## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **1 April 2020 31 March 2021 From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details ³³ **Charity name** Aldridge Youth Theatre **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 503321 **Charity's principal address** Noddy Park Road **³³** Aldridge Walsall **Postcode WS9 8NQ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||T Cryan|Chair||| ||M Fowler|Secretary|Resigned September 2021|| ||S Ash|Treasurer||| ||B Brittain|Committee Member||| ||N Ellis|Committee Member||| ||D Manning|Committee Member||| ||M Harrision|Committee Member||| ||J Grice|Committee Member||| ||A Grice|Committee Member||| ||C Tregellis|Committee Member||| ||D Wyton|Committee Member||| ||K Young|Committee Member||| ||L Burton|Committee Member||| ||A Fisher|Committee Member||| ||J Backrath|Committee Member||| ||P Williams|Committee Member||| ||D Carter|Committee Member||| ||S Mornington|Committee Member||| ||E Flockhart|Committee Member||| ||T Carr|Committee Member||| ||J Porter|Committee Member||| |||||| |||||| **TAR** 1 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Articles Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by committee Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. **TAR** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** Provide facilities for youth with regard to drama productions/theatre **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The Charity is focussing on how to reach out into the community, whilst continuing to fulfil its primary objective. For example, through the selection of types of performance and facilitating the use of the theatre for Aldridge Cinema, a community cinema and being available for other community activities. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** 3 ## Section D Achievements and performance Very restricted activities due to the impact of COVID19 **Summary of the main achievements of the charity** However, through the efforts of the volunteers, contact continued with the **during the year** members of the various youth groups, through online communications. **TAR** 4 ¹ ## **Section E Financial review** The current reserves fund amounts to £7,000. Further short-term **Brief statement of the** reserves are retained in recognition of risks of unexpected expenditure **charity’s policy on reserves** for the maintenance of the theatre and to finance expenditure in the event of any disruption to income. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** N/a ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. **Section F Other optional information** Over the period of the accounts, as a result of COVID-19, activities at the Theatre have been significantly curtailed. Since March 21 with more opportunities for the children to mix, there have been limited performances and normal business is resuming. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature**|| |---|---| |**Full name**|Sophia Ash| |**Position**|Treasurer| |**Date**|28 January 2022| **TAR** 5 ALDRIDGE YOUTH THEATRE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31STMARCH 2021 SJL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT ALDRIDGE YOUTH THEATRE STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST MARCH 2021 2021 20 FIXED AS ATWR N DOWN VALUE Le85ehold Propety and Building Stage Equipment Fixtures Fittings & Equipment 905¢X 507 1316 507 1316 92329 92329 RR ASSET Cash at Bank Cash in Hand 64815 20 47142 20 64835 47162 RRENT L ILtriE Reserve Fund 7000 NT 57835 40162 £150.164 £132,491 REP NTED Balance Brought Forward Excess of Income Over (Exwnditure) 132491 17673 120357 12134 £150.164 £132,491 AUDITORS REPORT I hav• •xamlnod th• books and rncord• of th• Th•atr• and r•celved •all•l￿tOry •xpl•natlons to both Incom• and Expendtture. and In p•rticularf th• consklernblo Increase In th• Heatlng and Lightlng Costs, and I can Confi￿ that the Income and Expendltur• Account r•prgsents a trn• and corfoct vl•w of Trndlng and of Its Ex¢o88 of Income over IExp•nditure) for th• Year Ended 31st Alarch 2021, andl the Ststem•nt of A•vts and LlabllltiN arn In a¢¢ordance thorowlth. SMJL FAIFIPA 1st December 2021 ALDRIDGE YOUTH THEATRE Income and Ex nditure Account Year Ended 31st March 2021 2021 2020 INCOME Plays and Productions Letb'ngs Members Subscriptkn8 Donations Car Parking Excess Charges Mi$¢ellaneous Income 19552 6740 9309 4995 6116 90 100 22666 832 27442 46802 DEDUCT EXPENDITURE Productions. Costs Royatties, etc Lighting. Sound & Maintenance Cleaning Water. Sewarage & Surfac8 Clear8nc* Heating & Li9hling Telephone Workshop & Youth Worker Wages Fire Extinguisher Maintenance Sngurance Cover Cleaning Materials Council Tax Rates Repairs and Buihjing Maintenance Theatre Licences Ilncluding DBS) Special Events for Members RLbbbish Removal Gardener Office Supplies. StatK)nery & Posts988 Non Recurring Costs 3737 637 754 2990 9006 531 6589 300 1945 221 2039 1811 216 1987 154 5685 2393 220 503 510 491 9769 CE ME OVER EXPENDITURE FOR YEAR ENDED 31 £17.673 £12.134 H 2021 ALDRIDGE YOUTH THEATRE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31STMARCH 2021 SJL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT ALDRIDGE YOUTH THEATRE STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST MARCH 2021 2021 20 FIXED AS ATWR N DOWN VALUE Le85ehold Propety and Building Stage Equipment Fixtures Fittings & Equipment 905¢X 507 1316 507 1316 92329 92329 RR ASSET Cash at Bank Cash in Hand 64815 20 47142 20 64835 47162 RRENT L ILtriE Reserve Fund 7000 NT 57835 40162 £150.164 £132,491 REP NTED Balance Brought Forward Excess of Income Over (Exwnditure) 132491 17673 120357 12134 £150.164 £132,491 AUDITORS REPORT I hav• •xamlnod th• books and rncord• of th• Th•atr• and r•celved •all•l￿tOry •xpl•natlons to both Incom• and Expendtture. and In p•rticularf th• consklernblo Increase In th• Heatlng and Lightlng Costs, and I can Confi￿ that the Income and Expendltur• Account r•prgsents a trn• and corfoct vl•w of Trndlng and of Its Ex¢o88 of Income over IExp•nditure) for th• Year Ended 31st Alarch 2021, andl the Ststem•nt of A•vts and LlabllltiN arn In a¢¢ordance thorowlth. SMJL FAIFIPA 1st December 2021 ALDRIDGE YOUTH THEATRE Income and Ex nditure Account Year Ended 31st March 2021 2021 2020 INCOME Plays and Productions Letb'ngs Members Subscriptkn8 Donations Car Parking Excess Charges Mi$¢ellaneous Income 19552 6740 9309 4995 6116 90 100 22666 832 27442 46802 DEDUCT EXPENDITURE Productions. Costs Royatties, etc Lighting. Sound & Maintenance Cleaning Water. Sewarage & Surfac8 Clear8nc* Heating & Li9hling Telephone Workshop & Youth Worker Wages Fire Extinguisher Maintenance Sngurance Cover Cleaning Materials Council Tax Rates Repairs and Buihjing Maintenance Theatre Licences Ilncluding DBS) Special Events for Members RLbbbish Removal Gardener Office Supplies. StatK)nery & Posts988 Non Recurring Costs 3737 637 754 2990 9006 531 6589 300 1945 221 2039 1811 216 1987 154 5685 2393 220 503 510 491 9769 CE ME OVER EXPENDITURE FOR YEAR ENDED 31 £17.673 £12.134 H 2021