REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2023 was our second year as a charity and we continued the progress made in 2022. As well as announcing our fifth scholarship winner, we produced our first production since 2020 at the Hampstead Theatre.
Workshops
In 2023, we ran 257 workshops throughout the year. We found a new home to run our in-person workshops, at the Old Diorama Arts Centre, and continued our online workshops. The final tally of workshops increased 1% from 2022.
We increased the variety of courses on offer to actors, including more intensives (online and in-person), 2-day courses and longer weekend courses. We almost doubled the amount of courses we ran in 2023, from 2022.
Our database grew from by 12% in 2023.
74% are actors who have taken part in at least one of our workshops or courses since we began collecting data in 2019.
Scholarship
In December 2022 we celebrated our 4th annual scholarship for working class actors at university or drama school (2nd year). The eventual winner, Sol Taibi (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School) has already had meetings with top agents and casting directors.
229 actors applied for the 2022 scholarship, up 14% from 2021. We reached 24 schools across the UK, up 6% on 2021.
We have regular contacts with our previous winners, all who have had very successful years, including:
We have regular contacts with our previous winners, all who have had very successful years, including:
Madison Stock (2019, ALRA)
- booked feature film opposite Kit Connor ( Heartstopper ).
Ayomdie Adegun (2020, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama)
- claimed his first major on-screen role in the John Wick spin-off, The Continental. He appeared in the The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, too.
Melodie Karczewski (2021, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama)
- Signed to Curtis Brown, one of the biggest agencies in the UK and world
Sol Taibi (2022, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School)
- Is currently in his final year at BOVTS and meeting agents and casting directors as part of his scholarship award
Commissions
In 2020, we commissioned writer Gareth Farr to write a play about food banks and food poverty in the South West. In May 2023, we opened that play, Biscuits for Breakfast , at Hampstead Theatre to 4 star reviews and fantastic feedback.
We have commissioned Simon Vinnicombe to write our next play and undertook a 1-day R&D with Simon and director Sarah Bedi. Early conversations are being held with Natalie Mitchell and Eilidh Loan for future productions.
Education
The education arm was sustained in 2023, allowing us to continue two successful partnerships:
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
- We delivered 6 workshops to the Springboard Programme that helped them develop their industry skills - such as writing to an agent, producing and writing funding bids. In return, Lyric Hammersmith supported the scholarship by giving us discounted venue hire.
South Essex University
- We have just completed our 2nd year at South Essex University, winning the tender twice in a row. a programme of 4 workshops aimed at jump-starting their career upon graduating. These are students from very low socio-economic backgrounds.
Website growth
We continued to drive a lot traffic to our website in 2022 and received a record amount thanks to a new scheme developed to write articles to support actors.
Annual website traffic
2021 - 137,000 (+15%)
2022 - 169,000 (+23%)
2023 - 221,000 (+30%)
Fundraising
The charity received public donation from multiple sources including:
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A donation from Revolution Talent Ltd
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A donation from the The Foundary Talent Management
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Various individual donations via the website
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Out | £2,207.39 | ||
| 08-Dec-2022 | Lyric Hammersmith | £580.80 | |
| 09-Dec-2022 | Solopress | £80.55 | |
| 13-Dec-2022 | Emily Walker | £100.00 | |
| 13-Dec-2022 | Stamatios Koulouridis | £127.92 | |
| 04-May-2024 | Fundraising Regul | £50.00 | |
| 04-Jul-2023 | Lyric Hammersmit | 335.28 | |
| 11-Aug-2023 | LWS Logo | Daniel Quirke | 250 |
| 21-Aug-2023 | Board meeting | Brewdog | 181.5 |
| 25-Aug-2023 | Board meeting | Brewdog | 27.95 |
| 11-Sep-2023 | JAM Logo | Daniel Quirke | 150 |
| 13-Sep-2023 | Board Meeting | Robyn Asolo | 23.39 |
| 20-Sep-2023 | BSL Video | Emily Gribbin | 200 |
| 20-Oct-2023 | Client Meeting | Charlotte O'Neill | 100 |
Year Ending 31 October 2023 Just Add Milk Productions CIO
INCOME
Year Ended 20
£3,857.87
Individual Donations
Total Income
EXPENDITURE
Venue Hire
Total Expenditure
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| In | £3,857.87 | ||
| 07-Nov-2022 | Donation | Stripe | £29.44 |
| 21-Nov-2022 | Donation | Stripe | £98.60 |
| 09-Nov-2022 | Paypal | Paypal | £48.80 |
| 06-Dec-2022 | Donation | Stripe | £58.68 |
| 08-Dec-2022 | Donation | Stripe | £29.44 |
| 19-Dec-2022 | Donation | Stripe | £98.60 |
| 09-Mar-2023 | Donation | £14.71 | |
| 06-Apr-2023 | Donation | Kristian Wall | £100.00 |
| 13-Apr-2023 | Donation | Just Add Milk Theatre Company | £150.00 |
| 13-Apr-2023 | Donation | Just Add Milk Theatre Company | £150.00 |
| 07-Jun-2023 | Donation | Just Add Milk Theatre Company | £50.00 |
| 09-Jun-2023 | Donation | Revolution Talent Ltd | £1,500.00 |
| 05-Sep-2024 | Donation | The Foundary | 1,500.00 |
| 23-Oct-2023 | Donation | 29.6 |
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| Annual accounts for theperiod | |||||||
| Period start date | 1-11-22 | To | Period end date | ||||
Section A Statement of financial activities
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| Annual accounts for theperiod | ||||||
| Period start date | 1-11-22 | To | Period end date | |||
| Section A Statement of financial activities | ||||||
| ended categories b | y activity | Guidance Notes | Unrestricted funds | stricted income fun | Endowment funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Incoming resourc | es(Note 3) | F01 | F02 | F03 | ||
| Income and endowm | ents from: | |||||
| Donations and legacies | S01 | 3,858 | - | - | ||
| Charitable activities | S02 | - | - | - | ||
| Other tradingactivities | S03 | - | - | - | ||
| Investments | S04 | - | - | |||
| Separate material item of | income | S05 | - | - | - | |
| Other | S06 | - | - | - | ||
| Total | S07 | 3,858 | - | - | ||
| Resources expend | ed(Note 6) | |||||
| Expenditure on: | ||||||
| Raisingfunds | S08 | - | - | - | ||
| Charitable activities | S09 | 2,207 | - | - | ||
| Separate material item of | expense | S10 | - | - | - | |
| Other | S11 | - | - | - | ||
| Total | S12 | 2,207 | - | - | ||
| Net income/(expenditure) before inve | S13 |
1,650 | - | - | ||
| Netgains/(losses)on inve | stments | S14 | - | - | - | |
| Net income/(expenditure) | S15 | 1,650 | - | - | ||
| Extraordinary item | s | S16 | - | - | - | |
| Transfers between funds | S17 | - | - | - | ||
| Other recognisedgains/(losses): | ||||||
| Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for t | S18 | - | - | - | ||
| Othergains/(losses) | S19 | - | - | - | ||
| Net movement in funds | S20 | 1,650 | - | - | ||
| Reconciliation of f | unds: | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | S21 | 4,235 | - | - | ||
| Total funds carried forward | S22 | 5,885 | - | - | ||
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| 31-10-23 | |
| Total funds | Prioryear funds |
| £ | £ |
| F04 | F05 |
| 3,858 | 4,535 |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| 3,858 | 4,535 |
| - | - |
| 2,207 | 300 |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| 2,207 | 300 |
| 1,650 | 4,235 |
| - | - |
| 1,650 | 4,235 |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| 1,650 | 4,235 |
| 4,235 | - |
| 5,885 | 4,235 |