## **Ware Musical Theatre (WMT) – Charity registration number 282781** ## **Report for the year ended 31[st] July 2023** ## **Trustees who served during the year -** Brian Spencer Worthington – Chairman Sally Page Christine Joy Hozier Barrie Clifford Hozier Susan Mary Mulligan Joanne Catherine Griffin Amanda Louise Walden Doreen Spielman ## **Activities during the year** WMT put on three shows during the year – a summer concert, an autumn cabaret with food platters and a spring main show. WMT incurred an overall loss of £286 during the year and at the end of the year it retained £18,974 in its’ bank account. ## **Ware Musical Theatre Limited (WMTL)** WMT set up a new limited company on 21[st] April 2023 in order to apply for Theatre Tax Relief. The directors on formation of WMTL were – Brian Worthington, Amanda Walden, Joanne Griffin and Barrie Hozier. Barrie Hozier subsequently resigned as a director and was appointed Company Secretary. They all hold one share of £1 each on behalf of WMT. A claim has been submitted for Theatre Tax Relief for the year 2022/23 by the National Federation of Music Societies, trading as Making Music, acting on behalf of WMTL. Signed on behalf of Ware Musical Theatre Brian Spencer Worthington Chairman of Trustees 18[th] August 2024 ## **WARE MUSICAL THEATRE ACCOUNTS** **Income and Expenditure for the year ending on 31st July 2023** |**Cabaret**
**Oliver**
**G&D**
**Central costs**
**Income**
Members subscriptions
2,105.00
Members show subscriptions
825.00
4,280.00
1,650.00
Gift aid for previous year
355.00
Council grant
250.00
Other income
102.45
Programme adverts
500.00
Ticket sales
6,284.00
27,757.37
7,764.87
Bar sales
1,502.10
3,358.90
1,289.00
Ice cream sales
1,261.00
353.00
Raffle ticket sales
510.80
278.00
330.50
Programme sales
181.00
682.70
170.00
**Total income**
**9,302.90**
**38,117.97**
**11,557.37**
**2,812.45**
**Expenditure**
**Production costs**
Royalties and scores
6,692.74
2,227.82
Venue hire - shows
960.00
3,375.00
960.00
Venue hire - rehearsals
666.22
2,629.55
1,102.02
Sound/light engineer
1,420.00
1,993.00
1,731.00
Lighting engineer - Oliver
3,865.68
Staging & floor
2,699.60
Prop hire
945.00
225.00
Van hire
640.00
Costume hire
4,318.65
756.67
Chaperone licence fees
191.20
**Total production costs**
**3,046.22**
**27,350.42**
**7,002.51**
**Marketing costs**
Printing, postage & advertising
70.80
1,905.81
235.94
Programme printing
67.00
123.00
Photos
127.00
**Total marketing costs**
**137.80**
**2,155.81**
**235.94**
**People costs**
Producer
500.00
1,544.16
1,000.00
Musical director
800.00
1,350.00
1,150.00
Choreographer
750.00
750.00
Orchestra
900.00
3,150.00
1,080.00
**Total people costs**
**2,200.00**
**6,794.16**
**3,980.00**
**Other costs**
Bar costs
564.20
867.94
329.85
Ice cream
428.00
195.75
Food, ice cream,cutlery, napkins etc.
606.50
24.99
38.98
Gifts
18.50
53.58
Sundry costs
6.81
94.61
32.53
**Total other costs**
**1,196.01**
**1,469.12**
**597.11**
**Central costs**
Insurance
634.00
Annual fees - Barbara
4,000.00
Web site updates
235.00
Phone for bookings
62.00
USB leads
50.97
Music stands
574.07
3 x SumUp machines
287.40
Company start up costs
40.00
Travel costs
27.93
**Total central costs**
**5,911.37**
**Total costs in the year**
**6,580.03**
**37,769.51**
**11,815.56**
**5,911.37**
**Loss/surplus in the year**
**2,722.87**
**348.46**
**-258.19**
**-3,098.92**|**Total**
2,105.00
6,755.00
355.00
250.00
102.45
500.00
41,806.24
6,150.00
1,614.00
1,119.30
1,033.70
**61,790.69**
8,920.56
5,295.00
4,397.79
5,144.00
3,865.68
2,699.60
1,170.00
640.00
5,075.32
191.20
**37,399.15**
2,212.55
127.00
**2,529.55**
3,044.16
3,300.00
1,500.00
5,130.00
**12,974.16**
1,761.99
623.75
670.47
72.08
133.95
**3,262.24**
634.00
4,000.00
235.00
62.00
50.97
574.07
287.40
40.00
27.93
**5,911.37**
**62,076.47**| |---|---| ||**-285.78**| ## **WARE MUSICAL THEATRE ACCOUNTS** ## **Analysis of bar, raffle, ice creams and programme income and expenditure** ||**Bar**
|**Ice creams**
|**Raffle**|**Programmes **|**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Cabaret**|||||| |Sales|1,502.10|0.00|510.80|181.00|2,193.90| |Costs|564.20|0.00|0.00|67.00|631.20| |Surplus|**937.90**|**0.00**|**510.80**|**114.00**|**1,562.70**| |**Oliver**|||||| |Sales|3,358.90|1,261.00|278.00|682.70|5,580.60| |Costs|867.94|428.00|0.00|123.00|1,418.94| |Surplus|**2,490.96**|**833.00**|**278.00**|**559.70**|**4,161.66**| |**G&D**|||||| |Sales|1,289.00|353.00|330.50|170.00|2,142.50| |Costs|329.85|195.75|0|**0**|525.60| |Surplus|**959.15**|**157.25**|**330.50**|**170.00**|**1,616.90**| |**Total**|||||| |Sales|6,150.00|1,614.00|1,119.30|1,033.70|9,917.00| |Costs|1,761.99|623.75|0.00|190.00|2,575.74| |**Surplus**|**4,388.01**|**990.25**|**1,119.30**|**843.70**|**7,341.26**| ## **Ware Musical Theatre** ## **Balance Sheet as at 31st July 2023** |**Assets**
Cash at bank
Debtors - deposits on Funny Girl
Loan to WMT Ltd.
Total assets
Less accruals
**Represented by**
Accumulated surplus from previous years
Less loss/surplus in the year
Balance at the year end|**31.07.23**
**31.07.22**
18,973.53
21,105.04
1,898.49
0.00
41.85
0.00
20,913.87
21,105.04
-730.00
-635.39
**20,183.87**
**20,469.65**
20,469.65
20,090.00
-285.78
379.65
**20,183.87**
**20,469.65**| |---|---| ## **Report of the Independent Examiner** I have examined the above Balance Sheet and the attached Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st July 2023 and certify that they are in accordance with the books and vouchers of the Society and additional information requested from and supplied by Officers thereof. M E Davis 17.08.23 Ware Musical Theatre Accounts For the year ended 31st July 2023 ## **WARE MUSICAL THEATRE ACCOUNTS** **Income and Expenditure for the year ending on 31st July 2023** |**Cabaret**
**Oliver**
**G&D**
**Central costs**
**Income**
Members subscriptions
2,105.00
Members show subscriptions
825.00
4,280.00
1,650.00
Gift aid for previous year
355.00
Council grant
250.00
Other income
102.45
Programme adverts
500.00
Ticket sales
6,284.00
27,757.37
7,764.87
Bar sales
1,502.10
3,358.90
1,289.00
Ice cream sales
1,261.00
353.00
Raffle ticket sales
510.80
278.00
330.50
Programme sales
181.00
682.70
170.00
**Total income**
**9,302.90**
**38,117.97**
**11,557.37**
**2,812.45**
**Expenditure**
**Production costs**
Royalties and scores
6,692.74
2,227.82
Venue hire - shows
960.00
3,375.00
960.00
Venue hire - rehearsals
666.22
2,629.55
1,102.02
Sound/light engineer
1,420.00
1,993.00
1,731.00
Lighting engineer - Oliver
3,865.68
Staging & floor
2,699.60
Prop hire
945.00
225.00
Van hire
640.00
Costume hire
4,318.65
756.67
Chaperone licence fees
191.20
**Total production costs**
**3,046.22**
**27,350.42**
**7,002.51**
**Marketing costs**
Printing, postage & advertising
70.80
1,905.81
235.94
Programme printing
67.00
123.00
Photos
127.00
**Total marketing costs**
**137.80**
**2,155.81**
**235.94**
**People costs**
Producer
500.00
1,544.16
1,000.00
Musical director
800.00
1,350.00
1,150.00
Choreographer
750.00
750.00
Orchestra
900.00
3,150.00
1,080.00
**Total people costs**
**2,200.00**
**6,794.16**
**3,980.00**
**Other costs**
Bar costs
564.20
867.94
329.85
Ice cream
428.00
195.75
Food, ice cream,cutlery, napkins etc.
606.50
24.99
38.98
Gifts
18.50
53.58
Sundry costs
6.81
94.61
32.53
**Total other costs**
**1,196.01**
**1,469.12**
**597.11**
**Central costs**
Insurance
634.00
Annual fees - Barbara
4,000.00
Web site updates
235.00
Phone for bookings
62.00
USB leads
50.97
Music stands
574.07
3 x SumUp machines
287.40
Company start up costs
40.00
Travel costs
27.93
**Total central costs**
**5,911.37**
**Total costs in the year**
**6,580.03**
**37,769.51**
**11,815.56**
**5,911.37**
**Loss/surplus in the year**
**2,722.87**
**348.46**
**-258.19**
**-3,098.92**|**Total**
2,105.00
6,755.00
355.00
250.00
102.45
500.00
41,806.24
6,150.00
1,614.00
1,119.30
1,033.70
**61,790.69**
8,920.56
5,295.00
4,397.79
5,144.00
3,865.68
2,699.60
1,170.00
640.00
5,075.32
191.20
**37,399.15**
2,212.55
127.00
**2,529.55**
3,044.16
3,300.00
1,500.00
5,130.00
**12,974.16**
1,761.99
623.75
670.47
72.08
133.95
**3,262.24**
634.00
4,000.00
235.00
62.00
50.97
574.07
287.40
40.00
27.93
**5,911.37**
**62,076.47**| |---|---| ||**-285.78**| ## **WARE MUSICAL THEATRE ACCOUNTS** ## **Analysis of bar, raffle, ice creams and programme income and expenditure** ||**Bar**
|**Ice creams**
|**Raffle**|**Programmes **|**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Cabaret**|||||| |Sales|1,502.10|0.00|510.80|181.00|2,193.90| |Costs|564.20|0.00|0.00|67.00|631.20| |Surplus|**937.90**|**0.00**|**510.80**|**114.00**|**1,562.70**| |**Oliver**|||||| |Sales|3,358.90|1,261.00|278.00|682.70|5,580.60| |Costs|867.94|428.00|0.00|123.00|1,418.94| |Surplus|**2,490.96**|**833.00**|**278.00**|**559.70**|**4,161.66**| |**G&D**|||||| |Sales|1,289.00|353.00|330.50|170.00|2,142.50| |Costs|329.85|195.75|0|**0**|525.60| |Surplus|**959.15**|**157.25**|**330.50**|**170.00**|**1,616.90**| |**Total**|||||| |Sales|6,150.00|1,614.00|1,119.30|1,033.70|9,917.00| |Costs|1,761.99|623.75|0.00|190.00|2,575.74| |**Surplus**|**4,388.01**|**990.25**|**1,119.30**|**843.70**|**7,341.26**| ## **Ware Musical Theatre** ## **Balance Sheet as at 31st July 2023** |**Assets**
Cash at bank
Debtors - deposits on Funny Girl
Loan to WMT Ltd.
Total assets
Less accruals
**Represented by**
Accumulated surplus from previous years
Less loss/surplus in the year
Balance at the year end|**31.07.23**
**31.07.22**
18,973.53
21,105.04
1,898.49
0.00
41.85
0.00
20,913.87
21,105.04
-730.00
-635.39
**20,183.87**
**20,469.65**
20,469.65
20,090.00
-285.78
379.65
**20,183.87**
**20,469.65**| |---|---| ## **Report of the Independent Examiner** I have examined the above Balance Sheet and the attached Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st July 2023 and certify that they are in accordance with the books and vouchers of the Society and additional information requested from and supplied by Officers thereof. M E Davis 17.08.23 Ware Musical Theatre Accounts For the year ended 31st July 2023