4. Annual General Meeting 2014
Our Audit and Accounts
AGM 2015
• The accounts can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/dukaccounts15
• Our auditors: Berg Kaprow Lewis
• Our Audit Committee:
• Beryl Richards (chair)
• Delyth Thomas
• Steve Smith
• Tom Roberts (acting chair)
• John England (independent)
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Auditor’s Opinion
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OPINION ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• In our opinion the financial statements:
• give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 28 February 2015 and of its surplus for the year
then ended;
• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting
• Practice applicable to Smaller Entities; and
• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
OPINION ON OTHER MATTER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
• In our opinion the information given in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are
prepared is consistent with the financial statements.
MATTERS ON WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BY EXCEPTION
• We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you
if, in our opinion:
• adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from
branches not visited by us; or
• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
• certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
• the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime
and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the Directors' Report.
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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2015
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2015 2014
Note £ £
TURNOVER 1 1,687,776 1,326,742
Distribution costs (136,353) (45,740)
Administrative expenses (1,588,540) (1,459,510)
OPERATING (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS 2 (37,117) (178,508)
Interest receivable and similar income 193,328 230,656
SURPLUS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
BEFORE TAXATION 156,211 52,148
Tax on surplus on ordinary activities 4 (40,578) (29,500)
SURPLUS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 115,633 22,648
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Balance Sheet
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28 February 28 February
2015 2014
Note £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 5 273,118 376,175
Investments 6 3,931 3,931
277,049 380,106
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 7 227,345 237,840
Cash at bank and in hand 8 17,175,777 18,672,700
17,403,122 18,910,540
CREDITORS: amounts falling due within
one year 9 (16,948,408) (18,667,516)
NET CURRENT ASSETS 454,714 243,024
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 731,763 623,130
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Deferred tax 10 (35,000) (42,000)
NET ASSETS 696,763 581,130
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Income and expenditure account 12 696,763 581,130
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Members’ Funds
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UK FUNDS Distribution Notes
Year 14 (2014/15) £5,262,000 Dec 2015/Jan
2016
Less slice held back for
late reports
Year 13 (2013/14) £2,029,553 July 2016 Held back for late
reports
Year 12 (2012/13) £1,329,666 July 2015 Held back for late
reports
Cheques returned, no address,
pending estates, sums under
£30, no collection agreement
etc
£69,411
£8,690,630
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Members’ Funds
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FOREIGN FUNDS Distribution Notes
Collections 2011 to 2015 where
processing is in progress
£5,377,290 From April 2015 £2m allocated in April
2015. Around £2.3m
to be allocated in
October 2015
Foreign collections pre-2011
with insufficient information to
distribute
£622,423 Seeking further
information from
foreign societies
Allocated to non-members,
sums under £30
£1,310,984 Trying to trace
Cheques returned, no address,
pending estates etc
£11,149
£7,321,846
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Members’ Funds
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OTHER Distribution Notes
BBC residuals £48,706 Trying to trace
Educational Recordings Agency
(ERA)
£360,500 July 2015
11. Annual General Meeting 2014
Motions
AGM 2015
1 This AGM accepts the audited accounts for the
financial year to 28th February 2015
2 This AGM approves the reappointment of Berg
Kaprow Lewis LLP as auditors of the Company until the next
general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid
before the Members, and that the Board be authorised to
determine the remuneration of the auditors.
3 This AGM approves the adoption of the new Articles
of Association.
The Articles can be viewed online at http://tinyurl.com/dukarticles
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ALREADY DISTRIBUTED
• UK distribution - £810,000 includes DVD distribution in
March
• Distributed over £1.7 million foreign money in May
FUTURE DISTRIBUTIONS
• July – Year 12 supplementary distribution
• September / October – Foreign distribution
• December / January – Y14 Main UK Distribution
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2015 - 2016 Distributions
18. Thanks to:
Sim Cammarota
Nikki Hopper
Selina Ali James Ellen
Joseph Harmer Jonathan Hart
Sam Hoy Kate Parrish
Laura Lucia Rosie Stevens
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Election Results – Elected Unopposed
Chair of the Film Committee: Iain Softley elected unopposed.
Nations & Regions Representative – North-West England: Illy Hill elected unopposed.
Nations & Regions Representative – South-West England: Otto Bathurst elected unopposed.
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Election Results – Chair of the Entertainment/Multi-Camera Committee
Steve Smith 300
Stuart Locke 49
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Election Results – Chair of the Television Factual Committee
Nic Guttridge 274
Stuart Locke 72
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Election Results – Nations & Regions Representative - Scotland
Amanda McGlynn 82
Annie Griffin 78
Karen Kelly 78
Stuart Locke 50
Peter Strachan 47
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Election Results – Nations & Regions Representative - Wales
Philippa Collie Cousins 221
Morgan Hopkins 105
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Election Results – Board Members
Beryl Richards 292
Susanna White 252
Piers Haggard 226
Delyth Thomas 203
Coky Giedroyc 197
Tom Roberts 176
Menhaj Huda 174
Cath Le Couteur 172
Paul Unwin 169
Rebecca Manley 158
Bill Anderson 156
Philippa Collie
Cousins
150
Steve Smith 147
Dan Zeff 146
Toral Dixit 144
Paul Elston 133
Anna Thomson 129
John Dower 126
Amanda
McGlynn
119
Helen Orton 105
Christopher
Nicholson
101
Justin Hardy 87
Stuart Locke 57
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Thank You and Commiserations
John Dower Paul Elston