## **Trustees Annual Report** **Charity Name:** Outland Opera **Charity Number:** 1194099 **Registered Address and Principal Office** : 2 York Cottages, Wynford Eagle, Dorchester, DT2 0ES ## **Trustees:** Martin Bowe _(Treasurer)_ Bridget Escolme _(Chairperson)_ Michelle Williams ## **Purpose of the Charity** Outland Opera’s Charitable Objects are as follows: to educate the public in operatic arts to further the development of public appreciation in the said arts through public performances in rural areas with a focus on local and regional history. ## **Achievements and performance** Outland Opera was founded in 2021 and has since composed three operas based on the regional history of Dorset, with composer Tom Floyd and writer Anna Rose-Prynn. A series of ‘Story Shares’ took place in the summer of 2021, during which Dorset people around the project sites were recorded telling stories about the locality. In 2022, Outland Opera had a residency at Lighthouse in Poole as part of its ‘Sanctuary’ programme and worked with Dorset Libraries on the delivery of a programme of creative workshops based around the operas. In 2023, Outland Opera produced a promenade performance _‘The Song of Home’_ , building on these prior creative workshops, which took place in Abbotsbury in December. A film based on the performance was produced and screened in Dorset care homes in 2024. ## **Structure, governance, and management** Outland Opera is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and has a charity constitution, which was last updated in 2021. Trustees are appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting new trustees, the existing charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for effective administration of the CIO. This year, Outland Opera appointed a new Trustee, Michelle Williams, to replace outgoing trustee, Laura Canning. Outland Opera is currently seeking to appoint a Dorset-based trustee. ## **Financial Review** The charity covered all the costs of its activities through fundraising. The charity has no staff or significant overhead costs and its activities are linked to specific events for which it raises funds according to budgeted costs. Trustees have agreed that the charity should maintain reserves of 10% of its annual income once it has a turnover of £25,000 or above. ## **Public beneft statement** Outland Opera Trustees confirm that its activities are as stated in its objects and of public benefit. Signed: **Bridget Escolme** Chair of Trustees |**Outland Opera**|||**1194099**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01/05/2024|**To**|30/04/2025|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,343**
**2,250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,593**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,593**
**10,593**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,843**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,843**
**- 2,250**
**-**
**2,459**
**209**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,343**
**2,250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,593**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,593**
**10,593**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,843**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,843**
**- 2,250**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**6,343**|||||**4,028**| |Grants|**2,250**|||||**750**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**8,593**|||||**4,778**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**4,778**| |||||||| |Artistic creation|**10,593**|||||**5,595**| |Photography|**-**|||||**-**| |Insurance|**-**|||||**110**| |Accommodation expenses|**-**|||||**-**| |Venue & equipment hire|**250**|||||**111**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**10,843**|||||**5,816**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**5,816**| |||||||| ||**- 2,250**|**-**|**-**|**- 2,250**||**- 1,038**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**2,459**|**-**|**-**|**2,459**||**3,497**| ||**209**|**-**|**-**|**209**||**2,459**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 13/01/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**209**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**209**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name
R Knight
Bridget Escolme|**Endowment**
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**funds**
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**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||||05/02/26| ||||05/02/26| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 13/01/2026 2