CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1198134
STRIKING A CHORD Unaudited Financial Statements
31 December 2024
WHITESIDE AND DAVIES LTD
Chartered Certified Accountants 158 Cromwell Road Salford M6 6DE
STRIKING A CHORD
Financial Statements
Year ended 31 December 2024
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| Trustees' annual report | 1 |
| Statement of financial activities | 3 |
| Statement of financial position | 4 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 5 |
STRIKING A CHORD
Trustees' Annual Report
Year ended 31 December 2024
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Reference and administrative details
| Registered charity name | STRIKING A CHORD |
|---|---|
| Charity registration number | 1198134 |
| Principal office | Flat 5 |
| 8 Clapton Terrace | |
| E5 9BW | |
| London | |
| The trustees | |
| Rabbi A Citron | |
| Mrs RC Lewis | |
| Dr SG Springer | |
| Accountants | Whiteside and Davies Ltd |
| Chartered Certified Accountants | |
| 158 Cromwell Road | |
| Salford | |
| M6 6DE |
Structure, governance and management
Striking a Chord is constituted under a Foundation dated 4 March 2022. It is a registered charity with a charity number being 1198134. Recruitment and appointment of new trustees would be in line with the Trust Deed and with the consent of the trustees. The criteria set for the suitable candidate would be someone who is sensitive to the needs and demands of the organisation.
Objectives and activities
To provide or assist in the provision of facilities, opportunities and activities relating to the arts in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such opportunities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity, disability (physical or mental), financial hardship or social circumstances, with the object of improving their conditions of life.
Achievements and performance
The charity has continued its music teaching activity under the name GICAM - The Gorna Institute of the Creative Approach to Music. It has concentrated on setting up the hardware and software for the artistic development of podcasts and song albums. Much effort has been expended on researching and making contact with funding bodies with limited success. Work will continue in this regard. On receipt of funding we will be able to launch into project work, but we are unable to proceed in the absence of external funding. We have employed in the past a researcher (The Pet Project) and we are currently employing two researchers to assist funding applications.
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Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
Financial review
The charity received £200 (2023 - nil) in donations during the year and £1,784 (2023 - £2,712) was paid out in furtherance of its charitable objectives.
The balance of the unrestricted funds is a £4,646 deficit (2023 - £3,062 deficit).
The trustees' annual report was approved on 5 June 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
Dr SG Springer Trustee
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Statement of Financial Activities
Year ended 31 December 2024
| 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | ||
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| Unrestricted | ||||
| funds | Total funds | Total funds | ||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income and endowments | ||||
| Donations and legacies | 4 | 200 | 200 | – |
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| Total income | 200 | 200 | – | |
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| Expenditure | ||||
| Expenditure on raising funds: | ||||
| Costs of raising donations and legacies | 5 | 499 | 499 | 1,235 |
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 6,7 | 1,285 | 1,285 | 1,477 |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ||
| Total expenditure | 1,784 | 1,784 | 2,712 | |
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| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ||
| Net expenditure | (1,584) | (1,584) | (2,712) | |
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| Reconciliation of funds | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | (3,062) | (3,062) | (350) | |
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| Total funds carried forward | (4,646) | (4,646) | (3,062) | |
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The notes on pages 5 to 10 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Financial Position
31 December 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
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| Note | £ | £ | |
| Current assets | |||
| Debtors | 12 | 449 | – |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 255 | 168 | |
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| 704 | 168 | ||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 13 | (5,350) | (3,230) |
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| Net current liabilities | (4,646) | (3,062) | |
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| Total assets less current liabilities | (4,646) | (3,062) | |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ||
| Net liabilities | (4,646) | (3,062) | |
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| Funds of the charity | |||
| Unrestricted funds | (4,646) | (3,062) | |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ||
| Total charity funds | 14 | (4,646) ======================= |
(3,062) ======================= |
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 5 June 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
Dr SG Springer Trustee
The notes on pages 5 to 10 form part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 December 2024
1. General information
The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is Flat 5, 8 Clapton Terrace, E5 9BW, London.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.
3. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Going concern
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
Statement of financial activities
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or
commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
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income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
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legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
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income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
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income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
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expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
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expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
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other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Financial instruments (continued)
Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.
Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.
Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.
For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.
Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
4. Donations and legacies
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Donations | |||||
| Donations received | 200 | 200 | – | – | |
| ============== | ============== | ============== | ============== | ||
| 5. | Costs of raising donations and | legacies | |||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Costs of raising donations and | |||||
| legacies | 499 | 499 | 1,235 | 1,235 | |
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
6. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | |
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| Funds | 2024 | Funds | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Charitable activities | 173 | 173 | 1,074 | 1,074 |
| Support costs | 1,112 | 1,112 | 403 | 403 |
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| 1,285 | 1,285 | 1,477 | 1,477 | |
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| Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type | ||||
| Activities | ||||
| undertaken | Support | Total funds | Total fund | |
| directly | costs | 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Charitable activities | 173 | 632 | 805 | 1,222 |
| Governance costs | – | 480 | 480 | 255 |
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| 173 | 1,112 | 1,285 | 1,477 | |
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7. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
8. Analysis of support costs
| Analysis of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| support costs | Total 2024 | Total 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| General office | 632 | 632 | – |
| Governance costs | 480 | 480 | 255 |
| Consultancy | – | – | 148 |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | -------------- | |
| 1,112 | 1,112 | 403 | |
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| Independent examination fees | |||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Fees payable to the independent examiner for: | |||
| Independent examination of the financial statements | 480 | 480 | |
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9. Independent examination fees
10. Staff costs
The average head count of employees during the year was Nil (2023: Nil).
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).
11. Trustee remuneration and expenses
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
| 12. | Debtors | ||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| £ | £ | ||||||
| Other debtors | 449 | – | |||||
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| 13. | Creditors: amounts falling due within | one year | |||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| £ | £ | ||||||
| Accruals | 480 | 480 | |||||
| Loans from related parties | 4,870 | 2,750 | |||||
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| 5,350 | 3,230 | ||||||
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| 14. | Analysis of charitable funds | ||||||
| Unrestricted funds | |||||||
| At | At | ||||||
| 1 Jan 2024 | Income | Expenditure | 31 | Dec | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| General funds | (3,062) | 200 | (1,784) | (4,646) | |||
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| At | At | ||||||
| 1 Jan 2023 | Income | Expenditure | 31 | Dec | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| General funds | (350) | – | (2,712) | (3,062) | |||
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| 15. | Analysis of net assets between funds | ||||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||||||
| Funds | 2024 | ||||||
| £ | £ | ||||||
| Current assets | 704 | 704 | |||||
| Creditors less than 1 year | (5,350) | (5,350) | |||||
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ||||||
| Net liabilities | (4,646) | (4,646) | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Total Funds | ||||||
| Funds | 2023 | ||||||
| £ | £ | ||||||
| Current assets | 168 | 168 | |||||
| Creditors less than 1 year | (3,230) | (3,230) | |||||
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ||||||
| Net liabilities | (3,062) | (3,062) | |||||
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
16. Related parties
Dr SG Springer, a trustee of Striking a Chord, lent the charity £2,120 in the year and £2,750 the previous year, leaving a loan balance of £4,870 at the year end. The loans are interest-free and repayable on demand.
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