Brenda Peers-Ros$
29 Drift Road
Selsey
Chlchester
West Sussex
P020 OPW
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of:
QUIET DOWN THERE
Registered Charity Number: 1199375
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31° May 2025 which are set out
on pages 1 and 2 of Charity Commission form CC16a of ihe financial report.
This r8port is madè so18ly lo the Trustegs in a¢cordan¢e with Se¢lion 43131 of the Charitiès Act
2011. My work has been undertaken so that I mi9hl state lo the Tnjslees those matters which I
am required lo state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To
fullest extent permitted by law.. I do not accept responsibility to anyone other than the Trustees lor
my work, for this report. or lor the opinions I hav6 fomed.
Respectlv8 r8sponsSbilitiès of trust￿8 and examlnèr
The Charity's Trustees are responsible lor the preparation of accounls-, you consider that the audit
requirements of Section 144 121 ol the Chanlies Acl 2011 (the Act) does not apply. 11 is my
responsibility lo state, on the basis ol procedures specified in the General Directions given by the
Charity Commission under seclion 156 01 the Acl, whether particular matters have come lo my
attention.
Bas18 01 Independent examlner's statement
My examinalion was carried oul in accordance with general Directions gtven by the Charrty
Commission. An examinalion includes a review of the a￿UntIng ￿cordS kept by the charity and
a comparison of the accounts, presenled wrth those records. 11 also includes consideration of any
unusual item$ or disclosures of the accoun15 and seeking explanations from you as trustees
conceming any such matters. The proCedU￿S undert8ken do not provide all the evidence that
would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts
present a 'true and fair view," and the report 1$ limited to those matters set out in the statement
below.
Inde￿ndent Examlner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no rnatte￿ have come lo my attenlion..
which 9ive5 me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements..
lo keep a(tounbng records in accordance with Section 130 of the Act-
and
(o prepare accounis which accord wilh the accounting records and to
comply with the accounling records of the Act have not been mel.
or in my opinion. attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Brenda Peers-Ross FMAAT. ACIE
24, September 2025

||**Quiet Down There**||||**1199375**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**|01/06/24||**To**|31/05/2025||
||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**to the nearest      £**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**1,881**|**4,000**||**-**|**5,881**|**10,100**|
|Grants|**11,335**|**37,733**||**-**|**49,068**|**61,122**|
|Fees for charitable services|**1,028**|**10,100**||**-**|**11,128**|**11,281**|
|Other|**30**|**-**||**-**|**30**||
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**14,274**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>_(Gross income for AR)_|**14,274**|**51,833**||**-**|**66,107**|**82,503**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**A3 Payments**<br>**14,274**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||||||
||**14,274**|**51,833**||**-**|**66,107**|**82,503**|
||||||||
|Wages and NI|**-**|**20,000**||**-**|**20,000**|**25,074**|
|Pension|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**1,090**|
|Rent & Services|**3,309**|**3,000**||**-**|**6,309**|**11,857**|
|Insurance|**-**|**220**||**-**|**220**|**331**|
|Internet/email/website|**-**|**1,242**||**-**|**1,242**|**1,167**|
|Office costs|**1,185**|**1,000**||**-**|**2,185**|**155**|
|Prof fees/training/one-off costs|**2,716**|**3,000**||**-**|**5,716**|**2,447**|
|Project costs|**-**|**4,147**||**-**|**4,147**|**4,502**|
|Freelance staff|**-**|**11,716**||**-**|**11,716**|**12,254**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**7,210**<br>**_Sub total_**|**7,210**|**44,325**||**-**|**51,535**|**58,877**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|Fixed assets (washer & dryer)|**-**|||**-**|**-**|**4,351**|
|Loan repayment|**4,064**|**-**||**-**|**4,064**|**1,122**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**11,274**<br>**3,000**<br>**16,354**<br>**9,002**<br>**28,356**<br>**4,064**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|**4,064**|**-**||**-**|**4,064**|**5,473**|
||||||||
||**11,274**|**44,325**||**-**|**55,599**|**64,350**|
||||||||
||**3,000**|**7,508**||**-**|**10,508**|**18,153**|
||**16,354**|**-**<br>**16,354**||**-**|||
||**9,002**|**34,045**||**-**|**43,047**|**24,894**|
||**28,356**|**25,199**||**-**|**53,555**|**43,047**|
||||||||
|**Restricted funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**28,356**<br>**25,199**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Cash in bank 31st May 2025<br>**Categories**<br>**Details**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|||||||
|||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|Cash in bank 31st May 2025<br>**Details**|||**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|||
||Cash in bank 31st May 2025|||**28,356**|**25,199**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>**Details**|||**28,356**|**25,199**|**-**|
|||||OK|OK|OK|
|||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||||||



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|||**Unrestricted**|||**Restricted funds**|||**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**||||||**funds**|
|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|
|||**28,356**|||**25,199**|||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**28,356**|||**25,199**|||**-**|
|||OK|||OK|||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**|||**Restricted funds**|||**Endowment**|
|||**funds**||||||**funds**|
|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
||||||||||



||||||**Unrestricted**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Categories**|**Details**|||**funds**||
||||||**to nearest £**||
|**B1**|**Cash funds**|Cash in bank 31st May 2025|||**28,356**||
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
|||**_Total cash funds_**|||**28,356**||
|||(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|||OK||
||||||**Unrestricted**||
||||||**funds**||
|||**Details**|||**to nearest £**||
|**B2**|**Other monetary assets**||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
||||||**-**||
||||||||



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

24/09/2025 

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|**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees|**Details**|307 HP S/N: 41/178108395*<br>Wcs Twindos 8kg Honeycomb drum#1<br>Wcs Twindos 8kg Honeycomb drum#2<br>307 HP S/N: 41/17818205<br>Signature<br>cunts<br>ve|**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||Miele Dryer PDR<br>Miele WED665<br>Miele WED665<br>Miele Dryer PDR|307 HP S/N: 41/178108395*||3,351|2,681|
|||Wcs Twindos 8kg Honeycomb drum#1||858|603|
|||Wcs Twindos 8kg Honeycomb drum#2||1,000|900|
|||307 HP S/N: 41/17818205||2,681|1,877|
|||||**-**|**-**|
||*Miele Dryer 2024 ac<br>cost £2,188 should ha<br>been £3,351|cunts<br>ve||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||Bounce Back Loan||HSBC|**8,298**|**01 March 2032**|
|||||**-**||
|||||**-**||
|||||**-**||
|||||**-**||
||||Print|Name|Date of approval|
||||Charlott|e Levine|19/09/2025|
||||Victoria|Patrick|**19/09/2025**|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

24/09/2025 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLANO AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period 1st June 2024 - 31st May
2025
Charity name: Qulet Down There
Charity registration number: 1199375
Objectives and Activities
SORP referenr
Summary ofthe purposes of
the charity as sel out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
TO PROMOTE. MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND
ADVANCE EDUCATION AND
APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS,
WITH A FOCUS ON SOCIALLY AND
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES WHERE ACCESS TO
SUCH ACTIVITIES WOULD ORDINARILY
BE LIMITED, 8Y THE PROVISION OF
PROVIDING FREE CREATIVE
WORKSHOPSIPROJECTS. EVENTS AND
EXPERIENCES.
Durlng thls ￿rIOd Qulet Down There
delivered:
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
aclivilies, projects or services
identified in the accounts.
Par8 1.17 and
1.19
600 sèsslons to wash and creato
Layers of London Road textlles
project
Duty- 16 onllno $e$$lon$ of
women's dlscusslon group
10 will writing sessions
womon of tho mark&t film
screenlng at a brlghton fllm
festival
Jigsaw Club and $al&$
HAF development- fllmmaklng
sessions for 14-16 year olds in
roceipt of froo $¢hool dinnor$
Eco4aundry educatlon wlth Julle
Bicycle
Delivered 6 month$ of ¢roative
sessions for Vlncent Dance
Theatre
Delivered energy advice for tho
Centre for Sustainable Energy
Co<reated London Road Creative
Network who have met 3 times
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
hadr
ard to the
uidance
Para 1.18
QDT takes into accounts the Charity
Commlsslons guldellnes on publlc
benefit when
lannin
its activities.

issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
Addltlonal Informatlon loptlonall
You ma
choose lo include further slalemenls where relevant about..
SORP referen(
None
Para 1.3B
Policy on grant making
None
P8r8 1.3B
Policy on social investment
including program relaled
investment
QDT has 3 regular volunteers who work
on creative projects and help out in the
laundry. They are very generous with
thelr tlme and ¢ontrlbute In4epth
knowledge of the local area
Par8 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Olher
Achievements and Performance
SORP rtference
Between Jun• 24 and May 25 QDT
achleved:
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity s work has made to
Ihe circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
Pora 1.20
-1000 froo wa$ho$ for local poopl• wlth
savlng of over £12,000
-A commission from Sussex University to
input into croative pla¢emaking for
London Rd - supportlng local people to
have a voice in the planning process
-S¢r¢ening of our ¢ommunity-mad¢ film
documenting the role of women in the
market.Platfomiing local wornen's stories
whi¢h often get overlooked.
£04reated London Road Creative
Network - a space for artists. arts
organisations and grassroot5
organlsatlons to meet.
-Delivering energy advice to 20
households per rnonth using creative
actlvltles lo dlscuss ener
use

Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the
eriod
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reseNes
slating why they are held
Par8 1.21
QDT are In a good flnanclal posltlon at
the end of May 25 with unrestricted funds
of £28356 and restricted funds of £25.199.
We hold £9000 reserves a5 they are the
equivalent of 3 months overheads whlch
would be needed to wind down the
chari
£9000
Par8 1.22
Amount of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in
deficit
Exp18n8tion of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.22
Par8 1.22
Pard 1.24
P8r8 1.23
Additional information loptionall
You ma choose lo include further statements where relevant about..
Unlverslty of Sussex
Centre for Sustainable Energy
Awards for All
Brighton & Hove Councll
Homity Trust
Woodward Trust
Rampion Community Trust
Enjoolata
Arts Councll
Albert Hunt Trust
The charity s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
Para 1.47
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
Par8 1.46
Relian¢e on project funding to cover coro
costs.
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Para 1.46
Olher

Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts..
Type of governing document
Para 1.25
Constitution
How is the charity
consliluled?
"•rirJted
Para 1.25
cio
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
conslilulional provisions e.g.
election lo post or name of
any person or body enlilled
lo appoint one or more
Iruslees
P8r8 1.25
Trustees are recommended by either the
Director or another Trustee and then
discussed and agreed at the Trustees
meetlng.
Reference and Administrative details
Charil
name
Other name the chari
uses
Re
islered charil
number
Charity's principal address
Quiet Down There
QDT
1199375
Studio 6, Brighton Open Market Balcony. Marshalls Row
Brighton BN14JU

Narnes of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Name of
person lor
body) entitled
to appoint
trustee Irf
an
TnJ$tee nam*
Offi¢e Irf anyl
Dates actsd if not
for whole year
Victoria Patrick
Charlotte Levine
Beth Allan
Stella Simms
Cor
orate Iruslees- names of the directors at the dale the re
rtwasa
roved
Dirtctor narn•
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Tru$lee name
Dote$ a¢ted If not for whole
¢ar

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own assets
Additional information loptionall
Names and addre$$es of advlser$ (Optlonal Infomiatlon)
Type of
Name
Address
adviser
Dlgltal
Advisor
David Flindall
Flat 4. 14 Waldram Park Road. London SE23 2PN
Name of chlef executlve or names of senlor staff members {Optional Informatlon)
Lucy Jefferies
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of ke ersonnel details
Other o
tional information

Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above.
Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees
Signaturg15)
Full name{s)
Victoria Patrick
Posltion {eg Secretary.
Chalr, etcl
Chair of Trustees
Date
4th June 2025