2024-12-31-accounts

Clwle8 Report 1 to 2 Rewrt olts TnMte88 3 to 5 Indgpandent EyAmkw* Report StatemgTrt of Flnanthl Statement of Flnandol Poglllon Not89 to tho Flnandal Statmnts 9 to 18

Th[8 year1he commlttae has kn charw The onty ¢lnge kn that dTrowr Blofeld. vh ha8 twd to 8tsp down from tho 0)mmltte8 and h18 rol& as Bam Manager due to111 healllL I would Ilke to say a formal thank you to Tr8vorarKI wl8h hlm all the be8t h18 health. Carollne Mol(Nw ha8 tsken over a8 Bam M8n8gor. Th18 rdo 18 8 nOn¥0￿MIttee rrAe, but Carollm ha8 been wothlro v•ry d(thly th8 cmmltte8 and already oVer8￿n aom8 major ￿¥1￿(and ¢hange8. Notsbly the Injtsllatlon of a n￿fire aafoty 8y8tem. dewlng and organl8alton of tho 8knr• and hw and c%)ntscts I￿￿nUe6 to bo a hug• as88t to us 811. 8am Manager- Canllne Mdon•y Events- D8rf0 Recchla Front of HoU￿- Hannah DougLq• New Membern- Kaylalgh Pandry Safeguardlng- Ch8rt0tt8 Alldr1dg￿￿l06 HaN6y Bam HlrellT Support- sts￿rt Wam8r M•mbw4hlp On 31 Dec4fflber 20U the Partamth Playern corolthd of. 8 Vlco Pre81donts, 23 Lffe Member8, 23 Trr 1, 125 Tler 2 mwnbar4 8 A•xSats memborn and 12 Frf•nd8 of PortIm￿ Playw8. FU￿rn Sho We ￿rronty hm plonnod tho folltrhlng 8htrw8 for 2025. L4•lly 8loAd•- Febwary 2025- KlnyTheatre-41re8ty complétqd. The aood Uf•-June 2025-8•rn Studlo Theatr• l love You• Yo￿re perf￿ Now ChanBe-July 2025- B•rn Studlo Theatre Compny-O¢tobqr 2025-80rn Studlo Theatr• A centsnary y08rofe￿. The gDJup h08 81arted hDrklng thh and txffventy th8 evenl8 In place are: May- Centenary Gala- Klngs Theatre June- Opon Day, A Calobratton of 100 y￿rn- The Bam Juty- M18ca8t 2- Bam S￿dI0 Ttrffjatre September- The Sound of Julle- 8am S￿dI0 Theatre October- Show confirmed but to ba announ￿l- Thaotro Royal Decomber- Centsnary Ball Thg fa8t y￿r were plga88d to be abh to Produ￿ thrno • Mlscast- March 2024- 8am Studlo Theatre Farne-june 2024- Klngs Theatre Rerrt-october 2024- Bam StudloTheatre

We wero part1￿jIarty 8ad to say goodbye In lo thre8 Vwy 8Po¢14l nmmkn. Roy Bry)￿, Pat Roberts and lrfs Harrfs. All three were long 8tanthng aThl fflamhrs WI￿ trod th? boJrdB for many yaar8. An anonymous donor tm8 bought a trophy to bo pra￿ed eath year in Pat Robert8 memory for rnembern under ￿ yeaTB ofage have shm Ihe moat prOM￿Nd dovdopment and improvement a8 8 porfomw. Pat wa8 pfisknale abrrtrt devekwlng and PAKouraglTrJ young tslont and th18 award wlll refiect th18 for yw8 to comg. Roy h88 a1801eft money to pOrt8m￿ Player8 In h18 VAII, and we are hugdy gra1￿1 for h18 8o¢ld •V•b Over lh8 p88t hava had 80n fanta8llc ac¥oB8 the compgny and It8 been great tr) a re and rnore people galtlrwJ In￿1ved. qulz rfghts ￿ fo8d¥ clgbrattrn 8tt•ndan¢ ha8 raolly plcknd up. and the 8UPPOrt ha8 been amazln FIMIIY Nona of tr8e sho￿ •hould have happen•d llhoth Lrfw p• Ilr•lo8dy behlrKI tho Keno•. I would Ilko • say a P￿￿1 thank you kn w•ry on• ofyou. Beth l ¢low, I would I￿ to upthts yw on tho ongdrvJ ￿nKM￿￿krn PCC overtho Barn and tho renewlng of the loa86. Wo lve been oxwllonallv lo￿Trate to havo th• wpport and hg•l ad¥k from member Ben WhSte vtho ha8 help•J ui to tske thlng8 forw•d wllh PCC. l am lrnrnengely proud to b• a momber ol Port8mth Player8 and l thank ytyj all for your ¢>)ntlnwl support. My bIgg￿l thank you muot ao to tho exlraordlnary team that mako up ￿ur c4Jrnmliteo. Tho work bley do cannot b• undor•BUma￿ tho Portwnoulh pla￿r￿ Ib oxlromoly lth t• hrn • d•dlcat•d t•am. Jo Alldrldg• Page 2

Yèar En TholN8tee8 pr88ent Ihelrreportvlth Ih8flnando18tstn&tsof Ihertortyforlho yearendad 31 December2024. Thè InJ8taO8 have adoptsd tho prov18kn Acwjnilng and ReporUNJ by Charltles: Ststement of RecA)mm8nded Practlc8 appllcabla tr) tharflles prep8rfng Ihelr a)>Junts hi accordanea llh Ihe Flnanclal Standard appltr4ble In tho UK and Republlc of Ireland (FR8 11Y2) (effecllvo 1 Jarnwy 2019 ObJ•¢ts of th• ¢harlty The prlndpal object of tho charty b to oducate th• pubk h) Iho tharnatlc and oparadc art• and to further tho developmt of publlc appredakn and t In tho 8ald aits. To athl Juca hlgh quoNty mu8lcal woducth fmm profe8•lonal wrnt88 udrvj PTof08th1 •) co8tume8. 8cenery and dlrertor produce a vartety ofopernlc and drarnttc art• In tho Por1W￿ area of a klnd that I b) unllkely to ba brnugm to the ¢tty by knurfng Prof￿810n81 COMP￿16 8at compeouve ttrkel Prf￿ fi¥ all tt8 produdlon8 d) off6r mombothlp to a bmod raw0 01 people kn W In￿1¥d In drnmallc arl& ActIvItl￿ oeth• ¢harfty Durtng the year the charfty w 8N• kn produco lJwo0 •hty￿. at tho Bam and on• at Th9 Kkng8 Th09tr9. Tho dwrSty alm8 kn appeal to a• many peopl• as PO￿lb￿ and to educato th• publlo In dramatlc and op8rallc art8 and to furth•r th• dovpmonl of wb#c appreclakn and ts8te In the 8ald art8. 8o¢lal Inv••lm•iil• The tru8te88 conllnn that thoy hm rafwrnd to gUkIon￿ rAJntslrAI In tho Charfty CommI88ton￿ gener81 guldance on publtc bongfft when re¥l￿1ng th• dwrW8 and obJecllv88 and In plannlng fuiurn acllvldo8. The refer to banofft throughout repo The regultfortho syar h88 8hohm a defidl aclvlUe•of £38.153 (31.11￿. Defidt£102231 Th• abovo 108ults Indudo cajts whlch aro nece8sary Indudo wlth the Charftabl• Athltles. The allo¢atton oftho •upwl wi bg •gen In Noto 710 tho accw Inv•olm•nt pmr• The chortty ha8 the pthyer t+ any InVaBtM￿ filch tho lJ(otee8 809 fit Ra8orv8s pollcy and rf8k managornont Thetrusts98 aroconttnually monltorfng the level of raerv88 held bythe charlty. Thelru80# con81der that the tharfty ng8d8 ts) rtaln a l•v81 d rB8erv88 approxlrnatsly equfvalent trj tho (x)mplata loss on one major pr<xlucllon. The trustees c4nslder 1hat holdlng a serve of approxlmately £50,(1(10 Is wffident for that purpose. At thè w and the total ganernl roser￿S 8tood 01 £50,1r25 (31.1223: £802391

FUTURE PLAIIS tt16 the Irrtantkn of the tru8te88 to produrA fwr8htM 21￿. 8TRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND faANAQEMEKr Govornlng documorrt The Portsmouth Player8 18 a rng18ttted dwty (regl8tr8Uon numlxr 279453). The Larfty 18 811 Th8 ex￿U1Ve commlttee, meet rngularly a(knlthr Ih dwty. The Commltteo 8tand8 for rtrotedjon at Annual Gomral Maetlng and any chang08 propoaed Iwo to be made In wrlung ts tho Hon Seuetsry and havo a propw and a•rA)nder th•n to b• on at the meellng. Rl•k mthag•m•nt The tru8tee8 arn con8tanty rwlthlng lthe ¢arfty8 eXPOfjUrn to rlBk Thè portsn￿ pla￿ h b80n managed by It marnborn for alm08t 100 yeor8 ar￿ durfng thli Ilrna a con8ldernble amount of axperfen¢• ha8 been galned. The tru8te88 plan yoar to •Mure th8t th• dwrty l• not axpoged to un-8C<*Ptablo rfik Eath yeartha tru8te88 ry8￿nt a balanco of pro￿(al0n8 to tho mamberBhlp whlch wlll hopefully achleva 8 8tatU8 quo In th•18vel of ra8eN88 hokl. Htyrn, tn 8omo year8 It wlll excagd th18 target If the producllon8 arn wall 8UPPOrtad but vthl bo balanced by leBB SUC￿••ful year& Tho trU8t8￿ do Mt c¥Jn•ld•r thern kn b• any algnlknnt rt•k• lo tho 6twlty. REFeRENceANDADMINrnTWE DrrAIL8 R•ql•t•rnd CIMrlty mmilxr Prln¢lpal •ddr••8 Hamp8Nr• P04 OU

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEfAIL8 Jo Alldrfdge Charfle Fr8m8 Hannah Oougla8 Brfan Jotm8on Katherlne Guthrf FEona Morrf8 Beth Evan8 Sluart Wam•r Mark Wlleon Chalr Hon Secretsry 8u8lne18 Manager Hon Trnaourer MembeT8hlp Secretsry Publldty (Cmptsd) Admln and Technokn Fln8n¢o Bank•r4 Natsvest Ple 89- 73 HW 8tr08t ¢￿hOM Hampjh P06 3DA Appro￿￿ by orthrdth• brArd Of*￿1•88 Lyb 1@ Aprfi 2025 and ￿On@d ￿ It8 bohoirty. Jo Alliirtdg•. Truth•

hé 1108pomlblllllM and l)ath of repoil A8 the tharftyts￿teeS0I the Trust you ara re8porAIb￿(orthO pr•p8rntton of theaeeounts In aoxfdance wlth tho requlrements of ts Charftt89 Act 2011 Cthe Art). I report In rnspect of my examlnatlon of Tru8f8 arxounts caffled out under 8ecllon 145 of the Act and In (¥rrylng out my exarnlnatlon I have follo￿[ all apptkabl• DI￿￿10￿8 ty the Charnty Com￿on eeclton 145(5)(b) of Ihe A IndapMd•nt •x•nlnof• •t•t•mont I have compl8t8d my ex￿￿etIon. I rmllm that no matsrfal Thtter8 have come to my In (x)nnecdon wlth tho examlnakn gfvlng ma cau8• kn bellwe that In any matetsl mpect acix)untlng rewrd8 wore not kept In rwctofts Tn•t a8 r￿U￿ed by 130 ofth• k¢ or the a¢￿Un￿ do not wllh the appllcabla req￿0￿ conc•mlng th• fomi arKI clthnt of 84>xunts 88t out In the Charftl88 {Acffjunts and Roports) Regulallon8 2008 other tr￿n any roqulrnmont that lh8 acmunts glw a true and falr vlthv whid118 not a matter ￿rI￿ld0￿ a8 Pgrt of an Indepandent eX8mlnallon. attenllon •hcyJld bo dra￿ In th18 report In ordw to **b5• a propor und81stsndlng of tho accounts to be r•achgd. M G M80n FCCA Dato: 15 Aprtl 2025

31 D8(rnb8r 31.12.24 31.1123 Total fund fund8 fund8 INCOME AND ENDOWMENT8 FRO Dmllona and legade8 12.1)49 12,049 13,015 Charttabh actlvldo• Bam Stsmllo Producllon8 Farno 20.731 32.821 20,731 32,821 58,497 574 574 Total 176 88,175 98,995 IXPENDMJRE ON Charliabl• actmtl Bam Stsmllo Productlo Fame 33,933 63,0￿) 38280 78,930 2.970 Tot1 98,993 5P39 102, 116,190 N•t On￿¢0￿$) In￿StrA e04 NEf INCOMEI{EXPENDmiR 130214> {6Mg) (38,163) (16223) RECONCIUATION OF FUND8 T¢A•l fund• bro4hl foThvard 80.239 149,484 229,723 245,946

31.12.24 31.12.23 Tanglble as80ts 10 163,372 165,314 CURRENT A88Ef8 Debtor8 Inve8lment8 Cash at bank 11 12 13 13,468 1,416 812 49,387 70,249 Amounts falllng duo wlllth one >*ar 14 (9.190) (5,840) NEf cU￿￿E￿ir A88ET8 193,569 229,723 NET A88ET8 FUND8 Unre8trlct•d fund• 18 50.025 80,239 149 TOTAL FUND8 193 570 229 723 Tho flnandal slat￿10nts wore apprtr••J by th• Bowd dTruBtw and Sutr￿thd for l••u• on 15 Aprfl 2025 and wern 8Egnod ¢)n h bolwir ty. i(1 Alldbidge. TruJts6 Brfan JolHwi. Tru8ts8

Ba818 of preparlng tho flnanclal •tat•m•nl• The financl8181atsments of tho charfty, whlth18 8 publlcbonofft ￿ undor FR8 102, havo been pr8pared In accordance vAth the Charltta8 SORP (FRS 102) 'fvm)unllng and Reporflng by Chathle8: Staternent of Rec¥Jmrnended Pracll( appll(bl8 to ch8rNle8 prepartng Ih8lr au￿nts In accordanca vAth the Flnan(lal Repordng Standard appllcable In the UK and Ropubllc of Irdand (FRS 102) (effectlve 1 January 2019),, FlmKlal R8POrtlng Slandard 102 Tr Flnandal Reportlng standard appllcablo kn the UK and Rowbltc of Ireland arKI the Ch8rltt89 Act 2011. Tha finandal 8tatemonts bogn prepred wuler the hl8frJrlcal c(t (¥Jnventton. Fln•n¢knl rnportlng •landar(1102. rndu¢•d dl•¢lo•ur• •x•rnpllon• The drlty ha8 taken advarrt8go rf tr• followlng dl8do8ure exomplorn In proparlng th08e ilnandel 8tatsmonts, 88 P8milited by FRS 11r2 Tr Flnancknl R•portlw Slandard appttth In the UK and Republlc of IrelantT: the requlremerts of Seclk)n 7 Slatemantof Cath FIM. In¢om• All Inwme18 reownl8ed In Statement of Flnancl81 AcOvllte8 once the tharfty ha8 enthlomeftt to the fiJnd8, It18 probable Ihat the Incm vall be reLthd ard th8 amount can be rn88ured rnllably. U8bllltl88 are recogn180d a8 expend￿Tr 88 800n a8 there h a legal or con8tnJthe obllgallon commmlng the to that éXP8ndltsTr, It ts PToboblo that a tran6for of ￿OrnI¢ benefits wlll bo requlred In 8eltleThnt and tho anM)unt ofthe oulgalon can be me88ured rellably. Expendlture ao>)untod for on an ac¢rual8 b8818 and h88 b88n da88ffied under hoadlng8 that aggregats ati )8t rn18tad to tho category. Wh8ra c08ts ￿nn01 be dlrecty attrfbuted to partlryjlar headlng8 thoy have been allocated to acd¥ltlo8 on 8 baBf8 con81stont wlth tho u88 of ruourco Tanglbh fix•d a•••l• Dapreclatton18 wovthd at the folknthg annual watsB In qxd•r to Mlte off oach amat ovor Its 08dmotad u*fvl Iir•. Long lea8ehold Fumllurn & Equlpment In acMr¢ance wlth tho prop9rty lea80 25% on rndudng balanca, 20% on reduclrvJ balanw 1S% on rgdudrrfJ belanlx and 10% 1)n redudng b818n Fund a¢e•untlng UnreBtrirted fvnds Gm bè In Ihe clwttabh oWthva8 at lh8 dl8¢rekn R88tr1cted fvnds txn only be u￿d for pard￿lar restrtcted pu￿￿)￿ wtthln the objects of tho thaTIty. Restrlclion8 8r188 then 8pedfted by Ih donor or are ralsed for pathilar

ACCOUIrnNQ POUCIE8. eonllnuad Fund aeeountliig Tha ?p8c4 W fund w88 ￿ed b) ra18e lknd8 for Ih Nafjwl L• ￿ppOrt￿ r6buld ol the rehear8al ￿()M8. DONATION8 AND LEGACIE8 31.1224 31.1223 Donatlom Glft 81d 3,424 5,436 IiivesTMENT INCOIIE 31.12.24 31.12.23 531 43 812 41 574 853 I InW8th￿Tht Incom• l• dgrl¥*d from ￿1¥ hold In fv Unltod lQngdom. Page 10 condnued...

8 to th8 Flnan nded 31 De(￿nber 31.12.24 31.1223 Sludlo Totsl Farne actMtta8 Total d(ot Programm88 and prfn Advertlslng r8vanu8 Refr88hments & marc￿ndIa0 14285 4&842 71,691 1,210 1,807 7,867 875 4,578 1.135 5.775 1.199 Dlrect support Costs (9￿ cots (eao note 6) note 7) Total• Bam 8trJdlo ProthKknn• Fame 18,508 20,394 38,gfr2 DIRECT CO8T8 OF CHARITA8LE ACTMTIE8 31.1224 31.12.23 Th￿trO hlrn and royaltsj Orche8tra, 8crfpts and 8C(Y81 Productlon fe8B and exp8n888 Scenery, Ilghttng, co8iume8 8nd propg Prfntlng, advertlilng and maWng M18cellaneou8 0xpen808 14,004 28.908 8.527 9,775 21,510 4,747 1.314 2,233 11,880 18.800 1,997 873 Pago11

8am Studlo PrrxluLth Fame 13.858 The 8am locatsd aqL￿￿ to prcrtlucknl Support (%* Induded kn the above. aro a8 foll(v•M: 31.12.24 31.1223 Siudlo Total Totsl 1,407 2.815 3,658 475 2.815 2,614 Ught and heat Telephone Rap8lr8 and 237 31.1224 31.1223 Sknllo Totsl Postage and ststlonery Sundry oxpen8e sub8fxlpti￿H and I Photo￿)P1ar (¥JBts Insurance Pthxmtancy arKI IE fe6 Mathllng and Y￿b$[to Depredadon of tsnglble tsd a688ts 134 1,028 610 978 9,433 2.880 5,112 5.112 10,224 285 571 P¥12 contlnued...

to the Fln 31 D8cemb8 TRU8TEE8' REMUNERATION AND BENEFIT8 There waro no Irustees, remuneratlon fxothar benafftsfortha ywendod 31 Oerxnber 2024 nor for the year endod 31 Decombor 2023. TnNtsM' •xpon8•0 end8d 31 Do￿nber2023. COMPARATIVE8 FOR THE 8TATEiiwf OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIE8 Unro8trlcted Ro8tr1(a8d nd Total funds INCOME AND ENDIYIIIIElfrn FROIA Donallon8 and legad88 13.015 13,016 Charttabl• aelMII 8am Sludlo Produdon8 scho￿ of Rock 28,830 58,49T 653 Tot•1 EXPENDITURE ON Chorftablo actfvlll•• Bam Studlo Produ¢lbn• 35291 2,90 2,970 Not lo1• on Invo8tsiw NEf INCOMW(EXPENDrruRE) (10284) (5,939) (16223) RECONCIUATION PUND8 Totsl tsnd• brought forward 155.423 245.946 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD Page 13 I)￿nUed...

1. TANGIBLE FIXED A38Ers Furn￿￿ 1•48e1￿Id & Equlpnwrt TotA Al 1 January 21Y24 8nd 296959 88188 385127 DEPRECIATION At 1 January 2024 Chargo for year 148,475 71,338 219,813 Al 31 December 2024 NEf BOOK VALUE At 31 Dec￿nbOr 2023
2. DEBTOR8: AMOUNT8 FALUNG DUE OIIE YEAR 31.12.24 31.1223 Gm Ald recoveTth from HMRC Futurn wodudlon experKllbJre Prepakl overt￿ad expendI￿re 900 10,694 1,200

3. CURREpif A88Ef114VE8TMENT8 31.1124 31.1223 812 The above repro8ents the ¢h8rW8 hw68kn￿ h Bardap 8ank Pk 81wo& Tho moN*nMnt In thg ya8r reprnsonts the unroa118ed galn or1088 du￿ng the year. Paga 14

4. CASH AT BANK 31.1224 T￿al fund8 31.1223 Totsl 13enwal Bursary FuThl Fund 31367 145 60.031 100 3,811 1,OlJO Natw08t Genar81 Accfjunt 145 Natwest &N88ry Account NatW88t Trkot Booklng 1,1]00 14 CREDITOR8: AMOUPIrn FALUNG DUEIThIN ONE YEAR 31.12.24 31.12.23 1& ANALY818 OF NEf A88Ef8 8EIWEWI FUND8 31.12.24 31.12.23 Total furtd fvnd8 10,828 48,387 142,545 1.000 153.373 49,387 185,314 70.249 Current 888et• Current nablllts• 193 570 229 T23 1& MOVEMEMT IN FUNDS At1.124 In fund• 31.1224 Genernl Fund (30214) 50.025 Ra•trl¢tod fund• 'Space W Fund Bursary Fund 148A84 {5.939) 142,545 TOTAL FUNDS Pago 15

1& 1IQVEMEiif IN FUMDS. ¢•nllnuod fund8 Unr••lrf¢tod fvnd• Genernl FurKI 88.176 (Kg93) (30,214) °Spa¢• (6,939) (5,939) TOTAL FUND8 175 102 932 Nat At1.123 In fund 31.1223 en•ral FWKI (10,284) 80,239 'Space W Fund Burnw Fu 154.423 (5,939) 148,484 TOTAL FUND8 18 Pago 18 )Ilnugd...

Flnan 31 Decembor 2 1& MOVEMEiif IN FUNDS. contlnu Comparatlve not moveThnt IrrJJded In Ihe abm aTe as follow8: Incornlng R88ourc8s Galns and Mov8menl In funds Unr86tr1ctod fund8 G8noral Fund {1(261) (28) (10284) °Sp8ce W Fund (&939) (5.939) TOTAL FUND8 28 A ojrrent year12 moTrU end prtor yw 12 months comblned posknn Is as follow. Net At1.123 In fvnds 31.1223 Unro•lrf¢tsd fund8 General Fund (10,284) °Sp8ce gw FurKI Burwy Fund 154.423 {5,939) 148.484 155 TOTAL FUND8 16 Page 17

1& MOVEMENT IN FUNDS. ￿nI1￿mI A current year 12 rnonts 8rKI prfor yw 12 mMth8 ￿m￿bInod n* Induded Inc¥Jmlry Resc￿￿& Galn8 and Movemw In fun Unro•trlct•d thnd• Germd FurKI 98,995 (11ts251) (102841 ce W Fund (5,939) (5,939) TOTAL FUNDS 11 Pagg 18