2024-12-31-accounts - By Jove Theatre Company

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 01 2024 31 12 2024 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1200747

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

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole 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		01/01/24-29/01/24	Board of Trustees
Christine Plastow	Steering Group Liaison	01/01/24-29/01/24	Board of Trustees
Elizabeth Schafer			Board of Trustees
Wendy Haines	Steering Group Liaison	29/01/24-08/03/24	Board of Trustees
Tzu-i Liao			Board of Trustees

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOCUSING PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ON THE ART OF

Summary of the objects of the

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charity set out in its governing document 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)	DRAMA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RE-INTERPRETATIONS OF MYTH AND THE CANON; AND 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY 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. 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 2024 to begin developing this work, including identifying key themes and participants, primarily women and LGBTQ+ artists. These included a public sharing in June, attended by 50 people. The CIO was also included as a creative partner in a large academic funding grant, CoastARTS, which was successfully awarded in 2024 and which addresses ecological destruction and resilience in coastal areas and among marginalised communities through the arts. Initial conversations with the research team were held and work on this project will continue into 2025 and beyond. We also held an online reading of a new play by playwright Wendy Haines which addresses issues related to women, in particular women’s shelters. This reading helped to develop the play and was attended by a small audience of regular supporters. 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.

charity set out in its governing
document
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)

DRAMA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RE-INTERPRETATIONS
OF MYTH AND THE CANON; AND 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY
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.
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 2024 to begin developing this work, including identifying key
themes and participants, primarily women and LGBTQ+ artists. These
included a public sharing in June, attended by 50 people.
The CIO was also included as a creative partner in a large academic
funding grant, CoastARTS, which was successfully awarded in 2024 and
which addresses ecological destruction and resilience in coastal areas
and among marginalised communities through the arts. Initial
conversations with the research team were held and work on this project
will continue into 2025 and beyond.
We also held an online reading of a new play by playwright Wendy Haines
which addresses issues related to women, in particular women’s shelters.
This reading helped to develop the play and was attended by a small
audience of regular supporters.
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)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year	The charity’s biggest achievement in this period was the award of approx. £25,000 in grant funding from the Open University. This facilitated the first steps of the creation of a new piece of theatre as well as a workshop programme, to engage audiences with mythic storytelling, climate change, and specifically to promote new work created by women and LGBTQ+ people. 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
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details Youmay chooseto 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.
	The charity does not have a reserves policy. This is kept under review in case the need to maintain reserves arises.
	Not applicable
	(Optional information)


Section F	Other optional information

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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

	Emma Katherine Cole	David Andrew Haines

	Trustee	Trustee

	13/10/2025	14/10/25

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Charity Name No (if any) By Jove Theatre Company 1200747 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 1/1/2023 12/31/2024

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Regular donations(inc. Patreon) 794 One-off donations 50 Grants and creative funding 17,430 - - - - - 18,274 - - Sub total - Total receipts 18,274 A3 Payments Digital subscriptions (inc. web hosting) 998 Insurance 236 17,749 - - - - - - Sub total 18,983 - - Sub total - Total payments 18,983 Net of receipts/(payments) - 709 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 3,941 Cash funds this year end 3,232 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Creative activities (fees, venue hire, other expenses) 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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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 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details NatWest current account Details Details Details Costume items Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 3,233 - - - - - 3,233 - Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) Unrestricted - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Emma Cole David Haines Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		Emma Cole	10/13/2025
		David Haines	10/14/2025