The Cooper Hall Foundation Charits. Number: l 15]565 Report and Financial Statements Period F.nded 31, December, 2023
The Cooper Hall Foundation Report of the Trustees for the Period Ended 31. December, 2023 I'he Trusiees herebi present Iheir Annual Report logieiher H'iih lh¢ Financial Siatemenis of the Charilv t.or the period cndcd 31 ' Dccember. 2023. Thc FinanLial SialL'ments compli. ii'iih the Charities Act 1993 and ihe Trust Deed of the Charit. l-h¢ Qharit!. % A¢L()unis hai'e en prepared on a Receipts and Pal'ments basis and IhcrL'I()rL' fall outside Ih¢ SLOPL. Ot- the Statement ot- Recommended Practice AL¢ouniingJ and Reporting b Charities ISORP 2005). Chair'4 Report 'I"he L'harii!. aS sel up on the back of an arrang?emenl to lease Cooper Hall (or a Peppercorn R¢nl and io use this laLililv in P(lrtiLular lo creale and support opwrtunities for J'ounb perlomiingy artisls in the earl), stagies ot" Iheir prot"essional Larccrs. a% .¢11 as prcscnlingi a rangje of musical eN'enls t.or IhL' I()¢411 Lcimmunil). l() enj()y and giel ini'oli'ed 'Ith. The Chariti. may ¢nier inio 'ider aclii'ilies shc)uld the trusl¢es Ic'el thai is appropriate. ni'en'iew. of 202.1 WL pri'%L'llii.d Iii'L.Ive successful concerts during the year. including opera. jazz. classical. musi Ih¢air¢' and Lc)medv gienres. WL. h(i%tL'd a i'ariL'ty' u1- 5mall-scalL crealii'e residencies. 'OrkshopS and eduLaii()nal initiatii'L'%. rang?ingT I'rom the )'i)ungi comcdicnnc Am). IA'cbbcr lo the pianisl and composer Kainila Ark'u as .¢1[ as pr()N'iding' laLililiLS lor collaborations H'ith othcr ¢ompaniLs. inLludingJ our uiigjoingj rL.lalionship PLg?a%i% ()pLr41 and l.itilL' Elulb. L)uring the year H'e made donalions to Fri)mL' Pesiii'al. Frome Radio. PL'gy(Isus ()PL"ra. %ingJers RL%()und. Ihe Williams-Howard Pri£e and BOIBA sinbiingi ¢ompeiiiion and the ()wer 35 tsingiing c()mpLlilion Future plan4 for 2024 I'IIL )0?4 I'car slartLd with a Liane Carroll ja72 concert al co0r Hall and we have lined up c()nccns M'iih 011'ta C'hancy and John Smith for the firsl quarter of ihe )'ear. WL arL pILSed i() haN'L Willard WhilL. ac¢ompani¢d b). F.ugJ¢nL A%ti. io perf()rni in a gTala conccrt al C'()i)per I lall during, the Frome Feslii'al. wilh all proceeds Irom IiLket sales being di)naled 10 -l-he F'romL I'Lslii'al. We plan lo continue wilh our programme ol" creative residencies and lo help proi'ide opportunitie5 lor younb PL"rlonning artisls in particular. Morag? McLaren Chair
The Cooper Hall Foundation Our purpose and activities The objectives of the charil!. are: To managTe musical and artistic evenls and educational aclivities al Cooper Hall. Frome. with a view. lo.. a) Providingy opportunities for )'oung performers on the brink of their careers to pcrform al Cooper Hall; b} PrL'%L'nlingy a rangiL' ()f perf()rnianLe5 at Cooper Hall which audiences in the l()Lalily w()uld otheri4.ise n()t hai'e ai'ailable t() Ihem cl Pr()i'idingy artists opp()rlunilics lo focus on process and dcvelopmenthl 'ork on Creative projects in an inspiring eni'ironmenl where ne. ideas and collaboralions can flourish d) Pr()vidL' an Lni'ir()nmcni lor a rangie ot. musical educaiion opp()rtunilies, includingj master Llasses and workshops ()IhLr aLtii'itiLs Ih(It thL 'I-ru51LLS Iccl lo be appropriatc lo ihc Charily.. Achievements and performance We host¢d t,¢11'e residencies. pr¢sent¢d Iw'eli'e concerts lo ihe public durin&> the J'ear. inLluding opLra. ja7.7.. classical. music Ihealre and comed}. glcnres and provided a ran&?e of workshops. ci)aLhing? sLssions and cduLaiional iniiiaiiN'cs ihroughoui Ihc )'car. WL, proi'ided laLililies lor Lollaborations wilh other companies. iniludinb Pebiasus Opera. Liiile Bulb and Drama Direcl. l)urinbP the )'ear M'e made donations lo Frome Feslival. Frome Radio. Pegyasus Opera. Sing¥ers RLs()und. the Williams-FloM'ard l)rizL' and BOII3A sing?ingy compclilion and ihc Over 35 singTing comp¢tilion. Plans for future period Wc w'ill coniinu¢ to provide the 'ide range of workshops. perlonnances. recordin&ys. cducalional acliN'itii.s and Lcillab()ralii)ns durinbi 2024. WL. will also li)¢us i)n small-s¢alL r¢'sid¢nLiCS on siie tl)gTeiher with Lrealing perfonnance opportunitiLS ai L ooper I lall and supp)rting l'oung artisls in panicular.
Reference and admini5tratiTr'e details: Charity. Number: l 15156) (lffice Cooper Hall. SL'ls¥'0()d Manor. Jack's Lane. Frome. BAI13NL T¢'l.. 07iC)8 374109 MM'.COOPL'rhall.org Our Ad%'isors Ilankers EI%EIC. 24 M4irkei PlaLe. Frome. Somersel. BAI I I AJ Tru.s¢L'¢'*b Thi. ¢ru%lee$ 4en.ing during the period and since the i'¢ar-¢nd were 4s follows: Ji)iiJih¢in L'()l)Pi'r F.'aJ' Cjoodridgic Ii)rag MLI,arLn BF.d IMu%ic}. PPRNCM.MA (Chairl l i)run %t(i¥sL'n
The Cooper Hall Foundation Income and F. enditure .4ccount Period F.ndi.d .Il' Dccembcr, 2023 2022 202.1 Income Donations and Sales 185 2.14 269 $8.1 F.Ipenditure C'hariiablL I)onations Pr()pL'nN (Ind Pr()duLli()n Costs Total F'ipenditure 1.000 19? 981 19.1981 1.700 ?67616 269 116 Net Surplus/(l)efJcitl For Period 267 Balunic. Shcel As At .11, Deccmber, 2023 DL'bt()r%l (C'reditors) C'#¥h At Bank Iyet Assets (21.5511 (7.089) R¢t#ined Briiught Fi)n% ard Net Siurplus l(Deficit) For Peri( 12.016 3.270 267 Approi d Bi Trustees lora% Nl¢Laren. Chair
COOPER HALL ACTIN'ITIES SLI.MMARI' DURING 2023 Januan 2023 'L()i inij ()pcr41 at Cooper Hall"" concert featuring two up and comingy opera singers Chuma Sijeka l Barii()n¢l and Inn()cent Masuku (Tenor). and Emil}. Hoh (Piano). -R¢sidL'nL v Eleanor Lang {sing)er sOng.n1¢rl de%'¢lopingF ne. material for her album F¢bruan' 202.1 -J()i F.Ili% Trii) presented a concert of Joy s ne, ja72 album ""Peaccful Place" -R¢sidenLy Rebeka Reid (violinist and comwser) rec()rded tracks for her uorning? album April 21123 -RLLitcil h) Alison Buchanan (singer) and Eugene Asti: "Songs of Love. Lusi and Life, Mai 2023 -Rc%idLIiL)' Katherine C'arter (sing)er and Tif¢r) songi TilIng5 collaboration -R¢4id¢'nL!' and pc'rlormance Kamila Arku {pianisil. ""The Dusk-E!'ed Quecn- Piano Music By 'Iimen Ir()m Alrica and African Diaspora -RL%idLnL!' JesiLa Friend Isinuper /aclor} collaEK)ralion is 'ri11n¥ new maierial for a comed), three- handLr shoi%' ,June 202.1 -%u/.anne N()ble - "If Th¢N C"c)uld SL'L. ML. Ni)ii ()nL-I4'()miin sh(1. ()n the lifc ()f DoriiihN FiL.Ids -Am)' W'LbbL'r1singper an(i LumL.diLnnL). residenL)' Il'lth end of residency. publi¢ p¢rlorman¥L ol N() PrLN'iOUS l..xpcriLllLe I'hrLL pian() reLilal8 were presenied in Cooper Hall lor ihe Frome lryeslival -/.c)L' RamLn - ja££. -BLlinda ()'} loi)le)' lolk: -L'lare I lammond classical -maria Danishvar and Li/_ Kozlom'ski concert- ""Song?s ol- a Passionale Nalur¢ (pr()L'¢¢ds di)nalL'd t() charitics 5UPPOrting Ukraine) ept¢mber 202.3 -PL'g7il%U% ()PLra rL'%idencv in supw)rt ol"u'ork-in-progFress on ihe opera being) wrill¢n on Windru%h -Litlle13ulb I local children s Ihealre compan! donaled r¢h¢arsal spa¢e to dei'elop ne, Show Octoher 202.1 -Md%lL'rclJ4% M'()rkshop eniitled 'Make Em Laugh." exploring the topic of comcdy and laughier thr()ugh songj wilh Morag McLaren -RcsidcnL! NadL' IsingTL'r) -john 8miih Iguiiarisl and song writer) recording Yvi'ember 202.3 -Birdiiorld rLsidLllLV and prcscnlalion of malerial from Iheir upcoming album "Nuriure -Rcsid¢niial cc)urso lor Ihe .]nnerS ot- PoetTh' compelilion administLred b}" Thc frome Festival -()vLr 35 L c)mpLlilic)n W'inners IIM"o ()pera singers) residenc! December 2023 -Ji)shua l.'Imorc lopera singer) Tesidencv -RebL'¢¢a Caine (music ihealrel presented her one-woman show enlitled ""DiN'idingi Day."
Future Plans JanLiar} 20?4 Liane Ca011 Concert Februat). ?0?4 ()lii'ia Chane>" c()nLert MarLh 2024 J()hn Smith concert A N'arieiv ol- residencies TBC
The Cooper Hall Foundation Charits. Number: l 15]565 Report and Financial Statements Period F.nded 31, December, 2023
The Cooper Hall Foundation Report of the Trustees for the Period Ended 31. December, 2023 I'he Trusiees herebi present Iheir Annual Report logieiher H'iih lh¢ Financial Siatemenis of the Charilv t.or the period cndcd 31 ' Dccember. 2023. Thc FinanLial SialL'ments compli. ii'iih the Charities Act 1993 and ihe Trust Deed of the Charit. l-h¢ Qharit!. % A¢L()unis hai'e en prepared on a Receipts and Pal'ments basis and IhcrL'I()rL' fall outside Ih¢ SLOPL. Ot- the Statement ot- Recommended Practice AL¢ouniingJ and Reporting b Charities ISORP 2005). Chair'4 Report 'I"he L'harii!. aS sel up on the back of an arrang?emenl to lease Cooper Hall (or a Peppercorn R¢nl and io use this laLililv in P(lrtiLular lo creale and support opwrtunities for J'ounb perlomiingy artisls in the earl), stagies ot" Iheir prot"essional Larccrs. a% .¢11 as prcscnlingi a rangje of musical eN'enls t.or IhL' I()¢411 Lcimmunil). l() enj()y and giel ini'oli'ed 'Ith. The Chariti. may ¢nier inio 'ider aclii'ilies shc)uld the trusl¢es Ic'el thai is appropriate. ni'en'iew. of 202.1 WL pri'%L'llii.d Iii'L.Ive successful concerts during the year. including opera. jazz. classical. musi Ih¢air¢' and Lc)medv gienres. WL. h(i%tL'd a i'ariL'ty' u1- 5mall-scalL crealii'e residencies. 'OrkshopS and eduLaii()nal initiatii'L'%. rang?ingT I'rom the )'i)ungi comcdicnnc Am). IA'cbbcr lo the pianisl and composer Kainila Ark'u as .¢1[ as pr()N'iding' laLililiLS lor collaborations H'ith othcr ¢ompaniLs. inLludingJ our uiigjoingj rL.lalionship PLg?a%i% ()pLr41 and l.itilL' Elulb. L)uring the year H'e made donalions to Fri)mL' Pesiii'al. Frome Radio. PL'gy(Isus ()PL"ra. %ingJers RL%()und. Ihe Williams-Howard Pri£e and BOIBA sinbiingi ¢ompeiiiion and the ()wer 35 tsingiing c()mpLlilion Future plan4 for 2024 I'IIL )0?4 I'car slartLd with a Liane Carroll ja72 concert al co0r Hall and we have lined up c()nccns M'iih 011'ta C'hancy and John Smith for the firsl quarter of ihe )'ear. WL arL pILSed i() haN'L Willard WhilL. ac¢ompani¢d b). F.ugJ¢nL A%ti. io perf()rni in a gTala conccrt al C'()i)per I lall during, the Frome Feslii'al. wilh all proceeds Irom IiLket sales being di)naled 10 -l-he F'romL I'Lslii'al. We plan lo continue wilh our programme ol" creative residencies and lo help proi'ide opportunitie5 lor younb PL"rlonning artisls in particular. Morag? McLaren Chair
The Cooper Hall Foundation Our purpose and activities The objectives of the charil!. are: To managTe musical and artistic evenls and educational aclivities al Cooper Hall. Frome. with a view. lo.. a) Providingy opportunities for )'oung performers on the brink of their careers to pcrform al Cooper Hall; b} PrL'%L'nlingy a rangiL' ()f perf()rnianLe5 at Cooper Hall which audiences in the l()Lalily w()uld otheri4.ise n()t hai'e ai'ailable t() Ihem cl Pr()i'idingy artists opp()rlunilics lo focus on process and dcvelopmenthl 'ork on Creative projects in an inspiring eni'ironmenl where ne. ideas and collaboralions can flourish d) Pr()vidL' an Lni'ir()nmcni lor a rangie ot. musical educaiion opp()rtunilies, includingj master Llasses and workshops ()IhLr aLtii'itiLs Ih(It thL 'I-ru51LLS Iccl lo be appropriatc lo ihc Charily.. Achievements and performance We host¢d t,¢11'e residencies. pr¢sent¢d Iw'eli'e concerts lo ihe public durin&> the J'ear. inLluding opLra. ja7.7.. classical. music Ihealre and comed}. glcnres and provided a ran&?e of workshops. ci)aLhing? sLssions and cduLaiional iniiiaiiN'cs ihroughoui Ihc )'car. WL, proi'ided laLililies lor Lollaborations wilh other companies. iniludinb Pebiasus Opera. Liiile Bulb and Drama Direcl. l)urinbP the )'ear M'e made donations lo Frome Feslival. Frome Radio. Pegyasus Opera. Sing¥ers RLs()und. the Williams-FloM'ard l)rizL' and BOII3A sing?ingy compclilion and ihc Over 35 singTing comp¢tilion. Plans for future period Wc w'ill coniinu¢ to provide the 'ide range of workshops. perlonnances. recordin&ys. cducalional acliN'itii.s and Lcillab()ralii)ns durinbi 2024. WL. will also li)¢us i)n small-s¢alL r¢'sid¢nLiCS on siie tl)gTeiher with Lrealing perfonnance opportunitiLS ai L ooper I lall and supp)rting l'oung artisls in panicular.
Reference and admini5tratiTr'e details: Charity. Number: l 15156) (lffice Cooper Hall. SL'ls¥'0()d Manor. Jack's Lane. Frome. BAI13NL T¢'l.. 07iC)8 374109 MM'.COOPL'rhall.org Our Ad%'isors Ilankers EI%EIC. 24 M4irkei PlaLe. Frome. Somersel. BAI I I AJ Tru.s¢L'¢'*b Thi. ¢ru%lee$ 4en.ing during the period and since the i'¢ar-¢nd were 4s follows: Ji)iiJih¢in L'()l)Pi'r F.'aJ' Cjoodridgic Ii)rag MLI,arLn BF.d IMu%ic}. PPRNCM.MA (Chairl l i)run %t(i¥sL'n
The Cooper Hall Foundation Income and F. enditure .4ccount Period F.ndi.d .Il' Dccembcr, 2023 2022 202.1 Income Donations and Sales 185 2.14 269 $8.1 F.Ipenditure C'hariiablL I)onations Pr()pL'nN (Ind Pr()duLli()n Costs Total F'ipenditure 1.000 19? 981 19.1981 1.700 ?67616 269 116 Net Surplus/(l)efJcitl For Period 267 Balunic. Shcel As At .11, Deccmber, 2023 DL'bt()r%l (C'reditors) C'#¥h At Bank Iyet Assets (21.5511 (7.089) R¢t#ined Briiught Fi)n% ard Net Siurplus l(Deficit) For Peri( 12.016 3.270 267 Approi d Bi Trustees lora% Nl¢Laren. Chair
COOPER HALL ACTIN'ITIES SLI.MMARI' DURING 2023 Januan 2023 'L()i inij ()pcr41 at Cooper Hall"" concert featuring two up and comingy opera singers Chuma Sijeka l Barii()n¢l and Inn()cent Masuku (Tenor). and Emil}. Hoh (Piano). -R¢sidL'nL v Eleanor Lang {sing)er sOng.n1¢rl de%'¢lopingF ne. material for her album F¢bruan' 202.1 -J()i F.Ili% Trii) presented a concert of Joy s ne, ja72 album ""Peaccful Place" -R¢sidenLy Rebeka Reid (violinist and comwser) rec()rded tracks for her uorning? album April 21123 -RLLitcil h) Alison Buchanan (singer) and Eugene Asti: "Songs of Love. Lusi and Life, Mai 2023 -Rc%idLIiL)' Katherine C'arter (sing)er and Tif¢r) songi TilIng5 collaboration -R¢4id¢'nL!' and pc'rlormance Kamila Arku {pianisil. ""The Dusk-E!'ed Quecn- Piano Music By 'Iimen Ir()m Alrica and African Diaspora -RL%idLnL!' JesiLa Friend Isinuper /aclor} collaEK)ralion is 'ri11n¥ new maierial for a comed), three- handLr shoi%' ,June 202.1 -%u/.anne N()ble - "If Th¢N C"c)uld SL'L. ML. Ni)ii ()nL-I4'()miin sh(1. ()n the lifc ()f DoriiihN FiL.Ids -Am)' W'LbbL'r1singper an(i LumL.diLnnL). residenL)' Il'lth end of residency. publi¢ p¢rlorman¥L ol N() PrLN'iOUS l..xpcriLllLe I'hrLL pian() reLilal8 were presenied in Cooper Hall lor ihe Frome lryeslival -/.c)L' RamLn - ja££. -BLlinda ()'} loi)le)' lolk: -L'lare I lammond classical -maria Danishvar and Li/_ Kozlom'ski concert- ""Song?s ol- a Passionale Nalur¢ (pr()L'¢¢ds di)nalL'd t() charitics 5UPPOrting Ukraine) ept¢mber 202.3 -PL'g7il%U% ()PLra rL'%idencv in supw)rt ol"u'ork-in-progFress on ihe opera being) wrill¢n on Windru%h -Litlle13ulb I local children s Ihealre compan! donaled r¢h¢arsal spa¢e to dei'elop ne, Show Octoher 202.1 -Md%lL'rclJ4% M'()rkshop eniitled 'Make Em Laugh." exploring the topic of comcdy and laughier thr()ugh songj wilh Morag McLaren -RcsidcnL! NadL' IsingTL'r) -john 8miih Iguiiarisl and song writer) recording Yvi'ember 202.3 -Birdiiorld rLsidLllLV and prcscnlalion of malerial from Iheir upcoming album "Nuriure -Rcsid¢niial cc)urso lor Ihe .]nnerS ot- PoetTh' compelilion administLred b}" Thc frome Festival -()vLr 35 L c)mpLlilic)n W'inners IIM"o ()pera singers) residenc! December 2023 -Ji)shua l.'Imorc lopera singer) Tesidencv -RebL'¢¢a Caine (music ihealrel presented her one-woman show enlitled ""DiN'idingi Day."
Future Plans JanLiar} 20?4 Liane Ca011 Concert Februat). ?0?4 ()lii'ia Chane>" c()nLert MarLh 2024 J()hn Smith concert A N'arieiv ol- residencies TBC