## **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** |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||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| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 **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** March **2012** **TAR** 2 |**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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## 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**
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.|| ||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**| March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **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| March **2012** **TAR** 5 **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 £**| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**794**
**50**
**17,430**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,274**|**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| ||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**18,274**|**-**| |||||| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**998**
**236**
**17,749**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,983**|**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| ||**-**
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**-**|**- 709**
**-**
**3,941**
**3,232**|**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| ## **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**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Emma Cole|10/13/2025| |||David Haines|**10/14/2025**|