2025-11-30-accounts

LegalAliens Theatre

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

30.11.25

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1209594

LMC ACCOUNTING SERVICES 25 MALVERN ROAD HACKNEY LONDON E9 3LP

LEGALALIENS THEATRE YEAR ENDED 30th November 2025

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DIRECTORS & TRUSTEES:

RESIGNED APPOINTED Andrew Johnston Patricia Theresa Reid 30.10.25 Sarah Tang 03.11.25 Tanya Tanner Carolyn Glenfield REGISTERED OFFICE: 2 NORTHWOOD ROAD LONDON N6 5TN CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1209594 EXAMINERS LMC ACCOUNTING SERVICES 25 MALVERN ROAD HACKNEY LONDON E8 3LP BANKERS: METRO Bank One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA

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LEGALALIENS THEATRE

Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts

I report on the financial statements for the year ended 30th November 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and related notes set out on pages 6, 7 & 8

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner Charities Act 2011 (the Act)

The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under the Charities Act 2011 (the Act)

and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the Act,

• to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission

(under section 145(5)(b) of the Act), and

· to state 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 in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees condcerning any such matters.

The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Independent Examiner's statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the trustees have not

met the requirements to ensure that:

proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the Act); and

accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or

1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

LMC Accounting Services 26th February 2026 Independant Examiner

25 Malvern Road London E8 3LP

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LEGALALIENS THEATRE

Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) For the Year Ended 30th November 2025

			Restricted		Total	Total
			Funds		Funds	Funds
			Income	General	30.11.25	30.11.24
	Notes		£	£	£
Income from:		2
- Grants and donations			99260	17,082	116,342	69244
- Earned Income			2,048	4066.40	6,115	5391
-Miscellaneous Income			-	27,956	27,956	0
			___	___	___
Total incoming resources			101,308	49,104	150,412	74635
			___	___	___
Resources expended
Charitable Activity Costs		3	104,617	26,089	130,706	68420
			___	___	___
Total resources expended			104,617	26,089	130,706	68420
			___	___	___
Net income/(expenditure)
for the year			(3,309)	23,015	19,706	6,215
Total funds brought forward			-	8,366	8,366	2151
Transfers between funds			3,309	(3,309)	-	0
			___	___	___
Total Funds carried forward			0	28,072	28,072	8366
			___	___	___

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LEGALALIENS THEATRE

Balance Sheet at 30 November 2025

		30.11.25	30.11.25	30.11.24
		£	£	£
			Total
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets		-	-	0
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors		18529		3430
Cash at bank and in hand		20577		24881
		_
Total current assets		39106		28311
CREDITORS- AMOUNTS FALLING DUE
WITHIN ONE YEAR		11034		19945
		_
NET CURRENT ASSETS			28072	8366
			_
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES			28072	8366
			_
The Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted Funds	- General		28072	8366
Capital Funds			0	0
Restricted Funds			0	0
			28073	8366
			_

Approved by the Trustees on ……………...and signed on their behalf by:

02.03.2026 DATE……………………………………………………………………………………..

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LEGALALIENS THEATRE

Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 November 2025

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the Charities Statement of Recognised Practice (2005).

(a) Accounting convention

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008).

(b) Tangible Fixed Assets

Assets costing £100 and over are depreciated over its expected useful life, as follows:

Office and Production equipment	25% straight line method
Furniture and Fixtures	25% straight line method

(c) Incoming Resources

Income derived from co-production agreements, performance fees and other sales is credited to the Statement of Financial Affairs (SOFA) in the period to which it relates on the basis of entitlement - excluding value added tax. Grants and donations represent amounts from individuals, corporations, trusts and other funding bodies and are credited to the SOFA in the year in which they are receivable.

(d) Resources expended

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis.

Costs are allocated to a category in the SOFA either because such costs are directly incurred in relation to such category, or because they are support costs in respect of which an apportionment has been made between the SOFA categories.

(e) Taxation

The Organisation as a registered charity ( number1159836 ) is exempt from taxation on most investment income insofar as it is applied for charitable purposes. The Organisation is also exempt from taxation on capital gains.

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LEGALALIENS THEATRE

Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 November 2025

2 INCOME

GRANTS AND DONATIONS

GRANTS AND DONATIONS
	FOS	TP		GENERAL	TOTAL
Power Up London			19945		19945 GRANT
National Lottery Community Grant	19555				19555 GRANT
Perform Europe	18030.83				18030.83 GRANT
Tottenham Grammer Foundation	6000.00				6000 GRANT
Hornsey Parish	2000.00				2000 GRANT
EFFEA	1735.32				1735.32 GRANT
Austin & Hope Pilkington	5000.00				5000 GRANT
ACE Project Grant	26994.00				26994 GRANT
Supporting Act Foundation Grant				10060.11	10060.11 GRANT
Per Donation Schedule				7022	7022 DONATION
TOTAL GRANTS AND DONATIONS					116342
EARNED INCOME
JACKSON LANE	2048.14				2048
WORKSHOPS				4066.40	4066
TOTAL EARNED INCOME					6115
MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
TTR				27956	27956
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS INCOME					27956
TOTAL INCOME					150412

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LEGALALIENS THEATRE

Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 November 2025

3 RESOURCES EXPENDED

	FOS	TP	GEN	TOTAL
Wages & Salaries	74235.51	7719.69	17580.00	99535.20
Other premises Cost			2190.90	2190.90
Insurance	2032.97	0.00	1214.32	3247.29
Other Professional Fees			1291.87	1291.87
Computer Costs			1619.75	1619.75
Bank Charges			57.21	57.21
Travel & Subsistence	3452.42	1907.50	136.59	5496.51
Miscellaneous Expenses		2.00		2.00
Marketing & Fundraising	5232.53		2851.24	8083.77
Development/Training	60.00	600.00	1413.42	2073.42
Props/Set/Materials	7072.41	10.99	25.20	7108.60
TOTAL COST		10240.18	28380.50	130706.52

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TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT - LegalAllens Theatre For the year ended 30 November 2025 1. Reference and administrative inforniation Charity name: L8galAliens Theatre Charlty registration number: 1209594 Reglstered office: 2 Northwood Road. London, N6 5TN Independent examlner: LMC Accounting SeNices. 25 Malvem Road. London. E8 3LP Bankers: Metro Bank, One Southampton Row. London. WC18 SHA Truslees {dlrectors) who served durlng the year: Andr8w Johnston Patricia Theresa Reid (resigned 30 October 2025). Sarah Tang (appointed 3 November 2025) Tanya Tanner Carolyn Glenfield. 'Thgse Truslees havè rw r¢*gned. new Trustees havo btsen apFoint8d in Fobruary 202618ruce Armstrong and Julia Crammefl 2. Structure, governance and management 2.1 LegalAliens Theatre is govem8d by its Board of Trustees. vtho are responsible for the strategic direction of the charity. oversight of finances. safeguarding and compliance. and ensuring the organisalion delivers public benefit through ils charitable activities. Trustees meet to review performance against plans, monitor risks. and ensure that grant funding and restricted funds are applied in line with funder requ1￿MentS. Operational delivery is led by the Artistic Director (Lara Pamiianil v￿rkIng with freelance creative teams. facilitators and project staff. The charity uses a flexible slaffing model lo match delivery cycles, while recognising the need to slabilise core capacity (adminlbookkeeping, outreach, monitoring and documentation) to support sustainability and compliance. The charity was Identlfied In 2024 as the resldenl Theatre of Sanctuary for St Francls at The Engine Room, a Church of England strategic project in Tottenham. North London, As such LegalAliens have free access to the Centre for rehearsals, workshops and performances. for which we are deeply indebted to the Parish Council. 2.2 Trustee recruitment and Inductlon Trustees are recruited on the basis of the skills, experience and perspectives needed to go

the charity effectively. Recruitmenl is carried aut through the charity's ne￿orkS and open calls where appropriate. New trustees will receive an induction including the goveming document, recent accounts. safeguarding approach, key policies, and an overview of current programmes and funding obligations. An annual skills audit ensures that a broad range of skills and interests is represented on the goveming body. 3. Objectives and activities 3.1 The Gharity's objects The charity's principal activity is the promotion of performing arts productions and the delivery of performing arts workshops in community and educational settings. In 2025. the charity's objectives were lo advance parts"cipation in theatre for migrants. refugees and people seeking sanctuary through regular and advanced community provision. and to produce and lour professional work that engages the public through perfomiances, workshops and discussion events. 3.2 Publlc benefit The trustees confimi they have had regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public ban8fit. The charity delivers public benefit by-. providing accessible creative participation opportunities and skills development through freellow-cost workshops and weekly programs aimed at underrepresented communiti8s: creating and touring professional productions that engage the public with contemporary issues (including war, displacement and memory) through theatr8 and post-show discussion., supporting young people's cullural access through free lickets and school workshops. In 2025, these public benefits were delivered through free and low-¢ost community workshops, free tickets and schools activity. and public touring perfomiances supportèd by posl-show discussion and learning resources 3.3 Main activities undertaken to further the charity's purposes During 2025, the charity's work focused on: touring and p￿SentIng the professional proJu¢tion Th8 Flowers of Srpbrenic8, including associated public discussion and education activity. This play was an

adaption by the Director Lara Pamiiani. of the inspirational b￿k of the same name by Professor Aidan Hehir of the University of Westminster- delivering the Tottenham Project as a regular and advanced weekly theatre programme for migrants. refugees and people seeking sanctuary: piloting replication and partnership delivery in Bedford, and exploring additional replication conversations., developing the production pipeline for a restaging of Ali in Wonder(Eng)land with the Tottenham group (planning in 2025,. delivery intended after year end). 4. Achievements and performance 4.1 Professional productions: The Flowers of Srebrenlca In 2025 the Charity delivered a major second touring leg of The Flowers of Srebrenica (including London, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Oslo and Pisal. The lour achieved strong artistic and audience outcomes, including multiple four- and five-slar reviews. full houses. and Mio Offies nominations (The prestigious awards for productions presented in venues outside the London West Endl. The accompanying post-show panel series on perfonning memory and war was received as strongly as the production itself, supporting deeper public engagement beyond the performances. Sarajevo perfomiances took place in the week of the 30 Anniversary and w8re attended by the UK and Irish Ambassadors, as well as the author of the original work, The Flowers of Srebrenica, Aidan Hehir of the University of Westminster. London, UK and received four and five star reviews in newspapers in the UK as well as in publications in Oslo, Pisa and Belgrade. Public benefit and education activity alongside the tour included: 250 Tottenham secondary school studenls brought to the theatre for free; five free in-school workshops delivered- a one-day methodology workshop delivered in Pisa. 1 free matinee for secondary schools in Oslo Free leaching materials and educational packages for teachers Mentorship for 3 participants in the Tottenham Project's Advanced class Delivery leaming included that the production's technical complexity required more robust early scoping (including a dedicated technical stage manager}. and thal some touring and set decisions increased costs (including travel booking constraints and the buildlstorage implicalions of creating a second set in London). The charity mitigated some costs through in- kind support and personal cost absorption, and paused non-essential legacy adivity pending additional funding. A small amount of income remains due to the charity from box office sales in Pisa and Oslo. Figures wll be confirmed once COTrproducers in Sarajevo (SARTRI submit the final report and

complete reconciliab'on, We are very grateful for our partners SARTR and for the funders of this ambitious projecl (Perfomi Europe. Arts Council England, Tottenham Grammar Foundation, The Performing Act Foundation>. 4.2 Community programme: Tottenham Project The Toltenham Project remained central to ￿MmunIty-faC1ng work in 2025, providing regular and advanced theatre provision for migrants, refugees and people seeking sancluary. Highlights included: regular class relention of around 85% and continued new participant engagement; exceptional feedback from the advanced strand and paid progression opportunities for advanced parti¢ipants supporting delivery (including children's sessions and a co- led adult workshop delivered in Bedford).. a Christmas sharing (Souls in Transit) developed through physical and visual composition. demonslraling artistic quality while also prompting careful wellbeing-led programming decisions around war-adjacenl themes. 4.3 Partnershlp5 and replicatlon: Bedford and development conversatlons The charity continued a pilot programme in Bedford (commissioned by Bedford Cr8aliv8 Arts) to replicate the Tottenham model, with steady growth and continuation negotiated through November 2026. Leaming from 8arfy partnership challenges infonn8d c18arer boundaries and delivery agreements. Initial conversations also opened with potential partners in Hastings to 8xplore replication in a third location. 4.4 Artistic development and pipeline Planning and early-stage work progressed toward a reslaging of Ali in Wonder(Eng)land with the Tottenham group. with Jacksons Lane offering free space again in July and an intention to increase production valu8s. A funding de￿slon was pending after the year end. The charity also se¢ured an invitation from Northeastem University, Boslon, USA, to lead a mini-residency (March-may following the yearendl focused on models of collaboration be￿een academics and pracb'tioners, supporting knowledge exchange and sector impact. Planning for future dates for The Flowers ol Srebrenica is paused until partners can identify funding sources andlor venues across Europe open to fully pay for ¢osts.

1. Financial review 5.1 Results for the year In Ihe year ended 30 November 2025: Total income." £150,412 Total expendlture: £130.706 Net Incoming resources: £19.706 Income comprised: grants and donations: £116.342 eamed income: £6,'115 • miscellaneous income.. £27.956. 5.2 Flnancial position at the end of the year At 30 November 2025 the charity reported.. cash at bank and in hand: £24.881 debtors: £3,450 creditors falling due within one year: £19.945 nel current assets I total funds: £8,366 The charity had no loan$ or overdrafts at the year end. The accounts were independently examined. with the independent examiner reporting no matters of ￿nCern arising from the examination. 5.3 Reserves pollcy The trustees aim to maintain prudent reserves to manage cashflow volatility (particulady where grant income is received in inslalmenls and delivery spend is fronl-loadedl, to underwrite core compliance costs, and to reduce organisalional risk arising from reliance on short-term project funding. The trustees recognise that cashflow can be constrained by timing differences and that maintsining stable core capacity ladminlbookkeeping, outreach. Monitorin￿doCumenIatlon) is essential to protecting delivery quality, compliance and funder confidence. The charity did not hold any funds as a custodian trustee on behalfof any other organisalion or person during the year.

2. Fundraising Income during the year was primarily derived from grants. donations and eamed income linked to delivery of Flowers of Srebrenica. The trustees are committed lo ethical fundraising practice and to ensuring that any restricted funding is applied in line with funder requirements and the charity's purposes. CurrenUy a number of grant applications have been made and work is underway lo broaden the base of donors who regularfy support the V￿rk of the charity.

3. Principal risks and uncertainties The tnjslees keep risks under regular review. Key risks identified during and after the year end include: Capaclty rlsk (dellvery and compllance): reliance on a small number of key individuals and freelance staff creates vulnerability if staff leave or workloads become unsustainable. Mitigation.. restructunng plans to split admin. outreach and monitoring. and to recruit an Executive PrOdU￿r role when funding allows. Flnan¢lal rlsk {touring cost volatlllty}: technically complex touring work can run above budget if not fully scoped early, particularly where travel logistics and seustorage decisions create additional costs. Mitigation: improved budgeting assumptions, eartier technical planning. and clearer touring breakryeven models before accepting bookings. Partnershlp and rèputatlonal rlsk: pilot replication depends on clear govemance and boundanes with partners. Miligalion: settin9 explicit delivery agreements and ensuring the Charity's methodology and safeguarding approach are protected. Cashflow risk: timing gaps between expenditure and receipt of grant inslallments, plus reliance on deblors, may ¢￿ale short-lem cash pressure. Mitigation: active shflow monitoring and maintainin9 reserves.
4. Plans for future periods Priorities for the next period include: continuing weekly Tottenham Proje￿ delivery and progressing the Ali in Wondèr(Eng)18nd restaging for July (subject to funding and production planning)., continuing Bedford delivery through the negotiated continuation period and developing further replicalion conversations (including Haslings)., delivering the Northeastern University. Boston, USA, residency and public sharing.. strengihening core organisational capacity and govemance. including recruiting additional trustees with finance skills and stabilising adminlbookkeeping and outreachlmonitoring functions:

developing a realistic touring strategy for The Flowers of Srebrenica aligned to capacity and fully scoped costs before commitments are made. 9. Statement of trustees, responsibilities The truslees are responsible for preparing the Trusl8es' Annual Report and tt)e financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK accounting standards. and for ensuring proper accounting records arè kept and that the charity's assets are safeguarde Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf= Nam8'. ANDREW JOHNSTON Role: Chair of the Board of Trustees Date: ZC