2021-03-31-accounts

Brighton Dome and Festival Limited (A company limited by guarantee) ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS for the year ended 31 March 2021 4AAIFKYIV 0111212021 COMPANIES HOUSE 11109 Re9i5tered number. 00889184 Chty number.. 249748

CONTENTS Page The Trustees, Annual & Strategic Report Independent Auditorfs Report 18 Consolidated Slalement of Fmiancial Actmties 21 Consolidated Balance Sheet Company Balance Sheet 23 Consolidated Stslemenl of Cash Flows 24 Notes lo the Financial Slatemenls 2S44

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 TRUSTEES. ANNUAL AND STRATEGIC REPORT The TrLtslees are pleased to present Iheir annual report ILxJelher with the accounts, which includes both the Tru51ees' Report and Strategic Report for the year ended 31 March 2021. Reference and administrative details Charrt num r.. 249748 Com an number_" 00889184 Princi al Office.. 12a Pavilion Buildings. Castle Squa￿. BrYJMon BN1 1EE Bank r. Royal Bank of ScotLand. PO Box 300. 8righton. BN1 9TE Au Itors.. Haysmacintyre LLP. 10 Queen Street P*e London. EC4R 1AG Di￿¢10￿$ and Trustees.. The Directots of the charitable company Ithe Charity) a￿ it5 Trustees for the purposes of charty law a￿1 throu9houl this report are collectivety referred to as the Trustee5. The Trustees serving durin9 the year ènd since the year end were as follows.. Mi Danny Homan- Chair Mi Judah Armani Mr Tim Aspinall {reS￿ned 15" December 2020) Ms Lucy Davies Prof. David Gann (resigned 22￿j September 20201 Mr David Jordan IresNJned 22￿j September 20201 Mr Nick Juba Mr Jordan Kensington Ms Melanie Lews Mr Christopher Martin Ms Marina Norris Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty Cllr Amanda Grimshaw (resigned 7th July 20201 Cllr Jaqueline O'Quinn Officers and Executive Mana emenl The current officers, and those who served during the per￿. are as follows.. Mr Andiew Comben- Ch¢ef ExeculNe Mrs Amanda Jones- Depuly Chief Executive. Director of Finance & Company Secretary (resigned as Company Secretsry on 2¢Tr March 20211 Mr Andrew Caddy- Company Secrelary lapkK)inled March 20211 Ms Kyla Booth-Lucking- Director of Programming and Parttipation tsob-share) Ms Carole Britten- Director of Marketing & Audiences Ms Beth Burgess- Direct￿ of Pr(xluCi￿jn. Festival Execulive Prctyjucer Mr Peter Chivers- Director of Music & Arts Ms Zoe Curtis- Direclor ofvisilor & Venue SeNices Ms Maxine Hort- Director of Operations Mrs Laura Keogh - D1￿ClOr of Human Resources Ms Tanya Peters- Director of Programming ar￿ Participation (J'ob-sharel Dlsclosure of Inforniatlon to Audktor Insofar as each of the Tru51ees of the Company at the date of approval of this report is aware Ihere is no relevant audit infornat￿n (information needed by the Company's auditor in connection with preparing the

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number". 00889184> Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 audit reportl of which the Company s audrtor is unaware Each Tnjstee has taken all of the steps that helshe should have taken as a Truslee in order to make himsewlherseff aware of any relevant audit infomalion and lo establish that the Company S auditor is aware of that infomialton. Auditor The Trustees were pleased lo appoint Hay5macintyre LLP as auditors of BrvJhton Dome and Festival Limited for the year ending 31 March 2021 and wsh to thank them for their professionalism. advice and guidance throughout Ihe period. Appointment of audrtors for the financial year ending 31 March 2022 ￿11 be proposed and discussed al a fulure meetin9 of the Board in accordance wrth sectbon 48S of the CoMpan￿S Act 2006. Principal activities Artistic Am Brighton Oom8 The stsrt of the 202012021 finanual year came just a v*ek after the first natsonal lockdown for Covid-19. Vve ultimately had lo cancel, postpone or reschedu￿ hundreds of live events originally programmed across 2020 8nd 2021. We had to quickly learn and adapt lo lockdown requirements. tuming many events into online or INe stream experiences and transrtioning others inlo ouldoor experiences. Although very few Iwe events were possible in 202012021 we still managed to deliver sIgnrf￿nt audience engagement, mostly through our online activity. We also took the pragmatic decision lo plan for a kjngei-lerm recovery business model that would link to the re-opening of our Corn E¥change and Studio Theatre venues in 2022. This plan takes a Ihree-phase approach lo the period June 2020 to April 2022, a5 folloy•VS". Recovery.. June- October 2020 Renewal". October 2020- October 2021 Reopening.. October 2021 - April 2022 Every arts Organisal￿)n continues to f%e an uncertain future, particularty those like us reliant on venues generating commercial income. Our current business model. generating 67VD of ils Income from commercial or philanthropic sources, relie5 on audience attendance capacilie5 of over 70% year-round which will be harder lo achieve in the medium tem) due to audience confidence and is interdependent on hundreds ol promoters and producers with whom we share risk or receive hire fees some of whom may not suryive the pandemic. In managing our 202012021 programme we were acutely aware of the risk and impact of both supply and demand lor arts events andas was borne i)ut.. the likely possibiliiy ofonlysocially distanced performances being permffted, the majorty of wh¢h proving unviable for our promolors. We worked with our promolors and artists to reschedule dates - often several limes, wthich has meant our Concert Hall has been primarily closed. We are looking Instead lo re-open in Autumn 2021 wilh the first return in 18 months of live perfonnance event5 indoors at full capacty. Inrtially focused on minimisin9 cancellalion5 and enabling the rescheduling of as many events as possible we then WOTked with partners and promolors ab￿ to offer events online This year we were able lo present 7 live events{3 of which were also Iivestreamed)with a total audienceof1,463. In addilion,we presented 3 livestream-onty events from our Concert Hall. each wrth watch again ver$￿In$ and ctrpresented 61 online events and livestreams. There was a tolal of 80 events across the penod12020." 2841. Recovery.. Wrth so much performance activity unable lo lake pla￿ we instead invested much line and resource into artist development alongside fvrther devekynent of our role as a CIV￿ venue. We continued our leading rok In the Brighton arts ecology. Abngside other key partners in the city. we developed the ABCD Re¢overy Plan, supporting widespread and in4eplh consukalion and engagemenl with ofganisations, venues. independent artis15. practitioners and our City council. This research and the resutting plan have enabled fresh thinking on 501ving some old and some new. pandemic.exposed, chaI￿nge$ to sustaining arts and creatiwty in the cty.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for Ihe year ended 31 March 2021 Additional consultation wrth artists and the develownent of new partnerships has enabkd arti5t-led inrtiatives to partner wth BDBF on opening spaces to diverse artists, for example through the Open Venues scheme with Br￿hton Artists Netwoth and In hosting safe. free spaces for creative practitioners to meet, support each other and share ideas such as Crealwe Cch Ups wrth Iron Clad Creative. The launch of our In-House Artist scheme is bringing arts.st votss into the centre of our work. The scheme provided £10,000 e&h lo 4 artists to pursue creative endeavours and contribute time as advisors and provocateurs whi151 also informing our developing Business Plan for our newly refurbished spaces. We reopened our foyer doors to the publ￿ tn September 2020 by welcoming Café Domenica, a social enterprise supporting young adults with learning drfficutties. to manage both a daytime café (Tues- Fril and offer their programme of enT￿hrnent aclNities in our Founders Room. In July 2020 we partnered with one of our reguLHr talk5 and bx)ks event promotors FANE lo launch a series of live stream talks with authors and celebrities linked to new book launches. These were pay-to-view online experiences offering a book plus livestream or tsve stream only and with a IimTted'watch again. of 48 hours. All unique. new events these helped lo maintain our online presence and enled us lo trial moving into the lefrilory of paid for digital experiences. Wrth several partner venues and promoters across the UK and intemationally these one-off filmed eXperien￿S have been successful in genering large audiences overall. Between August 2020 and March 2021. we co-presented 51 such events fealuring a wide range of hMJh profile and diverse arti515 including Margaret Alwood. Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Armislead Maupin. Stephanie Yeboah and Kiley Ried. 1,500 bcKerslhouseholds were reached through this inrtialive- a modest lolal despite proactive marketing campaigns. We learn& a bt regarding the viability of such events, particularly with respect to price 160% of our surveyed audience would expect to pay spnrficanlly less than for 8 INe experience) and audiences. equipment limitations. We cfrhosled Wise Children's new musical Romantics AnC￿￿￿0￿S in September 2020 directed by Emma Rice which was performed live at Bristol Old v￿ arhd require(l the company lo live in quaranline. We were part of London & Southeast venues night, cornparing very with the other participating venues by selling 402 househokl tickets {mosl venues selling less than 1001. Olher free online events experiences that made avaiiqble via our website plattomis either replaced cancelled performances or presented past events remade for a digital audien￿. These inclu¢Jed". User Not Found13,338 viewers), SESSION Irom Brighlon Feslival 20191614 viewers), Jazz Re."Fest13,4CKI viewers for the live event plu5 2.100 for the watch again). We also engaged with this year's online Heiitage Open Day programme prc¥Jucing a series of herila9e blogs via our heritage volunteers and signfficanlly increasin9 the narralwe and heritage conlenl available via our website. For International Womens's Day in March 2021 we replaced our usual mutti-evenl formal with seven free online events indvdTrng debales. mindful yoga. films and a play performed to individuals over the phone. In support of our chIld￿n and families programme we promoted a Brighton special streaming of Julia Donaldson's The Snail and The Whale prcYuction. We also supported independent ccfjnpanies lo experiment with different formals by bringing ch¢y)se-your-own-adventure The Mobik Anar¢hi8t's Library digital experien￿ to families in half teim and dance-on-your-dwrstep wlh GOGGLEDANCE. Renewal: To support Ihe citys devasted arts communities we colkborated wrth 11 grass rcx)ts music venues once resliictions were temporarily lifted to CO-prcJuce a series of socially distanced, live performance5 across fouf Saturdays in October and Novembec 2020 under the banner Live Is Alive1 The series showcased h)cal music talent, with all t￿ke1 income and fundraising distributed amongsl the hard-pressed independenl venues. Creating a new, cabaret-seated, sctially distan￿d format for our Coneert Hall lat a maximum 300 capacrtyl, these fully booked events were also streamed live using a pay-lo-view SerV￿e for the first time. For these events we introduced both paperless ticketing and pre and in-seat ordering via an app - just tsvo of the many Innoval￿nS and chan9es implemented to enable INe events lo be safely presented in our venue.The finalevenl in this series wa5 sadlyunable to go ahead due to the second national lockdown being imposed.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 We had hoped to folk)w this initiative a mini-series of chamber recrtal Coffee Concerts - and initially sold the first of these for a live auijience. These sadly were not possible with live audience however was moved online and we livestreamed three such classical chamber recitals curated with pianist Joanna MacGregor Ir(xn our Concert Hall. each with a month-lon9 Walch A9ain option to inC￿aSe paid Vkews. With restrictions lemporanly lifted again. we We￿ able lo present four live even15 in December 2020 to help our audience embrace the festive spint wrth two special MUS￿ Ihealre perforniartces of A Christmas Carol read by HaTiiel Waller accompanied by the Brass section of the BPO ￿th Joanna MacGre9or and we h05ted two Christmas edi(ions of our Live at Brighton Dome comedy nights, again experiencing the cancellation of a third final live line-up due lo a third national k)ck-dtMn being imposed. For the year our total paid ticketed live event audiences were just 1,463 wrth an additional new pay-tO- view audience our online ticketed evenls totaling 2.066. Brighton Festival On 17 March 2020 we look the heart-breaking deasion lo cancel Brighton Festival due to the outbreak of Covid-19. The S4￿ festival. due to lake place in May 2020 was to have had Lemn Sissay al the helm as Guest Director. Our programme, budgets. and ￿ntraCtS were all plxeandwe wereal the slagE of linalising our10glStical plans. Ovemighl our mission changed into winding-up these arrangements and ensuring all participants, audiences and staff were clearly aware of our next steps. Within 24 hours all artists.suppliers, partnÈrs,and staff were aware the festival had been cancelledal which point we began ￿sChedu11ng events where possib￿ for online presentation and finalising actual costs. The budget prior lo eancellatKJn prqected an overall subsidy requirement of £485,336 and after collaborative discussvJn5 Wlth artists and Suppl￿[S we managed to reduce this 10 £203.210. Aftef a lot of hwd woth and revised pLanning, we were abk to present Brighton Festival @ Home- a ffee, online offering with a varied pfogramme hinting al what the originally planned festival would have offered. Though a very drflicutt period for the organisalion. we weived an enormou5 amount of support from our audiences. artists and partners and lor Ihal we owe huge gratitude. This online pfogramme secured a reach of 44,000 Vk4 FacebcM)k and over 5,000 You Tube views across 15 events during May including an oversubscribed livestream laJ( with our Guest Director Lemn Sissay which attracted a lolal audience of 1.600. A number of these events were made available to watch again, Including Sam Lee's Nightingale Walk in Sussex which secured a further 3.200 views. Our major co<ommission A Simple Act of Wonder. WaAer & Zoniel'sart installalion, exhibitron. sock?1 intervention & public art trail. inspired h￿es. community centres and even the parks of Bevendean & Moulsecoomb lo be colourfully transfomied. The artists were able to woik wrth Ictal communities in addition lo inslalling a brand-new, art exhibition al Fabrica to creale an exclusivdy online gallery experience wh￿h attracted 1,300 visrts. Visitors to the public art trail were estimated al 7,440 based on observations over the exhibition period. Our overall audien￿ reach for the organisalion ¥ross BrNJhton Dome & Brighton Festival for this most unusual year was 73,921 12020". 391,0821 which was under 20% of our largel reach sel prior to Ihe pandemic. Brlghton & Hove Music & Arts and &isl Sussex Music Since the closure of schools at the end of March 2020 we pivoted our musie offer and moved to providing online luilion to our young musicians. All 51aff were actively supported in using the necessary technology and our safeguarding policy updated accofdingly and issued to all stsff ￿t￿mIng lo leaching. By May 2020. 3,000 parents and carers had confimed that they wished lo conkn.nue with turtion. which represented 60% of the total pupils we woukl expect in the summer temi. Although this was a significant drop, the total was higher than initially projected. We were also able lo contact pupiL8 on our wa((ing list to ask rf Ihey wouks like to start tuition as Ihe online ofter provKled more flexibility.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and A¢counls for the year ended 31 March 2021 To support this new model of learning we sel up the process of developing learning resources via our new Virtual Learning Environment IVLEI. This work utilised M￿rOSOft Team and Flipgrid as an Interface for the pupils. We also began lo expl￿ moving to Mw)soft Tewns Education. To suppcKI the young musicians that previously attended one of our 5 Musi¢ Centres arbd played in an ensemble, we designed and launched a new Virtual Music Centre IVMCI. The VMC offered activities ranging from Jazz and Funk, Ofcheslral and Rc¢k & Pcp htt s"11swM.bhma.01 uklvirtual-music-centre We also launched a fundraising campaign lo help young musicians whose parents OT caTers were facing hardship. Our target was to raise £10.000 auoss both services and this was exceeded thanks lo the marby supporters who kindly donated. Since the start of the new acadern￿ year (September 2020), turt￿￿ continued both online and increasingly in schoo15 Wlthin the requirements of Icckdcwn restr￿lI0n5 By working in partnership with schools, parents and carers we made raphl progress to ensure that instrumental luilion could tcffllinue erther online or in school. We worked wf(h colleagues in schools to understand their local policies and arrangements for instrumental ￿SSOnS. In line wrth govemmenl guidance and Whe￿ appropriate miligalions coukl be made, our teachers returned lo face-ttrface teaching. We continued lo offer the option of online lesson5 for pupils, delivered al school and during the Scho￿ day where this was possible and offered evening and weekend les50n lime5 as an attemalive. Take up from schools varied across the diffe￿nt regional areas and as of November 2020 we were offering lessons in 75% of schools in Brighlon & Hove. 550/9 in Eastboume, 85% in Hastings, 92YD in Lewes. 84% in Ha51ings & 780h in Wealden. However. the overall number of pupils djd dec￿aSe wth 2,100 pupils learning with East Sussex Music and 1,550 learning wrth Bnghton & Hove Music & Arts lapproxim8lely 300h down on pupil number$ pre-Covid-19. of 5200 pupils). In the autumn temi we engaged with primary schooLs regarding adaptatKsns lo our WCET (whole class ensemble lurtKJnl in response lo govemmenl guidance. outlining options for face-lo-face delivery. This included Soundmakers18righton & Hovel and First Access (East Sussex) programmes. alongside a menu ol wKler schoo15' 5UPPOrt in East Sussex- currtulum must cover. Ready4Schcol (nursery lo KS1 Iransilionl and Let's Make Music IKS11. During the autumn lemi we ¢ontiny8d lo offer our Virtual Music Centre provisKJn and expanded the classes to include Virtual Voices and Beginner Theory alongside the existing programme of Online Orchestra, Jazz & Funk Improvisation, Rock & Pop sessions and classes for string players * drfferent ages and stages of learning. Alongside Virtual Music Centre provision we began preparing for a phased relufn lo fa￿-tO-faCe Mu51¢ Centre actNitie5 over the spring tern. The Our Future Music prcgramme Igenerously funded by Youth Music) offered sessKJns virtually through the Ea51 Brighton Music Space with a relurn to face-to-face delivery at Han9leton & Knoll. Orchestra 360 continued to provide online resources for young musicians wrth Special educational needs and disability ISENDI and in November began a series of 5 weekty rtkshcps delivered online in real time. Since September we have brought music leaders frcffi 0360 {8ri9hlon & Hove) and PIER..ONE {Easl Sussex) together to develop plans foi ensemble sessions and create digital content to support session delivery. In East Sussex we began to schedule a Series of online workshops with the Lindfield School (Easlbournel and live online PIER..ONE sessions for the spring term., sharing resource5 across both inclusive ensembles where appropriate. For Christmas 2020 we developed an online Christmas concert and event series tilled 'A not so silent Christmas,. Please find more infoTmalLon". htt s"IlwvM bhma.or .uklchristmas-leslival-2020 The relum to l¢xkdown in January 2021 had a signrfi¢ant impact on the delivery of planned activities by both BHMA and ESM. As in-schwl lessons needed to cease for a second time, online lessons were reintroduced and reschedule. The relum to online lesson5 affected numbers of pupils learning and In January were 50°A down to approximately 2600 compared lo the previous year. With the announcement that sch¢xJls would be fully reopening from 8 March 2021 we began again preparing for a phased return lo face-to-face leaching in ckssrooms We updated protccols and risk assessments in line wrth government guidance and W0￿ed determinedly lo rebuild learner numbers. We also had lo pul-back the plarbned reopening of MUS￿ Centre aclivrties to after Easter.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Working in partnership with Easl Sussex Counlycouncifs Schwl Improvement Partnership we launched a new Music EduCat￿n Network for teachers. Facilrtated through a new VLE (virtual leaming environmenll the network has offered online CPD events including a popularTeachMeet. wh￿h was attended by 175 teachers fr¢)m scho)Is across Brighton & Hove. Easl Sussex. West Sussex and Newham. The event was h051ed by our partners from UnNersity of Sussex and featured a keynote speech from HMI Mark Phillips, Ofsled's National Lead for Music. Delivery of oijr Cultural Recovery Fund programme continued during this year Notably signif1canl Work is Unde￿aY on the rebranding of BHMA and ESM working as one servi￿, as part of BDBF. A new suite of products for adulis including specialist instrumental online tuition. online courses in music prcKluclion and song wrrting and downloadable courses for adults wantwNJ lo leam drum kit. ukulele and guitar were developed and launched in February. Future Creators BDBF is the lead partnef in Future Creators Iformety known as 'Our Future Crty'l, a Cultural Education Partnership that aims to enhance Ihe cty's long-terni future through the development of all children and young people's creive talent through arts and cuttural leaming and creative skills development. In the past year Future Crealofs has focused on the devel¢Jpmenl of four slfategic workslreams.. l. Creative Learning, Skills and Talent 2. Creative Enterprise 3. Creative Well-being 4. Creative Connections This has included the developrnent of programmes that support young pecs)le lo develop pathways lo skills development and employment through programmes such as Badge NalK)n and Kickslart, alongside an ongoing commitment to co4eveloping and delivering welkbeing-locused creative programmes and L4unching the new Klentrty_ A govemance review is also undeTh￿y. Klckstsrt Programme BDBF is an approved Kickstart Gateway Organisalion. The Ki¢kslart Scheme provides funding lo create new job placements for 16- 10 24-year-olds on Universal Credit who are al risk of long-term unemployrnenl. Employers of all sizes Can appty lor funding which covets 100% of the National Minimum Wage for 25 hours r week for a total 016 months. As a Gateway Organisalion we represent Creative and Cuf(ural organisatKJns across the South- East that offe¥ job placements. wrth options for addrtional wraparountt support provided by ourselves. A5 a Gateway organisation we r￿e1Ve £300 per piacemenl from the Department for Work and Pensions, along with addit￿nal fees for our wraparound service ranging trom £395 to £1.090 per placement paid fiom the empkjyerfs grant. To dale we have sueeessfully represented 20 organisations. in securing 1(Kl Kickstart Job placements, providing opportunities for young people lo secure work experience ano build their confhlence and resilienee to move on lo sustainable work. 12 of these placemenls are to be hosted by Brighton & Hove Music & Arts and East Sussex Music in the ccwning year. OrganisatK)ns represented include a media production company for p05rtive scci31 change, a dance chanty, music management and promotion. an acting group, a theatre and museum, a radio broadcaster and video production services. Examples of the amazing job opportunities Include Music Creative and Digrtal Assistant, Ed"rtorial Assistant. Development Technical Assistant. Dance Project Administror. JUn￿)r Venue Assistanl, Trainee Curatorial Technician (Art), Radio & Digital Pfoducer. Creative As5istsnl, Production Assistanl, Enrichment Technician and Artist Management Assistant. Preomployment support for the Cultural and Creative Sector IKi¢kslart) The Flexible Support Fund IFSFI is intended lo help Jobcentre Plus serv￿ LeadeTS deliver elements of their support services in the way they see fil for their Districts. Cu￿nI]Y there 15 no tailored prowsion available lo support empk)yability wi(hin the Crealbve aTrJ Cultural sector for JCP Customers in Brighton and Hove. Future Creators has developed a sector specific provision programme cal￿￿ K￿kstart 4 Creatives. to help address this gap. ané is designed lo enable JCP customers aged 18 10 24. receThiing Universal Credit, (including those furthest from opwrtunitiesl and wrth an interest in Ihe Cukural and Creative industries, lo explore and prepare for the opportunrty to secure employrnent within this sector, including applications for Kickstart placements that have been sewred th￿Ugh BDBF Gateway provision detailed above.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts foi the yeai ended 31 March 2021 Following an applI￿110n process. we have been successful in securing a conlrncl lo support 180 young people over a six-monlh period. with a maxmum contr&t vahje of £108.000. The fI￿t cohort start the training pro9ramme on 1 March 2021. Creative Well￿eing Our established wellbeing programme continued to support young chldren durirg the pandemic by offering a range ol well-being locused. creative activits.es online during the past year. Prqecls included Exploring the Familiar, Be Well and Holiday Art Clubs and saw 228 childcen and young peopk from 8 drfferent schools (including the Virtual School lor Children in Carel engaging. Explofing the Familiaf is a significant partnership project involving Future Creators and University of Brighton that ulilises creativity and p5ychogeography to explore well-being issues around Iransition. In the past year a was submitted lo AHRC lo further extend and embed thi5 work but was unsuccessful. Badge Nation Building from Ihe Cr(ies of Learning pilot programme Nwth the RSA, Badge Nation is a collective of employers. schools, colleges and training providers who are using digital badges lo recognise accLYnplishmen15 outside of lo￿al accredited qualilicalions. Led by Future Creators and Real Ideas, all badges issued by Badge Nat￿n are endorsed by Cty & Guilds and the RSA., and are designe(I to motivate leaming and ambition. Organisalions can join Badge Nation throLTrgh a membership fee of £240 per year to ¢￿ale up lo 6 badges. mmunil Pro ects and Creative Learni Wf(h I￿kdOWn in force ot the start of the year. most staff on fudough and our buildings closed. Creative Learning activity was limited. With a priority to support those families al risk of digrtal poverty we repurposed Heritage activity packs to'Build Your Own Dome, and dislributed via schools to hildren considered in most need of offline, hard Copy activilw. We took lime lo review our objective to extend and enrKh our CreatNe Leaming offer for local and regional artisls IhroLJgh 'continued professional development. opportunrtie5. Wrth the refurbished C8PTtal spaces ¢)n the ho¥izon for 2022 we have undertaken significanl consuAation with Ihe art15tic and arts practitioner community to gauge need and gather Kleas and requests_ This is being drawn Into a Re-opening in 2022 plan for the yeaT-round activity focusing space for local and regional arttsts to extend their Practice and onnect with us and each other. Wherever Frt)ssible we signposted people lo aclivilies being delivered by others lo amplfy aCtivrt￿S in the wider arts sector. Both'Forward Facing'and 'Umbrella Club'acliwties were postponed to 2021 as live activities were deemed unsafe for the vulnerable chlldren and Iheir families. We exlended live Stre￿ tickets to the families in Umbrella Club so they could continue lo acce55 art5 via BDBF. Our flagship, award-Mnning 'Miss Represented. prqeet continued prowding a safe space online for exploration by vulnerable young women (aged 13-24) wrth particularly complex needs from within the 50ci31 Ca￿ and criminal justice systems. These young women. often disengaged frcmn other services availabk, engage in order to feel they can exist without judgement and where they have autonomy. Referrals for participation come frcyn Ihe Youth Offending Team, schools, Pupil Referral Units, The Connected Hub. Leaving Care Team, inilividual S￿la1 workers. Fostering Service and CAMHS. Despite challenges of online engagement, the young women worked wlh Brighton based film maker Rosie Powell to create a music video .1 See Red,. The film has enjoyed a gotsy recept￿) frcm the publt and went on lo be p￿sented online as part of the Brighton Festival 2021. W rkforce Wellbein & Oiversi In 2020r2021 we spent much of the year dealing wi(h the vnp*l the global Pandem￿ was having on our staff part￿ularlY those who were furloughed, wrth the need for greater emphasis on supporting staff wi(h any mental health issues that may have developed or became more acute over the period. We deveh)ped a staff newsletter Iwhih had 23 editions) including video message5 from the Chief Executive and forwhich contribut￿n$ frryn slaff were aclNely encouraged. We promoted the use of our

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 008891841 Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Employee Assistance Programme and ran an online well-being event on Time lo Talk day, 111th February 20211, which aims lo reduce the stigma associated with mental ill heatth. We also ran an online workshop for managers to support them to manage staff wrth mental hearth issues and ran iesilient well-being workshops for staff lin March 20211, wh￿h looked at whal staff could do lo support their own well-being. Our senior managemenl team also led all-staff meetings at least once a month to ensure that staff were kept informed throughout the 12 months. which stsff themsefve5 have greatly appreciated. As a resutt of the pandern￿,we ha(1 to adaptour Equalty & Diversity Action Group meeting5to be held online each quarter. one of which focussed spec￿lcallY on 'Black Lives Matter,. This was a facililaled group di￿USsion where staff contributed their own thoughts. refieclions and ideas for how BDBF could become a more inclusive organisation. Our Equality ACt￿n Plan was updated with actions sel together as a senior rnanagemenl team. Our main locus has been to improve the number of applutions during recnjitmenl ffom ethnically diverse people and Irom people with disabilit￿S (by 10%), which proved drfficutt over Ihe past year as we have not recruited any new staff for some time. We will be ensuring this target is carried through to 202112022 and will continue lo post positive action slalemenls in our adverts to encourage people frcKn Ihese under-represented groups lo jolll U5 and sel oursefves challenging targets lo improve ￿preSen￿tion. We planned for and procured a new HR system (launching in July 20211 which will enab￿ online recruilmenl applications which will be anonym*sed during short-listing and will require all new staff to provide us with their equalitEs data before they are added to payroll. We hope that this wll encourage staff to provide us with this inforniation, therefore, improving the quality of the data we hokl. Our stsff group in 202012021 consisted of 13.6% ethn￿allY diverse people with the local demographic being 20Vo. 11.7% of our staff gcoup klenlrfied as LGBTQIA+ against a k)cal demographic of 13V•. In addl1￿)n, our staff group are Cuirently made up of 6.10A who idenlrfy as disabled with the local demographic being 160/0. In March 2021. we renewed our 5elf-assessmenl evaluation for Level 2 of the Disability Confident Scheme for employers and we remain a Disability Confident Empkjyer. We are aiming lo achieve level 3 of this award. lo become a Disabilrty ConfKlent Leader. We are also a member of the Disability klion Alliance Volunteer Charter. Prior to the pandemic, 3 number of staff were involved in promoting jobs in the community including al the BMECP volunleer fair. job lairs across the crty {e.g.. al the AMEX, BMECP elcl and Disabled Access and BHM open days. We hope the opportunitie5 to promote working for us wll increase over the new financial year for 2021122. All of our job5 are advertised on Communrtybase, Disability Art5 Online. Community works, artsjob5 and on the DWP websites as well as on our own social media srtes and external website. We have also re￿ntlY advertised some manager roles in The V0￿e arKI wll ￿ntinue lo dg $0 in order to promote oui job vacancies lo a more diverse audience. A rolling programme of unconscious bias l equality & diversity training continued and online learning has taken place whefe pOSs￿le e.g. Equalty Champions training held in March 2021. Despite the restricbons imposed by the pandemic we strived to offer the most diverse artistic programme. Our programme of events and other projects delivered against our objeclTves to target 4 5pecrfic groups which are LGBTQIA+ Ethnically diverse people, People with disabilities and people from Socic Economic deprived backgrounds. We also launched our 'ln-House Artisl scheme, in September 2020 and held an inclusive recruitment process which saw of the applicants ￿enIrfyln9 as (Jiverse against one or more prolecled ¢haracterislic. 33°A were ethn￿llY diverse. 30% were LGBTQiA+ 15OA were disabled or neurodiverse and 40h were Irans. non-binary or gender flu￿. Applicants were given the opportuni(y to apply via video (which is the first time we have done this) and a diverse panel supported the selection process. Conferencin & Private Events Prior lo the pandemicwewere planning to host a totsl of14eventslworth £84,900)wilhin the 220f2021financial year. wrth the numberand scaleof evenlsconlinuing to bereslricted by the ongoing ck75ure of the Com Exchange and stud￿ Th&kn. After the init￿1 lockdown commenced in March 21. li became evhjent that clients would be unable lo deliver their events and Ihal we would be unabbe to provide the venue. Most bookers decided lo wslpone their

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report arbd Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 events until late 2021 and into 2022 and the excellent Tel￿￿)nShIpS we have buitt stood BDBF in good stead when needing to discuss contractual lemis and arrangements under such challenging circumstances. Given that business levels dropped so significantty, all of our staffing team in this areawere ini(ially fudoughed, bul plans were scKJn made lo redeploy some staff to other areas of the business to support ongoing fundraising and marketing inrtotNes. Despite the challenges of the last year. we have been ab￿ to take advantage of Some opportunities. We were successful in applying for £40k funding from the Coast lo Capital LEP Growth Hub which ha5 enabled the inslallalion of new Wi-Fi infraslruclure in the Concert Hall, Foyer and Founders Room strengthening our dMJilal capability. In addition, this funding enabled us lo develop a new virtual lour of the Concert Hall. The lour enabled us lo show the many Covid-19 secure measure5 in place at the venue, plus responds to the move away frcm in-person srte visits and show rounds. 8ars & Caterin The closufe of our venues and cancellali¢)n of shows meant thal that all bar activities were effectively suspended for much of 2020r2021. Initially, we concentrated on closing the bars safely and organising for stock lo be ￿41Stributed, in some cases to support NHS workers wrth snacks and soft drinks Strategi projects such as the installation of a new till system and roll-out of our re-useable cups scheme were pul on hold with plans made to revisit both when Ihe venues could fully Te-open. Once if became clear that the venues were going to closed for some time, thoughts turned to how we could be51 use our iconK city Cent￿ venues to support others in the communty. We were delighted lo be approached by Team Domenta, a local srxial enterprise charity wh￿h works wrth young people with learning disabilities, offering training opportunities lo break ¢Jown barriers lo employment. Team Domenica were keen to lind a large space which woukj enable them to continue to operate a sc¢i8lly distanced training café for candidates and together we develoFed plans to open a Covid-19 secure Cafe in our Foyer. Candidate5 would also benefrt from 'enri¢hmenl' session (yoga. art. workshops) run daily in the Founders Room. This inrtiatwe woulJ be the first time the venue had been open to the publ￿ since rts closure in March 2020. We supported the initralive by proMding the 5pKe and helpino Team Dc*nenica develop Covid-19 salety mil￿allOns. Members of the Bars management team worked brilliantly to 5UPPOrt candidates and were redeploye(I lo work in the Café which opened In September. The café ran suc￿SsfUlly, attracting a wide range of users until the 2r4 lockdown in November. When restriclions were lifted rt opened again in December until the Christmas break, but then had to stay closed from January 21 until reStriCt￿nS were easecl in May 21. The café delivered 80 hours ol café training per week for tand￿lateS and was vrtal lo Team DoMen￿a being able to continue lo provi¢Je the support that the young people and their families are looking for_ '1 th￿k it Is an absolutely amaing opportunity to have another woth experience in Team Domenica and the Dome Café.. Charfes Finch, Team Domeniea candidate 'I'm so happy making coffee. seeing my friends, being busy workir@ in a team at the D￿e café. lssis Venables Team DOMen￿ candwjale. OuTbarsaclivilyalso played a key role in delivering the socially distanced programme of events programmed in the autumn season. Hospitalrty guidelines required an innovative approach and wrthin a matter of weeks we had set up a new pre-ordering and in seat sales service. ReVis￿n$ were made lo the product range to minimise louch points. The new seTrKe style enabled customers to safely enjoy drinks, whilst maintaining (Jislancing requirements and minimising risk of transmiss￿n. Ail products sokj were still able to be recycled. in line with our suslainabilrty principals. 10

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 eals and Fundraisin During 202012021, the fundraising team worked even harder and very ckjsety with ticketing, marketing and press teams to nurture donor relationships and devek)p new fundraFsing income st￿aMS to support the organisalion during Covid-19 closures and disruption5. The resuA exceeded the reforecast tsrgel by 10%. including almost £1￿.(xX] in ticket donalKJns, following the cancellation of Brighton Feslwal 2020. and over £50.000 net income through the

BringBackBrighlonDome Crowdfunde¥ campawn that we ran in September and October 2020 as part of the

national #SaveourTheat￿s initiative led by Ihe Theatres Trusl. We are immensely grateful for all the heartleli support our patrons. members, audience member donors, trus15 and foundations and corpofale sponsor supporters showed. Together they supported our core operation5, a5 well as Specif￿ prqecls such as". in¢lusNe music and Young Mus￿l3n Bursaries for children and youn9 people. our CTealive and s(xial learning programme Mi55 Repre5enled and communrty co- creation prograrnme Our Place. Thank you lo the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, BBC Children in Negd, The Chalk Clrff Tru51. John Th￿ Foundalion. The Rayne FOUndat￿n, Sussex Pol￿e, Youth Endowment Fund and Youth mus￿. In terms of corporate support. the University of Sussex continued as our Major Sponsor and other svpporters included. Southem Water. Infinty F()xls. Atka Onguial Funerals, Brighton College Nursery, Pre- Prep & Prep School and Selrts. Truslees are pleased with the ongoing strength of the fundraising operat¢on and building the 'case for support. for Ihe whole organisation's activrties and pursuing new ways of incLyne generalion, Such as commissiofting exclusive art prints for fundraising purposes. Our established individual giving prcJrammes. namely membership (from £30 per yearl and patrons 1£1,000+ pei year) had a stronger year Ihal we had anlKipaled at the time of the first bckdown. Despile the series of venue closures and piogramme cancellations. our patron circle in Apri1 retained similar level of membershp as the prewous year wth 72 Patrons. Ca ital redevelo mpmt. BDBF'S redevelopment of the 200-year-okl Com Exchange and Studio Theatre is at the heart of the organisalKJns strategic wsion for the fvture and is Phase 1 of a longer-term plan to revitalise the Royal Pavilion E51ale. The prqect includes significant restoration work to the Grade 1 listed Com Exchange, historically buill by George Vl as a riding room. including installation of a 500-seat demovntable sealing bl¢xk and new production infrastructure. The re￿￿iShment will also deliver substantial improvements to the 200-seat Studio Thealre and a modern Gallery space offerin9 new front of house areas which will improve the visitor experience. Tired back of house facilities MII be upgraded. and new heritage inlerprelalion will be available for people lo understand more 8boLtt the history of the site. For the first time we will have dedicate¢J rehearsal and development space on 5rte. wh￿h will enable more effective partnership5 with wid8r range of communrty group5 and arts praclrtKJner$. The project aims to decrease running costs and enable a more eff￿lent operalion of the building. The new spaces offer BDBF the opportunity to generate more self-eamed income. lo invest into the upkeep of the henlage spaces and an increased prograrnme of artist￿ and participation acliwt*s. The pandemic has createdaddrtionalchallenges for the project in temis of increased costs. lundraising pressures. and extensions to the programme wrf(h complelion now planned for Spring 2022. On a practical level, restricted access to site, social distancing, remote working by the design team and 5ub- conlractors, plus inevrtable issues wrth supply chains including materials. equipment and labour have all made the project more drfr￿uK. We are Ihankfvl that work on site has continued in line with government guidelines and with the inlioduclion of slrtl safety protocols. Twslees recognise the commitment of Br¥Jhlon and Fkjve Cty Council IBHCCI, who are leading the pro1￿1 as owners of the building. in ensuring the conlinualion of the project desprte the huge challenges it faced locally. Together BHCC and BDBF successfully secured £458,920 from Arts Council England's cU￿ural Capital Kickslart Fund and £lm from NatK)nal L¢Xtery Heniage Fund's Herrtage Caprtal Kicksiart lund. both part of the Oepartmenl for Cukure MedKg and Sport's £1_57bn Cuf(ural Recovery Fund package. designed to tackle the crisis facing culiural and herrtage sf(es a5 a re5uI of CovKI-19. The funding recogni5es the

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number". 00889184) Annual Report and Account5 for the year ended 31 March 2021 importance of the pfojecl to Ihe cuTtural and eeonomic lrfe of the ei(y and was aval￿ble lo organisalions who could demonstrate capital funding shortfall due lo the pandemic. Desprte the many issues resuhing in the L3St 12 months, Weslridge. who were brought on board in 2019 10 comp￿te the works (following the departure of main contractors R Durtnell & Sons), have managed lo progress woths to a high standard and are workiThJ well ￿th lead architects FCB Studios. Together these organisalions bring a wealth of experience lo the project having both heritage and performing arts spaces in their wrtfolios. In Ihe last year we have seen the ccnpletion of a raroe of remedial works lo ensure that the building is watertight. and major slructtlral works ¢unpleled. Over 16.000 slale liles. weighing 55 tonnes have been rePla￿d on the Corn Exchange roof and woth began lo install 6.500 linear metres of oak cladding along the walls in this space. In addition, 34 oak pila51er columns have been recreated from archive drawings lo match designs from 200 years ago. In the Gallery the new bar and toilet areas have been fomied and. in the Studio Theatre. additional works to deal with a ￿akIng roof aThl strengthen that structure have been idenlffied and wll be dealt with in Ihe oming year. ConsMJerab￿ prcgress has alsobeen made wth a vanety of mechanical and electrical services and equipment such as the new front of house lrfis. wh￿h will ensure the new Gallery space is fully accessible. have been installed. rita e Inter fetation and Activrt The pandemic understandably also caused di5Tuplh)n lo our heritage inlerprelalK)n activity in the 202012021 year. Work with Orinkall Dean on our heritage inlerprelalion designs was paused and our Participatory Interpretation Manager returned to BThJhton Museum at the end of her secondmenl. In the year, welook the opF<Jrtunily to review and revise the A¢livity Plan for Ihefinalphase of our capital redevelopment prciecl. Thi5 has been in-depth work. engaging wrth ¢onsullanls and with much- valued support from the National Lottery Herita9e Fund. We kept the staff heritage kn¢)wledge alive wi(h heritage questions incorporated into our Staff Lockdown weekly quvzzes. We continued to meet with the Oral History volunteers and undertook Some training to prepare to gather stories from members of the public in 202112022. We priorilised connecting with those who may face barriers to xcess and inclusive aclTVrty for people. especially children and young people. Whilst this was challenging in 2020. we were able lo extend activity from 201912020- distributing more wmlely a heritage film created by 14-25 year olds on the autism spectrum. wth the organisation 'Carousel'. We also disseminated an aclNrty pack ard make-your-own- film tutorial videos to children and their families lo give a wbjer audience lo the film and inspire families in the City to make their own film in response. Research volunteers explo￿ a number ol stories that specifically relate lo the experience of Bla¢k and minority ethn￿ people e.g. Queen Charlotte, Treatment ol the Indian Soldiers during WW1. Brighton's relationship wrth the slave trade and artists of colour who have pertormed at BrKJhton Dome. Environmental SusLiinabili Energy As we closed our buildings for the fitst lockdthyn in k41e March 2020 we made predict￿n$ that we may be expecting a saving of at least 50% in electncrty. Over the early Ictkdowns the venues were occupied by maintenance staff and contractors necessary to care for the buildings and works continued onlhe redevelopment site. By the end of the summer as reslriclions began lo lrft we were preparing lo open a public café in the Concert Hall foyer pr￿r to then running a limited amount of socially dislanced events over the Autumn. Artists had opportunr(ies to rehearse and perfonn behind closed doors lor portions of the year bul where public events were prohibrted. Beh¥een April an¢J July 2020 this predicted reduction was shown lo be accurate as consumption of electncrty fell on average 540A across these months compared lo the equivalent period in 2019. However, from then on, we saw the redudions slow and eventually cease with the additional consumption of electricity cause(I by the harder running of the mechanical ventilation system reqUI￿d as a Covid 19 mitigation We were able to use cuttural reeovery funds to invest in a further air 12

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for Ihe year ended 31 Ma￿h 2021 handling unil. picking up areas of the Dome Concert Hall basement whith were not covered by investments made in 2019. Improvements to M&E equipment will wle e￿￿EncieS in consumption again51 the same der unf(. BDBF'S main office at 12a Pavilion Buildings was kept closed across the ￿ancIal year. In Ihe winter months consumption of electri¢rty reduced by an average of 90% year on year and in the summer months by 660h. Acros5 the year Ihts represented a reduction of 86% to 11,788kwh12020." 81,842kwhl. The building is inefficient as rt is not equipped with energy saving lighting and Is heated by ouldaled night storage heaters. We recognise the opportunty lo be more sustainable if we are ab￿ io reloeale to more modern premises or upgrade the Offi￿ accommcJation The reliance on Off￿es has been tested this year wrth office staff not on furlough moving exclusively lo home working. The pandem￿ has deeply embedded pa￿r free into the adminislralion processes of BDBF. We continued in 2020r2021 under our renewab￿ eleclrw conlracl which comes lo an end in 2022. 1000 of the electricrty purchased was Verrf￿d independently as renewable. This was the first full 12 m¢)nth period usng 1￿ green gas. More sustainable than natural gas, biomethane, or 'green gas,, cc¥nes from several renewable sources. These include domestic ￿aSte water Irealmenl plants, food waste, resKlues such as straw and unusable vegetables, or a combination of these. Usage fluctuated across the year wilh some reductions in usage achieved and other months Impacted by very cold weather. Water Consumption of wer in the C¢)ncert Hall was1753m3.haw that of Ihe201912020usage levels12020 340tm31 Waste A Irkgl of retumable and Teusable drinks cups was very successful in 201912020 and the response from audience overwhelmingly positive Our plans lo proceed with the scheme on a pernianenl basis was stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic but remains a s•3nificanl aim ￿thIn our enwronmenlal action plan for the near future. albeit wrth necessary Covid Secure mrtigation In mind. It also remains our target to remove single use plasti¢ entirety alongside the re-opening of the redevebped venues and new catering operation in New Road. Planning for the new ¢atering oullet includes a f(Kus on kcal and sustainable food. atKI a composting scheme. Sadly the pandemic has generated new iequirements for consumabks which would not olherwise be a feature in our Operat￿n, m05t notably face coverings. However the Covid-19 pandemic expedrted planned changes to the operal*)ns which hav& helped us towards our sustainability aims. In particular the move from pnnted tickets lo print al homelpaperless ticketing over the Pandem￿ means 1,463 tickets were not printed nor posted out in envelopes, saving on paper, ink, electr￿lty and indirect travel impacts C￿ated by the post office collection arKI delivery. In a typical year of Concert Hall and Festival activity (example used 2019r2020) and based on an estimated 8OOh of tickets not being printed in future by ourselves ￿ our customers, we to make a sawng of 242.￿0 paper tickets and assccialed envelopes and postsge. The uncertainly of the pandemic encouraged us lo Irigl relying almost coMp￿telY on d￿lIa1 marketing for Brighton FeslTrval 2021 which bolh helped us lo ￿Spond to changes and save on paper and produdion ¥mpacts. Financial Resu Consolidated resutts are presented for the year ended 31 March 2021 wilh a recorded gain on unreslricled net operations of £2.418,67912020.' Loss £121.371). During the year the Charty's abilty to trade as nomial Yrns Seve￿lY impacted by govemment social- distsncing and lockdown reslriclions lo manage the spread of Covid-19. In response. we moved rapidly lo 13

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 offef charitable semces digitally in the fonm of INe-streamed events, and online music lessons. Despf(e these ehallenges. we We￿ still able lo generate £1,843.983 in eamed income during the year12020.' £7.650,0371. In order to fund the operational shortfall however. we have been reliant on the assistance offered by the govemmenl's furtough scheme and Cutture Recovery Fund ICRFI as well as continued support frC￿ our regular funders and exlremely generous donatKsns from our patrons, members, and audiences. The Charf(y eamed18YD 12020".63QAI of rts normal operating income from ticket sales. sponsorship, catering and the prNate event income channelled through the trading company (Brighton Dome and Festival (Trading) Limited) and82%12020_'37%1 of its income through grants and donations. 520h (2020". 31 OAI of nomial operating income came frc¥n the Charity's two public funders.. 8righlon & Hove City Countil IBHCCI and Arts Council England IACEI. The increase in the proportion of income provided by these funders in 2020 was In large part due to support of £841.257 given by the Departmenl for Culture, Med￿, and Sport. via ACE, through the CRF. Thè Charity has a long-temi agreement {28 years remaining) wrth BHCC that determines the details of the Lease of Brighton Dome, the Sinking Fund and the Arts Fund which 5UPPOrts the activty of both Bri9hlon Dome and Brighton Festival In 2020121 the Arts Fund contribuled £1.907,61712020.. £1,885,44511o incorne. The Charity is a long-standing Nalional Portfolio organisats.on of ACE with confirmed funding through to 31 March 2022. Despite only being ab￿ offer limited in dassrcon leaching during the year. the Brighton & Hove and East Sussex MUS￿ Services generated incorne fI￿n tuition and workshops lolallin9 £1.617, 10712020.. £1,919,166). Total expendilure on Creative Learning actNi1￿S increased year on year to £3.134,932 12020.. £2,817,673) as we were able to invest fund$ made avaiLable through the CRF. Reseaich and devdopment costs for the year were £11,12212020'. £27.8161. TheTrusleeswould like to thank all of OUT SUPPOrters, fundets and staff WI￿ have contributed to our suslainabilrty over this immensely chalknging year, wrthout whom we would have had lo drastically cul our charitable services and OLrtput and endanger our long-term future. In particular, the government's Coronavirus job retenlion scheme has provtded a lifeline for oui employee5. In total we were able lo successfully claim for £2.316.854 frcm the s¢heme. wthith was paid in full to our staff. As a result of thi5 Scheme, and the voluntary reduclions in salaries offered by many of our employees we didn't make any compulsory redundancies in the year. The Trustees would also like to offer our thanks to our regular funders BHCC and ACE for their continued financial support and guKlance over the la51 year. And fi'nally, we would like lo thank all of our patrons and audience members for their contributions. and particularly to who donaled their IKkets for cancelled evenls or gave to our"8ring Back 8righton Dome" crowdfunding carnpaign. Going Concern Accounting standards require the TTUStee5 to consJer the appropriateness of the going concern basis when preparing the financial statements. Trustees have considered the level of funds currently held by the Group and the Company and the expected level ol income and expendf(ure for a period of twelve months frcrfn the date of signature of these financial slalemenls. These considerations take into account the expected continues impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing the Itlnding streams available to it and making appropriate enquiries, Trustees consider that the going concern basis is appfopriale. Additionally, the Group had a carried forward balance of cash al bank and in hand at the reporting dale of £4.478.971 12020.. £2,016.7671 and have positive total unrestricted cperalional reserves of £272.012 {2020.' £132.9501. Truslees have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Cofflpany have adequale resource5 to continue in opeiational existence for the foreseeable future and until full Ifading has resumed. For this reason. they continue lo adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Accounting PoI￿leS. The Trustees are aware of the signrfunt uncertainties around the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. as well as Ihe imminent compklion of the Corn-Exchange renovation prciect In order lo manage these future iisks a translef of £2.364.070 has been male to designated funds, with specific designations to manage these risks. Al 31st March 2021 the Group haj positwe reserves, being unrestn.cted funds not held in fixed assets, of £2,197k12020.' NegalNe £651 kl. 14

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 After the balance sheet dale, we were $￿Slu1 in fvrther fuTrJing of £470,500 being awarded from the second round of the Cukure Recovery Fund to support cost pressures in the first quarter of the 2021-22 financial year. This, in addition to an extension the furlough scheme until the end of September 2021, will enable lo maintain our reserves to mitigate fLrture risks even further. Plans for future ericmys After a challenging 12 months for the Chanty and for socEty as a whole, we are caut*)usly optimistic about the coming year. Brighton Festival made a triumphant retufn in 2021 as the first murti-arts festival in the UK lo open after the ronavirus pandemic caused cancellations throughout 2020. Guest Director Lemn Sissay'5 inspired and resonant theme of 'care' brought thousands ol people back to live art an(J perfomance across May and inlo June. With highly restl￿ted in-persorb event capacrty. artists adapted and invented new ways lo share their stories, creating inlimate and powerful eXperien￿S that spoke to the radical Shifts in everyone's lives. Over 100 events were delivered safely and successfully nawgating two steps of the lockdown roadmap lo the deli9hl of both audiences and artists. including instslla￿ns. perfomanees al k)cations In Brighton & Hove, across Sussex and online. Following the relaxing of all social distancing reslriclK)ns. are excited lo welcome our audiences back for events in the Dome Concert Hall from September 2021. Through signrficant work ￿[h artisls and promoters we will present a full pr¢yJramme of mulli4lisciplinary artistic events. including many performances which were rescheduled due lo the CovKI-19 pandemic. Significant work is being undertaken lo ensure that we can open the venue in a way which is as safe a5 possibbe for all staff and audv&nce mwnbws. The resumplion ofour reguL8r wogramme of in Ferson live events will gain a further bwsl from the reopening of the Com Exchange and Sludio Theatre in Spring 2022 following a fwe-year refurbishment programme. Planning is underway lo conlinue to develcp our artistic offer abngside the efficient operational delivery of these newly ￿h1rbI$hed spaces. A key part of this planning wll be the focus on the delivery ol our Commercial Strategy including the use of new commerc￿1 spaces that wll be available once the renovation is complele. Historically, periods of great disruption and chaThJe have been mel by flowerings of a￿.$11¢ creativty and invention and festivals provide the opportunity to ref￿, consider and reimagine. With renewed optimism and cOnf￿enCe, the festival now knok5 forward to 2022 To address this p¢)werfully changed moment in lime, next year's festival will be led jointly by Syriarb archrtect and author. Ma￿a al-sabouni and BrMJhlon-based thealre artist Tristan Sharps. as the first Guest Co-Dire¢tors lo be invited lo collatmxate together on the progtamme. We are also playing an integral role as one of the part￿ipatIng venues of the SG Festival in March 2022. This will be Ihe workl'5 first SG powered. inlemalronally a¢¢essible hybrid immersNe fe51wal experience. The festival, which is led by Digital Catapum and is being developed in partnership wrth a range ol leading industry players. will ¢ieate new 0pp0rtunrt￿S for artists lo experiment and ¢ollaborate. new business models for festivals and Iwe performance venue and enhance the audience and conference delegate experience wherever they choose to join in - either remolely or in a physul space. Alongside our ambrtious artistic pL4ns. careful financial management ￿11 continue to be a leading priority for the oryanisation over the next year as we adjust and respond to the long-temi impact that Covid-19 will likely have on our audiences. artists. partners and stsff. We reeognise that there a￿ still areas for inveslment wh￿￿ would help lo reduce our energy consumption and we will be exploring these in the context of our hopes to use designated fund5 laid down al the year end to make the organisalion more sustainable. Examples include complet￿n of Ihe phased installation of LEDS in the foyer and auditorium, Ihe replacement of toilets water effKient units. and upgrade of the venue Chil￿rS la project which has been fully ￿0ped in 20201. We are a150 exploring our of1￿e accomm¢)dath?n need5 in the run up to the reopening of the redeveloped area5, re¢ognising the valuable iole of home wothing in reducinglhecosls andenvironmenlal 15

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 impacts assctiated wilh runnir4J buildings. frcffi office SLpplies and from the slaff themselves travelling into woth. We are al the wnl of 5vJning off the Heritage Aclwity Plan and undertaking a new phase wi(h 9 focus aclivrties (some from the old plan and some newl wh￿h focus on engaging a range of largel audiences people frLYn African Diaspora backgrounds. people of South Asian hentage, people with physical andlor leaming disabilities. young people from pnmary arKI secondary schools and young adults. This will require close working relationships wrth partners to attract and successfully engage these target audiences and we have Spent time in 202012021 preparing and develcping these further. We continue to plan for the legacy of this Wofk by embedding herrtage into the work of the Programming and Participation team Ihr¢)ugh shared project responsibilty and aclmties across the year•round and festival prcgramme that are heritage focused. Indemnity insurance During the period Ihe Charity paid £1.079 (2020.. £1.0291 to Provide indemnity cover for the Charity and its Trustees from loss arising Irom the neglect or defaulls of its Trustees and oifttrs. Investment policy The Charrty only holds short-tem) surplus funds whKh l invests in deposits wilh its bankers, the Royal Bank of Scotland. Reserves policy wrth the Capf(al Project having commenced in earfy 2017 the Chanty has been working lo increase its unrestricted general reserve to ellsU￿ that on exrting the project Per￿)d its reserves are in no worse a financial situation than when it started 1£54.953). The carried forwaftl surplu5 on the general operations reserve (unrestr￿tÈd} was £272,012 as al 31 March 2021. At 31st March 2021 the Group had negative free reserves. being unrestricted fund5 not hehj ￿ fixed as5et5. of £2.197k12020'. negative £651kl. Restricted reserves of £10.044k relate to the carrying value of the Dome Refurbishment project 1999 _ 2002 and £465k of reStr￿ted funds ￿late to funds received lo be used for projects in future periods. It should also be noted that a portion of the Sinking Fund is held by Brighton & Hove City Council as a reserve for replacing major capital items. The balance on this fund was£167,682 asat31 March 2021 {2020.' £242.500)_ Statement of Trustees. responsibililies The charrty Iruslees for the purposes of Company W are responsible for preparing a trustees, annual report and financial slatements in accordance wth appI￿ab￿ law and Unrted Kingdom Accounting Standards United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the charily trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the stsle of affairs of the chantable ￿MpanY and the group and of the incoming resources and applicalK)n ol resources, Including the income and expendrture. of the charitable group for that period. In preparing the finanual statement5. the trustees are required to.. select suitable accounting poI￿leS and then apply Ihem Consistent￿., observe th8 methods and princi￿e$ m the Charities SORP.. make judgemenls and esbmates that are reasonab￿ and pnjdent: • slate whether applicab￿ UK acc￿JnI1n9 standards have been folk)wed. subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financol statements.. • prepare the financial statements on the wng concem basis urt￿ rt B inappropriate to presume that the charily will continue in business. 16

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Aceounls for Ihe year ended 31 March 2021 The tfustees are responsible for keeping propeT accounting records Ihat disclose wrth reasonable accuracy al any lime the financial position of the charrty and to enable them lo ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 20C6. They are also responsib￿ for safeguafding Ihe asse15 of the charity and the group and hen￿ laking reasonable steps for the prevention and deleclion of fraud and other irregularities. The Iruslees are re5ponwble for the maintenance and integrity of the ¢orpofale and financial infomatson included on the Charitable company s websrte. LegislatKsn in Ihe Unrted Kingdom goveming the preparation and disseminalion of financial stslements may drffer from legislation in other jurisd￿tIonS. This Annual Report of the Trustees, under the ChaTrties Act 2011 and the CoMpan￿S Act 2006, was approved by the Board of Trustees on 21* September 2021 including approving in their capacity as company directors the Stralegr Report contained lhe￿in, and is s￿ne￿ as authorised on tPeir behaw by.. Mr Oanny Homan (Chairl 21 September 2021 17

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number". 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 INDEPENDE￿ AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL UMITED Opinion We have audited the financial statements of Brighton Dome and Festival Limrted for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Financial Aclivfiies. the group and parent chafilable company's Balance Sheets, the ConSol￿ated Cash Fk)w Statement and notes to the finan¢ral slalements, including a summary of 5ignrficanl accounting policie5. The hnarbcial reporting framework thal has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The FinancRI Reporting Standa￿1 applKable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {Unrted Kingdom Generally A￿pted A￿untsng prad￿). In our opinion, the financial statements. give a true and fair view of Ihe stale of the group's and of ¢he parent tharitable Company's affairs as al 31 March 2021 and of the group's and parent charitable company's net movement in funds. including the Income and expendrture. for the year then ended", have been propefly prepared in accordance wrth Uniled Kingdom Generally Accepted Aeeounting Practice., and have bn prepared in accordance with the reqU1￿ments of the Companies Act 2006. Basis for opinion We Conducled our audit in accordance wrth Inlemalional Standards on Audrting IUKI (ISA5 IUKII and applicable law. Ouf responsibilities under those standard$ are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial slemenls se¢tK)n of our report. We are independent of the 9roup in accordance wth the ethical requ1￿ments that are relevant lo our audrt of the financial stslemenls in the UK. including the FRC'S Ethical Stsndard, and we have fU￿illed our other ethical responsibilities in accordance wth these requirements. We believe that the audrt ew(Jence we have obtained is Suff￿lent and appropriate lo provKle a basis for our opinion. Conclusions relating to going concern In 8udrting the financial statements, we have concluded Ihal the trustees, use of the going concem basis of accountin9 in the preparation of the financial stalements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed. we have not bjentif￿ any material uncertainties relating lo events or conditions that, individually or collively, may Cast signrfi¢ant doubt on the group's abilrty to continue as going concern for a peri&J of al least twelve monlhs fr¢>x when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibili1￿$ and the responsibilitses of the trustee5 Wth respect lo going eoncem are described in the relevant sections of this report. Other information The trustees are responsible for the other inf0mat￿n. The other infomation comprises the infomalion included in the Trustees. Annual Report. Our opinion on the financral slatements does not cover the other information and. except lo Ihe extent otherwise eXpl￿rtlY stated in our report. we do not express any fomi of assurance conclus¢on Ihereon. In connedion with our audit of the financial slalernent5, our respon5ibilily is to read the other information and, in doing so, ¢onshler vlhether the other information Is matertially inconsistent with the financial slalements or our knowledge obtained in the audrf( or otheTh¥ise appears to be materially misslaled. If we identify such material inCons￿lenc1es or apparent material M￿stateMents, we are required lo determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial ststements or a material misslalemenl of the other information. If, based on the wort we have perfomied, we condude Ihal there is a material misstalemenl of this other infofmalion. we are required lo report that fact. We have nothing lo report in this regard. Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit.. 18

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 the infomialion given in the TnJstees' Annual Report (which includes Ihe strategic report and the directors, report prepared lor the purposes of company lawl for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is ￿nSistenI wrth the financial stèlemenls", and the strategic report and the dire¢lor5' report included wrthin the Trustees. Annual Report have been prepared in accordants with applicable legal Tequirements. Matters on which we are required to report by exception In the light of the knO￿edge and understanding of the group and the parent charitable Company and ils environment obtained in the coutse of the audit, we h8ve not identrfie<J material misstatements in the Trustees, Annual Report (which incorporates the strategt report and the directors, reporti. We have nothing to report in respect of the following malters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 quires us lo report to you if, In our opinion.. adequate accounting records have not been kept by Ihe parent charitable company". or the parent charitable company financ￿1 statemen15 are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns.. or certain disclosures ol trustees. remuneration spe¢rf￿d by are not made. we have nol received all the informalK)n and explanations we ￿Ul￿ for our audit. Responslb116ties of trustees for the financlal slatements As explained more fully in the trustees, re5ponsibililies statement set out on page 16. the trustees (who are also the directors of the charrtable company for the purposes of company lawl are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied thal they give a true and lair view, and for such internal conlrol as the trustees determine 1$ necessary lo enable the preparati￿ of financial stateffjen15 that are free from mateiTral misstatement. whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements. the trustees are responsib￿ for assessing the group's and the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concem, disclosing. as applicable, matter5 related to going concem and using the going cOr￿M basis of accounting unless the trustees eilher Intend to liquidate the group or the parent charrtable company or to cease operations, or have no realistsc alternative but to do so. Audito¢s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements Our objectives are lo obtain reasonable assuran￿ about whether the financial statements as a whole are Iree from material misstatement. whether due to fraud or error. and lo issue an audrtorfs report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuran￿ is a hb3h ￿Ve1 of assurance. bul 15 not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS {UKI will a￿y5 detecl a material misstslemenl when il exists. Misstatemenls can arise frchn fraud or error and are considered malerkal if, individually or in the a9gregale, they Could reasonably be expected to inflLwice the eCOr￿Mi¢ decision5 of"users taken on the basis of these financial slalernent5. Irregulanties, inclL5ding fraud, are instances of non•cunpliance with laws and regulatsons. We design procedures in line wrth our responsibilities, outlined above. to detect material misstatements in respect of Irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which Qui prccedures are capable of detecting irregu￿[￿leS, including fraud is detailed bekjw.. Based on our understanding of the gfOUP the environment in whth rt opeoles, we ￿entIfiel1 that the principal risks of non-compliance wlh laws and ￿gulabOnS related to the regulatory requirements of the Charity Comm￿S1on, and we con5i¢Jered the exlenl lo which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements We also consKlered Ih05e law5 and regulatK)ns that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such a5 the Charrt￿S Act 2011. CharitEs SORP 120191. Companies Act 2006 and payroll taxes. We evaluated management'5 Incerttives and opportuni1￿S for fraudulent manipulation of the financial slalements (including the risk of ovefride ol controls) and determired that the principal risk is related ID the recognition of grants and donalKJns income Audit procedures Krformed by the engagement team included.. Enquiries of managernenl regarding correspondence with regulators and tax authorities", DiscussKJns with management Trnduding consideration of kncmn 01 suspected instances of non- compliance with laws and regulation and fraud." 19

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED {Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for Ihe year ended 31 March 2021 Reviewing the ￿ntrOlS and Pr￿edU￿$ of the charity, particularly in ￿latiOn to the recording of income and processing of payments and payroll, lo ensure these were w) p￿ce throughout the year. induding during the Covid-19 remote working period". Evaluating management's controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities.. Reviewin9 and testing journal entries made in the year, partIcu￿rtY those maje as part of the year end financial reporting process., and Challengin9 assumptions and judgements made by management in their critical accounting estimates which comprise depiecialion, bad debt PfOViSP)n and the valualKJn of musical instruments. A further description of our respon$ibilrts for the audrt of the financial $talementS is lo&ed on the Financial Reporling Council's website at.. www.frc.or -uklaudilorsres Onsibilit￿$. This descripthjn forms part of our auditor's report. Use of our report This report is made solely lo the charitable companWs members. as a bcJy. in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 20tIS. Our audit work has been undertaken so Ihal we Might $18le to the Charitable company's members Ihose matters are required lo state lo them in an Auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permrtted by law. we do not a￿ept or assume responsibility lo anyone other than the Chantab￿ company and the charitable company's members, as a body, for ouf audit work. for this report, or for the opinions we have fomied. Jane Askew {Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Haysmacintyre LLP. Stutory Audrtors Date.. 23 November 2021 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG 20

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number". 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (including consolidated Income & Expenditure Account) Unrestrlcted funds Restricted funds Total 2021 Total 2020 The Brighton Dome Venue £OOO's Operations Designated £OOO's £OOO's Projects £OOO's Note £OOO's £OOO's Incom•.' Grants & donations 5.180 3.196 115 8.491 5,046 Income from charilable activities IncLYne from trading activities 1.752 91 1.752 7,429 217 Investment InCc￿ne Total income 7,024 3.1% 115 10,335 12.6 Expenditure on: Raising furwjs Charitable actNilies 192 4.329 192 7,794 373 12,078 2,947 434 Total expenditurè 4.521 2.947 434 7,986 12,451 Net incomellexpendilurel 2.503 184) 249 13191 2,349 245 Transfers be￿en funds 12.3641 Net movement in funds 139 2,280 249 13191 2.349 245 Total funds brought forward 19.20 133 736 217 10,363 11.449 11,204 Total funds Carried forward 19.20 272 3.016 10.044 13.798 11,449 Note 27 shows 2020 comparatives for the Ststemenl of Financial Aclmlies The r￿leS on pages 25 to 44 fom part ol these financi81 statements. 21

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET as at 31 March 2021 Nole 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo FIXEDASSETS Tangible fixed assets 14.186 14.587 CURRENT ASSETS Stock Debtors Cash al bank and in hand 13 14 15 15 548 4.479 18 956 2,017 5.042 2,991 CREDITORS.. amounts falling due ￿thin one year 16 12,0481 13,3911 Nel currenl assetsllliabilities) 2.994 14001 Totsl assets less Current liabiifties 17.180 14,187 CREDITORS.. amounts falling due after one year 18 13,382) 12.7381 Total nel a5set5 13.798 11,449 The funds of the group: unreStr￿ted inc¢￿e funds Restricted income funds 19 20 3,288 10,510 869 10,580 Total group funds 13,798 11,449 The financial slalemenls on pages 21 to 44 were approved. and aulhorised for issue, by the 8oard of Trustees on 215I September and are svJned on its behatF by". Mr Oanny Homan (Chair) Th8 notes on pages 25 10 44 form part of these fv)ancial ststemenls.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the yeai er￿e<l31 March 2021 COMPANY BALANCE SHEET as at 31 March 2021 Note 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo FIXED ASSETS Tangible fixed assets Investments 14.148 14,587 12 14,148 14.587 CURRENT ASSETS Stock 13 15 18 Debtors 14 585 950 Cash at bank and in hand 15 5.013 2,828 CREDITORS.. anounls falling due wrthin one year 16 12,0261 13.3231 Net current asse1sllliabilit￿SI 2,988 14951 Total assets less current liabiliknes 17,136 14,092 CREDITORS. amounts falling due after one year 18 13,3661 12,7041 Total net asse15 13.770 11,388 The funds of the charity.. Unrestricted ineeffle fijnds 19 3.261 809 Restricted incLNne funds 20 10,509 10.579 Total charity funds 13,770 11,388 A separate statement of the financial activrties of the Brighton Dc¥ne and Festival Limf(ed. the Chanly, is not presented following the exemptions afforded by section 408 of the Companies Act 20C6. The financial statements on pages 21 to 44 We￿ approved. and authorised lor bssue, by the Board of Oirectors on 21st Septembef and a￿ soned on its treha￿ by". Mr Danny Homan (Chair} The notes on pages 25 to 44 form part of these financial statements. 23

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Statement of cash flows for the year ending 31 March 2021 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo Cash provided by operating aclivities (Not• 241 2.594 1,127 Cash flows from investing activities Interest incorne Purchase of tangible fixed assets (Note 11) Disposal of tangible fixed assets (Note 11) (1321 {7¢￿) Cash used in investing activities (131) {6981 Increase in ¢a5h in the year 2,463 429 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 2.017 1,588 Increase in cash IA) 2.462 429 Total cash and cash equivalents al the end of the year 4.479 2,017 A. Analysis of changes in net cash funds At 1 April 2020 Cashflows At 31 March 2021 Cash and cash equivalents 2.017 2.462 4.479 Totsl cash and cash equivalents 2.017 2.462 4,479 24

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Principal Accounting Policies BASIS OF ACCOUNTING The financial statements have been prepared in a¢wrdance with Acwunting and Reporting by Charities". Ststemenl of Recommended Practice Charities ISORP 20151 (Second Edrtion, effectwe 1 January 20191 applicable lo charities preparing their accounts in accordance wth the Financial ReportirTrg Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ifeland IFRS1021 (effective 1 January 20151 (Charilies SORP IFRS102}l. the Financial Reportin9 Standard applicable in the UK aThJ Repub￿"¢ of Ireland (FRS102- issued March 20181, and the Companies Act 2006. GOING CONCER Accounting standards requiTe the Trustees to consider the approprialene5s of the going concem basis when preparing the financial sialemenls. The Twuslees consider that the going concern ba515 is appropriate as the Group had a surplus on unrestricted fUr￿S of É3.288.281 al the balance sheet date and the Charity had a surplus on unr8stri¢ted funds of £3.261.028. The financing of the Group and Charity is supported through future fLtnding commitments from BrKJhlon & Hove Cily Council and Arts C¢xtncil England. PRINCIPAL ACTIWTV The principal activity of the eompany during the yeai was lo rnanage the Charrtab￿ business ol Brighton Dome and Festival Lirniled IBDBFI. This includes the running of the Brighton Dome venues and the annual Brighton Festival each May including the Telaled provision of catering and beverage Ser¥￿eS. Brighton Dome and Festival Limited is a priv*e limrted company (￿gIStered number 008891841 incofported and doM￿lled in EngLand and Wales. The chariiy is a public benefft entty. The address of the registered of[￿e is.. 12a Pavilion Buildings Castle Square Brighton East Sussex 8N1 1EE CONSOLIDATION The Group accounts consolidate the resuHs of the Charity and its subsidiaries, Brighton Dome and Festival (Trading) Limited and Brighton Dome & Museum Devek4)menl C(Anpany Limited on a line by line basis. INCOME Voluntary Income ccffiprises all incoming resource5 from sponsow5hp. donatiC￿$. membership 5ubscriplion$ and grants. All grants and donatsons receivable are recc•3nised when the cOndrt￿ns for receipt have been met. There is enlillemenl to income when il can be reliably measured and it 15 probable that il will be received. whe￿ grants and donations ￿CeiVed are perfomian¢e reLAted or restricted to future accounting periods they are deferred and accounted for as a liabilrty. Government grant income paid under the Coronawrus Job Retention Scheme ICJRSI has been recognised in the ststement of Financial ActMtEs in the per￿1 to whKh the underfying furknughed stafl costs relale to. Other government grants are reccgni5ed in Ihe financial statements when there is enli(lemenl, the grant is Measurab￿ and receipt is piobable. 25

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Goods and services received in kind are included within the accounts where malerial and are included al the lower of eurrent market value and value to the charty. Income from charitable activrties includes amounts received from I￿ketS and other event sa￿$ for productions and educalionol activities directly pr¢)moled by the Group or. where it shares the financial risk for such an event, promoted by other organi5ations where such evenls conlribule lo the artislic programme of the Group. Investment Irbcome ccffiprises interest re¢eNable on Cash balances held in appropriate Inte￿$1 bearing deposits. EXPENDITURE All expenditure 1$ accounted for on an accnjals basis. The cost of raising funds includes the costs of securing sponsorship and donations, and aL80 includes the costs of providing membership benefrts and othef costs incurred in the Group s trading adivty. Expenditure on charitable activities include expendrture asswaled wrth staging promoted events, providing educion projecls and the costs of the artisli¢ programme at Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival. Support C0515 relating to single activities a￿ allo¢aled direclly tr) that actNrty. Where support costs relate lo several activities they are apportioned accordingly Govemance costs include secretanal, legal and audit fees associated with the eonslrtulional and slalutory requirements of the Charty. INVESTMENTS Investments in active subsidiary undertakings are induded in the balance sheet at cost. DEPRECIATION ANO FIXED ASSETS Depfecialion is provided on all tangible frrted assels al rates calculated to ￿T￿e off the c051 less estimated residual value of each asset systematscally over Its expected useful lrfe as folk)ws.' Long-term improvements Short-lerm improvernenls Venue fittings and equipment Office equipment Musical instrumenls Over the lrfe of the lease 10%- 20% pei annum l￿- 20% per annum 20%- 25% pei annum perannum Fixed assets costing more than £1.000 are Capitalised. The Charity does not have a policy to revalue ils assets. LEASES Rentals applicable lo operating leases Whe￿ subslanlially all of the benefils and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged lo the SOFA as incurred. Rental charges are charged on a slraighl-line basis over the life ol Ihe lease. STOCK SlcKks of gocJ$ for resale are included in the balance sheet at the lower of cost or net reali5able value. Thi5 includes Bar stock and Front of House consumables. PENSION COSTS The Charity offers a stakeholder scheme lo its employees and contributes to a defined contribution scheme for certain other employees. Costs are expensed in th8 Consolidaled Stslement of Financial Activities. 26

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Certain staff are members of the Teachers, Pension Scheme which is a multiomployer pension scheme. 11 is not possible lo identify the Charity's Sha￿ of the underI￿ng assets and liabilities of Ihe Teachets, Pension Scheme on a consislenl and ceasonable basis and therefore, as required by FRS102. accounts for the scheme as if it were a defined contribution scheme. The Charrty'5 Contributions. which are in accordance with the recommendations of the Government Actuary. are chargeij in Ihe period in which the salaries to which they relate are payable. TAXATION Brighton Dome and Festival Limrted's charitable actiwtie5 fall within Ihe exemptions afforded by section 505 of the Income Corporation Taxes A¢t 1988. The trading subsidiary. Brighton Dome and Feslival ITradingl Limrted donates its prolits to the charitable Company under the provssions of Gfft Aid_ k¢ordin9ty IheTe is no Corporalion Tax charge in these account5. VALUE ADDED TAX The Group is registered for Value Added Tax (VAT) and income expendrture is ststed net of VAT lo the extent that it is recoverable. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Financial assets and liabilities are Tecognised when the Charrty becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Trade debtors do not cairy any inteiest and are stated at nominal amount less any prowsion for estimated irrecoverable amount. Trade creditors are Th)1 interest bearing and a￿ stated at their nominal value. JUDGEMENTS IN APPLYING ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY The gioup makes judgements. estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and the carrying values of assets and liabilities. income and expenses. The ￿$Uh1ng accounting estimates calculated using these judgements will, by definrtion, seldom equal the reIaled actual results bvl are based on the experience of the Directors lor Trustees) and the expectslions of future events. The eslimales are Tewewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions lo accounting estimates are recc•Jnised in the period in which the estimate is reviewed. Such ba515 Include.. Expendrture accounted for on an accruals bas Costs allocated to Charli￿$ adN11￿ a Iwne basis. Grants and donations receivab￿ are recoanised when the conditions for receipt have been mel. Valual•Jn of mu%cal instruments The valuat￿n of muS￿al instruments was made independently by Nomian's Instruments. a specialist in supplying Musical Education equipment. The group have reviewed instrument usage and income generated (both actual and expected), and that Ihis assessment ha$ allowed the Trustees to be sat¢sfied that there is no material impairment to the value ol the musul instrumenls as at 31 March 2021 27

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 1. GRANTS & DONATIONS-ANALYSIS BY FUND Unrestr￿e￿ funds Designated funds 2021 £'OOOs Reslrthd funds Brighton DLNne venue 2021 £'ooo Opwalional funds 2021 £'oc Proiecls 2021 £'ooo T¢Xal 2021 £'ooo Brighton and Hove Ctty Council East Sussex County Council Arts Council England, Soulh East CJRS Income CRF Income Other grants Donations, TNsts and Foundations Members, subscriptr'ons and events 1.792 115 1,907 445 2,130 2,575 2,317 2,317 287 15 274 555 271 240 514 2021 5,180 3,196 8,491 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'OOOs 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 COMPARATIVES Brighton and Hove Crty Council East Sussex County Council Arts Council England. SoLrth East Other grants DonalhJns, Trusts and Foundation5 Members, subscriptions and events 1.723 15 147 1,885 600 1,870 193 414 84 600 1.870 187 292 122 2020 1.935 600 147 5,046 2. GRANTS & DO￿TIoNs-ANALYSls BY TYPE Brighton Dome programme and hires 2021 £'ooo Biighlon Dome venues 2021 £'ooo Creative Learning activity 2021 £'ooo Brighton Feslwal 2021 £'ooo 2021 Totsl £'ooo Brighton an(5 Hove City Council East Sussex County Council Arts Council England Other grants Donations, Trusts and Foundations Members, subs¢ripttons and events 1.793 115 1.908 2.144 2.437 274 1.272 97 213 3,416 2,600 517 so 66 30 2021 6.698 115 1,S82 96 8.491 28

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 COMPARATIVES Brighton and Hove Cty Council Easi Sussex County Council Arts Council England Other grants Donations, Tnjsls and Foundations Members. subsCript￿nS and events 2020 1.723 147 15 600 720 150 247 1.885 600 1.870 193 414 1,150 36 4S 122 3.084 147 1.732 83 5,046 3. INCOME FROM TRADING ACTIVITIES IBI Br¥Jhlon Dome programme and hives £'ooo Brighton Festival £'ooo 32 2021 Total £'ooo 32 2020 Total £'ooo 43 133 41 Sponsorship Event Hires Consultancy Other Incom8 52 52 59 91 217 4. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITES BY INCOME TYPE IBI Brighton Dome prcgramme and hires 2021 £'ooo Creab"ve Leaming actiwty 2021 È'ooo Brighton Festival 2021 £'ooo Total 2021 £'ooo Ticket sales Perfomiances and Hires Bar and catering for events Tuition & workshops Ticketing fees Programme sales 27 27 14 33 50 14 1,617 38 23 1.617 2021 106 1,752 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'o(J) 2020 £'ooo Ticket sales Performances an(J Hires Bar and catering for events Tuition & worksh¢)ps Ticketing fees Programme sales 2,503 974 59 21 632 3.194 995 861 1.919 423 37 1.919 423 37 29

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts lor the year ended 31 March 2021 2020 4.798 1.999 632 7,429 . INCOME FROM TRADING ACTIVITIES ANO CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES There has been a ￿9￿￿ICant drop in income in the year for b)th Trading arbd Charrtable Actiwlies due lo the ongoing pandemic. Minimal events and conferencing events were pul on in Ihe year as as school closures, which has all accounted for the drop in inc￿e. 5. INVESTMENT INCOME All of the Group's investment income of £911 12020.. £3.6921 arose from interest bearing deposit accounts.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 6. EXPENDITURE ON CFI4RITABLE ACTIVITIES The Charity undertakes drrect charrtable activrties arKI rM)t make grant payments. Unreslricle(J Designated funds funds 2021 2021 £'ooo £'ooo Restricted funds 2021 £'ooo Brighton Dome venue 2021 £'ooo Total 2021 £'ooo Brighton Dome programme and hires Creative Learning a¢lbviIy 8righton Festival Support and governance costs 1.519 1.718 79 1,168 1,417 85 277 42 2.729 3.135 164 1,161 4,200 2.947 42 7,189 Brighton t)ome venues Depreciation 73 319 73 532 129 4.329 2.947 434 7,794 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'o( 2020 £'oc 2020 £'ooo 2020 COMPARATWES Brighton Dome programme and hires Creative Learning aclivily 8fghton Festival Support and govemance costs 4.836 1.856 1.650 1.188 962 69 59 6.082 2.818 1,719 845 9.187 2.219 59 11,465 Brighton Dome venues Depreciation 88 319 88 489 146 25 2020 9,333 25 2,219 12,042 7. ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT AND GOVERMNCE COSTS 2021 Total £'ooo 2020 Total £'ooo Executive and finance costs Lease payments Audrtors remuneration Infomialion lechnology Research & devekjpment 931 21 21 188 634 22 16 173 1.161 Cost$ are allocated to the Chanws actmties on a lime basis. 31

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 8 STAFF COSTS ANO NUMBERS The average number of perrnanenl staff ￿p￿Yed dvrin9 the period, and as at 31 March 2021. was 209 12020.. 1491 Addi(ionally an average head count of 136 12020. 1831 casual weekly staff worked on an houdy basis lo support events and perfomances. Permanent slaff are allocated lo the charitls activit*s as folhyws.. 2021 Number 2020 Number Artistic Planning Learning, Access & PartiCipal￿n Trading. Operations Marketing & Sales Development Support & Governance 12 120 14 55 47 10 10 14 14 209 149 'All staff engaged in trading reLaled aclNitie5 are employed through ¢onlra¢ls with Brighton Dome and Festival Limited. Relevant costs are therefore rechar9ed lo Brighton Dome and Festival (Tradingl Limited. 2021 Total È'ooo 2020 Total £'ooo Payroll costs Wages and salaiies Social security Other pension costs 4,657 353 475 4,583 363 451 5,485 5,397 The number of employees who received emoluments g￿ter than £60.000 in the followng range was". 21r21 Number 2020 Number £60.001 - £70,000 £70,001- £80,000 £80,001- £90,000 £100,001 - £105.000 £110,001 - £115.000 The Key Management Personnel are considered to be the Officers and ExecLrtive Management Team. Their employment benefits were £482.913 in 2021 (£553.291 in 20201. 32

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the yeaf ended 31 March 2021 NET TRADING RESULTS OF SUBSIDIARY TRADING COMPANY BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL ITRADINGI LIMITED 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo Turnover Other Income Cost of sales 87 217 1231 1641 Gross profrt Administration and overhead5 153 1921 1411 27 61 Interest rec￿able 27 61 DonatKJn payable lo parent company 1611 1431 Nel1105sII profil 1341 18 Cost of sales inclLKles £21.90312020.. £25.4C61 charged by the parenl ¢c¥npany for Ihe provision of se￿ICe$. 10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS None of the Trustees received any remuneration during the period under review. Trustee expenses of £31 12020.. £1.2551 were recorded for meeting catering for 14 trustee$. The financial resutts of our Trading Company las per note 9 above) are fefflected within our Consolidale(I SOFA on Page 21. A yearly r￿harge is made in March belween the Charity and Tiading Company 8PPOrth)ning venue runn￿9 costs on the basis of Conference tumoverl total group lumover. This incllrdes insurance, utilities and cleaning costs and is eliminated on con501idation. Inler Company balances as a131 March 2021 were £70,08D. 12020.. £22,246) 33

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounls for the year ended 31 March 2021 11. TANGIBLE FIXEO ASSETS GROUP AND COMPANY Dome leasehtjd asset.. Long-lem Short-temi Improve Improve £'oo) £'oDo Venue Fittings Musical arnl equp Instruments £'oc '£OOOs Office Equip £'ooo Enabling Works Total £'ooo t'ooo COST As al 1 April 2020 Additions Disposals 16,444 6,508 2.744 24 821 569 2.858 29.944 133 As at 31 March 2021 16,444 6.508 2.768 821 665 2,871 30,077 DEPRECIATION As * 1 April 2020 Charge for the period Disposals 5,757 329 6.502 2.515 89 85 499 28 15,3S8 533 A5 at 31 March 2021 6.505 169 527 15,891 NET BOOK VALUE As at 31 March 2021 10,358 164 652 138 2,871 14,186 As a131 March 2020 10,687 229 736 70 2,858 14,587 2020 GROUP AND COMPANY Dome leasehold assel.. Long-term Short-lem) Improve Improve E'o £'ooo Venue Fittings Musical and equip Instruments '£OOOs Office Equip £'ooo Enabling Works Total £'ooo £'ooo COST As al 1 April 2019 Additions Disposals 16.444 6,508 2.728 19 (41 221 600 542 27 2.797 61 29,240 707 14 As al 31 March 2020 16,444 6.508 2.744 821 569 2.858 29.944 DEPRECIATION As at 1 April 2019 Charge for the period Disposals 5,427 329 6,497 2.410 107 121 25 60 474 25 14,833 525 121 As al 31 March 2020 5,757 6.501 2.515 85 499 15,357 NET BOOK VALUE As al 31 March 2020 10.687 229 736 70 2,858 14,587 As at 31 March 2019 11,017 318 196 68 2.797 14.407

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Iconlinuedl All of the Group's tsngible fixed assets are used for aclrvrties In furtherance of the Charity's objects. Arts Council England and Brighton & Hove Ctty Council hold legal Charges over the value of the leasehold asset in accordance wi(h their slandatd funding terms. The lease of Ihe Brighton Dome was granted to Brighton Dorne and Festival Limrted in 1999 by Brighton & Hove City Council for a lolal 0150 years at a peppercom lent. The leasehold improvements shcrwn above represent the value of the capital refurbishment work carried out by the Group. The lease cannot be assigned or sold. The main categories of fixed assets are as folk)vts". Dome leasehold asset.. long-lem improvements - represents the value of the niain eonslruction works to the venues wrth a useful life extending over the remaining term of the lease. Dome leasehold asset.. short-temi improvements - represents the value ot improvements to the venues with a useful life of len years. Brighton & Hove City Council have made available a Sinking Fund in order lo provKJe lor ￿ newals of fixtures and fittings included in this category. The Crty Council sel asKle, fr(m the annual Sinking Fund allocation, sums lo cover r￿n-recurrlng major maintenance work al the Brighton Dome Venue. At 31 March 2021 the allocation stood al £167.68212020." £242,500} and is held in a designated xcounl by Brighton & Hove Crty Council and eon5equenlly is not included in Ihese accounts. Venue fittings and equipmenl - represents the value of fittin9s and equipment purchased for the operation ol the Dome venues. which have a useful lrfe of five years. Musical Instruments represents the estimated valualion of mvsical instruments kased lo Brighton Dome and Festival by Bcighlon and Hove Ci(y Council and Easl Sussex County COU￿11 for use by Bruhlon and Hove Music and Arts Service and Easl Sussex MUS￿ Servi￿. Office equipment represents the value of uynputer hardware arKI sofiwwe and similar rtems which have an expecied useful life of th￿e years. 35

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accoun15 foF the year ended 31 March 2021 12. FIXEDASSET INVESTMENTS 2021 Cost 2020 Cost Inveslmenl in subsidiaries.. 181 The investment above represents Brighton Dome and Fests"val Limited's investment in Subsidiary companies. On 1 September 2005 the Group reorgani5ed its subsidiar￿5 folk)wing completion of the BrwJhlon Dome Development. Since that dale all charitable activities are managed in the registered charity. the BrMJhlon Dome and Festival Limited. All non-charrtable activities are managed through Brighton Dome and Fesb"val (Trading) Limited. The remaining company in the Group was a domianl c¢)mpany from 1 September 2006. Details of the subsKliar￿s as at 31 March 2021 a￿ set out below: Name Controlling Inlerest Incorporatedlcompany number Brighton Dome and Feslwal (Trading) Limrted 100% UK 5541005 80th subsKliafies are registered al 12a Pavilion Buikjings. Castle Square, BrKJhlon, BN1 1EE The nel assets I Iliabilrtiesl of the SUbs￿laneS at the end of the financ￿1 period were as follows.. Net assets I Share capital Reserves Brighton Dome and Festival (Trading) Limrted 60.932 61,032 13. STOCK Group and Cornpany 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo Bar Stock Front of House Consumables 12 Total 15 18 Stock recognised as an expense in 2021 lotalled £8k12020.. £220kl.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number". 00889184) Annual Report and Accounls for the year ended 31 March 2021 14. DEBTORS Group 2021 t'o Company 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Amounts owed by Brighton Dome and Festival (Tradingl Llmited Sundry debtors 112 435 82 433 774 152 152 69 22 956 585 950 15. CASH AT BANK AND IN HANO Cash at bank and In hand indudes petty cash. floats and short term h3hly liquhJ investments wth a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisit￿n or weniThJ of the deposit or swnilar amount. 16. CREDITORS- AMOUNTS FALLING DUEWITHIN ONE YEAR Group 2021 £'ooo Company 2021 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo Trade creditors Bank overdraft Accruals Oeferred income Other creditors Taxation and s¢xial secufty VAT Payable 118 110 601 374 1.184 92 3 1.075 1.027 112 172 372 1.173 391 1.065 987 112 162 179 178 2.048 3,391 2.026 3.323 Royal Bank of Scotland holds a legal charge over the lJ)ok debls of the Charity as security against the overdraft facilrty. Deferred income includes £1.320,72812020.. £W.6661 relaung to ticket sales for events taking place beyond the balance sheet date. 37

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Acwunls for the year ended 31 March 2021 17. DEFERREO INCOME Group Company 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo Deferred Inc￿8 < 1 year Balance as at 1 April 2020 Released in-year Deferred In-year 1,075 (1,0751 1,184 2.302 12.302) 1.075 1.C65 11,C651 1.173 2.269 (2,3021 1,065 BalarKe as al 31 March 2021 1.184 1,075 1.173 1.065 Deferred Income relates lo advance deposi¢s and advance I￿ke1 sales for events taking place beyond the balance sheet date. 18. CREDITORS- AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER ONE YEAR Gro 2021 £'ooo Company 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo Loan frcvn BHCC AccTued Inte￿st on BHCC Loan Deferred income 2.704 347 332 2.704 2.704 347 315 2,704 3,383 2.738 2,704 The loan of £2.7m is secured by a fk￿ling charge against Ihe assets of the chanty. The loan 15 repayable in equal in51almenls commencing in 2022 and endin9 in 2050. Interest is Charged on the loan at 2.85%. 38

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Aceounls for the year ended 31 March 2021 19. ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS IN UNRESTRICTED FUNOS Balance al 1 Aprd 2020 Transfer to designated funds £'ooo Balan￿ al 31 March 2021 £'ooo Movement in ￿$OUrceS Income Expend"rtu £'ooo £'ooo GROUP AND COMPANY Operational funds 133 7.024 14,5211 12,364) 272 Designated funds Musical Instruments 736 1841 652 Managing future Covid-19 rdaled risks 751 751 Corn Exchange redevelopment costs & investments in future sustainability 413 413 Communrty engagement & artistic Commissioning 4C 400 MUS￿ Services future investment 800 Total 7.024 14.6051 3.288 2020 Totsl 450 9.585 19.7311 304 Designated funds brought fomard represent the eaTryn9 value of musical Trnstruments. the use of which have been gifted to BrKJhlon Dome and Festwal by Brighton and Hove City Council for use by Ihe Mu$1¢ Ser¥i¢es. Transfers lo designaled funds were made during the year lor the following pU￿OSeS.. 1. Supporting the Dome and FestNal activty wrth future risks Ihal may arise due to Covid-19 2. To create a fund to be spent on equipment and operational expenditure related to the completion of the Corn Exchange redevelopment. and other future Investments that support oper*ional sustainabilily 3. To create a fund for communrty engagement prqects and ¢ommissK)ning new works of art 4. To designaie fuThJs to be used for future inveslment in the mus￿ se￿￿es. 39

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 20 ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT IN RESTRICTED FUNDS Balance at 1 April Transfer from unresliicled funds Movement in reSou￿e$ Balance al 31 March 2020 £'ooo Inccyne Expenditure £'Doo 2021 £'ooo £'ooo £'ooo GROUP AND COMPANY Brighton Dome Regeneration Project & B[￿htOn Dome Venue Brighton 1kn8 Other Projects 10.363 217 115 3,195 14341 12,947) 10.044 465 Total 2021 10,580 3.310 13.381} 10.509 Balan￿ al 1 April Transfer ffom unre5tricled lund$ Balance al 31 March Movement in reSou￿e$ 2019 £'ooo Incoming Outgoing £'ooo 2020 £'ooo £'ooo t'ooo GROUP ANO COMPANY Brighton Oome Regeneration Pioie¢l & 8righlon Dome Venue 8Tighton O(Mne Cxhef Projects 10,682 72 147 14661 12,2191 10,363 217 Total 2020 10,754 2,511 12,685) 10,580 The Dome Regeneration Project fund represents the caprtalised value receNed in respect of the development and regeneration of the Brighton Dome.. rt comprises improvements to the leasehold asset and income from fund.raising activitie5. Arts Council Engbnd & Brighton and Hove City Councl hold legal Charges over the value of the leasehold asset in accordance their standard funding te￿$. The D(Mme Sinking Fund cepresenls monies from Brighlon & Hove City Council lo enable expendrture on certain items of building maintenan￿ and renewals in accordance wilh the terms of the ￿ase of the 8f￿hlon Dome venues. Brighton Dome Other Prc¥ecls Fund represents monies received from Individuals, Trusts, Foundations and other grant making bodies.

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 21. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS Fi¥ed Assets £'ooo Net Assetsl (L￿bIlities) £'ooo Cash £'ooo Total £'ooo GROUP Unrestricted funds Restri¢led funds.. Bf￿hlOn Dome Venue Com Exchange RenovalK)n Other Prgects 1.438 4.098 11,9011 3,635 10.044 2.704 10,044 12,7041 381 465 Tolal funds 14.186 4,479 {4,5211 14,144 2020 Totsl 14.587 2.017 15,1551 11,449 COMPANY Unreslricled fund$ Restricted funds.. 1.400 4.032 11,7401 3,692 Brighton Dome Venue Corn Exchange RenOvat￿n Other Projects 10,044 2,704 10,044 12.7041 381 381 Total funds 14.148 4.413 14.4441 14,117 2020 Total 14,022 1,859 15,0571 10,824 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Group Company 2021 2020 2021 £'ooo 2020 È'ooo Balance as at 1 Apnl Surplu5 1 Ideficill for the year Transfer from restncted funds 450 419 809 408 2.419 2.452 401 Balance as al 31 March 3.288 3.261 809 41

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number". 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 22. 2020 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS Fixed Assets £'ooo Net Liabilities £'ooo Cash £'ooo Total £'ooo GROUP Unrestncled funds Reslricled funds". Brighton Dome Venue Corn Exchange Renovation Other Projects 1.520 1,800 12,451) 10.363 2.704 10.363 12,704) 217 217 Total funds 14,587 2,017 15,155) 11.449 2019 Tolal 14,407 1.588 14,7911 11,204 COMPANY Unrestricted funds Reslricled fvnd$' 955 1.642 12.3531 244 8righlon Dome Venue Corn Exchange Renovation Other Projects 10.363 2.704 10,363 12.7041 217 217 Total funds 14,022 1.859 15.0571 10.824 2019 Total 14.407 1,360 {4.6051 11,162 23. PENSION COMMITMENTS Defined contribution Schemes The Group operates defined Contribution schemes for certain employees. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of the Group in independently administered funds. The pension cost charge rep￿sentS contributions payable by the Group and Charity lo the funds and amounted lo £118,112 12020.. £177,899). Included in the total are conlribulions of £34.572 {2020: of £38,767} wh￿h were owed lo the ￿levant pension funds at 31 March 2021. Teachers, Pension Schen The Charity participates in the Teachers. Pension Scheme (England and Wales) I'lhe TPSJ for relevant 51aff in the Music Services. The pension charge for the year includes contributions payable to the TPS of £381.355 12020.. £274,192) and at the year*nd £41.17912020.. £50,801) was accrued in respect of contributions lo this scheme. The scheme is ck)sed lo new mwnbers. The TPS is an unfunded mulii-employer defined benefrts ￿nsIOn seheme govemed by The Teachers. Pensions Regulations 2010 las amendedl and The Teachers, PensK)n Scheme Regulations 2014 las amended). Members contribute on a °pay as you go. basis contributions from members and Ihe employer being credrted to Ihe ExcheqLser_ Retirement and other pension benefrts are paid by public fur￿$ provided by Parliament. 42

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED (Company Number.. 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts fol the year ended 31 March 2021 The employer contribution rale is set by the Secretary of Stale following scheme valuations undertaken by the Government Actuary's Department. The m051 recent actuarial valuation of the TPS was prepared as al 31 March 2018 Employeis are also currently required to pay a scheme administration levy of 0.08Dh giving a total employer contribution iale of 16.48%. As a result of the 31 March 2016 ValUat￿n of the Teachers, PensK)n Scheme. the Government has determined that the employer contribution rale Should increase lo 23.68% of conlribulory pay wlh effect from 1 Septernber 2020 Ilhis include5 the administralK)n levy of O.OB%I. The Department for Education has launched a consultation seek￿9 views on their proposal to support certain educatKJn institutions wrth the increase to the Teachers, Pension Scheme. The consu￿atIon closed on 12 February 2020 and we received Ihe addrtional percentage drfference for TPS and a￿ in ¥eeeipt of funding up until the end of 31.03.2022. Local Government Pension Scheme The Charrty also participate in the East Sussex L￿1 Government Pens*)n Scheme I'LGPS") fof relevant staff in the Music Services. The pension charge for the year includes contributions payable lo the LGPS of £8,263 12020.. £9.009) and at the year-end £9312020". £4321 was accrued in respect ol contributions to this scheme. The scheme is closed lo new members. The East Sussex Local Government Pension Scheme is a¢kninislered by the County Council. The scheme prowdes ￿li￿eMent benefit5 for County Council employees, but members aL80 include employees of Brighton & Hove City Council. the five borough ar￿ district councils. academies. universilies, wlleges and public authonties. In aec¢rdance with the L￿81 Government penS￿n &heme Regulations, associated legislation and the Pensions Committee terms of refe￿nCe. the East Sussex PensK)n Fund Pension Commrttee is responsibTe for 811 functions and responsibilrties relating lo the managewnent of the East Sussex Pension Fund. Ihis includes making arrangements for the investment, administration and managemenl of the Pension Fund, re￿n11ng 8dvi¢e as approprk2te from the Pension Board. The Pension comM￿ee also agrees Policy Slalements, as required under the LGPS regulalKJns, and decides on the admission and cessation of bodies lo the Pension Fund. The employer contribution rate sel by the administrators of the scheme was 0% of contributory pay during the 20121 financial year It was determined that the employer conlribulion rate for the financial years 2021122 10 2022123 wll be 0% also. 24. RECONCILIATION OF NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Group 2021 £'ooo Group 2020 £'ooo Net movement in funds Add back depreciatiort charge Deduct interest inctyne Decrease in stock Decrease in debtors (Decreasell increase in credrtors 2.349 533 245 S22 141 408 698 211 152 Net cash used in operating activities 2.594 1.127 43

BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LIMITED {Company Number: 00889184) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 25. AGENCY RELATIONSHIP IMTH BHCC (CAPTAL PROJECTI During the financial year BDBF collected fundraising income and incurred costs on behalf of the Capital Prqe¢l. Fundraising income is invoiced by BHCC and costs ￿harged by BDBF. All balances relating to the funds raised and costs incurred were invoiced for by the balance sheet dale. 26. AUDITORS REMUNERATION A fee of £20,830 for the audFt of the group of companies ha5 been accrued in the 2020121 ￿ou￿￿. (2020.. £18,750) 27. 2020 COMPARATIVES FOR SOFA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIWTIES (including consolidated Income & Expendrture Account) Unrestricted lunds Restricted funds Total 2020 The Brighton Dom Venue £OOO's Operations £OOO'$ Designated £OOO's Projects £OOO's £OOO's Income: Grants & donations 1.935 600 147 5,046 Income from charrtable activities Income from trading activities 7,429 217 7,429 217 Investment Income Total income 9,585 600 147 12.696 Expenditure on.. Cosl of raising funds Expenditure on charitable actNIt*s 373 9.333 373 12,078 2,219 Total expenditure 9,706 2,219 466 12,451 Nel lexpendrturell income Transfers beiween funds {121) S40 145 (3191 245 Nel movement in funds 11211 145 1319} 245 Total funds brought foNdard 254 196 72 10,682 11,204 Total funds Carried forward 133 736 217 10.363 11,449