2024-07-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 08 2023 31 07 2024

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Klingen Choir and Cultural Association

Other names charity is known by

KCCA

Registered charity number (if any) 1188600

Charity's principal address

106 Brownfield Street

London Postcode E14 6NF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Karen Yeghikyan	Chair
	Leonie Piladjian	Trustee
	Zaghgoosh Matusian	Trustee

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

Type of governing document

Constitution

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by Board of Trustees

• (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

The object of the charity is to promote arts and culture for the benefit of the public.

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

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The charity promotes arts and culture for the benefit of the public, in part but not exclusively by: Supporting young performers; Organising art exhibitions and concerts for the benefit of the public to promote choral music, and; Creating opportunities for cultural exchange.

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 achievements of the charity during the year

Klingen Choir and Cultural Association organised a number of concerts, lectures, exhibitions and workshops in the year 2023/24. The following were particularly noteworthy:

Concert in Sofia, Bulgaria with AGBU Sofia Chamber Orchestra

Aram Khachaturian 120th Anniversary Concert Orchestral and solo pieces for piano, violin, oboe and vocal St John’s Smith Square, Westminster, London

Concert dedicated to Armenian composers Alexander Spendiaryan and Lazar Saryan, Armenische Kirche in Deutschland and Katholisches Bildungswerk Köln

BACH forever concert in St Cuthbert’s Church, London Bach’s piano Concerto no.1, piano Concerto no.5, Orchestral suite no. 2, Concerto for oboe and violin in C Minor, pieces for piano, violin, flute, oboe and his beautiful arias and choir songs.

Spring Remembrance Concert in Montreal, Canada, dedicated to prominent Armenian composers Alexander Spendiaryan and Lazar Sarian

Komitas 155th birth anniversary concert, lecture and exhibition in St Sarkis Church, London

St Sarkis Church Spring festival in St Sarkis Church, Iverna Gardens, London with Klingen Choir and KCCA soloists performing at the event

Komitas 155th birth anniversary concert and exhibition in Cardiff

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Section E Financial review

The charity aims to set aside some sums to protect it against a drop in Brief statement of the income.

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) Full name(s) Karen Yeghikyan Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

Date 21/05/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrbcted Jnds to r￿rest£ Restricted funds to £ Endowment funds to nÈarÈÉtt Bl Cash fun(Is ￿&￿￿tsIn20l9 thed 2020 ioJJty 2024 Totalcash funds 6.874 Unrestricted funds to rrorest£ RestriGted funds to nèarest £ Enilownnt Jnds to neares£ Det2ils FU￿ tOTwbKh assc4 CwrÈntV*￿e Detalls B3 Investment assets Fu￿r07￿1￿h sset Cwrent value

nal De*aF45 Cost{￿￿)￿all 84 Assets retained for the Gharity's own use FUl￿towh￿￿ relates AnKwntdue w￿Th du 85 Liabllltles Signedby one orI￿tt￿steeS t￿half of all the trustees Date of ioval &"gnabJre Pmt Name CCXX R2 attounls ISSI 211(6r2025