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Echo Echo marked the tenth annNersary of movlng Into its beautlful home studios In Waierloo House durSng
8pnfYJ 2023 h)wever the 2023124 flnancLql year remained challervJlng for many arts organi8ation8 In Northern
Ireland.
Grant incorn• w89 down on previou8 yèarn and Marty all cor• and projeGt Gosts conllnued to Increase. Total
earned income wa6 mdntalned at around simllar lovol to prevlous ￿ar acro88 a range of dbfferont servkps
prOvkI￿1. Echo Echo r84ngao8d wtth tts eoro audlgnces And workad tDwarda mbuilding its different
programm6s ol production, porformance dnd partldpation after the challewes of the lockdown years ar￿ the
ongolng CO￿ of li￿n9 crisls
siarKlsOII grant Income 01 £112k was 88cured through the ACNI Annual FurKling Programme atKI a welcome
add111onal award of £18k was PTOVKled at end of Ilnawal year vla the ACNI AFP uplfft schgma. Conttnued
Gore fundlng Irom Derry Clty arsd Slrabane Dlstrlct Councll was a vltal support. A 8ingl&-y8ar core grant of
£20k trom the Qwffield Weston Foyn¢aiion helped tQ 6afeguar(I Ihe Gornpany durlng ihls perfod of rapdty
kncreaslw costs.
EC￿ Echo F8Stlval secured Increag8d grant fundlng from th&1ri8h governmenl Co-operation wllh Northom
IrolarKI Fundina Schéme {£14k) towards the sewnd gditlon of It6 Tradttlon arK1 BehDnd programm8 of dan¢e,
movemern and muslc events Inspired by the Irlsh Tradltlon. Th1$ programme was a partnership betbveen
Echo Echo, Cullurlann Ul Chanain (Derry), Unlver6lly of Llmerl¢k, Siamsa Tlr8 (K&rry) and Leitrim Dance
Project. Thls Is the slxlh tlme Echo Echo Fesllval has been 8UFWrt•d by th18 cr0884x>rd¢r Scheme and ihg
largest grant award recelved Irom the fund to dale.
Major Echo Echo Fe8tfvol commlgslon Irorn 2021 . Amid the Noise and the Ha8te by Colln Norrby and Echo
Echo . was award6d tho prlzg for 898t Orlalnal Soundtrack at the pre8￿9[0V6 Llght Movfr8 Film F0811val 2023.
Colln ha8 been commis81oned to creaie a new score for the Echo Echo - PETEC (Romanlal Intemaiional
COwprodixt5on in 2024.
Echo Echo Ensembl8 - Ayesha Mailey, Kelly Qulgley, Zoe Ramsey and TDnya Shelna - 3Jong wlth TechnlcAI
Manager Barry Davls produced two orfglnal ¥wrks wllh sm811 txxlgets 8UPPOrted prlncSpally by voluntary time,
Ix)x off Ice Income as well a8 Small grant contrlbutlons from Dery Strabana Counctl and the Enkak)n
Foundallon - The Expgrfmenl In October 2023 and Winterf8 Dream In Dec8mber 2023. Both prt)duclions
were well atterKJed and 8xlr8meiy well rec8iV8d by audl8nc88. Sourcing funding for new work continues lo be
a malor challenge ft>r Ihe company with only one research and developmant grant and no produclion grant8
In the last ten year8 oespiie 8￿8n81Ve effort8.
Other perk>rmance projects durlng 2023124 Includgd:
Echo Echc Trlple Blll le￿urIng The World {Inlo which I was born) by St￿6 Batts, Swing Llghlly by Tonya
Shelna and Zoe Ramsey arKI Move It by Zoe Ramsey & Echo Echo Ensemble
Steve Batts perforrnlng 8010 work at Dancer Irom tha Dance Fe8llval of Irlsh Choreographyi Dublln
A BOX - partoman¢es ol thls ortglnal work by Zoe Ramsey arKI Torya Sheina ai Ro8 Valley Arts aNI
Echo Echo Studios In summer 2023
Show n Tale Sesslon8 was a new inleracttve stowelllng perfomiance project by Gernma Walker.Farren
(MakeyUpper5) and Tonya Shelna (Echo Echol
Wall Dancos - a new outdoor video In8tallallon for Cullure Night 2023 by Barry Davls arKI EC1￿ Echo
Ensemble
GHOSTS - by G8mrna Walker-Farren & Etho E¢hD - toured In Ireland as part of the First Fortnight
Festfval In January 2024
Four & Fioriture presented in February 2024 are two new work8 for dancers and irnmersive audlo.
created collaboratively by Peter (YDoherty with Echo Echo Ensemble arKI Steve Batts

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Echo Echo contlnued to work In partnershlp with a broad vadety of artlstlc partner8 Includlng maj'or outdoor
performances LUXE, lestivals includlng Nl Mental Health Arts F88tival, Dancer from the Dance F8StivaJ
(Dublln) and First Fortnight, and muslc partners Including Celtfonic. Northern LwJhts Projéct and Music Capltal
vtho pr8s•nt4d #omo gpdlbindlng eoncorte At Echo Eeho Studiog.
Echo Echo Gallery supported the vrt)rk of over So artlsls In 20fJR4 under tha r)Jratorshlp of Slnéad Smyth,
Includlw Blow In - a 8010 exhlbklon by Flona Ralney. The Edges of This Place by Sinéad Srn￿h', D8rry Prtnt
Workshop artist8 Paul Ba￿1$6, Cara DorHghy and Stephanio Gaumond; a￿1 the 88cond A5 Wlnter
Internafjonal exhlolilon. New ¢ro&s-bor(ler and cross-artfonn partnershlps Wlth vl$ud arts organlsallong and
artlsls were created Indudlng collaboratlons wllh Prtlnk. Inlshowen Artlsts. Retreat, Donegal Visual Arts
Nelwork arKI North West Regional College throughout the year. Barry Davls, Niglrt Llghts m4or outdoor Iloht
knstallaiion at waterk￿ Street for DCSDC continued throughoul Ihe year,
Echo Echo Sbjdlos hSre incom• was a valuable 80urce of unrestricted Income arKI th• Studlo8 rela1￿d hlre
raias at very reasonable levels and ensured a hlgh level of sefNlc8 to all hirers. Feedback from a very broad
rang6 of arta and ¢ommunhy hirer8 ha• bo•n unanlmou81y positlvo.
Tho company 8UPPQrt•d a wklo ranao of artists ￿r0e1 dlffgrenl artforms wllh free and lo￿1 8pace*
equlpmenl and lechnScal SUFf)Ort through ils Re81dency Programme and ABSC￿1&19 Artlst Programme -
8tronglhenlng art181 nelwork? and partnersh￿5 and Contrlbullng io local cultural dgvglopmeni.
The Assocl8te Artlst programme has grown to fouf a8Baclatss - Slnéad Smyth, Gemma Walker-Farren. Karen
Torfoy and Laune Schneld8r - each worklng wlth tha company in diffèmnt ways, doveloping thelr own wactlce
and collatsoratlng wlth the company on specff Ic projects.
EEDTC ¢ontinued lo demon8trate Its commttrnent to acce8slblllly by eNJaglng wlth the DCSDC kGe86 arKI
Inclusion Pfojeet where opportunltles arose durlw 2023124 - Includlrwd ISUBSL Iralnlng, Deaf Awareness
Tralnlng and Disability Awarene88 Tralnlro for staff and ensemble artists. Further to an Independent access
audtt, fijrthar acc888 Improvements were made to Echo Eckwj Studios. Three new Soclal Narrative accessltA8
vldeo8 wre pr(xluced for tho venue and aro hosted on the company websh8 . thanks to Councll and lo t
Unfverslty of Atyplcal for thelr Support th680.
EEDTC cornme￿0 a SI￿h Body Wlsdom In the Comrnuntty programme facllltated by Echo Echo Ensemt4e
athts alorw wlth muslclans Mark O'Doherty and Amanda Ko8er-Gllle8pie. Sur¥)ortÈd by the ACNI Arts and
Older People Programme, The Barfng Fourmjatlon and the Natlonal Lottery. thi8 project provkl8d dance arKI
movoment workshops in local care 8ettlngs I￿ludIr￿￿ Deanfbld, Eglinlon, Wllllam Street and Praxls Care.
Weekly Body Wledom 8ès6lons %%rfth K61ty Qulgley have gone from Strength lo strowh wlth contlnued
Gommltmert ￿ the core group and new members lolniffj,
The company prOd￿8d a Gc)od Relatlons pro}ect 8UPPOrted by DCSDC and T8UC In Iwo Ne*l)ulldlnp8
prfmary sclK>ol£ loadlNJ io a do8lng pèrformanc8 at Echo Echo StudioB' and E¢ho Echo's REAP programme
supported by ACNI Lottery funding engaged ovar 300 audl•nc• arrfl partlclpatlon in Eglinton, Plumbrldge, Slon
Mllls and throuohout the Dprry Strabane Councll area

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Echo Echo Studlos support￿1 a var￿ty of arts and communty actimties that contributed to the crèatlve
develokYn8nt and health and wellbeing of local citizens In 202W24 In¢ludlng, to name but a few ol many
dozens of examples:
Echo Echo Klds Classes on saturda￿ vAth Ayesha Malley and Torya Shglna
Weekly Adull Dance ses8lons wllh Zoe Ramsgy
Body Wlsdom weekly dasse8 wlth Kolly Quigley for older athils
Echo Echo Summer Scheme Intensive week8 of darKe, movement, arts and crafts
Fofv Down Syndrome Assoclatlon 8esslons wlth Tonya Shelna
Flrst Aci Youth Theatre wgokly clasges and Perforniaf￿ss hfth Mary Fllzpatrfck
SinglrvJ Mamas se53ions wtth Music Kln
Baby Yoga Reflexology sesslons wryth Women's Centr8
In Your Space Clrcu8 Acro cla88es for kid8 and adults
Nourigh Winier SesBlons vlth Uhl Shlvak
Clrcle Oan¢e cour8e818d by Jean Parker
Y(>ga Chloe
Yoga wlth Megan
Northwest Alkldo Clrcle
Echo Echo has been developing o straleglc partnershlp vAth An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny wlth a vlew to
n8w creatlve projects, new work development and cr09s-bord8r lundlng bids., and conllnued lo wotk wtth the
Atlanllc Technologkxl Unlversity In Sllgo.
Internatlonal prolecis during the ￿ar induded: Steve Batts teaching at Italy Contact lrnprovlsatlon Festlval
arnj at Bodymgld Festfval Bulgarfa; development of a major Intemallond cg-producllon PETEC due
commence in Aprll 2024,, as well as Internallonal artlst rgsldencles at Echo Echo Sludlos.
Echo Echo Artistic Dlrector, Slave Batts, contlnued to play an actlve rol8 on the DCSDC Art6 and Strategy
CtrDelfvary Group durlng 2023124 and engaged In a wlde range of 8tr&t•Jlc sectoral meatlngs. Echo Echo
tyked wth Thrlve audlence development aoency on the NW Audlence Supiey and DCSDC Audl8nc8
t>evekynerrt Stralfgy.
Thanks to dll ot lh8 people and organisa￿on3 who rnad8 Echo Echo's work p0881ble In 20tJr24 - our
audlonce8 and partKipants, the Echo Echo En6emble. Ihe core Btaff leam, our volumeers, our clrcles of
associate and resldent art18t8 and muslclans, the Echo E¢1￿ Board of Dlrector5 and all of wr funders arKI
project partner8.
Flnally, speclal menllons and thank8 to outgolThJ dlrector Caih McBrlde who stetV8d down from the Echo
Echo Board after supportlng arKI advislro the company so oenerously over the last ten years, and to OU￿OIng
Echo Echo Dgvel(ymern Offlcer Anna Nolan moved on Irom the company in October 2023 8ft8r more
than 11 ￿arS In post . IhAnks for all of your gupport And wo vlsh you 411 Iho bo81 for the futurol
Allbé Belme
Company Secretary

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The Statement ol Flnandal Actlvltl8s on page 13 details Ihe resufts for the year. Q￿ra11, ITr￿ Company had a
net movemenl out ol fun¢s In the surn ol £e,082, Thi818 made up of net movement In 01 unre￿rtted funds of
217.339 and a ngt movemont out ol r68trktgd fund8 of £23,421. The net moyemenls In ol unrestrl¢ted lurMJs
for liie year of £17,339 ha8 been added to the unreslr1ct￿I balances brought forward from 1 April 20tJ of
£50.669 givlng a not unréslrtcl&1 balance cardgj forward at 31 March 2024 of £68.008. Th8 not movements
oirt of restrlcted funds for the ygar of £23,421 has deducted from tho funds balanGo brought foThYard at 1 Awll
2023 01 £25,051, al￿n0 a rth restricted fvnd bdan¢8s carrled lorward al 31 March 2024 of £1,630.
Tho company has developed a new flve year Slrateglc Plan lor 2023-28. Thi5 provld85 a Flan as10 how the
¢ompany adapt and suth over the next few years. Due to the nature and fundlng ol Ihe company, ￿)sts
can quickty be reduced11 Income Is reduced, Due lo the re8erves and forecast budgets the management
commltte8 belleve that thls provides sufflclent confidence that the company Ss a golng concem and the
coun18 have boon prepared on thai ba813.
The comrnhtee has assessed the major rlsks to whlch the Company Is exposed, In partk￿lar those reLqted to
the operations and flnancK of tho Gompanyi and are 8alslle(I Ihat smoms are In ￿&cel0 mlttyt81tr
exposure to major rl8k$.
Echo Echo has a buslnesB plan In plac8 for 2023.28 arKI ¥￿11 bulkl on tha outstanding succe88es ol th8
prevlous cory)orate plannino ￿riod which Saw the realt8atlon of most key $lr&tegic obj8Ctive8. The company
alms io remaln artlsi led and to retaln core Staff whlle e8tabll8hlw the centre in Increa8lngly challenglng
economlc clrcumstanc88.

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The organisatlon Is a company Limlt&d by Guarantee not having a share c8pltal, Incorporated on 23 April
1998 and Is reglslered vAth the Nl Charlly Cornmisslon.
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Thèrè are currenlty 5 dir•ctors on th¢ Managernenl Commfftee,
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New dIr￿terS underao an orferrtayon day to brief them on .' Ihoir lègal ollgatbns urKler eharty aTrJ company
law. Ihe charity commisslon guklance on public benefit, and Inform th6m of tha content of the M8morandum
arKI Artides of Associatlon, Ihe committee and the dec181on-rnaklno process, the busine83 plan and recent
linancial ptsrformance of the charlty. Durlng the Inducuon day they mael key omtyoyees arKI other members.
Member8 are encouraged lo attend approprlate extemal events ￿ere thase wlll facllltate the undertaklng of
the r¢le.
The Management CDmrnlttee admintsiers th8 Charity. To faciiiiate 8ffec15ve opefaiions, SteP￿n 8atts a8
Artlstsc Director and Allbe Bolme as Company Manager iolnlly have d81eoated auihorlty from th8 Managamern
Commlttee for operatK)nal matters Including flnance and management and general day to day oparatlons of
the organlGallon.
Non8 of the Dlr6ctor8 recgive8 rernuneratlon or oth6r benefits from thelr work wlth th• Charfty. Any connectlon
be￿On a dlroctor or 8enlor member of the charlty a contraGba suppller must b8 dI8cIos8L110 the full
Management Committee In the Same way as any thher conlractual relatlonshlp wlth a relatgj party. In the
xjrrent year no such related party tran8aGtions were reported.
The narne of th8 Charlty Is Echo Echo Dance Thoatre CompAny. It Is a company Umltad by Guarantee noi
havlrKJ a share c¥tal. The Company was Incorporatad on 23 Aprll 1998 arKI has charitaue status.
The compary is Ilmited by guararnee and therefore th8re were no dlrectors, Interesl In share capltal.

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Delrdre Qlllesp
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Cotherlne Mc Brkse IRe8ign&l 0610312024)
FrwKls Raffety (Wnted 2710412023)
Dolrdr8 Gll*le
Gall Mahon
Concettlna McCaul8y
Clara Bradley (Apwlnted 2710412023)
Esther AJl•yne (B￿loned 2wo8120￿j
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Watsth Hou8
Maga2ln8 Street
Dory, BT48 6HH
Bank ot Ireland
Strand Road
Dery BT48 78T
E F McCambrKlgo & Co
6 Ba)kni Torraco
D8rry BT48 7EE
NI 34042
Company Umw By Guarantoe
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XR 23797
NIC 11)0060

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The Managemenl Commlttee (who are also dlrectors of Echo Echo Dance Theairg Company for the purposes ot
company law) are resp)nsibie for preparing tho Management Commlltees, Annual Report and the finandal
atatemenls In aceordarth with appllcable law and United Klnodom Accountlng StaThlardS {Unlt&l lfjrwom
Generally Accepted Accountlng PraCt￿e).
Company law requlres the Managemènt Committee to prepare financial gtst8m8nts for •ach flnanclal year, whth
gfve a true and falr view of Ihe 8iaie of affalng of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and
appltation of resource8, Ir￿lUdIng the income arvj exp8ndlture, of the charttabl8 company lor ihat pertod. In
prèpartng thoao Ilnancial 8taiement8, tho Management Commlttee are requlred lo:
selecl suttablo accountlng polldes and then apply them conslstently;
observe the methods and prlnclp16s In the charl￿'8S SORP (FRS 102);
make judgements arxj 88tlmates Ihat ar6 reasonalye and prudent;
state whether appllcaUe UK A¢counllng Standards have begn follow*d, subj.e￿ io any malerlal departur8S
db8cbs8d and explaln8d In the flnanclal Siatemems.,
prepare Ihe flnanclal 81atemenls on Ihe golng concern basls unless it18 Inapprcprfate to prasume that the
charllable Gompany wlll contlnue In op6ratlon
The Management COrnm￿e8 are ro$F()nsbl8 for k88plng adequato accounting record8 that d18cIo8e with
reasonable accuracy at any time the flnancSaJ posttlon ol the charltabl8 company arKI to enable thèm to ensure
thal the financial statements comply wlth the Companies Act 2006. They arg al$0 responslble lor safeguardlng
Ihe assets of the Char￿able company and hence lor taklro reaBonable 8t6P8 lor the prw4entlon and detectlon of
fraud and othgr Irrggularftièg.
In 80 far ￿ Ihe Managem8nt Commltt8e are aware.,
Iher? 55 no relevarrt audlt Informaibn of whlch the charlt￿O compan18 audltor18 unaware: and
lh8 tftl8taes have laken all steps that they ought lo have taken io make themsefves aware of any relevant
audlt Informatlon aThY to aslabllsh that the audltor18 aware of that Inlormatlon.
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A resolullon proposlrKJ that E F Mccambrldge & Co. be re-8ppdnt8d a8 Audltors of the company Vo111 b8 Put to the
Annual General Meeting.
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Th18 report ha$ been prepared in occordance vAlh Ihe prollslons applicable to compan6es enlltled to the small
companies exemption.
Awoved by Ihe Managemant Commlttee on 19 December 2024 and slgned on thelr behalf by '.
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