## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/10/2020 Period start date To 31/08/2021 Period end date**
## **Charity name: The Gielgud Academy Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1186845**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the**
**public in the study of performing arts,**
**dance, drama, singing, music and**
**related subjects.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The Gielgud Academy of Performing**
**Arts (GAPA) offers a part time**
**professional performing arts training**
**and education to children between the**
**ages of 3 – 18. This includes a full**
**programme of ISTD, RAD and LAMDA**
**examinations and public performance**
**opportunities.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|**I can confirm that the Trustees have**
**had regard to the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Because of the extent that the charity**
**has been compromised by the COVID**
**19 Pandemic in achieving it’s**
**objectives during this period, the**
**Trustees will not be providing any**
**optional information in this report.**|
|Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38||
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Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|**Like the previous year, the 2020/2021**
**school year has been seriously**
**compromised by the COVID 19**
**Pandemic. GAPA was able to reopen**
**on 25/09/2020 operating under Covid**
**Secure conditions, but was forced to**
**move classes online from 05/11/2020**
**classes had to move online for the 2nd**
**full lockdown.Covid lockdown hasn’t**
**prevented our GAPA pupils from being**
**successful in gaining places at their first**
**choice professional dance colleges.**
**Thanks to Zoom and video auditioning**
**our Head Girl Maddie Wrigley and Head**
**Boy Bailey Johnson were offered places**
**at Bird College. Tilly Greenwood, our**
**Bush Davies Ballet Scholarship winner of**
**2020 has accepted her place at Northern**
**School of Contemporary Dance.**
**Despite covid restrictions, and by**
**adhering to strict social distancing and**
**covid safety protocols, we still managed**
**to stage GAPA Creates choreography**
**competition, at the King Edward Hall**
**Lindfield on June 26th. Parents were**
**unable to attend but pupils cheered each**
**other on as solos, duets, trios, and**
**groups were performed, and prizes were**
**awarded by our adjudicators Phil Gardner**
**and Natalie Ayton (former members of**
**Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures).**
**On July 27th GAPA held its annual**
**prizegiving ceremony at the King Edward**
**Hall Lindfield, where medals were**
**presented to those who had achieved**
**great progress over the last year, in spite**
**of the circumstances of the pandemic. A**
**new group of prefects was announced,**
**and a new head girl, Eve Lewis, was**
**appointed. Eve was presented with the**
**shield from outgoing Head Boy Bailey**
**Johnson, and outgoing Head Girl Maddie**
**Wrigley, both of whom are progressing**|
**onto the renowned Bird College in September. Gielgudian medals were also awarded to Tilliana Greenwood who goes to the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in September, and Abbie Mordecai who is going to IC Theatre, Brighton. 16 – 18[th] of August was our Summer School at our former home the Hub Theatre, Haywards Heath College, with classes by guest teachers that included Eliska Bouzkova (Vienna Festival Ballet), Natalie Ayton (Matthew Bourne/Phoenix), Isaac Edwards (Starlight Express/Bat out of Hell) and Damien Delaney (Cats/Billy Elliot). It was so exciting to be back dancing at the Hub (Haywards Heath College) where we look forward to returning in September.**
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Because of the extent that the charity**
**has been compromised by the COVID**
**19 Pandemic in achieving it’s**
**objectives during this period, the**
**Trustees will not be providing any**
**optional information in this report.**|
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|Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|**Because of the COVID 19 pandemic**
**and a 2nd lockdown, the charity**
**started and finished the period in**
**deficit. Student numbers increased**
**slightly but to nowhere near pre-**
**COVID levels. This period the Charity**
**successfully claimed some support**
**grants from the local authority.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The only reason for reserves would**
**be to pay rent and bills for the office**
**space, in the event of no income. Staff**
**are all freelance or volunteer so there**
**is no payroll to maintain and we only**
**pay for the performing arts facilities**
**when we use them.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not enough income.**|
|Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|**£8,607**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**There are none. There are already**
**improvements since moving into**
**improved facilities.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Because of the extent that the charity**
**has been compromised by the COVID**
**19 Pandemic in achieving it’s**
**objectives during this period, the**
**Trustees will not be providing any**
**optional information in this report.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Memorandum and Articles of**
**Association.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Company Limited by Guarantee.**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**The Chair of Trustees is also the**
**Founding Director. Trustees are**
**selected from the parents of the**
**student body. All Trustees are**
**volunteers and all applications to join**
**are considered by the board and**
**voted on accordingly. The Charity has**
**a minimum of 3 trustees which is a**
**quorum and the board must always**
**be an odd number to prevent**
**deadlock.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Because of the extent that the charity**
**has been compromised by the COVID**
**19 Pandemic in achieving it’s**
**objectives during this period, the**
**Trustees will not be providing any**
**optional information in this report.**|
|The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Gielgud Academy Trust|
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|Other name the charity
uses|The Gielgud Academy of Performing Arts (GAPA)|
|Registered charity number|Company Limited by Guarantee # 10379861 Registered
Charity # 1186845|
|Charity’s principal address|Unit 5b, More House Farm Business Centre
Ditchling Road
Wivelsfield
East Sussex, RH17 7RE|
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||David Mordecai||Whole Year||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name T Piers Gielgud David Mordecai Catherine Greenwood**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|
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|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf
the assets are held and
how this falls within the
custodian charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements
for safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Thomas Piers Gielgud **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 31/07/2022
Company registration number: **10379861**
THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST Company limited by guarantee UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the period ended 31 August 2021
## Umpleby Accountancy
Basepoint Business Centre, Bridge Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1UA, United Kingdom
## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
## Unaudited Financial Statements
## Period ended 31 August 2021
|CONTENTS|PAGE|
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|Offcers and Professional Advisers|1|
|Directors’ Report|2|
|Accountant’s Report|3|
|Income Statement|4|
|Statement of Financial Position|5 - 6|
|**The following pages do not form part of the fnancial statements**||
|Detailed Income Statement|7 - 8|
## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
Officers and Professional Advisers
Period ended 31 August 2021
Directors
THOMAS PIERS GIELGUD DAVID JONATHAN MORDECAI CATHERINE GREENWOOD
Registered office
Basepoint Business Centre Bridge Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1UA United Kingdom
Accountant
Umpleby Accountancy
Basepoint Business Centre Bridge Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1UA United Kingdom
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## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
## Directors’ Report
## Period ended 31 August 2021
The directors present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the company for the period from 1 October 2020 to 31 August 2021.
DIRECTORS
The directors who served the company during the period were as follows:
THOMAS PIERS GIELGUD
DAVID JONATHAN MORDECAI
CATHERINE GREENWOOD
## SMALL COMPANY PROVISIONS
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
This report was approved by the board of directors on 28 June 2022 and signed on behalf of the board by:
THOMAS PIERS GIELGUD
Director
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## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
## Report to the directors on the preparation of the unaudited statutory financial statements of THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST Period ended 31 August 2021
As described on the statement of financial position, the Board of Directors of THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements for the period ended 31 August 2021, which comprise the income statement and statement of financial position.
You consider that the company is exempt from an audit under the Companies Act 2006.
In accordance with your instructions we have compiled these unaudited financial statements in order to assist you to fulfil your statutory responsibilities, from the accounting records and from information and explanations supplied to us.
Umpleby Accountancy
Basepoint Business Centre Bridge Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1UA United Kingdom
Date: 28 June 2022
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## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
## Income Statement
## Period ended 31 August 2021
|Turnover
Other income
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Staff costs
Other charges
**Loss**|Period from 1
Oct 2020 to
31 Aug 2021
£
82,485
24,208|
Year to 30
Sep 2020|
|---|---|---|
|||£|
|||108,299|
|||22|
||106,693
(1,859)
(68,398)
(44,012)|108,321|
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|||(50,918)|
|||(59,660)|
||(7,576)|(2,257)|
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## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
## Statement of Financial Position
## 31 August 2021
|Current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
**Net current liabilities**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Capital and reserves**|31 Aug 2021
£
944
(9,551)|
30 Sep 2020|
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|||£|
|||962|
|||(1,993)|
||(8,607)|(1,031)|
||(8,607)|(1,031)|
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||(8,607)|(1,031)|
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
## **1 General information**
The company is a private company limited by guarantee and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Basepoint Business Centre, Bridge Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1UA, United Kingdom.
## **2 Average number of employees**
The average number of persons employed by the company during the period was 3 (2020: 3).
For the period ending 31 August 2021, the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors’ responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the period in question in accordance with section 476;
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.
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## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
Statement of Financial Position (continued)
31 August 2021
These financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 June 2022, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
THOMAS PIERS GIELGUD Director
DAVID JONATHAN MORDECAI Director
CATHERINE GREENWOOD
Director
Company registration number: 10379861
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## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
## Detailed Income Statement
## Period ended 31 August 2021
TURNOVER
|TURNOVER|||
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|Sales
OTHER INCOME
Government grant recognised directly into income
Interest on bank deposits
Other income
COST OF RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLES
Purchases
STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries|Period from 1
Oct 2020 to
31 Aug 2021
£
82,485
Period from 1
Oct 2020 to
31 Aug 2021
£
18,708
-
5,500|
Year to 30
Sep 2020|
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|||108,299|
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Year to 30
Sep 2020|
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||106,693|108,321|
||Period from 1
Oct 2020 to
31 Aug 2021
£
1,859
Period from 1
Oct 2020 to
31 Aug 2021
£
68,398||
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Year to 30
Sep 2020|
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Year to 30
Sep 2020|
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## THE GIELGUD ACADEMY TRUST
## Detailed Income Statement (continued)
## Period ended 31 August 2021
## OTHER CHARGES
|Equipment hire
Rent
Motor expenses
Travelling
Subsistence
Advertising
Printing, postage and stationery
Telephone
Computer costs
Accountancy fees
Professional fees
Management charges payable
General insurance
Repairs and maintenance
Bank charges
Subscriptions
**Loss**|Period from 1
Oct 2020 to
31 Aug 2021
£
12,216
4,400
2,359
55
56
2,055
304
866
1,203
425
1,771
16,000
582
244
36
1,440|
Year to 30
Sep 2020|
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|||260|
|||691|
|||783|
|||425|
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|||508|
|||287|
|||36|
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||44,012|59,660|
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## INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT
After consulting with the Charity Commission helpline we understand it is important to submit our accounts and report as soon as possible. We don’t yet however, have an Independent Examiner’s report ready yet. We have engaged an Independent Examiner to examine our accounts and will forward their report to you as soon as it is ready.
T Piers Gielgud Chair The Gielgud Academy Trust