2022-12-31-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	2022		31	12	2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

London English Song Festival

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

N/A

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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Type of adviser Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) N/A
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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)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

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)

You may choose to include N/A further statements, where relevant, about:

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

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year

2022 saw the LESF undertake two major projects. The first was our project to
create the very first recording of Parry’s oratorio_Prometheus Unbound_, and
therefore fill a surprising gap in the recording history of major works of British
vocal music, thus promoting awareness of this work and encouraging future
performances. Our fundraising commenced in 2021 and was noted in our last
TAR. Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) is one of Britain’s best-loved
composers. His choral music and hymns are part of the fabric of British music,
such as the coronation anthem I was glad, his extended church anthem Blest
Pair of Sirens and his hymns Jerusalem and Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
(the latter extracted from his oratorio Judith). His larger works for chorus and
orchestra, though popular in their day, had been largely overlooked in recent
years until the LESF’s critically-acclaimed revival of Judith at Royal Festival Hall
in 2019, and subsequent recording for Chandos Records, released in 2020.
Prometheus Unbound, written for the Gloucester Festival in 1880, is a powerful
and dramatic work, strongly influenced by Wagner yet showing clear signs of
Parry’s developing, individual compositional voice. The critic H. C. Colles wrote:
“Prometheus shows a sense of forceful declamation which English music had
not known since Purcell” and the musicologist Ernest Walker: “If we seek for a
definite birthday for modern English music, September 7, 1880, which
Prometheus saw the light at Gloucester…has the best claim.”
Yet Prometheus Unbound has never been recorded, and has not been
performed at all for several decades. The total cost of making this recording was
estimated at £60,000 in our 2021 TAR; during the course of planning the project,
some aspects were tailored, mostly relating to orchestral costs (not all the
musicians were required for every recording session) and the final total cost of
the project was £57,694. Chandos Records, the record label, covered all the
costs of sound recording and production, as well as creating video footage of
the recording.
In addition to planning the overall project, a wide range of private donors had
been approached during 2021. Some chose to donate funds immediately
(£4,612) whereas others pledged to give funds at a later date. Several grant-
giving charitable trusts were also informally approached, and formal applications
were made in 2022. Grants from charitable bodies and private donations made
directly in support of this project were approximately £19K each, fulfilling one of
our aims stated in previous years for grants to reach a similar level of that of
private donations.
The recording itself was a success and completed as planned, in spite of the
major complicating factor of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the first day
of recording. Much credit must be given to all the musicians, contractors and our
recording venue (St Jude on the Hill Church in Hampstead) for making sure the
recording went ahead in difficult circumstances. The album has since been
released in September 2023: full details will appear in our 2023 TAR, but suffice
to say that it has been a resounding success, in terms of sales and chart
position and also in terms of critical reception.
The other, smaller LESF project in 2022 was to promote a performance of
Benjamin Britten’s_Noye’s Fludde_in Chelsea, London. Over eighty Children from
a mixture of state schools and the independent sector, school teachers and
professional musicians from the London Mozart Players joined forces for a
performance at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street on 17th June. This was a hugely
rewarding experience for the children and, at a total cost of £3,894, a relatively
low cost venture. It was also an important trial for a potentially larger scale
rollout of multiple performances of this work across London in future years.

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Section E Financial review

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 None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include Fundraising is an important part of our work – by its very nature, our additional information, where educational ventures make a loss, and so the support of private relevant about: individuals and other charities is crucial.

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including Funds raised in 2022 (plus some dating to 2021) were raised from a any fundraising); mixture of private supporters and grants from our charitable bodies. Most
• of this was given towards the Prometheus Unbound project, therefore how expenditure has restricted (£39,803). All this restricted income was spent on that project
supported the key objectives within 2022. There was also £14,998 of unrestricted funding, which was
of the charity;
• investment policy and spent on a mixture of the Fludde project, the balance to be carried over into 2023 and future Prometheus Unbound project and the Noye’s objectives including any projects. This consisted of a mixture of private donations, Gift Aid
ethical investment policy receipts and a small amount of royalty income from the LESF’s Judith adopted. recording in 2020. Owing to receipts exceeding £25K in 2022, we appointed an Independent Examiner, Debbie Edwards, to carry out an Independent Examination.

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	30th October 2023	30th October 2023

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	London English Song Festival	London English Song Festival	London English Song Festival	1159818	CC16a
	*Charitable Incorporated Organisation*
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date
		1-Jan-22		31-Dec-22

Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Loan advances	-	-	-	-	-
Donations	10,496	19,884	-	30,380	4,987
Gift Aid	4,164	-	-	4,164	-
Grants	-	19,920	-	19,920	-
Royalties	338	-	-	338	-
Ticket sales	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total(Gross income for AR)*	14,998	39,803	-	54,801	4,987

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	-
*Sub total*	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	-

**Total receipts **	14,998	39,803	- 0	54,801	4,987

A3 Payments
Administration fees	-	111	-	111	-
Loan repayments	-	-	-	-	-
Marketing - advisory & booking	-	-	-	-	-
Marketing - leaflets & flyering	113	-	-	113	-
Marketing - online	-	-	-	-	-
Marketing - other	-	-	-	-	-
Marketing - print	96	-	-	96	50
Online presence (email & website)	168	-	-	168	-
Production costs - musicians	3,517	51,711	-	55,228	-
Production costs - programme	-	-	-	-	-
Production costs - other	0	374	-	375	-
Production costs - reception	-	-	-	-	-
Production costs - sheet music	-	862	-	862	-
Production costs - staging	-	1,910	-	1,910	-
Production costs - venue hire	-	2,725	-	2,725	-
**Sub total **	3,894	57,694	-	61,588	50

In the prior year (calendar year 2021), restricted funds started the year at zero following the completion of the Judith project, including the consented use of excess from that project towards future projects. Donations began towards the Charles Parry_Prometheus Unbound_recording project, which is the only Restricted Fund relating to financial activity in either 2021 or 2022. Activity in 2021 was limited due to the timing of future projects; the marketing expense relates to the correction of an immaterial prior period error discovered upon additional reconciliation work. The current year saw the recording project come to fruition during sessions in September 2022, achieving the project's aim of securing a high-quality professional recording of this excellent but previously unrecorded work. Further details on the project including the original prospectus and cost estimate are retained at http://londonenglishsongfestival.org/prometheus-unbound-2022/. The costs of the Prometheus Unbound project totalled £57,694 and were met partly by Restricted donations and partly by Unrestricted receipts. All payments directly relating to the project have been treated as Restricted, and the credit balance in the Restricted Fund has been transferred to the Unrestricted Fund at the conclusion of the project, leaving a zero balance for Restricted funds at the year end. Remaining activity in year (badged as Unrestricted) principally related to the performance of Britten's Noye's Fludde at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square in June 2022.

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	-
**Sub total **	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	-

**Total payments **	3,894	57,694	- 0	61,588	50

**Net of receipts/(payments) **	11,104	- 17,891	-	- 6,787	4,937
A5 Transfers between funds	- 13,279	13,279	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	2,724	4,612	-	7,336	2,399
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A3 Payments
Administration fees			-		111			-				111		-
Loan repayments			-		-			-				-		-
Marketing - advisory & booking			-		-			-				-		-
Marketing - leaflets & flyering			113		-			-				113		-
Marketing - online			-		-			-				-		-
Marketing - other			-		-			-				-		-
Marketing - print			96		-			-				96		50
Online presence (email & website)			168		-			-				168		-
Production costs - musicians			3,517		51,711			-				55,228		-
Production costs - programme			-		-			-				-		-
Production costs - other			0		374			-				375		-
Production costs - reception			-		-			-				-		-
Production costs - sheet music			-		862			-				862		-
Production costs - staging			-		1,910			-				1,910		-
Production costs - venue hire			-		2,725			-				2,725		-
**Sub total **			3,894		57,694			-				61,588		50

In the prior year (calendar year 2021), restricted funds started the				year	at zero following		the completion of the		Judith project, including				the consented use
of excess from that project towards future	projects. Donations began towards the Charles Parry_Prometheus Unbound_recording project, which is the only
Restricted Fund relating to financial activity in either 2021 or 2022. Activity in 2021 was limited due to the timing of future												projects; the	marketing expense
relates to the correction of an immaterial prior period error discovered upon additional reconciliation work.
The current year saw the recording project come to fruition during sessions in September 2022, achieving the									project's aim of securing					a high-quality
professional recording of this excellent but		previously unrecorded		work. Further details		on the project including					the original prospectus			and cost estimate
are retained at http://londonenglishsongfestival.org/prometheus-unbound-2022/. The costs of the Prometheus										Unbound project totalled £57,694 and
were met partly by Restricted donations and partly by Unrestricted receipts. All payments directly relating to the project have been treated as Restricted,
and the credit balance in the Restricted Fund has been transferred to the Unrestricted Fund at the conclusion									of the project, leaving a zero balance for
Restricted funds at the year end. Remaining activity in year (badged as Unrestricted) principally related to the										performance of Britten's				Noye's Fludde at
Holy Trinity, Sloane Square in June 2022.
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
			- 0		- 0			- 0				-		-
**Sub total **			- 0		- 0			- 0				-		-

**Total payments **			3,894		57,694			- 0				61,588		50

**Net of receipts/(payments) **			11,104	-	17,891			-			-	6,787		4,937
A5 Transfers between funds		-	13,279		13,279			-				-		-
A6 Cash funds last year end			2,724		4,612			-				7,336		2,399
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**Cash funds this year end **	549	-	549	7,336

check zero cross add			-

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Bank account	549	-	-
	*Total cash funds*	549	-	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK		OK
		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	None - gift aid all received in year		-	-
		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)
	Details			Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets	None	*n/a*	-	-

	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	None	*n/a*	-	-
	Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)
				When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities	None

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval
		Matthew Kay		30-Oct-23
		William Vann		30-Oct-23

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of LONDON ENGLISH SONG FESTIVAL (CIO) On accounts for the year 31 DECEMBER 2022 Charity no 1159818 ended (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”) .

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 30 October 2023 Signed: Name: DEBORAH EDWARDS, FCPFA Relevant professional Chartered Public Finance Accountant qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: The Rectory, Church Road, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 7HQ

October 2018

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

N/a

October 2018

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