The Paper Birds Theatre Company "AAJZD14H* 2311212021 COMPANIES HOUSE #179 The Paper Birds Theatre Company Referen￿ and admini5trzttve detailsof the charity Trustees. Report Statement of Tru5tees' Respon%bilities Independent EXamI￿r5 Rer Statement of FinarKial Activitres èalance Sheet Notes to the finarKtI statements 9-13 The Paper Birds Theatre Company Company Ilmlted by Guarantee Year ended 31 March 2021 Rose Abderabbani Ilaider* Carter Kate Craddo¢k Rod Dixon Iresi8ned 30 September 20211 Cri5tina Hdst Klrsty Housley Fiona Ledger {resigned 5 March 20211 Leonte Moreton (resigned 16June 2020) Ramaa Sharma lappointed 8 July 2019 and resigned 16 June 20201 Laura w￿dWard (appO￿ted 8jU￿ 20191 Company rqlstered number 05363584 Charfty reBlstered numb•r Its2736 Re8lstered offlce 3 St Peterfs Buildings York Street LS9W . Independert Examill Jo Wathin KA Purple Cat Accountsncy Llmited . 87 Highgate Road Walsall West Mldlar WSI 3JA The Paper Birds Theatre Company Company Ilmlted by Guarantee Year ended 31 March 2021 T￿ Paper BlrdsTheatre Companyts I￿rThed undertt5Artide5dAssocki¢i(m wasitKwpwaied on 14 February 2(￿5 asa eompaoy ￿Mited ty8u•nrrtee ha¥Aw a sharecaprtal. The Paper8ird5 becwnE o thiri1able¢wPaw￿ 24. No¥ember 2017. The charlty15¥w*rned bya etsjrd ofTntst¢es totslhngrt4mc*e than9. as statsd In ourArtle50f As%oOo￿W. Owio day manawnent of the wmpony 15 led by c￿A￿stic ￿rectOrS and Co4(￿￿#1ers. Mcoonnell and KW¢e been In post $4nceJanuary 2018. eoard meetsqy•rtethf ara trK)sts an knnual General Meets"w eathyear. Il* eoird *sohastwo su&¢ommWtees'. l) Intefrsotlonal Work SuKornnHttee115C) ¢h•ired by Kai¢ Cradd£￿. 21 fIron￿ SubCommttteèlFSQthaired Mf ft¥4der* Cart•r. Ooth sub-cornwAttee% mtetre¢uloththrwknttheyear-**th ihe FSC rnectll￿ to revlewflnances overy3 In quJrte¥ l Jnd 2 Of2020d￿lotho￿4ry Impart COVID 19 porthrnK.. Wc app(MntedJo Watkin * Purp￿(alA¢C￿ntsnCytO independenty re¥*wand exarf￿ OWEcnvESOFTrIE OAGAPIISATIIY4 T￿ Paper Blids exists toadvarKe educ4tkntstht prumtion 0fthe8￿ ￿ pa￿C￿L)r, butnot cx¢luplvcly. thiou8h thc Jrtofdrama, &Jr companymi4ion ond st•t¢s.. IV¢ •r¢ wiÈt rebels. amrlrfwrrfthe of eyeryday people. Changingtho wNkl. one en(LyJmerM a Ow do¥todoyac¢tr¥We5 Ir*ludewththops aftd Icrturc:, portltipotory PTOit¢ts. ithtrrncwsofvj semir4rs. as wdl as fve wthfKperformm. ltr*truste*s ho¥e had re6¥d tothe charIty￿￿￿1¥s1￿*rs6U￿l1rte on pubk ber*fft*hthth Klamiry theactP4i1*sofTl* Pa￿T (XIR POUCIES We ore ¢omft*tted to makI￿The Paper Birds a stable. sth. and l•1r¢Y8*h￿•I1W trall Its Staff. stskeiic4ders. and beneficiaries. All of ¢ur p￿￿leS are re¥fje**d and updated reylath. Ouv Equaltyand Diver5bty Polity statesthat The Paperolrds Is CL¥f4nIt￿j toeliminatln8 d15rrknin•tw)n and dlversltyarnonyt our rtJff.' Tho pl1ndp￿$ ofth& pd¢yaro v41ththe Equalltyhrt XIIO. Equostyamd l)Ivtdty Is a stsnding agenda itern at all qvarterty BtsaTd Meetino This year we focukr d on updating tyJrCre•tive L¢arriYvdpoIw4and wottdurex kn ￿r￿￿roUT(b11d ￿￿￿etitin Pollcy I￿lUdIng a Di8ital Code of CoThJuct io underyin ay our1)n1￿ deliveryw1thity￿ peo*.. Our Reserve.. Policy.￿1¢￿tfvtt￿￿ cos set 3 ft￿th'S rwfoiin8costsas reSeTh￿ equalirvdto [28,250 by 2023. Wlth the Surplus achirnd thisyear. thistsriet h•sfitywtr*￿ n The h•$ d*¥•lop•d a PJsk Retysterwh￿h tdenufiesand assesses fv1631 rtsi A15ksart tenns of Irhvto high. Theypre a$5e55ed In ¢atwes indudkn8Gtrrtm•rt¢e artd M•)aeemeni FIna￿l. OFeratlonal. Porsonndi and ENtern￿. The 8oJrd J¢ree5 that annual a55e55rnerrt 15ade4uoie. aSThtW 0$ d)Jt qy•rtc.th monagementol mpanya¢¢oynts. The Paper Birds Theatre Company Company limlted by Guarantee Year ended 31 Marth 2021 The Paper blrdspTepare5 quartttty m•n•emntoctoum *hKh are s￿￿1￿￿ed by tyjr FtharKe Sub Cornmthe Ythlth mE¢tsa mlnmmum of4 Vrnes per yrar. The FIr4n￿ Sub Cornmlttee then pr¢sents manaqementauounts ateath fvu 604r41 meetyr*M a quznefy bwforvmderdlscussion aThJ appfO¥al. YEAR OVERVIEW As rn05t ofcur,lp￿, attfvityv¥as patssed in 202fy21 thJetoCOVILk19. dramatlcalty wvoted our prtrdmme. atyj dovid*od newwar of reachlr4 our tharitsbk alrns bydovoknpww an innovatrde dlwtsiaffÈr. RespthJth810 thè iriipaci ofCOViD-19. we cr¢at¢d a broad raNde 01part￿pat￿Y oppmnfjtTes foraud*rKes aDd part￿￿ts. toc￿1n8 in partlctslar on the needs of youni peWe aTrJ teathers. Westren8thened ourre•th and relationshlps th the UKa We also expanded OUT Nltem•ti(Nl In p•rtthisTW twy0w1￿fo7k1￿￿arn￿InternatI)nè1 sthod5 In the Mlddle East and South EastA5ia. and in part dueto Comr￿￿. as Peop￿ disctrrtred a r*wfwnd appreciatlon of dlWtsI, whith alh7wed t1￿ to makeu)nrtcty(Xbswith dfftrtnt ¢ountries•nd ty1turesot￿1ne'￿hl not beln8able totravel in lockd04vr* en￿￿onMents. ¥ ye•rof enornious un¢ert¥lfity. The Papef Blyrfs pr￿ed0￿rYaltse aThJ relevance toouruynmww, loralty. not￿11¥ •nd intematknna5￿. Instead of lawn8 kmtand tryknBtO 5irnpIy syr¥i￿. we stayed tr￿1￿¢￿( tharitable wpose. and s￿nt our e￿r￿le$and re50urre$ sn rea¢hlfi6O￿tQ ovrfdkmfs ￿ ac0mprehen￿ve dwtsl offer. Ehte to popular demand, we dramaticalty8rewourCre•tNe Le*miryprogramme. C*jrcomwytth￿oTh-thJTron1 the wodd o*t tntounter at a iimÈ- was orKe again putinto wortKe: ￿ suppwted tsath¢r5 and nurtuved people as they navl4ated the unprecedthtedovubrnthn¢esw* ourselves in. th￿than expandeddi•tal learnirff offer. In Sprin8 202Q In th¢ hl8hl of kxkdovm. o4er UD) leather5W￿ theth wKtitlorv5 (rom rnind tor& p•rt In our newty developed. Onlifie..Diwn￿d Devis￿( CPDcour*. We reCe￿*d rawurou5feedbackfrm tead*r8 who.felt rtewsy equipped toteach and i￿￿￿ethe￿r pupi15. thank5 to￿T￿tive 5upmartd Here'5lu5t a handful of larye numberof loVe￿*tell•mOn￿qls we reCei￿d.. estCPD Ihove done In 16 yeors oltevchmg.- 7hls woson involuoblemon￿ntg1￿$ptr&￿￿ iii them￿*￿0￿￿¥*doWTh- Trliveredwith darity. POSSiOn ttrtdcreorThity." Out of1￿ 4 main sthoc4 examirth spe£ift(akn used acn)ss En￿ond￿e l¥ve n(￿ bEeft •dd•d to 3 ofthem asa 'pr•scrlbcd pra¢iitlon¢rf: Edu4ad already promoted tyjrwork toxhooL- end hwe pre¥iousty booked u5 to run CPDf¢r theirteachers. EdEx￿1 reurttty put outan Update from thdr th*f eKarnI￿r￿lthilpsf0r apwoathln8deviyn8arkl used us•$ the prirne example of a campanyto efflulate. FlTralty.AOA made a Special aTh￿ndrnent totheirspe¢ifI¢*￿th tt) •4Jd usiothelr ltst of prartftloner The Paper Birds Theatre Company Company limited by Guarantee Year el￿ed JI March 2021 We dt¥eW and reheatsed tyJrslv*'Bioke' abtwt fvthtrtyar￿ debL feadyfor a Sd￿0￿ tour xross En8Lgnd and Wales. Vnfortunately. due to further lockdvwn5. this tour had to ￿ postprnl until 2021-22. However, we hove since secured o¥er 90 tr#)okiryforthi5 perfomwnct and patkage.demor￿t￿tlngthe trustand value schc•)J5ahd educational Instriution5, up ènd dDwnthe UK* p￿ce inour From Aprll 2020- March 2021 ourcreatfve ￿OrnIng prugramrne enEayd a totsl of 3.028 Pa￿ckpa￿ts3cro55 the world. across 101 partlcipatory wor*sW Idigitsl aNI in pefsonl. Online4yJr reath 8rew expjnentialty: we had 18,002 vltws of our recorded show5 C￿lIne lupfrom 7.103 In 201￿20) and 9&136¥lew5 of Our￿b$kn lupfrorn 513761n 201￿201. OUR PEOPLE We sald farewell to Trnsrees Fiona ar*J Ramaa who both dcwndue to per%￿￿1 rea50n& Ramaa's 5klMsset as asan £d￿orat the 88C aftd F￿￿0.$ a5 Ourfundraislr￿ expertwill be rn￿h mi55ed were sad to see them 80. We plan to recwst • mlnimum of 2 new TNstees in 2021-22toiake us backto Capac￿. We are akn looklngto expand. ourcorefreel•n¢e stsff team in 2021- 22. kn respond toour irKfease in attfviryand ifowiry demand forwr Work The trustees*￿ thrilled that deswte. Trn part due tots pandeffli The hper8irds has frjrtherstablllsed financlally, and finish the year wrth unrertriaed lunds of just ob*r £79.iKQ lan I￿rease 0193Xon the prev*)Js vearl. Thls 15 attrib￿e￿ tothe tar￿d ger*rnted thrO￿h all ourcreatY4* leamiry acti￿rY delivered In the pondemK, mostly online. The 8oard is del¢hted atthe mmparf5finwKlal pklure.alhj￿"IY￿S toexceed ¢JUrreS¢Th￿ poIIcy. FUNDRAISING The try5tees would liketo express the4r slrKere than&stoArts COUKII E￿lar#I for theirconwnued support in enabll us to reach ourdwritabte aims. This *arttrey awar￿e￿ The Paper Bird$8rantstotalliry £53.493.. £34m inemerger ' rellEf, £13,496 to supptsrt￿r schocw tour Troke. ar￿ a final Instsimentof £4.999 trp*Jardsour nathjnal tour of 'A5k MeAnythin¢. OUR PLAItsMOVING FORWAAO In 2021-22. thanbto our dynamic relevart prov0￿￿0￿rIl* p1st￿r.￿￿ ¢omwiry is ¢omTrrqfroma pla￿af strength 3ndam￿lOn a5 we emer8e from the paTrJemiL We have an amb5tbus and strate8Èc buslne55 plan in pkce, ond In lh* wlth this, we alm toconllrwJt develDpkn8 . opportunitieslor ¢ommunlliesau055 the UK ar•J abroad toeryle with our olartl5ticatht￿s. l)Jr 8uslness Plan sets Qui otsr ambition ￿ be kI￿1n forour tsnKiue di8113l offer. Wewill deveksp CPD pr￿ramme5. onfine worksI￿P$. •nda unique partfcfpaw ￿rf￿rM&￿e proiecL expknj￿the theme ofempathy. wNaboratton with youn8 peoplefrom across the world. Thls prLyertwill #rate￿1￿ al￿Tr the artèrtK and Creatist ￿aIning side of the compony. The Paper Birds Theatre Company Company1Srnited by Guarantee Year ended 31.March 2021 The trustees are reSponsi￿e for preparirethe trustees. report and the financial statements in accordance with the United KirEdom Accountin8 Standards Iuntted ￿n￿d￿ft GeneralF¥ Accepted Accoul￿n8 Prarticel and applicable law and regulatic￿￿. The law applicable to charbties requirts the trustees to prepare financial statements for each finandal vear which glve a true and fair view of state of affalrs of the dwrSty and of the Income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparlre these flnancl* staterf*nts th¢ trustees are fequired to: 4elect suitable accounting policies ar￿ applythem C{￿515tenty -obser¥e the methods and principles in the thafities SORP -make judgements and estlmates that are reasonable and prudent -state whether applicable accounting standards have been fdlo*ryl. 5ufyect to any mateTlal departures -dlsclosed and explained in the financial statements and -prepare the finandal statements i>n the goin8 concem basis unkss it ts inappropriate to presume that the -charity wlll C￿tInue in business The trustees are responsi￿e for keepin8 proper accountlng recwds that disdosure with rea%)nable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity ènd enable them to ensure that the finanaal statements comply with the Charltles Act 2011. the appllcable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulatlons and the provisions of the constitutlm. The trustees are also respons1t￿e for safe8uardin8 the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps fry the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the trustees of the charity ry18 r￿cember 2021 and ￿gfte￿ on their behaff by: Raidene Carter Trustee Conwnynumber05363584 Charltynumber 11817a6 The Paper Birds Theatre Company Company Ilmlted by GuaTrntee Year ended 31 March 2021 Independent Examlnefs Report 10t￿ Tfttstees olThe Paper BlrdsTheatre Company I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2021. Respectl¥e responslbllltles of truste¢s and èxaminer The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit 15 not required for thi5 year under Section 144 of the Charities Art 2011 Ithe Charities Acil and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. ' examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities A¢t' . fdlow the prc lalllry duewithlnom 129.6541 114.1191 N•t ¥59•ts 79.047 40.859 "Repr•s•nted bv Funds Unrestrlcted general fund Restrlctedfvnds 79J147 40.859 79.047 40,859 Forthe flnandal year In questkM the companywas enutled to exefflpt￿n from au&rt under sectlon 477 of the COrnpan￿5 Act 2￿6 relatineto small compan*5. No members ha¥e fequlred the companytoobtain èn •u&rtof its acc(yJ7tsfor￿ yEarln questioft inaccordance with sectlon 476 01 the Cornpanits Ati x￿6. dlrectors acknowledgethelr re$r￿SIbIlIty forcomthlng wlth tht requirementsof A¢twith respettto accountln8 record$ and ftythe pre￿rnt10n o1acco￿ts. . These atcounts hève beèn p￿pa￿l In acc 152J4ID 40JS9 I9￿1?