P.k Registered number 01166013 I I JUL 11115 Bedford Theatre Trust Limited Report and Accounts 31 March 2025
Bedford Theatrn Trust Llmltod Charity Infornwtlon for the year ended 31 MarGh 2025 Dlr•ctorsrrru•t•8s RCLgve B Jackson Ire3igned 2 Octc*w 2024) B Shah S•cretary R C Le¥eno Accountants CovAey Hc4mes Umltod 9 Goldington Road Bedford MK40 3JY B•nk•rn National Weglmlnjter Bank Pk 81 Hlgh Street Badford MK40 1NE 35 Paddock8 Road Ru$hd NN108RY R•gl8t•r•d number 01166013 Charlty Number 267522
Bedford Theatre Trust Llmlt•d Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 March 2025 The Trustees. who are also Directors. present their report and financHI statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. Structure. Governan¢• and Management The Bedford Theatre Trust Limited was Incorporated on 8 Aprfl 1974, as a company limited by guarantee no.1166013. not having a share capital and b&ing a registered charity England and Wates no. 267522. The govemwy doojment of th8 charrty 18 tho Memorandum and Articles of Associaon. The Trust is run tolalty by the Board members wlK> are 41 volunt68rn. The Trustees continue lo MntsIn overall control of the aCtiVrtS of tho Trust Following the decish)n of the Truslees last year regarding the best way to provide sUPPOrt and advice to others. perhaps small local organlsatEons, and to Jolnlly with on oneroff arts events for the benefft of tho communty, tho Trustees IlOw up an apwoach to holp delw a celtbrauon ol the 8CQth anniversary of the Siege ol Bedlord ca$e. As Ihe people vtho made the approach dKI not have any struthre upon vthlch any application for funding could be made, appIatiOnS wore rnade lo the Herltage Lottery FurKI and the Loc81 Authodty in the name ol the Trust on the COndrt that all finan¢e$ were deaK by and through the Trustees. As a result a Fdece of theatre with muslc Was commissioned and four free perfomances took place ovèr the August Bank Hollday weekend. On8 of the conditions of the funding wa8 that the porfoanceS were provKled fr88 2nd suffichnt nding was achbeved to make thL8 a possibilty. This proved very SUC55fv1. Thls collaboratkjn has shw the TnJste8s that there Ss ithntiatly 8 role for the Tru6t to play in such a cap8¢ty in the fvture and as a result the Trustees have commlssbned an external advisor to prc#Juce a Business Plan wlth varying Optn9 to Pro9$$ the Trustees. Ihinklng. This is due lo report in Augusl 2025. A further purpose of this Is lo identify further Tntste88 With relevant grant making sktlls and to Strengt1 the Board In its mthnt 8klll8 And dNersity. Th8 Trustees wll continue to monltor and revk8w the rlsk assessment prLw5 ¢)n an ongolng basls whth VAII be of greater importance a8 r•Lationshps are devdopod ith num&rous other organisations on a on8-off basis. ObJoctlv•8 and Actlvltio• The princlpal actlvty and the obl•ctive of the charitable company at the PSent tlme continues to be the promotion. improvement and 8(fvarwnent of productlon of edu¢atlonal plays and encouragement of the arts through the provlsion of grants and 8oMces lo thg loc418rtistk communty. A¢hl•v•ments and Porlornian¢e of publlc b•nefft4 The Gharitable company has continued to assist the promtlon of educational plays, musk, film. dae and other arts activitres, encouraging activities vthich are accessible to all members of the Communty. Durin9 the year there was Charitab expendriure 01 £30.107 {2024.' £3,996} and income of £30.596 {2024'. £499). Thls resulted in a surplus of £489 {2024'. £3,497 defficitl 8nd a surplus card foThvard of £22.728 {2024.. £22,239).
Bgdford Theatre Trust Umfted Report of the Tru8toes (contlnued) For Ihe year andod 31 March 2025 The Charlty has addressed publlc bon purpos including.. - Promoting thealrKal prolects in an enwronment whh encourages amateur arti8ts to develop. - Offering opportunities for a broad range of people from diffwent bxkgrourKJs to get invdvod in the arts. In carying OLrt these obiectsves the Trustees hav6 complied with the duty in Saction 4 of the Charlties Act 2011 to have due regar(1 to the Charity Commission's published general and relevant sub sethr guldarKe concemiThJ the operalYJn of tr* Publk Ben8fft requirement under the Act and in parlicular to its supplemeniary public benefft guant8 c fee chargiry. Flnanclal Rwl•w & Rosem Polky During this year the general resefves increased by £489 (2024: £3.497 decreased) aKI general reseThes now Stand at 8 surplus 01 £22,728 (2024: f22,2391. Inv•slment Pollcy The Trusvs investment polky 18 to keep its funds in the Tru8f$ maln bank xcounl to malntaln tsxibllty In Its operatk)n$. The follow'ng company directors, who are also Tru8tees of charity, g•p4•d throughout the year and up to tho dato Of this rewt, unless othefwi¥e indkated.. R C Levene B Jackson (reslgned 2 October 2024) B Shah
Bedford Theatre Trust Umited Report of the Trustees (continued) For the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2025 Statement of Trustees. Responsibilities The Trustses are reswnsible for preparing the Trustees, Report and financial statements In accordae wth applicable law and wulatNJns. Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financxal statements for exh financial year. Under that law the Trustees have elected lo ppare the financial ststements in accordanGe wlth United Kingdom Generalty Accepted Ac¢ountlng Practice {Untted Ktngdom Axountlw Standards and sp1¢able law). Under company W the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfiwj that they glve a true and fair of the stste of affairs of the charty antj of the profit or loss of the for that period. In preparing Ihese ffinanclal statements, tho Trustees we requlred to.. select suitable accounts'ng )1& and then 8ppty thom consistenty,. • make Judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.. • state whether applicable a¢Untin9 slarKlards have been followed. subject lo any material departures dlscknsed and explained in tho financial statements,. prepare the fin8nclal statements on a going concem basi8 unloss it is inapproprfats to prasurn8 the chantabte ¢ompany will c(Jntsnue in Ix*lnass. The Trust08s are responsible for keeplng adequate accounting records that are 8uffKiont to shc and explwn the charty's transactknns and discbse with reasonable accuracy at any tSme the financial posibon of the charlty and ertable them to ensure that the financtal ststements comply wlth the Companies Act 201X. Thty are also respcmsible lor safeguarding tho 88sels of the charity and hence for taking re88onable steps for the preventson and detackn of fraud and otsr Irrtyularfties. Small Charttabl• Company provhlon This report has been prepared In accordance with the spocial ProviOn5 of Part 15 of the Companles Act 20[ relab'ng lo small companies. Apr0Ved by the Trustees and strJned on their behaw by ve Dlre
B•dford ThtrO Tru•t Umltqd B•dlord ThMtr• Tru•t Lknlt• I r9POrt on the financoal Statem ol the tharity forth• yaar endwj 31 Marth 2025, are sgt oul on pag96 6 to 9. R•Spve resn11b01IIse9 of Tnth and •xamln•r The Ch4rity8 Tru81eeg 8re respOnble lty tho prepWatM of the firrhial ¥tateMts. Th• Trust••¥ i>)nshJer that an •udit Is N)1 rewY8d for this yèar the 8ecl)n 144 <2> ofth• Chorit Act 20111th8 2011 Act) wl thal an indwndent exanwnakn 18 n8r•Jed. 11 L8 my responsbi ilty lo.. . frxamlne th& flnancbal statemerts und•r Se 145 oftho 2011 I.. . loll¢)w the w0c&jur WJ the gVraI otr Ihe Chority Cornthsb)n undor Bedofi 145 (Slb of the 2011 Nrt and Th18 reprrt IndudiThJ my blaterTWrt. h•$ bo•n pr•parEd for 8NI orty k th• Tru•t•e• 48 a body. work hgs been Urtakeft that I MVJM state lo the TrUtyte th0 m•tttsrs I n requlrgd to Stale lo them kn an Inde[dent •xamlnerf8 report and for no otr purpose. To the fil1•81 extent permilted by law, I do not ac¢opt ry a83ume reg11b1ty lo ¥ne otherth8n th8 Artty •nd tho charW$ Tiu¥t•e8 as • boty fc my ex1• thli rtwxt. or slatom•nts I have mad&. Bul• ot Ind•pnd•nt •xamlnrf• r•port Kty •xamlnation w88 ¢arthd out In the gorwal gthi by th• Char Commlsskjn. An examination knKlud•8 a reNl8w ol the oc£ounllrrfd rwxd8 kept ty tho charty and • Ca)mp8rf8on of the IlnanrJg18talem•nts presented %th th¢ record8. It 8180 Inthd•$ c¢n$ld•ratk)n of any unu8ual Memj LV dlsd08UTe8 In Ihe fianC 8taiMnts and seekln9 •xpl8nthn8 Irom you 81 TnJotee$ any 8uth mottor. Th& pTocedure8 undertoken do nol provhje oll the evldence that wouk1 b• rnquked In jn 8tyJlt, aThJ con8equenty Th) ot4nkn L8 eTh as to vthether th• l)nanda18taten1i pIerrt a and ¥iv and tho rgt>>t ts Iml¢ed to th0 malter• •et oul Iho 8lalemenl be. Ind•dent •xamln•rf• •tat•m•nt In conn8dk>n wlth my txamknwtbn. rK+ matter hai &xne lo my •ttwthn.' . to keop acuunvng •ecvd•nc4 eadlon 386 ofth CoThwnl•• A¢t 21Th: •nd . to wppare ffinandal St•tW whk awyd th• •¢¢nlhwJ cOl w¥J com t 8¢counllng requlrement$ ot sethn of th• Compnv41 Acl 2QJ6 •nd Ihe methods prtnaF4•1 ofthe Ststomonl ofRecomrwKlfjd Pr•clc'. Pxurthg arHS Reportlng by CharM: have nol l)een met or . lo whkh, In my opknb)n. 8lt¢nbon shIyJ be drn¥m In fxoer to en•t a propw underslaThJlng ofth• n8rKAal stat8monts to b• rn8thed. Bary Cowley FCA. CTA co1 Holmes NoUntants 9 G¢kliiglon Road Bottford MK40 y
Statem•nt of flnanci•l •ctiviti•s Ilncorporatlng Income and exp•ndfturn •G¢ourt) for th• y•ar •ndgd 31 March 2025 Nol8• Unr•strkted Tot*1 Fund FurKI 2026 2024 ActMU•8 In furthoran¢• of th• Charfty obl•ctfv•$.' R&tsl ¥Kom Ticket S•lo8 499 30,596 30,596 Total IncomFng v••ourc•• Dlr•ct charttable endre.. Theatre •yndth Exiemal th180rfi 27.287 500 27.787 27.287 3,458 1.8C 29,567 3,456 S40 $40 540 Totsl r••our¢•• •xp•nd•d 3.996 Mowm•nt In total fund• for th• ymr (2,340) 2.829 489 13,49n Tv•n•f•r b•1••n fvnd• 2,829 (2.829) Fund l•T8 broutht foNMr(I •t 1 Aprll a239 25,736 b¥l•n c•rrl•d fomnl •t 31 March 22,239 The not•$ on page 8 to 9 foryn part ofllw frfyandal stat. All yrallon• of the chwltabl• company ar• conlmimr¥J ¢)p•r•lk¥n•.
Bedford Theatr• Trust Llmlted Balanco Sheet as at 31 March 2025 2025 2024 Curront a880ts Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 499 22.280 22.779 23,268 23,268 Cr•dltorn: amounts famlng du• wtthln ono y•ar 1540) 1540) N•1 curr•nt a•80ts 22,728 22,239 22.239 Caplt•l and ve•orv•• Unrestrklad genw81 fund 22.728 22,239 T¢)tsl fund• The notes on pages 8 to 9 also fomi part ol theso Iln8n¢lal ststem8ntJ. For the year ended 31 Ilarch 2025 thè charitsbb eompany was errtliled to exemption under 8ectlon 477(2) of the Compani88 Act 2006 (Iho Acri and members have not Nulred the company to obtain an audit lor tho year In question in ac¢ordan¢e ith gection 476 of the Act. The dlrectors acknThvdge their responsibilrties for en$urlng that lh& MPanY keeps OUnti records whlch ¢ompty with sectlon 388 of the Act and for preparing financlal staternents whlch glve a true and fair view of the state ol affairs of the company as at 31 March 2025 arKI of its result for tho year thgn ended In a¢cordanc8 wlth the requirements of section¥ 393. 394 and 395 of the Act and which otherwlse compty wlth the requiroments of thg Companies Act 20C6 relatin9 to ts fInancl 8tatsmonts so far 88 appllcable to the charltable company. The financlal ststements have been prepared in aOrdanCe lth pSlOn$ appll¢able to ccthpans SubJt to the small companies, regim. The flnanclal ¥tsternents were apwoved and authorised for IB6ue by the Tnjstees arnl sne0 on their behalf by.. Dlr•¢tor Date.. l• 111
B•dford Th•atre Trust Umltad Nots8 to tho Accounts for th• year •nd•d 31 lrtar¢h 2025 A¢¢oynllng pol¢1 fvIal81 ststem•nts hrn bwn pw8ral •x£1C• w#h Acc¢Amt¥ig •nd Reportlng by Chriti•¥'. Statsmènt of Reccfflmended Pracbc appl'cak4e to chartes preparin9 ththr aecwnts in aco)rd8nc# with the Financial Reportin9 StaTrJsrd aFphcabkn in the UK oThJ R•puNr ol treknj IFRS 1021 (effecti 1 January 20151- ICharitM SORP IFRS 102}I, Ihe Fffianei Reporbrv St•ndard aFpkablg In fv UK and R¢publK of Iland IFRS 1021 orKI Companim 2(# T tYal in Wep1rnti of fvan&l 8lat8men¢s 4re as foltrg'.- 1.2 •ecounts ha¥p b••n pr8pareLI on a vJncem l>u. t.3 Ckn•IK5 WKI grn111s. Includty c4)al grwts, ar• mww¢4• r•c•l¥ed. srt t•mi Jr? rnu•ur•d Bt trw••clhJn w5e4 lW il u•uay tho prK•). kn any forb•d dbIl1 d•bt•. Short t•ryn u•dhorn arn m•9m at ib lTrvdc pkl. 1.4 Th• ch•rity hal kf•nof•d exrnl fAts rthlod ) tho •ccounlanlB. 2024 Dlr•¢i ¢h•rtl•bf• •xP•nd1rn: Theatr• eyndikn• Ir••lrkthd futhll Ethm¥l odvhof• f 27.267 Oth•r ¢h•rfl•bl• •xp•ndl¢w•: Gwity 8wardBd to 8•dloriJ Playwj Tnw¢ Th•ah •xp%lRur• Iggrnrnl IWKII 43 2025 2024 In¢4r•t•X¥[• f D•btsv• 2024 Debtors Cv•dttorn: annIB l•lllng du• TSthln on• y•ar 2025 2024 +•£cr and d•(Frred inc 540
BlOrd Th•ats• Trust Limit•d Notes lo the A¢counts forth• y•ar ended 31 2026 knm•nt lund• B•knnc• •• at 1 Aw+1 BAlaTrce •t 31 Mah 2W5 Tr•n•f•rn Unv•tricl•d 9oMral tsnd R8nt¥l IrMe. Ibet ¢ommi¥$Jn and don•lki (2,3 19,899 oth (27.78TJ 2,829 107 JI funds roceN•d In mia1 to tho mBin acimty ol th• Chwty org unr••trlctsd9•n•r•l fimd. Th• rKtricied lund roc•lpts rntI tr sré¢ttk •nd •r• wgnl N•taBwt• h•ld by fiw D•bto unthtt1 tund 15401 22.728 Tru•ts••' rnmtyn•r•tltrn No TntBtsg rK•MJ any rnmuMr•lknn, b•n•fft or r•hiurwrnnt of•xp•rM• th• y••r. • r4xtton Th• ¢tynp•ny l• from MipN•tM IAX du• to it• •lalu& 10 FInakn1 ¢omm51m•nts •Trd ¢•nlkwnt lknblllll••