Company registration ￿￿&be[. 591781
Ch8rityrcgistrationnumb¢r. 211361
The Stables Trust Limited
(A company lirnitvjby B￿aT￿￿tr•)
AnttualRcport aDd Financial St8t¢mellts
for tb¢YearEtkdrA 30 Septeuiber 2022
M8nningWIt
39 Higb Stre¢t
Battle
EB8t Sussex
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Contents
R¢f¢rencE and Administrotiv¢Detalls
Ttv8tee8' Report
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StateuMto£Tru#¢eé Respon$il>ilitie8
1nde￿ndentBx8￿lllds R¢p¢xt
Stat¢metttof Y￿¥ll¢M1 ArtlvitL
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Balallce Sheet
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Not¢5 tyth¢FiThancial St*ements
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Referen¢¢ and Admlntstratlve Dttsib
Trustses
Neil Sellrw thaiThfjan
Henti Hayler, Tr¢osur¢r
HarrietD￿, Secretary
Cliff Brook
Mikr Willard
David H￿dIng
Yvonne Rtts
Andr¢w White
Colin Donn
Frth I¢[￿$
ReglBtsred Office
The StAbl¢s The
Iligh Stseet
Hastings
Eost Sus5¢X
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The¢harityi$ inwor8tvJ in England and Walw.
591781
CornpAny Reg15trnttoffj Number
rlty R¢
trAtIoD Number
211361
Bankor8
NationalWe5¢minst# Bankpl
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Ha5tittgs
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Hampshire Trust Bank
PO Box 74003
London
EC2P 2QR
M¥nningtons
39 High Street
Battle
East Suvtsex
Ind¢p￿denIExlmIll¢r
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Trnsteesl Report
Th¢ tru8te¢4 who are dlrector$ for the purpose8 of corr4any law, wtsellt thE antwal r•rA)rt togeth* with the
fiaan¢ial stst¢m¢lltsof th¢chaTitabk Compally for th¢yur ¢nd¢d 30 Sept¢mbrr 2022.
ObJ¢ethfes and ￿1VIde$
ObJe¢ts•Mdakns
The obie¢ts of th¢ tharity ar¢ thB prGs¢rv4tiCO of The Stabl¢s' iwilding and the education of the publi¢ irt tho
drarAatic arf&
Th¢ ¢barity owls and occupies lThe Stableg building. Havin8 illitlalty restor¢d tb¢ Ihffl d¢trli¢t Grad¢ 2• listed
buildin8 and wiverted it into a theatre$nd arL8￿￿tr4 thccharltycorAtizwc$tt& mail￿aln and opwate it.
ObJeedve4 sIMleRks 4nd qdlvldes
The &trateBy of th¢ charity is to provide the pulAic with opporhjrtitiu to experienc¢ the dr&malio arts at all l¢vel
vkn¢ther as dirtct participants or •udienc4 8Dd al offord&ble ¢051, Th¢ stsbleb v¢nu¢ i80pErated entirelyby volunleer
members uod¢rt8ke all the tasks ￿Socia￿d a theatr¢ Jnd ottscentre, such ￿ stag¢ mallx8emioL 8Etdesi8n
and buildi￿ ligbting #nd sound, Mrdrob¢ art Bally mattaBerAeni box offic4 b/r and front of how¢ duti¢s. For
th4)se Mi6hing to act or dir￿¢ the thaTLtyhas an am&taW group which producrs 9-10 plays eath y¢ar to a very hi
stgndard and is a ￿rnbEr of th¢ Little Thutre C￿lId of Gre&t BritaitL In addition to Ihe8¢ play4 towing and ¢Ah¢r
professional proJuc(ions are sta8¢d, th¢ facilities ar¢ madr &vailabl¢ to other local amatqr and wmmumity groiip5,
•rt ￿lbItIo￿ 8r¢l)¢ld eath month in th¢galloy and worknhop8 and otb¢r it¢ms are pro8r8mmd.
Publ1¢ benefil
The tru8t¢¢s confinn that they hav¢ complied with th¢ r¢qviretn¢nts of 17 of the Chiritie8 kn 2011 to hav¢
dueT¢8aTdto th¢ publi¢ benefit Buid&llcr publishcdby th¢ CbarityCimmi5sion for Bngl8nd and Wales.
Struetsrfy And mAnag¢meot
The Sthbl¢$ Tr￿ Limitcd is a company lithited by gu8T8nke 8ov¢rnd by its memorAttdum and articles of
sociatloL 1¢ is ￿l$leted as a ¢haiity Vlitb th¢ Charity Commission. Attyone over th¢ age of 18 can b￿0th¢ a
memb¢rofth¢ company and thore cufftnttyabout 1.800 member8.
Trnstees ar¢ ¢iectd aTInU￿lY by tho memb¢r8 Qf the d>8Atwbl¢ rompany attenilinB the Ann¥81 a¢n¢rgl M¢etin& All
m¢mb¢rs ar¢ circulatoj with invilations to nomin&l¢ t[￿t￿9 prierto the AGM advislng Ih¢m gf thB r¢ti¥in8 trwt¢¢s
and requestingllomln8tions for the AGM.
IiidMc¢loh ¢MINlngoflrMslees
New tsustres undergo an orienlstioll sessioii to ￿lef them on their l¢Bal obli8ations und¢r charity8nd compgny law,
th¢ ¢ont¢nt of th6 memorandum &rtd ￿ti¢lty of a880¢ialion, th¢ d￿lSIon proc¢8sqs, th¢ busitke85 platt ond
recen¢ financial perrornw￿ of th¢ rhatity. They will b¢ 8xven a tour rf th¢ building &nd on outline of th¢ work of
th¢ v8riw8 d¢pwtm¢n
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Trn$t¢esl Rtport
AYMiwmelltslor$gttlngkey niouag8mulp¢rsonwelv¢muner￿l0•rt
Th¢ ch#rity does uot ¢rnploy 8tty indivldual4 tru8te¢S 8nd key manageDKnt c¢mtributs thetr time oll a voluntary
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Trnste¢sl Report
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The coNncil of managffjn￿t (the trustees) meets reBulaTly to adminits the charity. Day to day operati￿ of th¢
theatre is in thr hands of various d¢pllrtMa￿1 groups e4¢h of which h¥s a tru8t¢¢ linkto the couocil.
Mqjorrlshs ofihose rls
GeneralRIrtM4Magent*rtt
The trnstees havt a risk strate￿whIch ¢omprise8 art ongoinB r￿l¢W of th¢risks th¢ Ch￿lty￿aY fa¢
th¢ establishment of sy8tems and pr￿¢thir¢S to mitiga* the idrntified risks,, and the iMpl￿￿￿tIM of procedure5
d¢si8n¢d to minim1￿ ￿ypOt¢ntjal impad on th¢ Fhgritythouldthos¢ risks materialis¢.
Afhl¢vemwhts #Dd performan¢*
Th¢ Stables Th¢¥tre stheduled a fvll season with no soBial restrictions 2021122. In hou$¢ stablm kwoduclion
including Di81 M for Mwdtt, Run for Your Wife (which went on twr to Chl¢&BoUSA) Hay F¢v¢r, Who's Afraid of
VirBini) Woolf (pla￿￿ in thcround) attd th¢muSi￿1 HoDk all pla￿1 to very en¢oura8iti8 audi¢n¢￿.
Gallery Cott¢¢￿ attracted c•pacity audienc￿ duri08 Spring {ClassiLYI rDwi¢) and Awtwnn (PO￿1￿ music)
providlngev¢nts and in¢om¢ for lh¢ theatre whilstth¢main spatt wos c105ed for geibuildill
The new 8ooBle wwkspAce is being used to 8re4t effect for the t¢¢hnically staffing the theatr4 we would like to
d¢v¢lop thi$ for Fo￿ Bar Box Office vol￿nterr&
Mu6ic ¢ye￿I5 ¥¢ bringitig in anew audi¢ncett)tk¢ theatre Jnd ¥ well as the Art Gillowicert8. w¢ h&vchad thr
sell out events in the Tnain with local PTofossionRls Lian¢ Carroll & Petc Pres￿)tt, Kin8 Siz¢ Sllm
SmokinE Jacket LI￿ Band.
Youth Th¢&tre rrbJrn￿ to a tWO•w¢¢k event kn 2022 ¢nding in three publi¢ perfonttall¢¢& Th¢ Stables al8Q
supported thryoullg Mvsieian of the Year c0mpciitio￿ hostiftgthe region￿ heats,
Youn8 people acc¢85intyvsing th¢ thelltr¢ Continues to be one of our major pzioritits and more plans ar¢ iti place to
de￿lOp thi8 throu8h 2023 into 2024. W¢ are 3cliv¢ly cllcoura8itiB links with local colleB¢4 and gehools 8ttd hav¢
hwj sev¢rnl wupsvisit attend thethe4tre. As thes¢ link8 Brow, we ar¢ hopirtg we will #ble to olY¢r sbJdEnts
worft ¢xpericttce wllthiTL thBth¢&tr4 ¢r¢atiD8 herita8G
We have witinU￿] to grow our memberthip base, develop inform•tion Sharing atMI wline bcdting. Audie￿¢
Su￿¢y$ I￿￿£ shompn that the theatre is p¢rfonnin8 w¢n' PTOBramminsi ¢QSt, friendlin• v￿u¢ for mon¢y and
petf¢Jnn8llLf314nderd5 411 scor¢ 'ex￿11¢￿t,.
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Trustees, Report
VoluD*¢rs Always v¢ry high ott our prkwityli$ both terms of 'we need you. and ￿alitUd#, A great t¥slarA¢nt
to the skills and dedication shown by all is OUT sizable inclusim in the b(*)k Theatr¢ in TOMTLS. th¢ b￿k offtrs a
contemworypersp¢ctiv¢ on the role of Ih¢atr¢ in th¢ cultural lifE towns England, and was written by Professor
HelenNicholson and Dr Carn (jraY￿ 5POIE8or¢d by the andHwn8niti¢s Res¢aTch Council of BnglaRd,
There 4r¢ two main driving foTces At the Theatre r¢m#ln The Cowicil of Management alld Fro￿8mMe AdviS￿Y
Group,
Over th¢ past twelve months w¢ ￿v¢ been lty)kin8 at the history and different 'mgkeups' of the Council of
Man88¢m¢Dt Lnd thish8s led to è SP￿1&1 Tesolution brirt8 proposed at the 2023 AGM.
The Pro8rgmme Advisory is staTtiJ]8 to work more c0tl4boiati￿1Y with outside companies, shaiing ski114
time attd Tesi)IlT¢es, as w¢ll as encouraging pottrttiil n¢w audienc￿, New writing produclions wet¢ very successbjl,
H¢re At188t is Lov¢, Seventh SwiTDmer aDd WhiskEy and Soda all atlracted w¢ll above averago audiengt& Firsl B
to Ballinabeg. willnu of our 2021 ¢ompEtition op¢ned our 2023 season with 80Yo audience figwes. Th¢ Stsbies New
Wriling CotrbP8tit4(n for 2022 hass¢lected two winnillu plays th•twill b¢ produced in 2024.
For thos¢ of Y￿ who b&ve Cl¥LtinuuJ to support the ¢he2tr¢ as we coiitiDYe to develop our progrBmtitioB and U
with the local community, I hope you hav¢ fout)d itwelroming and ex¢iting> for those of you who have givenup
your time as avOlUnt￿ in Whatev¢rEa￿clty,
Th#nk You.
Flnanclal revloiv
Poll¢y t)M resems
By h8ving apoli¢y of 0￿rating enliTdy with volurtt¢ers tbe ¢haEity 1$ able to meet tho normal Msts of its
activities without thr ne￿ for Te8uiaT grant funding* However. 1¢ is th¢ policy of th¢ tru8W ￿ maintsin free
r¢serve$ of £30.00(> to cover possible emergency r¢paiT8 to th¢ building and other conlin8ellci¢s. The actual free
Te5¢rves atth¢year cnd date, that is thnds whith are not restri¢ted or f￿￿¢Sented by fixEd assets or designated by the
lJuste¢s ts a particulsr piirpose, were £170,130. whiehth¢tnJste¢s ¢onsider is satish¢tory.
Inv¢slMe￿P0lkY1Nd0bj¢CIfv
Under the memorandum And artirlts of association tILeehllrityh￿ thr power to inve5¢ in any way the tnIst￿¥ wish.
Thv trust¢¢5, having rB8Ard to the liquidity r¢quiT¢mfflts of oporating th¢ theatr and to the reserves policy> have
opBratEd a policy of k¢oing avai18bl¢ Ibnd8 sn an int¢r¢st bearing dwit amnt which p4y8 a rat¢ of inltte5145
close aip055ible tothe rat¢ of inllation.
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The St4ble8 Trust Llmlted
Statement of Trusteesl Responslblllties
The trllStee5 (who ar¢ th th¢ dire¢tors of The stsbl¢s Trust Lirnitcd for the putyoses of mpany law) 8r#
r¢sponsibl¢ for preparing the tru8tE¢¥ [￿Ort and th¢ financial stat¢ments in accordance with the United Klngth
Accounting Stslldar￿ (Unil¢d Kingdom (T¢u¢rally Accept¢d A¢counling Practi¢¢) and applic4bl# law and
r¢gulatioi
CoMp￿Y law F¢quires th¢ tnJ8¢eeg lo prepare financial 9t&tgniEnts for cach financial year. Undw ¢ompaDy IAW the
trust¢E$ must not 8pprov¢ the finan¢ial statrnieThts they ar¢ 921isfied that th¢y givo 4 trne and f8ir view of tho
8tale of affairs of the ¢harilqbl¢ CoMp￿Y and of its incoming resourc¢s and application of r#ources. including it%
In￿￿0 ￿￿1 expenditsr4 f<¢ thutper1￿I. In pr¢parill8 these fin8n¢ial statem¢nts, th¢trust¢¢s ar¢ rryylr￿ to,.
s¢lecl 8Uit&bl¢ ac¢ountittg policie8 and apply tban ¢onsistmtly,
obsuve th¢ m¢thods alld prin¢ipies in thecharities SORP;
m4kn judgem¢nts and &4timal<$that ￿¢[Ca¥0￿8blc and prndenl
State whelhff applicable UK Accounling Standords have followed. subject to Any matsrijl dep8rture8
disclos¢d attd exp1¥4ined in the finan¢ial 3tat¢m¢nts; and
proare the financial statem¢nts on the goitig £￿¢t￿ bs5is unless it 18 inapproprlat¢ to prwymg that th¢
¢karitable coowanywtll continu¢ in busina*
Th¢ tnistees are r¢spoll5ibl¢ for kwing adva* awouAtin8 records that are suffi¢ient to show Illd explain th¢
choritable companl8 traustctions and disclose with re4soDable at a￿Y time tb¢ financial positl¢)n of the
dlaritabk compAlly and ￿able th¢m to ensure that th¢ finpn¢i81 stat¢mellts ¢omply with the compani￿ A¢t 2006.
They ore alw responsible foT safeguardin8 th¥ assets of th¢ charitable Company and hence for tsklnB re￿OnIble
steps for th¢pr¢vention Wlld dctectioA of fraud and other I￿gUlarIti￿.
Approved by th¢ tTUStees of the chprityon. .,.. . . . .
Tn]st¢¢
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Independent Examin¢rls Report to th¢ trustee8 of The Stablo5 Trust Llmlted
I r¢port to the chuity trustees on my thnatton of the uwunts of th¢ cllarity for the yo8r ended 30 September
2022 whi¢h ￿5¢1 out on pages 8 10 21,
Respe¢¢lve res￿￿$1￿￿tte$ tNsts48 ¢x*rnlll¢r
As th¢ chari￿8 tt7J8t¢es of Th¢ Stables Trnst LiTnitcd (￿d also its dire￿ for the Purposes of company law) you
ar¢ responsible for the pr¢paration of the accounts in a¢cordance with the requirements of th¢ Comp8nles AeA 2006
{'the 2006 Act.).
Havlng satisfied ￿￿tIf that the of The Stables TtN8t Limited gre not requirea to be auditd undLr Part 16
of the 2006 Act and are eligibl¢ for ind¢pertd￿t exan)ination, l Tryort in r¢sp¢ct of my ¢xarnitlltion of yow chaTiWs
accounts as carried outundff sedlon 145 of th¢ CharitiesArt 201 I ('the20II Act,). In carryang outmy examination
I h&v¢ followed the DirE¢tion5 given by ihe CharityCoJrm)i¥sion undu section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 ACL
Inde￿Ddellt Bx#ThlM¢r'B st#t•men¢
I havg wmpiel¢d Iny exawlndtlo￿ I confirni that no matters hav¢ come to my att￿*/0￿ iti conne¢li¢)n with the
examinationgiving Cause to bdieve:
. &c￿￿lting Tccords wer¢ Not kept in r¢spert of Thv Stabks Tntyi Limited 08 requir￿7 by sfftion 386 of th¢
2. th¢ aecounts donot 4ceord those reeords. or
3. the a¢wunts do not comply with the accounting r¢quir¢rrt¢nts of section 396 of th¢ 2006 Act other th￿
requir¢m¢Dt that the &ccounts 8ive a 'iThe and fair vifflrf which 1$ not a matter considered a5 Part of an
independ¢ni ex2min4tion' or
4. the accounts have not been prepar￿ in accordance with the m¢thod8 and principl¢s of the Stat¢mMI or
Re¢ommrnded Practice for accounting and reporting by chaTities [applicable to chorities pr¢pAring th¢ir
accounts in a¢¢ordanc¢ with the Financlal Rq)orting Sland&rd applicwbl¢ in the UK and Ryblic of 1rd￿d
RS 102)].
I have no eollcern8 and hwv¢ com¢ ¥¢ross no other m&tt¢rs in ¢ortnection Nryth th¢ ¢xarAin&tioti tr) whi¢h altenti
sbould be dT&Wll in this r¢port ith ordcrto cnable aproperulld¢r8tandittg of th¢ a¢counts tobB re&cbrAI.
alsh FCCA
39 High Stree¢
Battl¢
East Sussex
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The Stables Trust Llmltsd
Statement of FlThaneial Actlvltle5 for the Year Ended 30 September 2022
dydlng Income and Expendlture A¢eount and Statement of Total Recognis¢d Galns and
Los8es>
Unrostrl¢t¢d
funds
Rtr8trl¢t
fuDd¥
Tot#1
2022
Note
In¢om¢ and Endowments from:
DonJtioDs and legacieB
Charitable a¢t1￿tIcS
Inv¢strn¢nt inwm¢
32,066
151.719
82
32,066
151.719
82
Total income
183 867
Eyp•ndltur¢ Wl*
Charitable ￿livItie
167 120
1,348
Total expendi￿re
Net incomd(¢xp¢nditiwB)
Nel n￿¢Mellt in funds
Re¢onelll*llon Dffimdl
Total tknnds brought frnd
Totsl fimds ￿[lEd forwthl
167.120
168.468
1.348
16,747
(1.348)
15?99
460 475
477
Th¢ Dotes on p88¢s l2 to 21 forni an integral pirt of these fin8llci•I 8tstcm¢nts.
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Statement of FlnanclAI A¢tlvltle8 for the Year Ended 30 September 2022
(In¢ludlng Income and Expendlture Account and Statement of Total Recognlsed Galns And
Losses)
Unrestrlcted
fyDd$
Re8trlctsd
fund8
TotAI
2(121
N•tè
In¢om¢ And End(swmÈ•ts frbm:
Donations and leg4ci
ClwitHblE #¢tivities
lrtvesiment in¢ome
97,506
37.607
1.61
97.506
37,607
Total income
136,713
136 713
Exp¢xdllur• on:
Chortt*k ¥tivities
110499
1.06
Ill565
T+Dtal exp¢ndituro
Net inmd(expendltur¢)
N¢t movemeTrt in
R¢¢Dn¢llladon of f¥Ddi
Total fimds broughtfonvard
Totsl f￿d8 ¢aTried forward
110.499
111,56S
26 214
26,214
(1.060
25.148
434 261
459 720
17
460.475
All of th¢ charitys actl*Ats¢s deriv¢from ¢ontinuing owations during th¢ abov¢ two p¢riryJs.
Th¢tsnds break¢lown foT 2021 18 8hown in note 17.
The not¢s on p&8es 12 tc* 21 foTm an inte8r81 part of th¢s# fjttoncial $t4tem¢nts.
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The Stsbks Trnst Llmlted
(Reglslratlon number: 591781)
Balanc¢ Sheet as at 30 September 2022
2022
2021
Note
FlThl a59ets
Tgngibie ￿ets
Current 885¢ts
12
330.137
320,477
13
14
Is
2,704
5,639
170.120
2,564
7.(Ki6
162 515
Debtors
Cuh atbsnk and iti hand
178,463
172,085
Cr¢dltors: Amoyftts fAllln%du¢ wltblll oDe year
16
8.333
N¢tcurr¢xtAsMts
170 130
164.391
Nrtwsets
484 868
the eharlty:
R¢strlct¢d lJ¢omB Cwd8
Re51rithd ￿lldS
17
23,045
24,393
Ullr￿trl¢ted In¢omB funds
Unrestrictd llmds
460 475
Totsl fynd$
17
500 267
For th¢ financi81 y¢or endiThB 30 September 2022 th¢ ¢baritywas entitled to exemption from aud{tUnd￿ scEtiOD 4T1
of th¢ CompaDiH Act 2006 relating to sm&ll wmpanies.
Directots, respoNibilities.'
The roornbErs h*v¢ not requir¢d lh¢ ¢harity to obtain an audit of Its I￿o￿rtts for the yrar ￿ quethi4n in
acwTdancewiths¢ction 476. and
The dir¢¢tors f4thiowledge thcir Tewn8ibilitie8 for complylng with th¢r¢quir¢m¢nts of the Ac¢ WAth to
a¢¢ountingtt¢ordB and th¢preparation of a¢¢ounts.
These accounts have b¢en prep8roJ in g¢¢ord8nce wlth the pr(>Yisious appli¢abie lo compaai¢s 8ubje¢t to the small
¢ompunl¢s reglth
Th¢not¢s on pwg65 12 to 21 form an integral part of th¢8¢ financi818tatwn¢nts.
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The Stables Trust Llmlted
(Reglstratlon number: 591781)
BalAne¢ Sheet a8 at 30 September 2022
Iln8ncIo1 stetenThts on page8 8 to 21 w¢ro approv¢d by the tNstees, and authoristyj for issue on .,.. . . .
is￿ed on theirb¢half by,.
Ntil Sellrttan
Th£ notes on p8g¢8 12 to 21 form 3n inte￿¥1 port of thd¢ fin8n¢l81 ststenwkts.
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The Stables Trust Llmlted
Notes to the Flnanclal Stst¢ment$ for the Year Ended 30 September 2022
I Chgrltystaivs
Th¢ ¢hwity is a ¢haTity lio)itcd by gu•rante¥ and th)8¢qurntly does not have shateapitsl. Each of the memkn is
liable to ¢olltsibut¢An amountoot exce¢din8 £1 lowards theasset8 of th¢¢harityin the ovent of liquidation.
The addre&8 of itstegistered Offi￿ 1$,,
Th¢ Stables Th¢atr¢
Hi8h Street
H8Stings
Egst Sussex
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2 A¢¢own¢lng pollcles
Swllmary of A8M1fi¢9nt acc0wltl￿g p•llcl¢8 and key accounthig 48tlm*tes
Th¢ principal a¢roullting polici￿ 8ppli¢d iti the preparotion of these fin&ncial statem¢Dts ar¢ sel out below, Theso
pol￿1¢$ ha￿ be￿ Consiste￿IlY#Pp1led to all theyt4TY pre8ellte￿ unl¢ss othenvise stated.
The fiHuLcial staten)￿￿ have be¢n preparu] kn 4¢cord8nc¢ with Aw)untinB and kcportinB by ChE4ritt¢¥'. Stalmient
of Recommended Pr￿¢ti￿ Applicable to charities prepwing their accounts in ar¢ord&nce with the FiThan¢ial
Reporting Standgrd &pplicobl¢ in the UK and R¢publi¢ of Ireland (FRS 102) (effertive l January 2015) - (Cbbrjti45
SOBP (FRS 102)). the FIn￿rIal ReportiU8 Standard 8pplicthl¢ in the UK Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and
th¢Companie8 Act 2(KJ6,
Bads of pr¢p#rJitlon
The Stable& Tru51 Limited meets the dEfinitioll of a pubU¢ l)enefit entity FRS 102. A86¢ts and li•bilitie5 ore
initi￿[Y reco￿73￿ at h1#OTi￿1 c05t or tr8nBadion value unless oth¢nvis¢ stated ill the rd¢v8nl sc¢ounting policy
Gthg t￿Cer￿
The trustees ¢on&ider tI￿t ther¢ or¢ no mat¢rial un¢wtaints about th¢ chgritl8 ability to ¢ontinuc u a 8oin8
¢ODcemnor any si8nificwntoreas ofuncertainty that affe¢t th¢win8 valu¢ of assets hdd by th¢¢h8rity.
Ex¢mpdoll from pr¢pAr5Jg Ilow gtAtenWAt
The ch￿lty opted to adopt BulletiD I published on 2 F¢bruary 2016 atid hav¢ therefore nrt indud¢d a cA5h 11
&tatem¢ntiA these fill8n¢ial statsm¢nt&
Io¢ome gnd udowm¢nts
All income is r¢cogni8ed once th¢ ¢barity entitlcment to the itt¢omE, It is probable thrt th# tn¢omt wlll be
reg¢ived and th¢ a)nountof the In￿￿£ rweiv#ble con b¢ m¢)SUTdr¢li&bly.
Pa8¢ 12

The Stables Th￿t Llmlted
Notes to th¢ Flnanclal Statethent$ for the Year Ended 30 September 2022
Donations ar¢ re￿gniSed wb¢n tbe cb&rity has been notifid in wri￿¥ of both the arttount and Settlement
th¢ ev¢ll¢ that8 don8tion is subi¢¢t to condition8 th&t r¢q¥iTe a level of p¢rforniance by the chaiitybFfor¢ the charity
1$ entitlryl to th¢ fvnds, the income is d¢feJYed &nd not TKog415￿ until ¢ith¢r thos¢ CODditi<xJs are thlly met, QT the
JJlfilm¢nt of tiwse fA)nditions 1$ wholly within the control of thF ¢harity and it is prob&ble that th&ge condilions wlll
be ￿lfill￿ in the r¢portingpEriod.
Grani$ re¢￿Vable
Grants are Twoglli5a thc cbarity has att ￿titlement to th¢ funds and any ¢ollditious litthd to th¢ ￿allts h&v¢
been ni¢L whe￿ p¢rforniNnrr ¢ondittons are attgchul to the 8TaDI and y¢t lo IK m¢L tb¢ incom¢ is recogni5￿ 8$
4 lilbility aT%d includaj on thebalattcesheet #s deferr¢d inciTrDJe to bE releEsed.
iucome 18 f¢￿E￿I8¢a oll a rercivlblu basis.
Exptndthre
All exp¢ndituie is recO￿lSea onc¢ there is a leydl or ¢ollstNctive obligalion to that ¢xpenditUT4 it is Probable
settlement isreqwired and the amoullt can ￿ m¢asuFed reliably. All costs ar¢ ollocated to th¢ appli¢8bl# EXp￿dItUre
headin8 tIMtaggr¢g2tesimilar ¢05ts to thatcategory. Whtt¢ ¢ost8 cannot be directly attributsatopartiw13r headings
they h&v¢ be¢rt all￿al￿ on a buis wuistent with the u5¢ of resources, wlth centr81 staff costs allocat*J on the
iw$is of tim¢ spen( and dep￿l&tiOn ¢harge5 Dllwt¢d the porlion of the w8set's Use. Othtt support iosts are
allocated bgsed on the8pread of #aff ¢>)Bts.
ChJrli4bl¢ rtdvlrfes
Charitable expeoditwe comprise5 thos¢ c¢>sts in¢urr¢d by th¢ ¢h¥rity ID the d¢livery of its activiti￿ and servi¢eg for
its IxAefi¢ititie5. 1¢ Includ￿ both costs that can b¢ wllocated diTectly io such acÉiv¥ties attd those costs of an illdir&*
natWe Dceessaryto support thenL
Governance costs
These includ¢ the cost8 atlributable to the charity's compliance with (ot￿ti￿￿tIOnal 2ftd statutory rcquirenwi
Includiti8 audil strxtegic managementond tru$tee3'8 Iiwetln85 and r¢imburwl expenK%.
GoverDment grants
GoverDmtnt ￿allts 8r¢ re￿gnIS¢d bose4J OD th¢ and are rneasw￿ at the faiT valu¢ of tho 8sseL
re¢¢ived or [￿1v8ble, Grants are cl8s8ifj¢d as relating ¢ith￿ to T¢v¢ll￿¢ or to assets. Gronts relating to revenue 8t¢
reco￿13¢d in incom¢ 0￿r the period in which th# relat￿ w3ts are recognised. Grants r¢latin8 to assets are
rewised ov¢t th¢ ¢xpected usethl life of the oskt. Wh￿¢ PArt of a grant r¢l&tillg lo ￿ asset 18 def¢rtwJ, it is
recognis￿ os dthrred in¢ome.
Pase 13

The Stables Thist LID)It¢d
Notes to the FAnandAI Statements for tht Y¢ar Ended 30 Septembtr 2022
Th¢ charityis cottsidered to WJ88 IELe tests s¢t out in Para￿ap￿ I Schedule 6 of the FinaweAct 2010 and th¢refor¢ it
meets the d¢finitioL of a tharitabl¢ con]pany for UK corppration tax purposek Accordingly• the chaTityi$ polen¢ialty
£x¢mpt from taxaticfj IR r¢syect of income OT ¢aPit41 gains ￿￿tIVed cat¢gories cover￿ by Cbaptrr 3 Part 11
r)f the Corpwation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the TaxatiOD of ChArgeable Gaius Art 1992, to th¢ ¢xtent that
such inrvmeor gaius are applied exclu5iv¢ly to charitablepuryoK8.
Tanglble Ilx¢d iss¢ts
Individual fixed ass¢ts wstin8 £100.00 or mffe ar¢ ittilially [￿orded at cosL 1¢$$ any 8ubsequ￿1 accumulat•l
d¢pi¢ciation subscqu¢nt &ccumulot¢d imp&iTm¢ntloMes.
Depr¢¢l4don •lld thmortiMtIoD
Depreciation is proTrided ¢)n tanglbb fixed ll88ets so as lo write off the cost or vAluati<fjL lus any estimated rwidual
over th¥reX￿1￿ w¢￿1 ecimomic life as follows.,
A$8et Class
Freebold iDlerestill land attd buildin88
FixtwK fittings and eq￿1pment
DepreclAdM method *lld rnte
2% straight linebasi8
4Vo- 25% on th¢ r¢ducing bal￿¢¢
Stock is valued at the lower of cost tsod estimated seilln8 wice leBS ¢03ts to complets md sell, &ft¢r due r¢80￿ for
obsolete al￿ 8low mQViD8 St￿kS. C¢)si is detenninoj usingthe fiT¥¢-in, first4)Ut{FlFO).
Tr40od¢bt•r
Trade debtors are due from cM8tomers for merc1W￿l￿ sold or 8¢rvices perforned in the ordinary cours¢ of
busitte4$.
Trade debtors aT¢ recognised irtitialty at the tr40s￿tiOn price. A pTI)vision for the impaimTht of tr8d¢ d¢lAor8 1$
established wbeD th¢tt is obj¢¢tive that th¢ ck8rityvrill not b¢ able to wllect 811 Imowits due •c¢ording to
theorigindtErn¥g of there¢eiVabl￿.
Cgsh alld ¢&9b equlvalentB
coth equivalents compriB¢ on Iwd and call deposits. and other $hort-t¢rn h&8hly liquld investm￿ts
thatarer£adily¢onv¢rtibl¢ lo a know￿ wnouutof Cash and ar¢ subi¢rt to art insi￿lfir￿tri8k of ch8nBe Ill￿1￿¢.
TrAde ¢r¢dltor¥
Trad¢ creditors gre obligations to pay for go(¥Js or serYi¢rf that hav¢ b¢¢n acquir*J in the ordinary course of
busiofs8 from suppliers. Accounts p*yabl¢ are classified as cumt liabilli1￿ if th¢ ¢harity do￿ not have an
unconditional rl8bL at th¢ ¢nd of th¢ reporting perio(L to def¢r s¢ttlement of the cr￿ltOr for at Iwt twelve
&ft¢r th¢ reporting d&t& If thore 18 an unconditiozd right to def¢[ 5¢tt1emcnt for at Iwt twelv¢ months aft¢r the
reportill8 d&t¢, tbey artpr¢sented a5 W)-CUTrcnt liabilitie&
Trade cr¢dltorsarer¢wis¢d initiallyat the trv4llBa¢tion pri¢¢.
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The Stables Trust Llmlted
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 20ZI
Unr¢stricbJ In¢ome fund8 •r¢Ben¢ral fiinds that drea￿lIabl￿ for atthe tn￿te¢S,8 discrEtion ill fi]rtherIn￿of the
objectives of th¢ charity.
De5i8n&ted thwds are unre$triLtsJ fvDts8et aside for sp¢¢ific purpwes at thedis¢rdii)n of thetrusttts.
R¢5tricted in¢orn¢ fvtt4ls &r¢ th05¢ donated for use iti a paTticu]ar ate) or for S￿ifiC purposes, th¢ of which is
restrict￿ to that area orpurpose.
3 lll¢ome from donatlom #nd legacl&s
Unre8trl¢tsd
Totol
2011
T•tal
2•21
G•x¢rgK
Appeals ¢nd donatlo
GTants, including ￿pIts1 grlnts;
Governm¢rtt ￿allL5
MembeT$hip $ubsrripti¢Jns
Sponsorsbip
7,027
7.027
9,156
9,786
14.053
9,786
14,053
74,876
12.274
4 kn¢om¢ from ¢bwrit9ble aetlwltles
u￿re￿trIcted
fuDds
GeJ¢r
Tot41
2022
Tot741
2021
Admissi￿ charg¢$ 8ndpr4)yamn
Bar incijme
Art g&ll¢ryincom¢
Thcatre and ￿St￿Me hir¢
CxheT in¢ome
113,862
31,278
1,956
490
113.862
31.278
1.956
490
4.lJ3
ksl 719
23,140
8.422
1,430
2,312
151719
37,607
Unrestrl¢t¢d
funds
Gen¢ral
Totsl
2022
Total
2021
IntereslTec¢iv3ble and simllarincome"
]nter¢streceiv8bl¢ b3nkd4osits
82
Pag¢ l5

The St9bl¢s Trust Llmited
Notes to the FInancI￿ Statements for th¢ Year Ended 30 September 2022
6 EApendltur8 on cb4Tltable 8ctlvldes
Unr¢gtrlcted funth
DeslgD*t¢d
Restrlcted
Totgl
2022
Totsl
2(121
Not4
OpErati(* of
theatre aod A
theatre
Dtprcciatio
arnortisatis￿ artd
oth¢r Jlmilor
131.456
151,456
97,156
14,960
600
1,348
1fy412
61
13,809
600
104
167.016
168 468
A¢tlvlty
nd4rtgke
dlr¢¢tty
21J22
2•21
ProductÉonseosts
Bar purchases
Training
Art gall¢ry¢o5ts
EstAblisbm¢ntcosts
Repair8 andmaittt¢rvdnce
Offi¢¢ exp¢wtS
Printin& postingand stationuy
Swndrygnd otbucosts
Cleaning ond r¢fuse
Morketitig
59,953
19,295
375
1.965
21,510
8,104
8,012
1,468
59,9S3
19,295
375
1,965
21,510
8,104
8,012
1,408
12,299
4,453
70
1.397
17,777
35,067
7,678
3,234
111
1203
11448
9.917
7,207
16.411
1,203
12,448
9,917
7,207
3,319
4,031
3,626
4.205
D¢weciatiollof ¢an8ilA* tlxed 85S¢ts
167 868
167 868
110.965
£166,520 (2021 . £100,499) of the abov¢ expenditur¢ was atttibu¢abl¢ to unttstricted and £l.348 (2021 .
£1,066) to r¢5trithJ fimds.
PgB¢ 16

The Stable$ Trusl Llmlted
Notes to th¢ Finantlal Slatements for the Year Ended 30 S¢ptember 2022
7 An￿y811 off gov¢rn•ne8 And Support costs
GoverDallr¢ ¢05ts
UDr¢Jtrletsd
Totsl
2022
To*al
2021
Gentral
Ac¢ovntsDCy fre5
Other fees pylid lo accountattts
600
600
61)0
600
600
600
8 N¢t1x¢0]￿1tt￿0utlo1#g re8our¢
Nel ittrnmiD8resourc¢s for the y¢8r in¢lud
Z022
2021
DywiatiMof Gx¢d
9 Tnut¢oJ rem￿￿rO￿ll Ind expeMs•8
No trustee4 nor 8tty persotts e(Ainect¢d with th¥m, hav¢ reteived ￿yrem￿￿era1i0n from the ch8ritydurlngth¢ year.
Nc+1rnsle￿h8ytreetIy¢d anYr¢iml￿rSv￿j ￿pellEtS from tho ¢baTitydwin8 th¢y¢8r.
10 Staff co8ts
TheTrnst d￿S DQt¢mploy p¢opl¢. Th¢re wre no ¢ttwloyw iu thls fin8nci81 p¢ffiod, nor in 2021.
Tb¢¢harityi¥ &T￿lSterd ¢hArIty￿ is ther¢for¢ ex¥mpt from C4)rporatIc￿Tax,
Pw17

Th¢ Stables Trust Llmlted
Notes to the FlThan¢lal Statements for the Year Ended 30 Septethb¢r 2022
12 Tall2lble flxed lmets
FurAlturB #lld
equlpmbnt
bulldl
Tot*1
Coyt
At i October 2021
Additiot)s
334,317
242,99S
377,312
At 30 S¢ptether 2022
D¢pr¢el•llon
At i thtober 2021
Chtr8¢ for the yur
At30 S¢pt¢L)iKr 2022
Net ljotyk vahe
120.829
136.006
11.263
256,835
125 978
273.247
At 30 Sotember 2022
At 30 Scpt¢niber 2021
109 913
330 137
213 488
320 477
13 Stock
2022
2121
Stock5
14 Debtori
2022
2021
Trade d¢btOT
Pr¢p&ym¢nts
120
5.639
IS Cash attd ¢Asb equlvAl•nts
2022
2021
Casb on band
Clth Atbank
1.563
168 S57
1.402
161113
170 120
162.515
P&8¢ 18

The Stables Tru81 Llmlted
Note$ to Ib¢ Fln#n¢l&l Statements for th¢ Year Endtd 30 September 2022
16 CredltDrs: Amowits fAlllng du* wathlm ODO year
2D22
2021
Trade CTedtto
3,039
2.990
8,333
7.694
17 Fund¥
BAlance at30
September
2•22
Jneonthig
t¢￿Ure¢S
O¢tob¢r 2021
exP￿ded
Unrestrkted
G¢tteMI
General fimd
458.631
183,867
(167.016)
475.482
GEOT￿ Leo¢h Memorial fvnd
T•tal Unreitrlct¢d
104
460 475
183 867
167 120
Re8trlcted
Auditorlwn and A¢¢e$s Project thnd
Bar Furnityre
23,707
(1.193)
155
2IS14
531
Total r¢strl¢t¢d
Totsl futtd$
500 267
Pag¢ 19

The Stables Tnist Llmlted
Notes to th¢ FAnancl*l St*t¢ments for the Ye4r Ended 30 September 2022
Balmeè it JO
5eptembor
1021
BAlanee At I
October 2D20
In¢oming
R¢8ourtes
expended
UDY¢strkt•J fyDdi
G¢fteMI
G￿¢r￿ fijnd
432.340
136.713
(110,422)
458,631
Deslgv#ted
George Leoch M¢nwriil fi￿d
Total utsr•strleted fuDd8
434 261
136713
110499
Reytrlcted
Auditorium Access Project fijnd
B2T Furnithwe fvnd
(990)
76
23.707
686
762
Tot*1 rostrl¢t•l
Totfil fwidg
111565
The 8pccifi¢ purp05eJ for wbi¢hthe fvnd8 ar¢ to kn applied are ¥ follows:
DeSI￿at¢d fynd$:
FuneTal donattODS ￿ f¢spECt of th¢ iateaew8¢ r¢¢¢iv¢d by th¢ d)arity3nd w¢r¢dMi8natul by
th¢trnst¢&8 for use in ¥¢pla¢in8thc ¢heatr¢house tab5 {sts8e CUTtainsl. Depreciation on th¢as$ets finarLcrd
from the fi￿d aT¢¢har8ed against the ￿nd ba18ll￿.
Restricted fimds:
TheAuditOTiUfft and Access Proj¢ct Ibnd was to r813¢ fi]nds for that prtii¢et. These includd agrant from
Arts Council England Jnd the Seat Spollsors Stheme. Depreciation on the assets fin8nced from thc fund 18
¢hargoJ ag&iTJStthe fimd balance,
TheBar Fwrtiture thnd ¢*)nsists of a grant from thelsobd Blackman FovndatiLm towards the¢ost of n¢w
bar 6Jrnitur¢. D¢pr¢ci&¢ion on th¢ ￿ets frosllthe fund is¢lwB41 against the fynd bAlaD¢e.
PaBe 20

The Stables Trnst Llmlt¢d
Notes to the Flnanclal St&tements for the Year Ended 30 S¢pl¢mb¢r 2022
AnalyAli of llet 1sg¢ts betw¢¢n
Totsl at
JO Septembor
2022
Unrejtrlcted fimd8
G¢n¢ral
DeslgnAt¢d
R¢strl¢ted
fullds
Tan8ibk fixed *88eL8
Cll￿ent ￿ets
Cwrentliabilitics
305,352
178,463
8.333
1,740
23,045
330.137
178,463
Totaln¢tgssets
500 267
TotAI Iwids At
30 Septgmb•r
2021
UMr¢Jtrlcted funds
G¢nernl
DtrslEn•t¢d
R¢strl¢tsd
fynd$
TallBibl¢ fixed assets
Cuff¢nt ass¢ts
(knt liabilities
294,240
172,085
1,844
24.393
320.4TI
172,085
Total thtt ￿Sets
458.631
24.393
484 868
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