2020-12-31-accounts

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Report ofthe Trustees		1	to	7
Independent Examiner's	Report
Statement ofFlnanclai	Acthrities
Balance Sheet		10	to	11
Cash Flow Statement			12
Notes to the Cash Flow	Statement		13
Notes to the Financial Statements		14	to	17
Detailed ~tement ofFinancial Activities			18

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Significant activities
2020 was a year of exceptional difiiculfies, including the ccronavirus pandemic and a major building. We were therefore extremely proud of our resilience, creativity, and organisational g was rewarded in the winning ofthe 2021 Stage Award for Fdings Theatre ofthe Year.	fl	od in cur , which
After celebrating our 25th birthday in 2019, the West End's smallest producing theatre was hitti We had just opened an acclaimed production of Shakespeare's The Tempest stamng Michael and we'd begun the year with the hottest ticket in town -Trevor Nunn's production ofthe Beck We'd announced a programme including the world premieres of two plays by Peter Gill alongsid Sarah Ruhl, Timberlake Weitenbaker, Edward Einhorn and Peepolykus		its stride. ennington, Triple Bill. ork from
"""January to March 2020:Making Magic in a Basement"*
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A couple peer into an estate agent's window; two sports fans have a heart-to-heart in the loc. Ify eyes and ears open, there are a million tiny plays happening every day. The production sold broke even.		keep ngly	your and
"Eavesdropping has never looked betterl" BROADWAY WORLD "Awelcome antidote to all the noise and fury."THE GUARDIAN "Humour and sadness inextricably intertwined. "THE STAGE
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In Krapp's Last Tape, Krapp prepares to celebrate his 69th birthday by recording his annual tape the Voice provokes and jokes with the ageing Joe. in The Old Tune, two elderly men sit on a reminisce. Butare their memories playing tricks? Trevor Nunn directed a remarkable cast of Niajl Dwan, James Hayes and David Threlfail. The production sold out and was later made available t Digital Theatre. "Unerringly directed ...no one in this tiny theatre dared breathe."THE OBSERVER "The intimate theatre space and sparse sets add impact to this accessible triple bill performed reminiscences. "EVERYTHING THEATRE "Perfectly paired to the small, subterranean theatre. "THE GUARDIAN "Gripping intensity. "THE STAGE	I	Eh ench ggy, tream aupe	Joe, and Lisa on I'bly
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As a professicnaf dog walker, you meet ail sorts of people, and Herbert has met more than his fai he's never come across anyone quite like Keri, alone in her flat surrounded by empty ouzo bottles. exactly is she keeping her Pekingese dogg The production was funded by a separate investment represent a financial risk for JST; it exceeded its box office target. "Alaughter-filled and thought-provoking night out." LONDON LIVING LARGE "Very funny, achingly poignant, ultimately hopeful. "SARDINES MAGAZINE "Laugh out loud entertaining. "LONDON AT LARGE		hare. But d where d did not
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The stranger and his daughter live alone on a remote island. Some people say he's an artist. 0 practices magic. But today is dilferent, Prospero spots his oldest enemies passing in a fragil conjures up a storm that will change sfl oftheir lives forever. The production was sold out before only played six performances before the closure oftheatres. "Michael Pennington is acolossal Prospero. " BROADWAY WORLD "Atheatrical experience to treasure. "PLAYS TO SEE "An enchanting world. "THE SUNDAY TIMES		say oat, ning	he and but
"Michael Psnnington is finally tackling Prospero. It's worth the walt. A sonorous and perfonnance. "THE STAGE		mpalling

Jennys Street Theatre
Report ofthe Trustees
forthe Period 13December 2019to3f December 2020
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
March toAugust 2020:The Brave New World Season
Entertaining our isolated audience; raising the funds to reopen; keeping our fandly ofarti		together
The Fl od and the Rebuild
On 8 Apdil, our Executive Director Penny Horner, who founded the theatre 26 years ago, dlscov flood five feet deep in our basement. It destroyed our dressing rooms, archives, and https://www. thestage. co.uk/news/burst-pipe-causes-severe-flooding-at-jermyn-street-theatre The from a burst pipe in a demised room awned by a neighbouring bank. We were insured for financia many losses were sadly irreplaceable. Over the next months, Penny led the efforts to rebuil building, a major demolition job, the removal ofdestroyed materials, equipment and archives, the partition walls, reinstallation of power, and finally redecoration. In the rebuilding we hav multipurpose office.	fl I e	d a major workshop. d came sees, but rying the uildlng af rested a
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We used the penad of closure to overhaul our wsbsite, relaunching a greatly improved site in t We now have an online 'shop window' to be proud of, and which we're sure will help us to conve and grow our earned income.		summer. ket sales
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A few days after lockdown, we began this epic cycle of 154daily Shakespeare sonnets performe ofthis year's drama school graduates, alongside household names such as Olivia Colman and D and dozens ofour freelance family.		y over 50 d Suchet,
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Stefan Sednarczyk and guests hosting free, thrice-weekly online cabarets for our isola throughout lockdown.		audience
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A ten-episode padcast series shining a light on the uncelebrated, behind the scenes aspects of and the people who make it -from stage management to script ediTing,		r theatre,
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The original cast, together with their director Laura Keefe and sound designer Harry Linden Johns these charming bite-sized plays to entertain locked down audiences atJSTand the Watermill Th		created
Th Wind in the Wilows
Our Artistic Director recreated his 2015 outdoor production in a new Zoom adaptation, copro Guildford Shakespeare Company and the Yvonne Amaud Theatre and enjoyed by a large family a		ced with ience.
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Our freelancers made weekly phone calls to audience members shielding at home, and we g freelancers and audiences together for quizzes and cups of'JSTea' online.		ered our
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A monthly online play reading club giving our audience - many of them elderly and shielding - th learn new tech skills, make new filends, and explore new plays.		hance to
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Reaching out to our network of copraducing theatres, we facilitated, guided and promoted the creation ofover 50 miniature plays from audiences and theatre communities across the UK.		ting and
Wednesda Pla R din s
We ran play readings every Wednesday night from late spring until autumn, olfering technical sup writers and directors a chance to hear new work, and actors a chance to express Ihemselves and who they were in normal times.		rt, giving member
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Jermyn Street Theatre
Report ofthe Trustees
for the Period 13December 2018to31December 2020
OBJECTIVES AND ACTMTIES
Conscious ofthe gulf between buildings and freelancers nationally, we sponsored I.ouie Whitemo Freelance Task Force, and held a series of Tawn Hall Meetings ta give up-to-date inform freelance family and talk with them about the future.		to join the n to our to
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Aware that life is toughest for those just joining the industry, we held aseries offree careers work backstage and creative roles, and also held free pastoral workshops for theatre freelancers.		ops about
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This scheme helped three diverse groups of early-career arbsts lo workshop their new plays theatre, with our financial support, mentoring and a showcase. All three are now in further devel offered in-person feedback sessions to all 150groups who applied.	i	ur empty ment. We
16Ore tive socia s
We mst so many fantastic early-career artists through Opening Doors that we responded by setti Creative Associates scheme. With ths backing of the Came Trust, we offered these 16 write performers and designers the chance to be part ofour family, get free office and rehearsal spac help, assisting jobs, support and mentoring. September to December:		up a new directors, producing
"September to December 2020:The Road to Reopening"
Creating paid jobs; nurturing creativity; growing dlvemity
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We paid 72 actors to perform Emily Wilson's acclaimed translation of The Odyssey in a ma performance streamed for free to over 12,000 people in a partnership with the London Review of event won a rare OfiWestEnd 'OneOff Award - Ha magnificent initiative".		on online ks. The
In Dreams We Wake
Through an open competition, we identified 12 actors to create and perform bedtime storis different heritages across the world. We commissioned them to write and record their stories. Hannah Kumari and Cat Robsy, with video editing from Ciaran Welsh and sound by Dinah Mulle broadcast for free.		rom their rected by They are
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Adapted by Naylah Ahmed from Charles Dickens' classic story, and directed by aur Artisti Natasha Rickman, A Christmas Carol features Brian Blessed and Penelope Keith as the Ghosts o Present and Past, Jim Findley as Scrooge, and a full professional cast - all created for an anlin watched in Zoom, and coproduced with Guildford Shakespeare Company. The production sold v we made a healthy profit.		Associate hristmas roduction well and
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15Heroines was our flagship autumn production, and acclaimed as one ofthe cultural events oft commissioned 15 leading female and nonbinaiy playwrighh to adapt Ovid's Heroides. They w plays about the hsroines of classical mythology. Directed by Adjoa Andah, Tom Littler and Cat plays were performed live in our empty theatre by a stellar cast, and captured on film by a team Theatre +.Three sets offive plays were titled The War, The Desert and The Labyrinth, and were b November. Together, they employed 75 fiiim and theatre freelancers.		year. We 15 new bey, the m Digital dcast in
For Kate Maltby of the ~ge, 15 Heroines was 'the most moving online theatre of the year'. Fo Clapp of The Observer, it was third in her theatre roundup of 2020. It won the OIYWestEnd Award. The production broke all aur box office records.		usannah t Series
5 STARS- BROADWAY WORLD
5 STARS- BRITISHTHEATRE. COM
5 STARS- LOhIDON PUB THEATRES
5STARS- THE SPY IN THE STALLS
5STARS-A YOUNGER THEATRE
5STARS- THE REVIEWS HUB

OBJECTIVES AND ACTMTIES
5STARS- ITHANKYOUTHEATRE
4STARS- THE GUARDIAN
4STARS- THE OBSERVER
4 SRARS-THE STAGE
4 STARS- THE I PAPER
4 STARS- THE REVIEWS HUB
4STARS- REVIEWSGATE
4STARS- THE ARTSDESK
4STARS- LONDONTHEATRE1
"Ambitious and artfully enterhtfnlng, 15Herolnes refuses to allow these women to be rale footnotes. " LYN GARDNER (STAGEDOOR) "Bftewlzed, beautifully written short plays give a powerful voice to aggrieved heroines and Roman mythology" THE GUARDIAN "Atriumphant revoicing offamous tales."THE OBSERVER "'FIReen ancient heroines are resurrected with wit, Imagination and verve" THE STAGE	dto the m Greek
A Look Back
Bui this is not primarily a story about financial resilience or organisaiionai growth. We are a small always will be. We' re a theatre run by freeiancers, for freelancers. In this toughest of years, stopped believing in theatre freelancers, fighting for them and championing them.	stre, and 've never
2020 was about the relationship a theatre can create with iis audience and the family of over 30 whom we' ve engaged, employed end supported - and who, in turn, have inspired, championed a us.	reelancers educated
2020 was the year we listened to our Black, Asian and other ethnically diverse colleagues, and I steps to reopening as a more inclusive and welcoming theatre. 2020 was the year we pivo creating ground breaking digital productions end employing hundreds oftheatre freelancers in the	decisive towards ocess.
2020 meant discovering that even with no public in the seats, even with our doors closed, ev basement flooded with water, a little theatre could, to thousands of audience members and artists, bea home.	with our dreds of
Volunteers
The organisation is enormously grateful to a team of volunteers, who work in the box office, fro and the bar.	of house

for the Period	13December 2	019to31D	ecember 2020
				Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
				fund	fund	funds
			Notes	E	6	6
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS		FROM
Donations and	legacies			505,784	90,000	595,784
Other trading	achviiies			177,940		177,940
Total				683,724	90,000	773,724
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds				2,130		2,130
Charitable activities
Productions				390,519	38,319	428,838
Support Activities				17,63'I		17,631
Total				410,280	38,319	448,599
NET INCOME				273,444	51,681	325,125
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD				273,444	51,681	325,125

Period 13Decemb	er 2019	to31December 2020
RECONCILIATION	OF NET	INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACT	I	IES
Net income forthe reporting Financial Activities) Adjustments for:		period (as per the Statement of		325,125
Increase in stocks
Increase in debtors Increase in creditors				(92) (65,685)
				40,438
Net cash provided	by operations			99,786

2.	ANALYSIS OF CHANGES	IN NET FUNDS
			At 13.12.19	Cash flow	I31.12.20
	Net cash			5
	Cash at bank and in hand			299,786	99,786
				299,786	99,786
	Total			299,786	99,786

Jennyn Street Theatre	Jennyn Street Theatre
Notes to the Financial Statements -continued forthe Period 13December 2019to 31December 2020
3.	OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
	Other trading activities							f
	Ticket sales							29,771
								148,169
								177,940
4.	RAISING FUNDS
	Raising donations and legacies
	Raising funds							f 2,130
5.	CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
							Support
						Direct	costs (see
	Productions Support Activities					Costs f 428,838 2,100	note 6) 15,531	Totals f 28,838 17,631
						430,938	15,531	46,469
6.	SUPPORT COSTS
								Finance
	Support Activities							15,531
7.	NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
	Net income/(expenditure)	is stated		afier chargingf(crediting):
	Other operating leases							49,117
	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION		AND		BENEFITS
	There were no trustees'	remuneration			or other benefits for the period ended		31 December	0.
	Trustees' expenses
	There were no trustees'	expenses		paid for the period ended		31 December	2020.

Jerrnyn Street Theatre	Jerrnyn Street Theatre
Notes to the Financial Statements				-	continued
for	the Period 13December 2019			to	31December 2020
9.	STOCKS
	Bar stock							6 92
10.	DEBTORS:AMOUNTS	FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
	Other debtors Prepayments and accrued		income					6 327 65,358
								65,685
11.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS		FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
	Other creditors Deferred income Accrued expenses							6 1,627 37,011 1,800
								40,438
12.	MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
						Net
						movement		At
	Unrestricted funds					in funds f		1.12.20 f
	General fund					273,444		73,444
	Restricted funds
	Restricted					51,681		51,681
	TOTAL FUNDS					325,125		25,125
	Net movement in funds,	included			in the above are as follows:
					Incoming	Resources		vement
					resources	expended	i	funds
	Unrestricted funds							F
	General fund				683,724	(410,280)		73,444
	Restricted funds
	Restricted				90,000	(38,319)		1,681
	TOTAL FUNDS				773,724	(448,599)		5,125

Jermyn Street Theatre
Detailed Statement ofFinancial Activities
forthe Period 13December 2019to 31December 2020
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Donations
GranM	208,933
Exceptional items	190,829 196,022
	595,784
Other trading activities
Other trading activities Ticket sales	29,771
	148,169
	177,940
Total incommg resources	773,724
EXPENDITURE
Raising donations and legacies
Raising funds	2,130
Charitable activitfss
Rent rates &service charge Insurance Telephone Postage and stationery Adverbsing Artists 8 producers Technical &electrical Theatre casual staff independent examiner Maintenance &janitorial Sundries Computer expenses	49,117 4,333 3,028 4,740 21,546 297,619 13,411 3,660 1,800 17,480 4,700 9,504
	430,938
Support costs
Finance
Bank charges Credit card interest &charges	254 15,277
	15,531
Total resources expended	8,599
Net income	25,125