for the Period Ended 31 August 2025
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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 August 2025
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 September 2024
to
31 August 2025
The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 September 2024
to
30 October 2024
The directors shown below have held office during the period of
25 June 2025
to
31 August 2025
The director shown below has held office during the period of
5 November 2024
to
31 August 2025
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 31 August 2025
Basis of measurement and preparation
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Nearly a year into our residency at Arnolfini, the difference that stability and trust can make is clear. The support from the Arnolfini team has allowed us to properly settle into the space, host regular Artists Gatherings, and encourage DAN members to approach the venue with their own ideas and workshops. Sharing office space with Curiosity Unltd and Lets Make Art has also been important, creating room for conversations, shared thinking and new collaborations to grow naturally. Over the course of the year, our team expanded, with a Manager and Producer so we could deliver more of what we set out to do. We now have the capacity to work across memberships, agency activity, community development and one-to-one mentoring, and it’s been powerful to see how much difference that has made. Looking back, we feel proud of how far we’ve come --- and more aware than ever of how vital stability is for artists, organisations and communities. 2024-5 brought some major milestones. We launched new paid memberships with tiers and welcomed more than 75 members. We also set up the DAN agency, onboarding 40 artists working across music, dance, visual arts, workshops and facilitation. Through the agency, we worked with partners across Bristol and the South West, including Team Love (FORWARDS Festival), Arnolfini, Weston Arts + Health Festival, Bristol Harbour Festival and Superculture. Alongside this, we’ve been preparing our agency web page so our artists can be more visible and easier to find. Artists Gatherings continued to sit at the heart of what we do. We provide 10 sessions have provided space for artists to meet, share ideas, reflect and feel supported, often in ways that are hard to find elsewhere. Our mentoring work has run alongside this, helping artists build confidence, sharpen ideas and strengthen their networks. We delivered 84 sessions to artists. Behind the scenes, we’ve also been quietly building our organisational foundations so we’re better equipped for what’s ahead. This year’s Mini-DIASPORA! In May was a real highlight, reinforcing DAN’s role in celebrating cultural diversity and community-led creativity in the city. We were also part of a wide range of festivals and events, including DIASPORA! at Shambala, helping us reach new audiences across the region. We continued developing our Artists Spotlights, celebrating the talent within the network while supporting emerging journalists from the Rise Collective and refreshed our branding and communications with the support of a social media volunteer. Like many arts organisations, we’re still working within a difficult funding landscape. Things remain precarious, but we’ve responded by strengthening our core team and spending time exploring new income streams. We’re actively pursuing sponsorship for DIASPORA!, from supporting individual artists and exhibitions through to the festival’s opening and closing moments. The wider context we’re working in --- shaped by rising prejudice and increasingly polarised conversations --- has only reinforced the importance of DAN’s work. Creating space for marginalised voices, supporting artists to be seen and heard, and working in care-centred, inclusive ways feels more urgent than ever for our artists, members, partners, venues, funders and supporters.
We have held 3 main consultations: - 1 with artists - 1 with the Board - 1 with volunteers. These consultations helped us to make decisions about the funding we applied for , the programme we deliver, the development of the agency and the organisational development we seek . We have incorporated the findings into our Business plan . We have developed a volunteers plan and gained funding to support this . We reflected on the feedback from the artists and have expanded access to our agency, developed more relationships with festivals and held artists gatherings that reflect the choices of the artists
The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £28,857. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
16 January 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Denise Bamford
Status: Director