CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Period start date
0610412023
Period end date
05 104 12024
From
Charity name:
Centre Stage London
Charity registration number:
279647
Objectives and Activities
Summary ofthe purposes of the
charity as set out in its goveming
document
The object of the Group shall be to educate the public in the dramatic
and operaticarts and to furtherthe development of public appreciation
and taste in the said arts,. and in furtherance of this object but not
otherwise the Group through its Committee shall have the following
powers..
Summary of the main activities in
relation to those pUoseS for the
public benefit. in particular. the
activities, projeds or services
identified in the accounts.
2.1 to promote operas, operettas and other dramatic and operatic
works of educational value I"Productions"I,'
2.2 to perform or show any such Productions,.
2.3 to purchase, acquire and obtain interests in the copyright of, or the
right to perform, or show any such Productions-
2.4 to purchase or othenmise acquire plant, machinery, furniture,
f ixtures, fittings, scenery and all other necessary efferts,.
2.5 to raise funds and invite and receive contributions from any persons
whatsoever byway of subscriptions, donations and otherwise,. provided
that the Group shall not undertake any permanent trading activities in
raising f unds,. and
2.6 to do all such other things as shall further the objects of the Group.
Trustees will have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.
Statement confimiing whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit
The Trustees confirm that the charity's objertives and operations are
for the public benef it with regard to the Charity Commissions guidance
on public benefit.
At this time, Centre Stage London has no plans on making grants or spending on social investment programmes.
Centre Stage London's board of trustees are all unpaid volunteers and oversee the management and administration
of the charity. Additional, the creative teams for the productions that are put on by Centre Stage London are also
unpaid volunteers.
Achievements and Performance
Summary of the maln achlevements of Provided opportunities for creatnie teams, technical crew, and
the charity. identifying the difference
performers to take part in and present dramatic and musical
the charitys work has made to the
performances to the public including..
circumstances of its beneficiaries and
The Hunchback of Notre Dame IApr 231
any wider benefits to society as a
Our House ljvl 231
whole.
Holiday Inn INOV 20231
Financial Review
Review of the charitys financial
posltlon at the end of the perlod
Centre Stage made a prof it on its 2023124 season18,7071.
The trustees are closely monitoring f uture show expenditure to ensure
we keep adequate reserves to maintain the charity.
Centre Stage has ended the year with cash in hand of 30,474, which the
committee deems to be sufficient resee5 to finance the 24-25 season
and beyond.
Statement explaining the policy for
holding re5erve5 stating why they are
held
Amountof reseNe5 held
Resetves are maintained at a level to allow adequate cash flow for a
production and to protect the charity against any major risks.
£30,(XKJ
Reasons for holding zero reserves
n/a
Details of fund materially in deficit
The charity operates with only one unrestricted f Ljnd that 15 not in
deficit.
Explanation of any uncertainties about The cost of all activities due to inf lation has made it hard to budget for
the charlty contlnulng as a going
f uture shows as costs are rising daily. The biggest increase in cost has
concem
been theatre hire, rehearsal space and equipment hire. The trustees
will keep a close eye on budgets as these need to be constantly
adjusted for these increasing costs. With that said, the charitV1S Still in a
good financial position, therefore the trustees believe the charity is a
going concern.
The charity's principal sour5 of funds Funds for the charity are raised primarily through ticket sales,
Ilncludlng any fundralslng}
participation and membership fees, and f undraising and donations.
A description of the principal risks
facing the charity
The biggest risks to the charf(y are the ever-increasing costs of putting
on a show across the board due to inflation (including increased theatre
rents, rehearsal space costs and soundllighting hirel. The charity will try
to offset these rising costs by increasing our show fees and fundraising
more f unds through cast events.
Centre Stage London does not have any material amounts of cash to invest, therefore has no investment policy.
Structure, Governance and Management
Descrlptlon of charltvs trusts:
Type of governing document
Constitution
How is the charity constituted?
Membership Group
Twstee Selection rnethod5 including
details of any constitutional provisions
Election atAGM by Members
The induction of new trustees is carried out by the trustees that are leaving and trustees that remain on the board.
Reference and Administrative details
Charity name
Other name the charity use5
Registered charity number
Charitys principal address
Centre Stage London
279647
Flat 2 80 Jeff reys Road,
London
SW4 6QP
Name5 of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name
offi lif any)
Dates aded if not for
whole year
Name of person lor body)
entitled to appoint trustee lif
any)
Centre Stage members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stage memb&rs
Centre Stage members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stsge members
Centre Stage members
Centre Stage members
Alexis Rose
President
Z501ti Szabo
Chair
Grace Jenkins
Treasurer
Apr 23 - Sep 23
Apr 23 - Sep 23
Giusy Pappalardo
Gia Benjamin
Miriam laffe
Business leducationl
Marketing
Secretary
Apr 23 - Sep 23
Basil Zafiropoulos
Sarolta 8lanar
Business Man3ger
Box Office Manager
Membership
Events
Apr 23 - Sep 23
Apr 23 - May 23
Apr23-Sep 23
Sonja Lindemann
Deborah Stanton
io
li
Paolo Colella
Marketing
Apr 23 - Feb 24
12
Tal Hewitt
13
Adam Brooks
General
Apr 23 - M3y 23
14
Ernma Gemoli
Membership
General
Sep23-Apr 24
Sep23-Apr 24
15
Emma Recknell
16
Navin Nair
Treasurer
Sep23-Apr 24
Sep23-Apr 24
17
Claire Brewin
Education
18
Cristobal Gornez
Marketing
Secretary
Sep23- Oct23
Sep23-Apr 24
Sep23-Apr 24
19
Stephen Mitchell
20
Jin Lee
Business Manager
21
Giovanni Pillittu
8ox Office Manager
Sep23-Apr 24
Centre Stage London does not have any Corporate trustees.
Centre Stage London does not have any trustees that hold title to property belonging to the charity. Moreover, the
charity does not own any property-
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Centre Stage London is not the custodian trustee of any funds or other assets.
Names of advisers
Type of adviser
Independent Examiner
Name
Natalie Parada
Exemptions from disclosure
Centre Stage London has disclosed all key personnel
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charitvs trustees
Signaturelsl
Full namelsl
Navin N
Posltlon leg Secretary,
Chair, etc)
Treasurer
Date
0510¥25
**Centre Stage London**
## **Annual Accounts for the year ended 05 April 2024**
## **Receipts and Payments Accounts**
|**Receipts**
Tickets
Programmes
Participation
Sponsorship & Donations
Fundraising
Clothing Fundraising (Note 8)
Membership
Masterclass
Bar
Bank Interest
Other (Note 6)
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Venue
Rights / Licence
Script & Score
Band
Set
Props
Wardrobe
Lighting
Sound
Transport
Programmes
Marketing
Bar
Rehearsal Venue
Fundraising
Website
Storage
Noda
Insurance
Clothing Fundraising (Note 8)
Other (Note 7)
**Total Payments**
**Total Cash Movement**
**Opening Cash Balance**
**Closing Cash Balance**|**2023/24**
**2022/23**
**£**
**£**
55,975
38,479
1,276
540
9,620
8,701
4,324
350
5,591
4,247
1,588
1,500
3,436
3,600
- -
9,330 -
199
52
5,874
593|
|---|---|
||**97,214**
**58,061**|
||11,663
8,398
13,625
5,151
2,650
184
9,672
8,581
5,697
6,851
1,345
981
9,427
2,358
4,451
2,853
8,572
6,267
1,279
1,539
163
316
1,388
1,402
2,493
1,958
9,534
7,845
2,142
2,793
52
66
- -
-
393
520
608
1,578
1,370
2,257
831|
||**88,507**
**60,743**|
|||
||**8,707**
**(2,682)**
**21,767**
**24,449**|
||**30,474**
**21,767**|
Examined and Certified Independent Examiner Natalie Parada
|**Statement of Assets and**|**Liabilities**||
|---|---|---|
||**2023/24**|**2022/23**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Assets**|||
|**Fixed Assets**|||
|(none)|-|-|
|**Current Assets**|||
|Current Accounts|16,704|9,142|
|Savings Account|11,324|11,125|
|PayPal Account|2,446|1,500|
|**Liabilities**|||
|(none)|-|-|
|**Net Assets**|**30,474**|**21,767**|
Charity no. 279647 - 1 -
## **Centre Stage London**
## **Annual Accounts for the year ended 05 April 2024**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **1.1 Basic of preparation**
Centre Stage London is not a Charitable incorporated organisation and makes less than £250,000 annually. The charity therefore elects to prepare its accounts using receipts and payments accounting as outlined by the Charity Commission's Introductory Notes (June 2013) - although acrruals accounts are prepared within the notes.
All amounts are in pounds sterling, £, as stated on the face of the accounts. All amounts around rounded to the nearest pound.
## **1.2 Restriction of funds**
No funds received by Centre Stage London have been restricted, designated or relate to endowments. All funds are unrestricted therefore not split on the face of the Receipts and Payments Accounts. As there is only one fund, the charity has not included a movement of funds section.
## **1.3 Going concern**
There are sufficient reserves to maintain the activities of the charity. Due to inflation, costs across the board have increased and budgets need to be monitored very carefully going foward. There are sufficient funds in the bank accounts to fund future shows, therefore the trustees consider the charity a going concern.
## **2 Receipts and Payments Accounts - by Activity**
|**Income**
Tickets
Programmes
Participation
Sponsorship & Donations
Fundraising
Membership
Masterclass
Bar
Bank Interest
Clothing Fundraising (Note 8)
Other
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Venue
Rights / Licence
Script & Score
Band
Set
Props
Wardrobe
Lighting
Sound
Transport
Programmes
Marketing
Bar
Rehearsal Venue
Fundraising
Website
Storage
Noda
Insurance
Clothing Fundraising (Note 8)
Other (Note 7)
**Total Payments**
**Balance**|**Our House**
**Holiday Inn**
**Past Shows**
**(Note 4)**
**Future Shows**
**(Note 5)**
**Central**
**Total 2023/24 Total 2022/23**
Jul 2023
Nov 2023
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
14,114
16,760
25,102
-
-
**55,975**
**38,479**
303
312
661
-
-
**1,276**
**540**
2,205
3,240
245
3,930
-
**9,620**
**8,701**
45
4,238
42
-
-
**4,324**
**350**
1,753
1,812
140
1,389
498
**5,591**
**4,247**
-
3,436
**3,436**
**3,600**
-
-
**-**
**-**
9,330
-
-
**9,330**
**-**
-
-
199
**199**
**52**
525
517
241
305
-
**1,588**
**1,500**
213
5,646
10
6
**5,874**
**593**|
|---|---|
||**18,944**
**27,091**
**41,407**
**5,634**
**4,139**
**97,214**
**58,061**|
||3,717
3,594
3,240
1,112
-
**11,663**
**8,398**
2,885
1,922
5,411
3,406
-
**13,625**
**5,151**
910
1,740
-
-
**2,650**
**184**
1,611
3,918
4,143
-
-
**9,672**
**8,581**
1,790
1,097
927
1,883
-
**5,697**
**6,851**
160
805
226
153
-
**1,345**
**981**
300
5,000
3,243
884
-
**9,427**
**2,358**
1,674
1,519
1,258
-
-
**4,451**
**2,853**
2,236
2,460
3,875
-
-
**8,572**
**6,267**
396
494
367
22
-
**1,279**
**1,539**
163
-
-
**163**
**316**
200
259
930
-
-
**1,388**
**1,402**
214
1,306
973
-
**2,493**
**1,958**
2,911
3,720
132
2,771
-
**9,534**
**7,845**
641
892
35
358
215
**2,142**
**2,793**
52
**52**
**66**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**393**
520
**520**
**608**
488
517
-
573
-
**1,578**
**1,370**
186
675
-
1,395
**2,257**
**831**|
||**19,012**
**27,507**
**27,671**
**12,135**
**2,182**
**88,507**
**60,743**|
|||
||**(67)**
**(416)**
**13,736**
**(6,502)**
**1,956**
**8,707**
**(2,682)**|
Charity no. 279647 - 2 -
**Centre Stage London**
**Annual Accounts for the year ended 05 April 2024**
|**3**|**Accruals Accounts - for shows falling**|**within the financial year 2023/24**|**within the financial year 2023/24**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Our House**|**Holiday Inn**|**Central**|**Total 2023/24 Total 2022/23**||
|||Jul 2023|Nov 2023||||
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||**Income**||||||
||Tickets|14,114|16,760|-|**30,873**|**46,976**|
||Programmes|303|312|-|**615**|**1,099**|
||Participation|2,205|3,240|-|**5,445**|**8,826**|
||Sponsorship & Donations|45|4,238|-|**4,283**|**2,107**|
||Fundraising|1,753|2,891|498|**5,141**|**4,247**|
||Membership|-|-|3,436|**3,436**|**3,600**|
||Masterclass|-|-|-|**-**|**-**|
||Bar|-|-|-|**-**|**8,565**|
||Bank Interest|-|-|199|**199**|**52**|
||Clothing Fundraising (Note 8)|525|517|-|**1,042**|**1,822**|
||Other (Note 6)|-|213|6|**218**|**6,256**|
||**Total Income**|**18,944**|**28,169**|**4,139**|**51,252**|**83,550**|
||**Expenditure**||||||
||Venue|3,717|3,594|-|**7,311**|**10,478**|
||Rights / Licence|3,385|2,563|-|**5,949**|**7,749**|
||Script & Score|-|910|-|**910**|**2,895**|
||Band|1,611|3,918|-|**5,529**|**9,065**|
||Set|1,790|1,097|-|**2,887**|**7,266**|
||Props|160|805|-|**966**|**1,128**|
||Wardrobe|300|5,000|-|**5,300**|**4,151**|
||Lighting|1,674|1,519|-|**3,193**|**3,351**|
||Sound|2,236|2,460|-|**4,696**|**8,143**|
||Transport|396|494|-|**890**|**1,069**|
||Programmes|-|-|-|**-**|**1,074**|
||Marketing|200|259|-|**459**|**1,352**|
||Bar|-|214|-|**214**|**2,339**|
||Rehearsal Venue|2,911|3,720|-|**6,631**|**8,154**|
||Fundraising|641|892|215|**1,749**|**2,828**|
||Website|-|-|52|**52**|**66**|
||Storage|-|-|-|**-**|**-**|
||Noda|-|-|-|**-**|**393**|
||Insurance|-|-|520|**520**|**608**|
||Clothing Fundraising (Note 8)|488|517|-|**1,005**|**1,370**|
||Other (Note 7)|-|186|1,395|**1,582**|**1,588**|
||Total Expenditure|**19,512**|**28,148**|**2,182**|**49,842**|**75,067**|
||||||||
||Balance|**(567)**|**22**|**1,956**|**1,411**|**8,482**|
||||-||||
- **4 Past Shows** Income received and expenditure incurred for past shows relates to Hunchback of Notre Dame which was performed in April 2023.
## **5 Future Shows**
Income for future shows relates to The Little Mermaid March 2024. Expenditure for future shows relates to production costs for The Little Mermaid, The Wedding Singer July 2024 and rights costs for bare October 2024
## **6 Other Income**
Other Income relates to Insurance payout from Hunchback of Notre Dame.
## **7 Other Expenditure**
Other Expenditure relates to banking costs, paypal fees, cast libretto purchases and the aftershow parties
## **8 Cast Clothing - overall income/expenditure for past and future periods**
|Hunchback of Notre Dame
Our House
Holiday Inn
The Little Mermaid
**Total**|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**
241
-
**241**
525
488
**37**
517
517
**-**
305
573
**(268)**|
|---|---|
||**1,588**
**1,578**
**10**|
Charity no. 279647 - 3 -
**Centre Stage London**
**Annual Accounts for the year ended 05 April 2024**
Charity no. 279647 - 4 -
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Centre Stage London**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ABY Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 05 April 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name: Natalie Parada
Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): ACCA member Address: 1E Delia Street SW18 2BT London Date: 04/02/2025