## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/08/2024 Period start date To 31/07/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Printfest Ulverston Charity registration number:1206531**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of education for the
public benefit in the art of artistic
printmaking by holding an annual festival of
artistic printmaking in the unitary authority
area of Westmorland and by providing
opportunities for the public to learn about
and practice the skills and techniques of
artistic printmaking.|
|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|Printfest Ulverston combines year-round
work with local schools with a five-day
Printmaking festival dedicated to the
exhibition of contemporary prints. The
festival provides a rare opportunity for
some of the UK’s best printmakers to
gather under one roof and share their
printmaking practice with the public and
each other. Integral to the festival are a
series of workshops where the public can
learn from established printmakers and
develop their own printmaking skills using a
variety of different techniques. In 2025, 44
selected artists exhibited, 2,040 members
of the public visited and 48 people
participated in the workshops.
19 local primary, secondary and alternative
provision schools participated in Printfest
2025. A schools’ printmaking brief was
developed, and workshops were run in
schools to engage both teachers and
pupils. This resulted in over 600 prints,
produced by pupils, being displayed at the
festival.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees are fully aware of the
guidance issued by the Charities
Commission on public benefit and are
careful to comply with it. We believe that
participation in the arts is beneficial for
health and the wellbeing of all that get
involved.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other
## **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|Printfest in 2025 was the 22ndevent that
was successfully delivered. It attracted
2,040 visitors, showing 44 of the best of the
UK’s printmakers from all over the UK.
Seven workshops took place where 48
participants enjoyed learning new
techniques. We also linked up with
Printshare Lakes to enable workshops to
carry on after the event had finished.
19 Schools took part in the Schools
Programme and over 600 works were
produced by them and displayed on the
walls at the Coro in Ulverston. This year we
also ran workshops in schools for both
pupils and teachers. With less monies
available in schools for art education,
without the support of Printfest many
schools would not have enough resources
to offer their pupils the opportunities to
experience printmaking.
Many people in the South Lakes area do
not have the opportunity to visit galleries or
art museums and some find them daunting
and inaccessible. Printfest is on their
doorstep and is a much friendlier
accessible experience.
We believe that there has not been a time
that involvement in the arts is so important
for the health and wellbeing of the public.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|On the 31stof July 2025 the balance of
monies in the bank account and PayPal
amounted to £26,751|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Printfest has no overdraft facility, so it needs
reserves to start the process each year
before any payments and receipts come in.
Each year we apply for grants and funding
which are variable and not guaranteed. This
also necessitates having to have reserves.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£26,751|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Risk of lack of funding from Local authorities
and Trusts & Foundations
Risk of less paying visitor numbers
Increased costs of venue|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46
objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 15thJanuary 2024|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|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|The Trustees are appointed or reappointed
annually at the AGM in the end of August.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Printfest Ulverston|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1206531|
|Charity’s principal address|3 Stockbridge Lane, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 7BG|
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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|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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|Bankers|Barclays Bank Plc|28 Duke Street, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria LA14 1HH|
|Solicitors|Livingstons|9 Benson Street, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 7AU|
|Accountant
s|Redhead
Accountancy Ltd|Bank House, Griffin Street, Broughton in Furness,
Cumbria LA20 6HH|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **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)** Alyson Dickson **Full name(s)** Keith Bamber **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Acting Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 28/04/2026
Company registration number: CE034885 Charity registration number: 1206531
**PRINTFEST ULVERSTON TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025**
Redhead Accountancy Ltd
## **Printfest Ulverston Contents**
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|Trustees' Report|1—2|
|Independent Examiner's Report|3|
|Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|4|
|Balance Sheet|5|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|6—8|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|9|
## **Printfest Ulverston Company No. CE034885 Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Aims and Objectives**
Printfest Ulverston organises an annual Arts Festival that celebrates Hand Made Print and offers the public the opportunity to view good quality artworks, meet the artists and learn about printmaking.
## **Public Benefit**
Printfest supports programmes of workshops for the public, teachers and schools, and Ulverston Fringe - celebrating the Arts and Culture of Ulverston.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
## **Trustees**
Mrs Alyson Dickson Mrs Lorraine Thompson Mrs Janet Benefield Mr Keith Bamber
## **Charity Number**
1206531
## **Company Number**
CE034885
## **Independent Examiner**
Redhead Accountancy Ltd Redhead Accountancy Ltd Chartered Accountants Bank House Griffin Street Broughton-in-Furness Cumbria LA20 6HH
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## **Printfest Ulverston Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
## **Small Company Rules**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Mr Keith Bamber Trustee 23/04/2026
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## **Printfest Ulverston Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Printfest Ulverston For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 July 2025.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the charity trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Redhead Accountancy Ltd 01/12/2025 Bank House Griffin Street Broughton-in-Furness Cumbria LA20 6HH
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## **Printfest Ulverston Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Charitable activities:
Annual Arts Festival
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
**4**
Annual Arts Festival
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**10**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
9,255
31,118|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
7,125
20,433|
|---|---|---|
||40,373|27,558|
||(37,773)|(42,122)|
||2,600|(14,564)|
||2,600
24,151|(14,564)
38,715|
||26,751|24,151|
The notes on pages 6 to 8 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Printfest Ulverston Balance Sheet As At 31 July 2025**
|**Notes**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**8**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Unrestricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**10**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
26,751|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
24,651|
|---|---|---|
||26,751
-|24,651
(500)|
||26,751|24,151|
||26,751|24,151|
||26,751|24,151|
||26,751|24,151|
||26,751|24,151|
For the year ending 31 July 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
On behalf of the board
Mr Keith Bamber Trustee 23/04/2026
The notes on pages 6 to 8 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Printfest Ulverston Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
## 1. **General Information**
Printfest Ulverston is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number CE034885 and registered charity number 1206531. The registered office is .
## 2. **Accounting Policies**
## 2.1. **Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
## 2.2. **Cash and Cash Equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
## 3. **Income from Donations and Legacies**
|.
**Income from Donations and Legacies**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Donations and gifts
.
**Analysis of Expenditure**
Annual Arts Festival
Annual Arts Festival|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
36,865|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
9,255|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
7,125|
|||**Support**
**costs**
(see note 5)
**£**
908|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
37,773|
||**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
40,914|**Support**
**costs**
(see note 5)
**£**
1,208|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
42,122|
## 4. **Analysis of Expenditure**
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## **Printfest Ulverston Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
|5.
**Support Costs**
General administration
General administration
6.
**Independent Examiner's Remuneration**
Independent examination of the financial statements
7.
**Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees during the year was: NIL (2024: NIL)
8.
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Accruals and deferred income
9.
**Deferred Income**
Deferred income movements in the year were as follows:
Balance at the start of the period
Income deferred in the current period
Amounts released in income from previous periods
Balance at the end of the period||**2025**
**£**
90
**2025**
**£**
-
**2025**
**£**
500
-
(500)|**2025**
**Annual Arts**
**Festival**
**£**
908|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**2024**
**Annual Arts**
**Festival**
**£**
1,208|
||||**2024**
**£**
-|
||||**2024**
**£**
500|
||||**2024**
**£**
-
500
-|
|||-|500|
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**Printfest Ulverston Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
## 10. **Movement in Funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Total funds**|**As at 1**
**August 2024**
**£**
24,151|**Income**
**£**
40,373|**Expenditure**
**£**
(37,773)|**As at 31 July**
**2025**
**£**
26,751|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||24,151|40,373|(37,773)|26,751|
||**As at 1**
**August 2023**
**£**
38,715|**Income**
**£**
27,558|**Expenditure**
**£**
(42,122)|**As at 31 July**
**2024**
**£**
24,151|
||38,715|27,558|(42,122)|24,151|
## 11. **Transactions with Trustees**
None of the trustees received any remuneration or any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity during the current or previous year.
During the year the expenses reimbursed to the trustees or paid directly to third parties were as follows:
|**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|
|**£**|**£**|
## 12. **Related Party Disclosures**
Sally Bamber, the wife of Keith Bamber (A Trustee and Treasurer of Printfest Ulverston), trading as Sally Bamber Art & Design, supplied Printfest Ulverston with a full marketing service which amounted to £5198.09 in 2025, and £6195.07 in 2024.
The fees and costs covered:
design, production and supply of all print material,
design and production of advertising including the buying of all media, website design, hosting and maintenance, mailings to our database, production and supply of all material needed for the event.
All fees and costs were fully costed and agreed by the Trustees before the start of the financial year. The Trustees understand that all work produced by Sally Bamber were below market rates. The Trustees review this agreement on a year-by-year basis.
## 13. **Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
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**Printfest Ulverston Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations and gifts
**Charitable Activities:**
**Annual Arts Festival**
Income from charitable activities
Sale of goods or services
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
**Charitable Activities:**
**Annual Arts Festival**
Staging fundraising events
Contracting with agents to raise funds
Other trading activities
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and publicity
Storage expenses
Printing, postage and stationery
Independent examiner's fees
Legal fees
Credit card charges
Sundry expenses
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
9,255|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
7,125|
|---|---|---|
||9,255
31,118
-|7,125
-
20,433|
||31,118|20,433|
||40,373
(13,522)
(6,504)
(4,960)
(11,247)
(632)
(134)
(90)
-
(150)
(534)|27,558
(13,130)
(4,587)
(11,737)
(11,153)
(307)
(96)
-
(420)
(265)
(427)|
||(37,773)|(42,122)|
||(37,773)|(42,122)|
||2,600|(14,564)|
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## **Printfest Ulverston Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Printfest Ulverston For The Year Ended 31 July 2025**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 July 2025.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the charity trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Redhead Accountancy Ltd 01/12/2025 Bank House Griffin Street Broughton-in-Furness Cumbria LA20 6HH
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