Charity registrntion number 1194040
THE COMPANY OF PLAYERS {HERTFORD) CIO
TRUSTEES, REPORT AND
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 31 JULY 2025
Thi Accuynts Failvt) l.ld

The Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Contents
Page
Trustees. Report
InJL F.xaminir's RLPQrt
Coinparalive Ststement of Financial A¢liviries
Stsiemtrti of Financial Posiiion
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Th¢ Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Trustees, Repurt For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
Tlje ttiistees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 jul￿ 2025
Objectives ArtiTr'ities
Alms ADd Obltetives
To put on theatrical productions throiighoui the year ihatthe public ￿,111 appreciate ensurino the meet a high standard of Ferformance and io help￿olinger
Inember5 gd I￿VOlved In p¢iforniing arts through our Youth Group.
Publie Ile￿￿rjt
To educate the public In the dramatic and opetalic arts and ihe further de￿elOp[ne￿f of public appreciation &111d tssle iii said art5.
guid¥thce ort publiL benefit.
.4£hievtMe￿ts Performance
Main AthievemÈmt*
li ha% been a very bu%) year ftsr ihe Li)mpany
e've enjoied the usual five Inain seasoii productions and for ihe first lime In Inaii). years $1& ￿ ihe reNni ofa Youth Group io our stage Extensive repair
and rcrooting w(Trrk hav¢ bccn iomplclcJ and Is slill In Ihc toilrl Jnd bavkbtagl block. 11(c hav¢ ciTrntinuid lo IIK)k t()rvpportunitiLs t(Trr guc5t
productions. which ￿111 feature again in this new season Uur audience numbers are strong with a ￿00rd number of new wple diseoverirtg us for the first
For the se¢ond yrar running. we've b¢¢n takiiig pan In Fast Hert5 r)1slrict Council s Art5 In Fast Hert5 PTogramTne th15 aNtumn We Tep¢ated la51 year 5
Open Day. ￿hlih saw 8 healthy number of visitots. some of ￿'hoM have Sinee become members We will be repeating this ewent next year- 11 is always a Joy
partnLf5hip Ivith MITnii Thiatr¢ a bi¥ Ihank vvu tv Nlimii s Kitll dnd w(Trup liadLrliwr¥¢ liir %uppi)rtinB with this impDrtynt st¥p. (Irdnt
fiiiiding froiii EHDC and tlie Arts Society of Easi Herts mean5 we'￿e able to offer fret introdiictions Aiid ongoing biir5ary places. And the Èroup has
Th¢ b!, kilk¢￿ vff in Siptiinb¢r la51 vvar with thv-"Thi w1n51v￿ RI￿. by T¢rrcn¢v Ralligyn Anvthvr in¢r¢diblv 4trynB shvw 5yw th¢ slyrv uf
Ronnie Winslow plaved out for our aiidience. The eponymou5 role ￿,85 shared bi. two members of our Iiewlv laiinched Yoiith tsroup at the time The (l￿S1¢
tale of riglil and Justice u'a5 beaulitullN portra}'ed. A period-them¢d gala night perfom￿nCE wa5 a particular highlight, with audiences dre55ing upto enio).
music. oanapes and bubbles before the shoiv
Next UP W&1S"A Chrisimas Carol.. A Gh051 Slo
dapted frotn the Dickens by M£irk Gi& 115s Tlie sho%Tr was a hu8e bo¥ oifice success ￿1th mi& IIN, people
disappDintid not to (Ihlain o IILkct- thi rapiJ tILk¢x 5alis riLord briykinu
W¥ tolloiv¢d the Ghosts ot C.hrislrna5 with anotherGho51 stOTI'. of 50rt5. Ill thy shap¥ ol'Henrick Ibsen'5 plaY..￿hosts" wa5 d¢51ribEd in the reNiew as
first tim¢. Thhich the vast InaJorih ofaudience In¢inbers receiied posilii¢lN.
"ColderThan Here- i%ritten bv Laura Wade ￿'aS next. The show dealt with the lead characrerolmyra organising th¢ airangements ot.hei own tuneial, much
to her lamilw's di%tsste li might sound miserdble. but In realit> it a ￿.arrn. funny. bittersweet tale ihai ￿￿S deftl> hartdled by the Last artd direitor.
'Di and VITr and Row" by AmLlia Bullmore ¢10s¢d out lh¥ SUAI)n fthr u$ 11 was # lov¥l) play full ofhumollr. ILltinlT US w¢ bL-hind thL ¢urL*inS thfih¢
fritndsliip of three ￿oMe￿ over time. Anu)ngst tlie llps and down5 there were also piwerfulli emotional scene5 descriEed by the relie￿'¢rlls
'hLartbr¢aking'.
As til th¢ ttvdlll iiiursu vl'lhL 5L¥4iin. th¥ Y(Trllth (Truup gavv Us"Hv￿ tu Sllrvii'u Bvin¥ in y Shakv4piari Ploy. by Di?n 7.iilidis. This tnad¢ap
romp through mosi of Shakespe8re's work sa￿, the voiing people involved ￿rfOrming multiple Shakespeayian Yoles with great gusto and convjction Rob
l iiholeheartedly agree.
Thank5 gu Iv all i￿￿￿1v£￿ in all thr shvws last ￿a5￿n- on5tagu. baiksLx8c and fr(Trnl vf hvu5L- Ihcrc arv lar natncs to tncnliyn cvcryonL.
The curreiit season Is already undeni'a!. with 'Oleanna h8￿Ill8 Just closed and 'And Then There Were None in early rehear￿15. Next year's ChairiiLqn s
All our productions ar¢ 5UPPOrted by The Monday Nighrers. who d¢5ign and build all our sets. Th¢ ho￿￿ of ￿Ork the l¢am puls in is al￿a￿S ¢￿Ident in the
finislied produit and iliis lasi season i4'as no exception froin a box set for"The Iliiislow BO￿ to a skeletal conser%'atory for"Ghosts" to stage spanning
PToJe¢¢ion screens for--Colder ThaN Here" the} hai'e d¢liveTed again. tliank- }ou lo all of Jou.
Manv thank5 to all our Front of House iolunleer5. Thank you lo our House Keeping Team who Iidv and Clea￿ the ihratre before each show. Your work 15
greaily appreciaied elert ifmosi d(Jn'i stt ihe w(Jrk that is d(>ne
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The Company of Pl8y¢rs (Hertford) CIO
Tru5tee5' Report (continued}
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
. Ihere i4 a ihcme emergirtg here. We need mi)re pe¢iple keep ihi% plaee Turtning We prlMIuLe exLelleni iheaire. far heiier ihan mani newLf)met% expeLI
But all of It Is depeiideiit on ihe other stuff. tlie b)rin8 Stuff. the difficult siuff. and there Is so Inuch stiiff we can each do But if each ofyou were to do
ofquality draina. when in fact rt￿nY of ils are spread Iljlj thin artd this cannot Q(Jntinue.
As a company we are amazing. I truly Eelieve that. 11.e punch Rbove oiir ￿eIght on and behiiid the stage And give elery Audience a warm welcome as well as
real n1￿h1 of theatre. Bul our small conipaiiy. hO￿¢Ver perfe¢llv form¢d. 15 a fragile thing that needs Inore support. Ev¢ry on¢ ofiou 15 already a vital part
FI￿￿￿*ClaI ReviQw
Financial P05ili￿ll
The charit>. made R sutplus of £5,70412024- £8.5241 made up of ..
RL5lrlL1L￿ IhLalrL Jevel(IpmCnl £2.fi82
Restricted IW Club
Restricted youth group
£692
£720
R¥4irYvs ai thu lif thv y¢ur w¥r¥ £633.115 12024 627.4101
Rtsc￿eS PDlity
The charit> s Ininimuin reserles will be calculated as ihe unresiricted funds iieeded io tnainiain 12 Inonths of operatloll 1Slth no additioiial foreseeable
ReltrcTrcc Admi￿lStrative D¢tai15
Trv5ttes
Mr C Janes- Chair
M5 H Leonard
Mr D Palmer
MrALee
Mrs A R¢iss
Mr J Wallis
r.barity ￿Umber
1194040
pr1￿Clp￿] Address
6 Christchurch Place
Htrtford
%ti143BR
Indtpeiident EXAMi￿er
BeYerleN Turner FCA CTA ACG
he Accr)un14 Faetor) Ltd
Chartered AccountaNts & Chartered Ta¥ Advisors
311 Ihe Avertue
Wel￿Trn
Herts
AL6 OPP
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Th¢ Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Trustees, Rvport (continued)
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
The ttu5tees' rewrt was approved bv ihe board of trustee5 and signe41 on 115 khalf bv-.
Mr C Janes
Trustee
8 LkLember 2025
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The Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Independent Examiner's Report tu the Trustees uf The Company of Players (Hertford) CIO
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
I repon to tlie itustees on mv exaininalion of the accounts of The compai1￿ of Player5 Illertfordl CIO Ilhe Ttustl for the yearended 31 July 2025
R*spo￿*L￿11ititt artd Ba%vs ￿rReport
As the charity irustees of the Trust you are responsible forthe preparation ofthe accounts in accordance ￿1th tlie requirements of tlie Cliarities Act 2011 I'the
Aci-l.
I ripi?rt In rispcL* (If tny ixaTninatiyn lif thv TTU%t % aiivunt% varri¢J yllt undvr %Lltion 145 (Trf th¢ 2n1 l Ait iaTt)ing ylll tn} Ixaminatiyn. I h#v¢
followed the applicable Direuions gii'en by iht Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of ihe Act
depende￿¢ F.%amine￿8 Statement
I havc iomplolrd my cxaniination. l ionfiTtn that rnalcrial hay¢ cunic lo my attcnti¢)n in conncclion with Ihc CkaTninyli(Trn gii'ing mr to hrlicy
that in an! material respect..
accouiiiing records were not kept in respect ofthe Trust as reqiiired bi, section 130 of tlie Act.. or
2 th¢ ai¢oun15 n¢)1 acc(Trrd with thos¢ Tiiord5. OT
3. the accounts do not compl}, ￿1th the applicable reqiiirements concerning the form and contents ofaccounts set out in the Lharities {Accounts and
Reports) Regulaiions 2008 otlier tliaii any re9uireiiieiil ihat the li (CO￿ntS give a'true and fairview. y'hich Is not a maller considered a5 part ofa
I have no concerns and hale come across rto oiher mailers in conneciion with ihe eAaminaiiort 10 which aikrtlion should be drnwn in ihis report irt order 10
Beverlei Turner FCA CTA ACG
8 Deceniber 2025
10 The ilvenue
Wel￿n
Herts
AL6 UPP
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Th¢ Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
StateffteNt of Financial Activities
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
Unrestricttd Re5triited TDral (v￿dS TotAI fund5
fu￿d5
oteg
INCOME AYD EN1￿￿'mENTs FROM..
9,372
9.554
44,670
382
44.670
38,264
730
45.234
10.885
44.012
EXPEYDITURE ON-
16.7901
135.4881
NET IliCOME
1.609
4.095
5.71H
8.524
Transfers be1￿cen funds
13
2,452
YET f4ToI'EP+lE￿T IN FI"NDS
18431
6,-f47
-f.704
8,524
RECOYCILIATION OF FI..￿DS-
Total funds broushl forward
68.044
8%9,366
627.410
618,886
TOTAL FIINDS CARRIED FORWARD
13
627.410
The notes on pages 8 to 12 forni part of these financial ststements.
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The Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Comparative Statetnent of Financial Activities
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
IIDrestritled Restricted TotAI fund5
[￿￿d$
Ntsios
INCOME AYD ENDOM'MENTS FROM..
863
38.247
5*5
38,264
730
205
39.635
4.377
44.012
EXPEYDITURE ON-
135.0681
135.4881
NET IliCOME
4.567
3.957
8.524
Transfers be1￿cen funds
13
1.21ThJ
YET f4ToI'EP+lE￿T IN FI"NDS
3,367
8,524
RECOYCILIATION OF FI..￿DS-
Total funds broushl forward
64,677
554.2119
618,886
TOTAL FIINDS CARRIED FORWARD
13
68.044
627.410
The notes on pages 8 to 12 forni part of these financial ststements.
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Th¢ Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
St#temeNt of Financial P1Tr51tion
As At 31 July 2025
Unrestricttd Re5triited TDral (v￿dS TotAI fund5
fu￿d5
oteg
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets
18.307
538,275
556.582
559.900
18.307
538.275
550.582
559.900
CIIRRENT ASSETS
Debtor5
5.041
800
5.841
5.027
63.083
Cash at bank and In hand
50.703
26.838
77.541
55.744
27,638
83.382
C.'reditors: Tral11￿# Due M'itbim ￿￿è
10.8501
(6DOI
NET CIIRREhT ASSETS ILTABILITTES
48.894
27.638
76.532
67.510
TOTAL.4SSETS LESS CURREliT LIABILITIES
67.201
565.913
627.410
NET A&5ETS
67.201
565.913
627.410
FtINDS OF TIIE CIV.4RITh
i65.913
67201
559.366
68.U44
Ilrtresiricted Pund4
TOTAL FLliDS
13
627.410
On behalf of the board
Mr C Janes
Trustee
28 Ni)vember 2025
Th¢ nylcs pa¥¢s 8 Iv 12 fvTm part vrthi￿ finan¢ial
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Th¢ Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Note5 to the Financial Statvrnents
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
l. General JTrformatioD
The LI)Mpan￿ i)I'Playet% IHerifi)rdl Ll(l 1% a chariiable Incorwtsied Orgarti%aii()rt regi%lered wilh the Lharlly Lthmmi%4iOrt. regi%iered tharily rtumber 11941Tr411
Tlje principal address is 6 Christchurch Place. Hertford. Herrfordshire. S014 3BB
2. .4ccoiinting Policies
2.1 BaSL5 of PreparAli0￿ of FiDanciAI Statements
-I'he firtancial %tsiemerti% have heen prepared in acethrdartLe with the Chariiit% %(IRP IFR% IU21 'AtC(>urtiing and Kew)rtirtg Iharilie%-. 5th￿￿ent l)f
The charity Is a Public Beiiefit Entit>. as defined by FRS 102
2.2 IniDrning Resources
In¢ym¢ Ir(Trtn d(Trnalions and Ic¥arir5 f(Itnpri5Cs Inromis ¥iniralrd trom th¥ fvllowin¥ s(Trurccs.
gift£ artd dortaiir)n.% reeeivedlreceivable inLluding leEaL'i&%
grants that pro}Ide v¢)re tunding (Trr are ¢)t-a g¢n¢ral nature
sale ofgoods or services as a ch&ritable &ctivi
Mrmhorship subscripti(TrllS
grants specificall!. for the provision of goods or 5er%'ices as part ofcharitable acti%'ities or services to Etneficiaries lincludirtg performance-
2.3. R¢s0￿r￿¢S ExprTrded
fundiiig graiiis and gifts in kind. The costs mal. Incliide fundrai5iiig. advtrtlsing. niarktting aiid direct mail materials. as ￿ell as any pai'ments to an
expenditure on charitable activities oomprises all the expenditure incurred in meeting the charitable objectives including amounts spent on.
graNIS
IhL dirLtI pro%i%ion tsfchariL4hlL %L'rvice
They txcludt.
2 4. 'langlblo bfjxed Assotg DÈprttiatlo
Land 1% not depreeiated l-he value of land is revalued every 5 Nears. Froperty is depreeiated over ifs estimated iiseful lifetime of 50 years and is
revaliied ei'eTr % vears
Freehold
Plant & Machinery
50 years
5 >eaYs
2.5. CAsb Cash EquiThal¢Trt5
inNestments that mature In no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readilv convertible to a knO￿,n amount ofcash with
Insisnificanl r15k of change in ialue. and bank oierdrafts.
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The Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Notes tu thv Financial StatemeNt5 (continued)
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
Restricted
Total
f￿Trds
fund5
Donations and gifts
Gift aid
8.572
8.754
800
800
9.372
9.-f.Pl
2024
UTrrestri¢led
Restricted
Total
furtd$
FJ(Inatiyns #nd gifts
Gift aid
4.370
048
048
803
Inl'estmjt￿t Intom
2025
Re%trietÈd
lkntal
funds
(unds
funds
Bank interest receivable
382
1.895
2V24
[TDrestritlcd
Rcslrictcd
Total
f￿TrdS
fund5
Bank- Interesi receii'able
525
205
730
et Its¢￿m￿llEIpeThdltll￿￿
The net iniomt Is stated after ch&YginglereditinÉl'
2025
2024
Depre¢ialion of tangible tixed as5e15- ONTr￿¢d
6.202
-4￿￿11￿1$ EApenditur¢
2025
dÈriAken
Support eosls
Isee 71
Total
28.941
21.474
50.415
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The Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Notes tu thv Financial StatemeNt5 (continued)
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
2024
lldertakell
Support costs
l%Èe ni)ic 71
Tkntal
lo iduiatL thr publi¢ In IhL drarnalic and OPLralii art5
27.493
7.995
35.488
7 Supptsri C.'ost
2025
dratnatic a￿d
Pretnists t¥￿￿se8
General admirtlslraiion
3.683
21.474
2024
dratnatic a￿d
opèratit arts
PrLml%LS ￿￿￿￿5¥$
Giniral adminislralion
4.Y38
.l.O.f7
7.YY5
8 1ndtptDdent ExamiThtr's RtmuDtrAtlo
2025
2024
Independent ¢xaminalion of the tinancial 51atemenls
000
000
NurnbEr of Emplvytt
Aierage numkerofemployees during the >earv¥RS' NIL 12024. NIL)
10. Tangible As5et5
Lattd &
PrDp¢r
Frtehold
Plant &
MacliiDory
Tvtal
c.ost
A% ai l Allgusl 21124
55V.YOQ
2.884
2.¥¥4
As at 31 July 2025
539.guo
22.%84
562.784
. CONTINUED
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The Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Notes tu thv Financial StatemeNt5 (continued)
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
Depreciatio
As at l August 2024
Provided duriiig the ￿rIOd
1.625
4.577
6.202
As at 31 July 2025
1.625
4.$77
6.20?
Net IlvDk V•lve
A5 al 31 July 2025
538.27.f
556.-f82
As at l August 2024
539.900
559.900
I l. Dtbtor5
DUÈ Mitbirt yÈar
ihtr dehi(Trr%
5.841
5.n27
12 Creditors'..4mounts Falling Due W'itliin O￿t leAr
2th2.
21124
Aiirllo14 and difvrrid inwm¢
6.8.frJ
13 Moi'tmtDt in FuDds
As At l .4￿%￿$t
2ts24
As at 31 July
2025
xpenditurt
I'rartsfers
Llmrtstrltltd
(Ttneral unrt4lrlL￿d fund
45.234
143.6251
12.4521
7.2Ql
Re¥lTifted fund
TliCat￿ r)cv¢lopllicnl Fuiid
Iwclub
558.001
15.357)
1433)
564.935
258
11.7991
Youtli Group
1.720
720
Totsl rtstrictpd fund5
5.f9,300
16.7901
565.913
Total fu￿d5
627.410
,Is at I ,tuguSt
2023
Expenditurt
TrA￿sferS
2024
Unrtstricitd fund5
General..
General unrestricied fund
64.677
39.635
135.0681
11.21K)I
68.044
Restritted futsds
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The Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Notes tu thv Financial StatemeNt5 (continued)
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
Theatre Del'elopment Fund
IWClub
552.080
2.129
2.7f
14201
Total restricted fulld5
-f%4,?09
4.377
1420)
1.2(Kl
5%9,366
Total fllnd5
618.886
44.012
b27.410
14. Tra￿Sactl0Tr5 ￿1th Trustees
None of the IIu51ees received remiineralion oi any other knefils from emplovllienl with the cliaril) or a related entity during tiie Gurreiil or previou5
year.
No trustee expenses have been inciirred
15 Rc18ttd Party DI￿10s￿rtS
There have beeii no relaied Pl£ W transactions In the reportiiig period that require disclosure.
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Th¢ Company of Player5 (H¢rtford) CIO
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
For The Year Ended 31 July 2025
Total
fu￿d$
Total
fund5
tNCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
DonHtIOn5 and Icgafi¢5
t)onalions and gifts
Donation5 trom organ15ation5
3.2tJJ
1.200
800
Gift aid
648
9.554
Charitable ActiYitit5-
to odlltatÈ tbt p￿b]It ifi the dr*m8tit knPQratie art%
Inconie trom charitable activities
7.864
6,295
Youtli 8roup subs
Prodiiction income
34_677
31,969
44.670
38.264
Bank Interest receivable
730
730
44.012
EXPE￿DIT[lRE ON..
C.'h¥TitDble A¢hYitif%=
to edllcaiÈ tbt p￿bIle in the dram81jt a￿d oporatlc arts
(4451
Direct production ex￿Ndit￿re
Thrdire ruiiiiing costs
Purchases Type C
Priiitin8, P)stage and 5tationeTr
Deprec￿110￿ of plaiit aiid machinery
Depreciation of freehold land and prope
Dirt£t theat￿ de￿elopMent Costs
Light heat
Repair% artd mairtiertartce
InsuranL¥
16.9071
16,3261
16661
19821
{4.45O1
(7¥51
ixamin¢rf5 fccs
(0001
(2341
135.4881
135.488)
ET INCOt*lE
5.704
8.524
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