Stage Beyond Theatre Company Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2024_______
Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2024
The trustees are pleased to present their report together with Receipts and Payments Accounts and the Independent examiners report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Reference and administration details
Charity Name Stage Beyond Theatre Company Other names known by Stage Beyond Charity Number NIC104959 Principal Address The Millennium Forum 6 Newmarket Street Derry BT48 6EB Independent Examiner Deborah O'Donnell Deborah O'Donnell Chartered Accountants Unit 36 Templemore Business Park Derry BT48 0LD Bankers Bank of Ireland 15 Strand Road Derry BT48 7BT Trustees Bernie Shiels Chair Sean Sheridan Treasurer Jennifer Ward Secretary Lisa Heaney Anne Marie Barr Cara McCartney Dr Jenn Goddard Catriona Hinds Marie McIvor
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Stage Beyond Theatre Company Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2024_______
Structure, governance and management
The charity is governed by its constitution and is constituted as a trust. Trustees are appointed and meet no less than 6 times per year.
Objectives and activities
The objects of the charity are to advance the education, by developing the capacity and skills of adults and young people with a learning disability (the beneficiaries) primarily, but not so as to exclude those with a physical or sensory disability in Northern Ireland and its environs by the promotion of the arts among the beneficiaries and to promote capacity building among them and in particular;
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a) to promote the training and education of the beneficiaries in the arts of drama and its associated arts, skills and crafts connected with the theatre, and the performing arts;
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b) to promote capacity-building among the beneficiaries in an effort to increase their confidence, well-being, assertiveness, and so as to assist them to participate in the performing arts as amateurs, volunteers, students, trainees or employees and to lead a full and active life in the community and in society in general;
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c) to provide educational and recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare for the beneficiaries and so that their quality of life may be improved;
and ancillary to the foregoing to promote the accessibility of drama and theatre for people with disabilities in general and to educate the general public about the creative and artistic abilities of people with disabilities.
Achievements and performance
Stage Beyond had another very successful year. Apart from our outreach work we performed our show “Unstoppable” at St Columb’s Hall before a sold out house.
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Stage Beyond Theatre Company Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2024_______
Financial review
The charity had unrestricted reserves of £60,399 at 31 March 2024 (£60,399 – 2023).
The charity aims to hold 6 months running costs as reserves. This would be approximately £65,000.
Independent examiners
A resolution will be proposed at the AGM that Deborah O’Donnell Chartered Accountants be re-appointed as independent examiners to Stage Beyond Theatre Company for the ensuing year.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee’s report above
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees by
Bernie Shiels 31 July 2024 (Chair)
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