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

**From 6[th] April 2022 to 5[th] April 2023** 

**Charity name: Woking Youth Theatre** 

**Charity registration number: 1181493** 

## **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 advance the arts in the Borough of<br>Woking and the surrounding area for<br>children and young people aged 14-21<br>years, in particular in the art of drama by;<br>(a) The organisation and the production<br>of weekly drama workshops, and<br>(b) The production of a musical, a<br>straight play and drama festival<br>entries each year.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|1.<br>Our main musical production of the<br>year, Bugsy Malone, took place in<br>early April 2022 with all members<br>participating.<br>2.<br>Summer Film Project 2022 took<br>place in August where 8 members of<br>the youth theatre were involved in<br>the production of a short film - both<br>in front of and behind camera. This<br>is available to view on our website.<br>3.<br>We entered two entries into Woking<br>Drama Festival; under 18s Hamlet<br>and over 18s The Cagebirds and<br>were nominated in multiple<br>categories and won Best Youth Actor<br>and Technical Excellence with the<br>over 18s entry finishing in 4th place<br>overall.<br>4.<br>We produced a showcase at Export<br>House (our base of operations)<br>where member parents and carers<br>watched pieces prepared by the<br>members.<br>5.<br>Early part of 2023 was taken up with<br>rehearsals for our Easter show, Alice<br>in Wonderland performed in the next<br>financial year.|





|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|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Chairty Commission<br>on public benefit and have adhered to the<br>charity’s constitution throughout this period.|
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## **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|We continue to see growth in our members.<br>Covid 19 had a massive impact on the<br>social lives and development of the young<br>people in our society, leaving them feeling<br>isolated and especially vulnerable to the<br>toxicity of social media.<br>Some of the feedback we have received<br>from parents / carers:<br>_WYT has become instantly an immensely_<br>_important part of X’s life and we are so_<br>_grateful for all that you do._<br>_We wanted to express our gratitude… and_<br>_thank you for being so fantastic and_<br>_dedicated. The role-modelling and nurturing_<br>_you are providing to the members is awe-_<br>_inspiring._<br>_Thank you so much for all the hard work_<br>_you put in to allow such an amazing_<br>_experience for the young people._<br>_It’s the most robust way for him to explore_<br>_his gender preferences in the most_<br>_supportive environment. Once again thank_<br>_you for all you do._<br>_He’s grown so much as a person in the last_<br>_year. It’s been a real pleasure to see him_<br>_evolve. I only wish he could have the same_<br>_support at school._<br>_I simply cannot sing your praises highly_<br>_enough and am blown away by how much_<br>_hard work you put in._<br>_Joining WYT was the best thing for X. She_<br>_has learnt so much, grown in confidence,_<br>_made the best group of friends and I know_<br>_she is devastated to be moving on. Thank_<br>_you for believing in her, giving her_<br>_encouragement, help and support and so_<br>_much more during her time with you._|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Woking Youth Theatre (WYT) had a closing<br>balance as at 5thApril 2023 of £1,521. This<br>is reduced from previous years due to<br>investment into new premises and<br>equipment, and poor ticket sales for the<br>Easter musical but enables us to continue<br>to provide services into the next year.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|WYT holds reserves to cover up-front costs<br>of performances, which typically include<br>licence fee deposit and theatre deposit.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1,000|
|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|Performing Arts as a whole has suffered<br>following Covid19 and audiences have been<br>slow to return to venues. We will need to<br>undertake separate fund-raising or source<br>grants to continue with our annual musicals.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|WYT’s principal source of funds is from<br>membership subscriptions and box office<br>receipts.|
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|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|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|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|Trustees selected by unanimous vote of<br>current trustees against a review of skills &<br>experience required to enable the role<br>descriptions of the Trustees to be effectively<br>fulfilled.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Woking Youth Theatre|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|WYT|
|Registered charity number|1181493|
|Charity’s principal address|12 Rosebery Crescent<br>Woking<br>Surrey<br>GU22 9BL|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1 <br>2 <br>3|Bruce<br>Hazelton|Chair, Treasurer|||
||Gary Knight|Secretary|||
||Stewart Mison||||



## 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<br>held in this capacity|n/a|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|n/a|



## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

n/a 

## **Other optional information** 

n/a 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 


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**Full name(s)** Bruce Hazelton Gary Knight 

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

**Date** 28th April 2024 



||**Woking Youth Theatre**|**Woking Youth Theatre**|**Woking Youth Theatre**|**Woking Youth Theatre**|**Woking Youth Theatre**|**1181493**|**1181493**||**CC16a**|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**||**06/04/2022**||**To**||**05/04/2023**|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
||<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Donations,legacies|**2,600**||**0**||**0**||**2,600**||**228**|
|Grants|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|Fundraising|**6,201**||**0**||**0**||**6,201**||**364**|
|Interest on deposit account|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|Dividends on investments|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|Members’ subscriptions|**6,769**||**0**||**0**||**6,769**||**2,556**|
|Fees for charitable services|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**15,570**||**0**||**0**||**15,570**||**3,148**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|||
||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**|<br>**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
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|**_Total receipts_**|**15,570**||**0**||**0**||**15,570**||**3,148**|
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|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Cost of fundraising events|**11,922**||**0**||**0**||**11,922**||**1,501**|
|Wages / Salaries and national insurance|**4,410**||**0**||**0**||**4,410**||**1,550**|
|Pension contributions|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|Rent / hire of rooms|**707**||**0**||**0**||**707**||**1,015**|
|Training|**70**||**0**||**0**||**70**||**0**|
|Insurance|**316**||**0**||**0**||**316**||**316**|
|Telephone, internet|**0**||||||**0**||**100**|
|Printing, postage, stationery, computer<br>|**839**||**0**||**0**||**839**||**114**|
|~~li~~<br>Bank interest and charges|**2**||**0**||**0**||**2**||**0**|
||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**|**18,266**||**0**||**0**||**18,266**||**4,596**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|Purchase of fixed assets|**2,171**||**0**||**0**||**2,171**|||
||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**2,171**||**0**||**0**||**2,171**||**0**|
|||||||||||
|**_Totalpayments_**|**20,437**||**0**||**0**||**20,437**||**4,596**|
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-4,867**||**0**||**0**||**-4,867**||**-1,448**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**6,397**||**0**||**0**||**6,397**||**0**|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**1,530**||**0**||**0**||**1,530**||**-1,448**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Current account||||**2,615**||**0**||**0**|



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||**_Total cash funds_**||||**1,530**||**0**||**0**|
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|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**0**||**0**||**0**|
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|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**0**||**0**|
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|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|||||||**0**||**0**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**0**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval|
||||||Bruce Hazelton||||28/04/2024|
||||||Gary Knight||||28/04/2024|
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