COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: N1033497
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: XR28542
Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantee
Financial Statements
31 March 2024
FEB CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Charlered accountants & stslutory auditor
Linenhall Exchange
1 st Floor,
26 LineT7hall Street
Belfast
Northem Ireland
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Cinemagic Limited
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The truslees, who ere also the dIrect￿5 for the purFx)ses of CoMp￿Y law. present Iheir report and the
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Refernnce and adThinlstrative details
Regl$lgrnd charfty name
Clnemagic Limlted
Charlty r•ol8tratlon number
XR28542
Company registration number N1033497
49 8otanlc Av8rwe
Belfast
8T7 1JL
PrinGlpal office
R•gislered offiG•
clo FEB Charter8d AcGOUThtants
Linpnhall Exchange
26 Linenhall Street
Belfasl
BT2 8BG
The trustees
Ms M Haffield
Mr A O'Neill
M5 K Srnith
Ms G ￿￿￿ueen
Mr M Lennox
Mr P Snodde
Audltor
FEB Chartered Accounlarbts
Chartered accounlants & statutory aLKJllor
Linetthall Exchange
I st Floor,
26 Lmenhall Street
Belfast
Northem Ireland
BT2 88G
Bank•rs
Bank of Ireland
4-8 High Street
Belfast
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Stiuc¢ur•& governance and managemont
Clnemagic Limiled Is con8lltuted as a company Ilmlted by warantee and is 9ovemed by
Mem￿a￿dUm and Artlcles of Assoclatk￿.
The Board of TnJstee5 are responsible for the straiegic management of the charity. The Board of
Trustses and name5 of wlnclpai advise￿ are sel out on page 1.
The Board appoSnts 811 new Iruslees based on Select￿ rJiieria, whlch ensures that colSectlvely It
maintalns a broad range of relevant skills and experience. An induclion programme is offered to all
new truslees to ensure Ihat they ate briefed on the charitrfs objects, strategy and activities.
The Ifustees hawe the overall responsibility for Ihe system of Sntemal conlrol for Ihe charily. which
Indudes ernsuring that there are reasonable procedures in place tor the prevenlion and deleclion of
frau<J and olhef irre9ularilies. However. such a syslern can prDwde orty reasonable, but nol absolule.
assurance agalnsl errors and fraud.
Slgnlficanl risks are hwJhlighted for consideralion and rnoriilored by the Board. These Includ8-
- the risk of cuts in fund￿9 beyond 2023-2024 fun(ling awmerts: and
- the ri8k of falling to build sufficient cash reserves:
All major rfsks to whlGh Ihe ch￿ty is exposed, which have been kleffttlllod by ihese procedures, have
baen rèviewed. Syslems have bèèn implèmented lo Mi￿981@ tht5è risks and are continually
developed or enhanced. Risk asse55m8nl is carried out on an annual basis. Finandal systems for
seltsng* controlling and fnonitoring budgèts have b8on implement8d and are continually monltored,
ObJ•CtIve8 and a¢tlvltl•8
Objectives and aGtivitie5
Clnem8gic Ls a youth arts organisation that seeks to use film exhlbition and produdon as a vehicle to
Inspire and engage young people. Its mission statement is to maxiThi5e the impact and reach of film.
televlsion and dlgital technologies lo educate. Tnotivate and inspire chlldren and young people, with an
ernphaSbS on those at dlsadvantage and from disadvantaged baCkgro￿d$, through the m￿lIuM of fllrn
eduCat￿n pr[￿raMMes. film screening5 and 5kn11s develoFxn8nt masterclasses and inlllatives.
Clnemaglc dellvers against this mlsslon through a nuntsr of ways..
The Clnernagie B81fasl Film Festival is the larg@si film feslival for Children, FamllSes and Young
Peop￿ in the UK and Irèland, Now entering ils 35lh yea( and lypleAlly iaking place èach Octtsbef. thÉ
festival provldes a month-long programme made-up of film screenings. workshops, Q&As,
mastercla88es, film juries and film educatK)n evenls. The programme Is spllt inlo three main Sections -
public film screenings, public workshop8 & masterclasse8 (focused on skllls development), and
e(Jucation evenls for sthools and colleges. The feslival 8eeks to promole and celebrate a diverse and
varied range of intem8lional films and film related opportunities. protriding young audiences 8 high
quality of fllm cholce and acce&8 to new independent W￿ld ciriema.

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Objectlvps and actlvlt106 (¢onlintsvdJ
The annual Cinemagic -on The Pulse. Fest¢val celebrates and showcases slKXt films. Taking place in
March and targeted al children. larnilies. Schools. yowg adults aNI young filmmakers, the programrne
includes filnis and r￿M review programmes. masterclasses Q&A opportunilies for aspiiing film.
television and medi8 crealors. A collection of lilms from Ihe CinefflaLwc Yaung Filmmaker Compelition
are exhlbited along wlth conlemporary internatK>nal shorl fflrns. Young People have Ihe opportunlly to
partlclpate in workshops. lutorSals and lalks covering many aspects of Ihe filmmaklng process.
illustrating the inwortance of short filmfflaki￿ in ihe developmerf of practical skills and 8usiaiTroble
caTeers in Ihe creative industries.
Throughout the yeaf a Key Stage 3 programme Is dellveied by Cinemagic in w to 10 post-primary
Gchools In Northem Ireland. The aim of Ihe projecl is to encourage young people to C4)n8ider Moving
Image Arl as a GCSE and to provlde them wilh an inslghl to Ihe careers available post education.
Workshops and maslerclasses 8re delivere(l either face-ttrface in schools Of online by local screen
indusiry kyofess1￿}aIs.
A 4-week anifflation programme is delivered by Cinernw to 6 Spéclal Ed￿atIOnal Needs Schools.
Working alongsid8 a digital art151, workshops will bè delivered In schoo15 to yourtg péople and
ooNdlnaie￿ wth th8 school SEN Co4*dinator.
Cln8magic also olfers a free axes5 seclion io festival PrO￿amMe5 lo cater for Individuals and
communtlies thal would not othep*Yise be able to affc￿d lo attend the fdm. To support local Foodbanks.
Clnemagic ha5 dedicated film screenings working in partnership with the Trussell Trust. Instead of
paying for a regular ticket to 8 film screening, audiences are asked to dorbate an essential Item on lh8
day as identlfled by the Food Bank.
Clnemaglc Aims and Objectlv•s
The aim$ and objÈCtkvés of Clnemagic arè as follt)ws:
Aim 1- To be recognized 1ntema1ion￿ty as the leading young people's film festlval.
1. To c(Fdesign a culturally diverse annual feslival progfamma With and for young people,
2, To develop and malnlain strategic partnerships In th8 UK artd Iroland, USA artd IAlddle Ea8t, wlth
showcases lo highlight the work of Ihe charity.
3, To monitor média and markeb'NJ activities to 8vldenca the engagemtnl and reach of fe8t6val
activities.
4. To gathèr Infomatlon from 18Stival partieipants that shthvs the impael and outcomes that thé féstival
has achievéd, includlng ihroLKJh case sludiès and 18stival alumi SLKCèSS Storles.
Alm 2 - To give young peopl8 from al backwund5 an OPPDrtunty to a￿sS and engage with film.
1. To offer a Ffogramrne of actNilles that are accessible to all seclions of society, inclLKling free lo
access opportunitiès.
2. To target outreach aGtivities in areas that have b8en identified as boing 50cio-econtsmKally
disadvantaged or that have been harder to reach In th8 pasl, indudlng rural areas,
3. To prloritise groups that have been tradI￿OnallY urHlerrepresent8d In the screen Industrtes. Ir￿UdIng
young peoplo, women, minorily elhnic, disabllity and those that have not had Ihè opportunlty to
ngage in screen as a part of Ihelr leaming,
4. To ratsè awarènéss amongst young aUdiW￿es of current SOCi8tAI Issues through film. including
providlng support lo l¢xal Food Bank8.

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Clnemaglc Alms and OW•ctJv•s {conllnued)
Am 3 To ulllise film to educate, inspire and molFvate y￿9 p8orAe. Informing thelr career
Pfogresslon.
1 . To provide a co[￿rehenSiVe pwramme of educ81ional worf(shops, film discussions. and Industry
masterclasses that wlll enhance opportunitles for young people lo experlence and learn about111m.
2. To develop skills Ihal contribute lo future education rnites and enhance poientlal employablmly
prospecis.
3. To increase 8¢cess lo handS￿n filmmakiNJ trainiThJ and Insights tr(Nn induslry professlonals from
companies across sueen induslry seclors.
4. To raise Ihe aspifations of young people as lo whal Ihey can a¢hieve bn thelr future careers in ttr
screen sectois.
5. To increase awareness of lob roles available In the 5 screen sect(xs In Nl.
Alm 4 - To produc8 hlgh-quality 18StIv￿ film prog(ar￿n1ft9 for youn9 p6opI8 Ihat celebrates film cullur6.
1, To organls8 annual fésllval proorammes Ihat exhibil th8 cultufal a8pe¢l8 of screen, providing
opportunlties la vièw dlv8r8e and exclusiv8 film ￿ntertl both inlernational and home grown.
2, To provid8 OPPOrtunllies k)r youThJ p8ople to curat8 a cullufal film progtsmme as Young
Consultants.
3. To provide opportunllles for young people to view and dl8CUSS 8 wlder range of moving Image
malerial. Including as Young Jury Memljers.
4. To deliver a Young Film Makers compeb'tion each year, screenin9 thms made by young people
celebraling and nurturlng young filmmakirbg lalenl.
5. To en9age wllh a range ol stakeholders (dlstribut¢ys, exhibilk>n veriues, ￿mMunIty groups,
charities, media. etc.) lo develop and deliver a d￿er$8 and aLLYssibk festival programme.
Alm 5 - To bÈ a financially 88cure arnj suslainabl• ￿ganIsatI￿ wlth a prolÈsslonal, comp81￿1 and
mollvalèd workforce.
1, To secur8 lundin9 from both wbllc and ¢*fva18 Sect￿ Sources lo ￿SUre Cinèmagic remains vlable.
2. To increase annual box otrice by 5%.
3, To providè oppOrt￿lI1@s for slaff dev8lopxn8nt through Irainin9 in areas sI￿h as fufiding,
sponsorshlp, èxhlbilion, marketing and produclion.
4. fo support staff through the ddyrfery ol peri(xlc appraisals.
CCEA
GlnemagK havè produced resourtes for CCEA for the last 6 years. Wé pnxlute short rilms that are
rellective of issu8S that ars being laught in the CLffriculum. This partnership works Incredibly well as
CGEA have the expertise in Ihe writing ihe resources and our SCfipIs1 short filffls brlng these to light.
MuGh of OLW feedback from teachers wlll refer to IK>w we allow them lo brfng those more thallenginu
Issues Into the classroom and dis￿5$ th8m wrfh eA)nfidence.
We recently pioduced resources wound Period Dignity arKI Consent. These all go live ￿ the
CCEA webslte In the nexl few weeks and we be delEvering Some PR around these educatlonal
resources.
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SEN Educatjonal Piogrammes
Clnemagic compleled Ihe dellvery of an OCN Level 1 In Creativè Dlgllal Practlces al Cedar Lcrtjge
Special School. Throughoul 2023124 Clnémaw work$d wlth the schi)ol to suppo¢1 Ihls achievement
ustng animation as the vehicle to deliver Ihe key components of the accreditation. The young people
learned the lollowing sklll&
Using téchnology (IPADS)
New applications
' Confldenc8 Skill$
' How lo work as a "Grew"
Deadllne5
' Communl¢ation Skills
Followlng thls we Gon￿nued our work with 6 schools lo dellver an anlrnation programme. Over 4 weeks
schools across the province had acces5 to a 2-hr weekly workshop where agaln they leam8d new
animation technique5 using ipads.
Thls academic year we are deliverlng 6 x 4-week Gaming workshops. Using the app SCRATCH the
ycung people will be create Iheir characters devdop a game. We will also be offering 5
5t8nd81one Cieative Days for SEN groups.
Glnemagic 18 managed by a Chief Execuliv8 who reports to a Board ol Dlreclors and as a charily,
Clnema9ic's fundralslng model Indudes a c(xnblnation of publk funding, prlvato sponsorship. and
self.gen&ra18d income ffom event tickel sales. Est￿MIShad In Belfasl in 1989, during th8 Troubles,,
Clnemagic's aim was to bring together young Catholic and Proleslant Children in a safe envlronmenl.
where Ihey could meet each other. learn about their respective cullwes and tradilions and develop
new ski118 and confidence. Cinemaglc believes that film and televlsion provlde more inclusive and
8ccess5ble ways to promote learnlng. rnollvation, skills development arKI stimulating eross•communlly
engagement amDn9 yOLtng people.
Dlstussion ￿ Interaction betweets youry pèople from different backgrwnds encouragas and
ptomotes respéct and facllltates 5har8d education and lèaming and Social inlegratloTh in a PDSiIIv8 W8y
be￿88n communitles. Cinemagic has worked on nurnerous communily filmmaking projects ovar th8
last 34 years, with hunrjreds of schools cross communily peac8 and recA)nciliation projects and th8
produclSon of Northem Ireland's and Irèland's first Christrnas f8ature film 'A Christmas Sla¢ and In
2017, Cinemaglc's second f8ature fdm Grac8 and Golialh. The organisation currènlly devèlops film
Irainlng projects and educational OLrti8aekn films throughout North8m Ireland, Ireland, LA and Middl8$
East, providin9 skills opportunilies and wactical èxperlencè Y￿king on fllm sets.
Clnemagic has developed a worldwide reputalion for excelkn in chlktren's programrning and in
crgative and innovatlve approaches to strengthening and Ixjilding skills for the future in crea￿ve
InduBtriès. It is currently the larg85t fdm évent for young people in Ireland and the UK, now atlracting
over 40,000 people annually. To date Cineffla￿C is focusÈd on the eultural, social educational
benèfits Ihat film can bring to tackling poverty arKI Social ex￿U￿oN and has focused Ihose values on
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Objectives and activltles (¢•nttNedl
Clnemagic dellvers creative programmes whlch address sodal exdu810Th and associated problems of
bullying, drugs. Other addicllons, sectarlanism - i.e., hard hit￿n9 Issues Ihat young peopte are dealing
wllh daily, particularly In areas of 80clal and econornic disadvantage. The organisation works wllh
hundieds ol schools and community groups al grass rools level throughout Northern Ireland, Ireland.
and the USA. Building on this work the organisalion delivers cross communlty projects which engage
wilh Similar projects on an inter¢onllnental basis to bring young people from across Ireland, and from
vaiious backgrounds and 8bililies. log8t￿r wilh Intemational peers to learn and share ideas.
Cinem4iC awns to dwelop thè 8kills and capabllllles of Iha nèxt oènèration of young péople,
partlcularly those from disadvanlaged arèas and backgr￿ndS. by exposing them to international
8xperti8e to h8lp develop 5kSlls fot thè lulure.
Alongside Ihls the OrganIsatK￿ seeks to bulld powerful intemational polilical and corporate network5
Ihat can be leveraged to help to gri)w the creatlve industries k)cally, natlonally. arld internat6onally aNI
scal8 up a5 OUtStar￿lng creative and in￿Vative apwoaGhes to lackle poverty and social excluston.
Ow ethos is urKlerpinned by Ihe belief Ihat experiencing film and encouraging filmmaking helps young
people become crltlcal thinkers, alows Ihem to examlne the w￿d around them and discover cullures
beyond Ihelr own. Cinomagic prograrnr￿ are designed lo inspire. molivate, and educate young
people, conlribuling to Iheir cullurdl, creative personal development. Cinernagt hosls annual film
feslivals and prograrnrnes in Bdlest. Dublin, LorKlon. Boston. and Los Angeles.
Over Ihe last numb8r of years Cinema9ic has been Pfoud to W8l¢x)me gL*s18 such as Bri￿ Cox.
Dafiny Boyle. Slr Ak2n Parker, Colln H8nks, Mark K8rm(xle, SuiaM8 Jones, H81en Mirren, Ralph
Fiennes. Llndy Hemming. Danny Boyle. Stephen Warbeck, The Henson Company, Roy Disney.
Hamlsh Hamillon, Dermot O'Leary. Saolrse Rorian. Liam Neeson and many more induslry
prolessionals io Ihe festival where they have glven their Ilme lo share knowledge and skllls wilh young
people.
HOW OUR ACTIVITIES DELIVER PUBUC BENEFIT
Cinemagic deltvers educallonal arKI outreach events throughout the yaar ar¥J wtth Ihousands of your
people from very marginalised area5. Cinemggic is a vehbcle which Can bring young people together
irrespectNe of their racè. colour or ec(￿OrniC backgioLmd to engage in ￿lercultUral dlalc4Jue and
breakdown barrfers in a posillve educatlonal creative envKorwnent.
Clnemagic projects nol only develops young people's confidence, sklls, perspecilves but helps how
they conlribute lo their communities and those aroL￿d them. Cinemagic can facilitate cultural
exchange betMTeen yOLmg people fr£￿Tr different CLNmmunitw and countries and provide unique
opportunities inspiring and supporting entry into Ihe fikn and televisi￿ sectors and the widef creative
Induslries.
Clnemagic focuses on developlng pwsonal skills and asslstlrKJ In finding ways for ythjng peoplè lo
oain valuablé Iraining and a88181 WIUI closing tm skllls gaps which currenlly èxisl In North8m Ire1ar￿.
Clnèmagic is a mod81 of eX￿lenCe in uslng th8 Cf8aiive industrtes to inspitè social and eCOn(x￿1C
chan9e,
We believe thal Cinefflagic has a role lo play in helping Northem Ireland build a peaceful. falr and
prosperou5 soclety, which promotes equal opportunitie5 and tackles S(￿la1 exduslon for young people
from area5 of extretne disadvantage.

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Now in Its 35th year, Cinemaglc is an award-winnlng ￿ternatIonal children's chadty that in8plre8,
educate8 and empowers young people through the medium ot fllm and l818vislcn, We rlm Europe's
largest chlldren's film festival wlth ambitwis to become the largest Chlldren's Film FestSval of ils klnd,
Founded in 1989, CNigmagic has touch8d Ihe live5 of more than S￿,0(￿1 young p80ple at home and
abroad. The majority of young people ¥￿ work wlth are from marginalised or di5advanlaged
backgrounds. We dirèclly louch the lives of moro than 40,000 youro péop￿ arOLmd Ihe ￿￿Orld èach
yèar wlth plans lo irttt8ase thal ffigurè substatttlally ovei the nexl tfwoe yèars.
The focal pont of our ¢￿￿ural outreach Is Festival, but irb recent years we have expanded our core
producl to inclLKJe different layers of outreath social, educational and vocational. This actlvity i
delivered pnmarily through educational progranvn88, Industy led initialives and community-based
pnijects.
Clnemagic's Impacl on the lfves and eultural wellbeing of indivi<kJals ar￿ coMmur￿lIeS is profound.
Our mission slalement is lo ignite the passion and potential ol young people through the Magic of
movlng image and our purpose to create WOW thro￿* experience. Our legacy will have been 10
'change the lens through wfftich young people See t￿￿nSefvtS arvl I￿1r 5Lrrotsndings'.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
o Cinernagic recently won Best Crealtve 8usln85s In Ihe 2019 Belta5t Busine55 Award5
o In Marth 2019 c￿emagiC l*vas Honoured to selected and visited by The Duke arKI Duche55 of
C8mbr4dge to Honour the work of Ihe thar&y.
o C￿e￿agIC5S r8cognisèd lor lis ability tts engw wilh youn9 peoplè. to stimulat8 dlscussion on soclal
IBsues and to inspife and encowage childr8n and young pèople lo thdve and be fully engaged in Ihe
Social ar￿ 8¢or￿MIe life of their communlty. Cinemaglc delivers creative progfamms which address
social exdu81on and a8soclal8d problem of bullying, drugs, Other addiclions, se¢larianlsm
hard-hllllng issues Ihal young people are dèaling on a daily basls, p¥ll¢ularfy In areas of sodai
and economic disadvantage.
o All Cinemaglc activity SUGh as screenings, workshop5, mastetcla55e5 and film camps provide
compllmentary places to young people from area5 of social and economic disadvantage. Cinemagi¢
also proactively works with young people with various levels of difjability.
¢inemagic proaclively targets young people aged 4 25 who Y￿Uld nol nomalty have an
opportunity to access creative initiatives Ihal can build confKlence and enhance leaming. Cinemagic
activities also have a strong Intergeneralional Social Indusiork focus.
o Clnemaglc supports equallty of opportunity for young people Irom dlsa(fvant8ged area8 and
bad(grounds by providing opportunili8S to learn from leadlng film and le￿Vision profes8ional& through
Ihe feslival educatlon progiamme, The organisalion works wrth rwndreds of sclK)018 aNI communlty
groups at a very grass r(x)ts level Ihroughoirt N￿l￿ern Ireland.

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Flnancial rovlow
Resulls loy Ihe year ended 31 March 2024 are given in the Stalement of Financial AciivStles on page
15, Thè assets and liabllllles as at 31 Mawch 2024 are grven on Ihe Slalemenl of Financial Posltk)n on
page 16. The flnanclal stalemenls should be read In ccffjjuncti￿ wllh th8lr felatod notes, whlch appoar
on pages 17 10 27.
In summary..
lotal incoming re&OUfCOS decr8asèd by 3.31Yo (2023: Increasé of 3.16%) 10 £609.364 (2023."
£630,204)
total resourGe5 expended (tecreased by 0.76% (2023: in￿aSe of 0.22%) 10 £607,293 (2023:
£611,868)
. nel surplus lor the year on ￿81(Icted lurKl$ was £2.071 (2023 net surp￿8 of £18,336
Th8 charitls key funders In 2023r24 were Northem Ireland SGreen and Belfast Ctty Council currenlly
contrlbule funding towards its core aGtivitle5 Tmlh addlilonal major funders of Dep3rtmenl for Justlce,
CCEA, Sklllset, BFI, Bank of Ireland, Bb Lottery, Igrmte, Arts Councll, Community Art Foundation &
Creatlve Industries & Dlgital TeChn￿O91è& FurKJ providing major fiJ1￿lng for other spéclflc proj8cis
urKlerlaken by Cinemagic Limited.
DESIGNATED RESERVES
The Board has examined the charivs reqUIren￿nts ts reserv8s in light of the main Tisks lo the
organisalion, 11 has e5tabllshed a policy vthereby the unre51ricted funds nol committed or irwe5ted In
tanglble fixed 355ets held by Ihe charlty S￿Id be itheen 3 and 6 months of Ihe expendllLWe.
The reser¥es are needed to meet workiw Capital requirements of the Ch￿tY ¥nd the 8oard are
confidenl that at the level agreed Ihey would be able to Con￿nUe the current activities of the charity iri
the evenl of a sSgnilic8nl drop in fvndirwJ.
Th8 presenl 18V81 of mserles availatdé lo th6 chadly falls ju￿ ovér Ihe 3 monlh targ81 levèl. Tha
SIra￿9Y18 l¢ ¢¢￿tInUe to build rés•r¥es through planned c4)Wdilng surpluse$,

Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantte
Trustees. Annual Report {Incorporatlng the Dlrectofs Report) (Conllnugdl
Year ended 31 March 2024
Plans for futuro periods
KEY STRATEGIC GOALS
STRA TEGIC TARGETS for 202*2025.
Secure funding of £600,000 in 2024, to enable Cinemagic to de￿Ver all projects. In 2024, we alm to
produce a rich and dF¥ers8 festival programrne, InGreasing engagemenl wilh schoo15 and communities
by 50h per year.
Thè 2024 CiThèhWgiC Belfast Film and Telévlslon f8stival will Indude a mlnlmum of 218 èvants Ihal
wlll providé 8n èvèrt bigger platform for leafhlrt9 and devebpmenl.
' To dèvelop the Young Consultants programming panel, GI￿rn￿ Film programmè, BFI Fllm
Academy and addltlonal outreath prograrnmes and w)jects, gfowing audien¢è participallon by 5% per
year.
' Grow Ihè Young Fllm Maker Competition, 'On Ihe Pulse. into a slandalon• evènt whlch happèns as a
8epara18 time of Ihe yèar to the lestival, s8curlng ov8r 600 entriès per year. The obj8ctiV88 ar8 to grow
lh• evenl 'On the Pulse. inlo an annual ujllural and film making ¢omp8tition and 18slival which altracts
hundreds of local 8nd inlè(fialional partieipanls 88ch yèar.
' To deliv8r 2 International film making projects p8r yeaf.
' To devèlop the Cinemagic Alumni nelwort and a frarnewO￿ for peèr Io peer learnlng, Ihal support8
wlder industry talent developmert. . To grow luridlnglsponsorship rever￿eS by at least 5% over the
nexl 3 years.
' To deliver minitNm x 5 short filmslbehind the Scenes <kKumentaries per year,
Internatlonal Growth
In March 2022 Cin8magic arwj The Br6tish C￿S￿l81& in Los Ahg8188 launched a creative and
Innovative new fdm produGtlon that will sl*nulat8 debatè and di8￿J5510Th on environmenial and climaté
change155ues using fikn and modia as Ihe vehide. The film will be prodused wilh young p80ple frorh
marginell8èd area8 In LA to rai88 awarénè88 of the issué artd to build skills.
In May 2022 Cinemagic Film Feslival delivered g ground-bre*ing programme in Amman. Jordan, in
partnership with Generalions fol Peace, founded by HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan. The
wogramrne supported by Ihe Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Irish Embassy Jordan, InCIL￿ed
onllne film Tnasterclasses dellveied by Clnemagic for young people In ATnman have been
collaborating to ralse aware￿esS of issue5 they are passionate about. The culmination of the project Is
a Short Film Academy with 20 Jordanian and Syftan youth induding Paleslinian and Syrian refugee5.
In May 2022 thé proje￿ was ettdorsed by HRH Piincess Rym Ali, Commissiorber at the Royal FSIM
Gommlssioo Amman, and In Seplomber 28 2022: Under the paIr￿age of HIS Royal Highness (HRH)
Prlnte Feisal Al Hussein, HRH Princess Ai5ha Bint Feisal, and HRH Princess Sara Feisal. and In
the presence of His Excellency Ihe Mayor of Amfftan, Dr Yousef Al Shaw8rt)eh, Her Excellency Iha
Ambassador of Ireland ¢0 Jordan, Marianne Bolger, and CEO of Clnefflagic, Joan Bumey Keatlngs
MBE, Generations For Peace {GFP} hekj the fir515creening of Ihe short film, Abia, at ils headquarters
In AIHussein Youth City In Amman. Dèlivering intwrtaknonal educauonal film aMJ trainlng projecls of
Ihis kind wlll happèn on an annual basis.
Th8 sarne format was Fepoat8d agaln in May 2023 ￿th the production of Cln8maglc's second nm
producuon 'An Olive 8ranch" in Amman. kndan, in partnership wth G8neFalions for PeaGe.
Trustees, rosponslbllltles Statement
Thé truslee8, wha ar8 also dir8Ctors for th8 wfFx)S8s of cc¥npany law, arè YesponsiNe for préparing
Ihè trustees. (Èport and thè ffin8nclal statemen18 in accordartcÈ wilh Èpplicable law and Unlted
Kingdom Accountlw Standards (United Klwdom Ge￿￿lEY Accèpied Accounting Practic8).

Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantèe
Trust8as' Annual Report (Incorporating the Directofs Report) (conNnu•dJ
Year ended 31 March 2024
Company law requires the tharity truslees to ryepare finan￿7 statements for each year which give a
Irue and falr view of Ihe slate of affairs of the Charitable company arKI the incomiThJ resources and
appllcation of resouFces, knduthng inc￿le and experidilure. for that perlod.
In preparing these financlal statemènts. Ihe IrLlStee8 are rOq￿red lo:
select 5ullable accounting pdic4es afNJ then apply thern c£￿51$tentIY,
obseNe Ihe methods and princlples in the applicable Charilies SORP"
mak8 Judgments and acc>￿￿ting oslimatès thal are rèasoThab￿ and prudènt;
prepare the financial slaternetbts on the going concern basi5 unless it is knappT0p￿atO to presume
thai the charity will continue in business.
The Irustees ere responsible for keeping adequate a￿o￿Trting records Ihat are Sufficient to show and
explaln the charltys transactions and disdose with reasonable accuracy at any time Ihe financial
positiDn of the charity and enable them lo ensure Ihat Ihe financlal statements comply wlth the
Companies Act 2006. They are also reSp(￿sIb￿ lor safeguardirvJ the assets of the charity gnd hence
for ta(ing reasoneble sleps frx Ihe prevention arKJ deteolion ol Iroud and other irregulafilies.
Audltoy
Each of the persons who Is a Irustee at the data of approval of ttr¥5 report Gonfimis that;
$0 far as Ihey are aware, there 58 no relevant audll inforrnatlon of whlch the char5tls audltor is
unaware.. and
Ihey have laken all steps that they ought to have laken as a Iruslee to make themselves awaro of
any relev3nt audlt irrfomiatw)n and to esiablish Ihat Ihe charitys auditor is aware of Ihal
Informalion.
The auditor Is deemed to have begn re-appointed In accordance wllh se(Xion 487 of the Companles
AGI 2006.
Small company provlslons
Thls report has beèn pr8par8d in accordarth With the provisions applica￿ to compami•8 8ntillèd to
lh8 small companlés exempibn.
The tsustees, annual rewrt Wds approved 31 t)Gtober 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of
truslees by=
Ms M Haffield
Truslge
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantoe
Independent Auditorfs Report to the Members of Cinemagic Limlted
Year ended 31 March 2024
Oplnlon
We have audlted Ihe financial slatements of Clnemagl¢ Llmited (the 'chaftly') for the year eftded
31 March 2024 whlch comprise the stalement of financial actlvltles (including income and expendllur8
account), stalanenl of Ilnancial posltlon and Ihe related noies. including a summary ol signlllcanl
accournling policies. The financial reporting ffamework Ihal has been applfied In theSr preparation is
appllcable law and Vnited Kingdom Accounting Standards, includlng FRS 102 The Financlal Reportlng
siandard appllcable in Ihe UK ar￿ R&pUbr￿ of Ireland {Uniled Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice).
In our oplnK)n thè fln8nci81 statÈments:
glve a true and fair view of the slate of the charws aff?¥5 as al 31 M*ch 2024 ar)d of its
incorning resources and application of resourGes. kncluding its income and expenditure. for the
year then ended:
have been pr¢)perly prepared In acwthnce wlth Llnited Klngdom Generally Accepled
Accounling Pracilcg:
Ilave been prepared in ¥Xtsrdanco wilh thè réqulremenls of tho Companies Acl 2￿6.
8a515 for opinion
W8 conducled our atsdit In accordanafj with Iniernational Standards on Audillng (UK) (ISA8 {UK}) and
applicable law. Our responsibilities under Ihose standards are further describe(l in Ihe audito¢s
responsibilities for the audit of the financial slalemenls section of our report. We are independent of
Ihe charity in accordance wllh the elhical requirements that aro relevant to our audit of the financial
8tstements In the UK, including Ihe FRC'S Ethical Slandard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
respon8ibllilie8 in accordance with these requirements. We belleve Ihai the audit evtsler￿ we have
obiained18 8ufficlent arKI appropriats to w¢)vlde a basls for our WnloTr.
Conclusions relating to golng ￿ncern
In auditlng the financial staternents. we have concluded that the ITUStees' use ol th8 going concern
basis of 4CCOLtnling In the preparatlon of the financial stslements 15 appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed. we have nol Klentified any malerial uncert8lnlies relating lo
evenls or conditions that. individually or colkctively. may casl sKJnificant doubl on Ihe chariVs ability
to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve montts from when the financial
statements are authorised for Issue.
Our r8spDnsibilitl88 and Ihe f8$￿￿$1b1Irt18S of the trustees wilh r8spo¢t lo going C￿cern are déscribed
In Ihé relevanl séctions of Ihis r8lX•rt.
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarante•
Independent Audltor's Report to the Members of Cinemagic Llmited (ctrntlnuo
Year ended 31 March 2024
Olhgr Inforniatlon
The other information comprlses the information iicluded in the annual report, other than the finandal
8tatemenls and our auditor's r6POrt Ihereon, The truslees are responsible for the other InformalloTh.
Our oplnlon on the financlal statements doe8 nol cover Ihe other irbft)matlon and. excepl lo the exlent
therwlse explicitty stated In ow report. bve do express any fomi of assurance conclusion Ih¢reon.
In connedlon with our audit of the ffinanGral 5ts1ements, wesponsibility is to read the other
Inlormalion ar￿, in ¢Joln9 so, conlldér whtlhèr the other information is matèrially inctsThsistent wlth Ihe
flnanclal statemènl8 0¢ our krM)wlÈdge obtained in thé audii (* otherwlse app8arA lo be mai8rialty
misstatèd. 11 wé idèntify such matetlal incfJnSiSt8ncie& or apparértl materlal mis8tatèmènt5, WÈ are
rèquired te dotemiirtè whethér there Is a matÈrlal mlsstalémènt ￿ the ffinanclal statem8nls ￿ a
malotial mlsstalement of Ihe othgr informati￿. If, based on the Wofk wa have perfonrTed, we conGlud8
Ihal there is a malerial misstalem8nt of Ihis olher information, wa are requlred to r8POrt Ihal facl,
We have nothing to report In this ward.
OplnloTh8 on other matt•rs pi•scrfb•d by th• Companlu Act 2006
In our opinion. basad on thè work und8rlaken comè of the audit:
the Informalion given in the trustees, report for the financial year for whSch the Ilnanci81
ststements are prepared is conslstent the fin￿da1 slatements:
Ihe Iruslees. report has been prepared In aCCordar￿e wllh applicable legal requlrements.
Matter5 on whlGh we are requlrod to report by exception
ID the light Df the knowledge and undersLanding ol the charity and its ènvironment obtsined In the
course of the audlL we have not identified Material mi551atements In Ihe trustees, report.
We have nothlw to report in resped of tho fdb)Wig matters In relatk)n io which tho Companies A
2006 requires us lo report to you rf. ￿ our w"nion'.
adequale accOun￿ng records have nol been k8Pt, or rptums adequate for our audlt havo not
beèn r6calvèd from branches not visited by us., or
the financial stslenEnts are Ml in agreement wth the accountiThJ records and retums: or
certaln di8doBures of truste8s' rnmuneration specified by law are nol made; or
we hwrfe not recelved all the Informatlon arHJ explanalions we Tequlre for our audit" or
the trustees were not entftled to prepare fv finandal slatemenls In accor(Jance ￿th the small
Companies regime and take advant8ge ol the srnall c(xrpanles' exemptsons in kwepariDg Ihe
dirKlofs' rep(%t and from the requirement to prepare a slr8legic ￿port.
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CinemagiG Limited
Company Limlted by Guarantee
Indopendent Auditor's Report to the Members of Cinemagic Limlted (contlnuodl
Year ended 31 March 2024
Respon5ibllltles of trustees
AS explalnèd more fully In the Iruslees. responsit*llltie8 Statement, the trustees (who are also Ihe
dlfector8 lor ihe purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financlal
siat8ments and for belng satlsfied that Ih6y give a Inje ar￿ fa¥ view. for such intemal conlrol as
Ihe trustees detefmine is nec8888ry lo enable the prepwaticffl of financial statemenls Ihal are free
from material mlsstalemenl, whelher due lo frdud or error.
In proparing thè financlal slatèmenls, the trustees are rèsponsible for assèssing Iho charlty's ability to
continue És a going concern, disclosing, as app￿Cable, mattèrs related io going conc8m and using thè
going concèm basis of accauntlng unless Ihe Irustees èither intend to IIqLlldalé the charity or lo cèasé
opèralions, or havé no realisllc alternalive bul to do 80.
Auditorfs respoThsibilitles for the wdlt of the financial statements
Our objeclives are to oblaln reasonable assurance aboul wh&lher the financial stalements as a whole
are free from material misslatement. whethei due to fraud or eNor, and to Sssue an audllor's report that
Includes our oplnlon. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, bul is not a guaranlee that
an audit conducled in accordance with ISAS (UK) will atways detecl a malerial misststement when it
exists. Mi55tatements can arlse Irorn Iraud or error and are considered rnalerlal if, indivldually or in the
aggregate. they could ￿asonablY be expected k) inffluence the economic 4Jecislons ol users 18ken on
Ihe basis of these financial ststements.
Irr8guiarilles. including Iraud, ar8 Instsnces ol non-compliancé wilh laws and règulalions, We des￿rI
procedures in line wilh our responsibllilies, outlin8d above, lo del8Ct material misslatements in réspect
of Irregularlll8s, including fraud, Th8 exlent to Ythlch ￿Jr kYocedLK88 are capab18 of delectlng
Srregularllles. inclLKJing fra(￿ B detailed belovr.
We obtalned an understarKling of the lega and regulaw tramework appllcable to the Company
through enquiry of manag8rnent, industry resèarch and the application of cumulative audil knowl8dg8.
We Idenllfl@d the fDllowlng principal laws and regulations re￿vant lo thè Company - Companiès Act
2006 and the Financial Reporting Standard applKable in the UK and Republic of Irelartd (FRS 1021.
We developed an understanding of the key fraud risks to the entity (including how fraud might occur).
the contro15 in place lo help mitigate those risks, and the aGcounts. balances and dI￿1p$ures wilhin
the flnanclal slaternents wlwch may be Susceptible to management bias. Our understandlng was
oblained through Teview of the financial statements for 5ignikant accounting estimates, analysis of
journal entrie5. walkthrough of the key control cycles in piace and enquiry of management.
As part of an audil ID gecordance wilh ISAS (UK). we exercise professional judgment arbd rnainlain
professiongl sceptirism throu￿0￿1 the 8udit. We also:
Identlfy and assess the risks of m*rial mlsslatement of thè finanGial slatemenls. whether due to
fraud or error, dèsign afid pérform audil proc8dur8s fèsKK)n81v8 to Ihosè rlsks, aftd oblaln audit
8vldènce ihal is S4Jfficient and apFmpriatè lo provide a basi8 for our Opinion. The rlsk ol not
dètècllng a malefial missiaterrténl r•sulling froffl fraud is highor than for one resu116ng from error,
as ffaud may involv8 collusion, f¢ygery, intentitinal omisslon8, misreprÈsèrtlations, or th8 ovèrrid&
01 itit8mal contr¢4.
Oblaln an understanding d inlemal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circuTh5tance5. not ts the purpose of expresslng an
opmion on the effeGliveness of the intemal contrd.
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limlted by Guarant•o
Independent Audltor's Report to the Members of Cinemagic Llmlted (etsniinu•dJ
Year ended 31 March 2024
Evoluale the appfoprfaleness of accounllng pollclas used and the re8sMablenass ol aCc￿ntIng
a8￿MateS and related disclosures made by Ihe InKstees.
Condude on Ihe appropriateness of the Irustees. use ol Ihe going concem basis of accounting
and. based on Ihe audlt eviéenGe oblained. whether a malerial uncertainty exlsts ielated to
events or (xjndllons that rnay cast signlflcant doL*>t on the chailtys ability to conllnue a5 a going
concern. If we condude that a material uncertair)ty exis15. we are reqUI￿d to draw allention in
our auditor's report to the relaled disclosures In the finandal 5talements or, W such disG105ures
are inadequale. lo modfy ow opinion. OLW IX)nclusions ale based on the audil 6videnc* obtaine
up lo Ihg date of our auditorfs report. However. fulw8 evetTrts or widltion5 fflay cause the tharily
lo cèasé to Continue as a golNJ con¢•m.
Evaluate Ihe overall presentation., slfucture and content of the flnancial statements. incjudlng Ihe
dlsclosures. and whether rm?￿1aI slalemenls represent the underlylng traDsaclions and
events In a manner that xhieves fair PTesentslion.
We communlcate Ihose tharyed wlth govem8nce fegardlry. among olher matters. Ihe planned
scope and timing of Ihe audit and signifKant audit findlngs. Inclu¢Jing any 5ignlficarbt deficlencfes In
Inlemal Gontrol Ihal we Identrfy duiin9 our audht.
Use of our report
Thls report Is rnade 501ety lo the charitys members. as a body. In acC(￿danCe wlth cha￿er 3 of Part
16 of Ihe Companies Acl 2006. Our aLNfrt wiyk has been underfaken so Ihat we mlght state to Ihe
charl￿$ members Ihose matter5 we are required to slate to them In an auditorfs report and fof no
other pu￿oSe. To the fullest exlenl permitted by law. we do nol accept or assume responslbllity to
yone other than Ihe rharlly and the chaTty'$ members a5 a body, for our audit work, for Ihls report,
or for the oplnions we have formed.
Mr. M Flannyjan {Senior Slalutory Authlor)
For and on behall of
. FEB Chartered Accounlanls
Charlpred accountants & statutory auditor
Linenhall Exthange
1s1 Floor.
26 Linenhan Street
Belfast
NoTlhem Ireland
BT2 8BG
31 October 2024
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limlted by Guarantèè
Statement of Flnanclal Activities
(Includlng income and •xpondlture account)
Year ended 31 March 2024
2024
Restricted
funds Total fvnd6 folal funds
2023
Uryeslricled
fijnos
Income and endowmonts
Donptlons and legacies
Other trading actsvities
Tolal income
569.126
569,126
40,238
609,364
600.089
30.115
40.238
40.238
569,126
630,204
Expendllure
Expendlture on raising funds:
Costs of raising donations and
legocles
Expenditure on charilable Hdlvlties
Tolal expendlture
37.363
667
564.942
4.321
602,305
4,988
607,293
606.566
5.302
38,030
569.263
611,868
Nat Incom• and net movement In funds
2.208
(137)
2,071
18.336
Re¢onciliation of funds
Total funds brought lorwar(I
Total funds cattled forward
85.331
100.864
186,195
188,266
167.860
87,539
I￿,727
186,196
Th8 Stalam8nt ol financlal acllvill8s Indud8s all gains aThY108ses r8cognlsed In Ihe year.
All Incom8 and exp8ndilurÈ derbV8 from continulng acllvi118S.
Th• notes on pages 17 to 27 fomi wt of these Ilnanclal Stateme￿$.
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantee
Statement of Financlal Posltion
31 March 2024
2024
2023
Flxed assets
Tangible flxed assets
Irbvestments
14
15
3.724
100
3.027
100
3,824
3,127
CurreTht assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
16
235.559
70.317
217,108
113,952
305.876
331,060
CredftoTS: omount5 falling due within one year
Not curr•nt ass•l8
17
121h34
147,991
184,442
188,266
183,069
Total assets I￿8 Current liabilitses
186,196
Not a886ts
188.266
186,196
Funds of th• charlty
Restrlcled funds
Unreslricled funds
100,727
87,539
188.266
100.865
85,331
Total charity tunds
186,196
These financial statements have been prepared In accordance with the piovlstons applicable to
companies subffiecl to the 5maM companles, regime.
These financial slalements were approved by Ihe board of trustees and euthorised fLY Issue on 31
October 2024. and are slgned on behalf of the board by:
Ms M Hatf181d
Truslee
The notes on pagM 17 to 27 klrni part of these flnanclal statemenls.
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Cinemaglc Limited
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financlal Slatements
Year ended 31 March 2024
General infonnalion
The charily is a publ￿ benefit entity and a privale CoMp￿Y Ilmited by guaranlee, re9I81ered In
Northern Ireland and a reglstered charity in Northern Ireland. The address ol the regislered office
18 clo FEB Chartered Accouniants, LIr￿hall Exchangè, 26 Llnenhall SlreeL Bélfast. BT2 8BG.
ststement ol Gompliance
These finar￿al statemenls have been prepwed in ￿mplIanCe wlth FRS 102, Tre Flnanclal
Reporting Standard appIl￿ble in the UK and Ihe Republic of Ireland,, Ihe Statement of
Recornmended Practice applicable to GFLariti8s preparing their accounts in accordance with Ihe
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 Icharitie
SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2￿6.
Accountln9 polic1•6
Basis of preparallo
The Ilnancial Statements have been prepared on the historical cosl basis, as modlfied by Ihe
revaluation of certain financtBI assets and liabililies and investriient prope￿"e$ measured at fair
value through Incorne or expendilure.
The financlal sletements are prepared In Sierllng, is the functional currency of Ihe entily.
Fund$
Restrlcled Funds Thè re51ricled furNJs Tepresent <k>nalk)ns received where the donor has
Imposed restriclions on the use of Ihe funts ¥¥thlch are18gally blndlng on thp 8oard of Twstees.
Unreslricted Funds . The urrfestricled funds are under the cont￿1 of the Board of Trustees, to be
used In the furtherance of the general charilabk oblecllves of the company.
Golng ttsncern
The fSnanGial 5talements have been prepared on a 90ing concem basls as the Iruslees believe
that no materral uncertainty exists. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the
expected level of income and expenditure for 12 month5 from authori5ing these financial
5tatemenls. The budgeted income expenditure is sufficient with th8 level of r8seTve5 for the
Gharlty to be able to conlinue as a going cKJrKem.
Dlsdosura •xemptlon•
Thè charity has appll8d Update Bullelin 1 as publl$l)èd on 2 February 2016 arKI do8s nol includè
a cash Ilow slatèmÈnl on th8 wounds thal it is applying FRS 102 Section 1A.
Con501idatlon
The enlity hes laken advantage of Ihe option not to prepare consolidated linancial stalemenls
ontalned In Section 398 of the Companles Act 2006 on the basi$ thal Ihe enuty and Its
subs#Ji8ry undertakings comprise a small group.
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Stalements (¢QAtlnu•dJ
Year ended 31 MarGh 2024
Arxountlng pollcios (¢onllnved)
Judg•monts and k•y 8ourrA$ of •tstlmatlon unc8rtalnty
The preparatlon of the finarKial slaternenls requires management to make 5udgemenls.
estimates and a55urnptions that affeci Ihe amounls reported. These estimates and Judgements
are conlinually reviewed and are based on experience and Dther factors, including expecialions
of future events that are believed lo be reasonable under the circumstarKes.
Fund accourtlng
Unre8lrtcted funds are available for use al Ihè disuetion ol the trLlStees lo further any of Ihe
hailty's purposes.
De51gnated funds awe unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustee5 for parlicular fulure project or
commltmerlt.
Restficted funds are subjected to restriclM)n5 on Iheir expendilure declared by the donor or
through the tem15 of an appeal. arKI fax nto one of two sub-classes: restricted income lunds or
endowment funds.
Incom5ng r•sour¢es
All incDming resources are induded In the stalem8nl ￿ fln*cial activities when eTriiU8ment ha5
Passed to Iho Gharity, il is probabte that the aconomic benefits assoclated with thé Iransaction
will flow to th8 charity and th8 afflount can b8 reliably masuied. Th8 following Specif￿ polici88
are appli8d to parliGU]ar categories of income-
Incomo from donations or grants is recognised when there Is wdldence of en11￿ment to the
grfl. ieceipl is Fyobable ts amowt can be maasured reliably.
legacy income Is r6cognised when feceipl is probabb and entitlement eslabllshed,
come fr(m donaled goods Is measlwed at the fair valje of the goods unless this IS
#npractiral to measure reliably, In whlch Gase the value is derived from the c05t to lh8 donor
or lh8 e511mal8d resale valué. Donaled facilit18S and 8BrviGes are réeognised ifi th6
accounls when réceived rf Ihe value Ixn be reliably mea5urod. No amwnts ara included for
the contribution of general volunteer5.
income from contracts for the suppty of service5 Is Tecognlsed with the dellvery of Ihe
eontracted sarvice. This is classified as unrestfided funds ullless Ihere is a contractual
requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and retumed if unspenL in which case
it may be regarded as rpstricted.
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Clnemagic Limited
Company Limitèd by Guarantee
Notes to the Flnancial Statements (coniinu•dJ
Year ended 31 March 2024
Accountlng poll¢lfrs I¢0￿$
R080urce8 •xp•nded
Expenditure Is recogni5ed an accruals basis a5 a liabillty15 Incurred, Expendilure Includes any
VAT whlch cannot be fully recovered, and Is classified under headirNJ5 Of the statement of
financial activities to which it ielate5-
expendlture on raising funds indudes Ihe costs of all fundraising aclivities. events,
non-cheAitatAe Ir&ling adivilies, and the sale of donated goods.
expendlture on charliable activiti8s irKludes all ttjsts incurr8d by a charlty in undertaklng
aclSvltlas Ihal furlher ils charltabl8 aims for Ihè b8n8rrt of Its b8neficiarièS, Including th088
support costs and costs relating io th8 govemancè of the charlty apportioned to charilabl8
acllvitl8S,
other expendlture includes all expenrfiture that is neither rElaled to ralslng funds for the
charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocaled lo experKfilure calegories reflectlng the use of the resource. Dlrecl costs
altrSbulable to a single activity are allocaled directly to that activity, Shared cosls aro apportioned
between the a￿1VitieS they conlrlbule to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
Tanglblfr a8S•t8
Tanglble a55ets are initially recorded al cost. arKI subsequently stated at Gost les5 any
accurnu18ted depreciation and Smpairment losses, Any tsrhgible assets carried at revalued.
amounts are recorded at tho fair valuè at ihe date of revaluation leBs any subsequent
accumulated d8precIati￿ and subsequenl accumulated inipairmenl losse5.
An increase In the carrylng 8mwnt of an asset as a re5utt of a revaluat￿. L8 recognised in other
recognised galns losses, unles5 k reverses a tharge for impairmenl thal has prewously been
re¢ognised as expendtture within the stalèment of fknanclal activtties. A decreas8 in the ¢arrying
amount of an asset as a re5Ldt of revaluation, is recognised in other iecognised gains and losses.
except lo which it offsets any previou5 revaluation gain. In which case Ihe loss is shown wilhln
other iecognlsed gains and 1055es on the statement of financFal activities.
Depreciation
Depreelalion Is calculated so as lo wrile oll th8 cosi ty vakjatlon ol an És88l, le88 Its residual
value. ovér the useful économic li18 of Ihal ass8t as follows.
Fixtures & fittlngs
Equiprnent
25% reducing balance
25% stra￿1 line
Invostm•nt8
Unllsi8d Èouity invèslments am initfjally iécord8d at CO8l. and Subsequ8n￿Y ff*asured at fair
value. If falr value cannot bé rèllabty measured, assèts ale m8asur8d at cosl lèss MnpairmènL
Llsted investrnents are measLwed at fair Val￿ wilh changes In falr value belng recogn15ed In
income or expenditure.
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes lo the Financial Statemants (condipu•dl
Year ended 31 MarGh 2024
AccountSng policies (Goniln¥edJ
Impalmiont ol fix•d ass•ts
A revlew for irMlicatot5 of Impairment is carried out al each reporting date. wlth the reGoverable
amount being esumated ¥there such indicators exist, Where the carrying value exceed5 the
recoverable amoLmt, the a55et is impalred accordingly. Prior impairments ar8 also reviewed for
possible T8ver5al at each reportlng date.
For the purposes of impalrment lestir￿. wfien 11 is not PQSSbble io estimale the recoverable
amoLJnt of an individual asset, an estimale Is rnade of Ihe recoverable amount ol the
cash-generating unit lo which the a55et belongs. The ca5h-generating unit 15 the smallest
IdenlrfSable group of assets that includes the asset arbd generates ￿$h inflow5 thal largely
Independent of the cash inflows from other assets or g¥oups of assets.
For impairrnenl testing of goodwill, the goodwlll acquired In a business comblnatlon Is, from
acqulsition dale. allocated lo each of Ihe cash-generating units that are expected to benelit from
the synergies ol the comblnation. ifrespectNe ol whether other assets or liabililies of the charity
are assigneil to those units.
Flnanclal lrtstrurnents
A financial asset or a financlal fiabllity Is recognisad OTty when the charlty becomas a party to the
Gontractual provislons ol th8 Instrument.
Ba5iG fingncial Instruments are IruliaNy recogTrised 8t the amount recelvable (x payable Indudlng
9ny relaled Iransaction costs.
Curr8At a886is and ¢uftent liabilit￿ 8ubsequenlly mea8ur8d at the cash or other
consideration expé¢t6d to be paid or f8ceived and not discO￿lad.
Oebt instruments are subsequently measured at an￿rtISed cosL
whe￿ inveslmenls kn shares are publidy Iraded (* their fair value can othenvi5e be measured
reliably. the investment is subsequenlly measured at fair value wth Changes in fair value
recognised In income and expendilure. All other SLth investmeDIs are subsequentty measured at
Cost less impaimient.
Ol￿r financial Instruments, inclLhling d8rivaliv8s, are InlLially recognised al laif value, unlèss
paym8nl knr an asset Is dÈlérred bèyond normal business t8ms or fiftanced at a rale of thl8resl
Ihal Is nol a ma￿81 ralÈ, In which tA88 Iho assat is méasured at thè pres8nt value of lh& f￿1￿1@
payments dlscounted at a m8rkel rate ol inleresi fcfj 8 sknllar debt InStrUm￿t.
Othèr financlal instrumèrts are sub58quentty measuréd at falr Va￿&, Vlith arty chanoes
recognised in the stalem8nt of fin￿l¥al activilies, with the exC0ptk￿ of hedglng Instrumènts In
designated hedging relauonship.
Financipl assets that are measured at cost ￿ aM(￿lISed cost ￿ reviewed for objective evidence
of wnpairmenl at the end of each repwting date. If there is obieclive evidence of impairment, an
Impairmer)t loss is recognised Lmder the appr￿ale headlng in the statemeni of financlal
activities in which Ihe Inllial ￿1n was re￿gnIsed.
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limit•d by Guarantee
Notes to the Financlal Statements (eoAllnv•dl
Year ended 31 March 2024
Accountlng pollcles (wbdnu¢dJ
FSnanclal In$trum•nts Iwntinuvdj
For all eq￿tY Ir151rurnents regardles5 of shJnificance. and other financial assets that are
Individually signifi¢anl. ihese are assessed Individually for impairment. Other financial assets
Ither a55essed individually or grouped on the basis ol similar cr8dit risk characteristics.
Any reversals of Impaimienl are recognlsed immediatety, to the extent Ihat the reversal ￿e5 not
resull in a carrylng amount of the finaDcial asset th* exceeds what the carrying amour)t would
have been had the impairment not prev￿usIY been recognised.
D•fln•d ¢oiitrfbutlon plans
ContribLJtions to delkned Gontribution plan5 are reco￿lSed as an expense in the period in which
Ihè relatéd servlcè is provlded. Prep8id contribulions are reC￿l5Éd as an a55Èt lo the exteht
that the prepayment will lead to a reduciton in future payments OT a cash rBfund.
WheTr Gontribution5 are not expected to be settled wholly whhin 12 rnonlhs of Ihe end of Ihe
reporting date in which the employees render the related SerY￿e. Ihe liability is measured on a
dlscounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount Is recognthl as an expense in
Ihe period In which it arises.
Llmlted by guarant
Cinemagic Limlted wa8 reglslered on 15 January 1998 as a compary ￿miled by guarantee, not
having a share Gapilal. The liabllily of each m6mb8r is limited lo an athounl not exceeding £1.
It is al8ts a charity regislared with HM Revenuè & Cust(xns.
Donations and l•gacies
Rg8trided Total Funds
Funds
2024
Reslricled Toial Funds
Funds
2023
Granls
Grants receivable
S69,126
569,126
6￿.089
600.089
Olher tradlng aGtlvlties
Unrestricted Total Funds Unwestricted Total Fund3
Furxts
2024
Funds
2023
Box office irbcome
40.238
40,238
30.115
30.115
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limlted by Guarante•
Notes to the FlnaTrcial Statements (eDnrfnv￿
Year ended 31 March 2024
Costs of raislng donalions and legacios
Unreslrfcted
Funds
Restrfcled Totsl Funds
Funds
2024
Dlrecl cost of aclivities
Wages and salarl8S
Employerfs NIC
Pension costs
Rent
Rales & water
L￿ht & heat
Repairs & mainlengnce
Insurance
Travel costs
Accountancy fees
Telephone
Qffice costs
Depreciation
Cleaning
264.113
234.694
19.693
4.568
12.720
364
4.307
264,113
234,694
19,693
4,568
12,720
364
4,307
360
6,441
11,738
11,250
13,653
14,651
1,287
2,466
360
6.441
11.738
11.25
10.612
11.388
1.287
2.466
3.041
3.263
37,363
564,942
602.305
Unrestricl8d
Funds
Restrlcl8d Total Funds
Funds
2023
Dlrect cost of activilies
Wages and salaries
Employer's NIC
Pension cosls
Rent
Rate8 & water
Light & heat
Repairs & maintenance
Insurance
Travel costs
Account8ncy fees
Telephone
Office cosls
Depreciatson
Cleaning
258,734
236.593
22.825
4.870
12,736
320
3.373
258,734
236,593
22,825
4,870
12,736
320
3.373
934
e,013
11.656
10.680
12.387
21.907
1,338
2.200
934
6.013
11.656
4.357
12.387
21.907
6.323
1.338
2.200
10,795
595.771
608,566

Cinemagic Limited
Company Limlted by Guarant••
Notes to tho Financial Stalements (Conl1￿￿￿)
Year ended 31 March 2024
Expendlture on charllable activities by fund type
UM8strtcled
Funds
R•strlcted T¢)tal Funds
Funds
2024
Support cx>sls
667
4.3Z1
4,988
Unrestricled
Funds
Restricled Tot4 FLmd8
FL¢nd$
2023
Support costs
4.318
5.302
Expendiiure on charltable activliles tsy acllvlty typg
Support Total furtd8
costs
2024
Total fund
2023
Govérnance c08l8
4.988
4,988
5,302
10, Nel Incom•
Net income Is slated afler tharglry1(uedltlr￿).
2024
2023
DepreGlation ol laffjible fixed assets
1,287
1,338
11. AudltrM8 r•muneratlon
2024
2023
Fees payable for the audlt (rf the ffinancial statements
4,320
4.320
12. Staff costs
The total staff costs and employee beneffts for the reportlng pe￿d are anelysed as follows:
2024
2023
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Employer contr*but￿n$ to pension p￿5
234,694
19,693
4.568
258,955
236.593
22.825
4.870
264,288
Thè average head ￿int of employees during lh8 yèar was 6 (2023: 6). Th8 average ntsmbè¢ of
lull-time equivalent •mpk>yees duri￿4 Ihe year is anatysed as lollows..
2024
2023
No.
Numb8r ol staff
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limlted by Guarantee
Notes lo the Flnancial Statements (conltnu•dJ
Year ended 31 March 2024
12. Stsff costs fcontlmied)
Th6 number of employees whose remLAfteralion for the yew fell withln th& lollowing bands, were..
2024
2023
No.
NO.
£70.000 10 £79,999
13. Trustee remuneratlon and expèn8eS
No remunèration or olhÈr bÈnefils fft)m 8mploymènt wlth th8 charity or a relaléd enlity wère
recelved by th8 truSteÈ8.
14. Tangibk fixed assets
Fixtures and
fjitlngs Equipmenl
Total
Cost
Al 1 Aprl 2023
Addlllons
Disposals
At 31 March 2024
13.837
73.699
1.984
(67,9861
7,697
87,536
1,984
(67,986)
21,534
13,837
D•pr•clatlon
Al 1 April 2023
Charge for the ygar
Disposals
At 31 March 2024
13.837
70.672
1.287
(67.9B6}
3,973
84,509
1,287
167,986)
17,810
13,837
Canylng amount
At 31 MaKh 2024
3.724
3,724
3.027
At 31 March 2023
3.027
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limlted by Guarant•e
Notes to the Flnancial Slatements (contlnu•dJ
Year ended 31 March 2024
15. Invoslm?nl
Shar08 In
group
undertaklng
Cost or valuallon
At 1 Aprll 2023 and 31 March 2024
ImpalrmeTrt
At 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024
Carrylng amouni
At 31 March 2024
100
100
Al 31 Klarch 2023
100
All ￿Vestr￿entS shown above are held at valuatK)n.
16. Debtors
2024
2023
Amounis owed by aroup undertakin08
Prepayrnenis and accrued Income
Grants receivable
Other debtors
121.114
24.769
87.176
2,500
235,559
143,563
5,472
65,573
2,500
217,108
17. Credltors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Bank loans and overdrafts
Trade credilors
Accruals and deferred Inco
Soclal security arKI other taxes
Credil card
Other credilors
38
1 S,675
88,559
7,895
8,480
787
38
27.411
90.509
26.098
2,632
1,303
121.434
147,991
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Cinemagic Limited
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes lo the Flnancial Statements (witfnu•dJ
Year ended 31 MarGh 2024
18. Daferred In¢omo
2024
2023
At 1 Aprl 2023
Amount released to income
Amount (lelerred in year
At 31 March 2024
60,B37
160,837)
57,500
57,500
69,159
(63.822)
55,500
60.837
19. Penslon5 and other post retlrement beneflts
Defin•d ¢ontrlbution plan¥
The amount recognised *) incon* or eXp￿dit￿re as an 8xpensè In relation lo dèfin8d
Cx)ntrlbulion plans was £4,568 (2023: £4,870).
20. Analy515 of charltable funds
Unrestricted funds
At
Ir￿orne Exp8ndllurè 31 March 24
A11W1123
Gen8ral funds
85,331
40.238
(38,030)
87,539
At
Ir￿rne Expendllure 31 March 23
Ai 1 April 22
General funds
66,995
30.115
(11,7791
85,331
Fund descripllons
Restricled funds are amounts lo be used for specrfEd purposes as lald down by the donor.
Expenditure which rneels these criteria is charged to the fund togelher with a fair allocation of
overhead and support costs. The trustees have no conlrd over these ftjnds olher than ensuring
Ihey are spent for Ihe purposes intended by the dOn￿S and thereloie no target level has been
set.
Unreslrfcléd funds ar8 fré8ty av8Habl8 lo sp*)d en any of the charlly's puoos•s,

Cinemaglc Limited
Company Limited by Guarantee
Notes to the Financial Statements (¢oAtlnu•dJ
Year ended 31 March 2024
20. Analysls of charitabl¢ funds (¢ontlthKdl
Rostrfct•d funds
At
Income Exp6nditur8 31 March 24
Ai 1 April 23
Reslrlcled Fund
100.864
569.126
1569.263)
100,727
Al
Income Expendilure 31 March 23
At 1 April 22
Restri¢led Fund
100,86S
61x1.089
{600,089)
100.865
21. Analysls ol n•t a$$•ts between funds
Urw8stricl8d
Funds
Réstdcle¢J Total Fund$
Funds
2024
Tanglble fixed assets
lrnvestments
Currenl assels
Credilors less than l year
3.724
3,724
100
100
218.337
305,876
{121.434) (121,434)
100,727
188,266
87.539
Nel assets
87.539
UntestTicied
Fund5
Restricted Total Funds
Funds
2023
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Current assels
Creditors less Ihan 1 year
Not assrfs
3.027
3,027
100
100
245.729
331,060
{147,991) 1147,991)
100.865
186.196
85.331
85.331
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