The Field House Foundation
Report of the Trustees for the Period Ended 31" December, 2024
The Trustees hereby present their Annual Report together with the Financial Statements of the
Charity for the period ended 31" December, 2024.
The Financial Ststements comply with the Charities Act 1993 and th¢ Trust De￿ of the Charity.
The Charity's Accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis and ther¢fore fall
outside the scope of the Statement of Recornmended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by
Charities (SORP 2005).
Chair>s Report
The Charity was set up on the back of an arrangement to lease Cooper Hall for a Peppercorn Rent
and to use this facility in particular to create and support opportunities for young perforn]ing artists
in the early stages of their professional careers, as well as presenting a range of musical events for
the local community to enjoy and get involved with. The Charity may enter into wider activities
should the trustees feel that is appropriate.
Overvieiv of 2024
Due to the Cooper Hall facility being put up for sale in 2024, the arrangement for the Charity's
lease of the facility lapsed in 2024 and the Trustees have reorientsted the way the Charity will
operate in the future.
Nevertheless, we still managed to present a number of successful concerts during th¢ year at Cooper
Hall, including Liane Carroll, Olivia Chaney, John Smith and a gala concert for the Frome Festival
by Willard Whit¢, together with completing a number of small-scale creative residencie8,
workshops and education￿ initiatives..
During the year we also rnade donations to Frorne Festival. Frome Radio, Pegasus oper￿ Singers
Resound, the Williams-Howard Prize and BOIBA singing competition and the Over 35 singing
competition.
Future plans for 2025
We plan to continue with helping to provide opportunities for young perforniing artists in particular,
but can no longer offer the facilities of Cooper Hall for perfonnances and larger coaching sessions.
In response to this change, we have decided to relocate our coaching work to Berkshire where w¢
will have the use of a small studio but have recognised that our work will need to b¢ of smaller
scale than in Cooper Hall going forward.
The Charity's name has also been changed to reflect its new location of operation, to The Field
House Foundation.
The Trustees agreed that the Charity can no longer justify retsining the Trustees who live in
SomerseL duc to the envisaged reduced scope of our work and the geographical difficulties now
created for working together.
Accordingly, Jonathan Coopcr and Fay Goodridgc fornmlly resigned as Trustees in 2024 after many
years of dedication and excellent work for the Charity. We are grateful for the support, dedication
and hard work put into the Charity by Jonathan and Fay over the years and will of course kecp in
touch with them in our new operating environment.
We have added Hugh Riddell as a Trustee due to his accounting and finance background and
locality and
owledge of the Charity.
Morag McLaren
Chair

The Field House Foundation
(Fornicrly The Cooper Hall Foundation
Charity Number: 1151565
Report and Financial Statements
Period Ended 31. December, 2024

The Field House Foundation
Report of the Trustees for the Period .Ended 318t December, 2024
The Trustees hereby present their Annual Report together with the Financial Statements of the
Charity for the period ended 31 51 December, 2024.
The Financial Statements comply with the Charities Act 1993 and the Trust Deed of the Charity.
The Charity's Accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis and therefore fall
outside the scope of the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by
Charities (SORP 2005).
Chair's Report
The Charity was set up on the back of an arrangement to lease Cooper Hall for a Peppercorn Rent
and to use this facility in particular to create and support opportunities for young perforniing artists
in the early stag¢s of their professional careers, as well as presenting a range of musical events for
the local community to enjoy and get involvcd with, The Charity may enter into wider activities
should the trnstees feel that is appropriate.
Overview of 2024
Due to the Coopcr Hall facility being put up for sale in 2024, the arrangement for the Charity's
lease of the facility lapsed in 2024 and the Trustees have reorientst¢d the way the Charity will
operate in the future.
Nevertheless, w¢ still managed to present a number of successful concerts during the year at Cooper
Hall. including Liane Carroll, Olivia Chaney, John Smith and a gala concert for the Frome Festival
by Willard Whits, together with completing a number of small-scale creative residencies.
workshops and educational initiativ¢s..
During the year we also made donations to Frome Festival, Frome Radio, Pegasus oper￿ Singers
Resound, the Williams-Howard Prize and BOIBA singing competition and the Over 35 singing
competition.
Future plans for 2025
We plan to continue with helping to provide opportunities for young perforn]ing artists in particular,
but can no longer offer the facilities of Cooper Hall for perfornwAces and larger coaching sessions.
In response to this change, we have decided to relocate our coaching work to Berkshire Whe￿ we
will have th¢ use of a small studio but have recognised that our work will need to be of smaller
scale than in Cooper Hall going forward.
The Charity's name has also b¢en changed to reflect its new location of operation, to The Field
House Foundation.
The Trustees agreed that the Charity can no longer justify retaining the Trustees who live in
Somerset, due to the envisaged reduced scope of our work and the geo8r4phieal diffi¢ultic8 now
created for working togeth¢r.
Accordingly, Jonathan Cooper and Fay Goodridge fornmlly resigncd as Trustees in 2024 after many
years of dedication and excellent work for the Charity. We are grateful for the suppo¢ dedication
and hard work put into the Charity by Jonathan and Fay over the years and will of course keep in
touch with them in our new operating environment.
We have added Hugh Riddell as a Trustee due to his accounting and finance background and
locality and
owl¢dge of the Charity.
Morag McLaren
Chair

The Field House Foundation
Our purpose and actlvities
The Objectiv￿ of the Charity were originally set up:
To manage musical and artistic events and educational activitie5 at Cooper Hall, Frome, with a view
to..
a) Providing opportunities for young perforn]ers on the brink of their careers to perforni at
Cooper Hall;
b) Presenting a range of perforn]ances at Cooper Hall which audiences in the locality would
otherwise not have available to them.
c) Providing artists opportunities to focus on process and developmental work on creative
projects in an inspiring ¢nvironment where new ideas and collaborations can flourish.
d) Provide an environment for a range of musical education opportunities. including master
classes and workshops.
Other activities that the Trustees feel to be appropriate to the Charity.
However, the facilities at Cooper Hall are no longer available to the Charity, as the facility is being
sold by its owner.
Accordingly, we have reorientsted the objectives to take this into accoun¢ within the framework of
the original ststed objectives of the Charity. which remain:
l. To advance the education of the public in the art and appreciation of music and other
performing arts by any means the Trustees see fit, incJudin8 through the provision of
workshops and Presentations of process work.
2. To promote Education in music. in particular but not limited to young people. in such ways
as the Trustees think fiL including by awarding to such persons bursaries or other funding to
enable them to develop their education and skills in music.
3. To further such charitable purpose or purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion
shall think fit but in particular through the making of grants and donations, including the
donation of Morag McLaren's coaching.
Our current practica] objectives are therefore to continue to provide artists opportunities to focus on
process and developmental work on creative projects, together with a range of musical education
opportunities including small scale master classcs and workshops.
These activities will in future necessarily take place in a much smaller studio in Berkshire which
does not provide the same opportunity for public perfonnances or residential courses as were
possible when Cooper Hall was used by the Charity. However, the studio in Berkshire is more
accessible and closer to London than Cooper Hall, which should enable participants to commute
daily or stay a long¢r duration than in Somerget, which is in 30m¢ way5 IcbJ limiung than
structuring these activities in Cooper Hall.

Achievements and perforniance
During 2024 we hosted a number of residencie& presented various concerts to the public during the
year. including Oper￿ jazz, classical, music theatre and comedy genres and provided a range of
workshops. coaching sessions and educational initiatives throughout the year. Morag McLar¢n
continued to donate her services as coach, mentor. facilitator, director and workshop supervisor to
the Charity.
We provided facilities for collaborations with oth¢r companies, including Pegasus Oper4 Little
Bulb and Drama DirecL
During the year we made donations to Frome Festival, Frome Radio. Pegasus oper￿ Singers
Resound, the Williams-Howard Prize and BOIBA singing competition and the Over 35 singing
competition.

Plans for future period
Due to the change in circumstances, the Charity will no longer have the Cooper Hall facility in
Somerset and is relocating to Berkshire wher¢ it will have use of a much smaller studio.
We will continue to provide the wid¢ rang¢ of workshops, coaching and educational activities and
collaborations during 2025 in our smaller studio in Berkshire..
But we will focus on much smaller-scale activities due to the smaller facilities to be used by the
Charity. Nevertheless, the new studio's closer proximity to London may make it possible to rl
creative residencies of longer duration and density than fornierly at Cooper Hall, since the new
location is commutable from London.
Morag McLaren is also exploring opportunities to team lead educational opportunities by
collaborating with appropriate professionals.
We are also looking into the idea of making our studio space available to a range of complimentary
practices that will extsnd the nature of the educational fa¢ulti¢s on offer to participating artists.

Reference and administrative details:
Charity Number: 1151565
Office
Apathent 2303, 251 Southwark Bridge Road. London SEI 6FN
Tel." 07703 599657
Our Advisors
Bankers
HSBC, 24 Market Place, Frome, Somerset. BAI I IAJ
Trustees
The trustees serving during tbe period and since tbe year-end were as follows:
Morag McLaren BEd (Music). PPRNCM.MA (Chair)
Torun Stavsen
Hugh Riddell (appointed 2024)
The trustees serving during the period but resigning during the period were as follows:
Jonathan Cooper (resigned 2024)
Fay Goodridge (resigned 2024)

The Cooper Hall Foundation
Income and Ex
¢nditure Accoun
Period Ended 318t December. 2024
2023
2024
Income
Donations and Sales
269
247 627
Expenditure
Charitable Donations
Property and Production Costs
Total Expenditure
1,700
3.538
Net Surplus/lDefieit) For Period
267
Balanee
As at 31 December, 2024
st
Debtor81 (Creditors)
Cash At Bank
Net Assets
(7,089)
) 1,902
Retained Su
luses
Brought ForwArd
et Surplus For Period
3.270
267
3.537
Approved By Trustees
Morag McLaren, Chair

Independent Examinergs Report to the Trnstee8 of The Field House Foundation (fornierly
The Cooper Hall Foundation)
I hereby report on the Financial Statements of the Trust for the period ended 3 1st December,
st
2024 in the Report and Financial Statements period end¢d 31 December. 2024 document.
Respeetive Respongibilities of Trustee And Examin¢r
The Charity's Trustees &Te responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's
T￿￿teeS consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the charities
Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my respo1￿1b17Ify to:
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 201 l Act. and
to state whether particular matters have corne to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner?s Report
My examination was canied out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity
and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of
any unusual itsms or disclosures in the ac¢ount3, and 3ecking cxplanations from you as Trustees
concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that
would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts
present a '%rue and fair view" and the Report is limited to those matters set out in the statement
below.
Independent Examiner'8 Statement
In connection with my examination. No matter has come to my attention:
(l ) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with Section130 of the 2011 Act. and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
the accounting requirements of the 201 l ACL
have not been met" or
(2) to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding
ot.the accounts to be reached.
Derek M Harte CA
20 Dullcan Tcttancc, London Nl 8B5