Chairman’s Report
Following the lockdowns we finally restarted in September 2021 with audience groups separated by at least one sea from the next group and a request that masks be worn by all attendees. I am sorry to report that this request was not always followed.
In the 2019 to 2020 season we performed 3 plays successfully before the shutdown. The play Dead Certain had just had its first night when we were told to close. The rest of the play week a small team undertook to inform patrons of the cancellation of the lay and arranged refunds.
During the lockdowns Steve Smith and Myself kept calling in the theatre to make sure everything was OK and the committee continued to meet via Zoom conferencing software. Most of our ongoing accounts being dealt with by direct debit.
We finally restarted with a full programme in September 2021. We reopened where we left off with Dead Certain, allowing us to claim a record for the longest run of a play in this theatre. The committee decided to offer, for one year, membership at a reduced rate of £20 for over 60’s and £22 for under 60’s. We found that we had about 90 members who did not renew their membership for various reasons.
At the last AGM I announced plans to replace the dressing room toilets. Before lockdown and after Alan Reidsma and Don Hines worked on replacing the toilets and creating two small store rooms out of the original dressing room toilet areas. They also redecorated the dressing rooms and Alan laid new flooring in the corridors making the dressing rooms look much more modern. The cost was about half of the quote we had and I think the workmanship is higher than we could expect from a contractor.
The heating which had been running to keep the theatre dry during the lockdown broke down during the dress rehearsal for Dead Certain. I contacted Martin Howard who had done quite a bit of plumbing for us and he gave me a quote and delivery date for replacing the boiler with two newer design ones. Completion unfortunately would not be till after the November play so for the November play we used a selection of oil filled radiators to heat the theatre as best we could. Although they were only able to take the chill off the theatre they cost over £400 per month for electricity.
The last three plays and two outside lets went smoothly, with no issues.
Just before the first lockdown new electric bar shutters were installed but not able to be used until September 2021, they are much easier than the old heavy wooden ones.
ALTRINCHAM LITTLE THEATRE
| 2021 138034 10380 1845 3460 780 6270 2056 |
2021 78 1240 835 32354 |
Fixed Assets Property as at 31st May 2022 Stage Properties as at 1st June 2021 Additions at cost Less Depreciation Lighting Equipment as at 1st June 2021 Less Depreciation Sound Equipment as at 1st June 2021 Less Depreciation Bar Equipment as at 1st June 2021 Less Depreciation Fixtures Fittings and Refurbishments as at 1st June 2021 Less Depreciation Boiler at cost Less Depreciation Defibrillator as at 1st June 2021 Less depreciation Current Assets Stocks Stationery Bar Coffee Raffle Prizes Prints and History Books Prepayments Balance at Bank Deposit Account Balance at Bank Current Account Cash in Hand Bar Float Sundry Debtors Vicki Lane Investment Current Liabilities Sundry Creditors Represented by Designated Funds Ben Fursland Vicki Lane Defibrillator Fund Restricted Fund Income and Expenditure Account Balance Brought Forward Surplus for the year Balance Sheet as at 31st May 2022 |
2022 10380 1533 |
2022 138034 7914 1158 2374 559 3030 7403 1542 |
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| 11913 3999 |
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| 1845 687 |
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| 3460 1086 |
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| 780 221 |
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| 6270 3240 |
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| 8226 823 |
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| 2056 514 |
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| 162825 50 457 0 0 198 672 59425 3975 481 210 25 1765 |
50 989 34 70 198 2962 46240 2932 1080 210 55 1765 |
162014 56585 |
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| 230083 31 |
110 78 1240 835 32354 |
218599 110 |
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| 230052 | 218489 | |||
| 34507 195545 |
34507 183982 |
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| 210680 -15135 |
195545 -11563 |
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| 230052 | 218489 |
ALTRINCHAM LITTLE THEATRE
Income and Expenditure Account
| For the Year Ending 31st May 2022 2021 2021 11126 Donations -30 Members Income -160 Profit on 300 Club -13 Profit on Bar 0 Profit on Coffee Sales 0 Ticket Sales 950 Room Hire 250 Income from Programmes 0 Profit on Raffles 0 Profit on Wardrobe 59 Bank Interest Received 96 Miscellaneous Income 12278 Less Expenditure 362 Production costs 1259 Postage Stationery and Software 874 Repairs 7141 Insurances 3173 Heat and Light 1261 Rates and Water 255 Waste Management 2436 Copier Rent and Servicing 105 Drama Federation Expenditure 0 Cleaning 1429 Telephone and Internet 3435 Sundry Purchases and Expenses 0 Revaluation Reduction of Assets 27413 5683 Depreciation #### Net Loss for the Year |
2022 3866 1654 1299 7740 5085 1070 1110 2180 156 758 1874 4465 2886 7684 |
2022 4513 7112 920 3686 428 7846 4135 269 70 405 0 880 |
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| 30264 41827 |
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Exarniner's Report Report to the irustee membors of ALTRINCHAM LIThLE THEATRE On accounts for the year ended Charity no 15f any) 517914 Sot out on pa9OS 1&2 Iieral2in'.)er io::1c!fJkne the pJge ndnitsefs gf 8dd%.'01131 Siiefrl4', I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe T) for th8 year ended . Responslbllltlos and basls of report As the dwitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in acCdanC with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('ts A(X) I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out urKler section 145 of the 2011 Act and in ¢arying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission urKler section 14515)Ib) of the Act. Independent rrhe chariV$ gross income exceeded £250.000 and l am qualified to examinerfs statement undertake the examinab'on by IIng a qualified member of [insert name of applica listed body]]. D818te [ ] rfnot applicabl8. I have completed my examination. l nfM that no material matters have come to my attention in conne¢lion wiul the examinats'on (other than that dis¢losed Ixlow") whi¢h gives me cause to believe that in, any material the accountiTrJ records were not kerrt in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord wlth the accountlng records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requiremerrts ConMIng the form and content of accounts set out in the Chariti88 (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter consthred as part of an independent examination. I have ¢orKeffts and have cotne a(¥oss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention shoukl be drawn in thls report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: 2E. Namo: 4 J Rel8vant professional qualificatlon{s) or body IER Oct 2018
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