**Brenda Peers-Ross 29 Drift Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0PW**
## **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[st] May 2026 which are set out on pages 1 and 2 of Charity Commission form CC16a of the financial report.
This report is made solely to the Trustees in accordance with Section 43(3) of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Trustees those matters which I am required to 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 for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of accounts; you consider that the audit requirements of Section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 156 of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts, presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures of the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken 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 is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting records of the Act have not been met.
2. or in my opinion, attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
.
## Brenda Peers-Ross
Brenda Peers-Ross FMAAT, ACIE 17[th] August 2026
## **Quiet Down There**
**For the period from**
## **Receipts and payments**
1/6/2025
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
## **Unrestricted funds**
## **Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
## **to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations||**-**|**2,424-**|||**-**|**3,540-**||
|Grants||**-**|**15,075-**|||**-**|**57,725-**||
|Fees||**-**|**300-**|||**-**|**2,300-**||
|Other||**-**|**580-**|||**-**|**--**||
|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
|||**-**|**18,379-**|||**-**|**63,565-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||||||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gro_|_ss income for AR)_||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||
|**(see table).**|||||||||||
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||**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||
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||**_Total receipts_ **||**-**|**18,379-**|||**-**|**63,565-**|||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Wages|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**22,400-**|||
|Freelance Staff|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**5,091-**|||
|Rent & Services|||**-**|**4,802-**|||**-**|**2,500-**|||
|Insurance|||**-**|**220-**|||**-**|**--**|||
|IT costs|||**-**|**1,481-**|||**-**|**--**|||
|Prof fees/training/one-off costs|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**6,669-**|||
|office costs|||**-**|**1,563-**|||**-**|**--**|||
|Project costs|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**2,840-**|||
||||||||**-**|**--**|||
||**_Sub total_ **||**-**|**8,066-**|||**-**|**39,500-**|||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|**Loan repayment**||**-**|**1,690-**|||**-**|**--**|||
|Fixed assets||**-**|**4,274-**|||**-**|**--**|||
|**_Sub total_ **||**-**|**5,964-**|||**-**|**--**|||
|||||||||||
|**_Total payments_ **||**-**|**14,030-**|||**-**|**39,500-**|||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
19/08/2026
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||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -**|**4,349-**|||**-**|**24,065-**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A5**|**Transfers between funds**
**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||
|**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**
**-**|**28,356-**|||**-**|**25,199-**|||
||**_Cash funds this year end_ -**|**32,705-**|||**-**|**49,264-**|||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
## **Details**
**B1 Cash funds**
Cash in Bank 31st May 2026
_**Total cash funds**_
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
## **Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
## **Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
## **Details**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
Miele Dryer PDR307 HP S/N: 41/178108395 Miele WED665 Wcs Twindos 8kg Honeycomb drum#1 Miele WED665 Wcs Twindos 8kg Honeycomb drum#2 Miele Dryer PDR307 HP S/N: 41/17818205
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
19/08/2026
2
Miele PDR 307 HP P | S/N: 60/202773843 Miele WED665 Wcs Twindos 8kg Honeycomb drum#3
## **Details**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Bounce Back Loan
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
19/08/2026
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||**To**||||||||||||
||**Endowment**
**funds**|||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**|||
||**to the nearest**|**£**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest**|**£**||
||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**5,964-**|||**-**|**5,881-**|||
||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**72,800-**|||**-**|**49,068-**|||
||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**2,600-**|||**-**|**11,128-**|||
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||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**81,944-**|||**-**|**66,107-**|||
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||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**5,091-**|||**-**|**11,716-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**7,302-**|||**-**|**6,309-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**220-**|||**-**|**220-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**1,481-**|||**-**|**1,242-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**6,669-**|||**-**|**5,716-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**1,563-**|||**-**|**2,185-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**2,840-**|||**-**|**4,147-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**47,566-**|||**-**|**51,535-**||
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||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**5,964-**|||**-**|**4,064-**||
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||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**53,530-**|||**-**|**55,599-**||
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
19/08/2026
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||**-**|**--**|**--**|||**-**|**28,414-**|||**-**|**10,508-**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**53,555-**|||**-**|**43,047-**||
||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**81,969-**|||**-**|**53,555-**||
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|**d**|||||
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**32,705-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**||**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**49,264-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|**-**
**32,705-**||**-**
**49,264-**||**-**
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2,681-||**-**
**1,609-**|
CCXX R5 accounts (SS)
19/08/2026
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|||-|3,274-||**-**|**3,274-**|
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|**Fund to which**|||**Amount due**|||**When due**|
|**liability relates**|||**(optional)**|||**(optional)**|
|HSBC||-|6,800-||1st|March 2032|
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Print Name Date of approval Victoria Patrick 07/08/26 Charlotte Levine 07/08/26
CCXX R6 accounts (SS)
19/08/2026
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] June 2025 Period start date To 31[st] May 2026 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Quiet Down There**
## **Charity registration number: 1199375**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set 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, BY THE PROVISION OF**
**PROVIDING FREE CREATIVE**
**WORKSHOPS/PROJECTS, EVENTS AND**
**EXPERIENCES.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**During this period Quiet Down There**
**delivered:**
**● 324 sessions to wash and create**
**● Open studio across 3 weekends**
**in Nov/Dec**
**● Duty - 16 online sessions of**
**women’s discussion group**
**● Jigsaw club and sales**
**● Eco-laundry education with**
**Julie’s Bicycle**
**● Delivered energy advice for the**
**Centre for Sustainable Energy**
**● Co-created London Road Creative**
**Network who have met 6 times**
**● Created a new partnership with**
**Justlife - securing a bigger venue**
**for the laundry project**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|**QDT takes into account the Charity**
**Commissions guidelines on public**
**benefit when planning its activities.**|
Commission on public benefit
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**None**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**None**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**QDT has 3 regular volunteers who work**
**on creative projects and help out in the**
**laundry. They are very generous with**
**their time and contribute in-depth**
**knowledge of the local area**|
|Other||**None**|
||||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Between June 25 and May 26 QDT**
**achieved:**
**-324 free washes for local people**
**-A commission with Brighton University**
**to celebrate our 10 year anniversary in**
**2026**
**-Run Pangea sewing project with artist**
**Arabel Lebrusen**
**-Collaborated on Women who UX**
**conference**
**-Co-created London Road Creative**
**Network - a space for artists, arts**
**organisations and grassroots**
**organisations to meet.**
**-Delivering energy advice to 20**
**households per month using creative**
**activities to discuss energy use**
**-Secured a partnership with Justlife**
**Foundation to create a bigger space for**
**the laundry project**
**-Published a report on the impact of our**
**laundry project**
**How Community Laundrettes Tackle**
**Hygiene Poverty and Isolation– Creative**|
**Identity, Community, and Dignity at Harriett’s Press | Magnetic Ideals**
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||||
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21
|**QDT are in a good financial position at**
**the end of May 26with unrestricted funds**
**of £32705 and restricted funds of £49264**|
|
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22
|**We hold £9000 reserves as they are the**
**equivalent of 3 months overheads which**
**would be needed to wind down the**
**charity.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22
|**£9000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**University of Sussex**
**Centre for Sustainable Energy**
**Awards for All**
**Brighton & Hove Council**
**Homity Trust**
**Screwfix Foundation**
**Randall Foundation**
**Enjoolata**
**Lennox Trust**
**GC Gibson Trust**
**Hugo Berge Foundation**
**Sussex Community Foundation**
**Grocers Foundation**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25
|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25
|**CIO**|
|
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25
|**Trustees are recommended by either the**
**Director or another Trustee and then**
**discussed and agreed at the Trustees**
**meeting.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Quiet Down There|
|---|---|
|
Other name the charity uses|QDT|
|Registered charity number|1199375|
|
Charity’s principal address|Justlife Hub, 5a Brunswick Row, Brighton BN1 4JZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**
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**e of**
**pers**
**on**
**(or**
**bod**
**y)**
**entit**
**led**
**to**
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**trust**
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**(if**
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|---|---|---|---|
||Victoria Patrick|||
||Charlotte Levine|||
||Beth Allan|||
||Stella Simms|||
||Chris Kuzmicki||Started 7th July2025|
||Heather McKnight||Started 7th July2025|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the 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 (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||||
|||David Flindall|Flat 4, 14 Waldram Park Road, London SE23 2PN|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Victoria Patrick|||
|||Chair
7th Aug 26|||
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