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Charities Number: Pt el Tee Trustees Annual Report, Oa ae igs ond
Statement of Receipts, Payments, Assets & Liabilities ae ee ee , fi, For the year ended 31 pe Sea .05.20
fre 1/Trustees: -8. (List attached ) salig herd)
2/Principal Office-Bearers: myPe aa (ie President, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, a C- . Treasurer) 2 C # ;
Pte 3/lndependent Examiners: me EN Mr D Wilson, Mr A Devonshire ee Sek
4/Bankers: ee (Ulster Bank - Lisburn) ee
ee 5/0bjectives and activities: a eo In compliance with the Charity Commission for : © Le Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit the Society has, throughout the Me Saeed | PO epee me fe E- year, successfully followed the objectives and activities set out in section 2 ee ee Oe ee i paragraphs (a) and (b) of its Rules and Constitution (2110). ey at rea 2
ee Namely: oe (a) ed To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in ee ee ee ee ee ee | and appreciate of the arts of music and drama by the presentation of public ee ee ee ee ee Pe i es concerts and recitals in Lisnagarvey (Lisburn) and the surrounding area (the 7 oe - ),-2 ee a —_ -,-"8 "¢." a Mia)"Fk =” area of benefit) and by such other ways as the Society, through its eT ee Management Committee (trustees) shall determine from time to time. |
And ee (b) Provide facilities for the training of young people and others in the ee ee ee ee creative arts. B..° OF ee 6/ Achievement and performance: hse ee ee ee In 2019 in pursuit of these objectives the er in ea =u Society broadly followed its annual programme of shows and events with, a Ll, <2 i — ahr - eee mo |
Youth Summer Workshop (June - September) involving upwards of eighty Sek FU PES BO te Le OC! lbh Lie. young people "Footloose" and finishing with a production of the musical oe eee ae ee oe so: 7 ‘tail "Oklahoma" I-a” ;
In December our pantomime, now a prominent feature of the city's Christmas hls = = a_ im] en = ~_T vt a , * festivities, was "Sleeping Beauty" and it played out to near sell out audiences. We ee De. a ee |
With regard to audience figures we estimate that the total numbers attending our three main staged events throughout year was in the region 6000. In addition to these main events the Society staged a number of concerts ra isi ng f unds for local charities. 71Organisation Structure: The management committee is responsible for the day to day running of the Society is elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in June. Totalling twelve in number each member is responsible for a specific function, for example; vice-chair, secretary, treasurer, stage manager, music secretary, ticket secretary, production manager, social representative, publicity & business manager, youth society representative; all responsible to the chairperson whose role is to oversee all the committee activities; when considered necessary the committee is supported by appropriate sub- committees. The Management Committee meets on a monthly basis during the performance period, mainly between September and May. The activities of the Youth Society, operating during the summer period, are managed by a youth society sub-committee led by the chairperson and the Youth Sociews Representative on the Management Committee. 8/Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities: As trustees the management committee are responsible for preparing the Trustee's Report and the statement of receipts and payments in accordance with applicable law and regulations. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Society's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the assets and liabilities of the Society and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregu larities. Signed on behalf of the Trustees: Mrs J Anderson {Hon Chair) Mr R Mcllwrath (President)