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Green Shoot Productions
{A company Ilmttod by guarantso, not havlng a shafv ¢apttoD
TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
for the finandal year 8nded 31 Marth 2023
The trustees present thelr Truslees, Annual ReporL cornbinimg the Dlredor8' R8POrt and Ttusts8s' Reprt gThJ th8
unaudited financial statements for the flnanclal year ended 31 March 2023.
The finand81 statem¢nt8 arg prepared In acwrdonee wlth the Compank8s Act 2006, FRS 102 'The Finandal
Rewrting Standard 8ppIicdble in the UK arKÈ Republic of Irelan￿ and Accountiry and Repotlng by Ch8riti95:
Statement of Recommenderj Practlce applicat￿e to Gharitse8 preparing their financid ststements in accordance with
the Financlal Reporting Stsndard applicabla In the UK and Republic of Iraland IFRS 1021.
The Trustees, Report contsins the infomiation required to be pro￿d￿ in the Trustses, Annual Report under the
statement of Recclnmended Pra¢tica {SORPI guidelines. Th8 Irustses of the Company are also chartty trustees for
the purp08e of charity law and under the ￿mpanY'S constitution are known as members ofthe bogTYJ Dftrustees.
In this report the trustees of Green Shoot Producllon$ present a swnmary of purF¢Se, govgman¢e. activiua
achievgments and finan￿ forth6 financAal Ye￿ 31 March 2023.
Th& company Is a registsred charity and h6nc* the report and ￿SuIts are presentsd In a fom whlth compl188 with the
requ1rements of tho Compan￿$ Act 2CQ6 and, altho￿h not obliged to ccmply with the Stat8m8nt of Reconmended
Pra¢tice (Charthes SORP effeciive January 2015), the organisation ha8 impthentsd Its ro¢ommendalion$ where
relevant In these.financial statements:.
Mlsgion, Objttfjvgs and Stratew
ObSe¢llve8
Vision
A Northem Ireland where theatre 18 pia¢ed In tha heart ol communitw and where wothg da88 and marginalised
VOifXS are heard on al stages.
Mission
GSP is dèdl(ated to commLssioning producing new wrltlng for the stsg6. to Ihe hlghest possiblo stsndards. The
mpany is ￿mMItted to develoklng and presenting plays that ￿ntsIn strong social, polltlcal and CUl￿ra] theme
making theatre that k8 Televant to the populatlon of N.1.
GSP seeks to promol8 V￿dang das8 and other marginal18ed volces Ihat aré und6r-rgpresentsd vdthin theatre. We
eonstsnly smve to attract ngw audienc8s and particlparrts. Communty engagement fonnB tha fOu￿la10n of a
aspects oflhe Compa￿$ approach and activity.
Green Shoot Productions ccre values ore:
Excellenca - we aim for tho highest quality of work In everythirvJ we do. from professional productlon to wmmunlty
engagement
Inclusion - we aim to ensure worffing and marglna181ed voie88 ara brought to thé fwe. are hèard, understood
and respected by 811.
Equaiity-our employment and atlstic work treats all with dignity and faimes&
Paitner¥hip - IKè acll*ly S8ék partn$)¥"to'rJevelop our'prcgrammo4 embrace new skills. and re8th nawaudien￿5
and p8rUcipants.
Structure, Governan¢o and Manag•ment
Structure
Goveming dcajment Green Shcot Production8 Is a ￿rnpanY Limited by Guarantee not having a share capltsl,
incorporated in 8th May %K12 and registsred as a thgrity wllh Charty Commission Nl in Nav6mber2016.
Appolntment of the Board of Dlrectors: There are ourrenty 4 dlrectors of th8 compary. appc4nted annual￿ at the
AGM.
Board Indu¢Uon and Tralnlng: New rn￿bers undergo Induction and orfentalion belng ijrtefed on legal obligatior
under tharity and tt￿npanY Iwi. FrrTh time to ttma. Board undertake5 futher managementtraining.
Organisational Operations.. The Board of GSP admiThster the chafity. The board d818gat• programmlng to Martin
Lynch as Arttslic Direotor. 98 tho rnost senior offi￿[.
Relate¢J parties alld c¥)-operation wlth other organisa￿ons. Nons of Yne Directors r8caived remunoraJon or olhor
toneffts from thew work with the Charfty. Any confsid of interest In relatlcfi to any ¢orrtracbJal agreements must
dls¢lo8ed. No conflkt8 of interesl arose have been reported In the current year.

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Green Shoot Productions
¢ompany Ilmtted by guarants¥, not haNlnu a $har• caplta4
TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
for the finandal yearended 31 Marth 2023
Referen￿ and admlnlststion details.. theè name of th¢ Charty is Green Shoot Produ¢tions. It Is a Ilmlted by
Guarantee not having a share capit￿. Tha Company was In￿rporated In 8th May 2002 and registsre11 as a chathy
with Chartiy Commls8icn Nl on Ihe 16th November 2016. {Charity Number. NIC10S941)
Roview of ActtvStlo8, AchI9V￿#nts and Parfornianc
Programming
2022-2023 wa8 a paGked year for tha Company.
A slgnific2nt part of our work was based on Community Theatr8 R85KlenGy in Thgovg Bay. Wa completed $8verdl
projects Including Th8 Half Mth)n, d new play by Alc8 Maseed, a cros840mmunity Youth Summer Schem8, a
Documentary followlng the IN8s of young people bullding a bonfire.
In August w& revived In The Name Of The Son for runs al The Grydnd Opera House and The Edinburgh Fring
FethaL Th1$ yearwe employed Aar¢n Cathcart ag Communlty Engagement Offlw on a part-time ba8iS,
Flnaneial Revlew
Grnen Shwt has ¥plbJ for fvnding to BCC multiAnnual Funcfjng, Arts Coundl Commls5p)ning Fund, et&
receNed furhJlr@ from CRC & Dept Of For81gn Affairs.
si￿9 our furKling trom TBUC and ULster Garden Vlllages came to an end In 21Y23, the Ccmpany has worked on
several 4plications to Tru6l funds.
Green Shoot had a very successfijl finandal year in 202212D23. However, whilst our cx)mpletsd &counts show a
ttgure in the bank of £71.732. tt should be boma In mind Ihat ts maJO￿ty of thes8 funds {£64,7881 are restricted and
rfngfenced for projects taking pla¢e in the 202312D24 year. For example. fr¢m that £64,788 figure, funds for projects
by the Arts Coun¢ll (£22,740) and the D8pL Of ForevJn Affairs (£21. 5081 came in before Aprll 1st 2023 but wgrfj for
prc4ects to happen after March 31st 2023 and the Invoices for a TBUC project also didnl come in1£7,1681 until atsr
March 2023. Th18 left u8 a true balan(E In our bank aoxiunt of£6,944.
Flnan¢lal R•8ulta
At the @nd of tho financial year th8 company has assets of £95,299 {2022 - £24.4041 and Ilablli￿$ of £23,￿7{2o22-
£13.9901. The net assets of the company have Increased by £61,318.
Prfnrlpal Rlsks and Uneertalntle8
The Board continuousty reviews risks to whlch ts Ccwnp8ny Is exposed, in parti¢u]ar those relatirs to operalions and
ance of th8 Company and are satisfied that good financyol practic£ Is In place and systems ar¢ In ptac8 to miligote
the exposure lo major risk.
The company remain 8rts8t led and whli st our A￿5￿¢ Dlrector works Dn a volvntsry
basis, we havè Ihe ￿Llly of 2 ￿ll-tiMe empbyeeg- Project Officer. Nki ki Tum&r Mary Bailie, Administrator
and a part-time Community EryJagement Offlcer. Aaron CathcarL Its produGtson model hag developed to indude
wroduction and parti￿patOry approaches ensurfng rel8vanc£ to local o)mmuniii6s. Prolect plans are in place lo
continue with the murtt-facetsd f￿38￿9 Bay project In addltion the r￿MpanY will put plans in FAace for the pIc￿U¢l10n of
the two new ¢ommissions for the financial years of 2023- 2025. Th8 company wthl continue to enabl8 parlicipatory
professKJnal theatre, and theatre which èngagos I0￿11$￿d community audienc£s as well as e)ristKig Ihgatre going
audlence& A Strategy document18 In plaL% and has been upgraded to tako us up to 2025.
Trustees
The In￿lee5 who 5eNed throwhoutthe flnandal year. exeept as notéd, wer6 as follows..
Vmlliam Barr
Martin Wlkam M￿umeY
Catherine mccullou9h￿ay￿t
lfjmbedy Ja¢kson (Re8kJr￿d 22 Nov8mber %)22)
Kathryn Baird
In acco￿n￿ with the Arfides of AssodaUon. lh8 director8 rettre by rotation and. belng elvJible. offer them8e[v￿ for
rfrelectlon.
cthnp11an￿ Sector4Vlde Lgglslation and standards
Th8 company engaggs pro4cttvely with legislatlon, standards and codes which are devotowj for the 58Ctor. Green
Shoot Produdions subgerlbes to and is comtAbant with the following:
The Companies Act 2006
Tha Charittes SORP IFRS 102)

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Green Shoot Productions
IA cornpa￿ Ilmltsd by guarnntee, not havlng • $h•re Capita
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT
for the fina￿￿91 year ended 31 Marth 2023
Reserves
The trustees have developed and adopted a re5eNes pollcy that seeks to increa88 th8 unrestricted inD)me reserve
fund equivalent to months of annual reporung costs. GSP current poloy is to hold 10% of nel earned income to
increase the unrÉstrtGted Inc(Ima res•rv6 to thls level. Th@ Wgrves 8re restrirted and to be used ￿th board approval.
The trusteè recognise that financial p8rfOmian￿ fluctuate beffim￿n surpluses arKI deftcxts birt the medium lenn
strategy is to see ￿ overall tsnd of reseNes growlh and increasing financApJ Sta￿lIty.
Approvod by the Board of Trustees on 23 January 2024 and $lgMd on It8 behalf by:
Martin Wllllam McBum8y
Dlrector

DoeJJSlgn Envelo￿ ID: 07290C2￿E8￿B9￿BD7B4)1E4A7I82QE0
Green Shoot Produc￿onS
(A company Ilmltsd by guarant99. not having a Sharo ¢apithn
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES
for the financi81 year ended 31 March 2023
trustees, who are also dlrector8 of Green Shoot Productlons forthe wrposes of co￿panY law, are ￿$￿)n$￿ for
preparing the finan(¥al ststemgnts in a¢eordance with appllcsble law and Tegulatlon
Comparty law requires the trustees a8 th8 directots to prepare financial statsments for each ffinanclal ye¥. Under th&t
law the tn5St•o8 have elecied lo prep¥re the 1Snanci81 ststements in aC￿TdanCe wlth Unlted KlngdLwn General
knounting Pracllce {Unit6d lfjngdom Acuunting StarKlards and oppllc8ble lawl Induding FRS 102 Th8
Finanelal Rèporting Standard applKable In the UK and Republic of Ireland, Section 1A {Sm811 Enllues). Under
compary law the trustees must not approvo the finan￿81 ststements unless thoy are satisfied that they give a true and
fdr vlew ol the stste of affairs ofthe cornpany and of thg surplus or deficit of the ¢ompany forthat period.
In Prepari￿ these finanaal stalem8nts, the trustees are required to..
Select suitsble arxounlng pollcle8 and apply them conslslerrtly;
mak8 judgements and estimates that are rea80nable and prudent,.
state wwher Its finandal Statements have been prepared In accordanc2 wth the re￿Vant financ4al r6porting
framework, identify those stsndard8, and note thg offecl and lh& reasons foT any Matsrial depathrè fr(MTr those
stsndaTds'. and
prèpare the finanaal statsments on the going concem basi8 unless It Is Inappropriats to presume thal the
cc*npany will o)ntinue in operation.
The trU$L￿ confimi Ihat they hava ciryjlled with the above r8quirem8nts in preparing the finanrial stalements.
Tho trustsey are re8pon￿b￿ for keeplng adequate aco)unttng records 1hat ar8 suffiaent to show and expletn the
companys transactions and di$dos8 with reasonabl& ac(￿raCY at any the fjnanclal position of the Gompany and
enable to ensure fhat the finanGiBI slatemants compty wlth. They ar8 also respons1b￿ for safeguarding the
8sset8 of Ihe cunpany and hance for ts￿ng reasonable steps for thg prevention and detection of fraud and other
irregularities.
Approvad by tho Board of Tru8to0s on 23 January 2024 and 8lgned on Its behalf by:
Martln Wllllam McBurney
Director .