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| Administrative | information | |||
| Trustees' report including |
statement | ofTrustees' | ||
| responsibilities | ||||
| Independent | Examiner's | report | 18 | |
| Statement of | financial activities | 20 | ||
| Balance sheet | 21 | |||
| Statement of | cash flows | 22 | ||
| Notes to the financial statements | 23 |
| BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY |
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| (A company limited by guarantee) |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION |
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| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30JUNE 2021 | ||||||
| Trustees and Directors; | Nicholas Payne (Chair) | |||||
| Tony Colville | ||||||
| Katie Fulcher | ||||||
| William Husselby OBE |
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| Catherine Allen |
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| Amahra Spence (appointed |
8 | December | 2020) | |||
| Lauren Williams |
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| Sir Graham Vick CBE(deceased |
17July 2021) | |||||
| Justine Themen | ||||||
| Personnel: | Artistic Director —Sir Graham | Vick CBE | + | |||
| Music Director —Alpesh Chauhan | ||||||
| Artistic Associate —Reisz Amos | ||||||
| Executive Director —Richard | Willacy (subsequently | |||||
| appointed General Director |
2022) | |||||
| General Manager —Hannah |
Griffiths | |||||
| Development Coordinator —Charlotte Titcombe |
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| Associate Artists; | Choreographer —Ron Howell |
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| Vocal Coach —Jane Robinson | ||||||
| Casting Consultant —Sarah | Playfair | |||||
| Projects Consultant —Sheelagh | Barnard | |||||
| Chartered Management |
Accountant | —Shohaib | ||||
| Shafiq ACMA, CGMA | ||||||
| Secretary: | Richard Willacy | |||||
| Registered | Office: | 205 The Argent Centre | ||||
| 60 Frederick Street | ||||||
| Birmingham | ||||||
| B1 3HS | ||||||
| Bankers: | Lloyds Bank pic | |||||
| 36/38 New Street | ||||||
| Birmingham | ||||||
| B24LP | ||||||
| Independent | Examiner: | David Hoose | ||||
| Mazars LLP | ||||||
| First Floor | ||||||
| Two Chamberlain Square |
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| Birmingham | ||||||
| B33AX | ||||||
| Registered | Charity Number: | 291130 |
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| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
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| Note | |||||||
| Cash flows from | operating | activities | |||||
| Net cash | used in |
operating | activities | 19 | 336,940 | 314,197 | |
| Cash flows from | investing | activities: | |||||
| Purchase | oftangible fixed assets |
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| Net cash | provided | by investing activities |
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| Change | in cash | and cash | equivalents | in the | 336,940 | 314,197 | |
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| Cash and | cash equivalents | brought forward |
298,232 | (15,965) | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | carried forward | 635,172 | 298,232 |
| 3. GRANTS AND | DONATIONS | DONATIONS | DONATIONS | DONATIONS | ||||
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| The Company gratefully |
acknowledges | the support | given | 2021 | 2020 | |||
| by the following during the |
course | ofthe year: | ||||||
| Grants received from: | ||||||||
| Arts Council England | 486,433 | 486,432 | ||||||
| Birmingham City Council |
32,870 | 30,993 | ||||||
| FEDORA | 1,792 | |||||||
| FEDORA Education Prize |
44,812 | |||||||
| George Cadbury Fund |
25,000 | |||||||
| George Fentham Birmingham |
Charity | 2,000 | ||||||
| Individuals sponsors and donors |
25,659 | 13,268 | ||||||
| The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation |
(UK) | 22,251 | ||||||
| The Leche Trust | 2,000 | |||||||
| Baron Davenport's Charity |
800 | |||||||
| The Cole Charitable Trust |
1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| The D'Oyly Carte Charitable | Trust | 3,500 | ||||||
| The Edward and Dorothy | Cadbury | Trust | 2,000 | |||||
| The Edward Cadbury Charitable |
Trust | 3,000 | ||||||
| The Eveson Trust | 3,000 | |||||||
| The Fidelio Charitable Trust |
2,500 | |||||||
| GJW Turner Trust | 2,000 | |||||||
| The Grantham Yorke Trust |
3,000 | |||||||
| The Grimmitt Trust |
1,500 | |||||||
| The Harold Hyam Wingate |
Foundation | 2,000 | ||||||
| The Joseph Hopkins and |
Henry | James Sayer Charity | 500 | |||||
| The National Foundation for |
Youth | Music | 1,646 | |||||
| The Oakley Charitable Trust |
1,000 | |||||||
| R A and VBReekie Trust | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| The Roger 8 Douglas Turner | Charitable | Trust | 2,000 | |||||
| The Roughley Trust |
1,000 | |||||||
| The Saintbury Trust |
6,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| The Sheldon Trust | 2,000 | |||||||
| The Steel Charitable Trust |
10,000 | |||||||
| Thriplow Charitable Trust |
2,000 | 3,500 | ||||||
| W. E. Dunn Charitable Trust |
750 | |||||||
| 666,867 | 569,339 | |||||||
| 4. OTHER INCOME | ||||||||
| 2021f | 2020 E |
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| Boxoffice | 8,576 | 12,944 | ||||||
| Theatre tax credits | 30,017 | 44,680 | ||||||
| Other | 4,114 | 167 | ||||||
| 42,707 | 57,791 |
| 2021 | 2020 | |||
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| Fundraising | costs | 18,035 | 18,715 | |
| Other salary | costs | 152,008 | 135,329 | |
| Other production | costs | 581,801 | 163,659 | |
| Governance | 11 874 | 14,423 | ||
| 763,718 | 332,126 |
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||
| Amount | paid to Independent | Examiner | ||
| IE and Accounts Preparation | 2,715 | 2,635 | ||
| Tax | 1,350 | 3,750 | ||
| Lease | payments | 14,376 | 14,176 | |
| Depreciation | 315 | 315 |
| Restated | |||||
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| Staff costs | 2021 f |
2020 | |||
| Wages and salaries | 146,506 | 134,471 | |||
| Social security | 14,916 | 11,144 | |||
| Pension | cost | 7,164 | 6,667 | ||
| 168,586 | 152,282 | ||||
| Number | Number | ||||
| Average | number of employees | (excluding | trustees) | ||
| employed | during the year |
| 10. STOCKS |
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| 2021 E |
2020f | |||
| Wardrobe stock | 5,200 | 5,200 | ||
| 5,200 | 5,200 | |||
| 11. DEBTORS |
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||
| E | ||||
| Amounts falling due within |
one year: | |||
| Grants receivable | 8,789 | 11,000 | ||
| Trade debtors | 2,808 | 3,133 | ||
| VAT debtor | 10,272 | 3,519 | ||
| Accrued income | 50,000 | 144,154 | ||
| Other debtors | 2,653 | |||
| 74,522 | 161,806 | |||
| 12. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS | FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR | ||
| 2021 E |
2020f | |||
| Amounts falling due within |
one year: | |||
| Trade creditors | 40,062 | 4,595 | ||
| Other taxes and social security | 4,050 | 4,415 | ||
| Accruals and other creditors | 294,573 | 26,190 | ||
| 338,685 | 35,200 |
| General | Designated | Designated | Total | Total | |||||
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| Reserves | Reserves | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Brought forward | 120,770 | 314,083 | 434,853 | 153,349 | |||||
| Surplus I(Deficit) for the | year | 368,873 | (413,797) | (44,924) | 281,504 | ||||
| Transfer between funds |
(349,714) | 349,714 | |||||||
| Carried forward | 139,929 | 250,000 | 389,929 | 434,853 | |||||
| 14. | RESTRICTED | FUNDS | |||||||
| Brought | Expenditure | Carried | |||||||
| Forward | Income | Forward | |||||||
| FEDORA | 1,792 | 1,792 | |||||||
| FEDORA Education | Prize | 44,812 | 44,812 | ||||||
| The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation | (UK) | 22,251 | 22,251 | ||||||
| Baron Davenport's Charity |
800 | 800 | |||||||
| The Cole Charitable Trust |
1,000 | 1,000 | |||||||
| The D'Oyly Carte Charitable | Trust | 3,500 | 3,500 | ||||||
| The Edward and Dorothy Cadbury | Trust | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| The Edward Cadbury |
Charitable | Trust | 3,000 | 3,000 | |||||
| The Eveson Trust | 3,000 | 3,000 | |||||||
| The Fidelio Charitable | Trust | 2,500 | 2,500 | ||||||
| The Foyle Foundation | 15,000 | 3,020 | 11,980 | ||||||
| GJW Turner Trust | 2,000 | 2,000 | |||||||
| The Grantham Yorke |
Trust | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| The Grimmitt Trust | 1,500 | 1,500 | |||||||
| The Harold Hyam Wingate |
Foundation | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| The Joseph Hopkins | and Henry | James | 500 | 500 | |||||
| Sayer Charity | |||||||||
| The Leche Trust | 2000 | 2,000 | |||||||
| RA and V BReekie | Trust | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| The Saintbury Trust |
6,000 | 6,000 | |||||||
| The Sheldon Trust | 2,000 | 2,000 | |||||||
| The Steel Charitable | Trust | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Thriplow Charitable Trust |
2,000 | 2,000 | |||||||
| W.E.Dunn Charitable | Trust | 750 | 750 | ||||||
| 35,500 | 96,905 | 106,125 | 26,280 |
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
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| Net income | for the year | (54,144) | 295,003 | ||||
| (as per |
Statement | of | Financial | ||||
| Activities) | |||||||
| Adjustment | for: | ||||||
| Depreciation | 315 | 315 | |||||
| (Increase) | / | decrease | in | debtors | 87,284 | 67,965 | |
| Increase / (decrease) |
in | creditors | 303,485 | (49,086) | |||
| Net cash |
used | in | operating | 336,940 | 314,197 | ||
| activities |