## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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Period start date Period end date
02 10 2024 01 10 2025
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** London Armenian Opera **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1201409 **Charity's principal address** 19 Highfield Road **Postcode W30AJ London**
London Armenian Opera
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Rouzanna chair
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Papazian
2 Seta White trustee
3 Aris Nader trustee
4 Atina Zainali trustee
5 Mareta Kazaryan 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**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **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
- (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 advancement of the performing arts and culture, for the public benefit, by:
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
(a) cultivating and promoting stage productions of operatic works. mainly but not exclusively of Armenian origin, with view to enhancing public cultural awareness;
(b) building stronger links with the community at large by uniting people from different backgrounds but with a common affinity for this musical art
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form;
(c) combining the talents of young performers at the beginning of their career with those of local community enthusiasts who are welcomed to our membership; and (d) allocating all the funds raised solely for the consolidation of the charity's declared objectives
We perform staged opera productions of Armenian origin. Our chorus, soloists, actors, dancers, orchestra and support staff are drawn from the community at large. We hold weekly rehearsals and publicise our performances in the local, national and international media and our own website. We aim to enhance public awareness in our genre of music, encourage community participation and assist music students in career development.
**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)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
Due to various other commitments of the members of the artistic team, **Summary of the main** we have not been able to put up a performance during this financial **achievements of the charity** period. **during the year** We have started the preparations for our next show, due to take place during March 2027.
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## **Section E Financial review**
The charity aims to set aside some funds to cover unforeseen expenses **Brief statement of the** and potential drops in income **charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
none
## **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** SIGN
**Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 06/04/2026
**Full name(s)** Rouzanna Papazian
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London Armenian Opera 1201409
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 02/10/2024 01/10/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 2 - - 2 -
Gift Aid 981 - - 981 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 983 - - 983 -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 983 - - 983 -
A3 Payments
Admin - performance fees, postage, website hosting, box office charges, insurance, advertising 149.00 - - 149 -
149 - - 149 -
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 149 - - 149 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 834 - - 834 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 4,909 - - 4,909 -
Cash funds this year end
5,743 - - 5,743 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank balance
Cash held
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
SIGN|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,422**
**-**
**321**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,743**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Rouzanna Papazian|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
06/04/2026|
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