe for visitors.textbooks ’ and gives examples of a college selling students’s primary purpose” may include activity that "helps your charitynon-taxable tradings governing document states that we have powers to raise funds including trading (but excluding taxable trading). The Charity Commission's guidance specifies that ’As a registered charity, g39

We are building on existing income streams and plan to develop new ones that help g39’s primary purpose.

Our current trading situation does not warrant a trading arm, and is unlikely to do so in the near future. Any trading that falls outside of the charity’s primary purpose (e.g. car park hires)is permitted by the Small Trading tax exemption, which grants tax exemption on any profits up to the value of 25% of turnover.

In 2023, we saw a 44% increase in income from car parking hire compared with the 2022 figure, the second consecutive year with a significant increase in this income stream. However, there was a large drop in sales from our refreshments bar at events, which were reduced by just over two thirds on the previous year. This was due to hosting fewer events at which alcohol was sold during the 2023 period.

Donations

In 2021, we implemented a new digital infrastructure to support fundraising and core messaging. Since then we have been trialling Donorfy as g39’s new CRM. Donorfy manages g39’s online donations via a dedicated page on the website, and submits related Gift Aid and GASDS claims to HMRC. We also receive contactless donations via a GoodBox “tap to donate” device installed at the front desk and we are registered with the online Easyfundraising service.

In 2023, donations to our charity went up by 11% on the previous year.

Plans to review these systems with an aim to balance efficiency with cost - and taking account of staff capacity being reinstated to previous levels - have been delayed but have been discussed in Staff and Board Meetings during the year. We intend to move forward with them next year.

Additional information: Principal risks

Government orgs / Stakeholders

Dwindling availability of funds (public, trusts and foundations)

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Funding and financial

Internal / Working culture

Programme and activities

Reputation and people (audiences, artists)

Structure, Governance and Management

G39 is constituted as a company limited by guarantee. On 1st May 2018, we changed our legal name to g39, and became a registered charity in January 2019. The current Articles of Association were adopted in March 2018 and comply with the Companies Act 2006.

Trustees are sought through open calls and we have also used a pairing scheme, Arts & Business Cymru’s Board Bank. New trustees are voted on by existing trustees following an informal group meet and greet.

In 2023, two of g39’s Trustees stood down due to personal reasons. One took maternity leave. Our Chair, having served two terms, stood down from the Chair position while remaining on the Board as a Trustee. We decided to recruit on the basis of a Co-Chair model with 2 people sharing responsibilities enabling a diversification of skills and wider accessibility at Chair level. One Co-Chair was recruited from existing Trustees. A call-out for a 2nd Co-Chair was prepared to be made public in January 2024.

Additional information: wider networks

G39 has a good working relationship with Arts Council of Wales and is a member of numerous arts-related organisations including Visual Arts Group Wales and Disability Arts Cymru. Each of these organisations broadly share g39’s mission and aims either in part or wholly, and we enjoy constructive working relationships with them. Partnership working broadens our audiences, increases our capacity, and it’s always enjoyable to join teams and work towards a single endeavour. Brokering a relationship that is both professional and suited to both sides can require significant negotiating skills, even when values are shared – but when we get it right the partnership serves to reiterate and confirm our own values, and reminds us about the importance of our work in a wider context.

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Trustees Annual Report

Names and addresses of advisers

We have been fortunate in the support we have received from our allies over the last year, the skills and experiences of a variety of voices have contributed to our work. We have been able to take substantial steps forward in our development, thanks to Art Fund’s Re:Imagine scheme and the Creating Transformations Programme run by People Make it Work.

Type ofadviser Name Address
Organisational
development		 People Makeit Work 6 Goodwin’sCourt,St Martin’sLane
Covent Garden,LONDON,WC2N 4LL
Financial FullStopAccountants 25Pen-y-LanRoad,CARDIFF,CF24 3PG

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the board

C. Mutigli Chief Executive Officer

25 July 2024

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G39 Independent Examlner5 Aeport Independent Examiner'5 Report to the trustees of G39 I report to the charity twstees on my examination of the financial statements ot G39 for the year ended 31 December 2023. Respon51bllltles and basls of rewt A5 the charlty's twstees of the company land also Its directors for the purposes of company lawl you are responsible for the preparation of the flnanclal statements In accordance wlth the requirements of the Companle5 Art 20061'the 2C¥)6 Act. Having satisfied myself that the finantlal statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eliglble for independent examlnatlon, I report in respect of my examlnatlon of your charity's financSal statements as carried out under sectlon 145 of the Charities Act 20111'the 2011 Act'l. In carrylng oul my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under sectlon 145151 Ibl of the 2011 Act. ndependent examlner's statement As the charlty's gross Income exceeded £250.CW your examlner must be a member of a body Ilsted In sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act. I conflrm that l am quallfled to undertake the examlnatlon because l am member of CIMA, which is one of the Ilsted bodies. I have completed my examlnatlon. I can conflrm that no materlal matter5 have come to my attentlon In connectlon with the examination giving me cause to believe.. accountlng records were not kept in accordance wlth sectlon 386 of the 2006 Art: or the flnancial statements do not accord with those records- or the flnanclal statements do not comply wlth the accounting requlrements under section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the flnancial statements glve a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination,. or the flnanclal statements have not been prepared in a¢cordance with the methods and prlnclples of the Statement of Recommended Practlce for accountin8 and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing thelr accounts In accordance wtth the Flnandal Reportln8 Standard applicable In the UK arbd Republlc of Ireland IFRS 1021. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connection with the examination to whlch attention should be drawn In thls report In order to enable a proper under5tandlng of the flnanclal statements to be reached. Tlna Jenklns ACMA Chartered Management Accountant 19 Clos y Carw Llantwlt Fardre CF38 28P Page 12

G39

Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 31 December 2023

for the year ended 31 December 2023
G39
Statement ofFinancialActivities
Notes
Income and endowments
from:
Donationsandlegacies
4
Charitableactivities
5
Other tradingactivities
6
Investments
7
Other
8
Total
Expenditure on:
Raisingfunds
9
Charitableactivities
10
Other
11
Total
Netgainsoninvestments
Netincome
Transfersbetweenfunds
Netincome before other
gains/(losses)
Othergainsandlosses
Net movementinfunds
Reconciliation of funds:
Totalfundsbroughtforward
Totalfundscarriedforward		 Unrestricted
funds
2023
£
78,995
2,347
-
-
24,973		 Restricted
funds
2023
£
150,181
1,057
-
-
2,911		 Totalfunds
2023
£
229,176
3,404
-
-
27,884		 Totalfunds
2022
£
349,936
3,549
-
-
25,832
106,315
0
47,535
29,748		 154,149
5,790
111,704
48,095		 260,464
5,790
159,239
77,843		 379,317
2,502
197,987
114,535
77,283
-		 165,589
-		 242,872
-		 315,023
-
29,033
7,554		 (11,441)
(7,554)		 17,592
-		 64,294
-
36,587 (18,995) 17,592 64,294
36,587
80,282		 (18,995)
79,317		 17,592
159,599		 64,294
95,304
116,869 60,322 177,191 159,599

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G39 Balance Sheet

G39
BalanceSheet
at 31 December 2023
Company No.
03938363
Notes
2023
£
Fixed assets
Tangibleassets
13
1,640
1,640
Current assets
Debtors
14
46,496
Cashat bankandin hand
145,441
191,937
Creditors: Amountfallingdue within one year
15
(16,388)
Netcurrent assets
175,549
Totalassets lesscurrentliabilities
177,189
Net assetsexcludingpension asset orliability
177,189
Totalnet assets
177,189
Thefundsofthecharity
Restrictedfunds
17
Restrictedincomefunds
60,321
60,321
Unrestrictedfunds
17
Generalfunds
66,869
Designatedfunds
50,000
116,869
Reserves
17
Totalfunds
177,190		 2022
£
9,022
9,022
44,239
130,731
174,970
(24,393)
150,577
159,599
159,599
159,599
79,317
79,317
30,282
50,000
80,282
159,599

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

For the year ended 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved by the board on 25 July 2024

And signed on its behalf by:

C. Mutigli Trustee 25 July 2024

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G39 Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2023

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Fund accounting

Fund accounting
Unrestrictedfunds Theseareavailablefor useat the discretion ofthe trusteesinfurtherance ofthe
generalobjectsofthecharity.
Designatedfunds Theseare unrestrictedfundsearmarked by the trusteesfor particular purposes.
Revaluationfunds Theseare unrestrictedfundswhichincludearevaluation reserve representingthe
restatement ofinvestmentassetsat their market values.
Restrictedfunds Theseareavailablefor usesubject to restrictionsimposed by the donor or through
termsofanappeal.
Income
Recognition of Incomeisincludedin theStatement of FinancialActivities(SoFA)when thecharity
income becomesentitled to,and virtuallycertain to receive,theincomeand theamount of
theincomecan be measured withsufficient reliability.
Income with related Whereincome hasrelated expenditure theincomeand related expenditureis
expenditure reportedgrossin theSoFA.
Donationsand Voluntaryincome received by way ofgrants,donationsandgiftsisincludedin the
legacies theSoFA when receivableand only when theCharity hasunconditional
entitlement to theincome.
Taxreclaimson Incomefrom taxreclaimsisincludedin theSoFAat thesame timeasthe
donationsandgifts gift/donation to whichit relates.
Donatedservices Theseare onlyincludedinincome(withan equivalentamountin expenditure)
andfacilities where the benefit to theCharityisreasonably quantifiable,measurableand
material.
Volunteer help The value ofany volunteer help receivedisnotincludedin theaccounts.
Investmentincome Thisisincludedin theaccountswhen receivable.
Gains/(losses)on Thisincludesanygain orlossresultingfrom revaluinginvestmentsto market value
revaluation of fixed at the end ofthe year.
assets
Gains/(losses)on Thisincludesanygain orlosson thesale ofinvestments.
investmentassets

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Notes to the Accounts

Expenditure

Recognition of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which expenditure cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. Expenditure on These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising raising funds trading costs and investment management costs. Expenditure on These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and charitable activities services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs. Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid. Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administration costs. Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Leasehold improvements 20%% Straight Line Plant and machinery 20%% Straight Line

Freehold investment property

Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.

Stocks

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

Trade and other debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.

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Trade and other creditors

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Research and development

Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

Foreign currencies

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date that the transaction occurred.

All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure.

Leased assets

Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.

Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The

corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs.

Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis.

Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services

All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.

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G39 Notes to the Accounts

The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.

3
Statement ofFinancialActivities-prior year
Income and endowmentsfrom:
Donationsandlegacies
Charitableactivities
Other
Total
Expenditure on:
Raisingfunds
Charitableactivities
Other
Total
Netincome
Netincome before other
gains/(losses)
Othergainsandlosses:
Net movementinfunds
Reconciliation of funds:
Totalfundsbroughtforward
Totalfundscarriedforward		 Unrestricte
dfunds
2022
£
75,632
3,549
25,832
105,013
374
50,080
71,214
121,667
(16,655)
(16,655)
(16,655)
95,305
78,650		 Restricted
funds
2022
£
274,305
-
-
274,305
2,128
147,907
43,321
193,356
80,949
80,949
80,949
-
80,949		 Total
funds
2022
£
349,936
3,549
25,832
379,317
2,502
197,987
114,535
315,023
64,294
64,294
64,294
95,305
159,599
Incomefrom donationsandlegacies
Donationsandgifts
Government Grants
Grantsprovided by other
charities		 Unrestricted
£
282
78,713
-
78,995		 Restricted
£
40
74,698
75,443
150,181		 Total
2023
£
322
153,411
75,443
229,176		 Total
2022
£
290
159,672
189,975
349,936

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Incomefromcharitable activities
Workshopsand Hires
Analysisofreceiptsof governmentgrants
ArtsCouncilWalesCRF Fund
ArtsCouncilWalesRevenue
Fund
ArtsCouncilWalesLotteryFunded		 Unrestricted
£
2,347
2,347		 Restricted
£
1,057
1,057		 Total
2023
£
3,404
3,404
Total
2023
£
5,248
78,713
69,450
153,411		 Total
2022
£
3,549
3,549
Total
2022
£
22,330
75,342
62,000
159,672

6 Analysis of receipts of government grants

8 Other income

8
Otherincome
Othersales
Galleriesand MuseumsTax
Relief
9
Expenditure on raising funds
Advertisingand marketing		 Unrestricted
£
4,563
20,410
24,973		 Restricted
£
2,911
-
2,911		 Total
2023
£
7,474
20,410
27,884		 Total
2022
£
6,469
19,363
25,832
Unrestricted
£
0
0		 Restricted
£
5,790
5,790		 Total
2023
£
5,790
5,790		 Total
2022
£
2,502
2,502

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10 Expenditure on charitable activities

10 Expenditure oncharitable activities
CreativeandExhibitionCosts
Staffcosts
11 Other expenditure
Depreciation
ProfessionalandConsulting
Fees
GeneralAdministrative
TravelandTransport
EstablishmentExpenses		 Unrestricted
£
(2,150)
49,684
47,535
Unrestricted
£
5,850
14,320
2,471
0
7,108
29,748		 Restricted
£
78,713
32,992
111,704
Restricted
£
1,532
460
20,681
7,135
18,286
48,095		 Total
2023
£
76,563
82,676
159,239
Total
2023
£
7,382
14,780
23,152
7,135
25,394
77,843		 Total
2022
£
115,454
82,533
197,987
Total
2022
£
9,325
9,025
12,305
20,141
63,739
114,535

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Notes to the Accounts

12 Staff costs

Staffcosts
esto the Accounts
2023 2022
Salariesand wages 81,136 79,856
Socialsecuritycosts 163 1,184
Pensioncosts 1,377 1,494
82,676 82,534
No employee received emolumentsin excessof£60,000.
2023 2022
Totalemployee benefitsreceived bykey management
personnel		 41,966 49,618
Theaverage monthly number of fulltime equivalent employees duringthe year wasasfollows:
2023 2022
Number Number
Charitable Activities 5 5
5 5

Amount of contributions recognised in the SOFA as an expense £1,377 (2022: £1,494). The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for staff. The assets of the scheme are held seperately from those of the charity. The contributions are charged to the income and expenditure account and allocated between unrestricted and restricted funds where applicable.

13 Tangible fixed assets

Tangiblefixed assets
Cost or revaluation
At 1January 2023
At 31 December 2023
Depreciation
At 1January 2023
Depreciationchargefor the
year
At 31 December 2023
Net bookvalues
At 31 December 2023
At 31 December 2022		 Leasehold
improvements
£
13,611
13,611
11,833
809
12,642
969
1,778		 Plant and
machinery
£
89,326
89,326
84,786
3,905
88,691
635
4,540		 Computer
equipment
£
9,334
9,334
6,630
2,668
9,298
36
2,704		 Total
£
112,271
112,271
103,249
7,382
110,631
1,640
9,022

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G39 Notes to the Accounts

14 Debtors

14 Debtors
2023
£
Trade debtors
70
Other debtors
20,410
Prepaymentsandaccruedincome
26,016
46,496
15 Creditors:
amountsfallingdue within one year
2023
£
Tradecreditors
814
Other taxesandsocialsecurity
1,538
Othercreditors
315
Accruals
13,721
Deferredincome
-
16,388
16 DeferredIncome
Movement ofthe deferredincomeshowninCreditors: amountsfallingdue within one year
2023
£
At 1January
2,923
Released incurrent year
(2,923)
At 31 December
-		 2022
£
1,681
18,293
24,265
44,239
2022
£
6,545
1,613
480
12,832
2,923
24,393
2022
£
60,129
(57,206)
2,923

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G39 Notes to the Accounts

17 Movement in funds

17 Movementinfunds
Incoming
At 1January resources
(including
other		 Resources
expended		 Gross
transfers		 At 31
December
2023
2023 gains/losses)
£ £ £ £
Restrictedfunds:
Restrictedincomefunds:
TheFreelandsFoundation 8,886 66,043 (66,331) - 8,598
Jerwood Unite 7,554 - - (7,554) -
ArtsCouncilWalesLottery
Funding 7,874 78,206 (76,813) - 9,267
ACWCulturalRecoveryFund 16,037 - (8,983) - 7,054
ArtFund 29,065 - (10,358) - 18,707
CardiffArt Map 9,900 9,900 (3,104) - 16,696
Total 79,317 154,149 (165,589) (7,554) 60,321
Unrestrictedfunds:
Generalfunds 30,282 106,315 (77,283) 7,554 66,869
Designatedfunds:
To G39 DesignatedReserves 50,000 - - - 50,000
Total 50,000 - - - 50,000
Totalfunds 159,599 260,464 (242,872) - 177,190
18 Analysisofnet assetsbetweenfunds
Unrestricte
dfunds		 Restricted
funds		 Total
£ £ £
Cashat bank 85,687 59,754 145,441
85,687 59,754 145,441
19 Reconciliation ofnet debt
At 1 At 31
January December
2023 Cashflows 2023
£ £ £
Cashandcash equivalents 130,731 14,710 145,441
130,731 14,710 145,441
Net debt 130,731 14,710 145,441

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Notes to the Accounts

20 Related party disclosures

Controlling party

The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital; thus no single party controls the company.

Trustee remuneration and benefits

During the year, none of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity.

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G39

Chartered Accountants Report to the Board of Trustees

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of G39 for the year ended year 31 December 2023, which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, and the related notes from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://www.aicpa-cima.com.

This report is made to the Board of Trustees of G39 in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of G39 and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Trustees in this report in accordance with the requirements of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants as detailed at https://www.aicpa-cima.com. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and its director for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that G39 has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of G39. You consider that G39 is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

Full Stop Accounts 67 Lakeside Drive Cardiff CF23 6DE

Date 25 July 2024

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