## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 19 10 2022 31 12 2023 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** By Jove Theatre Company **Other names charity is known by** Theatre of the Gentle Furies **Registered charity number (if any)** 1200747 **Charity's principal address** 10 Coleridge Close Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire **Postcode MK16 8QF** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Emma Cole|||Board of Trustees| ||David Haines|||Board of Trustees| ||John J Johnston|Chair||Board of Trustees| ||Siân Mayhall-Purvis||19/10/22-29/01/24|Board of Trustees| ||Christine Plastow|Steering Group
Liaison|19/10/22-29/01/24|Board of Trustees| ||Elizabeth Schafer|||Board of Trustees| ||Thomas Spurgin||19/10/22-31/12/22|Board of Trustees| ||Tzu-i Liao||17/08/23-present|Board of Trustees| ||Wendy Haines|Steering Group
Liaison|29/01/24-08/03/24|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive**|**or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOCUSING PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ON THE ART OF DRAMA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RE-INTERPRETATIONS OF MYTH AND THE CANON; AND 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY March **2012** **TAR** 2 |**Summary of the main activities**
**undertaken for the public**
**benefit in relation to these**
**objects (include within this**
**section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit)**|AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY EDUCATING AND
INCREASING AWARENESS OF ISSUES RELEVANT TO WOMEN OR
LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY
PROMOTING THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF WORKS
OF DRAMA BY WOMEN AND LGBTQ+PEOPLE.| |---|---| ||Several activities were undertaken by the CIO during this period for the
public benefit in line with the objects of the charity. The first, in late 2023,
was the production and release of a 4-episode podcast series named
Mythcrashers. This podcast discussed storytelling and adaptation in
relation to four distinct myths from different traditions. The podcast
specifically engaged with retellings that centred women and/or LGBTQ+
people and showcased new writing by women.
Also in late 2023, the CIO hosted Carbon Literacy Training for small
theatre companies to increase the sustainability of theatre-making in the
UK.
In 2024, the CIO applied for and secured approx. £25,000 of funding from
the Open University’s Open Societal Challenges scheme to pursue a new
theatre project focusing on myth and the environment. Several workshops
were held in the later part of 2024 to begin developing this work, including
identifying key themes and participants, primarily women and LGBTQ+
artists.
Throughout the period of this report, the CIO maintained a suite of free-to-
access resources on YouTube and SoundCloud, including recordings of
previous productions, companion podcasts, and discussion sessions. The
CIO also maintained a social media presence on Twitter (now X) to
continue engaging audiences with our content, and developed specific
content for paying supporters on Patreon including behind-the-scenes
updates and an exclusive supporters’ event in the form of a live play
reading.
Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and performance The charity’s biggest achievement in this period was the award of approx. **Summary of the main** £25,000 in grant funding from the Open University. This will facilitate the **achievements of the charity** creation of a new piece of theatre as well as a workshop programme, to **during the year** engage audiences with mythic storytelling, climate change, and specifically to promote new work created by women and LGBTQ+ people. This money will be awarded in several stages, including in the next financial year. Development of this project is underway and shows promise to engage audiences in the hundreds around the UK. The charity maintained a social media following of over 1400 followers on Twitter/X and over 250 followers on Instagram. Our presentation of _Here She Comes_ , a poetic retelling of Euripides’ _Bacchae_ by SJ Brady, has been played on YouTube and SoundCloud over 500 times. Episodes of the Mythcrashers podcast had been played over 130 times. ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 The charity does not have a reserves policy. This is kept under review in **Brief statement of the** case the need to maintain reserves arises. **charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **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**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||John J Johnston|Elizabeth Jane Schafer| |||| ||Chair|Trustee| |||| ||23 October 2024|29 October 2024| March **2012** **TAR** 6 TAR Maich 2012 ||**Charity Name**

**By Jove Theatre Company**
|**Charity Name**

**By Jove Theatre Company**
|**Charity Name**

**By Jove Theatre Company**
|**Charity Name**

**By Jove Theatre Company**
|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
10/19/2022|**To**
||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Regular donations(inc. Patreon)
**1,284**
One-off donations
**-**
Grants and creative funding
**3,980**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,264**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total receipts 5,264**
**A3 Payments**
Digital subscriptions (inc. web hosting)
**694**
Insurance
**343**
Creative fees
**2,407**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total 3,444**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total payments 3,444**
**Net of receipts/(payments) 1,820**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**2,123**
**Cash funds this year end 3,943**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**Sub total**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,284**
**-**
**3,980**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,264**|**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| |||**-**
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**-**|**694**
**343**
**2,407**
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**3,444**|**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**
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**2,123**
**3,943**|**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
NatWest current account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Costume items
**Details**
Creative fees
Venue hire
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Open University Open Societal Challenges
~~Grant~~|**to nearest £**
**3,943**
**-**
**-**
**3,943**
OK
**to nearest £**
**19,025**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,525**
**2,660**
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**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||Creative fees|Unrestricted|**17,525**|| ||Venue hire|Unrestricted|**2,660**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature
#VALUE!|Print Name
John J Johnston|Date of
approval| |---|---|---| |#VALUE!|John J Johnston|28-Oct-24| A SJ4•tr- Elizab8th Schaf8r 29i1Ct-24