CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 1 March 2023 Period end date Period start dats To * February 2024 Charity name: NEWBURY NOMADS Charity registration number: 299160 Objectives and Activities Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its goveming document Pwa 1.17 To uta th? publlc In tho drantIC and operntic arts and to further the develownent of public appreclallon In the Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit. in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. statement confimiing whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charty Commission on public benefit Parn 1.17 orml Wè Produ an annual concert In the Sprlng and a main musical show annually in October. Very occaslonally. a fro8 concert 1$ glven by request for a lorAI Crity or organisation. Pam 1.18 We consider that arn maotlng our publlc benefft requirements by produclng Ith the con¢•rt and main sh• annualty. Additional Inforniatlon loptlonal) You ma choose to indude further statements where levant about: We do not have a pollcy on grant making. Parn 1.38 Policy on grant makirvJ Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including prc*Jram related investment Para 1.>J Contribution made by volunteers Other
Achievements and Perforniance We put on a Spring concert (Cabaret Night) in March 2023 and a main show in October 2023 (Shrek The Muslcal). Both of thtse productions wére extremety well accepted by our usual audience members {Shrek in particular), and continued to bring our nama before the ggnernl public, as before the pandemic. tt also brought together our members. both existing and nvw, and rekindled thelr InteresL Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity, identifying the drfferen the charity's Vrk has made to the circumStanS of its beneficiaries and any WKler benefrts to society as a vthole. P¥a 120 Addltlonal Inforniatlon loptloftal) You ma choose to indude further statements where relevant abouL" Achi8v8ments against objectives set Pwa 1.41 Perfomance of fundraising activities against obJ'ectNe3 1.41 Investment perfornian against obj'ectives 1.41 Oiher
Financial Review Review of the charrty's financial position at the erKI of th8 period P•a 1.21 The charlty Is In a strong financial position, (wr finances never having bean better. We have enough funding to put on our next two shows Our reserves are available for any activlty of the charity. Our policy is to havo sufficient funding for at least one future main show. £400X.94 NIA Statement explaining the policy for Ilding reserves stating vthy they are held 1.22 Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materialty in defscit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charrty contsnuing as a going ¢on¢ern P¥0 1.22 Pwa 1.2Z Pws124 We arn not In delklL Pw• 1.23 There are no uncertainties about the charity as a golng concwn. Addltlonal Infomiatlon lopllonal) You ma choose to indude further ststemerrts whep relevant about". Our prlnclpAI sources of income are from ticket sales for whatever sh(r•ra we put on. We al80 rocelve grants from local oryanisations and donations. Any fund arising aclivlties provldo Incomo. Alembers and Frfènds pay an annual subscrlption. which also givos rise to somè Glft Ald Income. Our policy is to raise as much Intsra8t as posslble on our funds. The charity's principal sources of funds {induding any furKlraising) Pw• 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Pwa 1.46 If a productlon falls to ralse as much ticket income as anticipated. leading to a substsnlS0110ss. A description of the princapal risks facing the charity p1.4& Other
structure. Governance and Management Description of charitls trusts. Type of govemirvJ document Constitution Pwa 125 How is thè charity onstituted? Parn125 As a society Trustee seleth'on methods including details of any constrtutional provisiijns e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entided to appoint one or more trustees Para 125 Selected by Membèrs. votos at the Annual Genernl Meeling Addltlonal Infom7alion loptlonal) You ma choose to indude further statements where relevant about." We have a Bribery Policy, a Privacy Policy and a Respect Policy. There are Health & Safety rules and a Code of Conduct for Trustoos. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction a1 training of trustees Parn 1.51 The charity's organisational stwcture and any bvider network with which the charity works Pr• 1.51 Relationship with any related parties P•rn 1.51 other Reference and Administrative details Charit name Other name the charit istered cha number Charity's principal address Nthbu Nomads Nomads Musical Theatre 299160 Oak Lodge. sa[ Lane. Curridge, Thatcham, RG18 gDG
Names of the charity trustees who manap tho charity Trustee name Office Irf any) Nom? of pwson (or body) ontltl•d nt trustee rfan Socty Members Socaety Members ar N Rands Chairperson Wice Chairperson Secretary Treasurer A Maskell C Thompson A Parsons Sety Members Souety Members SocAety MemtErs Society Kkmbers Socty Member8 A Neary V de Santos R George L Kerry Assistant SeGretsry 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the Dlrnetor nam• wasa Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity Trust•• nam•
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behaw tp assets are held and h(Av this falls wthin the custodian charity's objects NIA Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the ¢hariWs (wi assets NIA Additional infomialion loptional) Namas and addresses of advls•rs (Optlonal Infomiatlon) Type of Name Addr088 advlser Name of chlef exo¢utlve or names of sonlor staff mambors {Optional informatlon) Exomptlons from dlsclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke rsonnel details Other o tional inforniation
Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the truste85' report above. Signed on bèhalf of thg Ghari Signaturels) Full namels) Posltlon leg Sacretary. Chair. etc) Andrew Edward Parsons Treasu Dato 24° Juty 2024
NEWBURY NOMADS Registered Charity No. 299160 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 29°FEBRUARY.2024 CURRENT ASSETS C&th at Bank 40,021.94 Plus Prepayments for The Addams Family 3.607.1X) 43,628.94 CURRENT LIABILITILS Less Monies Received for Cabaret 70.00 NET ASSETS Represented by Accumulated Fund 43,558.94
NEWBURY NOMADS Registered Charity No. 29)160 INCOME & EXPENDITttRE AccouNf FOR YEAR ENDED 29° FEBRUARY, 2024 tNCOME EXPENDITURE Opening Balance 38,250.10 Members Subscriptions 2.010.(K) Friends Subscriptions 243.(X) Donations loo. Interest 604.13 Gift Aid 597.58 Carol Singing 112.92 Advance Credit for Cabaret 2024 70.(KI Bank Donation 56.50 Ama7nn l8.41 Easy Fund Raising 16.14 Profil on Cabaret Night 2023 1,025.05 Profit on Shrek during year 1,463.93 Prep8yments on T.A.F. Committee Insurance Annual NODA Sub Website Costs Adobe Renewal Email Renewal Sundries IA)ttery Licence ConunissioThs 3,607.00 263.16 190.IX) 158.40 125.02 66.62 55.00 20.(X) 60.62 Closing Balance 40,021.94 44,567.76 44.567.76
NEWBURY NOMADS Registered Charity No. 299160 INCOME & EXPENDITURE AccouNf FOR SHREK THE MUSICAL (2023) COME EXPENDITURE Ticket Sales Good Exchange Aud. Fees/Levies Ptograrnme Profit Sponsorship 34,398.00 9J53.26 2.405.(K) 595.81 5(K).(KJ Corn Exch¢ Royalties Musical Costs Costumes 12,136.40 8,123.42 7,422.88 6,289.91 5,298.29 Fljl 341. 295.40 151.29 63.00 20.IKI 233.87 1,166.(X) Lightin8 Sound Makeup Rehearsals 2,599.40 2.143.68 1,902.60 1.545.00 1.083.14 560.09 456.00 312.39 305.51 40.00 Memorabilia Coffee Morning Sale of Shrek Ears Sundries Vodafone Tes Publicity T-shirts Props Printing Libs Mark¢ting 49,522.63 50,218.71 £696.08
CABARET NIGHT 2023 Ticket 8ales 854. Hire of Hall 275.50 Show Levies 80. Cost of T-shirts 24.00 Bar Profit 276.55 114.(KJ lJ24.55 299.50 Profit 1.025.05 1.324.55 1,324.55
NEWBURY NOMADS TREASURER'S REPORT FOR YEAR TO 29° FEBRUARY, 2024. BALANCE SHEET This shows our closing bank balance of £40,021.94. The Net Asset figure is £43,558.94. GENERAL INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT The OF¢ning Balance of £38250.1 O shows the cash we held on I" March 2023. Next we hav¢ Subscriptions and Donations. all mh on a par with the previous year apart from Members which shows an increase of £750. Interest is allY in¢r¢ased, reflecting rising rates acro&s the Ix)ard. Gift Aid is well up owing to incre&8ed membership and donalion5 via the Good Exchangc. Thanks to Grace for organising the carol singin8 and also to those who took part. Advance Cabaret 2024 income relates to some show levies received. The Bank Donation of £56.60 is from Lloyds Bank because of a slow response to a change of signature authority. Cabaret Night 2023 was a great success and made a profit of £1,025.05 (se¢ separate bre8kdowTr of figures)- many thanks to all who took part and especially to Hannah Maskell for the organisation. Profit on Shrek solely during the year is £1.463.93, being £49,134. less £47,670.07. On the ExndItUre side, prepanents towards The Addams Family amounted to £3,607. Committee tnsurance covers legal costs (if any) relating to Committee m¢mbeTS. We maintain our membership of NOD& by paying ow annual subscriptson. Website Costs, Adobe and Email r¢newal are all standard expenses to rnaintain our systems. Sundries comprise £30 for AGM hall hire and £25 for the auditor's honorarium. The £20 Lottery Licence is payable to the coUlL allowin8 US to raffles. Commissions are the totsl payable throughout the year. &8 we use automated collections of ticket sale4 show levies, subscriptions and sale of al¢olK)l events. The Closing Balance also shows in the Balance SheeL
SHOW AccouKr Ticket Sales amounted to £34.398. with the avrye of a ticket £18.72. This fimding for all other donalions. Newbury Town Council gave £250. We were able to put various fiuMI.raising inconie, suth as programme sales and raffle proceeAJs through our Good Exchange platforni which meant that we doubled up on those itenLS. In all. £9.35326 was received trom The Good Exchange. Gratsful thanks are due to Grace Green for exSe in thisa Audition Fees aDd Levies gave rise to a very weful sum of £2,408. Programme Profit and Raffle Profit brOt in good amounts. Thanks go to Dan?el Jones for his adroitness with the card reader. We are to Servicemathr for their £500 sprShIp of the sbow. Memorabilia sales went very well, as did the rJ)ffee morning. Tbank you to Arll for obtainin8 the Shk EaTS from BATS- they sold like hot cak¢s. Sundries of £20 is the result of the sale of two T-sbirts for the stsge crew. The Vodafone £233.87 relates to swrsbip of Michelle Godfrey and th¢ Tesco £1.166.00 comes from bag filling. Both Items date back to April 2020. On the Expenditure side. the Corn Exchange wa4 as alway4 our largest expense. The core auditorium charge was £6.308. plus box office Commissio various hire charges and commission OD programme sales. VAT is payable on all of thi Royalties were 16% of box officq plus reheaTS81 m&terial& all subject to VAT. Musical Costs- the main item was the £5.500 for the orchestr& Other $ts were the M.D. fee and the reheat5al pianisL Costumes were. of necessity, an ex1Ve itm The charge from Charades was £6,168. The set was al expensive. bein8 £5280 incI1Ve of VAT and trans Lighting w&5 in line with expxct*ions- Incl & (t of a Corn Excbange technician and the charge ftojn our lighting exwL Sound was the ct of radio mic As one would extrt makeup cost more than usual. SOW equipm¢nt and costumes.
We spent £450 on T-thirt& the cost of whiclt w&8 incluleAI in the slK*W levy. SUMMARY The loss of only £696.08 on a pThMItA0ll that cost over £50.0 is rema and a credit to the pr(Kluction team in wticth. plu8 all the last and heipus- has soared an¢ &s it says on the t] makes onc l)roud to be aNomad". If we take kn year's Net Assets of £38250.10 from this year's figure of £43.558.94, we have an Incre of £5.308.84. This is a rise of13.8% ID our overnu ¢x8h a&8ct& putting us in a very strong fiDancia] posAtion going into our next productio The Addams Famity. As I said ab)ve. I'm proud of Newbw Nom&ts and all the cast and volunteers who help 30" Matcty 224.
CHARITY COMMISSION Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Repoit Report lo the truet$1MembtiS ol L W @LLLY Nc)MA.DS lkn a(counts lor ihe year ended Sei out on pages 1, 2,3 t0uthI e¥bE(Sl dmDhdsheQts> Respertl¥e fosponslblH115 01 Iruslees The thatY.$ truslee5 ale responslbk fo( the preparatlon ot the accounts. The charlly's and examlner trustees consider that an audit is not required lor this year under section 144 01 the tharities A(12011 (the Chants"es 1) and that an independent examir¢ation Is needed. li is ry respoAsibdit¥ (o". exarnine ihe a((ounts under se(lknn 145 of the (haFIUes A(1, lo follow the produleS laid down in ihe genefal Diiections given by ihe Charlly Commission (undw se(lion 145{5){bl ol Ihe Charities A(l), and lo slate whethef particular maiters have come lo my altentlon. y examination was CaFrled ou¢ In accoidaftte wlth general Dlrecllons given by the Charity Commi55ion. Arb exarninalion Includes a review ol the pKcounling records kept by the charily and a companson tsl the accounts presenled with those recoids. It also includes con5Kleration ol any unusual Items or dlsclosufes In the a(counis, ènd seeking eXana11(lS from the iruslees conteining any such mallers. The procedures undertaken do not piovide all the eviden ihat would be reouifed in èn audit, and (orwenuy no opinion is given as lo whetheF the accoun15 Pfeswil a 'true and tail, iew a1 Ihe rwl is limiied io i1$e mallews sel oul in Ihe statement below. rtalement dependeni examl•er's slatem•fit In connection wlth ffty examinatlon. no matler has come to my allentson (oihei than thai disdosed bdow.).. (l) which 9tves me reasonable cause to bekn that In, any materlal fespett, the requlfements.. lo keep atsun11Th9 fecofd5 in a¢(DIdan with sectlon 130 of ihe Charities A(l- to prepare accounls w.(h acioid with the accounting recoids and comply Ith ihe actountlng requlrements ol the (harrtles kt have nor beeTr mel,. or (2) to whKh. in my opinion. altentton should be drawn In order to enable a Pfoper undevsianding ol the a(count5 to be reached. "Heose delete the WO in Ihe bketS if Ihey do nol oppfy. S[ed Dale Name IÉ Relevant piolesslonal qualifitaiion(s) body (if èny) RE1IKfD AAf iooaz LAfsiD Addre55