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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 August 2024
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 September 2023
to
30 August 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 30 August 2024
Basis of measurement and preparation
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Our first in person Gwyl Wal Goch festival – inspired by the Wales men’s team qualifying for a first World Cup in 64 years – was such a success that it brought new partners and funders to the table, but above all demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’: that people are interested in coming together to explore football fan cultures from around the world through a proudly Welsh lens The second edition of the festival followed the men’s teams pair of October 2023 fixtures. We had a day’s programme in our usual home of Wrexham, coinciding with a first ever fixture against Gibraltar; and then moved onto Cardiff where Croatia were welcomed to Cardiff City Stadium. The opposition inspired us to adopt the theme of small nations using football to punch above their weight. Gibraltar are UEFA’s newest member and its second smallest in terms of population; while Croatia, with a population only marginally bigger than Wales’s, are arguably the biggest hitters in world football among small nations. This involved speakers from Euskadi, the Basque Country, including the first ever Bertsolaritza performance in Wrexham; short films from various European countries; Croatian legend of the game Davor Suker; academics discussing the political impact of football; and we facilitated the Football Museum for Wales’s development team to visit Cardiff and engage with people in south Wales for the first time. During the Cardiff ‘leg’ of the festival, we took a Basque delegate, Imanol Galdos, to visit a Welsh medium primary school in the city to discuss the Basque language and Basque medium education. As a child, Imanol was among the very first cohort of pupils to start at the first Basque medium school despite use of the language being illegal at the time due to the Fascist Spanish government. We secured major funding from a new source in 2023 – UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund. The purpose of this fund in Wrexham was to raise footfall into the city centre for cultural activities. We continue to invest in Wrexham’s foundational economy by recruiting a local support team to help us plan the festival; booking local accommodation; and procuring services (printing, couriers, refreshments, merchandise, etc.) from businesses in Wrexham. We once again commissioned Dispensary Gallery to curate a football themed exhibition: SGOR. As our commitment to helping forge pathways for aspiring creatives, it is wonderful to know that a photographer who debuted his work at Sgor was then appointed our official photographer for the 2024 festival. We also found the time to support the premiere of Wonderland: The Alcie Street Story, a community-produced film about a remarkable small, working-class terraced street in Swansea that produced a huge amount of international footballing talent. It is the embodiment of our mission: to use Welsh football to tell stories with social, cultural and political impact. We have since screened the film at a more recent festival and at the Sporting Heritage annual conference in 2024. It was lovely to visit Swansea again given how enthusiastic our partners there were for the fringe festival of our inaugural 2022 festival (1841 visitors). Our 2022 festival featured a Wales World Cup-themed mural that we funded with support from Arts Council for Wales and local business The Fat Boar continues to inspire mural art in Wrexham. We remain part of Wrexham’s UK City of Culture plans for a future bid after its unsuccessful efforts for 2025.
In the spirit of football supporter solidarity and internationalism we have built on existing partnerships and developed new ones: the 11mm Football Film Festival in Germany; the Kicking + Screening festival in New York state; the Croatian Embassy; British Council; Wales International Arts; and Gol Cymru the Wales supporters charity that raises money for disadvantaged children and young people in countries the Wales national team visits, with Fundazioa Real Sociedad in the Basque Country, the Basque Cultural Embassy, and Sports Diplomacy Alliance; Johan Cruyff Institute. These build on those strategic partners we have already engaged such as Wrexham County Borough Council, Ty Pawb, the Football Association of Wales, Wrexham Museums Service, Sporting Heritage CIC, Grow Social Capital CIC.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
30 May 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Timothy Howell Hartley
Status: Director