30 January 2023
RAVA Music Foundation **Trustees’ Annual Report** between 01 April 2021 and 31 May 2022
The period between April 2021 and March 2022 was full of ups and downs of Covid related restrictions and we are proud that we were flexible enough to make quick decisions and continue our activities through the best channels available, online or face to face.
Apart from the two 3-week breaks in August and Christmas period, our note-reading, voice training and music theory classes were running online throughout the financial year on a weekly basis. We also used any opportunity to get together and have music workshops, while making sure of compliance with all the latest health instructions and advice.
Late in autumn, as soon as we noticed that a public performance might be possible, we didn’t waste time and prepared some folk and contemporary songs and dances for our next concert. The concert was to be held close to Nowruz, which is the New Year day celebrated mostly by Farsi speaking people of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Due to the absence of music events and concerts for too long, we felt that our concert had to have a happy and vibrant program. Attached is a copy of the concert program. (Appendix C).
Our long-running solfege/note-reading and voice training classes helped our choir to have a very good performance at the concert night.
Hiring young musicians from the Royal College of Music helped us create an orchestra of around 15 players which gave a great boost to our concert. Students of our music and dance courses performed some group or solo songs and dances.
We had also some classical music performed by young Iranian artists in form of piano pieces and also two arias by Schubert and Puccini, performed by a young Iranian soprano. Mehrdad Baran, the well-known Iranian musician was the conductor at the concert and played a magnificent role in the concert.
The affordability of the tickets and accessibility of the concert hall, which was at the Polish Centre London W6, gave anyone suffering from financial hardship or physical disabilities the opportunity to enjoy the concert.
With an audience of more than 300, the feedback we received was amazing and showed that we correctly found and appropriately responded to what most of Farsi speaking communities expected from a concert at that period of time. This was our fourth full concert since 2018 and carried the title of _Delnavazi (4)._ In Persian, “ _delnavazi_ ” means Playing from the heart.
The fund we received from the Community Award helped us offer a high level of music tuition and a highly valued public performance to people who mostly couldn’t afford fees for similar courses or concerts. We had a number of free tickets given to some people in need and also had students who were accepted in our different music courses with no tuition fee.
Between April 2021 and March 2022, we had a very packed work schedule. We are proud that we were able to take further steps towards our objectives in running music classes and developing our choir and have a public performance in form of a concert.
At the end of the year, not only did we have a large number of students with good musical skills, but also a friendly group of people, mostly refugees and migrants, who learnt together, practiced together and performed on stage together and became one big family with lots of shared sweet memories.
Many of our students and members of the choir took responsibilities and played important roles in managing the online and in-person classes and this had a considerable impact on their selfconfidence.
All main decisions regarding our courses and activities during this period were made at the trustees’ meetings, but in full consultation with the students and volunteers who helped the foundation.
Our bank account was still with CAF Bank and all payments were authorised by the chair of the trustees and the treasurer.
Attached, please find some images reflecting our activities during the financial year (Appendix B)
Our funding for the above financial year was from tuition fees, concert tickets and a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund.
Please find our accounts for the period April 2021 to March 2022. (Appendix A)
Mehrdad Minoukadeh Chair of Trustees
RAVA Music Foundation. Reg. No: 1172810
**Appendix A**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2022 FOR RAVA Music Foundation REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1172810**
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## **RAVA Music Foundation Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31 March 2022**
|**2022**
**2021**
£
£
£
£
**INCOME SOURCES**
Grant
9,910.00
9,950.00
Donations
279.00
0.00
Sales
3,942.00
0.00
Students Payments
4,197.00
3,797.00
**18,328.00**
**13,747.00**
**EXPENDITURE**
Bank Charges
121.00
186.00
Class Exp
706.00
0.00
ComputerConsumables&IT expensed
251.00
318.00
Concert Exp
2,305.00
0.00
Equipment Expensed
237.00
4,384.00
Insurance
212.00
212.00
Meeting Exp
0.00
0.00
Professional Fee
0.00
0.00
Rent
3,855.00
0.00
Adverting
0.00
144.00
Printing,Postage&Stationery
145.00
6.00
Sundries
0.00
0.00
Teaching and Tutorials
1,120.00
5,345.00
Telephone and fax
0.00
153.00
Travel and subsistence
636.00
0.00
**9,588.00**
**10,748.00**
**Loss/Net Profit**
**8,740.00**
**2,999.00**|**2022**
**2021**
£
£
£
£
**INCOME SOURCES**
Grant
9,910.00
9,950.00
Donations
279.00
0.00
Sales
3,942.00
0.00
Students Payments
4,197.00
3,797.00
**18,328.00**
**13,747.00**
**EXPENDITURE**
Bank Charges
121.00
186.00
Class Exp
706.00
0.00
ComputerConsumables&IT expensed
251.00
318.00
Concert Exp
2,305.00
0.00
Equipment Expensed
237.00
4,384.00
Insurance
212.00
212.00
Meeting Exp
0.00
0.00
Professional Fee
0.00
0.00
Rent
3,855.00
0.00
Adverting
0.00
144.00
Printing,Postage&Stationery
145.00
6.00
Sundries
0.00
0.00
Teaching and Tutorials
1,120.00
5,345.00
Telephone and fax
0.00
153.00
Travel and subsistence
636.00
0.00
**9,588.00**
**10,748.00**
**Loss/Net Profit**
**8,740.00**
**2,999.00**|**2020**
£
£
0.00
2,375.00
3,779.00
3,785.00
**9,939.00**
60.00
318.00
130.00
3,128.00
0.00
233.00
160.00
0.00
4,812.00
80.00
340.00
-4.00
5,537.00
130.00
486.00
**15,410.00**
**-5,471.00**|**2020**
£
£
0.00
2,375.00
3,779.00
3,785.00
**9,939.00**
60.00
318.00
130.00
3,128.00
0.00
233.00
160.00
0.00
4,812.00
80.00
340.00
-4.00
5,537.00
130.00
486.00
**15,410.00**
**-5,471.00**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||60.00
318.00
130.00
3,128.00
0.00
233.00
160.00
0.00
4,812.00
80.00
340.00
-4.00
5,537.00
130.00
486.00||
||**10,748.00**||**15,410.00**|
|||||
||**2,999.00**||**-5,471.00**|
## **RAVA Music Foundation**
## **Balance Sheet As at 31st March 2022**
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2022 2021
£ £ £ £
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors and prepayments
CAF BANK
Current
Account 12,990.00 4,250.00
Deposit
Account 0.00 0.00
Cash in hand 12,990.00 4,250.00
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accruals & Creditors
Loan advanced
0.00 0.00
NET CURRENT ASSETS 12,990.00 4,250.00
NET ASSETS 12,990.00 4,250.00
FINANCED BY :
Balance brought forward 4,250.00 1,251.00
Net Profit For the Year 8,740.00 2,999.00
12,990.00 4,250.00
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Mehrdad Minoukadeh Chair Farzaneh Heidari Treasurer Approved by the Trustees 30 January 2022
## **RAVA Music Foundation**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **Year Ended 31st March 2022**
## 1 **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting by Charities.
## **Income**
Income represents Grant,donations, functions, and Sale of Tickets. All income is accounted for on a receipt basis. The income and surplus are attributable to the one principal activity of the Charity.
## 2 **STAFF COSTS**
No remuneration was paid or is payable in the year, directly or indirectly, out of the funds of the Charity, to any Trustee or to a person or persons connected with any of them. No reimbursement of expenses has been made or is due to be made to any of the Trustees in respect of the year.
## 3 **RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN RESERVES**
|Opening reserves
Surplus/Deficit for the financial
year
Closing reserves|2022
£
4,250.00
8,740.00
12,990.00|2021
£
1,251.00
2,999.00
4,250.00|2020
£
6,722.00
-
5,471.00
1,251.00|2019
£
1,052.00
5,670.00|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||6,722.00|
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RAVA Music Foundation
Part1
Songs
Aftab Khizan IRising
Sunl
Nowrouz Walz
Persian Dance
Azerbaijani Music
Persian Dance
Airiliq (Separation)
Niaz IAII I Want)
Genre
Persian/Gilaki Music
Singerlsl
Mehrdad
Music Bv
Maryarn Fayyaz
Persian / Gilaki Music
Mehrdad
Nazli & Azita
Farhad
Maryam Fayyaz
Lachin / Ovehou
Faryad
Troo (Taar. Plano. Cello)
Folkloric Music from
south of Iran
The first part
of the 4, act
Babak, Malik, Maryam
Hafiiye
Soheil. Maryam. Mehrdad Baran
Mehran, Haniye, Iman, Yashar, Mark, Joe
Koroghlu Opera
Orchestra and Coir
lead by
Mehrdad Baran
Soloist Marjan Fayyaz
Parvis, Babak, Malik
Dance
Sakineh
InteNal 20 Mlnutes
Part2
Pi•c•s
Piano
Gole Yakh (Edelweiss)
Aria Ischubertl
Nowrouz
Aria Ipuccinil
Ashe
han
Chargah
Ghalibaf
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Parvis Hejazi Ischumann 2nd Novelette)
RAVA Choir & Orchestra ILed by Mehrdad Baranl
Parann Behtoui, Parvis Hejazi IGretchen am Spinnradel
RAVA Choir & Orchestra ILed by Mehrdad Baranl
Parann Behtoui, Parvis Hejazi10 Mio Babbino Carol
RAVA Choir & Orchestra ILed b Mehrdad Baran
Duo
Mehrdad Baran, Parvis Hejazi
RAVA Choir & Orchestra ILed by Mehrdad Baranl