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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** 

**Categories** 

**Details** 

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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>ALISON FENN|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>A. FENN|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From: 11 May 2020** 

## **To: 31 December 2020** 

## **Charity name: Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre** 

## **Charity registration number: 1189424** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre is a<br>regional charitable incorporated<br>organisation providing community arts and<br>education to people from all over the South<br>West. With a legacy dating back to 1983 we<br>are now one of the UK's most unusual<br>theatrical settings: a four hundred seat<br>amphitheatre nestling on the grassy side of<br>Bodmin Moor, in the open Cornish air yet<br>protected from summer rain by a massive<br>canopy.<br>Our charitable aims are set out as:<br>•<br>Maintaining and managing Sterts<br>Theatre<br>•<br>Providing educational opportunities<br>and facilities/promoting public<br>interest in the dramatic and related<br>arts<br>The charitable incorporated organisation<br>and its property are managed and<br>administered<br>by<br>the<br>Council<br>of<br>Management who are also the trustees.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The principal objectives of the centre are to<br>educate the public in the arts and sciences,<br>particularly the art and science of drama.<br>To achieve these objectives the centre<br>engages in a number of activities which<br>include:<br>•<br>Maintaining and managing<br>Sterts Theatre, a unique outdoor<br>theatre;<br>•<br>Presenting a programme of<br>public performances, concerts<br>and other arts events;|





|||•<br>Promoting public interest in the<br>dramatic arts and related arts;<br>and<br>•<br>Providing educational<br>opportunities and facilities in the<br>field of dramatic and related arts.|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Taking into account the above objectives<br>and activities, the trustees have concluded<br>that the charitable incorporated<br>organisation meets the public benefit<br>requirement because:<br>1. The benefits that arise from the<br>charitable incorporated<br>organisations aims are that:<br>-<br>The CIO is able to educate the<br>public in the arts and sciences<br>and<br>-<br>The CIO is able to provide<br>educational opportunities and<br>facilities in the field of dramatic<br>and related arts;<br>2. The charitable incorporated<br>organisation aims intend to benefit<br>the public generally;<br>3. There are no restrictions on who<br>can have the opportunity to benefit;<br>and<br>4. Nobody receives any private benefit<br>from the CIO.<br>The trustees have given careful<br>consideration to the Charity Commission’s<br>general guidance on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|The Trustees aim is to become fnancially<br>self-suffcient, with minimal recourse to<br>public funding. However, the Trustees also<br>recognise the vital importance of setting<br>prices at affordable levels so that economic<br>deprivation is less of a barrier to engaging<br>in the arts and gaining from being involved<br>in the creative opportunities that Sterts is<br>offering. It is important to recognise not<br>only the need for cultural provision in South<br>East Cornwall but also the contribution that<br>cultural activity makes to the local<br>economy.|





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|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|CIO was dormant in the period ended 31<br>December 2020.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Sterts was a registered charity<br>(unincorporated) with the Charity’s<br>Commission and Companies house for the<br>y/e 31 December 2020 ref no 297973.<br>During this period the charity was also<br>registered as a charitable incorporated<br>organisation (CIO) however the CIO<br>remained dormant for the period ending 31<br>December 2020 pending transfer of all<br>assets from the unincorporated charity. The<br>latter remained active and trading.<br>The assets were transferred on 25th<br>January 2021 and the merger of the two<br>organisations registered on 9thAugust 2021<br>and 293973 removed from the register. The<br>year ending 31st December 2021 will<br>require a full set of accounts with the<br>trading activity reported.<br>As the CIO remained dormant during the<br>reporting period there were no<br>achievements to identity as this was<br>covered within the trading charity’s work.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|As the charitable incorporated organisation<br>was dormant from 11 May 2020 to 31<br>December 2020 there are no financial<br>transactions to report on.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|As the charitable incorporated organisation<br>was dormant from 11 May 2020 to 31<br>December 2020 there are no reserves<br>currently held. However, from 9 August<br>2021 after the transfer of funds from the<br>charity this will then change to the<br>following:<br>The charitable incorporated organisation<br>funds are mostly invested in the tangible<br>fixed assets of the charity and therefore it<br>has no free reserves. However, it is the<br>trustees' policy to maintain net assets, at a<br>figure approximately equal to 6 months<br>overhead expenditure in the period ended<br>31 December 2020. At this level, the<br>trustees feel they would be able to carry on<br>the charity's activities in the event of a<br>significant fall in funding.<br>It is the policy of the charity that<br>unrestricted funds which have not been<br>designated for a specific use should be<br>maintained at a level equivalent to between<br>three and six-month’s expenditure. The<br>trustees consider that reserves at this level<br>will ensure that, in the event of a significant<br>drop in funding, they will be able to<br>continue the current activities while<br>consideration is given to ways in which<br>additional funds may be raised. This level of<br>reserves has been maintained throughout<br>the period.<br>The charity has assessed the major risks to<br>which they are exposed, and are satisfied<br>that systems are in place to mitigate<br>exposure to the major risks.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|The trustees have a duty to identify and<br>review the risks to which the charity is<br>exposed and to ensure appropriate controls|





are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. 

## **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 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<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The charitable incorporated organisation<br>looks to appoint as trustees, candidates<br>with relevant skills and experience and a<br>keen interest in the objects of the charity.<br>Suitable candidates are sought principally<br>through networking.<br>The trustees are elected by the members at<br>the Annual General Meeting. Each of the<br>trustees must retire with effect from the<br>conclusion of the annual general meeting<br>three years after his or her appointment,<br>but is eligible for re- election at that annual<br>general meeting. The trustees elect the<br>officers of the charitable incorporated<br>organisation (chair, treasurer, secretary)<br>from among their number.<br>The trustees may delegate any of their<br>powers or functions to a committee of two<br>or more trustees, but the terms of any such<br>delegation must be recorded in the minute<br>book and must include the terms that: no<br>expenditure may be incurred on behalf of<br>the charitable incorporated organisation<br>except in accordance with a budget<br>previously agreed with the trustees; and all<br>acts and proceedings of the committee<br>must be fully and promptly reported to the<br>trustees.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 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|Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre|
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|Other name the charity uses|Sterts|
|Registered charity number|1189424|
|Charity’s principal address|Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre<br>Upton Cross<br>Liskeard<br>Cornwall<br>PL14 5AZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Claire Victoria<br>Fishleigh||||
||Ruth James||||
||Anne Patricia Perry||||
||Alison Jane Fenn||||
||Dr Stephen<br>Bowcott Jefferies||||
||Dreena Anne<br>Haycock Whale||||
||Ruth Chudley||||
||CAROL ANN<br>MORSE||||
||Sally Jane Daulton||||
||Ruth Boyles||||
||Ann Elisabeth Gray||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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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** 



Declaraiions
trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above.
Signed on behalf of the charitys trustees
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