**Charity Registration No. 1187052Company Registration No. 1187052 (England and Wales)** **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS CONTENTS** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Company information
Charity Information|3
3| |Directors' report
Trustees’ report|4
4| |Accountants' report
Independent Examiners Report|5
7| |Income statement|6
8| |Statement of financial position|7
9| |Notes to the accounts|8
10| |Detailed profit and loss account
Income and Expenditure Report|10
12| - 2 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES CHARITY INFORMATIONCOMPANY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** **TrusteesDirectors** Alexander Cooke Antonia Slater Eleanor Moulton Helen Meade **Charity NumberCompany Number** 1187052 (England and Wales) **Registered Office** Community Base 113 Queens Road Brighton BN1 3XG **Accountants** Richard Baskott Beancounters of Lewes Ltd 3a North Street Lewes BN7 2PA - 3 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022. ## **Trustees** The following Trustees held office during the whole of the period: Alexander Cooke Antonia Slater Eleanor Moulton Helen Meade ## **Principal activity** The principal activity of the Charity is the provision of Community based Theatre Production & Performances. ## **Charitable Objectives** To Promote Social Inclusion For The Public Benefit By Preventing People From Becoming Socially Excluded, Relieving The Needs Of Those People Who Are Socially Excluded And Assisting Them To Integrate Into Society. ## **Annual Report** “Small performance adventures have provided me with a grounding, joyful and supportive anchor during some turbulent and difficult times in my life. Small performance adventures bridge a gap that allows me to feel safe, supported and creative. Laughter is the best medicine. It has really kept me going through the last year. It’s an intelligent solution for people. Especially when you don't fall into a typical bracket to access support services. It aims high and carries you with it.” **Lucy - artist in recovery.** In 2022 small performance adventures delivered 112 creative sessions with over 600 participants. At the core of our work is the intention to provide creative experiences of joy and self-development for people in recovery, including opportunities for training and paid work. We had four main strands of work in 2022, some of which overlapped: 1. Ritual 2. Overdose Awareness Day 3. Delivery in professional and educational settings 4. Arts-based development opportunities. We also aimed to involve our trustees more directly in our work by inviting them to workshops and events to get a deeper understanding of our work. “Another year of wonderfully creative and inspiring projects, supporting those in need of an inclusive space in which they can explore, play, find respite, and live the positive benefits. Bravo to spa and all who have engaged creatively with them!” **Toni Slater - Trustee of spa** Our Ritual project funded by ACE saw a combination of creative approaches that developed from our pilot project in 2021. We worked with a group of ten artists in recovery and further developed a participatory performance for audiences where they could participate in their own personal bespoke ritual, as well as communally experiencing some brand-new rituals, shown at The Spire in Brighton in June for two audiences of twenty-five people. We also developed a participatory workshop for staff teams to impact organisational culture which was co-delivered by artists in recovery as a paid opportunity. We worked with TIPP and The Men’s Room in Manchester, Resettle in Liverpool, and The Railway Land Wildlife Trust in Lewes. We also developed a participatory intervention for conferences. We - 4 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTSTRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** “Small Performance Adventures have been fantastic to work with. Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove employees attended a Small Performance Adventures sharing which showcased their work around ageing. All attendees were really moved by the pieces demonstrated by the group which gave colour to our everyday work. Lots of conversations were sparked around ageing and service development. We hope to work with Kate and her group in the future on developing further awareness and campaigning around ageing well.” � ## �Rowan Hillier Head of Localities East Age UK� In 2023 Small Performance Adventures delivered 122 creative sessions working with over 400 individuals. � The strands of work we focussed on this year were:� ## Developing work with older people in recovery� Overdose Awareness Day� Play and development workshops� Delivery in educational, health, community and criminal justice system� ## Work with older people in recovery� At the end of 2022 we learnt that our CEO, Kate McCoy, had been awarded a DYCP (Develop Your Creative Practice) Award from Arts Council England to research excellence in participatory arts practice with older people in the USA. This came from evaluation conversations with Small Performance Adventures participants about how as we age the opportunities that are offered to us don’t seem to fit with our experiences of ageing. After Kate’s research trip, she worked with a group of older artists in recovery to develop a workshop series in partnership with Age UK where participants came together over twelve weeks to create a performance sharing event which explored stereotypes and experiences of ageing with an invited audience. We also ran a workshop with Age UK’s Bereavement Group� ## Overdose Awareness Day 2023� Over the last five years Small Performance Adventures have worked in partnership with a range of national creative partners to deliver a programme of creative outcomes across the UK in Brighton, Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Manchester, Salford and Plymouth. This year we worked in partnership with TiPP and Not Saints to collate together a beautiful record of all the work that has been achieved between 2018 and 2022. We then distributed copies to all of our partners as an appreciation of their hard work and commitment to this important work. You can download a digital copy here: � ## https://static1.squareSmall Performance Adventuresce.com/static/5a65aa2bccc5c586f2620b6e/t/64b7f1e1697dd10e75420cdc/1689776622522/Overdose+Awareness+ Magazine+2023.pdf� ## Play and development workshops� From January to September, we ran weekly workshops with our core artist in recovery group with a range of approaches, all looking at creating Small Performance Adventures es to be playful and develop personal and arts-based skills. We worked on developing ideas for a musical that one of the group were working on and looked at improvisation skills, relationships and using our personal stories. While Kate was away on her DCYP, the group was managed by Not Saints with input from Lou Rogers our producer and support from our trustees Alex Cooke and Helen Meade. We were hosted by Diva Café in East Brighton who provided affordable rehearsal space and excellent food and drink!� ## Delivery in educational, health, community and criminal justice system� Small Performance Adventures worked in partnership with Edit Sweet to design and deliver a three day creative residential “Playing with Fire” with Our Room (formerly The Men’s Room). The end result was a beautiful film that showed the creative writing, drama and storytelling round the fire.� Our educational work continued with Kate teaching prison theatre at Manchester University and supervising groups of students at HMP Risley. We also ran workshops for Kingston University social pedagogy students, co delivered with artists in recovery.� Kate also delivered two prison projects for Synergy, both culminating in devised performances in HMP Belmarsh and HMP Brixton. - 11 - - 5 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTSTRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** ## **10 Post balance sheet events** We also ran workshops on values and ambitions for We Mind The Gap in Wrexham and Manchester and a ritual development workshop for staff at Brighton Dome.� ## Finance and Funding� In 2023 we attracted funding from Brighton and Hove City Council towards our core costs and From Sussex Community Foundation and The National Lottery Community Foundation for our developing work with older people.� We also earned income from TiPP, Performing Medicine, Synergy Theatre Company, The Men’s Room, Kingston University and We Mind The Gap.� In the year ended 31 December 2023, the charity recorded excess expenditure over income as we were a third of the way through the project ‘Rituals’ at the end of 2022, which was funded by ACE. As a result, the trustees expected to report excess expenditure levels in the current year. This was then exacerbated by a failed Arts Council Bid to fund our work on creative ageing, and as such we drew further on our reserves towards the end of 2023 than was anticipated. � The trustees took the decision to spend a portion of our reserves to fund spa's important new work with older people, in response to negative funding decision from Arts Council England.� ## Feedback� Watching the sharing of work by Small Performance Adventures’s Creative Ageing group was a heartening experience. I have seen many community arts projects, but in this project they engage very differently. They were a very diverse group of participants with access and memory issues or who were in recovery from their life problems. It was facilitated so that everyone could participate at their own level, which was beautiful to watch. The drama itself had some genuinely touching and emotional moments. As individuals they were able to reflect on the process and the journey they had been on and the journey was challenging. There was a real sense of achievement and learning about how we age. I felt the group offered meaningful support to each other. � ## �Alex Cooke, Small Performance Adventures trustee� I enjoy the way that ideas are discussed, and worked through, allowing natural growth. It seems that most weeks the simplest of ideas will grow into something surprising, allowing each of us more Small Performance Adventuresce time to express ourselves. From a personal point of view, I have enjoyed the chance to perform and work on ideas and stories from my past. � ## �Chris, workshop participant 2023-2024� Small performance adventures make drama doable even though I 'd never done it before. It feels safe and easy to engage. There's no lines to learn as we come up with our own and develop a script as we develop our character. We play easy games and work on situations. It is a supportive and friendly place where I'm not afraid to have fun and be silly in front of others. We end up with a really good performance, better than I'd have thought possible to begin with, and I end up doing something I'd have never believed I would, and been given the confidence to stand in front of people I don't know and perform, It's very exciting and rewarding and builds my confidence and helps me handle social situations which I would otherwise find difficult. � ## �Ronan, artist in recovery� Helen Meade� Chair � 13 June 2024 **11 Average number of employees** During the year the average number of employees was 1 (2022: 1). - 10 - - 6 - **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORTACCOUNTANTS' REPORT** ## **Accountants' report to the board of directors of Small Performance Adventures on the preparation of theIndependent Examiners Report to the board of Trustees of Small Performance Adventures on the preparation of the unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023** I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Small Performance Adventures (the charity) for the year In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Small ended 31 December 2023.Performance Adventures for the year ended 31 December 2023 as set out on pages 6 - 10 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us. Responsibilities and basis of report As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements This report is made solely to the Board of Trustees of Small Performance Adventures, as a body, in accordance with the terms ofThis report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Small Performance Adventures, as a body, in accordance with the terms of of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). our engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Small Performance I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying Adventures and state those matters that we have agreed to state to them, as a body, in this report. To the fullest extent permitted out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Small Performance Adventures and its Board of Directorsby law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Small Performance Adventures and its Board of Trustees Act.as a body for our work or for this report. ## Independent examiner's statement It is your duty to ensure that Small Performance Adventures has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of Small Performance Adventures. You Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland consider that Small Performance Adventures is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year. (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn. We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Small Performance Adventures. For this reason, I understand that this has been done in order for financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or the financial statements do not accord with those records; or the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is Richard Baskott not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. Beancounters of Lewes Ltd I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.3a North Street Lewes BN7 2PA 10 June 2024 Richard Baskott Beancounters of Lewes Ltd 3a North Street Lewes BN7 2PA 12 June 2024 - 5 -- 7 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** |**Turnover**
4
Cost of sales
**Gross profit**
Administrative expenses
**Operating (loss)/profit**
**Nett (Expenditure)/Income for the year**|**2023**
**£**
35,847
(4,411)
31,436
(35,565)
(4,129)|**2022**
**£**
64,939
(12,256)
52,683
(33,257)
19,426| |---|---|---| |**(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities before taxation**
Tax on (loss)/profit on ordinary activities
**(Loss)/profit for the financial year**|(4,129)
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(4,129)|19,426
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19,426| - 6 -- 8 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022** |**Notes**
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible Assets
**5**
**Current Assets**
Debtors
**6**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**7**
**Net current assets**
**Net Assets**
**Income funds**
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds|**2023**
**£**
269
-
24,364|**2022**
**£**
358
18,221
29,395| |---|---|---| ||24,364|47,616| ||(2,320)|(21,533)| ||22,044|26,083| ||22,313|26,441| ||9,694
12,619|8,820
17,621| ||22,313|26,441| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 13 June 2024 and were signed on its behalf by Helen Meade Trustee Charity Registration No. 1187052 - 9 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** ## **1 Statutory information** Small Performance Adventures is charity registered in England and Wales, charity registration number 1187052. The Small Performance Adventures is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration numberText registered office is Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG.1187052. The registered office is Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG. ## **2 Compliance with accounting standardsAccounting conventions** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011, The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts material departures from that standard. in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 **3** January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. **Accounting policies** The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows. The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts. The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved Accounting convention the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to _**Basis of preparation**_ in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, are prepared in sterling, which is the _**Presentation currency**_ functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. The accounts are presented in £ sterling. ## **3** ## _**Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**_ Tangible assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives: Computer equipment 25% ## **4 Turnover** Turnover consists of income from commercial activity and donations £14,346 (2022, £16,085), support in kind of £4,850 Turnover consists of income from commercial activity and donations £14,346 (2022, £14,108) and Grants £21,500 (2022, (2022, nil) and Grants £21,500 (2022, £48,854)£48,854) |**5**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**Cost or valuation**
At 1 January 2023
At 31 December 2023
**Depreciation**
At 1 January 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2023
**Net book value**
At 31 December 2023
At 31 December 2022|**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
At cost
850| |---|---| ||850| ||492
90| ||582| ||268| ||358| - 10 -- 8 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** |**6**
**Debtors**
**Amounts falling due within one year**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
**7**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
Deferred income
Deferred Expenditure|**2023**
**£**
-
-
-
**2023**
**£**
860
870
590
-
2,320|**2022**
**£**
600
17,621| |---|---|---| |||18,221| |||**2022**
**£**
3,115
297
500
17,621| |||21,533| ## **8 Average number of employees** During the year the average number of employees was 1 (2022: 1). ## **9 Trustees** None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year. - 11 -- 9 - ## **SMALL PERFORMANCE ADVENTURES INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** |**Turnover**
Grants
Income - In Kind Support
Other Income
**Cost of Sales**
Project Costs
Expenses - In Kind Support
Sub-contractors
**Gross Profit**
**Administrative Expenses**
Wages & Salaries
Pension Contribution
National Insurance
Staff Training and welfare
Travel & Accommodation
Room Hires
Telephone & Internet
Printing & Stationery
Research & Development
Subscriptions
Insurance
IT, Software and Consumables
Depreciation
Bank Charges
Accountancy fees
Advertising, PR & Website
**Income in excess of expenditure**|**2023**
**£**
21,500
4,850
14,346|**Core**
**£**
5,000
-
14,346|**Restricted**
**£**
16,500
4,850
-|**2022**
**£**
48,854
-
16,085| |---|---|---|---|---| ||40,696|19,346|21,350|64,939| ||1,156
4,850
3,257|34
-
382|1,122
4,850
2,873|1,181
-
11,075| ||9,262|416|8,844|12,256| ||31,434|18,930|12,506|52,683| ||23,888
529
2,041
1,998
2,547
1,193
621
120
669
23
77
749
90
1
750
269|18,912
419
1,616
1,541
2,396
312
621
90
315
23
77
555
90
1
750
90|4,976
110
425
204
151
881
-
30
354
-
-
194
-
-
-
179|20,160
490
1,834
2,067
4,720
952
682
35
285
133
104
204
120
875
595| ||35,563|27,807|7,504|33,257| ||(4,129)|(8,876)|5,002|19,426| - 12 -