AnnualTrustees Report Year ending 20" of October 2024 CIO: Registered charty number 1189816 The Cracked Sli rcom an . Re ort from the Trustees for the ear endin October 2024 The Trustees are pleased to present their annual report together with a statement of financial accounts for the purposes of the Charity Commission. The Tnjstees took the charity Commissions guidance when setting up the char(ty in 2020 helping us to shape our purposes and activities. Purposes and Activtties" The Cracked Slipper Company's purpose is to advance education by fostering and promoting the maintenance, improvement and development of artisb"c taste and the knovAedge, understsnding and appreciation of the perfomiing and visual arts (including drama, music, and dance, creative writing. ¢ating costumes and sets and medial amongst the inhabitants of Hereford in particular by making the arts accessible lo all sections of the cnmmunity, without distinction of race, sex, polttical or other opinions. The Charitable purpose is to advance public educab.on through perfomiing Arts. Aims.. To reach out to people who wcwjd not nomlalty actess the arts due to social and financial constraints offering free drama groups. workshops ensuring that people across Herefordshire can take part and have the Chan to leam new skills. gain experien, confidence and to make new friends. To offer an opportunity for people of all ages and abilittes to parb"cipate in the arts. To provide opportunf(ies for people to gain new skills, gain confidence and be part of the wider community. To be an advocate for social cohesion and support our o)mmunty. To provide classes, workshops. and PerforManS of artistical rIt Trustees Report: Another productive and posrtive year with our ongoing free to attend drdma groups Lrttle Slippers for 7-10 years Drama4 Change 10-18 year5 and Centre Stage for Neurodivergent young people 16-25 years. As well as running our free to attend weekty groups The Cracked Slipper Company took part in the Heref0rdshI Holiday Activty and Food Programme during the summer holidays. We supported the Fit and Fed programrne at Hinton Community Centre. We attended the SEND summit in Hereford. We organised a pty competition for budding writers in HefOrdShIre. We welcomed Pudsey Bear on his visrt to Drama 4 Change. We hosted the He Said She Said live perfomiance and launched the HSSSTS films online. We ended the year with a INe perfomwnce from our weekly groups invf(ing family and fn.ends and some special guests to see a wonderful display of drama from the young people al the Cracked Slipper Company. Centre Stage: Thanks to the ongoing supp)rt and funding from The Eveson Trust of £4000 we were able to not only Continue with our group, but we watched Centre Stsge grow and develop. Centre Stage is a free drama group for neur¢)dNergent young people aged beeen 16- 25 years. This group conntrated on crealNe wribng and small perfomiances. Centre stage helps neurodivergent young people to express themselves in a creats.ve way and helps them to develop their social sknlls and reach their aspirations. Through The Herefordshite Community Foundatson, the high Sheriff of
Herefordshire granted us funding to support a new pc¥lcasting project at Centre Stage. This helped us lo purchase the equipment needed to start the proJecL The young people have been recording an ongoing radio draFT and have produced some wonderful online podcasts. These are available on our YouTube channel and will be available this year on our website. a',roeJ¢amagrobpforrrOd".Vr8erypJ93 p""È thewortdoftraer. ONAIE Drama 4 Change.. Is a free to attend weekty drarre group for young people between the ages of 10- 18 years. Young people highlight issues that are important to them and their community through drama and performance. Drama 4 Change had another incredible year with funding we [Ned from BBC Children in need this enabled the ongoing work with young people at Drama4 Change We are absolutely thrilled to receNe this funding over a pencxj of three years. This has helped Drama 4 Change to flourish and feel confident knowing they have had the support fom BBC Children in need. We completed our first year of ftjnding wrth BBC Children in Need with our evaluation and report, not only did the r&tK)rt highlight the dtfference we are maknng lo young people's live5 but it enabled us lo see how much we have achieved in our first year of funding wtth BBC Children in Need. We used surveys, focus groups, events. and case studies to provide us wtth the feedback and cOnsUallOn. have received £44, 997 from BBC Children in need which is £14.999 per year. We invited Pud*y bear to join us in lebrating our success. We also received £500 from Tesco Stronger starts thanks to a nomination from one of our supporters. Stronger Starts• Drama 4 Cbang 18 yèar otds 5.7.45wi at The Kindle Cen SUPPORTED BY CHILDREN IN NEED Totywk a tre8
Little Slippers: Little Slippers is a free to attend DTrma group for 7-10 years and we meet every Monday4.30pm until 5.30pm 8tThe Kindlecentre in Hereford. Little Slippers has been made possible through fvnding from Herefordshire Communtty Foundation and the Inchrye Trust. The Cracked Slipper Company is incredibly grateful to The Herefordshire Communty Foundab"on for Funding Little Slippers we have retswed £3273.50 making it possible to run Little Slippers for a year. And the Inchrye Trust for £1000 in funding. The Cracked Slipper Company reaches out to disadvantaged young people in Herefordshire offering free asS to our Drama groups. Little Slippers is run by qualthed drama leader5 who understand how to inspire, support, and help young people gain confidence and realise their potents.al through perfomiing Arts. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Community Coordinator. Thanks tofundingfrom the Nation81 Lotteryforthe ongoingwork of our Community Co Ordinator. The role ofThe Community Coordinator helps The Cracked Slipper Companyto reach OLrtto the targer community and work in partnership with other groups. schools. and services in Herefordshire. Our Communtty Coordinator helps us to supportthe ongoing communityworkand maximisesthe impactofthecharty. eommunity eooydinator Susan Brace Youth_Ean agetLeLQffiooL Thanks to the ongoing support of the Beaumont Trust who suppott the role of ouryouth Engagement Officer. This role helps usto reach OLrtto the communityand the harderto reach groups in Herefordshire. Ouryouth Engagement Officerworkswithin our
local communty promotingThe Cracked Slipper Companyand signpostingyoung people to our free weekly groups, workshops. and events. Oui Youth Engagement Officer organised a poetry compettfion promoting creative writing anrj poetry amongtheyoung people of Herefordshire in April 2024. Thanksto the sponsorshipfrom The Beefy Boys. we were able to create a poetry book of 8llthe poems byyoung people aged beeen 7 and 18 and prizes were given tothewinning poems in e8ch agecategory. EFORD He Said She SaidTheySaid Thanksto the Peoples Postcode Lotterywe produced an exciting new performance. exploringgender in modern Herefordshire. Six monologueswere written by six local writers. all with different identrties and sexual orientations, based on their stories about living and growing up in a small rural p18ce. These were performed to a live audience in March 2024 with wonderfulfeedback from thosewho attended.Afilm was made and went live Later in the year highlighting the six plays educating and inspiring others around gender and identity- Meetthe middle-aged actor struggling wtth his role in an entirely ungiamorous advert, hear how a grandmothergrapple's with her granddaughter's lrfe-choi¢es and be transported back to Elizabethan EngLand.werethe boundaries between male and female were not always so clear cut... Through our free-to-attend drama groups. it became clear that gender and identity is an incredibly important issuefortheir members. So this iswhyweworked with othercommunity groups, charities 8nd services in Herefordshire to gain an insight into opinions about gender and how this could be used to create a set of six p12ys and films to educate others and help create a communitythat has a better understanding ofeouality and community cohesion. Ty SA
sand The Cracked Slipper Companysupported Hereford Young Carers with Drama activities. The Cracked Slipper Companywas part of The Fit and Fed programme at Hinton Community Centre. The Cracked Slippercompanywas part of the Here for Herefordshire Holiday programme duringthe Summer Holidays. Aset of Drama workshops aimed atyoung people between 8- 18 years called This is ourfuture. Young people created a script, and
a performance based on how young people sawtheirfuture. This was supported bythe HAF programme. Hereford City council and the CO OP. TAIS IS I f vf UKEII YHE CJLACkF SUPPE CO.IIPAX HERE FOR HERiFDRDSHiRE h PKkllk ¢kflf¥fiN LED BY XOVN& rEOPLE FOK YOUNG rE6fLE 8ri8 ¥EkKS . HOLIDAYS 22nifA JAYN Joi4 7wÈ cowAY's iMCkU51VE 9wop.' SEND Drama Session '" FR-t WDrsn¢9 ltsr St%,) ¢.11reTr u9ed 8-18 29 WORKSHOPS THIS mmER Hereford HR12HU Bring a Packed lunch
IDIV Held a fundraising event 8nd raised 1067.50 in ai(J of The Cracked Slipper Company. The Knife Angel: Donated £3000 towards ourwork. . gei4He Asda". Supported The Cracked Slipper Companywith £480 towards head microphones foryoung people. Year EnOh w: In December2023the weeklydrama groups Little Slippers. Drama 4 Change and Centre Stage invited family and friends and the general public to their live performance.
¥i We have received so much Supportthroughouttheyearfrom the communityand our volunteers. We are also incredibly grateful for having a wonderful base at The Kindle Centre in Hereford. they support our work and promote our activities throughout Heretordshire. Thankyou to ourfunders and supporters: BBC Children in Need coop The BeaumontTrust The High Sheriff of Herefordshire The Herefordshire Community Foun(Jation Hereford City Council The Beefy boys The InchryeTrust The Knife Angel Asda The Eveson Trust
HAF Herefor¢Jshire Tesco Stronger Stsrts Governance: The Cracked Slipper Company is a CIO registered charity. it is governed by a constitution which was passed in June 2020 when we first became a registered charity. Trustees meet every 3 months throughout the year. Trustees: Victoria Craig Andy Bailey Anna Wainwright Carla Good Ashleywinters Basil Clement Policies: The Cracked Slipper CompanyTrustees worktogetherto make sure allpokncies and procedures are upto date.when workingwith young and vulnerable people we make sure oursafeguarding policies and procedures are robust. and our staff and volunteers must comply with up-to-date 82feguarding training wÉthin the organisation and externally and all of our staff and volunteers are DBS cleared. All of our policies are (Jisplayed on our website ww. Volunteering: We run a volunteeringprogramme atthecracked Slippercompany. Wefollowourvolunteering policies and procedures. and allvolunteers are offered training. All volunteers are DBS cPtecked through our external DBS seNice. Fundinr. The Cracked Slipper Companywoul(J liketo thank ourfunders andthosewho have donated towards our charity this year. Most of our funds are restricted to projects and we aim to compliment this and build up our unrestricted funds and reserves within the nextfinancialyear. The Cracked Slipper Company has worked tirelessly to develop the organisation, and we plan to develop The Cracked Slippèr Comp8ny moving fotward so that we can offer more services and make a difference to peoples lives in Herefordshire. This would not be possible without the hard work and commitment of a dedicated board of Trustees. volunteers. and incredibly talented staff. Victoria Craig eirperson 2810212025
CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WAL Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 21110r2(Y23 20110r2024 Section A Receipts and payments untricted funds to the nts•rÈst Restricted fvn(ts Endowment funds Total funds Last year to noarest£ io thè rièarpst£ ty th¢ npaTr5t£ to the neaY88t£ A1 Receipts CO OP Foundabon Donation BudtÈt Eveson Trust PÈoplÈs ptrstccKJ& Lottery The Elmey Foundation Ground work Tesco Hereford City Counol Close House payments for wxtiborer5 Herefodshire Communty Foundaton Community Firsi The Beaumont Tnjst Edgar E lavAy BBC Children In nee Fundraising events i Doanbons Hereforfshire Hrgh Sheriff Fund Herefordshire Counal HAF Project Ticket sourc 8 Oonalions lovords HSSSSTS 8eefy Boys sponsorship Inchrye trust The knife ang 1991 6.008 16,987 1171 1171 &274 3274 1.500 14.999 21 14,9Y9 14.999 200 4061 S,061 Lottery Funding Little Lives UK 9.396 2,152 Sub total(Gmss income for AR) 41,335 51.743 A2 Asset and Investment sales. (see tsble}- Sub total Total receipts 4550 41.335 51.743 A3 Payments Online fees forwebsite Fundraising regulator Membership & nSeS Pnnling costs MarketiTrJ and Adwerbsirg Design & pnni Freelanc& drama practitiorrs Venue Hire Irtsurance Cl¢ihin9 8 props HSSSTS producion Equipneni 125 269 223 495 259 98 131 131 14.390 4000 112 45S 7.410 7.410 112 112 21,454 914 1100 914 1.200 279 30 600 212 Telephone and Adrnin Training Accountsn Sundry Re$hments 253 212 212 462 41 41 51654 Sub total CCXX R1 accounts ISSI l2n 0310312025
A4 A55et and Investment purchases. Isee table) Sub total Total payments 2,272 60.381 62,654 22A30 Net of reCeIp(paYentsj A5 Trdnsfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 1278 19,046 16,769 29,313 3,412 47.064 28.018 50A76 33.707 50.476 CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 03103r2025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to neare5t£ Restricted funds to rwre5te Endowment funds Categories DetAils to nearest£ 81 Cash funds 5.6 28,018 Total cash funds 28,018 ntttsii Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to wrgst£ funds to nearest£ Details Fund ttswhich asset belon Cost Icytionall Cun*ntvalue ional Detsils FuThJ to which asset beSDn Current valuè na Details Ccst loplionoll B4 Assets retained for the chartty's own use FurKI to which retates Amount due onal When due onal Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or Nvo trustees on behalf of all the tnjstees Signalure Print Name Dale of roval victoria Craig Carla Good 031031202 CCXX R3 accounts ISSI 0310312025