Company No. N1037481 Solc Purpose (Company Limited by Guarantee) Accounts for tho ycar ended 31 March 2023
Sole Purpose Contents Page Inforn]ation Directors, report Indepeiidents exaiiiiners, report Statement of financial activities Balanc¢ sheet Notes to the accounts 9-13
Sole Purpose Information Accountants McGroarty MCcaertY & Company Ltd Accountants & Tax Consultants 2 Carlisle Terrace Deny BT48 6JX Company Number N1037481 Charity Number XR 32282 NIC100618 Bankers Bank of Ireland 27 Culmore Road Derry BT48 8JB Directors John Joseph Philip McQuaide Clara O'connell Lisa Fitzpatrick Ann Marie Thoinpson Elly Omondi Odhiambo Daniel Mccampliill Resigned December 2022 Appointed June 2022 Resigned June 2022 Seerotary Clara O'connell John J05¢ph Pliilip McQuaide Resigned December 2022 Appointed December 2022 Registored Offic¢ The Playhouse 5-7 Artillery Street Derry BT48 6RG Page I
Sole Purpose Directors, report for the year ended 31 March 2023 Tlie directors preseiit tlieir report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023. Prlncipal Actlvity Tlie principal activity of the company is to advance the education of the public in the arts and sciences, by the presentation of movement, draina, theatre perfomiances and otlier activities. Objectives and activities Sole Purpose is a professional theatre company based in Derryond0ndcrry. We have been creatiiig high quality, innovative theatre on social and public issues since 1997 and have toured throughout Ireland and the UK. We have also takeii productions to the USA. We produce new work for theatre and non-theatre venue5, working in partnersliip witli statutory and voluntary organisations to bring professional theatre to working lass aiid iiiarginaliscd coininunities, as well as touring tlieatres. Our repertoire includes plays which look at the issues of elder abuse, domestic violence, tlie ethnic minority experience in Nortliem Ireland, underage drinking, issues affecting the LGBT community, mental health and otlier theines. We also run drama related workshops and writing workshops for people from all walks of life. to encourage creativity, build confidence and equip people with skills enabling them to pursue careers. Our work lias taken place in coinmunity centres, care homes, hospitals, schools, colleges, woinen's aid centres, prisons and theatres. The people wlio benefit from our work are diverse. The many productions tliat we have developcd target different audieiices young people, parents. teachers and carers, woinen, ethnic minority groups. workiiig class coinmunities, older people and ilieir families, nurses, social workers, students, LGBT people, tlieir friends and families, ¢ommunity workers and the mainstream audience. Our most recent paly, Blinkered by Patricia Byrne, which explores issues of suicide and mental health, has becn touring 5cliools and ¢oll¢ges since 2016. It has helped nuinerous young people to tackle their own mental health issue5. In 2019 Sole Purpose won the Special Jury Prize at Origin Theatre's 1st Irisli Folk Festival in New York for bringing theatre on difficult social issues to non tlieatre spaces. In 2014 the company won the Eva Gore Booth Award at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for Life and Love: Lesbian Style by Hilary Mccolluin. Sole Purpose is working with Syrian Kfugees, using theatre to asist witli learning English aiid iiitcrgration. Publi¢ benefit Our purpose is to advaiice the education of the publi¢ in the arts and sciences, in particular the art and science of Inoveineiit, drama and tlieatre perforniances by tlie presentation of drama, moveinent, theatre perfonnances and otlier activities for cliaritable purposes, throughout Ireland and the UK. We believe that tlie purposes of our charity satisfy the public benefit requirement. There are five direct benefits that flow from this purpose. Tliey are: l ) Promotion and growth of individual and collective knowledge and understanding of specific issues througli our work. The subjects of our work are issue based and many pieces have been used by organisations such as scliools and healtli care ag¢nci¢s as a Ineans of further educating their pupils/staff on the subject, eg. our play on abusive relationsliips among young people has tourcd for three years to secondary schools and youth centres raising awareness on these issues. 2) Developillent of individual capabilities and skills through creative education. We run scriptwriting Ivorkshops where we develop tlie creative writing and scriptivriting skills of new, emerging and established writers. We work willi aspiring actors, developing their acting skills and giving them the confidence to take thesc skills furthcr. We run Theatre Labs for people with a disability andlor a mental health condition. Page 2
Sole Purpos¢ Directors, report for the year ended 31 March 2023 continued 3) Increase the Inental and physical wellbeing of the people who see our productions by staging plays which address subject5 related to mental and physical h¢alth, including work on underage drinking, domestic violence, relationship abuse among young people, elder abuse and human trafficking. In 2016, 2017 and 2019 we staged Blinkered, a play on mental health and suicide which toured secondary schools and colleges througliout Northern and Southern Ireland, 4) Advancement of human rights and promotion of equality and diversity. Our work with the local LGBT coinmunity has helped to incorporate this marginalised community in the cultural life of the City, celebrated diversity and has broken down barriers. Our plays on human trafficking, elder and domestic abuse, and the iinmigrant experience in Northern Ireland has promoted understanding? educated the audience in these issues and raised awareness of human riglils violations. We staged She Wants to be a What? by Berni Kerr in November 2018, which explored transgender issues. We brouglit the play into local Nationalist and Unionist ominumity venues. 5) Develop a sense of community. Our work is shown in many cominunity settings including schools, hospitals, libraries and community centres not just thcatres. We ivork with marginalised groups to reduce social isolation. We encourage participation and raise awareness of issues important to building strong and coiifident communities. The benefit can be demonstrated by referring to evaluations received from audiences who see our ivork, the feedback we receive from our audience, public reviews, partnership organisations we Ivork witli and promoters of the work and also by the demand for our services from local community organisations. The benefits can also be demonstrated by looking at the scripts created as a result of our workshops and seeing tlie actors on stage and in DVDI digital recordings of our work. There is no hami flolving from our purposes. Our beneficiaries are tlie audiences wlio ¢ome to see our p¢rfornianc¢s, the participants in our workshops, the actors and production crew who tak¢ part in our perfonnances and the marginalised and Inistreated sections of our cominunity for whom we strive to promote greater awar¢ness and understanding. The only private benefit that Inay arise as a result of our work is tliat the professional actors and production staff may gain experience of working in different venues and with different audiences, making contacts which may be useful to their furtlier einployment. This benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefits are provided to our b¢iieficiaries. Directors The directors wlio served during the year are as stated below: Clara O'connell Jolin Joseplj Philip M¢Quaide Lisa Fitzpatrick Ann Marie Thompson Elly Omondi Odhiambo Daniel Mccamphill Resigned December 2022 Appointed June 2022 Resigned June 2022 Page 3
Sole Purpose Direetors, report for the year ¢nded 31 March 2023 continued Directors Respohsibilities Tlie directors of Sole Purpose for the purposes of company law are responsible for preparing the Directors, Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires tlie directors to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of tlie cliaritable conipany and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the incoixe aiid expcnditure, of ilie charitable company for that period. In preparing the financial statements, tlie direLtors are required to: select suitable accountiiig policies and apply tliein consistently; observe methods and principles in tlie Charities SORP 2019 (FRS102); make judgeineiits and estimates tliat are reasonable aiid prudent. state wliether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the fiiiaiicial statements. prepare the finic ncial statements on tlie goiiig concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the coinpaiiy will continue in business. The directors are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time tlie financial position of th¢ charity and enables them to ensure that the financial stateinents comply witli the Coinpanies Act 2006. Tliey are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of tl)e charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and d¢t¢ction of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as th¢ dircctors are aware: tliere is no r¢levant infom]ation of which the cliarilable company's independent examiner is unaware; and tlie directors liave taken all steps that they ought to have laken to make tliemselves aware of any relevant inforn]ation aiid to establish that the independent examiner is aware of Iliat information. This report is prepared in accordance with the Special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to sinall companies. A resolution will be proscd at tlie Aniiual General Meeting the McGroarty, Mccafferty & Company Ltd be re-appointed as accountants for the charity for the cnsuing year. By order of tlie Board: Director ector Date: 16 August 2023
Sole Purpose Independent examiner's report on the unaudited financial statements to the of Sole Purpose We report on the accounts of the company for tlie year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 13. Respective responslbllitics of eharity directors and examlncr. As the charity directors you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of Ilie Companies Act 2006. Having satisfied ourselves tl)at the charity is not subject to audit under company law, and is eligible for independent examination, it is our responsibility to; examine the accouiits under section 65 of the Charities Act 2008; follow tlie procedures laid down in the general directions given by tlie Charity Cominission for Northern Ireland under sectioii 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act 2008. state whcther particular matters have coin¢ to our attention. B51$ of independent examlner's report We have examined your cliarity accounts as required under section 65 of the Charities Act and our examination was carried out iii accordance ivitli tlie general directions given by the Charity Commission for Northem Ireland undcr Section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act. The examination included a review of tlie accounting records kept by the cliarity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included a considcration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as charity directors conceriiiiig any such matters. Our role is to state wliether any inaterial matters have come to our attention giving us Cause to believe: that acoounting rccords were not kept in accordance wilh section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; Iliat the accounts do not accord witli thosc accounting records; that the accounts do iiot comply with the accounting requirements of tlie Section 396 of the Compaiiies Act 2006 and tlie meiliods and principles of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to cliarities preparing tlieir accounts iii a¢cordai)¢e with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; that there is furtlier inforination needed for proper uiiderstanding. Indepcndcnt examinor's statement We Iiave compleied our examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters listed above and, in connection with following the directions of the Cliarity Commission for Northern Ireland, we have found no matters that require drawing to your attention. Y t-ri 4W- ,, McGrourty Mccafforty Accounta &TaxC 2 Carlis Derry BT48 6JX Date: 16 August 2023 Com tants Page 5
Sole Purpose Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2023 Unrestricted Funds Rostricted Funds 2023 2022 Income and Expenditure Incoming Resourccs Grants Received Suiidry Income 70,843 70,843 4,896 94,737 6,121 4,896 Total Incomlng Rcsour¢e¥ 4,896 70,843 75,739 100,858 Resourccs Expended Manageineiit & Adiniiiistration 1,806 72,153 73,959 101,559 Total Resources Expended 1,806 72,153 73,959 101,559 Net Incomfing / (Outgoing) Resources 3,090 (1,310) 1,780 (701) Balances brouglit forward l April 2022 5,267 734 6,001 6,702 Balaiices Carried forward 31 March 2023 8,357 (576) 7,781 6,001 Tlie above ainounts relate to continuing operations of the company. The Company has no recognised gains and losses other than those included in tlie results above and therefore no scparate statement of total recogni5¢d gains and losses lias beeii presented. There is no difference between the net incoming resources for tlie year stated above and their historical c05t equivalcnts. Page 6
Sole Purpose Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023 2023 2022 Notes Fixed Assets Tangiblc assets Current Assets Debtors and prepayments Cash at baiik and in hand 116 1,692 22,854 12,783 5,187 24,546 17,970 Current Llabllltlcs Accruals aiid deferred incoine 16,765 12,085 Net Current 115SCts 7,781 5,885 Total Assels Less Current Liabilities 7,781 6,001 Capit1 Account Brought forward at l April 2022 Rcstricted funds Unrestricted funds (576) 8,357 5,267 734 7,781 6,001 Page 7
Sole Purpose Balance Sheet (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023 In approving these financial slatements as directors of the company we Iier¢by confirm: Tlie company was entitlcd to exemption from audit under s477 of Companies Act 2006 relating to small coinpanie5. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of th¢ Conipanies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and preparation of accounts. Tliese accounts Iiave beeii prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the sinall compaiiies regime aiid in accordance with FRS 102 SORP. The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by tlie Board on 16 August 2023 and signed on its behalf by Director ector Registration number N1037481 Page 8
Sole Purpose Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2023 Accounting policles The priiicipal accouiiting policics adopted in the preparation of th¢ financial statements are set out below and liave reillained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accourits. The financial statements are prepared in sterling, wl)ich is the functional currency of the entity. 1.1. Accounting convontion Tlie financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recoinmended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland Charties SORP 2019 (FRS 102), Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. 1.2. Income (i) Grants Grants represent all ainounts received and receivable during tlie year. Revenue grants are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are received. (li) Sundry Income This comprises amounts received during the year. Expendlture (i) Direet Charitable Exponditure This represeiits all expenditure directly attributable to charitable uses. (li) Managment & Administratlon This iii¢ludes all other expenditure not directly allocated above and a proportion of the overhead costs attributable to managment aiid adiministration. 1.3. Tanglble fixed assets and dopreciation Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows: Fixtures, fittings and equipment 250/0 Straight Line 1.4. Foreign currencies Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange prevailing at the accounting date. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the date of the transactions. All differences are taken to tlie Profit and Loss account. Page 9
Sole Purpose Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 Incoming Resources Restrictcd Funds 2023 2022 Arts Council Northern Ireland Comixunity Relations Council Derry City & Strabane DC Britisli Science Association Ulster Garden Villages Latliersellers, Company Charitable Community Foundation Nl Halifax Foundation 38,031 4,285 4,800 15,227 40,528 4,800 23,604 6,679 4,000 1,500 11,036 2,590 4,000 4,500 70,843 94,737 Unrestrlcted Funds 2023 2022 Box OlCe Book sales Otlier income Theatre tax credit 1,213 72 3,232 2,817 3,683 4,896 6,121 Total Income 75,739 100,858 Restricted Funds runds received wliicli are ear5narked by the funder for specific purposes. Such purposes are within the overall aims of the organisation. Unrostrietod Funds Funds which are expendable at the discretion oftlie company in furtherance of the aims of tlie charity. In addition funds may be held in order to finance capital inveslm¢nt and working capital. Page 10
SoIe Purpose Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 Resources Expcnded Unrestri¢ted Funds Restricted Funds Total 2023 Total 2022 Management & Adminlstrallon Rent Payable Insurance Computer Costs Travelling & Subsistence General Expenses Printing, postage and stationery Advertising & Publicity Freelance Fees Project Costs Legal & Professional Fees Telephone & Fax Subscriptions Accountancy Bank Char&ves ProfitlLoss on exchange Depr¢Giation 2,843 1,168 475 7,302 2,843 1,168 475 7,302 2,843 1,168 3,405 840 499 3,918 24,493 61,235 590 570 371 960 419 (i) 248 208 1,718 25,110 31,169 208 1,718 25,110 32,691 1,522 913 156 973 913 156 973 284 284 116 116 1,806 72.153 73.959 101,558 Taxation No cliarge to taxation is due as the company has charitable status. Page 11
Sole Purpose Notes to the accounts for th¢ year ended 31 March 2023 Tangiblo assets Equlpmcnt Total Cost At l April 2022 990 990 At 31 March 2023 990 990 Depreclatlon At l April 2022 Charge for the year At 31 March 2023 874 116 874 116 990 990 Net book values At 31 March 2023 At 31 Marcli 2022 116 116 Debtors 2023 2022 Debtors 1,692 12,783 Current Llabllitios 2023 2022 Accruals and deferred income 16,765 12,085 Page 12
Sole Purpose Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 Movements in Funds At At l Aprll Incoming Outgoing 31 March 2022 resources resources 2023 Restricied funds: 734 70,843 (72,153) (576) Total restricted funds 734 70,843 (72,153) (576) Uiirestricted funds: 5,267 4,896 (1 ,806) 8,357 Total unrestricted funds 5,267 4,896 (1,806) 8,357 6,001 75,739 (73,959) 7,781 Purposes of Restrlcted Funds Restricted grants awarded to the charity is provided to cover the core obj¢¢ls as explained in directors report. Related party transactions There w¢r¢ no related party transactions in the period under review. 10. Company limited by guarantoe The company is liinited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. Page 13