**To** 


## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 01 04 2020 31 03 2021 

**From** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Taqasim Music Foundation **Other names charity is known by** Taqasim Foundation **Registered charity number (if any)** 1176526 **Charity's principal address** 8 Singleton Road 

Taqasim Music Foundation 

Dagenham London **Postcode RM9 5EP** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Ruba Hillawi|Chair|20thDecember 2021to<br>present||
||Ahmed Mukhtar|Treasurer|20thDecember 2021to<br>present||
||Michael Smith|Secretary|20thDecember 2021to<br>present||
||Ahmad Beyh|Member|20thDecember 2021to<br>present||
||Paul Hughes-Smith|Member|20thDecember 2021to<br>present||
||Ignacio Lusardi<br>Monteverde|Member|20thDecember 2021to<br>present||
||Richard Dumbrill|Member|20thDecember 2021to<br>present||



## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting Type of governing document members are its charity trustees (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Trust How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Elected by trustees Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **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** 

For the public benefit to promote, improve and advance public education in, and appreciation of Oud (Arabian Lute) playing and all aspects of Arabian musical arts and poetry in general. 

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

(Pending approval) Recently updated to: 

For the public benefit to preserve, share and spread an appreciation of the rich musical traditions of the Middle-East, with a focus on the oud, through the organization of various public activities and events where participants from all backgrounds and music interests are encouraged to take part. 

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Since March 2020: Concert programme suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

Concert series supported by the ACE. They fully supported suspension. Programme provisionally due to restart when government restrictions and guidelines allow. 

Concert series re-launched in June 2021 (after the financial period covered in this report). 

**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)** 

**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main** Concert programme successfully suspended due to COVID-19 **achievements of the charity** pandemic. Successful relaunch in June 2021 (after the financial period of **during the year** this report). 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**The Taqasim Music Foundation does not have a policy on reserves Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

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

- 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. 

## **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) Ruba Hillawi Full name(s) Ahmed Alsaady Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer Chair etc)** 

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Date
2211212021
TAR
Maich 2012


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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>**22/12/2021**<br>**22/12/2021**|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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