Charity number: 1183582
Company number. 06067760
(England and Wales)
Kakilang Ltd
Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Finan¢io1 Slatements
For the year ended 31 IAarch 2023
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Report of Ihe Trustees
For the year ended 31 Mareh 2023
The Twstees, who are aLs0 diredors for the purposes ol c4mpany low. have pkasure in p￿en￿n9 Iheir report and th8
finanoal staternents for the charitabkn coThpany for the year ended 31 March 2023. The Trustees hav? adopted the
provisions of Accounting and Reporbng by Charites." Statement of Reeornmended Practi￿ applicable to charities weparing
the￿ accounts in ac￿rdance vthh Ihe Finanraal ReporDrg Standard appltable in tTr￿ UK and the Republic ol Irelan¢J IFRS
1021 leffecbvo 1 January 20191.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
obje￿1¥+$ and aims
Kakilangs vision 1$ Comiry T¢Wher Through Art. Our mission is to prc*Ju￿ and p￿sent worfd-class art. and pioneer
rnutti-disoplmary artform5 from a whle SFÉCtrum of Scdrtheast and Ea$t Asran voices.
Kakilang'$ vaknes indJde those
We bnn9 people together through art.
We build art that dem3Nls Equality.
We create with artists al the core.
We generate a space where art form5 Inter5ecl, irwire. F4ay wrth and talk to each other.
We raise aWa￿ne$S. and seek ways to address la¥ger global ￿51￿s. by erwiThJ Feopts through the arts.
The Trustees revEw the chanty's athwties and amual busr*ss plan in li￿ with tsse objeclives. and mission each
year. The annual business plan is aL80 enth)rsed ty Arts Counul Englènd.
Each yew the Trustees. the Fermanent team a repre5entabve cl Arts CourK4 En*nd cary crtrt an Annval PerfcYrnanc•
Rtwew of Ihe company. The Review of2022f23 I￿k [￿8￿ on 26 JU￿ ￿23 atsj the resuts We￿ very posthe.
Risk management
The Trustees nN)nitor wentol r(8k to the CLNnpany ￿ all area5 throuyh a register that 15 re￿￿ad by thè Trustèes every
3month5. Additionally, the company's pemianent team meml)er$ re9ularty carry risk a$￿$M¢￿1$ as part of thw"r work
arKJ all staff are given Heatth Safety ExeDJtive informatb)n about hearth and safety at work.
cotryanys sxr>*uciion$ and 01￿1 presentst*)ns take venues managed by thrd parbes. The prodLKers ol tach
show ￿lry out Health and Safety risk a550ssrnents at exh Ven￿.
The maj¢y rtsks iJentifk8d by the ¢cryaThy were..
- Induetitsn ol the new Chair. transrtty)n of board trustees irthJin9 Ihe inductA)n of ne* board ftw*ers
- InductK)n and trans￿On of the Oire¢torlCEO and General Mana9er
There 15 apwopriate probats'on and trainin9 pbn for ￿ CEO ar#J General Manager. and atso training for new trustees. this
induded free irainiwj offered by Cause4, swrciTh3 a mentor for the CEO, MeasUr￿e obpctives for month, and regular
1 to 1 check ins
A te8rn away day arKJ board aThY team away day have teen pknned for 2023r24.
The Board and 51aff are continuirg io re¥Ew and ￿"n9 aclv)n to mbgate IW risks as far as feasible.
ststement on public benefrt
The Chanty's objecfves are to a¢fvants the arts for the benefrt by the Pmfith¢)n in Parti￿10r. but ncl exdu*vely, of the
visual, ￿erfo￿nIng and digtal arts.
The Twstees refer to the Chanty COMMI￿￿.$ guNJarts on when setbrKJ OLrt the charitys obieth"v•s and
the thanty's actiwtEs achievements i￿thiS ￿pOrt.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Significant activities
Achievements and per1cM￿nCe
In the financial year 2tr22Q3, our le￿. an t￿ICE0, thr8e Asswate Artist￿ Directo￿. an
AdmIn￿traI￿)n Manager, a Marketin9 MJwJer, aTrJ an Arts arwj Con￿￿nIty PrOdu￿r. ddivered an arnbitious aft(1 high
quality we9ramme.
A swJnifi¢ant mi￿$t￿t was wthed as febrarYJed fr¢Jn Chinese Arts Nrm 10 Kakilang In Oci¢ber 2022, aiming to
enhan￿ inclusivity 8TrJ expand our reach. The rebrandiTrJ receNed an ex￿p￿onal receptson, garnering cKJverage in
pU￿1¢ationS such as The Stag& aThJ Art5 Profess￿￿, uTrJer5coriNJ commthèrrt to inckn5Nity arKI our wsion of 'Coming
Together Through Arr.
We have re￿IVed ove￿helMlngIY p05itNe leethac* for our Thi￿9￿ workir¥J with new partnerships wrfh a diverse
range of organisalKJns like Its HadLney Chinese Communrty Centre. N•wham Chinese Assrtiation, London Chinatown
Corporate Assoaath?n. Barbican. Cwrt)r*e Junction, Oxford Con*mporary Music. The Space. and StoryFutures. we
p￿sented 9roun¢*reaking Kaklang Producbor6 LLXV Carbm Chinatown and HOME X. Kakilang Festival 2023
showcased seven Origin￿ pr(>auctron5 workwig wilh 62artiSts. ￿ 50hl 2442I￿kets afva captivated ovér 8,OOOIIv¢
audie1￿e membefs acr¢)55 Vario￿ art foms.
For the development and communrty PTCgfarrffi*. inibot.bw as Fffldfftg lth>rl Creobve Vo¢e p*yed a F¥votal role in
faolilabng cornrnunity outreach, Whi￿ our CreatNe Lab successlulty established a vibrant art151 nets¥ork. benefiting 70
emerging and mid-career artists.
As an asKKiate Company for the Horizon Shty4case. adNdy partopated ￿ the s*¢trgn pro￿$$ ot the showcase
works. further solidrfyirrfj our commitr￿1 its pIc￿lIr￿j except'onal t*nt are proud that both our main Kakilarg website
and the Low Carbon Chinatown webgie have tRen se*d&l for preservation by the Bntish Library in Ihe UK Web Archive, a
testsft*nt to theirculiufal arnl historical signiftsncè.
Kakilang Prodwts'ons
Low Carbon Chinatown 8 HOME X In•v for 2022r23}
Carbon ChinatuwTr cC￿bineS foDJ cutture. dats SC￿ce aTrJ partiapatithi to explore dffte￿nl ways Ihat we can all help
respond to the Climate Cir•iS produc11￿ buiTr wr first rdationship ￿1h over IOcLYnmunity organi$ations and
Soulheasi ona Easl Asian t￿SIness¢$ antl ifivolv8d soet￿M￿nity pait*pants in tt* Co-uewing process. The project
culrninated in a put4ic popup ￿StalL8￿￿ ￿1h a loc#J feast atthe heart ol Cliwtrwn, capbvatir#J over ?0.¢￿ passersby.
"I love having the whde setup here in Chinatown the fotrj Is arnaz￿9 aThY super tasty l. I havirwJ the pop-up structure in
Gerrard Street Whe￿ hist￿¢81￿ it has ahvtys been a gathering Sp￿ for peopk ts espeaally meaftiWul."
- Gr4n1ran￿ Chicco, Head ol Content & ￿tt31 at London De￿n FestNal
HOME X ig a liveldyital hybrid perfcrfmafi￿. £￿￿1￿1[￿j a rth aTrJ *)*rac*bE 30 virtual wilh INe t￿atre and mus￿.
The produclion ￿lmInateS in a powerful pece of vertjatvm theatrè as ￿ wcrfld is visrted by a 3￿fIlmed sequence of 25
comrnunity particpant5 telling t￿1r $toiies ol aTrJ mvJratrJn HOME X wemEred at London'5 worfd-cl85$ 8arbi￿n
Theatre and toured to Theatre Royal and CambrNJge Jun¢￿￿￿. ￿a¢h1￿j over 1500 INe o)line a￿1*n￿$.
'An utterty unique exFer*nce ihat astounds with k￿n￿¥1 a$ rt aL80 ￿1￿cts on the not'¢r6 of home antl leeling at
h(me"~"' (Reviews Hub)
& ￿M0￿￿t. esery th)l*r 6 a Soh1￿*￿￿h rn¢x￿ you're a draw & Chinatu*n 2.0
After re¢eivin9 Th9rtal Cul)Jre Awa
StoryWliThJ in 2￿22. ** brLXJ9ht bath every dollar ts a solderlwth mc￿eY you're
dragon in a digital fomi as wdl as st4ed rt ￿"ve at the GraThJ Hall at Two Templtr PL8￿ a$ a part of Kakilary Fest￿81. W• ar•
tively explonn9 OPPOrtunites to further tour the ￿￿Ucboh in both dyrtal and forrnats.
Augmented Chinatown 2.gwas seletsj as a part of Ihe Le￿Ort Unseen prc#3ramme and er#Jaged over 100a￿lence and
wo¢Kshop partupants over the year After re¥￿Ing the best way ol wesenb.ng the wth. we deJ"ded to make rt a free ar¢J to
t¥oaden the engagement lo the loriginalty £4.99 pet dtywrdt)adl.
Kakilan9 Fe$￿'Val 2023
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Kakilang Festwal spanned from 21 Febnjary to 22A￿l. er0￿PaS￿l￿j a remarkab￿ 83days of taptivating events
exhibitions. Wrth a dNerse ra￿ of 7outstandirvJ prc#s￿ti0￿, lh8 feslival an impact on over 8000au¢Jience m?rnb8rs
for our live evenls. The festival Iwth the hvJhly acdaimod kwJu¢bon HOME X at the 8arbican Pit Theatre.
Addrtionally, we woudly ojrated InawJural INe exhibrb"on. State4ess. in ¢olaboratK)n wtth Two Temple Place, featuring
compdliry works by 10taknW S(xrtheast and East As￿n artists The publ* ptogram was equally enriching. offering
èryaging 8xperiences such as hvo Lates perfo￿nant*s, th￿e curator tours. one panel disvJ$svn. one poetry workshop, two
children workshops, and r•markabkn Kakii4ng kY(xJuction. every domar is a sobJi8rAvrth mon•y youfe a
dragon.
"Stattrl8s9 is a thou9ht-provokirg Lliway that sheds hght on Ihe •J invisible bour*Jarie5 Ihat continue to Shape our
eXPer￿n￿ of Ihe kn￿rkI. while gNin9 vo¢e to Il* diversty of a re9iM Ihal is too ol*n s￿n a5 hoffts)geneou$." Art Revew
Fu11h8￿cr￿. th8 vibrznt and wtiydting cabaret aThJ c*Jb niym, TASTE, eurated by Prin￿$S Xixi, $hw¢osed Ihg ta18niS of
nine exceptional 4￿r aftysts. pro¥￿ir￿4 a unioutr 9lwnps6 inlo wr ¢uttural and arb$ti¢ heritsge and captivating a young?r
aUd￿nCe. The festival also showcasgj the critically acdaThed dance FerforrThanc8 The Resi of Our Lives by Jo Fon9 and
Gecrge Orange. whith acCol￿e$ from The Guardon in 2022. Clogng Ihe festwal was Ernrny ihe Gr8afs final
concert. feoturiThJ her new ¢￿p0s￿c￿s ccffin￿sSm?ned by K2kn'lang. for a total of 624 attend￿$.
FestNal Aim aThY IMp￿t
We *Jefine our aims for festival very much in lem)s of cufatorial content as Kakilaw is V•ry rnLKh ¥b¢ut arbslic diversity
in te￿$ of both fo￿ and d15cipline. very thar that tsur Festival Iir*-up overwhelmiryly delive@ on our rnission goal of
sofflething for eVery￿e,. Even rf we tske Il￿ music as our tenchmth. we ran the gamut frcvn classical th[0￿h to modern
popular through to experi￿￿ntaI ￿1h a raThJe ol irtst[uff￿ntat￿)n frcffj Ihe latest cornpuler sofvare ge￿rated $ournds to
da5sical Chinese e¥hu and ppa wth forms rarying from electront*orera (HOME Xl. classical wolin (State-less Publie
Pregramrne at Two Tenwle pLa￿l, cbjb, and irK*e (fASTEI. spoken electron￿9 and Chir*se dassical (every
dollar is a whlprl, diverse 'playlisf IT￿ Re￿ ol Our iivesl, 8rt1I8nt ILKJht Vessell arnj high-profile $inger-songwritefs
(Errrny The Greavmui Zyul.
As well as mas51V8 dNgfsty of p•rfomant>". hiTrhw llan￿ interacDng frcffi opposrte sides of t￿ pknet, gaminglVR. rap.
pretry, parkour. buffon ckjwning, thik1ren's participatK￿ with environrrentsl themes. all rnaTr￿r ol visual and aural exhibili¢
art. physical perfomiance. drag. UrC￿S etc featuring uw4ards ol forty artists as wdl 35 panel events talKs.
Outreach is abo a comwehensive aspect of ow $rynethV￿ we're ex11￿lY prcmjd of. Our fi9ur•s sp•ak for
them5efves aTrY even the perf0rrnan￿ where our saks were weaker than perhaps expecteLI (Light Vessel) we value as
part of a pwcess of embracing fomts re4uirry us io t* bokj and expermentsl while also karning Irorn the exper*n
of I0￿￿ng the stwy even laThJ v¢ry rN¢*l in ¢h¢ m*th"ng.
Kakilang ConWni%S￿fi$
selected three artists via an open call for Kaklang cOrnM￿s1o￿8. including Hazel Lam lrnovement art6l, London basel.
Emmy ihe Great Isinger-sowriter, London basedl arKI Tobi Poster-su (Puppet atyst. &*tol based). Hazel Lam and Emmy
the G￿¥t presented tl*ir new wi)rks al Kaki￿￿9 Fesbval 2023. 80th artists expressed their apprecki1*)n for the
mmission as a stepchan9ing OPkKJrtunty.
Communty Workshops- Findir¥3 (Our) CfeatNe Vfxce 8 Cwtive Lab
Findiry Iourl Cred￿'¥e v￿Ce. an eThtry4evel w0￿$hOP wrth 18partryants, ha5 f05ter•J Meani￿￿1 collaborations. indudin9
Chessie Hsieh directing Eden Jun Wi the prtyed "I'rn Sffj I'm Not Lucy knu." The impacl 6 e¥iLlenl through Mei Lgng L8W'5
ad(nowledwent of Kakilang on her Ir$￿graM after teing accepted the p￿1¥3￿)Us Soho Theatre Writers Group.
Creative Lab. a seriès of interdracplinary woths1*)ps wnh 70partitspants for arb5ts at any level. has empowered arbsts
building ￿8￿OnshIpS arTh)n9 themselves as wdl as Kakilang. irtludiw Louiseanne Wong. Kerri¢a, Xiaoyi Warg,
Ensem￿ Not Found. Atorn Boi.
Horizon Showcase
Kakilang's ASSo￿ale Artisfrc Cirector Danpl Y(*k Loh represented Kakilart9 in the Horizon process, contributsrg to the
a55e5srnents, discus5h?n5, final se￿c1K)n of arbsts for the shrmcase.
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Future Plan$
New Leadership
An-Ting Chang, anrounced Ihat sh• was steppry ¢Sywn frorn tho rok ol Artistic fiTodorlCEO in Janvary 2023. Th8 board,
after much ¢ons*4eralion. opted for a le*Jership structure Whe￿ a ¢￿ative prLxILtCerldi￿EI0r wll woth with the three
maining associate ath"sti¢ thire¢icKs to devdop and efiharKe the companys remit at* breadth of work, and
therefore recruited a new DirectorlCEO. The th"rectorlCEO. Nalahe Chan. has tsken up her appointr*nt in September
2023. anos majorrty of the tsam. In¢￿Ir0 the Assotiate A￿stiC Di￿£￿3 have remai￿. the￿fr￿e we are confident thai
thgre is stror*J leadership and tearmwork in place to conbnue to drwe KakilaThJ's future plans
Kakilang Production5
Kakilang blentifies it5 primary FewTht of prc*Jwng hi￿ quaity aTKI profilè a8 a way to make an impact in the
perforrning arb industry with Easi and S(wth East Agan IESEAI work. In ¢yder kn a¢hieve thi$. the ￿reCtor and the three
A$50Uate Artistic DIrec￿r$ wll each lead one prc#Juction acros5 a tsvo year aTrJ thus woduc* four Kakilang
Produdions every tsvo years.
Kakilang Pro(luctions plaThnad lor 2023-24indLkle the Lrythn pw)we The D*) cl th* un￿preSente(l Bn"ti%h Chi￿Se
Experien￿ (Butterfy Drearnl at Soho ￿atre. tcwring ol Lw CO￿0n clanato￿ natsonally, arny Th8 Loneso￿ Death of
Eng Bunker at the Ornnibus Theatre.
Kakilan9 Fe$ival
The Thgxl e(lth"on wrfl be Kakilan9 Fesb"val 2025. hek1 Fetnjary tyApn"12025
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Re$ult$
The company renwns finanoally souTrJ havirvJ m•Je a $vryAus ts the year of £6.221 12022.. £81.3531 on a tumover of
£317.58712Q22.. £279.1411. Tl* ¢wpany h*J an a¢oJmulaied Surp1￿ of £148.87012022." £142.64913t 31$1 March 2023.
Primary fuTrJir#J sources
The eompany's main source of n¢orne Arts CourKil Er#JlaThJ. Alwtrje lh￿ regulaT supporL the organtsation receive$
income from ticket sales. produthtsry Ino)me. fvndfatsing and donatins. We aCh￿ve￿ grÈat fundraising $I￿esS from lftj$ts
and fouthbons in 2022123. provKl1ry bng temi stsbthty fortle e¢mpany.
Fundraising and Oonab"o
Financially. we xhieved sucress ￿th an irKtyme ex¢ee¢lin9 £322.Cth. Ouf successful funding blls with the John Elkrman
Foundatw)n It90.OOOov8f three y8arsl aTrJ the Paul Hamtyn FouThJation It60.OOOo¥er years) lurther strenglhened our
rinancial stabilty. Addl￿o￿aly. ovr prcducton inoTh surpassed £50,OLYJ. cornprisry commiSs￿s. Ferforrnance fees, and
box office revenue.
The company makes aWicatI￿ directy to srthsors, trusts ￿ lourbJab"or6 and potential t￿)￿)r$, #nd doè5 not use
wofes5￿naI fundra￿er$.
Going roncern
HavirrfJ ￿vieWed company'5 performance, rts a￿Tent mseryes ststU5 and Ihe ￿-9￿m9 5UPPOrt of Arts COU￿11 England,
the Tru$tee$ have no corKems regarding the cornwfs ability to contsnue as a conc*m.
Kakilan9'$ Reserves Policy Ys to accurnulaie and rnaintain a Re5erye FuThJ equal to aFproximately 6month5 running c4$1$,
excluding expenclrtU￿ re￿Ie￿ to the Kakilarrfj Festival ￿ any other major wojeds le$bfflaled at £50,C4XJI. which wa5
achieved by No¥e￿r 2021 and ma￿tal￿d Ihroughout the year 2022r23. The ccfflpany's Reserve Fund toialled £51,800al
31st 2023.
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For the year ended 31 Alarch 2023
Going concern
Having reviev￿d the company's p￿rrn8n￿, its current reserves ststu$ arhy the on-gc¥n9 SiWWrt of Arts CouncAI England.
e TnJstees have no C￿Cem$ regarding the companvs ￿'Ity to COn￿Ue as a ccffKern.
STRUCTURE. GOVER14ANCE AND MAIIAGEMEI
Governing do¢urnenl
Kakilang Limited Iformerfy Chinese Arts Nrm Limited or CANI was fouThJed in 2r))7. The cA)rnpany became a N8tional
Portldio Organisation, receiwng ￿nUal fijnding suky)rt from Arts Couwl Englawkl. ¢)n 1st Apnl 2018. We applied to
contnue as an NPO in May 2022. and fec•Ned the ¢JeosTon in November 2022that we have received continued regular
ftjfithng for three ye8rs from 1st Aw"12023.
Day to day managernent of the company is delegated to a pernanwit l¢am of 5whith w8$ W by An-TiTrJ Chang, Artistic
Direclor and Ch*1 EXe￿I￿Ve uth"1 30Jvne 2023. knTing stepped dry*m in ju￿ 2023. and a new DiredorlCEO, Natalie
Chan. was app￿nted and be9an in Septemtér 2023. the company mounts prc*Jucti)ns and other aL*'vth"es it engages
tredartt artists. Ma￿ètIng and wtsluth.on stsff on ￿ as requi￿ basis.
The Organisat￿ is a oynpany limited ty warantee without shwe ¢wi. The guar*ttee of ¢ompany mÈmters is £1. The
company was incorporated on 25January 2CL17aniJ is goVe￿d ty ￿"deS of Assoaation d*ed 14July 2021. The
Company changed ts name to Kakitang Limrted on 13 Odober 2022.
Thè company achièved charity statvs n May 2019. Chantable stalus tMII enat4e rt to increase its fijbjo fiJndraisift9 efforts
and Is essèntial to 11$ plans to diver*ty irtome Streams. The registered dwnty numb* is". 1183582.
Durin9 the year, we wrt￿ssed dwrye5 in ow Board of Cirectfxs. esteemed mtmb*5 ts>)dudèd tleir tenure, and we
extend our ￿nce￿ appreciats'on to thern for ￿"r Valuab￿ contritsJbon5 ￿￿￿Onalty. a￿ delighted to announee that Lai
Lw Wong, one of our thgstanth"NJ bwd m•mbers, has sl•pF*d up lo assume Ihe ide ol Chair. After the end of the year,
wealso wekomtd four new members to the board. hjrthw St￿ngtheN￿j ￿r team.
All TrLths are vduntsers * re￿Ve no b•r.•ffts fr(xTr the ￿n*$aliC￿.
Recrultmont*nd appolntm•nt of trustees
When apprgpriate, KakiL4ng reuuits new Trustees by Mdely promobng the owrtUn￿eS availaNe
with a parbrjjlar
emphasis on diversity. Trustees are fom)ally appinted by ￿ exi5b.ny Trustees. on Ihe bas15 Of skills, knowledge and life
experi¢n¢e they bnThJ to Organisation.
New Trustees are offered a fijll Ind￿￿10￿ to the Board. ￿d[￿lir￿j thsoJsSic￿ the Char and senKJr staff, and provision of
relevanl documentation lincjuding Artides. Finartial Slatwnerts, and c(ffipany pdicae51. Attention is drwwn to gvidarK
available from Ihe Charity Commis&on.
Pay pollcy for Senlor 8tsff
Key rnanagement personnel cc*nprise the Board of Trustees (all vnpahll, the Arbstic Director/CEO and the 3Asso¢iate
ArtIst￿ Directors. Staff remunèrab.on is sel in tr* ￿nUal budw in ￿ne *ih inthlsiry slaTrtsrds and the buduwt is reviev+Ed
and apsxoveil by the TrLtstees.
REFEReNCE AND ADM1141STRATIVE INFOWTION
Nam• of Charity
Charlty r¢glstratlon number
C¢)mpany regi$tralion nurnber
Pl1￿1paI addres$
JLtd
1183582
Suile 342. ￿"neD Hall
162-168 R¢gent Street
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TN8tees
The Irustees and offirErs Serving thKing the year and since the year eTrJ *we as fc41ows'.
Mr Hin Yiu Chan
Mr Peter ￿¥15 Hodges
Mr Poiuw Chou
Ms Jui-Lan Lee
Ms Lai Lai Wong
Mr Nicmas Jarnes Mfimiams
IResigned: 08 Junè 20221
Ms Ernity Wong
IResgn8d. 28 S¢ptemL*r 20221
MrAndrvw LaureTr2 Smaie
IResbJned: 21 N¢)vember 20221
s Ferren Mariah Gipson
IRe%gned". 28 September 20221
SeCr￿ry
Ms Wlonia Modesta B
Independent•xamin•r
Caroline ClaThe ACA
66 Hbgh Streèt
East Sussex
BNT 1XG
Appiov•d
ll)• Boa
ol Tntslees and %gn&J on its bthalf
ICI iJ20r
MSL
i Wong
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Independent Examiners Report to th• Trust￿$
For the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2023
l ￿port to thè trust8*s ￿ my ex*nination ol Ihè acLYU)ts of t*aritab* cfxwany for the year ended 31 Marth 2023.
Re5ponslbllltle5 and b3515 of report
As the chanty Tiustees. who a￿ atso dire¢iors for the p￿r￿e$ of ccryony law. we fèsw)sib* for the preparation of thè
aco)unts in aC￿r￿aTr¢8 wilh Ihe requirwwts ol Ihe crynpaTr￿ 20C6 Ilhe 2C*)6Act'l.
Havirwa satisf%d rnysew that th• attounts of tha C¢mpany ar• not wuired to a￿arted under Part 16 of the 20C6 Act and
are eligibk for Mmlependent eXaminat￿n. I report fft resFeCt of my examinatK*n of your tharty's ac¢tsJnts carried out under
sethon 145of the charit￿s Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Attl. In carryirrfJ out my examinats)n I have folowed the Ch'reclk)r6 giv8n by
Charity co[￿1$90n v￿er sedKJn 1495llbl ¢Ythe 2011 Ad.
Independent examiners statefflent
sin￿ the Chan1•b￿ tempany's gross inceme eX￿ded £250.000. your examiner must be a member of a body listed in
section 145of the 2011 Act.
l Confirm that l am qualffj￿d to uTrJertak8 the 8xaminat•)n by virtue of my m&mber6hip of
Insbtute ofcharterod Accountants in Engknd and Waks. w1￿ch is of Ihe listed bcojies.
I have conyl8ted my examinat￿. I ccffjfinn that Tro rnatte￿ c3Jme to my attentTh in connection wrth the examinatv)n
giving cause to believe that in any ma￿n31 ￿$￿tt
l. accounting record5 W8rg not kept in re$￿Ct oflh8 Company as wul￿d by setton ￿ ofthe 2CQ6 A¢( or
2 the accwnts (k) not ac(y)r4 with those records.. or
3 the acctyjnts do not cornply wrfh the requirements of section 396 of the 2￿6 Act other than ary requi￿n￿nI tw Ihe
accounts give a'true and faic which is noi a matter cmgdered as part of an independent exarninath?n," or
4 the arxounts have not been prepargj In acwdance witti the methojs and prir￿1pbes ofthe Stsleffleni of Rtrctyrmended
Practice for accounting and r8PCrftiry by CharIt￿S ap￿Kabkn to thanttes prepariry ac4JxJnts in acCo￿an￿ with the
Finanual Reporting StaThfjard applieaue in the UK aThJ Repuljic of Ir￿8￿￿ IFRS 1021.
I have no ¢onc•rn$ and have ¢om• acrc6s nL) other mtss in ￿ThI￿tion ¥rilh Ihe e￿ni￿al￿)n to wtrich allention shoukd be
drawn in this report in order to enable a proFer und8r5tandwy of the a¢ctyJnts to ￿ reac￿￿.
Caroline Clarke A
66 Huh SiTeet
Lewes
East Sussex
BN71XG
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Kakilang Ltd
Statement of Financlal Adivitie5 {in¢luding Income and ExpeThdi￿re Account)
For ￿ year ended 31 March 2023
23
2022
Inctyme and e￿I￿￿￿ents from:
Donations and legaaes
Charrtable aCtN￿e$
Inveslw*nts
Total
182.735
49.852
85.0
267.735
49.852
243.408
35.730
232.587
8&000
317,$87
279,141
Expenditure on..
Raising fvnds
Charitable ad1vit￿S
{17,¢WS1
1231.1x81
1248.1631
117,0951
1294.2711
1311,366)
137,4801
1160,3081
1197,7881
163.2031
163.203)
Net irKomelexper¥Jitu
R¢con¢iliation ol furKJ5
Total funds Ixought forward
T¢￿ funds rorri•d frTh•rd
115,5761
6,221
81,353
142.649
142.649
61,296
142,649
137.073
21,797
148,870
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Rwstered Number.. sJ6067760
Kakllang Ltd
Statement of Flnancial Posltlon
A$ at 31 klarch 2023
2023
2022
C￿Vrent assets
Debtors
Cash 8¢ bank an¢J in
13
11,302
165,494
176.796
127,9261
1,383
145,286
146,649
14,CX)01
Cr•dltors.' amounts falllng fthln on• y•*r
14
Net euff•nt 888•ts
148.870
148.870
142,64•
142.649
Total assets less tun•nt liabililles
Net amets
148.870
142,649
Thè funds olth• charity
Restricted income funds
unfèstn.cted incorne lunds
15
21,797
127.073
15
142.649
Totsl funds
148.870
142,849
Fc¢ year ended 31 Mar¢h 2023the company w8$ wbued to eXernpts￿ from audit under section 477of the Companies
Act 2006 relating lo small ¢cxnpanie&
The mèmbers have not requi￿ thg b) obtain an audrt of ts at￿L￿￿ for the yw in questicffl in accordan
with section 476.
The truste•s acknovApth3e their r*s￿ns￿"1￿.es oyn*ing wrth IIE requirem•nts of Ihe A¢t wth respect to accountiThJ
rec￿rtS and thè preparation of a¢c¢AJnts. These a￿Unts have accordarv the prowsions
ap￿Irab￿ to companies 5ubieci tts thè sma15 companies. regime.
The financial slal¢ments were apwo¥ed and aUt￿n"$ed tr>r IS￿ ty Ihe Board ty) its behalf by:
Fls LaL IAL Wons iÉliz1201]
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Kakllang Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ermled 31 March 2023
1. A¢countlng Poll¢l•8
Basts of accounting
The finanoal statements have been wepafed under the hiknica cost conven￿, e￿pt for investrnents which am
IndUd￿ at rnarkel valuè and the rWalUabe￿ of c8n2in fixed assèts aNJ in accordancè with the Charrties SORP IFRS
102}'Ac￿unkn'n9 and Reporting by Chanbes. Ststement of Rectsnmended Pr8¢w apF4icable to chants.es preparirvJ their
accounts In accordance wth the FinancMI ReFth"rrfJ SlaThJard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021
lelfeetwe l January 20191.. Finanaal R9)0￿"n9 siandard 102 tr* FYArtial Reporting Slandard ap￿icat￿e in the UK and
Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021. and the Companie5 Act 2(K6.
Kakilang Ltd meets the ¢Ieffinth"C￿ of a publrc benefit ￿ under FRS 102. Assets aThJ liabilibes are recognised 81
historical Cost or Iransacfy"M value unkss 01￿￿"$e st*ed in rekvanl accr¥￿)￿n9 note(sl.
Golng eortem
The financk41 statements are prwed, c￿￿ern ba%s, urv*r the htston.ca cost C4JnventKJn.
Funds
The charity maintains a general ￿restrthd represents fiJTrJs w*i(* are eXpenda￿e at Ihe di8uetiM of Ihg
trustees in fijrtherance of Ihe obj.ects of the chanty. Such bJnds may t* helj in order to finance both wykirBJ c4)ital aTra
ital investmeni
Designated fur#ls comprise of unrestricted funds that have be￿ set asKle ty ts Trustees try parti￿L￿r wrpJses.
R&$trT¢ted funds have been prowd•d to the chaiity fc¢ parb"oJlar wrposes. arhl rt is tre Wicy of lh& ty)ard of trustees to
¢ar¥fully monrt¢rf the a￿1¢011￿ ol t￿￿$¢ furKbs Mi a¢¢¢rdw with the resth"¢bon$ F4•¢ed upj) th•m.
There is no lomial pc4icy oftransfer luThls or on the allOcatK￿ of to designated fuTrJs, other than that
described above.
Incoming r•sour¢•8
Ino)me is recogntsed when the thanty has entthment to the ftK*Js, any pth￿ce coThlitions attached to Ihe income
have been met, rt is prctsble that Ihe incthme wll be recwed and that the ￿OUnt can te measured ￿lIablY.
from govemment aNI otrv grants. ￿ther'ca￿￿1, grants or'reverw. grants. 15 recogntseil when1he tharty
has entitlemefil tts the tsnd5. ary perf0rrnan￿ ￿nd￿'on$ attac*￿￿ to ts grants have been met. it is probable that the
income will be r￿e1Ved aThl the amount can be rneasur&Y reliabty aThJ is not deferr&J.
Rgsources expended
Expenditure is recogni5ed orKe there is ¥ legal ￿ ￿n$In￿b￿ to make a payment to a trmrd party. il is
obable that sethement will ￿ rewired and the amcwnt oflhe obligation can ￿ meagJred reliably.
Expenditure is dassifi8d un¢Y8r the fc4bM"n9 acbvty headirvJs".
- Costs of raisng lund5 relate to Ihe costs in0Jr￿ ty the dwtable c(fflp￿Y in indwing third parties to make vol￿tary
contributions to rt, as well as thè ¢ost of any a￿￿"*S wlh a lU￿raisir￿
- Expenditure tharItab￿ actIv￿eS indLths the costs ol Ferfofflian￿, festivals acb¥lies undertaken to furlher the
purposes ofthe chan.ty thw assc>coted SLfPJrt costs
. Other expen¢Jture rewesents I￿se rtems Th)t fall1￿ cther heading
Debtors
Trade and other debtors a￿ reccgnised at the settlement amowrt due after any trade di8cwnt offered. PrepaymÈnts are
valued at the amouni yep8￿ net of any trade dis¢¢wnt$ Ikn.
Operating leases
Costs of operating l&¥es art charged to Il* Statemert of FIna￿jaI ka1vib￿ M a straVJN4l￿ basis over the lease te￿.
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Kakilang Ltd
Noles to the Finan¢ial Statements Contlnued
For the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2023
2. I￿0￿¢ from don¥tlon$ and 199xIgs
UN•stri¢t•d
fund5
2023
2022
ft4nd5
Oonation5 received
4.515
4.515
263.220
6.931
rJ1,477
5,000
Grants receNed
178,220
sponS￿￿1P$ receiv
18ins
85.OtKI
267.735
243.408
Analy$ls of grant¥ r•¢o1¥8d
2023
2022
Arts Council England Cuftur• R•¢ov•ry Fund
Arts Cwncil En9land NPO rewlor lundir#J
Arts Council England Proiecl Grant
80gri FoLJndation
John Ellemian Foundation
27,400
178.220
22.857
178.220
25,000
30,000
30,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundats)n
Westminster Cty Council
3.CK)O
263,220
231,477
3. In¢om• from charltaW• a¢tlvltfj•s
2023
2022
Unrestwlcthd lunds
Pmmobon oflho Arts
1￿me Irom charIta￿t
acbvitie$
49,852
35,730
4. Investmort Incoffle
2023
2022
Bank intsfest re¢*ivat4•
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Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
For the year end8d 31 March 2023
5. Expernlltufv on genwaiiThJ d¢>naknorts and rt9acr•s
2023
2022
Unrestrf¢ied funds
Support costs
17.095
37,480
17,lJ95
37.480
6. Costs of charStsble act1viti￿ by fund typo
Restricted
lurK15
2023
2022
funds
Promotion ofthe A
189.358
41.710
63.203
252,561
41.710
124.241
36.(A7
Support costs
231.068
63.203
294.271
160.308
7. Costs of ¢haritabl• activities by activity ty
Actr"vibes
urnlert•ken
di
Support
2023
2022
Support costs
PromotKsn of the Arts
252.*1
41.710
294,271
160,308
8. Anatys15 of sUPr￿rt CO81$
Rar8iThJ
prom￿l￿n of
the Arts
2023
2022
Staff Costs
17,095
17,095
6.308
41,275
2,115
Bank chaf9es and
sundry arNJ
irrecoverable VAT
6,308
Premises Costs
2.272
22.359
2.272
22,359
2,399
16.730
bsite, marketirg &
pronWion
Conferen￿, Evenls
and Training
Offit* Costs
2.729
2.729
1,218
5.447
1,213
5.447
1.213
Legal & Professional
Fees
GovernarKe costs
4,041
1.382
1.382
1.823
17,095
41.710
58,805
73.547
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Kakilang Ltd
Notes to the Financial Slalements Continued
For the year ended 31 March 2023
9. Net In¢Omrf(¢xpg￿1ItUl￿} for the year
ststed after ¢hargirwlc￿Irt1ngl.
2023
2022
Accountancy fees
Staff pensicffj contribjtions
1,2C6
2,457
1,800
1,596
10. Staff Costs em01￿9rt5
Tolal staff costs lor ihe y&ar ended 31 Marth 20rJ **r8.'
2023
2022
S81aries and w¥9es
Social secLrrity costs
Pensron costs
125.630
5.565
2.457
109,145
1,862
1,596
133,652
111603
No employee eamed mcrfe than £60.CO) dutry Ihe year12022'. nil).
The total enwoyee berefits inc4udirvJ pension o)ntrlxth"ons ofthe key manwJerren¢ Fersonnd were £96,959.
2023
2022
Staff and Man4err¢nt
11. T￿￿te• remuneration and relatsd party trans¥tior
The thavty Irustse5 were not paid or receN8d any other benefits frorn employment wth the charity in th8 year12022.
No charity tws18e rgc8ived pay￿ent ts wofe$5wal orolher swvic85 suppw tg the tharity12022.' £nill.
Twstees. exFenses ￿presents the pay￿nt c* ￿￿nbur$en￿rt of Ira4el arAY Subsisten￿ costs t¢)tallry £nil
12022".£nill.
There a￿ no {Jonatio￿ from related part￿5 whith ar8 OU15K￿ the normal mJr5e of Chanty's busire5s ar¥J no
restrKled dona￿￿9 from r*ateil paries.
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Kakilang Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
For the year ended 31 IAarch 2023
12. Cmiparativeforthe Statement of Finan￿￿1 A¢iiY*s
Restrlcied
funds
2022
fvnd$
Incamo and end0¥ffl￿nts from:
DonatlOn5 and legao85
Charilable acii¥iti85
190.151
35.730
53,257
243.408
35,730
Inveslrnents
Tolal
225.884
53.257
279,141
Expenditure gn:
Raising funds
Charitable acbwtiès
P4.0801
1120.4511
1144.5311
113.41XJI
{39.8571
153.2571
137.4801
1160,3081
1197,7881
Totsi
Net 1￿c￿l¢l0xpOThSilW9
R•concllla¢i¢)n of lunds
Total funds browhl forward
Tolal fvnts carrfed forward
81.353
81.353
61.2
61,296
142.649
142,645
13. Debto
2023
2022
Amounts du• after mor• than orwyear
Trade debtois
P￿paYMe￿9 and accnjed income
10,702
763
600
11.302
1,363
1& Cyodllors: amounls fallln9 rkn7•1thin one year
2023
2022
Trade creditors
20,647
1,579
5.700
553
Other credrtors
1,653
1,794
Accruals and defer¥8d IT￿1
27.926
4,000
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Kakilang Ltd
Notes to the Flnancial Statements Conllnued
For the year ended 31 March 2023
15. Mov¢m•nl in fvnd
Unre5twlcted Funds
Balance at
IncomlwwJ
Outgtiing
Balan¢• at
3110312023
0110W2022
General
General
142.649
232.587
1248.1631
127,073
142,649
232.587
1248.1631
127.073
Unrestr￿ted Fub*. Pre¥ityJs ye
In¢fmlng
Outwng
Balance at
r•sourG•$ 3110312022
0110412021
G8n8r81
General
612
225,884
1144.531)
142.649
61.296
225.884
1144,531)
142,649
Purpose d unrestylcted Funds
General
Unrestrtc¢ed l￿d$ afe dort*￿$ and other in¢crfniNJ rtsources ￿¢tryed orwrnied ￿lhe charita
purposes.
Restri￿ed Funds
Incomir
Outgoing
Balaneo ai
3110312023
Restrided FuTh4s
8S.OLX)
163.2031
21,797
85.OOD
163,2031
21.797
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Notes to tho Financial SLilements CoTrtlnued
For the year ended 31 March 2023
Restrlcted FuThJs- Prevlous ye
IrK¢mitYJ
OutgoiThJ
r•sow¢e$
8•lance at
3110312022
Arts CourKil England
CultUTe Recovery
Fund
27.4Tr)
127.4001
Arts Counol Eng￿nd
Project Grant
strninsier City
Council Ward
22,857
122.8571
13,0001
53.257
153,2571
Restricted Fund5
RestriLled fwd5 are srna4 grant5 and donat￿)rts from various Tw$ts anL1 Foundatv)n$ tthvard tN• eosts ¢1
CAN Festival and other performance5 and tu*#rds ihe salary costs of key managenwl pewlnnel.
Arts Counul Eng&nd Project Grant
Fund for the costs ofCAN Fesb"val 2021 ResthrKy arKI Nab"onal De¥ek*n￿l PLan.
Arts Counol En9lan¢ culv￿ Remry Fund
Fund f¢xfor awJlen￿ de%*lopfi*nt Imathetiry Costs) & resewves t￿4￿.￿g.
Westminster City Councal Ward
Fumd for the 4eVe1cfv￿ftI of Awjnwted Chinattr*n as w•U as a$s￿lated work5hoF6.
16. Anatysls of nèt assets t*t¥w8n lund
Il•tA$￿tr
4$8ets i
{Ilabilities1
unre9tri￿ed fvnds
General
127,073
127,073
Restrl¢tedfun
Restri¢XI Funds
21,797
21,797
148,870
148.870
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Notss to the Financial Statements Continued
For the year ended 31 Mafch 2023
Prwlous year
Net CUttOllt
*￿ets
Ill•bllities
￿etA￿ts
Unrestricted funds
Genèral
Genetal
142.649
142.649
Re$¢rlc¢gd funds
142.649
142.649
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