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ESTABIISHED: JUIY ZOOI
CHARITY NUMBER CIO - 1182403 •
PREVIOUS CHARITY NUMBER: IIZIZ36
CONTENTS
TRUSTEES
1. Legal and Admin Info
2. Headline Figures & Impact
3. Charity Objectives and
Vision
4. Brief History
5. Operations Summary
6. Financial Summary
7. Future Plans
NAME
Office
Comments
Clalre Bader
Secretary
Appolnted at AGM 3rd
March 2025
Georye Ma8$ey
Treasurer
Appolnted at AGM 6th
Oct 2019
Emlly Ball
Chalr
Appointed at AGM 3rd
Mareh 2025
Jonathan Forbes
Founder
Maihew Morrls
Founder
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MEARL Advls
5Z OID HOSPITAI IAWH, STROUD, UK C154CA
Andy Hodkln
Safeguirdlng Lead
Appolnted at AGM 6th
No¥ 2022
CONTACT AUDRESS:

In operation since 2007 Performers Without Borders (PWB) has completed
43 International Tours over 18 years in at least 10 diff erent countries.
PWB-International: After our first successful tour in the Philippines with our new
partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solulions Network (UN
SDSN) Where we delivered 13 workshops to 1432 participants and 14 shows to l 0,443
audience members in 20231 In 2024 we went back and revisited 11 locations and
connected with 9 new locations creating new partnerships, expanding excitement and
reaching a total of 6554 participants!
After the India 2024 Legacy Tour which had a big impactful influence on our students
from the Kashi Fire Wairiors (KFW). They have now opened and built (by hand) a flow
school in the mountains in Nepal (Flow Open School)! They also continue to be hired
across India for performances and are still teaching circus skills with our longstanding
partner Asha Deep Vidyashram in Varanasi. Go Team!!
With a total of 6554 people reached on the 2024 Philippines tour,
thats a cost of £0. 47 per person, talk about value for money.
K4Skli FIJIE MIAKRIOJIS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SOLUTIONS NETWORK
A GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS

HEADIINE FIGURES PWB-UK
PWB-UK: Pandemic restrictions in Ihe UK were lifted around July 2021, which meant we were able
to focus on our outreach in the UK. In regard to bigger grant applications, new projects happened
wilh Care4Calais, Ihe Isle of Man Douglas Council, Shropshire Supports Refugees and Blackburn
Young Peoples Services; new funded projects in 2022-2023 were with Manor Academy and New
College Worcester. Please see our revamped YouTube channel for more projecl videos!
Since conception in 2018 we have successfully delivered 106 UK workshops using the same
4 workshop leaders involving 82 funded hours, reaching 1377 participants, and doing 24
shows lo an audience of over 1702
In 2021 we launched our'PWB Produces, project with a first successful partnership with
Circus Central in Newcastle. Funding was achieved through Sports England and with support
in kind from the Percy Hedley Foundation. We are currently looking to expand this project to
new partner organisations.
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'PWB Produces, Delivered
10 circus intervention
workshops with *41 SEN
students and their 36
support staff using 2 paid
facilitators and 3
volunteers
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TURNOVER:
July 2023-2024 - £5139 (unrestricted £5130, project 8pending £17,041)
July 2024-2025 - £5349 (unre8tricled £3949, restricted £1400, Tour Costs £4045)
Project Spending:
PWB Philippine6 Tour = £3070.98
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3. CHARITY OBJECTS S VISION
WE TEACH PERFORMING ARTS AND CIRCUS SKILLS TO YOUNG PEOPLE FACING SYSTEMIC
BARRIERS IN THE UK AND ABROAD.
"They thought only of the circus. They didn't think anymore about the tragedy of their lives." Zalinda, Los
Quinchos, San Marcos - PWB Nicaragua Tour 2013
Vlslon: To teach performance arts and circus skills to young people who lack access to the
artform, in the UK and Internationally in order to contribute to improving their physical, social
and mental wellbeing.
Charity Objectives: To advance in life and relieve the needs of children and young people in
such parts of the woild as the truslees shall determine, and in particular those who are socially
and/or economically disadvantaged, including by physical or mental disabilities through:
(a) The provision of recreational and leisure time activities in the performing arts and circus
skills provided in the interest of social welfare, designed lo Improve their conditlons of life.
(b) Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabililies to
enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
(c) Raising awareness of the positive psychological and physical impact of training in, and
experience of, performance arts and circus skills for children and young adults.

4. YEAR-YEAR kn.
In 2007 Matt Morris and Jonny Forbes launched Performers Wilhout Borders (PWB) with the first
tour of India in 2008 with 8 volunteers and we returned every year until 2020 then again in 2024.
In 2013 Rob Thorburn led the first PWB Nicaragua Tour, followed by Sierra Leone's only tour in
2014 led by Peter King. Kenya was added to the regular lour list in 2016 led by Abi Cooper. In
between Ihis, Francesca Dunford and Jess Herman, did short lours lo Calais and Dunkirk bi-
annually for 4 years. All these International Tours were Managed by long time PWBer Emily Ball,
who is now a Trustee, first as Secretary and now Chairl
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In January 2018 PWB-UK was launched with Peter King contracted to manage its developmenl.
The idea bei ng that il would allow us to recruil a differenl variety of volunteers and access
differenl funding streams, especially UK Trust Funds. In 2018 We slarted to recieve our first UK
based grant funding to delivery projects to a variety of acess groups. In 201912020 PWB
transformed to a CIO with a refreshed board of Trustees. Delivery and progression continued up
unlil the arrival of Covid19 restrictions in March 2020 we had to delay delivering that programme
until Autumn 2021, as well as suspending our 2021 2023 International Tours.
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4.1 YEAR-YEAR
During 2021 PWB appointed Jamie Moore as the new Artistic Director and Gina
Disney as the new General Manager, this saw a renewal of energy to PWB with some
big ideas of where to go in the future! We also saw Julia Cooke and lain McDonald
appointed to UK regional manager status with intentions of achieving more grant
funded work up north and in Scolland. In 2023 we restarted our international tours
with launching our Philippines project working with the UN SDSN.
GINA DISNEY
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5. OPERATIONS SUMMARY
PWB delivers high-quality circus skills and performance arts workshops and shows in the UK
and internationally. We have 3 part-time contracted managers, and everyone else is a volunteer.
We advertise for volunteers for our international tours every year online between March and
August and in person throughout the year. Our UK operations only operate with funding where
we pay our workshop leaders an average industry rate for their work. We successfully
introduced our Partner Organisations (PO'S) on our longstanding tour in India to our legacy
students in 2024 with the hopes to handover these connections lo them. We are continuing to
explore new locations and partnerships globally, currently pursuing United Nations relations.
5.1 PWB-International (P-lnt)
Hislorically we have supported over 100 volunteers to go on tours to India, Nicaragua, Kenya, the
Philippines, France and Greece. We work with local POS to deliver a series of arts based skills
workshops and performances to vulnerable children and communilies in their care. On some
projects we help them create their own performance, which is delivered to the local community
at the end project. Our new projects progress with sustainability in mind, with Ihe intention of
delivery to be handed over to local youth leaders and teachers to continue the work amongst
their communities.
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4 5.1 PWB-INTERNATIONAI IP-INTI
We had to stop our international tours from 2020-2023 due to the pandemic,
including being unable to revisit our Calais and Dunkirk project because, due to the
increasing cost of living crisis, we want to restart our projects here but will have to
wait until it can become fundable or affordable, as after the covid crisis and then
subsequent relief funding ending, it has become increasingly difficult to fundraise.
However, we have managed to make a comeback between 2023 and 2024 with our new
project starting in the Philippines, our managers travelling to Thailand to work with
Spoon Circus, and delivering the 4-year gap-planned handover legacy tour in India.
We are looking forward to the next 4 years in the Philipplnes working with the United
Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Youth Philippines Division (UN SDSN), and starting to persue expanding new projects.
TOUR
Workshops
Hours
Participants
Shows
Audience
PWBer
GREECE NOV 2019
15
18
1500
610
KENYA 2020
32
75
458
180
INDIA 2020
39
84
3182
13
2380
PHILIPPINES 2023
13
40
1432
14
10,443
THAILAND 2024
249
89
INDIA 2024
39
88
1544
26
7661
PHILIPPINES 2024
16
53
1208
18
5346
TOTALS
163
369
9573
26,709
With a total of 6554 people reached on the 2024 Philippines tour,
thats a cost of £0.47 per person, talk about value for money.

5.2 PWB-UK IPUKI
Since January 2018 PUK has been delivering both self-funded and grant-funded sessions to
Partner Organisations (POS) across the UK. Working with POS such as the Royal Society for
Blind Children. the Manchester Deaf Centre, St Vincent's School for the Visually Impaired,
Shropshire Supports Refugees, Blackburn's Foster Carers Association, Mannor Academy and
New College Worcester. We are continuously searching for partnerships and applying for project
grants backed by these sessions and our research into Circus Arts Instruction (CIA).
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On 25th Oct 2019 PWB delivered a free taster session at Blackburn With Darwen (BWD)
Children's Services Participation Relaunch Event, attended by Looked After Children (LAC) and
associated professionals. It proved popular and after cconductling surveys we managed to get
more funding to return via National Lottery Community Fund of £10,000.
For more on this evaluation please see: www.pwb.ngolblackburnl
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After self-funding 4 workshops at Visually Impaired residenlial school New College Worcester in
2022 we managed to obtain funding to return for a longer intervention with the aim of teaching
fire skills at the end of the project. We have deliverd half this project in 2023 and will finish in
2024.
'PWB Produces, Percy headley & Circus C ntral - Sports England £4900
In 2023 we launched'PWB Produces, and working alongside Circus Central in Newcastle and
the Percy Hedley Foundation we managed to obtain partial funding from Sports England, and
the Percy Hedley Foundation contributed £1500 to meet the full funding target.
For more on this evaluation please see: www.pw
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PWB-UK
The table below lists our main impact figures for PWB-UK, but please see our website
for more details of our work in the UK: knww.pwb.ngolpwb-ukl
In January 2022 we received a further £10,000 from the Nalional Lottery Community
Fund to continue this project. The project was delivered successfully in line with the
budget and time frame. During this project we introduced fire performing to the older
participants, for a memorable experience.
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TOUR
Sessions
Hours
Attended
Shows
Audience
PWBers
PUK 2018-2019
19
62
69
PUK 2019.2020
25
380
152
PUK 2020-2021
60
250
PUK 2021-2022
53
90
920
355
PUK 2022-2023
17
82
1377
726
PUK 2023.2024
16
54
327
150
TOTALS
106
370
3126
24
1702
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6. FINANCIAI SUMMARY
PWB is mainly funded by individual monthly donations from various sources that raise
about £250pm. EX-PWB volunteers also run fundraisers, which can vary from year to year
but are between £500 to £1000. We currently run one tour to the Philippines a year where
volunteers raise money to pay for their own costs. Our main finacial outgoings are the
Tour Costs (£4000) and for Contractors (£1800) to manage the day to day business of the
charity. PWB will need some increased fundraising efforts to make this sustainable in the
future.
Apart from that, our only other income stream is restricted from project grants and one-
off workshops for PWB-UK. In 2023 PWB made a decision to use our surplus from
previous years to self-fund a few projects. Which is why our balance has dropped below
£6000
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BALANCE SHEET
ASAT30th June2023
2025
2024
Fixed assets
Tangible assets - workshop kit
Depreciated to zero
75
Current Assets
Cash ai bankand in hand
4,1
5,977
Creditors
Net current assets
4.190
5977

FINANCIAI SUMMARY
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 June 2025
Totals
2025
Totals
2024
Incomln
Resource
Incoming resources & generated funds
Donations
Fundraisers
Volunteer contributions
PWB-UK earned income
Grants
3351
598
1400
5130
Totsl incoming resources
5349
5,130
Resources expended
Marketing
Admin
Charges
Safeguarding checks
Training
Contractors
PWB-UK costs
Grant expenditure
Tour costs
690
1,035
115
360
62
1800
180
2,400
9.050
7.991
4045
Totsi resources expended
7136
20,592
Net income for the year
-1787
-15,462
Fund balances at30th June 2025
4190
5,977

FINANCIAI SUMMARY
The charity is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies
Act 2006 for the financial year ended 30 June 2025. No member of the charity has
required an audit of these accounts under section 476 of the Act.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities under the Companies Act 2006 for:
ensuring that the charity keeps adequate accounting records in accordance with
section 386,. and preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view in
accordance with sections 394 and 395, and that otherwise comply with the
requirements of the Act as they apply to small charitable companies.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special
provisions applicable to small entities under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements were approved by the Board on 2 March 2025
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Emily Ball
Chair of the Trustees
Charity Number: 1182403
Independent Examiners report not required this year as turnover is under
£25,000.

I. FUTURE PLANS
Writing this in March 2026 after submitting our accounts to the Charity Commission, I can
say that restarting our international touring again with our new partnerships and project
goals has been an overall success despite the difficulties. We have come back after the
pandemic with new energy, people and ideas to look forward to in the coming years! In the
UK we have been met with funding difficulties due to the current political climate but are
looking at launching new avenues of funding streams. We continue to work on expanding
our operations with some exciting prospects listed below.
7.1- Future Prospects
PWB Philippines - After a successful reconnaissance tour and first year of delivery in the
Philippines (2023 & 2024). We have produced our first-ever feature-length documentary for our
tours; we are planning on submitting this to international film awards and using it to display our
work at events and support fundraising. We produced this with the hopes of proving the project
impact and solidifying connections for further work with UN-SDSN. This is part of a 5-year
projecl commitment to bring circus arts to youth champions around Negros Island until 20271
PWB SDSN - We are currently applying for a membership with SDSN to raise awareness of our
PI (iJL'LI guals and attend conferences to make new connections in other countries that they
operate their youth programs within.
PWB India- We will keep mentoring the India project from afar, supporting its development to a
legacy continuation where our longstanding students from Asha-Deep Vidyashram (The Kashi
Fire Warriors) will continue to deliver social circus projects supported by PWB.
PWB Produces - Having already completed one PWB Produces project successfully
we are continuing to find and support more Partner Organisations in the UK.
PWB Residential's - This is a new idea we are looking to release to volunteers in
2027128, we have already trialed this idea in 2024 with Spoon Circus. Connecting
Social Circus groups around the globe with PWB volunteers for l O days. The aims will
be supporting teacher training, equipment dislribution and further outreach, working
alongside the Social Circus group and supporting their needs.
We look forward to increasing the depth and range
of our outstanding legacy of impacts
in 2025 and onwards!
Report written by Gina Disney, Dr Peter King and Jamie Moore and designed by Gina Disney