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ANNUAL REPORT

1 SEP 2024 - 31 AUG 2025

Pan Intercultural Arts Limited (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Trustees’ Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 Company Number 02051893 Charity Number 295324

Legal & Administrative Information

Trustees

H Wengard (appointed 10 March 2025) M Hargreaves (appointed 10 March 2025) H Soyal (appointed 10 March 2025) M P Brazier A Wan Hu Wagner L P Goldby A Bray S Froment A Haron T Mukiwa H Fokerd O Fashola B St Louis Dr S Schutt (resigned 24 November 2025) T J Moloney (resigned 25 February 2024)

Secretary

J C Martin

Charity Number

295324

Company Number Registered Office

02051893

Ground Floor Wing , Camelford House Albert Embarkment London England SE1 7TP

Independent Examiner

Price Bailey LLP Causeway House 1 Dane Street Bishop’s Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BT

Bankers

CAF Bank Limited 24 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

Contents

	Page
Trustees’ Report	1 - 14
Independent Examiner’s Report	16
Statement of financial activities	17
Balance Sheet	18
Notes to the financial statements	19-32

Artistic Director’s Foreword

At Pan, we do what we do with the hope that our participants can lead fulfilling lives, free of fear and limitations, finding new paths, careers, and moving beyond the trauma and problems they have experienced.

Our projects with marginalised and vulnerable communities are, of course, tough and serious work. Our participants are refugees and asylum seekers, survivors of human trafficking and young people without a voice or at risk of the effects of crime. All face huge challenges in this increasingly difficult world.

Sadly, divisiveness in politics and society risks making life even more difficult for our participants. We have decided to meet this increased need in whatever way we can and we have spent the year making sure our work is a strong base for future development.

This year we reached more participants than ever before — delivering more workshops than there are days in the year. We launched two new projects: one supporting male survivors of trafficking, and another expanding our work with female survivors. We also kickstarted our new training programme, Emerge, which gives 12 past participants the chance to become facilitators themselves — gaining vital skills and confidence as budding artists.

We’ve also invested in sharing our story — developing a new website, brand, and social media strategy to raise awareness of why our work matters and celebrating the wonderful success stories of so many of our participants who have gone on to do brilliant things.

During Refugee Week, we launched Bread & Bond, a growing network of over 30 charities using art, baking, gardening and sport to help refugees feel more integrated in their new country. Together we are building an ecosystem of support while shining a light on the need for greater government action.

Like many charities, fundraising remains tough, but we are adapting. This year we raised over £15,000 through fundraising events. We also launched our giving circle — Forty for 40 — encouraging 40 supporters to give £1,000 annually in commemoration of our 40th birthday in September 2026. The challenges continue and we are all too aware of the fragility of the landscape but we continue to work tirelessly for the consistency we offer our participants.

I am often reminded of the transformational impact our work has on the participants. In our first Amal (male survivors) session after summer we had two new participants who attended, unsure of what to expect. At the end of the session one said to us "It was like a miracle. I didn't want to get out of bed but I came. It took me out of where I was. It really lifted me" and the other responded with "It was amazing. It made me feel so much better. I want to fly".

We do this work because it works, and helps.

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John Martin,
Artistic Director
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Trustee’s Annual Report

Trustees

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the period ended 31 August 2025.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)".�

Structure, Governance and Management

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Pan Intercultural Arts Limited is dedicated to the presentation and exploration of interculturalism through the arts and to the role these can play in enriching the understanding of the diverse cultures now living side by side in contemporary urban society. There was no change to these aims in the year.

The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the period and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

O O Fashola H M Fokerd T Mukiwa T J Moloney (resigned 25 Feb 2024) S A Schutt B St Louis A Haron L P Goldby S Froment A Bray A W Hu Wagner M L Pierreux

M Hargreaves (Appointed 10 March 2025) H Wengard (Appointed 10 March 2025) H Soyal (Appointed 10 March 2025)

Recruitment and Appointment of New Trustees

The trustees regularly review the structure, size and composition of the board, with the object of having a membership of varied experience that is able to offer help and advice. We also hold an annual Board Strategy Day to review this and overall strategy.

None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.

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ACHIEVEMENTS & OBJECTIVES FIRE

Trustees Report Impact Overview

Our Impact: The year in numbers

In the year September 2024 to August 2025 we achieved...

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374 615
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
SESSIONS SUPPORTED
11
8,488
PARTICIPANT ANNUAL
HOURS PROJECTS
52 3,677
AUDIENCE
PERFORMANCES
MEMBERS
& EVENTS
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Trustees Report Impact Overview

Our Impact: Combined evidence from all our projects.

Participant Participant Participant Age Ethnicity Gender

Black White South Asian Middle Eastern South East/East Asian Mixed South/Central American

Male Female

Other

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Under 18 Over 18
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Staff Ethnicity

Monitoring Participant Growth

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Black White South Asian
Baseline Assessment Assessment 2 Assessment 3
Middle Eastern South East/East Asian 7
Mixed South/Central American
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Increased Confidence Increased Communication/Expression Increased Engagement in Creative Activities
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70% of our artists are past participants

All participants saw an increase in confidence, communication and engagement in creative activities.

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Trustees Report Objectives & Activities: Refugee Arts

T found the joy that friendship and creativi ... ty can bring

Our Refugee Arts programme has engaged with young people from many different backgrounds in a range of venues, helping them take the vital first steps into their new lives and enabling them to follow their aspirations.

‘T’ joined midway through the year and appeared contained and confident, even aloof. In her first session we were using emoji masks which had been enjoyed by everyone. She was hesitant and said “It’s ” boring ~~.~~ However as she made friends with the other girls, who enjoyed drama sessions, she seemed to like them more.

Total Sessions: 84 Events & Performances: 9 Total Participants: 79 Participant Hours: 1839

She progressed quickly, enjoying strong roles as characters, such as teachers and bosses, and by the end of the year was the conversation leader in her group when preparing a scene. A strong smile always erupted after scenes and improvisations ~~.~~ In the evaluation she headed straight for the “Fantastic” area, to describe her feelings for ~~t~~ he drama sessions ~~.~~

Fortune - A drama project for ages 18 - 25. Participants found new strength in sharing elements of their own cultures with each other. Working with a PhotoVoice project, gave them a new way of revealing inner thoughts and feelings to an invited audience by taking photos of their realities and narrating them.

Future - A drama project for under 18s.

Many of these younger participants have never been in a school situation and they find it difficult. We discovered that playful masks, some made of enlarged emojis, gave them a release to be playful.

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Trustees Report Objectives & Activities: Pathways through Arts

Those who are not well served by education or those who find that they don’t have an easy voice in society find new pathways in these projects. The arts encourage the ability to imagine alternatives to negative narratives, a place to express their issues and move onto positive pathways.

Total Sessions: 94

Events & Performances: 4 Total Participants: 110 Participant Hours: 947 Audience Numbers: 118

WoC Theatre Group - Creating scenes from life situations to reflect on alternatives

Working on how people use language to express or mask their feelings they brought ‘The Mist Under The Standing’ to Brixton House, a performance challenging us to examine our own words.

D found her voice at Pan ...

D’ joined us through our Weapon of Choice work in a PRU school and then progressed onto our WoC Theatre Project ~~.~~ She used the project as a platform to explore deeply personal themes around body image, self ~~-~~ acceptance, and identity ~~.~~ Through poetry and performance, she courageously articulated her experiences with scars and how they affect her self ~~-~~ perception, using her words to challenge societal norms and expectations around appearance ~~.~~

D expressed a strong desire to inspire others, stating, “I want people like me to know that it’s OK the way you look ~~.~~ ” Her journey reflects the project’s success in providing a safe and supportive space for authentic self ~~-~~ expression, empowerment, and the development of confidence ~~.~~

WoC Residencies - working in alternative provision academies

Participants expressed that sessions gave them a safe and enjoyable space to be creative, build confidence, and connect with others. Many reported attending school only to attend our workshops.

WoC Expansion - providing creative opportunities in deprived areas

The sessions are preparing participants for employability through active confidence raising.

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Trustees Report Objectives & Activities: Survivors of Trafficking

Our work with female survivors of trafficking expanded to meet the extra need. This was the first year of our groundbreaking project for male survivors of trafficking.

Total Sessions: 164 Events & Performances: 14 Total Participants: 104 Participant Hours: 3,712 Audience Numbers: 1,806

Amies London - Drama and storytelling

Three Amies members have increased in confidence so much this year that they have signed up for our ‘Emerge’ Training of Trainers scheme.

Amies Freedom Choir - For those who have rarely, if ever, sung together

Several participants described the choir as “medicine” or “therapy,” noting how it helped with trauma, depression, or anxiety. One participant referred to it as being more effective than the GP in supporting her mental health.

Amies Graduate Choir - an ‘overflow group’ for those not wanting to sing publicly

A new group to meet the increased need for the work, understanding that some participants need more than a year to fully benefit from the positive effects.

Amies Alumnae Choir - Creating new songs and preparing to perform them in public

Southwark Cathedral put the choir centre stage for their Modern Slavery Awareness days for hundreds of people to enjoy. They also composed a new song this year ‘Deep Breath’. You can hear the choirs recordings here:

Amal - our new project for Male Survivors

We found the needs of the participants to be very different from female survivors. They are more withdrawn and anxious and less likely to bond with each other in friendship groups. Working through art, song and drama we see real, if slow, positive change.

Although the groups are fluid, as men are moved around the country by the authorities, many stayed and were beginning to create rhythms, songs and image-based scenes about their lives, their hopes and their dreams.

The Metropolitan Police anti-trafficking unit have highly praised the project for helping their clients and staff report that they see the effects of or sessions long after we have left, especially in their socialising together.

Some changes are small but . . mighty.

J is a big man from Afghanistan ~~.~~ He shuffled into the room about halfway through the year ~~.~~ His body showed signs of stiffness, unable to move easily, even to raise his arms or turn his neck. His face seemed similarly ‘frozen’, his eyes un ~~-~~ engaged ~~.~~ He had almost no language to communicate.

J’s progress was by micro ~~-~~ stages ~~.~~ There was no great leap forward ~~.~~ We noticed the tiny changes, each one impressive in itself ~~.~~ J did not progress to full confidence, full communication or easy creativity but the progress from his initial state was remarkable ~~.~~ The first time he smiled and said ‘hello’ was unforgettable. The first time he raised his arms above his shoulders was a breakthrough.

Sometimes it is the small steps and the slow progress which are the success ~~.~~

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Trustees Report Objectives & Activities: International Work

These projects are by invitation from the host country or international organisations.

VIETNAM

KENYA

Another former trainee with Pan, Sami Gathii, contacted us. He runs an organisation Youth Arts, Development and Entrepreneurship Network (YADEN East Africa) and says “There is always Pan's signature in my work.”

After our intensive Forum Theatre training in Ho Chi Minh City last year the work has cascaded across the south of the country with workshops and performances in schools and universities. But the most unexpected impact has been seen within the Catholic Church in Saigon. One trainee is in charge of training novice nuns and has used Forum Theatre to role play situations of sexual abuse they might face, and how to de al with it ~~.~~

PAKISTAN

Wagma Feroz, a trainee from over a decade ago, invited us to run a Zoom presentation for her new Shezey project looking at gender issues through theatre in the Peshawar area.

“The course brought significant positive impacts, helping participants transform their thoughts, emotions, and actions regarding the topic of "’ ~~- .~~ "Listening to the Body Protecting Oneself Sister Nguyen

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Trustees Report Objectives & Activities: Pan & the Public

Pan’s work is not primarily public facing as our participants are vulnerable and our projects work on the processes of growth rather than putting them in the spotlight, which can bring other pressures and anxieties. But when participants are ready we are able to share their work with friends, carers, youth workers and the public and have reached over 3,500 this year including these performances & sharings:

THE AMIES CHOIRS twice at Southwark Cathedral, International Women’s Day. WOC THEATRE GROUP at Brixton House & New Diorama Theatre.
THE FORTUNE GROUP at the Old Diorama Arts Centre.
THE FUTURE GROUP at Croydon College Studio Theatre.

Presentations about Pan’s work have also been given to university audiences at Goldsmiths’ College, SOAS and King’s College London and three of our staff co-authored a blog for KCL discussing dominant anti-immigration narratives and what can be done to improve integration and belonging.

External communications have focused on a new website design and rebrand, and recruiting a new Social Media Officer who has improved our socials to raise Pan's profile. We have increased our overall followers by 50% with a 100% increase in Instagram followers. We reached over 100,000 people via Instagram alone this year and 50,000 via Facebook. Our highest engaged post on Linked had 64.81% of engagement with our followers. Over 550 people subscribe to our newsletter with a CTR of over 50%.

“Togetherness and love binds us together. Minds relaxing give us peace and feel at home ~~.~~ When we dance and sing we feel free.”

Amies Participant

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Trustees Report Objectives & Activities: Partnerships

Partnerships remain a key way for us to develop our work and reach new communities. We finished the second year of our three year partnership with Cemex in the Bradby Youth Club in Rugby which has led to one young person volunteering at the sessions thanks to her passion for the work. We were invited by Care for Calais to run a workshop for Syrian men in one of the many hotel accommodations in London. It was a joyous event and great to see how, even with just a few hours, our work can impact so many.

Work in education settings continued with strong and supportive sessions in school time at Ormiston Beachcroft Alternative Provision Academy and the ESOL department in Croydon College. We were incredibly proud that our work in Beachcroft won the Scottish Power Foundation Education Award.

Fortune project partnered with PHD Student studying refugee health & psychology Zara Asif through a PhotoVoice project.

We have also partnered with Company Stomping Pictures who have captured and edited several films showing our work which will be used on socials and our new website.

Integration Exploration

Extending the idea of our annual Pan Talks event to reach out to greater circles of people, we took the opportunity to call a sector wide meeting during Refugee Week. This morning networking session, called ‘Bread & Bond’, started with a great breakfast for 30 people but then addressed how we could better work together to overcome obstacles to integration experienced by so many of our participants. The voices of those with lived experience was particularly useful.

“It was a great morning and so wonderful to be given the opportunity to connect with depth, ” ~~.~~ nuance and purpose Aex, Kazzum Arts CEO and Bread & Bond member

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Trustees Report Looking to the Future...

40 years of arts for social change

It is incredible that we are entering our 40th year. In September we marked this milestone with a fundraising cycle ride from London to Brighton. We had 40 people cycling and backing them up. It was a great day, but with many obstacles of punctures and storms, finishing cold and gale-battered, but really happy we had made it, and (almost) everyone keen for another one in the future.

That is a bit like Pan’s history. We have been resilient and resourceful for decades, weathering storms (mostly financial ones) but surviving and pushing forward.

And on this wonderful journey we have impacted so many people along the way. In some cases by seeding new ideas for them to grow into their own projects in the UK and across the world. In other cases we really have changed lives. People have come back to us and told us that being with Pan got them off the streets, out of difficult situations, into new careers, able to solve social and personal problems through the spark which we gave them to see things more clearly. Refugees in the UK, slum dwellers in India, war survivors in Sri Lanka, natural disaster survivors in Myanmar, kids tempted by gangs in Ipswich, young people excluded from schools in London, victims of torture, survivors of trafficking; these are just some of the hundreds of thousands of people we have impacted in this journey.

Building plans, bridging communities...

Over the coming year our impact will have a different dimension:

In November 2025 we moved into a new centre for Pan. This is the first time that most of our projects will happen under one roof and where participants from different projects can meet, interact and feel they have a safe space together in an increasingly hostile world.

This will not only have an effect on them but there will be impact for many more people.

Over the coming years we shall have the space to substantially increase the number of projects we run and the number of participants who can benefit from our presence there. Our aim is to double them. We shall also have space for community projects, exhibitions, small performances, talks, concerts and conferences. It will be a very exciting time.

Our projects don’t just help our participants, it impacts on society at large by allowing people to find pathways to productive lives, away from isolation, anxiety and extremist thought and to help society see that cooperation is always better than division.

Like many in the charity sector, much as we love our work, we wish we didn’t have to do it, we wish the problems that lead to trauma did not exist, we wish the need was not there. But the need is there, and while it is there we at Pan will continue to answer it. The journey goes on.

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Trustees Report

“Now I think differently about British people ~~.~~ When I arrived here I thought they would say to me ‘you can't speak English’ and ‘go back to your country’ but they didn't ~~.~~ I made new friends ~~.~~ When you come to a country you don't know, you want to go back to ” ~~.~~ your own country. When I arrived at Pan, I found my place

Fortune Participant

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Trustees Report Financial Review

The financial year is now in line with our project timetable running from 1 September 2024 - 31 August 2025. Total income was £468,806 (2024: £668,866) and total expenditure was £449,105 (2024: £639,691) giving a small surplus of £19,701 (2024: £29,175).

Fundraising is the core method of financing both core and project needs. The organisation received grants from a number of statutory bodies, trusts and foundations and other sources and these funds, together with reserves brought forward from the previous financial year, were used to fulfil its objectives.

The charity was able to manage and undertake its planned tasks effectively and in a timely manner. All the grants received were applied in accordance with the terms and conditions stipulated within each funding agreement and, where appropriate, some funds have been carried forward to the year 2025/ 26 representing funding for projects not completed.

The financial position of the charity is as disclosed in the Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025.

Reserves policy

The trustees have reviewed the reserves policy, with a view of achieving financial resilience and have established the following objectives:

To establish a Strategic Development fund, to support Pan's mission and strategic objectives outlined in its business plan. In particular Pan has earmarked funds in the coming year support the transition to a new permanent centre for all of Pan's activities.
To establish a General Fund reserve to maintain financial resilience on an on-going basis in the event of a shortfall in income or unexpected operating expenditure.

The trustees aim is to maintain Pan's Unrestricted Funds reserves, at a level that will allow Pan to weather fluctuations in the level of operational activity and income. This is deemed to be in the range of £75,000 to £125,000, equivalent to approximately 3 to 6 months operating expenditure in the event of a wind-up of the charity's operations.

Additionally, the trustees will seek to designate funds within the Unrestricted Funds reserves to a minimum of £80,000 to support Strategic Development objectives.

The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

Risk Management

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW /,[<,IrA -15-

Independent Examiner’s Report for the period ended 31 August 2025 FINANCIAL REVIEW

2 March 2026

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Statement of Financial Activities incorporating Income & Expenditure Account for the period ended 31 August 2025

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Balance Sheet

for the period ended 31 August 2025

Wednesday 25 February 2026

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the period ended 31 August 2025

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