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

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

**From** 

**To** 

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