Electric Voice Theatre {Registered charity, number 1194881) Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2023 Page Contents Trustees, annual report Independent examiner's report Receipts & payments account Statement of assets & liabilities Notes to the accounts 10-11 capLUS
Electric Voice Theatre Trustees, annual report for the year ended 31 August 2023 Full name Electric Voice Theatre Organlsatlon type Charitable incorporated organisation Registered charity number 1194881 Prlnclpal address 39 Birnam Road London N4 3LJ Trustses Professor Nicholas Till, Chaimian FranS M Lynch Dr 8ergit Arends Segun Lee-French Cheryl FranS-H0ad, appointed 2011012022 Emma 8ernard. appointed 2011012022 Sian Ede, resigned 2011012022 Volunteers Herbert Clarke- sound and video design, IT, marketing and admin support Catherine Lynch FCA- Finance and governan Independent oxamin•r John O'Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG15GL Governance and management The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 21 June 2021. Trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees on recommendation of Trustees and collaborators on projects. The Charity aims to recruit as far as possible diverse range of Trustees with understanding of the work of EW and the ability to contribute to its development. An induction prOs$ is in place for Trustees. Objectives and activities The objectives of the CIO are.. to advance the arts and education for the public benefit through the promolion. support and encouragement of music and in particular by creating high quality perfomiances of vocal music within a theatrical framework, championing and commissioning the work of women composers, participaling in creative multidisciplinary collaborations, delNering high quality workshops for education and community groups, making music accessible to all and reaching people who are not usually attracted to music theatre.
Electric Voice Theatre During this period ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE (E) has. in collaboration with wonderful team of musicians. scientists, artists and historians, delivered:_ 2 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES of Music by Women Composers 0 4th April 2023 "Flowers of Spring - Polltlcs, Power & Poverty" Zoom performance 22nd April 2023 "Mlsfoldlng" _ 2 perf0MnCeS, Phoenix Arts Space, Brighton 2 further performanc£s took place privately at Sparkwell School, Ptymouth assembly and at Sl Pancras Community Centre, London. MISFOLDING EXHIBITION, Phoenix Arts Space, BrKJhton, 19th - 23rd April 2023. Commissioned music and films communicating Alzheimer's Search at University of Sussex. Artistic Director, Frances M Lynch was an invrted panellist for the Music and Dementia conference - Neuroscienc£ Society (University of Sussex) March 161h VIRTUAL CHOIR- a small group leamt 4 pieces of music at weekly rehearsals, Feb 7th- April 4th 2023. joining ZOOM performances with ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE. WORKSHOP PROGRAMMES Sparkwell Prlmary School, Years 3 & 4 (29 Children), Plymouth.. Mary Annin9 (1799-1847) Palaeontologist {Lyme Regis Fossil Festival and the Palaeontological Association) Workshops were delivered on ZOOM during SepVOctober 2022 by a team of experts in music, science, history and art. some of whom are from the local community. The school created a MEGASONG about their local historic scientist and her area of science. Evf commissioned local ARTIST Jack Sewell. who created fantastic artwork and a film with the school which is now on their website page on the Minerva scntifiCa Website and was shared with their parents and the rest of the school at a live performance. Jan 2023 3 SINGING WORKSHOPS exploring the music of local composer Eliza Flower11803-1846) organised by Pascal Theatre Company as part of the Golden Years programme at St Pancras Community Association, London. o Created MARY ANNING ONLINE LEARNING MATERIALS for KS2 - including films with BSL and worksheets, sound files etc. YOUNG SINGERS PROGRAMME- Workshop 3rd June 2023 - training in voice and musicianship focused around music by women composers at Conway Hall, London.
Electric Voice Theatre MAJOR RECORDINGS Sept-Dec 2022 Commissioned a film for the Misfolding Project from animation artist Hannah Fox and created a video at Sussex University with the scientists involved. Feb 2023 began our monthly release of virtual recordings of "Songs of the Months" by Eliza Flower (1803-1846) performed by Evf singers and many on our Young Singers Programme. Feb- May 2023 3 new Podcasts: _ Misfolding lan Alzheirner's research project)., Flowers of Sprlng (a conversation with Oskar Jensen about the composer Eliza Flower),. and Songs for a Statue (which features many of the key people behind the wonderful statue for Mary Anning in Lyme Regis). 19th April - online celebration of Eliza FlOvr on her birthday. Summary of the maln actlvities undertaken for the public beneflt The CIO has created public performan$, singing workshops including a Young Singers programme. educational workshops with schools, online learning material for schools, as well as recordings available to the public online. Most activities are collaborations with other artists and creative organisations, scientists. and historians. Publlc beneflt statement The Trustees confimi that they have complied wtth the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefrt, 'Charities and Public Benefrf. Summary of the maln achlevements durlng the perlod The charity's work conlinues to benefit from our increasing skills at working online both live and in recorded media. This has benefitted the geographical reach of our initiatives, such as the virtual choir and enabling workshop programmes in more remote locations and virtually. Our work this period has promoted awareness of the work of women scientists and composers. reaching an audience of 370 at public and school performances and exhibitions. We have provided opportunities for young artists and musicians in the UK to develop and share their talents through our SCIENCEIART WORKSHOP and YOUNG SINGER PROGRAMMES. Including our VIRTUAL CHOIR we reached 60 participants through these initiatives. Singers, mUslanS and BSL interpreters from ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE, the Virtual Choir and Young Singers Programme performed 16 songs by Women Composers. including 4 world premieres, recording 21 VA)rks both new and old. The project legacy includes CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS - ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE developed strong on-going partnerships with Conway Hall Ethical Society, BBC new generation thinker and music historian - Oskar Jensen and community centres including St John's Arts and Recreation Centre in Harlow.
Electric Voice Theatre PARTICIPANTS from all our workshop strands say they will continue to use some of the vocallmusicianshiplcomposition skills and have gained awareness of music by women and enjoy new music. YOUNG SINGERS PROGRAMME participants all said they are continuing to use the techniques and ideas they learnt on the course=. it was fantastic. I leamt lots about working in vocal ensembles, which I will cary forward into my ovm practice as a voice leader." .developed my listening skills and I have been able to use the technique during other ensemble rehearsals" "I look fOard to using ihis in my own VC>cal Work, bringing forward what I have learnt to teach to others." SCHOOL PUPILS AND TEACHERS saKI'. It pushed my voic6 up again and it felt nice. Singing mak8s me confident 8nd proud. They appCIated learning from professionals. The children were pmud of their work. FOOTPRINTS - a substantial body of online resources has been made available both to the general public and for teachers and schools - reaching an audience in this period of approx. 20.000. Minerva Scientifica - profiles of the SCnti$ts, composers & schools. showcasing the music, podcasts and art. ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE- Project pages. Youtube- videos of livelzoom performances. music & artists films. Soundcloud- music recordings & podcasts- we doubled our audience on this plafform from c.1000 to 2.2(Xl. promoted on various partner VbSiteS and adding to the British Music Collection. Our model of cross-disciplinary collaborations. developed in the previous year. has informed a period of proiecl development and funding applications- which is in part why we were able to carry out less live events. We are currently feeling the benefit of this vnrk- as will be apparent in next year's report. The charlty's pollcy on reseryes The charity has sufficient resources at the end of the period to meet its contractual obligations. Due to the nature of the funding reived, it is not considered viable in the immediate future to buikl up any reserves and given its funding model reserves are not essential. Flnanclal Revlew The charity's principal source offunding is grants and fees, with some small donations on top. As most events are online. box office takings have been limited.
Electric Volce Theatre As a charity with no capital backing, Electric vol Theatre operates on a small tightly controlled budget. The charty only contracts to pay artists on the basis of sucsSful grant applications which general specify what expenses the grant is intended to cover. Payments out are then only due when funds are received from the grant making body. On occasion, shortfalls in funding are covered by holding back or reducing fees to the Artistic Director. From time to time the artistic director will temporarily fund expenses personally and reclaim from the charty vthen the relevant funds are received. E is grateful for the support of the following grant making bodies, donors and promoters, without which the charity could not have progressed the volume and quality of work in this period.. Ambache Charitable Trust Palaeontological Association Lyme Regis Fossil Festival RVW Trust Donations made through our new online PayPal donations scheme Currently the Artistic Director undertakes, without charge for her time, all funding applications and coordination with collaborators which limits the amount of time that can be devoted to initiating more projects. Although the charity currently falls below the threshold for an independent examination, we have commissioned one to provide Trustees and grant making bodies Yth additional assurance on the accounts. Funds held al 31st August 2023 amount to £1,008 and these represent amounts payable to the Artistic Director for fees not claimed pending final project outcomes. The Charity is primarily dependent on the efforts of the Artistic Director and volunteer support for continuing with activities. However. due to the limited financial exposure taken on there are no concems about financial problems. The Artistic Director will continue to apply for funding to facilitate continuation of Eltrs work. Future Plans We are currently working with Conway Hall to promote the work of composer Eliza Flower (1803- 1846) whose lrfe and work were important to the development of their Ethical Society. Several Grants have allowed us to develop this project into 5 Itve events which are grown from workshops. talks and online training for people of all ages in 3 locations- London, Newcastle & Harfow- where the composer grew up. We are developing a projecl with Miranda Lowe CBE (Principal Curator, Crustacean) at Natural History Museum. London based around her predecessor Isabella Gordon which connects communities in London. Japan and Scotland. An addilional partnership with Humanists UK will bring new projects about women in science and music in future years.
Electric Voice Theatre Assessment of major risks A risk register has been compl. The principal risk facing the Charity is dependence on Frances Lynch and Herbert Clarke to fulfil creative and administrative OblallonS - this is kept under review but limited risk management. Policies and prOdureS are in place to manage other risks, including Health & Safety. Safeguarding and Financial risk, including the risk of inappropriate payments to the Artistic Director who is also a trustee. Such payments are limited lo fees for specific projects in line with other artists and payments are reviewed by the Trustees withoul the Artistic Director taking part in the discussion. No other Trustees received any payments from the Charity. Signed on behalf of the charty's trustees.. Signed Professor Nicholas Till, Chaiman of Trustees Date OL
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Electric Voice Theatre for the year ended 31 August 2023 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Electric vol Theatre (the charity) for the year ended 31 August 2023. Responsiblllties and basls of report As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. Independent examlner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confim 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 charity as required by section 130 of the Act,. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be draym in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed John O'Brien MSC, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus Date 1510412024
Electric Voice Theatre Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 August 2023 2tr Totsl Funds 2023 Total Funds UTrrestrlcted R85tricted Funds Fund$ Not• Receipts Grants & donations Sales & fees SurKlry receipts Total recelpts 14000 376 3171 2500 120 2876 3291 200 14200 3547 2620 6167 Payments Fees Venue rel*arsal Website admin Project ewenses Travel & AcCoda1)n Total payments 9775 300 12 1721 41 6462 37 188 8183 78 188 454 454 369 10456 2216 6687 8903 3744 Net recelpt81(payments Cash furwjs at start of this perio& Transfers between fuTrJs Cash funds at end ol thls perlod 1331 550 1372 509 (4067) (27361 3194 3744 1372 499 3744 1008
Electric Voice Theatre Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 August 2023 2022 2023 Cash assets Bar* accoLrts Cash in harmj Not• 3744 1008 3744 1008 Other monetary assets Debtors Assels retalned for the charlty's own use Gereral equipmert. Llabilltles Creditors 450 450 These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by.. Signed Professor Nicholas Till, Chairman of Trustees Dated 10
Electric Voice Theatre Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 l. Receipts & payments accounts Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually. cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand. 2. Grnnts & donations Unr•8trkt•d Rmtrkt Tot•1 Ralph Vaughan Wlliams Trust Rothsctrw'ld FouTrlation AMbaC Charitable TrLBt SurKlry grants & donatior 1000 soo 1000 1000 500 1000 376 2876 376 376 2500 3. Funds analysis Op•nlng R•c•lpts (Payrrnntsl Transf•r• Ck>¥kng l•n balance Restricted funds Mary AnnirwJ Eliza Flower 3194 1500 14694) 1993 6687 1372 1372 499 499 3194 Unrestricted funds General 550 3547 2216 1372 550 3547 509 2216 1372 The transfer from the General fund to the Eliza Flower fund is to cover the deficit on this activity. Description of restricted Funds: Mary Anning - This represents funds that were raised specifically lo promote and advance knowledge of the life and work of Mary Anning through linking music and science, and making this accessible through educational programmes for schools, and through public performances and online material. Eliza Flower - This represents funds raised specifically to promote the lrfe and work of Eliza Flower and her sister Sarah through perfomiances, recordings and collaborations with other creatives.
Electric Voice Theatre 4. Credltors Independent examination 450 450 5. Premlses & staff The CIO does not own or rent any premises on a regular basis. There is occasional short term hire of rehearsal and performance space. There are no paid employees. Freelance artists, performers and technicians collaborate with and are paid based on rehearsal and perf0rrnan time on projeci by project basis. The running of the CIO is carried out on a voluntary basis by the Artistic director Frances M Lynch supported by Herbert Clarke. Finance and governance support is provided on a voluntary basis by Catherine Lynch FCA. 6. Trustees, remuneratlon Payments were made to the Artistic Director Frances M Lynch for hours worked on specific projects in line with other artistslperformers totsling £1150 and for reimbursement of expenses incurred on those projects £1970. No other Trustees received any expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period in respect of their work as Trustees. 7. Related party transactlons There were no related party transactions in this period. 8. Glossary of terms Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charty. but not paid during the accounting period. Restricted funds: These are funds given lo the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charty. 12