## Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation) Report and Financial Statements Year ending 5April 2025 Charity Number 1182926 ## **Report of the trustees for the year ending 5 April 2025** The trustees are pleased to present their annual report together with the statement of financial activity for the charity for the year ending 5 April 2025. ## **Charitable Objectives** **Isikoza** is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, established to: - Advance the education of the general public in the appreciation and understanding of music and its history; with special emphasis on Jazz and Popular Music - Provision of performance workshops and training - Programming of educational performances (recitals) ## **OBJECTIVES AND AIMS** **Isikoza** is committed to enabling people from diverse backgrounds access to ‘inspiring and practical’ educational training in the fields of jazz and popular music. The charity aims to achieve this by: - Designing and implementing creative music modules for adults who desire greater comprehension and understanding in jazz theory and improvisation - Provision of music workshops for instruments greatly utilised in Popular Music (Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Drums, & Electric Piano) - Programming of educational performances (recitals) in Churches, Community Centres & Open Spaces ## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** In the financial period April 2024 to April 2025 we have: - Delivered ‘Taster Session(s) Tuition’ - Meet with Bid Writers for advice - Attended meetings with other Charitable Organisations - **Taster Sessions** These sessions were devised and delivered by the Chair. Our target audience were Church based musicians from the Pentecostal denomination residing in Stoke on Trent. These sessions were aimed primarily at electric bassists and guitarists, who accompany the worship team during Sunday Services. One of the lessons for bassists involved subjects thus: hand co-ordination, left and right hand technique, understanding harmony, and chromatic intervals. ##  **Meeting With Bid Writers** With the challenge of securing Arts funding in a highly competitive field, the board agreed on the need for seeking professional advice from an established bid-writer. The meeting was held in person, and proved to be highly effective and informative. Our charity is now better placed to answer the important questions, usually asked of funding bodies. ##  **Attending Meetings With Other Charitable Organisations** Based on the outcome of our meeting with the Bid-Writers it was recommended that we try to partner with another organisation to strengthen our presence in the community. To this end we were successful in initiating several meetings with Charitable Organisations to discuss the possibilities of formulating partnerships. These meetings have proven to be fruitful for all parties, and we are still continuing our discussions, before arriving at a more formative conclusion. ##  **Future** All of the above projects were again delivered with the charity receiving no financial remuneration. We have started the process of addressing this pressing issue via consultation with bid writers. ##  **Trustees** The board of Trustees met three times during the financial period 5th April 2025 to 5th April 2026 Charity Trustees during this period were: Paul Roberts Elaine White (Secretary) Derrick Wallace (Chair) CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO ANO WALES arne 151KOZA Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe peri from To S1412025 4r20 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to ihe neaiest Restricted funds to the neaiesi Endowrnent funds io the The￿e$l Tolal funds Lo¥t ye•r ¢0 the nearest to the nearest t 10 A1 Receipts 12 14 16 18 Sub knta1fGr￿ incorne lor ARI 170 19 170 Lv A2 Assei and in¥estrnent 21 sabes, (see tab￿1. 23 24 Sub totsl 170 170 28 A3Pa ents 30 31 37 Sub total A4 Asset and investment 40 puichases. Isee tabkl 41 42 43 Sub total 45 Total paymefits 47 Net Of￿celpt￿{payMentsj 46 A5 Translers bemeen fvnds 49 A6 Cash funds 1g$lyeJr end Cash funds this year end ITO 170 170 170 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unresiricted Restricie funt1s fuDds lo t Endowment funds ss lo near•5t £ to neaie5l t B1 Cash funds $7 Total cash funds lagi**kl¥rt*sMrylhT*ceiptsa￿Jp￿mfrt5 Unreslricted funds Restricied funds Endowment nds to t 61 Details lo n*ar*5t £ 63 Fund to YhiGh 4ssei belon C05t ional CuTh•nt valu• litinall 70 Details 71 72 74 75 io whieh bèlon Cost lionalj Currenl lionalj Details 78 B4 Assets retalned for the charity's own use 81 F￿d io ¥hlch Mablllt relaies P4Trouni **Je WheTr due B5 Liabilities 91 Swjned by Dne ortwo trustees 95 beh&lf of althetrustees Signature Print Narne Dale of roval 51412025