## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 23 October 2019 To 22 October 2020** ## **Charity name: Brhaddhvani Global Centre for Music** ## **Charity registration number: 1175433** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the public in**
**Indian classical music for the public**
**benefit.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Workshops and Performances**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Few members of the community in**
**Orpington volunteered to arrange the**
**logistics and refreshments for the**
**artistes and audiences for the**
**performance.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Dr. Karaikudi S. Subramanian, mentor of**
**Brhaddhvani UK during his visit in 2019**
**from India guided the charity to initiate**
**and continue some of the activities and**
**collaborations for the next year.**
**On 8th December 2019, a major**
**performance of a Vina quartet**
**conceptualised by Dr Subramanian**
**was arranged at Crofton Halls in**
**Orpington, Kent for the benefit of the**
**community and music students.**
**Karaikudi Krishnamurthy, senior most**
**Mridangam maestro based in London**
**performed with Dr. Subramanian and**
**supported the students.**
**Brhaddhvani UK formally began a**
**collaboration with PRSSV Institute of**
**Performing Arts and Heritage in**
**November 2019 which is one of UK’s**
**leading performing arts organisations**
**promoting World Music, Dance and**
**Heritage. Dr. Subramanian conducted**
**workshops for PRSSV students, and**
**they participated in collaborative**
**performance of North and South**
**Indian Music.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity currently does not hold any**
**reserves or have an articulated policy for**
**the same.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Currently, activities are still in a pilot**
**stage, and when they ramp up the Charity**
**will update its reserves policy and hold**
**reserves in line with said policy.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Donations**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Inability to scale up activities due to lack**
**of funding and human resources.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Voluntary self-nomination from interested**
**parties (for consideration of Trustees),**
**proposal from founder-director –**
**Divyanand Caird and mentor – Dr.**
**Karaikudi Subramanian**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Brhaddhvani Global Centre for Music**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**Brhaddhvani UK**| |Registered charity number|**1175433**| |Charity’s principal address|**19 Dalton Close, Orpington BR6 9QY**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Rakesh**
**Venkataraman**
**Thiagarajan**|||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **N/A** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **N/A** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **N/A** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets AddllDnd I￿o￿￿tIon {0Olonall TyT• ¢1 Il•n •thfl• AddfM• Olry•n•nd C•lf(l- Foun(*r •nd Dh¢iof Exemptions from disclosur• Other o nal Informatlon Declarations Pull n•rn•l•l IR•luh ¥•n￿•T•￿n iThlJgar4a Po•lll¢)n {•4 S•¢rntary, Chair. •tsl >J CHARITr COMMISSION Fok ENGLANDAND WALÉS ddhv4filGktslC•htr• 1175W Receipts and Pa￿rnnts accounts CC18a Forth• 1ar2Y2OT9 Stction A Receipts aiid paymeiits Lknr•strl¢tsa PA*rtct•d lynd$ fund& Totslfvnd¥ A1 Ro￿1 knI￿d In¥•sbT•niwkn Inv¢thnt purchowB,le¢g A5Trnn¥hrd￿ty￿nfund* Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unr••t EndovThnt funds 131 lknY•*trf¢h¥d fundl Gt•d lur￿ Dotalls 20 job C•talfr tasL4 p*