2020-12-31-accounts - London English Song Festival

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London English Song Festival: Trustees' Annual Report
From	Period start date			T o	Period end date
	1	1	2020		31	12	2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

London English Song Festival

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1159818

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Charity's principal address 14 College Court, West Road

London Postcode SW3 4NL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
1 2 3 4	William Vann	Chair
	Matthew Kay	Treasurer
	Katie Emily Bray
	Jonathan Langridge
	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name		Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the (eg. appointed by, elected by) charity trustees.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objects of the CIO are to advance the education of the public in the musical arts and in particular the art of English language song in all its aspects.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

(a) by organising and promoting the public performance of English song, and in particular an annual festival of English song recital in London and (b) complementary thereto or in connection therewith, by further providing for the public benefit in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom as may be appropriate educational and vocal workshops and masterclasses and other activities to promote and encourage musical education and vocal performance.

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission of public benefit.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

As noted in our 2019 TAR, the LESF undertook a major project in 2019 to perform and then record one of Hubert Parry’s masterpiece of choral writing, his 1888 oratorio Judith .

The work of the LESF in the first few months of 2020 was threefold: to close the funding gap from the Judith project, to organise and promote the release of the recording of Judith on Chandos Records, and to work towards our next revival project and festival.

The Chair lent £9,293.03 to the LESF as an interest-free loan in 2019, to be paid back when the LESF could afford to do so. Fundraising in the first three months of 2020 totalled £11,500, and the loan was paid off in September.

The record launch took place on March 2nd, with two artists (Sarah Fox and Kathryn Rudge) generously performing for expenses only. Chandos Records covered just over 50% of the total costs of £1,156.30, the remainder of which was covered by the money fundraised earlier in the year, which was above target. The event allowed the disc to be promoted directly to the musical press, and it subsequently spent seven weeks in the Classical Charts, significantly furthering the reach of our project.

Finally, future projects: the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic towards the end of March stifled musical performances and projects for much of 2020. It was not considered appropriate to risk the LESF’s resources on any major projects at this stage, as they would be better used once the pandemic was over and live music returned. However, vocal scores of Parry’s Prometheus Unbound and Stanford’s Eden were compiled and printed for future use, and Jeremy Dibble has been reconstructing and typesetting the full scores of both for future LESF recording and performances projects, and so this frustrating time has nevertheless been used well.

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Brief statement of the The charity manages its funds, including any project-specific restricted charity’s policy on reserves funds, with a view to achieving parity over a project's lifecycle. In light of the charity's business model and limited financial risk exposure, the trustees currently set a minimum reserves level of £nil, and will review this annually.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Fundraising is an important part of our work – by its very nature, our educational ventures make a loss, and so the support of private individuals and other charities is crucial. We successfully funded the entire Judith project through fundraising, both from private individuals and via grants from other charitable organisations, and through our most successful ticket sales to date. As was noted in our 2019 TAR, the delay in receiving some of this funding until after the project completion created a short-term cash flow difficulty, which the Chair was able to cover through an interest-free loan on this occasion, but as was also noted in 2019, in future years it would be ideal if this were not necessary, and the Trustees will aim to ensure this isn’t a regular feature of LESF projects.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s)	William Vann	Matthew Kay

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)	Chair	Treasurer

Date	31 October 2021	31 October 2021

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	London English Song Festival *Charitable Incorporated Organisation*	London English Song Festival *Charitable Incorporated Organisation*	London English Song Festival *Charitable Incorporated Organisation*	1159818	1159818
	For the period from	Period start date 01-Jan-20	To	Period end date 31-Dec-20

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Loan advances	-	-	-	-	9,293
Donations	2,000	10,650.62	-	12,651	49,833
Gift Aid	-	-	-	-	10,550
Grants	-	583.35	-	583	13,700
Ticket sales	-	-	-	-	17,852
~~*Sub total(Gross income for~~ AR)*	2,000	11,234	-	13,234	101,228

~~A2 Asset and investment sales,~~ (see table).
	-	-	-	-	-
~~*Sub total*~~	-	-	-	-	-

*Total receipts*	2,000	11,234	-	13,234	101,228
A3 Payments
Administration fees	-	-	-	-	1,396
Loan repayments	-	9,293.03	-	9,293	-
Marketing-advisory & booking	-	-	-	-	6,643
Marketing- leaflets &flyering	-	-	-	-	2,365
Marketing-online	-	-	-	-	1,619
Marketing-other	-	69.55	-	70	250
Marketing-print	-	-	-	-	2,207
Online presence (email&website)	168	-	-	168	148
Productioncosts- musicians	-	375.01	-	375	88,889
Productioncosts-programme	-	-	-	-	1,919
Productioncosts- reception	-	781.29	-	781	1,445
Productioncosts-sheetmusic	163	-	-	163	1,322
Productioncosts-staging	-	-	-	-	1,568
Productioncosts- venuehire	-	-	-	-	3,098
**Sub total **	330	10,519	-	10,849	112,870
A4 Asset and investment ~~purchases (see table)~~ Restricted funds relate wholly to the Judith project, with spend and donations relating to the concert in April 2019 of Parry's Judith at the Southbank Centre and subsequent recording. This year marks the last with receipts or payments relating to the project. Donations have been apportioned to the restricted fund wherever they were made explicitly for the Judith project, leaving a fund surplus at the closure of the project of £612. This amount has been transferred in full to the unrestricted fund at the year end since all Judith-specific funding was made on the basis that any excess, if available, was to be invested in other projects.
A4 Asset and investment ~~purchases (see table)~~
~~,~~	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-

*Total payments*	330	10,519	-	10,849	112,870

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	1,670	715	-	2,385	- 11,642
A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end	612	- 612	-	-	-
	117	- 103	-	14	11,656
*Cash funds this year end*	2,399	-	-	2,399	14

	London English Song Festival *Charitable Incorporated Organisation*	London English Song Festival *Charitable Incorporated Organisation*	London English Song Festival *Charitable Incorporated Organisation*	1159818	1159818
	For the period from	Period start date 01-Jan-20	To	Period end date 31-Dec-20

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Loan advances	-	-	-	-	9,293
Donations	2,000	10,650.62	-	12,651	49,833
Gift Aid	-	-	-	-	10,550
Grants	-	583.35	-	583	13,700
Ticket sales	-	-	-	-	17,852
~~*Sub total(Gross income for~~ AR)*	2,000	11,234	-	13,234	101,228

~~A2 Asset and investment sales,~~ (see table).
	-	-	-	-	-
~~*Sub total*~~	-	-	-	-	-

*Total receipts*	2,000	11,234	-	13,234	101,228
A3 Payments
Administration fees	-	-	-	-	1,396
Loan repayments	-	9,293.03	-	9,293	-
Marketing-advisory & booking	-	-	-	-	6,643
Marketing- leaflets &flyering	-	-	-	-	2,365
Marketing-online	-	-	-	-	1,619
Marketing-other	-	69.55	-	70	250
Marketing-print	-	-	-	-	2,207
Online presence (email&website)	168	-	-	168	148
Productioncosts- musicians	-	375.01	-	375	88,889
Productioncosts-programme	-	-	-	-	1,919
Productioncosts- reception	-	781.29	-	781	1,445
Productioncosts-sheetmusic	163	-	-	163	1,322
Productioncosts-staging	-	-	-	-	1,568
Productioncosts- venuehire	-	-	-	-	3,098
**Sub total **	330	10,519	-	10,849	112,870
A4 Asset and investment ~~purchases (see table)~~ Restricted funds relate wholly to the Judith project, with spend and donations relating to the concert in April 2019 of Parry's Judith at the Southbank Centre and subsequent recording. This year marks the last with receipts or payments relating to the project. Donations have been apportioned to the restricted fund wherever they were made explicitly for the Judith project, leaving a fund surplus at the closure of the project of £612. This amount has been transferred in full to the unrestricted fund at the year end since all Judith-specific funding was made on the basis that any excess, if available, was to be invested in other projects.
A4 Asset and investment ~~purchases (see table)~~
~~,~~	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-

*Total payments*	330	10,519	-	10,849	112,870

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	1,670	715	-	2,385	- 11,642
A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end	612	- 612	-	-	-
	117	- 103	-	14	11,656
*Cash funds this year end*	2,399	-	-	2,399	14

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

26/02/2021

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	the end of the period	the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds	Bank account Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	Bank account	2,399	-	-
	*Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	2,399	-	-
				OK
B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	£375 of gift aid from 2020 donations received Feb 2021 and will appear in 2021 receipts and payments accounts.	375	-	-
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
	None	*n/a*	-	-
	Signature None Details None - loan of 9,293 from p/y fully repaid. Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) *n/a* - Fund to which ~~liability relates~~ Amount due ~~(optional)~~ Unrestricted William Vann Print Name Matthew Kay		Current value (optional)
				-
				When due ~~(optional)~~

				Date of approval
		Matthew Kay		31-Oct-21
		William Vann		31-Oct-21

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

26/02/2021