|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|
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## 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 Dagenham London **Postcode RM9 5EP**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Ruba Hillawi|Chair|20th December 2021 to
present (re-elected
21/01/24)||
||Ahmed Mukhtar|Treasurer|20th December 2021 to
present (re-elected
21/01/24)||
||Paul Hughes-Smith|Member|20th December 2021 to
present||
||Ignacio Lusardi
Monteverde|Member|20th December 2021 to
present||
||Richard Dumbrill|Member|20th December 2021 to
present||
||Camilla Saunders|Member|21th January 2024 to
present||
|Ignacio Lusardi
Monteverde
Member
20th December 2021 to
present
Richard Dumbrill
Member
20th December 2021 to
present
Camilla Saunders
Member
21th January 2024 to
present|Ignacio Lusardi
Monteverde
Member
20th December 2021 to
present
Richard Dumbrill
Member
20th December 2021 to
present
Camilla Saunders
Member
21th January 2024 to
present|
|---|---|
|**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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**TAR**
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|**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|General Advisor|Sonia Hammond|Cwm Gwilym Schoolhouse
Newchurch
Kington
Powys
HR53QS|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
**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)
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
- List of policies and procedures drafted by Chair.
- You **may choose** to include All policies have been read and approved by trustees:
- additional information, where relevant, about: - Bullying and Harassment Policies and Procedures
- - Complaints Policies and Procedures policies and procedures adopted for the induction and - Engaging External Speakers at Charity Events Policies and Procedures training of trustees; - Financial Policies and Procedures - Internal Risk Management Policies and Procedures
- the charity’s organisational - Safeguarding Policies and Procedures structure and any wider - Serious Incident Reporting Policies and Procedures network with which the charity - Social Media Policies and Procedures works; - Trustees Conflict of Interest Policies and Procedures
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
**Section C Objectives and Activities**
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**TAR**
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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 **Summary of the objects of the** participants from all backgrounds and music interests are encouraged to **charity set out in its** take part. **governing document** Submitted several Grant Application to the Arts Council England to fund a series of concerts. Received the grant in January 2025 As a result: Taqasim Oud Club concert series was planned – It was a series of 6 concerts each highlighting a fusion mix of varied musics from different Middle Eastern traditions. Concerts took place in February and March (within the time period of this TAR) the rest took place after this time period in April, May, June, July and August 2025 at St. John’s Hoxton, London. **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)**
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**TAR**
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You **may choose** to include 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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**TAR**
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Section D
## Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
As above: Running a successful student Concert in January 2023 in support of students of the oud and darbuka who showcased their talent to their friends, family and wider community.
Successfully received funding from the Arts Council England to plan and carry out the Taqasim Oud Club Concert Series - a series of 6 concerts each highlighting a fusion mix of varied musics from different Middle Eastern traditions. Concerts took place in February and March (within the time period of this TAR) the rest took place after this time period in April, May, June, July and August 2025 at St. John’s Hoxton, London.
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**TAR**
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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)**
Main funding source: Arts Council England You **may choose** to include additional information, where Funding was granted and went towards paying for artists fees and all relevant about: other expenses to deliver a series of 6 concerts in central London. 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)**
**Ahmed Alsaady Full name(s) Ruba Hillawi Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc)**
March **2012**
**TAR**
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Date
2511112025
TAR
March 2012
||**Taqasim Music Foundation**|**Taqasim Music Foundation**|**Taqasim Music Foundation**|**1176526**|**1176526**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|1stApril 2024|**To**||31stMarch 2025||
||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**796**
**25,200**
**750**
**185**
**200**
**20**
**500**
**27,651**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,651**
**1,800**
**500**
**3,382**
**2,760**
**360**
**2,543**
**2,400**
**240**
**200**
**200**
**260**
**100**
**106**
**180**
**900**
**150**
**783**
**2**
**2,105**
**2,149**
**600**
**21,720**
**56**
**380**
**436**
**22,156**
**5,495**
**-**
**15,309**
**20,804**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**796**
**25,200**
**750**
**185**
**200**
**20**
**500**
**27,651**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,651**
**1,800**
**500**
**3,382**
**2,760**
**360**
**2,543**
**2,400**
**240**
**200**
**200**
**260**
**100**
**106**
**180**
**900**
**150**
**783**
**2**
**2,105**
**2,149**
**600**
**-**
**21,720**
**56**
**380**
**436**
**22,156**
**5,495**
**-**
**15,309**
**20,804**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Eventbrite Operation|**-**|||||**9,814**|
|ACE - LotteryFund|**-**|||||**15,000**|
|Ruba Hillawi|||||||
|Camilla Saunders|||||||
|Thuwaibah Basrail|||||||
|PoseyE 2 Presteigne|||||||
|TUROMasumaMay20|||||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**-**|||||**24,814**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**24,814**|
||||||||
|
St John's Hoxton|**-**|||||**1,400**|
|Oud School - Mukhtar Coordination|**-**|||||**1,613**|
|Ruba Hillawi|**-**|||||**2,596**|
|Mr Ignacio Lusardi|**-**|||||**3,255**|
|Paul Hughes-Smith|**-**|||||**150**|
|Ahmed Mukhtar|**-**|||||**2,450**|
|Abdelkader Saadoun|||||||
|Music For London|||||||
|Thuwaibah Basrail|||||||
|SeungKo|||||||
|Richard Dumbril|||||||
|Yasmin Alsaady|||||||
|GoDaddy|||||||
|Facebook|||||||
|Syed Muzammil Huss|||||||
|Mid Border Communt|||||||
|TURO Masuma May20|||||||
|ClenergyEV CD|||||||
|S E Hammond|||||||
|Camilla Saunders|||||||
|Farid Zodan|||||||
|Oud of Tune|**-**|||||**2,211**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**13,675**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|
Amazon|**-**|||||**158**|
|Vistaprint CD 3817|**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|||||||
|||||||**13,675**|
||||||||
||**-**|**5,495**|**-**||**5,495**|**11,139**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**15,309**|**-**||**15,309**|**-**|
||**-**|**20,804**|**-**||**20,804**|**11,139**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
22/12/2025
1
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**Details**
Balance 31st March 2024
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
2|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
RubaHillawi
Ahmed Asaady|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||RubaHillawi|26/11/2025|
||2|Ahmed Asaady|22/12/2025|
Indopond•nt oxamln•r's rnport to the trust•os of Taqa•lm Mu81c Foundatlon
I report to th8 trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Taqasim Music
Foundation (the Foundation) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Re8pon8lbllftl•s and ba818 ol report
As the charity trustees of the Foundation you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'l.
I report in respect of my examination of the Foundation accounts carrled out under
section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryingout my examination I have followed all the
8ppIic8ble Directionsoven bythe Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ib) ofthe
Act.
Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•r'• •t•t•m•nt
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no rnaterial matters have come to my
attention in connection with the exarnination giving me cause to believe that in any
materlal respect:
1. accountlng records were not kept In respect of the Foundatlon 88 requlred by
section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records: or
3. the account8 do not comply wlth the applicable requirements concerning the
form 8nd content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports)
Regul8tlons 2008 other than 8ny requlrernent that the account8 give a'twe and
fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent
examination.
I have no concern8 and have come across no other matter3 in connection with the
ex8mln8tlon to which attention should be drawn in this report in orderto enable a
proper und
tan
ing of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name: R8chelAlex8nder
Address: 63 Priory Road, London W4 5JA
Date:
2c2