## **Manchester City of Literature**
Company registration number: 12002661 Charity registration number: 1189456
## **Manchester City of Literature**
(A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Period Ended 31 March 2022
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## **Manchester City of Literature**
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|Reference and Administrative Details|Page 3|
|Trustees' Report|Page 4|
|IndependentExaminer'sReport|Page 10|
|Statement of Financial Activities|Page 11|
|Balance Sheet|Page 12|
|NotestotheFinancialStatements|Page 13|
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## **Manchester City of Literature**
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
## **Trustees**
Zahid Hussain (Chair) Professor Sharon Handley Professor Alessandro Schiesaro (resigned June 2021) Professor John McAuliffe (appointed September 2021) Cllr Emma Taylor (resigned June 2021) Hafsah Aneela Bashir (appointed March 2021) Jo Yee Cheung (appointed March 2021) Mike Murphy (appointed March 2021) Katie Popperwell (appointed March 2021) Chandan Shergill (appointed March 2021) Karline Smith (appointed March 2021) Cllr Luthfur Rahman (appointed June 2022)
**Senior Management Team**
Ivan Wadeson, Executive Director
**Principal Office**
**Company Registration Number Charity Registration Number Independent Examiner**
First Floor, Town Hall Extension, PO Box 532, Manchester, M60 2LA 12002661
1189456 Catherine Hall FCCA DchA Slade & Cooper Beehive Mill Jersey Street Ancoats Manchester M4 6JG
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## Manchester City of Literature
## Trustees' Report
The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the period ended 31 March 2022.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## _Nature of governing document_
The charity is a company limited by guarantee and registered charity. It is operated under the rules of its memorandum and articles of association dated 17[th] May 2019. It has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £1.
## _Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees_
The Directors who served during the period are listed in this document. Directors are appointed by the members at the annual general meeting or by resolution of the Directors. The City of Manchester has a right to appoint one director ("the Local Authority Director") and decide their period of appointment. Unless otherwise determined by the Company, the Board shall consist of at least three and not more than eleven individuals comprised as follows: up to one Local Authority Director; one Director appointed by the University of Manchester; one Director appointed by Manchester Metropolitan University and up to eight Community Directors. Two of the eight Community Directors may have an association with the City of Manchester or the two universities provided that at all times Community Directors with no such associations shall at all times be in the majority of the Directors. The Memorandum of Association provides that no director shall be required to retire at an annual general meeting during the first five years of the Company.
## _Induction and training of Trustees_
New Directors meet the Chairman before being appointed at which time all aspects of the charity, including its management arrangements, are discussed and explained. Usually prospective directors attend a board meeting as an observer before being officially appointed. The Board is satisfied that its existing members understand their legal ob ligation, s, the charity's constitution and all relevant financial matters.
## _Organisational structure_
The company is administered by its Directors, who are its trustees for the purposes of charity law. There are currently 10 Directors. There are usually quarterly formal board meetings. Between formal meetings the board will discuss any relevant matters as and when they arise. The Directors delegate the day-to-day management to the Executive Director. During the period there have been no material changes in the policies pursued by the Board.
## **Objectives and activities**
## _Public benefit_
- 1.1 The charity has been established for the public benefit for the following purposes:
- (1) The advancement of education and the arts, by providing or assisting in the provision of opportunities to discover, access, engage in, learn about, understand and enjoy literature, writing, creativity, culture and heritage; and
- (2) Such other charitable purposes that benefit the public consistent with the object above as the trustees shall determine.
- 1.2 In support of the objects, it is envisaged that the charity will work with partners to:
- (1) celebrate literature and writing in their broadest sense;
- (2) celebrate the rich diversity of voices and languages in Manchester;
- (3) encourage reading, boost literacy and promote cultural expression;
- (4) widen access to – and engagement in – literary activity;
- (5) strengthen international connectivity through active engagement in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, particularly with regards to the value of creativity and culture in sustainable development.
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## Trustees' Report
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Financial review**
## Reserves Policy
The Trustees have set a reserves policy so that they can comply with their legal duties to protect and safeguard the assets of the charity. The charity will hold designated funds, or unrestricted reserves, for the following purposes:
- To allow the Trustees to prepare for an unexpected drop in income or other change of circumstances in a volatile environment. This will be a sum not less than three months’ operating costs and will allow the charity to respond to sudden change and manage the impact in an orderly manner.
- To set aside funds for the charity’s employment commitments. This will be the sum relating to the Executive Team’s fixed term contracts which extend beyond the end of the current confirmed grant agreements
- To invest in specific activity to advance the charitable objectives that would not otherwise happen.
At 31 March 2022, the figure for designated fund reserves is £53,766 and for general fund reserves is £63,892. Designated and general fund reserves can be spent only with approval by the Trustees at an ordinary or extraordinary Board meeting. The Trustees will review and approve the reserves policy in May each year as part of the preparation of the annual report and audited accounts. The general funds reserve will be used to supplement specific community engagement and programme activity as approved by Trustees over the next 12 months.
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## Manchester City of Literature
## **Executive Director's Report**
## **Our Vision and Values**
Our Vision is for an innovative, distinctive, equitable, globally connected city of reading and writing, where diverse voices are celebrated, creative talent and industries are nurtured and where literary activity changes lives.
Manchester City of Literature’s core values are:
- **Distinctive** – creating distinctive cultural experiences inspired by Manchester’s unique, radical character and rich cultural heritage whilst looking to the future.
- **Inclusive** – celebrating the rich diversity of voices in the city, building on the strengths of Manchester’s people and widening participation in literary activity.
- **Transformative** – developing skills, nurturing creative talent and transforming lives.
- **Connected** – linking and supporting literary activity and enabling collective advocacy for Manchester’s literary community and international collaborations.
- **World-leading** – a beacon for high quality, culturally democratic, truly diverse literary activity.
## **Our Aims:**
- To place words, language and stories at the centre of Manchester’s diverse cultural life.
- To support learning, well-being and employability by cultivating the joys of reading and writing.
- Stimulating creative writing for all
- To connect and collaborate with international partner cities and global programmes.
## **An overview of our achievements and performance**
2021-22 was the second full year of operation for Manchester City of Literature which was constituted in May 2019. The charity has continued to build on the achievements in the previous year to support the literary sector and grow resources for literary activity in the city and cityregion. In this period, Manchester City of Literature secured funds from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants to deliver the first Festival of Libraries in June 2021 whilst Greater Manchester was still living under restrictions due to COVID-19. Despite restrictions, the Festival was popular and successful: 78% of survey respondents in the independent evaluation said they gained new knowledge/skills, 44% reported improved wellbeing and 39% said they will visit their library more often. The charity delivered many initiatives across both local neighbourhoods and with international partners to further the charitable aims and to deliver on the vision for Manchester City of Literature. In November 2021, Manchester City of Literature submitted to UNESCO its Four-Year Membership Monitoring Report which demonstrated the collective impact of the designation on the city.
## **Programme of Activity and Key Achievements**
_To place words, language and stories at the centre of Manchester’s diverse cultural life._
Manchester City of Literature used its website and social media channels to profile events and activity from over thirty partner organisations as well as collaborative calendar celebrations such as International Mother Language Day and World Poetry Day, all of which support this aim.
Social media and web growth for 21/22:
Twitter – 4268 followers (849 new) with a 22% increase of followers, 498 posts with impressions of 951,900 impressions Facebook – 701 followers (86 new) with a 20% increase of followers, 123 posts with reach of 39,055 and 37,057 impressions Instagram – 1407 followers (440 new) with a 38% increase of followers, 39 feed posts and 456 stories, a reach of 5,278 in the final 6 months of the period.
YouTube – 169 subscribers with an increase of 114, 26 videos listed and the whole channel received combined views of 11,050 Website - 25,839 users, of those, 23,767 were new.
Newsletter - Audience 759 (134 subscriber growth), with 836 opens and 209 clicks
## **Festival of Libraries June 2021**
This new festival for Greater Manchester took place over five days in June 2021 celebrating public, independent, heritage and specialist libraries. The Festival happened during Step Three of the UK Government’s Roadmap so social distancing restrictions were still in place. Over 80 events took place in the Festival, a mixture of online, outdoors and in-person. This debut Festival, delivered during the most serious and long-lasting public health emergency in generations, engaged over 6,000 people across in-person and online events within a week. The Festival of Libraries generated 40 pieces of media coverage generated across regional and consumer, broadcast, livestream and parenting outlets with a
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potential reach of over 5.2million people. The independent evaluation of the Festival showed that 78% of respondents gained new knowledge/skills, 44% reported improved wellbeing, 31% said it changed their view of libraries, 39% will visit their library more often and 36% will encourage more people to visit libraries
“ _I really enjoyed it. It was very refreshing and I feel very calm. Waiting for more sessions like this. Thanks_ ”
“ _Taking part in the Festival of Libraries has really sparked my reconnection with the physical space of libraries, and I’m looking forward to now going back more often._ ”
## **Heritage Stories**
Manchester City of Literature secured a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to deliver this project between June and December 2021. The project paired three community groups - Chai Ladies, Droylsden Lively Minds, 84 Youth – with Tameside, Oldham and Manchester Archives to create Heritage Stories resources based on the groups’ interaction with each archive. The project was managed by Harriet Morgan-Shami on behalf of Manchester City of Literature.
## **International Mother Language Day February 2022**
2022 was the seventh consecutive year that Manchester has celebrated this UNESCO calendar event. IMLD is a celebration of the nearly 200 languages spoken in Manchester and of the cultural diversity that is one of the city’s strengths. The events involve libraries, cultural venues, community groups, universities, schools, poets and writers. This was the return of in-person events after 2021’s celebrations being entirely online with a good range of activity from the core partners with some new partners on board such as Deutsch Centre. The launch of the programme coincided with the launch of a new initiative: the appointment of three Multilingual City Poets who will create poetry in Urdu, Arabic, Spanish and English for civic occasions and calendar events in 2022-2023. Manchester took the lead on behalf of the Cities of Literature cluster for IMLD and three other Cities of Literature programmed events.
The marketing campaign for IMLD drew 2374 users to the Manchester City of Literature website between 9[th] February and 9[th] March 2022 and 84% of these were new to the site. The media campaign led to 17 pieces of coverage across a range of key regional and national consumer, broadcast and parenting outlets with a targeted potential reach of over 8 million.
## **World Poetry Day 21 March 2022**
For this UNESCO calendar day, Anjum Malik was commissioned to create a poem celebrating Manchester and its languages. Anjum produced ‘This Here’ in Urdu and English, which was translated into Spanish and Arabic by the other two Multilingual City Poets, Jova Bagioli Reyes and Ali Al-Jamri. A film was produced to accompany the poem with versions in all four languages: https://youtu.be/7JONG6lL8pg
_To support learning, well-being and employability by cultivating the joys of reading and writing._
## In 2020/21 we ran **campaigns to promote reading or writing** .
- **17 Books for 17 Sustainable Development Goals** . With this digital campaign delivered in December 2022, we highlighted a book each day on our social media platforms which ties in with a UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal.
- **Community Champions** we ran this new programme working with literature champions and networkers in three neighbourhoods of Manchester: Jacqui Bailey in Moss Side and Hulme, Louise Fazackerley in Moston and Harpurhey, and Nasima Begum in Longsight. Each Community Champion worked with specific communities to support them to explore the whole world of literature on their terms in order to build local ownership and interest, and deliver improved wellbeing
- We worked with Pop-Up Projects CIC to recruit 13 young people to work with writer Jay Hulme and illustrator David Roberts on an LGBT+ publishing project **The Rainbow Library** . The young people aged 18-23 took part in workshops to create original work and illustrations and to share experiences that would inform a new book from Jay and David.
- We promoted the **Read Poland** initiative to Polish-speaking communities in Manchester in November 2021
- We promoted the launch of the **Wythenshawe Story Trail** by Read Manchester and the National Literacy Trust
- We worked with Virtual Writer in Residence Anna Polonyi from Iowa City to create the **Find Me In The Fiction Section** trail in Central Library which focused on writing from LGBT authors from Manchester and Iowa.
- For the Festival of Libraries, our Writers in Residence Anjum Malik and Ella Otowemo worked with groups in Bolton and Oldham to create original writing which was published in two separate **pamphlets written by community groups**
- We promoted the **Comic Art Europe literacy project** that commenced in Abraham Moss School in this period
_To offer leadership in strengthening the agility and resilience of our network of writers, readers and organisations._
We continued to grow the Partnership Network and worked with First Story to recruit and appoint their first Partnership Manager for Manchester and the North West.
In this period, Manchester City of Literature issued 11 monthly newsletters sharing news and events from across our Partnership Network and hosted over 18 meetings bring literary partners together: 73% of our Partnership Network attended at least one meeting.
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We supported the **Manchester Independent Book Fair** in July 2021 organised by Fly On The Wall Press to support book sales direct from publishers.
Manchester City of Literature worked with researchers at both University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University to map creative writing provision for secondary schools. The charity then commissioned a research study from freelance consultant Melissa Brakel into how both primary and secondary school teachers use creative writing and their interest in future support and resources.
We engaged several undergraduate and post-graduate students in placements and internships. In addition to the two PhD candidate researchers above, two MA students from the University of Manchester undertook placements on the Festival of Libraries creating digital content including bespoke tours and trails for families. We engaged RISE students from MMU in the IMLD 2022 programme. We engaged four PhD researchers from North West universities via the Collaborative Labs programme to produce a report into the impact of literary activity across the Manchester City of Literature partnership.
The Executive Director represented the partners and the literary sectors in cultural networks in the city including Cultural Leaders Group and Manchester Independents.
In the period Manchester City of Literature brought in £98K of additional funding from Arts Council England, British Council and National Lottery Heritage Fund to support literary activity in the city-region and to benefit residents.
_To connect and collaborate with international partner cities and global programmes._
In 2021/22 we have produced and participated in a number of international projects:
- We collaborated with Manchester Poetry Library to launch the **Poetry Cities** digital exhibition to celebrate the opening of the Poetry Library. 13 UNESCO Cities of Literature shared poetry and photography from their city: https://poetrycities.co.uk/
- As part of International Mother Language Day in February 2022, the programme included events in three other UNESCO Creative Cities: Exeter, Dunedin and Kuhmo.
- In September 2021, Rory Aaron was selected to represent Manchester in the **Utrecht Chain Poem** project. The full audio poem from poets from 12 UNESCO Cities of Literature was published on World Poetry Day in March 2022
- We secured £6K from Oxford Road Corridor to deliver **The New Arrival** , an illuminated comic art installation as part of the inaugural Corridor of Light and Language Festival between 21 and 24 October. For the installation we commissioned artists from UNESCO Cities of Literature - Ian Bobb (Manchester), Sayra Begum (Nottingham) and Francis Desharnais (Quebec City) - to produce an illuminated three-part comic strip based on an outline by Manchester writer Peter Kalu.
- In September 2021, we published **My Body Is Not Yours** a unique publication of poetry in translation in partnership with Slemani City of Literature. This British Council-funded anthology features poems by historical and contemporary Manchester writers translated into Kurdish (Sorani) and poems from historical and contemporary Kurdish writers translated into English. The historical works from Manchester include extracts from Shelley’s Peterloo poem The Masque of Anarchy, Lancashire cotton famine poetry and works by suffragette Eva Gore-Booth. The contemporary poets are Michael Symmons Roberts, Adam O’Riordan, Keisha Thompson, Hafsah Aneela Bashir, Dike Omeje, Gerry Potter, Rosie Garland and John Ash.
- The Manchester City of Literature team attended the annual UNESCO Cities of Literature Conference, hosted by Reykjavik City of Literature, and delivered over five days in September 2020. Manchester shared The Festival of Libraries as a best practice case study and presented on International Mother Language Day.
- The Community Engagement Manager and Communications manager spoke in-person at the Book City conference about our approach to community engagement and inclusion in November 2021.
- Manchester City of Literature submitted its Four-Year Membership Monitoring Report to UNESCO in November 2020 showcasing the work delivered by the Partnership Network in this period.
- Manchester City of Literature led on coordination of assessment of applications from prospective Cities of Literature hoping to join the Network in 2021
- Manchester City of Literature hosted the **Slamovision** global poetry slam in November in partnership with Quebec City of Literature at Manchester Poetry Library. Nine Cities of Literature participated in the digital slam: Nottingham, Edinburgh, Tartu, Kuhmo, Melbourne, Quebec City, Iowa, Heidelberg, Ulyanovsk and Manchester. Manchester was represented by PA Bitez who was selected by the judging panel at Young Identity's One Mic Stand slam the previous month.
## **Governance**
Just before the start of this period, in March 2021 the company appointed six new Trustees to the Board.
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## Manchester City of Literature
## **Partners**
Manchester City Council, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Manchester, the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Carcanet, Central Library, Centre for New Writing, Chetham's Library, Commonword, Comma Press, Creative Manchester, Elizabeth Gaskell's House, Flapjack Press, Fly On The Wall Press, John Rylands Library, MACFest, Manchester Children's Book Festival, Manchester Libraries, Manchester Literature Festival, Manchester Poetry Library, Manchester University Press, Manchester Writing School, Manchester Muslim Writers, Pariah Press, Poets & Players, Read Manchester, Ripples of Hope, Rochdale Literature & Ideas, Saraband Press, The Portico Library, Working Class Movement Library and Young Identity.
## **Financial Review**
The Trustees are pleased with the progress on organisational set-up, operational delivery and the financial health of Manchester City of Literature in its second full year of operation. The Trustees are grateful to the three funders, Manchester City Council, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, for their commitment to the vision of Manchester City of Literature and their funding to establish the charity.
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors of Manchester City of Literature for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime of the Companies Act 2006.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 19 December 2022.
Signed on its behalf by:
Zahid Hussain Chair of the Board
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## Independent examiner’s report
## to the trustees of
## Manchester City of Literature
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 which are set out on pages 11 to 22.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
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:
- 1.accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
- 2.the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- 3.the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- 4.the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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 accounts to be reached.
Catherine Hall FCCA DChA
Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Manchester, M4 6JG
12 / 20 / 2022 Date…………………….
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## Manchester City of Literature
## Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2022
|Unrestricted
funds
Note
£
**Income**
Donations and legacies
3
152,000
Grants and charitable contracts
4
6,000
5
19
Investments
-
-
**Total income**
**158,019**
**Expenditure**
Charitable activities
6
161,046
**Total expenditure**
**161,046**
8
**(3,027)**
Transfer between funds
(6,234)
**Net movement in funds for the year**
**(9,261)**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
126,919
**Total funds carried forward**
**117,658**
Fees and other income
**Net income/(expenditure) for the**
**year**|Restricted
funds
£
-
92,300
-
-
**92,300**
108,374
**108,374**
**(16,074)**
6,234
**(9,840)**
7,840
**(2,000)**|Total funds
2022
£
152,000
98,300
19
-
**250,319**
269,420
**269,420**
**(19,101)**
-
**(19,101)**
134,759
**115,658**|_Total funds_
_2021_
_£_
_152,000_
_7,840_
_629_
_-_|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**_160,469_**|
||||_140,553_|
||||**_140,553_**|
||||**_19,916_**
_-_|
||||**_19,916_**
_134,759_|
||||**_154,675_**|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## Manchester City of Literature Company number 12002661
## Balance sheet as at 31 March 2022
|Note
£
£
**Current assets**
Debtors
13
-
Cash at bank and in hand
143,491
**Total current assets**
**143,491**
**Liabilities**
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year
14
(27,833)
**Net current assets**
**115,658**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
115,658
**Net assets**
**115,658**
**Funds of the charity**
Restricted income funds
15
(2,000)
Unrestricted income funds
16
117,658
**Total charity funds**
**115,658**
2022|_£_
_£_
_150_
_145,299_
**_145,449_**
_(10,690)_
**_134,759_**
_134,759_
**_134,759_**
_7,840_
_126,919_
**_134,759_**
_2021_|_£_
_£_
_150_
_145,299_
**_145,449_**
_(10,690)_
**_134,759_**
_134,759_
**_134,759_**
_7,840_
_126,919_
**_134,759_**
_2021_|
|---|---|---|
|||_134,759_|
|||**_134,759_**|
|||_7,840_
_126,919_|
|||**_134,759_**|
For the year in question, the company was entitled to exemption from an 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 accounts for the year 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 accounts
These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.
The notes on pages 13 to 22 form part of these accounts.
Approved by the trustees on 19th December 2022 and signed on their behalf by:
|Zahid Hussain||
|---|---|
|Name|Signed|
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **1 Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **a Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
The charity has applied Update Bulletin 1 as published on 2 February 2016 and does not include a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is applying FRS 102 section 1A.
Manchester City of Literature meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.
## **b Reconciliation with previous Generally Accepted Accounting Practice**
In preparing the accounts, the trustees have considered whether in applying the accounting policies required by FRS 102 and the Charities SORP FRS 102 the restatement of comparative items was required. No such restatement was required.
## **c Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.
There are no key judgments which the trustees have made which have a significant effect on the accounts.
The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)
## **d Income**
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.
Income received in advance of a provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.
## **e Donated services and facilities**
Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised; refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.
On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.
## **f Interest receivable**
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.
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## **g Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.
Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.
## **h Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
## **i Operating leases**
Operating leases are leases in which the title to the assets, and the risks and rewards of ownership, remain with the lessor. Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.
## **j Tangible fixed assets**
Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost, there are currently no fixed assets.
## **k Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **l Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
## **m Creditors and provisions**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
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## **N Financial instruments**
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **O Pensions**
The charity pays into a pension scheme (NEST) on behalf of its employees.
## **2 Legal status of the charity**
The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.
## **3 Income from donations and legacies**
|Core Grants
**Total**
University of
Manchester
Manchester
Metropolitan
University
Donated services -
MCC accountancy
Manchester City
Council|Unrestricted
£
50,000
50,000
50,000
2,000|Restricted
£
-
-
-
-|Total 2022
£
50,000
50,000
50,000
2,000|_Unrestricted_
_£_
_50,000_
_50,000_
_50,000_
_2,000_|_Restricted_
_£_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_|_Total 2021_
_£_
_50,000_
_50,000_
_50,000_
_2,000_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||152,000|-|152,000|_152,000_|_-_|_152,000_|
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## Manchester City of Literature
## Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)
## **4 Income from charitable activities**
|**Total**
British Council
National Lottery
Heritage Fund
The Arts Council
Coridor of light,
earned income|Unrestricted
£
-
-
6,000
-|Restricted
£
82,750
-
-
9,550|Total 2022
£
82,750
-
6,000
9,550|_Unrestricted_
_£_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_|_Restricted_
_£_
_-_
_7,840_
_-_
_-_|_Total 2021_
_£_
_-_
_7,840_
_-_
_-_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||6,000|92,300|98,300|_-_|_7,840_|_7,840_|
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## **5 Fees and other income**
|**Fees and other income**|||
|---|---|---|
|Speaking fee
Other income|2022
£
-
19|_2021_
_£_
_150_
_479_|
||19|_629_|
All income from fees and trading is unrestricted.
## **6 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities**
|Community Engagement
Depreciation
Staff costs (programme development)
Premises costs
Project spend
General running/operational costs
Professional fees
Marketing & PR
Monitoring and Evaluation
Website and social media
Governance costs
Restricted expenditure
Unrestricted expenditure
Independent examination
Other governance costs
Accountancy|Total 2022
£
12,655
71,405
8,050
133,552
4,039
7,597
8,724
12,785
3,990
2,800
1,200
2,623|_Total 2021_
£
_11,450_
_69,538_
_8,050_
_13,424_
_2,075_
_13,581_
_2,235_
_2,700_
_12,000_
_2,800_
_1,200_
_1,500_|
|---|---|---|
||269,420|_140,553_|
||2022
£
108,374
161,046|_2021_
_£_
-
140,553|
||269,420|140,553|
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## **8 Net income/(expenditure) for the year**
|This is stated after charging/(crediting):|2022|_2021_|
|---|---|---|
||£|_£_|
|Depreciation|-|-|
|Independent examiner's remuneration|||
|- accountancy|-|-|
|- independent examination|1,000|1,000|
## **9 Staff costs**
Staff costs during the year were as follows:
|ff costs during the year were as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Employers pension contributions
Payroll and pension support
Staff expenses, training and recruitment|2022
£
67,320
1,629
1,458
648
350|_2021_
_£_
_66,000_
_1,471_
_1,419_
_648_
_-_|
||71,405|_69,538_|
No employee has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2021: Nil).
The average number of staff employed during the period was 3 (2021: 3).
The average full time equivalent number of staff employed during the period was 2 (2021: 2).
The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the Executive Director. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £37,781 (2021: £34,421).
## **10 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions**
Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the year (2021: Nil).
Aggregate donations from related parties were £nil (2021: £nil).
There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.
No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2021: nil).
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## **11 Government grants**
The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:
|Manchester City Council|2022
£
50,000|_2021_
_£_
_50,000_|
|---|---|---|
||50,000|_50,000_|
There were no unfulfilled conditions and contingencies attaching to the grants.
## **12 Corporation tax**
The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.
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## Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)
## **13 Debtors**
|**Debtors**|||
|---|---|---|
|Trade and grant debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|2022
£
-|_2021_
_£_
_150_
_-_|
||-|_150_|
## **14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|Trade creditors and accruals|2022
£
27,833|_2021_
_£_
_10,690_|
|---|---|---|
||27,833|_10,690_|
## **15 Analysis of movements in restricted funds**
|The Arts Council
The Arts Council 22-23
British Council
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
British Council
**Previous**
**reporting**
**period**|Balance at
1 April
2021
£
-
-
7,840
-|Income
£
82,750
-
-
9,550|Expenditure
£
(88,984)
(2,000)
(7,840)
(9,550)|Transfers
£
6,234
-
-
-|Balance at
31 March
2022
£
-
(2,000)
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||7,840|92,300|(108,374)|6,234|(2,000)|
||Balance at
1 April
2021
£
-|Income
£
7,840|Expenditure
£
-|Transfers
£
-
-|Balance at
31 March
2022
£
-
7,840|
||-|7,840|-|-|7,840|
There were no restricted income or restricted funds in the previous year.
The balances on restricted funds are all unexpended grants for the charity's projects. Transfers from restricted funds occur when capital items are purchased and this satisfies the restriction on the funding.
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## Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)
## **16 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds**
|**Previous**
**reporting**
**period**
Designated fund
General fund
Designated fund
General fund|Balance at
1 April
2021
£
66,919
60,000|Income
£
158,019
-|Expenditure
£
(161,046)
-|Transfers
£
-
(6,234)|As at 31
March 2022
£
63,892
53,766|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||126,919|158,019|(161,046)|(6,234)|117,658|
||Balance at
1 April
2020
£
54,843
60,000|Income
£
152,629
-|Expenditure
£
(140,553)
-|Transfers
£|31 March
2021
£
66,919
60,000|
||114,843|152,629|(140,553)|-|126,919|
General fund The free reserves of the charity including funds to supplement specific charitable activity that would not otherwise happen Designated fund The reserves put aside for staff commitments and unexpected changes
## **17 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
**Previous**
**reporting**
**period**|General
fund
£
-
63,892|Designated
funds
£
-
53,766|Restricted
funds
£
-
(2,000)|Total
£
-
115,658|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||63,892|53,766|(2,000)|115,658|
||_General_
_fund_
£
-
66,919|_Designated_
_funds_
£
-
60,000|_Restricted_
_funds_
£
-
7,840|_Total_
_£_
-
134,759|
||66,919|-|-|134,759|
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