SHALDON THEATRE COMPANY Registered Charity Number 1192428
This is our third year of reporting since we registering as a Charity in November 2020 and the annual reporting period is 1[st] April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024. Shaldon Theatre Company (STC) have carried out a range of activities which meet its charitable objectives and which also benefit the community.
We have an annual summer performance of Zebediah Hook (ZH) which was performed during August 2023, this is held to raise funds to enable us to continue putting on our charity performances for members of the community who may find it difficult accessing local live theatre at reduced costs for our pantomime but is also where members of our community can see an open-air performance. The play is written by a local writer who is a long-standing member of the theatre company. It is an open-air production with committee members doing a bucket collection afterwards and audience members can contribute if they so wish, making the play accessible to everyone as tickets are not sold for this production.
STC’s annual pantomime was performed in January 2024 which took the form of a pantomime adaption of The Wizard of Oz. We held our auditions in a local village hall during the summer of 2023 with the purpose of inviting a varied section of the community, both adults and children, to attend. Over 40 people attended the auditions, 99% of them coming from within a radius of 3 miles of Shaldon, which resulted in a total of 10 Principal roles and 15 ensemble parts, both for adults and children. This is in line with an STC primary objective of encouraging and enabling adults and junior members to enjoy and develop their talents and skills linked to all aspects of performing arts.
Two performances of The Wizard of Oz were held as our charity evenings, Gateway Night, and Youth Night. Gateway Night is aimed at inviting members of the community, along with their carer’s, who might have mental health, physical disabilities or other specific needs which might cause difficulty for them to attend a regular theatrical performance. Tickets for Gateway Night are subsidised by taking surplus income from regular performances and sponsorship from local businesses and individuals, enabling us to sell the tickets at 50% of the cost of the regular performances pricing structure. Our Gateway night sold in excess of 185 tickets, the comments and feedback from the staff of residential homes, carers and audience members that attended was very positive and was enjoyed hugely, with many enquiring when the next production would be.
Youth Night is for local youth organisations such a Scouts, Girl Guides and Devon Youth Carers who are invited to a dedicated performance just for these groups and again tickets are subsidised to the same format as Gateway Night. We are very pleased that one group who benefit from this charity performance are the Devon Youth Carers organisation, where younger members of the community whom look after adult parents or relatives and may not have the time or ability to go to a theatre performance, are able to attend with the support that Devon Youth Carers gives them.
Both Gateway Night and Youth night is incredibly rewarding and a very important part of our ethos of making theatre accessible to all within our community and this also meets with the STC charitable objective of assisting charitable organisations in the promotion of performing arts.
We also held a fund-raising quiz in March and this was well attended by the local community and members of our theatre company, this was held in our local village hall and was to raise money to put towards our pantomime charity performances.
Audience members within the region of 1700 attended the performances we have put on and a total of over 45 cast members and 30 back stage and technical crew, Directors, Musical Directors, Musicians and Choreographers all of whom benefitted from taking part in our productions. Back-stage crew consisted of costume makers, chaperones, lighting and stage personnel and programme sellers with an age-range of 8 to 80 years old and from all sections of the community. Our pantomime The Wizard of Oz and quiz night has generated ticket sales of £22,433.00, with the vast majority of them coming from within the village of Shaldon and its close surroundings. This, coupled with the fact that the percentage of auditionees from the local area is exceptionally high which reenforces that the charity is formulated for the promotion of performing arts for the benefit of the local community. As well as this, the charity offers the ability for people from a dis-advantaged background or who have a disability that prevents them from attending conventional performances to access performing arts in a safe and inclusive surrounding. This has proved so successful within the local area that the groups of people have expanded in recent years, as word has spread within the community about the theatre company’s charitable performances that supports them.
SHALDON THEATRE COMPANY Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Income and Expenditure Account Income Ticket Sales Zebediah Hook Programmes, Raffles and DVDs Membership & Patrons Advertising Donations/Sponsorship Sundries-Sale T-Shirts&Equip Quiz night Miscellaneous fund-raising Other income Clothes/Shoes Interest Bar takings Rent - Helmore's Yard Amazon charity donations Total income Expenditure Stage (Transport/Clothes/Flyers) Light & Sound Costumes Props DVDs Premises - Pavilions Rehearsal Room Hire Publicity/Photography/advertising Catering Bar costs Insurance Licences Printing and stationery Sundries After Show Party Donations Clothes/Shoes Cast Helmore's Yard rent Total expenditure (Deficit)/Surplus Balance Sheet As at 31 March Assets Bank accounts Current Reserve Cash Credit note Reserves Brought forward (Deficit)/Surplus for the year Carried forward |
2024 £ 22,433 550 1,406 1,285 635 1,950 - 266 1,883 400 106 113 438 1,200 34 32,700 2,981 5,875 851 405 230 8,399 1,201 - - 348 1,183 530 705 1,367 383 100 86 3,300 27,944 4,756 2024 £ 10,364 6,000 66 - 16,430 11,674 4,756 16,430 |
2023 £ 19,416 556 1,692 1,195 670 4,644 960 - - 251 12 34 865 1,100 - 31,395 7,179 6,300 1,761 313 330 7,222 934 53 819 618 1,056 470 759 1,129 515 150 - 3,300 32,909 -1,514 2023 £ 9,108 2,500 66 - 11,674 13,188 -1,514 11,674 |
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Accountant's certificate
We have examined the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The Theatre Company's income is derived from shows, voluntary donations and fund raising activities, which by their very nature are often in cash form and therefore cannot be fully controlled until entries are made in the accounting records.
In our opinion, subject to the foregoing, the accounts for the year to 31 March 2024 reflect a true and fair view of the Theatre Company's financial position and trading for the year.
We have not carried out an audit.
Adderley & Co.
Adderley & Co.
21 July 2024
1A Manor Road, Abbotskerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 5PR