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 co0￿r 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 pIL￿Sed 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 u￿orning? 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 Ca￿011 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 co0￿r 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 pIL￿Sed 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 u￿orning? 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 Ca￿011 Concert
Februat). ?0?4 ()lii'ia Chane>" c()nLert
MarLh 2024 J()hn Smith concert
A N'arieiv ol- residencies TBC