# **London English Song Festival: Trustees' Annual Report**
**From**
Period start date Period end date **T** 1 1 2023 **o** 31 12 2023
Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
London English Song Festival
**Other names charity is known by**
N/A
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1159818
**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**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|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**||
||N/A||||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||||
|N/A||||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/A||||
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**30th October 2024**
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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
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
2023 was a light year of activity for the LESF, following our extensive projects in 2022, in particular our world premiere recording of Parry’s _Prometheus Unbound_ . In 2023, our sole event was a launch event for _Prometheus Unbound_ , the costs of which we agreed to split 50/50 with the record label Chandos. The event at Royal Hospital Chelsea (chosen because of the significant discount that our Chair was able to negotiate because of his employment there) was attended by supporters of the project, classical music journalists and reviewers, and experts on Parry’s music. Three singers performed excerpts from _Prometheus Unbound_ , including Sarah Fox and Neal Davies, who performed on the disc, and Cara Curran, stepping in for Sarah Connolly, who was unable to attend because of illness. All three performed for expenses only. Jeremy Dibble, world renowned Parry expert, travelled from Durham to speak at the event. We also covered his expenses. All four received a bottle of champagne from the LESF as a thank you for their time and effort.
The event was a huge success, leading to recognition of the recording as one of the most significant in the field in 2023 (it was subsequently chosen to be Gramophone’s Recording of the Month in November 2023 and short-listed for a 2024 Gramophone Award). It was also an important occasion to thank our array of private donors.
2023 and 2024 will both be quiet years of activity while we regroup, fundraise and plan for projects in 2025-26, including a planned recording of Stanford’s oratorio _Eden_ and our Vaughan Williams in Chelsea festival. We already have £10K of funding committed in principle towards the former from a mixture of private donors and charitable foundations.
**30th October 2024**
**TAR**
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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 2023 were all small, regular donations, mostly through any fundraising); the CAF fundraising portal, except for one private annual donation of
- • £50. These were put towards the costs of the fundraising event, though how expenditure has with a small surplus remaining at the end of the year.
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
As receipts in 2023 were below the £25K threshold, we did not need the services of an Independent Examiner this year.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **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,** Chair Treasurer **etc) Date** 30th October 2024 30th October 2024
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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_**|**London English Song Festival**
**_Charitable Incorporated Organisation_**|**London English Song Festival**
**_Charitable Incorporated Organisation_**|**1159818**|**1159818**|**1159818**|**1159818**|**1159818**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
01-Jan-23||**To**||Period end date
31-Dec-23||||
||||||||||||
|**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|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Donations|1,303||-||**-**||**1,303**||**30,380**||
|Gift Aid|-||-||**-**||**-**||**4,164**||
|Grants|-||1,451||**-**||**1,451**||**19,920**||
|Royalties|1,063||-||**-**||**1,063**||**338**||
|Ticket sales
|-
||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|~~**_Sub total(Gross income for_**~~
**_AR)_**|
**2,366**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,817**||**54,801**||
||||||||||||
|~~**A2 Asset and investment sales,**~~
**(see table).**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**2,366**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,817**||**54,801**||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|
Administration fees|-||-||**-**||**-**||**111**||
|Loan repayments|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing- advisory& booking|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing- leaflets & flyering|-||-||**-**||**-**||**113**||
|Marketing- online|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing- other|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing-print|-||-||**-**||**-**||**96**||
|Onlinepresence(email & website)|86||-||**-**||**86**||**168**||
|Production costs -performers|659||-||**-**||**659**||**55,228**||
|Production costs -programme|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Production costs - other|277||420||**-**||**697**||**375**||
|Production costs - reception|532||-||**-**||**532**||**-**||
|Production costs - sheet music|-||-||**-**||**-**||**862**||
|Production costs - staging|-||-||**-**||**-**||**1,910**||
|Production costs - venue hire|-||1,031||**-**||**1,031**||**2,725**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,555**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,006**||**61,588**||
||||||||||||
|In the prior year (calendar year 2022), the recording of Charles Parry's_Prometheus Unbound_was a significant source of fundraising activity
and expenditure on the project, which came to fruition during sessions in September 2022. 2023 was a year of less activity and the only
expenditure in the year related to the follow-up premiere of_Prometheus Unbound_at Royal Hospital Chelsea. Expenditure on this element
exceeded the restricted funds incoming during the year for_Prometheus Unbound,_principally a contribution from Chandos (classified as
Grants) part-funding the venue hire. Restricted funds have therefore ended the year again at zero, and following their full utilisation the
remainder of premiere expenses have been classified as unrestricted to avoid the creation of a negative balance. Unrestricted income during
the year related to regular donations and royalties from the previous year's recording.|||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
~~**purchases(see table)**~~|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_**|**1,555**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,006**||**61,588**||
||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**811**||**-**||**-**||**811**||**- 6,787**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**|||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**549**||**-**||**-**||**549**||**2,399**||
|
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**1,360**||**-**||**-**||**1,360**||**- 4,388**||
||||_check zero cross add_||||-||||
||**London English Song Festival**
**_Charitable Incorporated Organisation_**|**London English Song Festival**
**_Charitable Incorporated Organisation_**|**London English Song Festival**
**_Charitable Incorporated Organisation_**|**London English Song Festival**
**_Charitable Incorporated Organisation_**|**London English Song Festival**
**_Charitable Incorporated Organisation_**|**1159818**|**1159818**|**1159818**|**1159818**|**1159818**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
01-Jan-23||**To**||Period end date
31-Dec-23||||
||||||||||||
|**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|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Donations|1,303||-||**-**||**1,303**||**30,380**||
|Gift Aid|-||-||**-**||**-**||**4,164**||
|Grants|-||1,451||**-**||**1,451**||**19,920**||
|Royalties|1,063||-||**-**||**1,063**||**338**||
|Ticket sales
|-
||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|~~**_Sub total(Gross income for_**~~
**_AR)_**|
**2,366**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,817**||**54,801**||
||||||||||||
|~~**A2 Asset and investment sales,**~~
**(see table).**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**2,366**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,817**||**54,801**||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|
Administration fees|-||-||**-**||**-**||**111**||
|Loan repayments|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing- advisory& booking|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing- leaflets & flyering|-||-||**-**||**-**||**113**||
|Marketing- online|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing- other|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Marketing-print|-||-||**-**||**-**||**96**||
|Onlinepresence(email & website)|86||-||**-**||**86**||**168**||
|Production costs -performers|659||-||**-**||**659**||**55,228**||
|Production costs -programme|-||-||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Production costs - other|277||420||**-**||**697**||**375**||
|Production costs - reception|532||-||**-**||**532**||**-**||
|Production costs - sheet music|-||-||**-**||**-**||**862**||
|Production costs - staging|-||-||**-**||**-**||**1,910**||
|Production costs - venue hire|-||1,031||**-**||**1,031**||**2,725**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,555**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,006**||**61,588**||
||||||||||||
|In the prior year (calendar year 2022), the recording of Charles Parry's_Prometheus Unbound_was a significant source of fundraising activity
and expenditure on the project, which came to fruition during sessions in September 2022. 2023 was a year of less activity and the only
expenditure in the year related to the follow-up premiere of_Prometheus Unbound_at Royal Hospital Chelsea. Expenditure on this element
exceeded the restricted funds incoming during the year for_Prometheus Unbound,_principally a contribution from Chandos (classified as
Grants) part-funding the venue hire. Restricted funds have therefore ended the year again at zero, and following their full utilisation the
remainder of premiere expenses have been classified as unrestricted to avoid the creation of a negative balance. Unrestricted income during
the year related to regular donations and royalties from the previous year's recording.|||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
~~**purchases(see table)**~~|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_**|**1,555**||**1,451**||**-**||**3,006**||**61,588**||
||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**811**||**-**||**-**||**811**||**- 6,787**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**|||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**549**||**-**||**-**||**549**||**2,399**||
|
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**1,360**||**-**||**-**||**1,360**||**- 4,388**||
||||_check zero cross add_||||-||||
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
26/02/2021
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**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**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Bank account||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**1,360**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**||
||Bank account||**1,360**||**-**||**-**||
||**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||**1,360**||**-**||**-**||
||**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|_None - gift aid all received in year_||||**-**||**-**||
|**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**
None
Signature
_None_
**Details**
_None_
**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**_n/a_**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**_n/a_**
**-**
**Fund to which**
~~**liability relates**~~
**Amount due**
~~**(optional)**~~
Print Name||||**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**When due**
~~**(optional)**~~
Date of
approval||
||||Matthew Kay||||25-Oct-24||
||||William Vann||||25-Oct-24||
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
26/02/2021