Triple Act Theatre & Arts
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025. The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
About Us
Founded in 2015, Triple Act Theatre & Arts focusses on creating quality theatre experiences for audiences and creative outreach experiences for young people and adults in a region of Scotland with historically low arts participation. Since 2015, our work has enabled over 3000 people across North Ayrshire in the arts and cultural activities including classes, workshops and shows. We provide accessible arts and cultural experiences and education for people of all ages living in North Ayrshire, a region identified with high deprivation levels in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020.
Our Vision
To be the leading participatory arts provider in North Ayrshire, driving positive change and benefits for individuals and communities.
Our Mission
To provide people of all ages with high quality participatory creative activities that help them thrive at home, at school and at play.
Our Values
Ambitious: We know that participatory, cultural opportunities give voice to people and place and bring transformational benefits to both. We will be bold in our aim to provide more creative opportunities that respond to North Ayrshire's challenges and give voice to its people and place.
Inclusive: Opportunities to access and participate in creative experiences should be available to all. We will ensure that the people and communities who are most affected by inequality are at the heart of our work and direction.
Collaborative: We seek to develop relationships that make a positive difference to the people and places of Ayrshire.
We understand that in order to meet our objectives we must connect widely and work in partnership with people, organisations and stakeholders across a wide range of sectors to achieve this.
Responsible: We will ensure that we carry out all our work with the greatest responsibility and accountability to those we work with and will ensure we always have the right people and skills; policies and procedures in place to do this.
Year at a glance
We entered 2024/25 in a largely-dormant state. We had no staff or office premises, and had paused all of our usual classes/activities because of lack of funding.
The Trustees continued to pursue avenues for future funding and possible restoration of our usual programmes. In March 2025 we had notification of a successful application to the Tesco Stronger Starts scheme. This involved a voting process by members of the local community and In August 2025 we were awarded £500 towards running drama workshops.
The Board started the planning process towards this in March after the initial award was confirmed. It was decided that we would commit a large part of our reserve funds to this project which is scheduled for the half-term holiday in October 2025. Thus our financial report shows an increase in expenditure from June 2025 as we started work towards this project, plus the deposit of the final award.
We are hoping to use this event as a relaunch or springboard for future applications and/or funding.
People
Board
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Funders & Partners
Tesco Stronger Starts Programme
Trustees
The individuals who signed the charity trustee declaration forms which accompanied the application for incorporation of the organisation were deemed to have been appointed by the members as charity trustees with effect from the date of incorporation of the organisation. Mindful of the importance of succession planning, the board may at any time appoint any member (unless he/she is debarred from membership, to be a charity trustee).
Newly appointed Trustees are provided with the appropriate induction training to ensure they fully understand the aims and objectives of the organisation and their overall responsibilities for ensuring these are complied with.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The organisations objectives, aims and purpose are to:
Advance the arts, culture and education.
Promoting and delivering a wide range of participatory, creative learning opportunities for participants across North Ayrshire; particularly to those affected by and living in areas of multiple deprivation.
Supporting and complementing the role of participatory arts within formal education across the region and build strong relationships with the education sector.
Strengthening the provision of creative arts activities for health and wellbeing in our communities and to seek effective cross-sector partnerships to achieve this.
Increasing the accessibility and visibility of live performance events and experiences in our local communities and to be an advocate for creative arts and wider cultural community in this part of Scotland.
Managing a sufficiently resourced and operationally efficient organisation that is fit for purpose and is able to provide opportunities for professional creative practitioners to work in North Ayrshire.
The organisation is empowered to do anything which is calculated to further these purposes or is conducive or incidental to doing so.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reserves policy
The board of Trustees make every effort to ensure that the charity has a sufficient level of reserves to meet governance costs which they are committed to over the next year taking account of the known level of funds which will be received in that period.
The level of activities carried out in the form of fund raising and expenditure are fully detailed in the accounts accompanying the report. These accounts reflect a deficit for the year in respect of the unrestricted activities of £2495.11. This has been deducted from general reserves brought forward resulting in a balance to carry forward in unrestricted funds of £6240.99
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
Triple Act is an incorporated body having charitable status under the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. The charity is controlled and governed by the terms of it's constitution and the rules and normal regulations of all SCIOs.
Liability of members
The members of the organisation have no liability to pay any sums to help meet the debts (or other liabilities) of the organisation if it is wound up; accordingly, if the organisation is unable to meet its debts, the members will not be held responsible.
The members and charity trustees have certain legal duties under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005; and clause 7 of its constitution does not exclude (or limit) any personal liabilities they might incur if they are in breach of those duties or in breach of other legal obligations or duties that apply to them personally.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity number: SC050283
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TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 2011, Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 11-02-2026 and signed on its behalf by:
Triple Act Theatre & Arts
Balance Sheet and Reserves
26th August 2024 -31st August 2025
| 31/08/2025 | 25/8/2124 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | 6,240.99 | 8,736.10 |
| NetAssets | 6,240.99 | 8,736.10 |
| Reserves | ||
| Opening reserves | 8,736.10 | 23,060.53 |
| Surplus/deficit | (2,495.11) | (14,324.43) |
| ClosingReserves | 6,240.99 | 8,736.10 |
| have reviewed Triple Act Theatre & Arts balance sheet, financial activities, and bank statements
| am happy to approve them asa true and fair view of the organisations financial positons for the period ending 24th August 2025.
4th November 2025
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Account Details
Account number: 0892996725654100 Account nickname: TRIPLE ACT THEATRE
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|Date|Bank reference|Customer reference|Type of payment|Credit|Debit|balance|(GBP)|
|amount|amount|
|31/08/2025|PVG/|Print costs|Standing Order|£|-84.98|£|6,240.99|
|31/08/2025|Autumn Workshops2|Standing Order|£|-1,000.00|£|6,325.97|
|18/08/2025|GWUK|Groundwork UK|-|BACS Credit|£500.00|£ 7,325.97|
|Tesco|
|14/08/2025|a|2788 ZOOM.COM 888-|Purchase|£ -16.79|£ 6,825.97|
|28/07/2025|Autumn Workshops]|[|Standing Order|£|-1,000.00|£|6,842.76|
|14/07/2025|77|2788 ZOOM.COM 888-|Purchase|£ -16.79|£ 7,842.76|
|16/06/2025|CARD|2788 ZOOM.COM|888-|Purchase|£ -16.79|£|7,859.55|
|29/05/2025|or|2788 SAMH TRIBUTE|Purchase|£ -25.00|£ 7,876.34|
|09/12/2024 ye|2788 SITEGROUND HO|Purchase|£ -71.86|£ 7,901.34|
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| 04/12/2024 | CARD 2788 SITEGROUND HO Purchase £ -345.46 £ 7,973.20 |
|---|---|
| 27/11/2024 | Wrongcard Ebay Faster Payment £ 3.25 £ 8,318.66 |
| 26/11/2024 | CARD 5838 DNH*GODADDY#3 Purchase £ -15.59 £ 8,315.41 |
| 22/11/2024 | CARD 2788 eBay O*25-123 Purchase £ -3.25 £ 8,331.00 |
| 02/09/20 | CARD 5838 DNH*GODADDY#3 Purchase £ -230.26 £ 8,334.25 |
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES September 2024 – August 2025
| Income | Income | |
|---|---|---|
| Tesco Groundworks Grant | 500.00 | |
| Total | 500.00 | |
| Expenditure | ||
| Freelance Staff | 2000.00 | |
| Disclosure Scotland PVG | 18.00 | |
| Publicity [print] | 68.98 | |
| IT Costs[Zoom] | 50.37 | |
| IT Costs[hosting/licences] | 663.17 | |
| Miscellaneous | 25.00 | |
| Total | 2825.52 |
| P & L | P & L |
|---|---|
| OpeningBalance 01-09-24 | 8564.51 |
| Income | 500.00 |
| Expenditure | 2825.52 |
| ClosingBalance 31-08-25 | 6,240.99 |
| Deficit 24/25 | 2323.52 |