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2021-09-30-accounts

Wac Arts

Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021

Company Number: 1158819 Registered Charity Number: 267043

Wac Arts (A company limited by guarantee)

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year to

30 September 2021

Wac Arts

Financial Statements For the year to 30 September 2021

Contents:

ontents:
Wac Arts Administrative Information 3
Structure, Governance and Management 4
Trustee Recruitment, Induction and Training 4
Vision, Mission and Activities 5
Values and Focus 6
Performance Overview 2020-21 6
Key Achievements 2020-21 8
Fundraising 9
Financial Review 10
Risk Management 11
Looking to the Future 11
Board of Trustees’ Responsibilities 12
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Wac Arts 14
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 17
Consolidated Charity Balance Sheets 18
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 19
Notes to the Accounts 20

Wac Arts

Financial Statements For the year to 30 September 2021

Wac Arts Administrative Information

Reference and Administrative Details

These are the consolidated accounts for Wac Arts and The Hamden Trust, both companies and charities. In this report we refer to them as (the “Charity”). Consolidated accounts are prepared, as required of related charities with the same Trustees.

Charity number: Wac Arts: 267043 The Hamden Trust: 1045440
Company number: Wac Arts: 1158819 The Hamden Trust: 03036627
Principal & registered Office: The Old Town Hall
213 Haverstock Hill
London NW3 4QP
Auditors: Knox Cropper LLP
65 Leadenhall Street
London EC3A 2AD
Bankers: Co-operative Bank Plc
Islington Branch
Islington High Street
London N1 9TR

Trustees

The directors of both charitable companies (Wac Arts and the Hamden Trust) are their Trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are referred to collectively as (the “Trustees”) and (the “Board”). They are also the members of both charities. Trustees and management serving during the period and since the year end:

Chair: Justina Cruickshank (appointed 05 October 2020)
Elected trustees: David Blake
Dorota Dominiczak
Justina Cruickshank (appointed 5 October 2020)
Margaret Gorman
Leah Hurst
Lew Hodges (retired 1 November 2020)
Christine Kinnear
Martin Summersgill
Chief Executive: Darius Khwaja

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Wac Arts

Financial Statements For the year to 30 September 2021

Structure, Governance and Management

Organisational Structure

The Board sets the strategic direction for the Charity and measures progress against objectives. The Board meets quarterly as does the supporting Finance Committee. Terms of Reference for committees of the Board are approved by the Board.

Governance

Both Wac Arts and The Hamden Trust are companies limited by guarantee each governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. They are registered as charities with the Charity Commission. The members of the charities are the Chair and the elected Trustees, of which there were seven serving at the period end.

Management

The Chief Executive (CE) is appointed by the Board to manage the Charity’s work. The other key management roles during the year were the Director of Development and the Director of Programmes. Together with the Chief Executive, they comprise the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The SLT are supported by Counterculture LLP for strategic financial director-level advice. All staff recruitment is done by open advertising and interviews conducted by appropriately skilled and experienced panels. Interview panels include Trustees and external industry specialists where appropriate.

Key Management Personnel Remuneration Policy

Wac Arts is committed to ensuring that staff are paid fairly and consistently. The Charity’s pay policy seeks to balance the need to attract and retain suitably experienced individuals to ensure we provide the greatest public benefit in delivering our charitable objectives, with what the Charity can reasonably afford. Pay is positioned relative to other similar organisations.

Remuneration for the CE is set by the Board. Remuneration for all other staff is presented to the Finance Committee in the annual budget and subject to scrutiny, is recommended to the Board for approval. No member of staff is involved in determining his or her own remuneration.

Annual pay awards are not a contractual requirement. They are considered in relation to the organisation’s financial position, performance and sector benchmarking.

Trustee Recruitment, Induction and Training

Recruitment and Election of Trustees

The Board of Trustees periodically reviews the skill sets it includes to identify gaps, if any, in the Board with a view to considering the potential for recruiting new Trustee(s). Advertising schedules look to reach the broadest potential group of interested candidates, with interviews and recommendations being made to the Board by the Chair and Vice Chair, supported by additional panel members as appropriate.

All Trustees are elected as the members and directors (co-terminus) of the Charity. Board members are appointed with the expectation they will serve for at least three years and normally for two terms. In exceptional circumstances, Trustees may serve a maximum of three terms (nine years).

Trustee Induction & Training

New Trustees undergo an orientation meeting with the Chair and a briefing with the Chief Executive and relevant staff. They can attend activities and meet a selection of beneficiaries. They are provided with a Board induction pack including copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, Committee Terms of Reference and decision-making processes, the organisation structure, the Business Plan and the recent

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Wac Arts

Financial Statements

For the year to 30 September 2021

financial performance of the Charity. All Trustees receive training in Safeguarding and Unconscious Bias. Trustees are expected to attend events presenting the Charity’s work.

Related Parties

Wac Arts and Hamden Trust are sister charities. Trustees of Wac Arts are also Trustees of The Hamden Trust. Although The Hamden Trust shares Wac Arts’ passion for supporting groups in society who face barriers to opportunity, its primary role is to conserve and enhance its historic building and encourage educational work to celebrate our heritage.

Mission and Activities

Charitable Objects

Wac Arts’ charitable objects may be summarised as the provision and development of activities which seek to make the arts relevant and available to the public, the provision of activities to improve the lives of people who may be disadvantaged, the provision of support for other organisations, and the promotion of citizenship and community development.

The six-year strategy to 2020-26 sets out the following high-level objectives:

Mission: Empowering Young People to Change their World through the Arts

Wac Arts believes in the infinite power of the arts to unleash the extraordinary potential of young people.

The Charity believes that:

The Charity seeks to:

Creating a centre of excellence for the arts for young individuals who most need it.

Wac Arts has worked with generations of young people for over 40 years, empowering them with the life skills the arts can offer. From its base at the Grade 2 listed Old Town Hall in Belsize Park, the Charity delivers programmes for young people who face barriers to opportunity and provides a range of additional activities and services to the community.

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Wac Arts

Financial Statements For the year to 30 September 2021

Values

The Charity’s values provide a framework for its activities and reflects how it aims to work as an organisation:

Strategic Report

Performance Overview 2020-21

The year to September 2021 saw the Charity build on the achievements made in the previous year. The Charity’s financial performance far exceeded forecast. Both earned income and income from donations surpassed expectation.

The Charity continued to implement its 6-year business plan, which above all aims to increase the level of public benefit the Charity provides, by investing in the organisation’s staff and foundational systems so they can support a radical growth in the numbers of young people participating in the Charity’s creative programme.

The coronavirus pandemic caused greater damage to the creative arts programme than in the previous year with the reintroduction of social distancing measures coinciding with key recruitment periods.

Response to COVID-19

Creative Arts Programme

As during the previous year, the Charity continued to prioritise the support it provides for the most vulnerable families, young people and adults. A face-to-face service was provided, where social distancing measures permitted. The start of the wider arts programme for young people was delivered online due to the extension of social distancing measures and transferred to in-person as restrictions were lifted. All summer-school provision was delivered in person.

Earned Income

Income derived from the property elements of Wac Arts’ business model exceeded forecast. This was in part due to continuing to attract clients from those business activities exempt from lockdown such as film and television production.

Development Income

The exceptional support and loyalty shown by the Charity’s funders and donors helped the organisation exceed its fundraised income forecast. The Charity benefited greatly from the Arts Council’s Cultural Recovery Fund.

Government Support

The Charity continued to make use of the UK Government’s furlough scheme where not doing so would have resulted in redundancies.

Outcome of the Response to COVID-19

Taken in combination, these strategies ensured Wac Arts came through COVID-19 once again in stable financial health. The Charity made no redundancies as a result of the pandemic.

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Wac Arts

Financial Statements

For the year to 30 September 2021

Though the threat from COVID-19 extended for longer than anticipated, given the overall effectiveness of Wac Arts’ response to the pandemic, the Charity was able to continue its focus on transforming its work to increase the overall level of public benefit it provides in the longer-term.

Overview of Activity

Creative Programme

Though social restrictions due to COVID-19 hindered the organisation’s ability to recruit young people to its Participation and Outreach programmes, new artist commissioned activities to engage more young people were effective:

Wac Artsprogrammeparticipants FY2021 FY2020
Participation 436* 809
Outreach 124 185
Artist commissions 1383
Total 1943 994

1 Participation

Special Educational Needs Provision

Wac Arts creative activities to support young people who identify as disabled continued despite COVID-19. The number of young people supported met forecast and exceeded it some instances. The Charity continued to deliver weekly bespoke activities for young people and adults with additional needs recognising how the pandemic impacted disproportionately on this group. These sessions provided a safe space for creative exploration and allowed participants to share their feelings and express themselves, while maintaining a level of vital social interaction. For some young people this was the only opportunity for them to interact socially outside of their families.

Junior and Senior Wac Arts

The Charity’s weekly face-to-face classes for young people in dance, music, drama, animation and film production continued throughout the year albeit having to shift from in-person to online at short notice in response to the UK Government’s various social distancing measures.

Youth Voice

The Youth Voice programme became an AQA-accredited Leadership programme. Youth Voice meetings have successfully connected young people with Wac Arts’ Chair, Chief Executive and wider programme staff. This programme will culminate in the appointment of young trustees to the Wac Arts Board. This process forms part of the wider review of Governance expected to conclude during the year to September 22.

2 Engagement

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Charity launched an innovative 3-year participatory, community arts programme, Recover, Rebuild, Reimagine. Designed to be a creative and healing response to our changed ways of living, this 3-year programme focused on promoting and enhancing the well-being and resilience of our communities.

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Financial Statements

For the year to 30 September 2021

Key highlights from Year 1 (Recover)

Artist Commissions

The Charity trialled new approaches to its work through its Festival of Commissions in July. A range of outstanding established and emerging artists were commissioned by Wac Arts to produce new work for and with our young people. 199 people attended the festival in person with a further 1744 people attending or viewing the work online.

Outreach

The Charity delivered 4 outreach projects at a range of London youth settings including Youth Club’s, a Youth Theatre Organisation and specialist School. The sessions explored a range of digital art forms engaged 58 young people.

The Charity delivered bespoke training in working with young people with additional educational needs as part of London Youth’s Rise Up youth work qualification. The sessions engaged 51 youth professionals.

3 Wac Arts’ Building

The Charity continues with its ambition to grow as a hub for creative sector organisations and charities with a mission similar to Wac Arts. It is now home to an agency representing acting talent, two production companies, an acting coach, music therapist, redeveloped music studio and several local artists.

The Charity continues to support the UK live theatre industry with preferential space hire rates and has continued to make progress in broadening its clients to film and television production.

Working with a local entrepreneur a food and drink offer is now in place, welcoming in local residents and supporting more public facing events, presenting both Wac Arts’ own work and that of third parties.

Key Achievements

Despite the continuing challenges faced by the Charity due to COVID-19, Wac Arts successfully continued the plans laid out by its leadership team to improve the quality and scale of its public offer.

Notable Successes

  1. The ability of the team to constantly adapt the creative arts programme to ensure the continuity of provision for young people despite COVID-related restrictions

  2. Continuing the improvements made in how the Charity generates income from its building to subsidise its creative arts programme

  3. The management of the Charity’s finances which once again resulted in an above forecast surplus for the year continuing the improvement of the organisation’s financial reserves

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Wac Arts

Financial Statements

For the year to 30 September 2021

Development

The Development team exceeded the £308,000 revenue fundraising target for the period.

Key highlights include:

  1. Arts Council England, Cultural Recovery Fund; The Charity secured a £98,000 grant to support core running costs, while contributing to reserves

  2. Core support from City Bridge Trust and John Lyons Charity

  3. Christmas Campaign, Big Give (December 2020); Continuing the success of Charity’s participation in the 2020 Champions for Children Campaign matched funding campaign, the Charity took part in the Christmas Campaign supported by The Childhood Trust, raising £29,000

  4. Champions for Children, Big Give (June – July 2021); Thanks to the continued generosity of our individual supporters and The Childhood Trust, we met our £12,000 target.

Our thanks for to all those individuals, trusts and foundations who have chosen to support us during this challenging period, and been advocates for the youth, arts and cultural sectors, including; Arts Council England (Cultural Recovery Fund), Camden Council, City Bridge Trust, Greater London Authority, Jack Petchey Foundation, John Lyons Charity, London Community Foundation, London Youth, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Taurus Foundation, The Childhood Trust, The Foyle Foundation, Tuixen Foundation, Wellside Trust, Young Camden Foundation and all those who prefer to give anonymously.

Organisational

Wac Arts fundraising activity was supported by 3 volunteers. Salesforce CRM was developed further for use in the Charity’s Development activity and campaigns.

Fundraising

The Charity raises funds from a wide variety of trusts, foundations, corporations, and individuals. All fundraising is carried out by an in-house team, which is headed by an experienced Director of Development.

Wac Arts is linked with Amazon Smile, a service which allows customers to generate a donation for charity each time they shop on Amazon, and Easy Fundraising, a service which generates small donations from everyday online shopping.

Wac Arts uses the following online donation platforms; Big Give, CAF, Facebook and Just Giving. Wac Arts does not use third parties to undertake any fundraising activities. The Charity complies in all regards with the Code of Fundraising Practice regulated by the Fundraising Regulator and with Charity Commission Guidance. We have robust policies in place regarding vulnerable people and treating donors fairly.

Wac Arts is compliant with the GDPR. All fundraising activities conducted by the Charity are open, fair, honest and legal. The Charity’s commitment, which is available on our website is as follows:

Wac Arts received no complaints relating to its fundraising activities during 2020/21.

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Financial Statements For the year to 30 September 2021

Wac Arts

Financial Review

The accounts show a £61,467 surplus (2020: £57,338 surplus) on unrestricted funds, which represents a continued stabilisation of the financial position. This surplus was achieved through good cost management and successful income generation during the financial year.

The Charity was able to mitigate the ongoing impact of Covid-19 through support from a Cultural Recovery Fund grant of £98,000 from Arts Council England and government furlough scheme grants of £45,916. Wac Arts’ principal sources of income continued to be the provision of services to Camden Council for disabled young people, lettings of its premises at the Town Hall, fundraising, and fees for artistic activities provided.

The Consolidated results of Wac Arts and The Hamden Trust report a £35,277 surplus (2020: £121,756 deficit) in total funds during the year, of which £73,674 (2020: £179,095) represented a deficit relating to Hamden Trust which is mainly reflected by depreciation charges on building improvement costs financed by restricted funds accumulated within the Hamden Trust for this purpose in previous years.

Following a review of historic activity relating to the building, a cost transfer of £105,803 was made between Hamden Trust and Wac Arts, settling a long-term loan balance which was due between the related charities. This is presented as restricted (Hamden) income and unrestricted expenditure in Wac Arts accounts but has a net zero impact on the consolidated accounts.

A CBILS loan of £400k drawn down in January 2021 having been applied for in 2020/21 to provide working capital to enable the Charity to manage through a period of anticipated income reductions resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic. This is repayable over a 6-year period. The Charity will review opportunities for potential early settlement of its long-term debt, as circumstances allow.

The £61,467 unrestricted surplus achieved during the year resulted in an increase in total unrestricted funds from £205,922 to £267,389, which were comprised as follows for Wac Arts:

2021
£		 2020
£
Tangible fixed assets 331,804 345,745
Long-term assets - 102,640
Net current assets/(liabilities) 498,617 (34,816)
Long-term (liabilities) (563,032) (207,647)
Total Unrestricted Funds 267,389 205,922

The Charity has used unrestricted net current assets/(liabilities) as a proxy for free reserves. Due to the exceptional nature of the CBILS loan, and the potential for repayment, the total remaining balance is excluded as follows:

2021
£		 2020
£
Net current assets/(liabilities) 498,617 (34,816)
CBILS balance (400,000) -
Free reserves 98,617 (34,816)

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Financial Statements For the year to 30 September 2021

This free reserves figure presented above does not include the total loan balance of £207,647 (2020: £229,025) with Triodos bank. This loan was secured in 2018/19 to provide working capital to assist with the development of IOWA project. The balance is repayable over 10 years so has not been counted as part of the calculation.

Wac Arts is committed to a phased building of reserves, to meet our policy of holding free reserves at a level equivalent to three months’ expenditure (approximately £500k) over a 6 Year Period to 2025/26. In the interim period, the policy of the Charity is to ensure that there is a sufficient level of working capital to enable payments to be settled as they fall due.

Risk Management

The Trustees' risk management strategy comprises:

This strategy has ensured risks are identified and discussed at an early stage, enabling appropriate management and mitigation arrangements to be put in place.

Over the last 12 months, significant progress has been made to reduce risk at the Charity and a new scoring system developed to better define and track risk showed a 22% reduction in total risk at September 21, with the Charity in the low Amber Risk area. At September 2021, the remaining high risks were:

  1. Organisation lacks staffing capacity to deliver the Business Plan

  2. IT systems and processes require further professionalisation

Looking to the Future

The Year Ahead

The Charity’s mission to “empower young people to change their world through the arts” remains central to the year ahead and beyond.

Building on the success in the previous year to implement Salesforce CRM and establish a robust central administrative function at the heart of the Charity’s operations, the strategic focus for the year ahead is to drive significant growth in the number of people participating in and engaging with Wac Arts through considerable investment in marketing and outreach.

The external review of Governance, which was initiated in the previous year, will conclude and a report will be presented to the Board. Further to the review of this report, the Board will commence the implementation of the recommendations where doing so enhances Governance at the Charity and enables the organisation to increase the quality and level of public benefit it provides.

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Wac Arts

Financial Statements For the year to 30 September 2021

Camden Contract

In August 21, the Charity tendered for a new contract to deliver services for young people with disabilities for the London Borough of Camden (“Camden”). The Charity was the incumbent holder of the contract. On 16.11.21, the Charity received confirmation from Camden that it had been successful and had been awarded the contract. This provides the Charity with committed annual income of approximately £400k for at least 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. Though the new contract value is less than previously, the scale of services to provide have been reduced so the overall benefit to the Charity remains broadly in line with its business plan.

Board of Trustees’ Responsibilities

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. The Trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the profit or loss of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In accordance with company law, each of the persons who are Trustees at the time when this report is approved has confirmed that:

The members each agree to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charity in the event of it being wound up whilst a member and for one year after ceasing to be a member. The amount of these guarantees at 30 September 2021 was £70 (2020: £90).

Trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity and are not remunerated.

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Financial Statements

For the year to 30 September 2021

Statement on Public Benefit

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit published by the Charity Commission in determining the activities undertaken by the charity. The identifiable benefits are set out in this report as are the aims of the Charity and the beneficiary groups.

This report, which incorporates the Strategic Report, was approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf on 1 April 2022 by:

Justina Cruickshank Chair

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Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Wac Arts

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of WAC Arts (the ‘parent charity’) and its subsidiary (‘the group’) for the year ended 30 September 2021 which comprise the consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (including the Income and Expenditure Account), the consolidated and charity Balance Sheets, consolidated statement of cash flows and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’.

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees’ Report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are Required to Report by Exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the group’s and parent charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the group or parent charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

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Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Simon Goodridge (Senior Statutory Auditor) Date: 16/05/22
For and on behalf of Knox Cropper LLP (Statutory Auditor)
65 Leadenhall Street
London EC3A 2AD

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Wac Arts
Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities
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Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
Total
2021
2021
2021
2020
Note
£
£
£
£
Income from:
Grants and donations
2
295,349
172,800
468,149
510,802
Charitable activities
-
1,463,798
1,463,798
1,448,964
Other income
105,803
20,506
126,309
7,040
Investment income
-
41
41
219
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----------------------
--------------------
--------------------
Total income
401,152
1,657,145
2,058,297
1,967,025
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==========
==========
==========
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities:
Service and projects expenditure
3
424,143
1,122,879
1,547,022
1,567,235
Centre management
3
3,199
472,799
475,998
521,546
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----------------------
--------------------
--------------------
Total expenditure
3
427,342
1,595,678
2,023,020
2,088,781
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==========
==========
Transfers between funds
12
-
-
-
-
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------------------------
------------------
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Net Movement of Funds
(26,190)
61,467
35,277
(121,756)
Reconciliation of funds
Funds at 1 October 2020
6,188,099
205,922
6,394,021
6,515,777
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Funds at 30 September 2021
12
6,161,909
267,389
6,429,298
6,394,021
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All of the charity’s activities are classed as continuing. All recognised gains and losses are shown above. The
comparative year’s Statement of Financial Activities is included in note 20.

Wac Arts

Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021

Consolidated and Charity Balance Sheets Company Number: 1158819

30 September 2021 30 September 2021 30 September 2020 30 September 2020
Group Wac Arts Group Wac Arts
Note £ £ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 6 6,482,083 379,288 6,624,818 345,745
Non-Current Assets
Amount due from
Related Charity 7 - - - 102,640
Current Assets
Debtors 8 218,650 218,650 86,310 86,310
Cash at bank and in hand 683,277 671,647 415,172 403,506
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901,927 890,297 501,482 489,816
Creditors, amounts falling due
Within one year 9 (391,680) (391,680) (524,632) (524,632)
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Net Current Assets/(Liabilities) 510,247 498,617 (23,150) (34,816)
Creditors, amounts falling due
After more than one year 11 (563,032) (563,032) (207,647) (207,647)
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6,429,298 314,873 6,394,021 205,922
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Funds
Restricted funds 1(j), 12 6,161,909 47,484 6,188,099 -
Unrestricted funds 1(j), 12 267,389 267,389 205,922 205,922
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6,429,298 314,873 6,394,021 205,922
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The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 1 April 2022 and signed on its behalf by

Justina Cruickshank Chair

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Wac Arts

Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

2021 2020
£ £
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating activities
Net movement in funds 35,277 (121,756)
Investment income (41) (219)
Interest payable 10,417 11,036
Depreciation 207,492 189,224
Disposal of fixed assets - -
(Increase)/ Decrease in debtors (132,340) 116,009
(Decrease) in creditors (136,189) 152,910
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Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities (15,384) 347,204
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Cash flow from investing activities
Investment income 41 219
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (64,757) (25,819)
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Net cash used in investing activities (64,716) (25,600)
----------------- ----------------
Cash flows from financing activities
Cash inflows from new borrowing 400,000 -
Loan repayments (41,378) (23,466)
Interest paid (10,417) (11,036)
----------------- ----------------
Net cash used in financing activities 348,205 (34,502)
----------------- ----------------
Net change in cash and cash equivalents in the year 268,105 287,102
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 415,172 128,070
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 683,277 415,172
========= =========
Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank 683,277 415,172
-------------------- --------------------
683,277 415,172
========= =========
Analysis of changes in net debt:
At 30 Sept 2020 Cash flows At 30 Sept 2021
Cash and cash equivalents 415,172 268,105 683,277
Borrowings:
Debt due within one year (21,378) (52,836) (74,214)
Debt due after one year (207,647) (345,785) (553,432)
(229,025) (398,621) (627,646)
Total 186,147 (130,516) 55,631

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Notes

1. Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards. The format of the financial statements has been presented to comply with the Companies Act 2006, FRS102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Ireland and the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities (FRS102 SORP second edition). Figures are presented in sterling and rounded to the nearest pound. The Charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS102.

These financial statements include the results, assets and liabilities of the main charity, Wac Arts, together with its subsidiary, The Hamden Trust (company number 03036627). A separate statement of financial activities for the charity itself is not presented because the charity has taken advantage of the exemptions afforded by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006. The Net Movement in Funds of the Parent was a surplus of £109,551.

(b) Going concern

The Trustees have considered the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on going concern. The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties which would cast doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern based on their consideration of long term cashflows and the forecasts prepared to support the charity’s Government Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme (CBILS) loan application in summer 2020 (£400,000 having been drawn down in January 2021). The Trustees have considered the positive performance against budget (and forecasts included in the CBILS application) during 2020/21 and 2021/22 to inform their view that the Charity remains a going concern.

(c) General information The Charity is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales (company number: 1158819) and a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number: 267043). The registered office is The Old Town Hall, 213 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP.

(d) Significant judgements and estimation uncertainty

In preparing these financial statements the trustees have had to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts recognised in these financial statements. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Key areas subject to judgement and estimation are as follows:

Fixed asset depreciation. Judgement is applied when assigning anticipated average lives to the fixed assets of the charity.

(e) Income

Income is included in the statement of financial activities when the Charity is entitled to the income, its receipt is probable and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and are recognised when receivable or when the Charity becomes legally entitled to them and receipt is probable and they can reasonably be measured in financial terms.

Fee income (from sales, room hire and training services), investment income, including interest receivable, and other miscellaneous income are accounted for on a receivable basis.

Revenue grants are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable, unless they relate to a specified future or prior period, in which case they are deferred or accrued respectively. Grants received specifically for the purchase of fixed assets are credited to restricted funds when received.

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(f) Expenditure

Costs of charitable activities consist of all expenditure directly relating to the objects of the Charity. Support costs which cannot be directly allocated are apportioned between charitable activities and governance costs on the basis of the Trustee’s estimate of the time spent on the relevant functions. Employment benefits, including holiday pay, are recognised in the period in which they are earned. Termination benefits are recognised in the period in which the decision is made and communicated to the relevant employee(s).

Governance costs include expenditure on management and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. Certain expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities and has been included in those cost categories. Support costs, which are attributable to more than one activity, are apportioned across cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resource.

(g) Fixed assets Individual fixed assets costing £500 or more are capitalised at cost. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write each asset down to its estimated residual value evenly over its expected useful life as follows:

Studio Equipment 50% straight line Land Not depreciated Fixtures and fittings 25% straight line Computer equipment 25% straight line Leasehold buildings 2% per annum Improvement to properties - Straight line over the shorter of - the term of the lease, or - 2% per annum Artwork Not depreciated

(h) Financial instruments Debtors

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

Creditors

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

(i) Leased assets

Rentals applicable to operating leases are charged to the SOFA over the period in which the cost is incurred. Assets purchased under finance lease are capitalised as fixed assets. Obligations under such agreements are included in creditors. Finance charges are written off to the SOFA over the period of the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of charge.

(j) Fund accounting

Restricted funds – these are funds which can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Unrestricted funds – these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.

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(k) Pensions

This year the Trust has made available pensions for all qualifying staff in order to comply with the government’s auto enrolment scheme regulations. Contributions to this defined contribution pension scheme are recognised as expenditure when they fall due.

2. Income from Grants and Donations

Income from Grants and Donati ons
Restricted Unrestricted Total Total
Funds Funds 2021 2020
Wac Arts (for 2020-21) £ £ £ £
Camden – Youth Committee 30,000 - 30,000 30,400
Individual Donations - 38,184 38,184 83,721
Trusts and Foundations 265,349 88,700 354,049 287,588
Furlough Grant - 45,916 45,916 109,093
--------------------- --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
295,349 172,800 468,149 510,802
========== ========== ========== ==========

3. a Total Resources Expended: Wac Arts

Service and Centre Total Total
Projects Management 2021 2020
Wac Arts (for 2020-21) £ £ £ £
Staff costs and tutor fees 918,932 152,380 1,071,312 1,069,788
Other direct costs 273,526 27,010 300,536 395,350
Audit fee - 12,600 12,600 12,500
Allocation of support costs:
General staff costs 4,710 164,997 169,707 31,998
Premises expenses 158,850 10,615 169,465 317,991
Depreciation 12,278 18,936 31,214 12,946
Insurance - 21,196 21,196 15,297
Professional fee 2,449 42,769 45,218 19,930
Irrecoverable VAT - 22,297 22,297 33,668
--------------------- --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
1,370,745 472,800 1,843,545 1,909,468
========== ========== ========== ==========
Wac Arts Service and Centre Total
(comparatives for previous year) Projects Management 2020
£ £ £
Staff costs and tutor fees 777,160 292,628 1,069,788
Other direct costs 270,760 124,590 395,350
Audit fee - 12,500 12,500
Allocation of support costs:
General staff costs 9,649 22,349 31,998
Premises expenses 306,799 11,192 317,991
Depreciation 6,672 6,274 12,946
Insurance 12 15,285 15,297
Professional fee 19,904 26 19,930
Irrecoverable VAT - 33,668 33,668
--------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
1,390,956 518,512 1,909,468
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3. b Total Resources Expended: Group

Service and Centre Total Total
Group Projects Management 2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Staff costs and tutor fees 898,451 152,380 1,050,831 1,069,788
Other direct costs 273,526 27,059 300,585 395,385
Audit fee - 15,750 15,750 15,500
Allocation of support costs
General staff costs 4,710 164,997 169,707 31,998
Premises expenses 158,848 10,614 169,462 317,991
Depreciation 188,556 18,936 207,492 189,224
Insurance 20,482 21,196 41,678 15,297
Professional fee 2,449 42,769 45,218 19,930
Irrecoverable VAT - 22,297 22,297 33,668
--------------------- --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
1,547,022 475,998 2,023,020 2,088,781
========== ========== ========== ==========
Group Service and Centre
(comparatives for previous year) Projects Management 2020
£ £ £
Staff costs and tutor fees 777,160 292,628 1,069,788
Other direct costs 270,760 124,625 395,385
Audit fee - 15,500 15,500
Allocation of support costs:
General staff costs 9,649 22,349 31,998
Premises expenses 306,799 11,192 317,991
Depreciation 182,951 6,273 189,224
Insurance 12 15,285 15,297
Professional fee 19,904 26 19,930
Irrecoverable VAT - 33,668 33,668
--------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
1,567,235 521,546 2,088,781
========== ========== ==========

Support costs are allocated according to the proportion of staff time or floor space used by each activity.

4. a Staff costs and numbers 2021 2020
£ £
Wages and salaries 964,669 978,589
Social security costs 67,542 72,044
Pension scheme contributions 18,620 19,155
--------------------- ---------------------
1,050,831 1,069,788
========== ==========

One employee received more than £60,000 (£90k-£100k) during the year (2020 –one employee received more than £60,000 (£90k-£100k).

The key management personnel consist of the CEO, the Director of Development and the Director of Programmes. These staff received combined salary, benefits and pension contributions of £226,268 (2020: £190,168) during the year.

The average number of persons employed during the year was 95 (2020: 119). There were 3 redundancies, receiving redundancy payments of £37,996 (2020: 2 receiving total redundancy payments of £8,207). Page 23 of 30

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4. b Trustees Remuneration and Expenses – Wac Arts and Group

Trustees received no remuneration during the period (2020: Nil). No expenses were reimbursed during the period to any Members (2020: £Nil).

4. c Trustee Donations

All trustees donate to the charity. During the financial year 2020/21 total donations from trustees came to £2,155 (2020: £5,110).

5.
Net movement on funds
Net movement on funds		 2021 2020 2020
Group Wac Arts Group Wac Arts
£ £ £ £
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation (note 5) 207,492 31,214 189,224 12,946
Auditors' fees
- For Audit Services 12,600 10,500 12,000 10,000
- For Non-Audit Services 3,150 2,100 3,000 2,000
======== ======== ======== ========
6. a Tangible Fixed Assets: Wac Arts
Building
Improvm'ts
£		 Studio
Equipment
£		 Fixtures
&
Fittings
£		 Plant &
Equipm’t
£		 Lift
£		 Total
Wac Arts
£
Cost
At 1 October 2020 344,886 - 103,262
221,143		 - 669,291
Additions - 5,681
38,572		 20,504 64,757
Reclassification (9,327) - -
-		 9,327 -
At 30 Sept’ 2021 335,559 - 108,943
259,715		 29,831 734,048
Depreciation
At 1 October 2020 17,961 - 103,262
202,323		 - 323,546
Charge for period 9,366 - 1,420
18,936		 1,492 31,214
Reclassification (466) - -
-		 466 -
At 30 Sept’ 2021 26,861 - 104,682
221,259		 1,958 354,760
Net Book Value
At 30 Sept’ 2021 308,698 - 4,261
38,456		 27,873 379,288
At 30 Sept’ 2020 326,925 - -
18,820		 - 345,745

6. a Tangible Fixed Assets: Wac Arts

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6. b Tangible Fixed Assets: Group

Cost
At 1 October
2020
Additions
Reclassification
At 30 Sept’
2021
Depreciation
At 1 October
2020
Charge for
period
Reclassification
At 30 Sept’
2021
Net Book
Value
At 30 Sept’
2021
At 30 Sept’
2020		 Freehold
Long
Lease
£
Long
Leasehold
Building
£
Studio
Equipment
£
Improvements,
Artwork and
Building
£
Fixtures
and
Fittings
Lift
£
Total
£
330,500
900,000
-
8,260,260
469,554
-
9,960,314
-
-
-
-
44,253 20,504
64,757
-
-
-
(9,327)
-
9,327
-
330,500
900,000
-
8,250,933
513,807 29,831
10,025,071
-
293,727
-
2,591,035
450,734
-
3,335,496
-
18,000
-
167,644
20,356
1,492
207,492
-
-
-
(466)
-
466
-
-
311,727
-
2,758,213
471,090
1,958
3,542,988
330,500
588,273
-
5,492,720
42,717 27,873
6,482,083
330,500
606,273
-
5,669,225
18,820
-
6,624,818

7. Non-current Asset – Amount due from Related Charity

The non-current asset relates to amounts due from Hamden Trust. The entire amount was written off in the year by WAC Arts.

8. Debtors 2021 2020 2020
Group Wac Arts Group Wac Arts
£ £ £ £
Trade debtors 38,650 38,650 11,806 11,806
Other debtors 6,012 6,012 1,049 1,049
Prepayments and accrued income 173,988 173,988 73,455 73,455
-------------------- ------------------- -------------------- -------------------
218,650 218,650 86,310 86,310
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9. Creditors: amounts falling due 2021 2020 2020
within one year Group Wac Arts Group Wac Arts
£ £ £ £
Trade creditors 74,072 74,072 60,158 60,158
Taxation and social security 60,580 60,580 63,767 63,767
Grants in advance 3,700 3,700 - -
Loan from Triodos Bank 22,416 22,416 21,378 21,378
CBILS Loan 22,198 22,198 - -
Loan from Donors 20,000 20,000 40,000 40,000
Other creditors and accruals 117,853 117,853 89,410 89,410
Deferred income (Note 10) 70,861 70,861 249,919 249,919
------------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
391,680 391,680 524,632 524,632
========= ======== ========= =========
10. Deferred income 2021 2020
Group Wac Arts Group Wac Arts
£ £ £ £
Balance at 1 October 2020 249,919 249,919 66,135 66,135
Amount released to incoming resources (249,919) (249,919) (66,135) (66,135)
Amount deferred in the year 70,861 70,861 249,919 249,919
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ -------------------
70,861 70,861 249,919 249,919
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11.
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year		 2021 2020
£ £
Due between 1 and 2 years 26,802 22,416
Due between 2 and 5 years 177,477 73,992
Due after 5 years 358,753 111,239
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Balance at 30 September 2020 563,032 207,647
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The charity took a long term borrowing facility from Triodos Bank N.V. of £232,481 in 2019 to help the organisation manage its cashflow as it looked to initiate a capital project to re-develop the Old Town Hall on behalf of The Hamden Trust, a related charity.

The loan is for a period of 10 years from the date of draw-down (25th August 2019) and is secured on the freehold property of 213 Haverstock Hill (the Old Town Hall).

After a 12-month interest-only period, the loan is repayable in 228 consecutive monthly payments of capital and interest. Interest is payable at a rate of 4.75%.

In response to concerns on the impact of Covid-19, the charity applied for – and were awarded – a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan. In February 2021, WAC Arts drew down £400,000 from The Cooperative Bank. The terms of the loan included a 12-month capital repayment holiday and agreement that the Secretary of State would cover any interest, fees and other charges for the first 12 months of the loan. After this initial period, repayments will be made over 60 consecutive months. An interest rate of 3.5% over the Bank of England base rate will be charged per annum.

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Financial Statements for the year to 30 September 2021

12. Movement on funds At Total Total At
1 October Incoming Resources 30 September
Group 2020 Resources Expended Transfers 2021
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted Funds
Wac Arts
Town Hall leasehold
acquisition 900,000 - - - 900,000
Freehold land 212,000 - - - 212,000
Bridge House
Estates Trust Fund 300,000 - - - 300,000
Right of Way 118,500 - - - 118,500
Wac Arts Programme
Costs 1 242,468 (242,468) - 1
City Bridge Trust
Capital Project - 52,881 (5,397) - 47,484
Town Hall Project
Costs 4,657,598 105,803 (179,477) - 4,583,924
--------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
6,188,099 401,152 (427,342) - 6,161,909
Unrestricted funds
General 205,922 1,657,145 (1,595,678) - 267,389
--------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
6,394,021 2,058,297 (2,023,020) - 6,429,298
============ ============ ============ ============ ============
13. Movement on funds At Total Total At
1 October Incoming Resources 30 September
Group 2019 Resources Expended Transfers 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted Funds
Wac Arts
Town Hall leasehold
acquisition 900,000 - - - 900,000
Freehold land 212,000 - - - 212,000
Bridge House
Estates Trust Fund 300,000 - - - 300,000
Right of Way 118,500 - - - 118,500
Wac Arts Programme
Costs - 889,604 (889,603) - 1
Town Hall Project 4,836,693 219 (179,314) - 4,657,598
Costs
--------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
6,367,193 889,823 (1,068,917) - 6,188,099
Unrestricted funds
General 148,584 1,077,202 (1,019,864) - 205,922
--------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
6,515,777 1,967,025 (2,088,781) - 6,394,021
============ ============ ============ ============ ============

Restricted funds consist of grants and donations restricted to the purposes as described in each fund’s title above. Transfers represent restricted funds spent on fixed assets .

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14. Analysis of Net Assets between Funds

Group

Fund balances at 30 September 2021 are represented by:

Restricted Unrestricted 2021
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 6,150,279 331,804 6,482,083
Net long-term assets/(liabilities) - (563,032) (563,032)
Net current assets/(liabilities) 11,630 498,617 510,247
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
Total Net Assets 6,161,909 267,389 6,429,298
=========== =========== ===========
Restricted Unrestricted 2020
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 6,279,073 345,745 6,624,818
Net long-term assets/(liabilities) (102,640) (105,007) (207,647)
Net current assets/(liabilities) 11,666 (34,816) (23,150)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
Total Net Assets 6,188,099 205,922 6,394,021
=========== =========== ===========

15. Taxation

The company is a registered charity and, as such, is not liable to corporation tax on its charitable operations.

16. Lease Commitments

Lease Commitments
2021 2020
£ £
The total of future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable
operating leases for each of the following periods:
Not later than one year 5,692 9,126
Later than one year and not later than five years 21,017 20,920
More than five years - 872
------------------ ------------------
Total Net Assets 23,586 30,918
========= =========

17. Connected Charities

The members of the Board of Trustees of Wac Arts are also the Board of Trustees of The Hamden Trust.

18. Pensions

The Charity contributes to certain individual employees’ personal pension schemes. In addition, the Charity makes pension contributions for all eligible staff to comply with the Government’s auto enrolment scheme regulations. The pension charge for the period was £18,620 (2020: £19,155).

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19. Financial instruments

Financial instruments
2021 2020
£ £
Financial assets measured by amortised cost 44,663 12,855
Financial liabilities measured by amortised cost 724,135 329,183

Financial assets measured at amortised cost comprise trade other debtors. Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost comprise loans and trade creditors.

20. Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 30 September 2020 (for comparative purposes)

Restricted Unrestricted Total
2020 2020 2020
Note £ £ £
Income from:
Grants and donations 204,534 306,268 510,802
Charitable activities 685,070 763,894 1,448,964
Other income - 7,040 7,040
Investment income 219 - 219
-------------------- ---------------------- --------------------
Total income 889,823 1,077,202 1,967,025
========== ========== ==========
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities:
Service and projects expenditure 3 1,065,881 501,354 1,567,235
Centre management 3 3,036 518,510 521,546
---------------------- ---------------------- --------------------
Total expenditure 3 1,068,917 1,019,864 2,088,781
=========== ========== ==========
Transfers between funds 12 - - -
---------------------- ------------------------ ------------------
Net Movement of Funds (179,094) 57,338 (121,756)
Reconciliation of funds
Funds at 1 October 2018 6,367,193 148,584 6,515,777
----------------------- ---------------------- -----------------------
Funds at 30 September 2019 12 6,188,099 205,922 6,394,021
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21. Post Balance Sheet Event

The Covid-19 pandemic presented some ongoing challenges for many organisations and resulted in some limited government measures to help deal with the Omicron variant in Winter 2021, after the balance sheet date. With most legal limits on social contact having been removed, however, the charity is treating Covid 19 as a non-adjusting post balance sheet event as it had no effect on the amounts included in the balance sheet at the year end.

The balance sheet includes a £400,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme which was drawn down in January 2021. The loan was secured through a corporate guarantee from Hamden Trust and second legal charge over the property. A supporting business plan was prepared which set out the Charity’s plans to repay the loan over a 6-year period.

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