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**August**||Year
**2022**||Day
**31**|Month
**July**||Year
**2023**||
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|Section A||Reference and administrationdetails||||||||||
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||**Charity name**|||The Viola Commissioning Circle||||||||
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|**Other names charity is known by**||||The VCC||||||||
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|**Registered charity number(if any) **||||1179223||||||||
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|**Charity's principal address**||||11 Heathfield South||||||||
|||||Twickenham, London||||||||
|||||**Postcode**|||||TW2 7SR|||
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|**Charity name**|The Viola Commissioning Circle|The Viola Commissioning Circle|
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|**Other names charity is known by**|The VCC||
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|**Registered charity number(if any) **|1179223||
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|**Charity's principal address**|11 Heathfield South||
||Twickenham, London||
||**Postcode**|TW2 7SR|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
## **Trustees in office August 2022 to July 2023**
|1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||David John Challen
CBE||||
||Sir Christopher
Owen Hum KCMG||||
||Michael Gwinnell||Deceased May2023||
## **Current Trustees at the time of signing this report**
|1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||David John Challen
CBE||||
||Sir Christopher
Owen Hum KCMG||||
||Peter Smart||Appointed 5thOct 2023||
## **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 Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation) (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by resolution of the charity trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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**Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|To promote improve, develop, maintain, and advance education and the
arts for the public benefit, in particular through the promotion, support and
encouragement of the art of music and all other art forms and specifically,
but not exclusively, by commissioning or supporting the commissioning of
musical works for the viola with or without other instruments or voices
which in connection therewith may include public performances,
masterclasses, coaching, open rehearsals, workshops, talks and lectures,
outreach programmes, publication of scores and parts and recordings.|
|---|---|
||ln accordance with the objects of the Charity, the VCC underwrote the
commissioning of a new viola concerto by CASSANDRA MILLER which
received its world premiere in Brussels (March 2023, Brussels
Philharmonic Orchestra) and subsequent performance in Edinburgh (May
2023, Scottish Chamber Orchestra). Co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3,
Brussels Philharmonic, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), and
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, supported by The Viola Commissioning
Circle, this important new work from a female composer has attracted
further upcoming performances in Sydney, Barcelona and Ottawa in
future seasons.
In accordance with the objects of the Charity, the VCC underwrote the
commissioning of a new viola concerto by RYAN WIGGLESWORTH
which will receive its world premiere in summer 2025. Co-commissioners
are currently being assembled for this seminal work.
Past underwritten viola concerto from ANDERS HILLBORG received
further performances in Stockholm (March 2023, Stockholm Radio
Orchestra), Basel (April 2023, Basel Symphony Orchestra), Frankfurt
(May 2023, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), and Dresden (June
2023, Dresden Philharmonic).
The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.|
Section D Achievements and performance
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|Section D|Achievements andperformance|
|---|---|
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|The world premiere of the Cassandra Miller Viola Concerto given by
Lawrence Power and the Brussels Philharmonic achieved critical acclaim
particularly in The New Yorker (critic Alex Ross). The Hillborg Viola
Concerto, previously underwritten by the VCC and having received its
world premiere in Liverpool in October 2021, went on to further
performances in the 22/23 Season.
The Lockdown Commissions continue to inspire young viola players
globally, with new performances of the works. The ninth work
(commissioned by the VCC from Olly Mustonen) was given a live world
premiere as part of the Fathom performance at Southbank Centre in
December 2022.|
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the** Unrestricted funds will be retained to meet operating costs while the **charity’s policy on reserves** expendable endowment will be used to support the underwriting of commissions and to meet any shortfall on underwritten pieces.
**Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include The charity’s principal source of funds is from the charity’s supporters. additional information, where Further funding for specific commissions may be sought from charitable relevant about: grant makers.
● the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Funds are held in a bank current account. Interest-bearing deposit fundraising); accounts for funds not immediately required have been opened. ● 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**
We should like to thank the members of our Advisory Council for their invaluable guidance and advice and the many generous donors who have entrusted their funds to us as Underwriting Members. We are also most grateful to our donors and Friends for their support. Please see the lists on our website http://viola-cc.org.uk
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
> **Signature(s)** _Sir Christopher Owen Hum KCMG_ **Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** _01.03.24_
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**Balance Sheet 31st July 2023**
|**Current Assets**
Debtors, prepayments & accrued income
Lloyds Current Account
Nationwide Instant Saver
Nationwide 45 day notice account
**Current Liabilities**
Trade creditors, accruals & deferred income
**Net Current Assets / (Liabilities)**
**Net Assets / (Liabilities)**
**Representing**
Unrestricted reserve brought forward
Surplus (deficit) for the period
Unrestricted reserve carried forward
Endowment reserve brought forward
Surplus (deficit) for the period
Endowment reserve carried forward
Total reserves carried forward|4,000
2,178
3,000
50,000
59,178
1,130
1,130
58,048
**58,048**
1,879
(952)
**927**
67,213
(10,092)
**57,121**
**58,048**
**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
||4,000
2,178
3,000
50,000|-
6,161
13,000
50,000|
||59,178|69,161|
||1,130|69|
||1,130|69|
|||69,092
**69,092**|
|||927
952|
|||**1,879**|
|||75,519
(8,306)|
|||**67,213**|
||||
|||**69,092**|
## **Income & Expenditure**
**31st July 2023**
|**Income:**
Donations / legacies
Gift Aid
Partner Income
Grants
Bank interest
**Total Income**
**Expenditure:**
Artist Fees
Administrator fees
Commissioning fees
Professional fees
**Total Expenditure**
**Surplus (deficit) for the period**|**2023**
300
-
4,000
308
838
**5,446 **
-
960
14,400
1,130
**16,490 **
**(11,044)**|**2022**
550
219
-
-
183|
|---|---|---|
|||**952 **|
|||-
-
-
-|
|||**-**|
||||
|||**952 **|