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(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
DIRECTORS. REPORT
The dirtdors present Iheir repNi and xcwnts lor the yéareThJ*J 31 2023.
Directors
The followng director5 hekl office dunTrJ the of ihe pertsj
Mr Mart Glazer
Mr Sleven Hadley
Mr Graham Morton [￿S￿n￿d ￿ Aprt 2023)
Ms Aimee Consiglia Conway
Mr A￿an Gegry 2Y May 2023)
Miss Kennedy 7 Febnwy 20231.
ststement ol directors. re$ponsibilili
The d1￿Clor$ are rESFonsible for p￿paftn9 Ihe ￿pOrt aThJ acc(wJnts In ac¢ordarte wth ap￿1¢able law and ¥egu&tions
Company requi￿ ir* directors to prepare accoLbnts for each finanual year Under thal law the direclors have
elected to prepare the arxounts In accordan￿ Ymih Unrted ￿ngdOM Generally Accepw Accounting Practi￿ (United
IQn90￿ Accounting St8ndard5 and aFPlicab￿ lawl Ufthr Company Ihe directors must not approve Ihe accounts
unless they are sabsfied that Ihey 9ive a Irue and tsir vw of the Stsle of aftairs ol Ihe cc¥npany and of the profit or Jog3
of the company for that ￿Trod In prepanng these accounts. the directors are required to - select surtab* ac￿n￿n9
pol￿￿ and I￿n appty them consistenuy. - rnake judgements and estmaies that are rea50n8bk and prudent". .
prepare the accounts on Ihe going CO￿eM basis unless Il o Inappropnate lo p￿surne Ihat the company WAII continue in
business The direclors are responsible lor kee￿ng adequate ao>)untirg records thai a￿ suffi¢ienl to Show and
explain the c47npany'$ transacbons and d￿￿Ose wth ￿asonable accuracy al any bme Ihe fjnanoal pOs￿0n of
company and enab￿ them to ensure that Its ￿￿Unts comply wth the Companies A￿ 2IMX They are also
resFonsibie for safeguarding Ihe assets of the cwany and hen￿ lor laking reasonab￿ s*ps for preveft￿ and
deleu1￿ of fraud and oil*r lrwu1ant￿S
Small company provlslons
This ￿POrt has been prep3r•J in xcordaKe wlh Ihe spea* rElaiir¥J to small companies wilhin Part 15 01
the Companies Act 20
Objective* and Aclivlties
Our Wision Is io ￿ale e￿raordillary arts experiences of the h*3*￿st qU31rty
Our Missbon to eX￿Ore the Intersectw ol rnuwc. Image aryl words ¥￿h artists and ￿MIr￿n11*S locally, national￿.
an¢Y Internabonalty
Our V•lu¢# are
Inno¥ati¥e: ￿ are experwmntern. d*CoVe￿r$. Inventorn ol new ways ol teWir¥J new stones
World class- a￿ ambrtious aTrJ aspife to the hwhe51 $landard5 In everything ￿ thj
Collaborative: WIÈ wryk as a team with indNKluals comrnunrt*5, 3rt¢5ts. funder5. and others
Grounded- We find humour passion & rreaniry In Ihe ordtnary. and stn¥e lo make Il exlraordinary
Di¥•rse: IAÈ a￿ wekt¥n*ng. IndvsNe and accessible. rnaki￿g for anrj wth, everyore in mind
Imp•cfful: use F*)*er ol art to encoura9e p051tNe change for Individu31s. ￿mmUnrtts. an¢J 5(¢￿t*S
Our Str•teglc Atms l Goals a
New Work.. To develcy new art15[￿ woth thal exca￿3 #ryl Inspres aud￿r￿a5
Innovaiion: To ex￿0￿ ihe potential of new & errerying technolc9￿5 to uea* ano prexnt new *YJ
Perform•nce & Touring: To develop a￿stIC and netwKrts Tor In-peTr￿ and d$rtal F*rfornvts tW
lour earn revenue. and reach new a￿j￿nceS

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Audlenc•.' To (levelop ne44 for coh￿mporary ￿rtOn￿nCe arl.
Pani¢lpaiion: To prov*Je oFPortunrt￿ lor pecpk to lako part in Jrts oftre h¥JlRst ¢walNy
Organiyts"on.. To afftl manage a dynarYy¢. pr(wressNe organi8afvJn In line wrfh L*si prn(a
Su*tsinability.' To en5ur8 thal t￿m￿l*￿r￿3 Jln¥es lor financ￿1 aThJ •rwi¥wr*nthi
In 6hapfftg our aCtM1￿ for Ihe year. Tm5tees have ￿￿3￿Jere￿a the Ch4nty CorrM￿S1Ofi S gu•Jance
regardtng public berefrt DuthrhJ's aCth¥￿e$ of th￿e fflain areas of aCbvrt¢ and Jrnbrt￿n Ea
have certain crrjssovets, and be b￿adlY brc*en dowm as follry*8
111 Enga9emtnl & P•rIlcl￿t1on.'
provNJe effwging rnuswns and composers vthh rnenlonrvJ a￿) fflvatuab￿ hand￿n txpervKe Ihat he¥>J
estab115h their reputatsons as prOfesS￿nal artists workjng at Ihe hghest knel In da55Kal mus
We combine hKJhty 5ktlled ￿8t1¥e$ wrth Ind￿￿lua15 who have lth or no perforTnants expeften￿. arvj our arf>sbc
Is an Invitation for peLpte of all age5. abilrti&s and ba£*9roun¢15 to use their ovm personal and erroth￿al vc¢abular*9 1
expenences In the crealwe proc
lill Origlnal New Work•
produ￿ I ¢fyprL*JU￿ onginal w thrjrk m partrRF5hip ￿adIng arts organffjatw& cre*e powerful so
and visual experences
Illil Digltsl Technology & Fllm
eXpkI￿ rw Llgital Itc*nolc8*s can crEale re* in1wt￿ arts exper￿n￿.
Achie¥ements and Perfonnance
Dunng finanoal year 2023. DumlyAry)thJ 45 perfts￿na￿ orevents atlentsj by an esi¥naied 5.838 peopJ•. 187
engageffent and parwabw eyen¢s for an e5kn1ed 987 pa￿￿part$ and 7 exhJbI￿nS attendgj by an esbmate(I
13,454 peop
Hi9hlKJhts Indu¢Jed"
SCORCHED EARTH TrJLOGY. Ctr￿u¢e￿ Imsh Nabjnal Opera, Ihe E4rth Tn￿wa￿ th￿ short
St￿lArt Operas whth eXpkI￿ the Impact of climate change through Ihe eyes ol polar bear5. chIld￿n & lhrrld leaders
Projected onto the side5 of building5 Wth wi￿leSS heèjphones for audience ft*rnber5. these Stfftl Art Operas ￿rE
descnbed by The Sunday filT￿ a5 'Anarch￿ & lunny salincal & barg io dat6 short sharp. sanlon
cc¥nmenl8r￿$ rn the chnwt8 cngs. ￿ screened the operas on 5Kle of 8dlast's Ulster Museum as part of Bellasl
International Fe$￿al and presenw Ihem. for the fir51 fft Indoof5. 31 Rotterdam's BnrtU5 Art Centre as part ol O
Festryal Ks an adjunct. ￿ also eollatrK•rated wth Irish Nabonal Cpera on the developrneni ol their audio applicatton
150hJe. which ￿11 enable a￿d￿nce rrember5 to usè Iheir Cl￿ mobile de¥*￿ and heatYphone5 to sync wth and Islen ¢0
Ouf Sireel Art Operas
CULTURE NIGHT LETTERKEN14Y= Invited by Lettefkenny s Reg￿n81 CuKural cefitre ￿ pre5enl di9ilal lor thwr
Culture Nighl programming. ￿ ￿ree￿ ty￿ Streel All (Was. Angels Play I Spy and Dnve 8y SIKx)ting arKI
launched our ne￿Y developed anirnated videogarrÉ opera exF￿r￿n{￿, A New Top(yJTrphy olLo¥e P3rt 11 Flayed ￿1
beswjke. ￿nI￿ae ar¢ade con501e the Installaiion ugng vmjeo gaming znd aTh operatsc 50undtrack to tell a tale of
environmenlal destnJction- Imagine Super Mano Brothe￿ [￿15 Mano Lanz8. ￿￿eY Mouse. whales bais birds. anil
Jeff Bez05. all batuing Il oul lor the r￿Ure ol our ¥ery own pknet earth
A NEW TOPOGRAPHY OF LOVE PART111- THE SINGING STOPPED.. presenied the worha p￿rniere ol new
p*ce of choral rnu51c lor orct*slra and ￿mMUnity choirs ai the City Df Oerry Intemalional Choir Feslrwal In ihe
Millennium Forum Performed by Ihe U15ter Orthestra aTrJ Ihe Fe5bval Siryers 8 Chorus, A fvew Top>Jrnphy olLo
Part 111- Th8 &￿ing Slopped 1$ Ihe third pan ol a mi¥eo media thlDgy thai explores as• ol human ¢tyr*c￿¥ity.
environment and sharecl
SONGBOOK: ¢Tr¢￿al￿ sorys • wa￿ty ol groups who are carnpafjniThJ Iw 50ooWthcal
an(Ilor are representing peop￿ who 3re mar9snalW or uThJer-wresenied PanripaiirwJ groups Tool5 lor
Solidanty (Eellastl who repuffj4)se unwanted machines and lts)l$ for ￿.￿Se In S￿?ha￿an AfrKa, Forthsw
Inter Comrnunity Group ieelf3511 p¥o¥ide svpport lor ￿Idents ai an lnierta￿ are•, Pink Lades IDeryyi who are
choir of cancer SUAfivors. PPR I MAC (Beffasti carrpawJTr to suppofl ThJMts of asyliffn Beekers and refkw,
and RIGe co1￿￿ IEnn15 County Ctsiei who campawn for yTea*i envtronNwthi susta￿abl1rty The •0 0>
creating thth eath gioup enabte lI￿r of hope. so&darrfy & pOSrt￿ th•4p to •wJwu.

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SF WE COULD SEE OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US.. Comrn•5s1oied ty MewFacebc•Jk & Na¥an s Sob¢ts At
Cenire ￿aled a series of $ounLI vmjeo & pho￿￿phY V•X)rk5. cO￿e￿Ied ¥Mth pecy* and corTYnund*lS
th￿ugh￿Ul County Mealh Irwred by mcvnents of assembty across ￿affi- chosrs comiThJ tOget￿r Io siNJ 6WmryT*r•
tak￿9 the cold pluThJe l(yether, trees cDnnK￿￿9 vnder the earth In a ol support- the soundlvthrffjiwng
IllSt¥llabon wa5 exhibite(I In Solglkx Arts Ceffl￿. Nav8n & Icwed to Kel￿ ar￿ AShboUr￿ In Counly MEaih
U14BOXED OUR PLACE IN SPACE- CONSTELLATION5 OF NOISE.. commosioned by the NeThe Cenire
lo prowde community rnu5K ad¢vrty as part of t￿1r Our Place In Sp8c* pr•ed was of 10 n31Kffial pn¥etts
funded by Unboxed Crealwity in Ihe VK Inthative Cortstellal*￿s olN&se paired evJhi nationalty I InteMai￿n31ty
n¢Jwned musiuan wlh corrwnunity parttipants from all six counbes ol Northem Irelaod ￿ ueale mus
Fealunn9 5th£rf)I Child￿ft Ca￿ home resvJents brass band player5 ￿fI￿s and asylum 5e•kers. young musoani.
arKI commurtity rnembers ol all ages e*Jhl unM4ue and Inwrkr5Ne aLKI1￿¥sual insiallatsonglive ￿rtOrnan￿ wère
presented dunny a sh¢>•￿aSe *eekeTrJ ifj BaThJDr County aL%o delNered Th& Erfyiaged Composer
Syrnposium In *thich. over days. Wghl ol the UK ano I￿land'S rnc61 expenenced and Inspirational
Se￿IPrac￿1K*nerS Sha￿ their Irsi9hts ar¥J exF¢￿eTr¢e In coll3boratiThJ and ¢￿¢￿eatIng work and
en*rgin9 cOrnp￿￿ A Seres of ¥n)fkshops ar¥J seminars illuminated the depth. energy colour. bn1l1an￿ DI the4r
practrce a5 they sha￿j persofflal ￿￿thC￿jolO9E5. SFeaaltsms. 5tsudufÈs. a￿StsC ¢JbJethes. ar*J tec*nv4ues to enal)le
exhilarntyng and Iresb con*rnporary mus¢ 10 be rom￿d
A CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO AI4AR¢HY.. Thts was a o>prrJJuction So)Uand's Red Nole Ensèmble
woikshops vAth schools and community group5 In Easterhou5e. Glasgtyv 10 create the naffaiive storyline and new
rwasic for a re4nIe￿retst￿In ol by 1931 Spanish publical￿n'La Anarquw Expl¢ada a L05 Nihos, . a 9uthbc*)k for
chthjren explainiry ts K*as and pradL%es ol anarchy The finished pece ￿11 be perforn*d dunng 23r24
CA NDEACHAIG MÉ.. created an aLhdh>¥su81 irffjtslTrabon wknich expbred Ihe rnorphiry of Klentrty through Ihe
Gaeilge and Scothsh Gaeli¢ lar*Jua9e In parallel ¥wlh the ern￿raI￿n prc￿sS through a pr￿$$ of cTrrJeab"
W*Drkshops In 8elfa5t. Co Dor￿al and ScoI3TrJ The finL%hed pece will ts perfor￿ dunng 23r24
80XED IN.. We delNered we•roJuthon pkftning devekyed cortepts, storyline. ¢￿￿O$ll￿￿, aTrJ degbjns for onginal
operabc Instal￿1￿)nS I￿pire(l tyy d￿rarna5 often seen In natural history museums these pieces foffti
through wdeo. rnechant81 aThJ sound techno￿￿ W￿l￿1n a Con51n￿led modèl envwonment The pjece wnll L* devalcped
dunng 23124 and perfonwl dunThJ 24r25
STOP THESE GAME5: ￿ delive￿ pJ5t-prs>Juthon of filrning aThl music for a multi-medrd prcpci u¥*Jertaken wth
youry peop* In Naircili eApknnr¥J Iheir reaaiorB thange
RfvER8OX.. ￿ presenfed ￿ auditrwsual Installat￿￿ All the Thrys We ATr al Rwerbox in TrtaThc Quarler Bewasi.
SHEE.. A cornmissjon Ircm 8FI as part ol Il*ir l**ye Films 1grFroettrn Pfogramn*. W￿ completed filming In Na1robi.
Kenya lor a st￿rt fdm expk¢nryJ LGBTQ+ 45SL*5 In Kenya The film wll te Comp￿led dunng 2Yi4 and Submitted lo
nab.￿81 aThJ Èntwnalwl festNab.
Flnancllll R•vlew
The resunj for tl* year are set oul on py 8
Total Inc(Kr* lor year £461.610. 01 wknich 99 9% was from contracts for challt3b￿ activrtie5 8n¢J 0 1 % Irom
other tradwg actMt*s Tumover lor th• year If￿￿?9¢d by £142.542 frorn tIE prior year, pTrmanly due ￿ è 5ubslant
one￿ff canlracl to d•lNer th for the Unts)xed. CwtNIty m the UK In￿'ats¥e
Totsl eXptr•jTrtu￿ for yearwas £386,746 01 1fMI% WAS expeftsj on difflct chantablè
The balarK• on tolal lunds al th? yeaf e￿1 *as £116,768 ol *thich £74.662 was unre5tncted £42,1C6 was
stncted
The Directo￿ afe 8atL8ft&J wlh tr* year
Golng Concem
Havin9 ￿¥1&*d Ihe Chanty's forecasts Ihe rJiretJor¥ a rea50natle e￿rect￿￿ft that Ihe ChaffjT h•5 *Jequ#t•
resourtes lo contsnue In oF¢rabonal existence foi at ￿51 a pèricrfl ol 12 rnonlhs from th• daie of apyoval of the
finawal staterrenls The pri￿paI laths urwjefying Ihu ityrt*ni mchNJè'.

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Cunvni le4*lJ ol finar￿1 perfoThanc• by corrwgrnm wrtth I)￿￿ed
Exp•d¢d •ThJ cash Iltr￿ Irun fv Chan￿* IwAir*u plannwvJ
Continumg Irtyn the Arf3 Couwl of Northern Ireland
ACCO￿￿4￿. Ihe Chwty contmues to •*¥¥l qow ￿n￿rn basil ol act(￿n￿rg m prepanfWJ Ihe •nnual hiarK•
¥taten*nts
R•s•r¥e• Pollcy
atrn5 to mamtam T•sèrve¥ In unrestrthd al 8 ￿ *quivaletrt lo apyoxmth 6ry rTr)ntro ol core
ope13￿n9 costs Tl*se res•ThE5 a￿ a conbngenry arn to"
Prtsie￿ Ihe fU1u￿ Operat￿ft of Dumtr*vrkJ from the effedj crf Bny unf(we5een van11￿￿ in Jncww
expendi￿re
Provide cash flow lor 9rants and tsjntrads thal a￿ paKI In arrearn.
Faolrtaie an ordeity windiThJ4own ol opèrabons e¥eN of a ad¥eiE• •¥eni that ty out¥th thè
corttrvl or t￿Mb￿0[1d
Shoubj the mininvrn of monlhs unrestricted reser¥ps te ￿athed. then ihe chanty emablth a separnt•
un￿1￿Cted reserve for fulure arlJ$bc devdoKvnenl aclmlw *thich advance the chan1￿5 obpthve5 The
polw and the *vels el Feserves reouired are We￿e*y yearly as pan ol the annual budgetary proce53
Plans for the Future
DumlM*rkJ ¥wll conb.nue to ￿￿e1c￿ aThl grow creatNe part￿￿$, wcsrnmmes. aTrY prgecls, ￿90 de¥rnir¥J
new. InnovatNe Initsatrves that explore Ihe Intersection of mwc. image. and w)rrJs Futu￿ pjans a￿ 10 establffjh co-
producire parbietships that enable lapJer. more ambrttyJs proia(ts wlh b)nger lead In lim5 to be rea115ed t*hile alao
rernainiY¥J tommitted lo ddi¥enng en9agerrent projects wh¢h dernouati5e arts k¥0¥￿￿n and *fiich Nnpad *ilh
peopk and o)mrnunibes at • kxal ￿ve1 wll continue 10 ts5e arts processes a5 a tool to explwe wleN IJsue5
such as dimate charvJe, politKa1150cial governar￿ and rnvtual avj
In ways vthicb are quithy. InnovatN8 fvn.
SWdr￿ on behalf of the l)owd ol direth5
r Glaz*r
Diiector
Approved by l)oard on