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QUEER TANGO LONDON REGISTERED CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION 1201560

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

QUEER TANGO LONDON REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

CONTENTS Page
Legal and administrative information 2
Chair’s Report 3
Trustees’ Report 14
Statement of financial activities 17
Balance sheet 18
Notes to the financial statements 19

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QUEER TANGO LONDON

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Charity Number: 1201560

Trustees:

Ray Batchelor: Chair Margaret Trotter: Treasurer Tom Cottle Claudio Tedesco Gawaine Preston Samantha Marcus Gordon Pullenger

Registered Office 205 Well Street London. E9 6QU Email: contact@queertangolondon.org Main Dance Venue: Bishopsgate Institute 230 Bishopsgate London EC2 4QH Bankers: Lloyds Bank PLC 19/20 Upper Street London N1 0PJ

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QUEER TANGO LONDON

CHAIR’S REPORT

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

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Howwe dld It: FDBthllCiub............................................................................... ity ¥kr4ffl21 QTLMlionlx..................................._.... QUEER IAtT• FOR FREEDOII LONDON need to CE!!! W•rifi'J•tshT•wt4••tyQw•rTw4Dt".,,,,,........ Friday 6th Ja BEGINNERS,. COURSE... Introductlon 11 Came as som8lhlNJ of 8 Shock. The QTL Team work hard lo ke8p up a steady flow of twlce-monlhly Queer Tango Milong89 (apart from a Summer 8reakl which include classes taught by the QTL Teaching Team, or by guest teachers, plus the devislng and running ol a few'special events" each year, nol lo m&nlh)n responding to numerous nvltalions lo provide queer lango Input Into various organisalions, if asked. Thal takes a lot ol work. Wè aro always focussed on th8 Next Thing. We rarely, if ever, step back lo take stock of wh81 we have done, nor lo ¢•t8brale what we may have achieved. Wèll, w8 8ro stgppin9 back now. And we Snvito our dancers lo joln us in a brief pause for celebration, before we continue our joyous work. "D8ncing to Changg The Worfd" in thg weeks, monlhs and years ahead. 1 Th•QTL Twuilrj•￿ Bi vmrk. whl R•y I(.￿1[). BwTrinthi Aknr¢w. Gly4￿n•Pr•￿1oTh Cclll•, Mwg•r•tTr•Mw. CI•Atho Tod*￿ts. 4nd Gor&tsn Pulhr•r. The shock? The sho¢k wa$ wnnln9 Ihrough our calendar for 2023 and Seeing ju51 how much we did in those Iwefve months, how much varièty there was, and how succgsslul wè had been- and we wera therel

For tho publ1¢ benefll lo promots and foster Ihe underslanding. and appr8ciation of quegr tango and the values of equalty, diversity and indusivity associated wilh it. quoer tango are overt. Wè rtfer lo them. Th8y drive what we do. As the name'que8T tango" implS8s. ils original objectlves sprang from those of queer polilics. $pecificalty the femliist and las it was called thenl'gay liberation. movements of th8 lal 20th and earfy 21" centuries. To advance educatlon and18aming In queer iango, in particular bul nol •x¢lusiv&ly, by providing qu88r tango dance events, classes, demonstrats"ons, p8rfom)ances. tslks,18clur8s. exhiblllon8. publi¢atw)ns, and collaborallve projocls. Quoer tsngo Is a wodd-vlde phenomenon. The pclitics of gender and sexuality were still r8levant in 2023 and rèmain so today. both in Ilberal societies such as ours Islill work lo do. not least wrth regard lo Irans rights). bul also In r8pr8ssive 8nvironm8nts $uch a$ Russla of Turkey. QTL. D8nciNJ lo Ch8ngg the Wortdry By 2023, QTL had already adopted the strap Ilno"Danclng to Change tho Worfd. the tlllo of 8 P8per del￿ered by QTL Chair, Dr Ray Batch•lor in Pads in 2018. Danclng Sn 8 Ilberal socloty Is a prfvil090. 11 comes wilh responsibilities to those who do rK>I. Change the worfd7 How? And why? Edgardo F•mand•2 S¢•ma has famou81y run ￿8￿h mobs" ol queer lango dancing in tho 8lreets of Bu8nos Aires, impromptu danclng with notic8 on tho back ol dancers namkng Tango as such has tacit social and politicol objeclives, whereas those assoclal&d wllh Tango Terra, and had decided lo donat8 811 our profits Ihal nighl to the charity, Rainbow Road, helplng LGBTa+ pgoplg fleg lh& re- empowered Taliban in Afghanistan. Sov8nty-seven people came. A nèw era in QTL'8 history had begun. What does QTL exist lo do? 2023 began well. Au8plclou$ly, on Friday 131h January followlng our application in 2022 to Ihe Charity Commissionars and months of complex, dilficull negolialk)ns- Including a four-page justification of our being called Queer Tango London at all. rather than anything else- we achleved lull, Registered Charlty ICIOI slalus. In this, we were skilfully guided by QTL Trustee, Margarot Trott•r. who has invaluablo professional experience In Ihe ¢haritsble field. And we asserted irs our application. Queer Tango London oxists: 3 Tnts ￿￿dorfU1ty i¥•niJ. 9ohWOU4, Atrv•dg M•NirsE•plndg how hC￿&y gUPPOrf OTL'I r•-opwffjg "I want this to become your hom&°. Frances lokj us. And il h88. On October 15, 2021. we threw open the doors of thè elogant. whit8 Upp&r H811- which has a k)vgly fioor- with a beginn8rs' das8, DJ- ing from our own Tom Cottle, live music from band*onista, Alfr•do Martln E$plndola from

QTL al th8 Bishopsgala Institut8? A bit of context.. founded by TIM Flynn in 2Q08, QTL onty h8d stabl$ venues and rggular milongas- dance even15 Wlth classe5 and dancing afterwards- from 2011. QTL venues W8re modgst.. a Community Cèntre in Vauxhall, lor example, friendly. bul where th8 floor was so bad, we had to put pink'dance p<)wde¢' down each time 8nd sweèp rt yp afterwards. 11 we attracted 20 or 25 dancers. we judged such evenls successful. n March 2020. like all lango in London, Covld- 19 closed us indefinilely. By mid 2021, wllh Covid bwx)mlng hL8tory, we approached, and were welcomed by Franc•sea Cantyi Artistic Oirector lo thg Bishop$g8le Inslllute. 11 had kjng bg$n a cèntre for LG8TQ+ culture, includlrvJ quèer Bnd same-sox soclal danclng. 2 Mrgar•i TvoLi•r ICiilitsJ alUILs Iiiim1￿1)9￿lth• BishDpgoath lrndlutè on 15"October 2021. eountriès wh6r8 LG8TQ+ p￿pIe are al r18k of persecution. Bul he is also famous for his qu&er lango work with the elderly, with peop with physical and mental disabilities and with others. In short, he invites all of us- including QTL - lo recognlse how much we h8v& In corrmon with other soci81 group8 al nsk of persecuts'on. As you wlll 88e In what follows, QTL'S portfollo of objectives has been legitimately extended bgyond th0￿ of 9gnd&r and s9xuality. Well, did we do all that in 2023? W& did. 4 OTL iy lor our IiiFrflylAcg- GDidon PL4hng•r, OrLè-W￿lc0￿e14fft Chlgf Ioulson Ilqtt lo nghll. kn4nlh• c￿rI￿lI D•vlH. EunlG•Hw Oaw•T Pr•ston •howthr Not convinced? Plgase read on, and judgg for yoursglf... Ray Balchelor Chair of Trustees Queer Targo London Octo￿r 2024 vi

  1. We ran 21 QTL Mllongas chitif means of 8¢h¢8ving oui obhctives. Not all of QTL'S Teaching Team are experienced tango taachers, but our policy of 'péer to pèer learning means that as queer lango dancers, we support each other in sharing our InS￿h1$ with others. Beginnèrs, Coursès arè specially developed for people with little or rKJ couple dancin9 experience. Over six classes. we btlild on simply'walking ￿th Attitudè. adding 8 few mov85 which enable dancers lo lakt to the dance fl￿r wlh confidence. YQU HAVE BB&N AWARDKDTHiaTB]IRTBLY8ZIUOUB CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION 7KATYoufuRWMDUPYOATL 1 Swthg Ic•rtr•i. • key ollhe QTL T•KNn9 Te•m*Thth. In L¢￿ty)n. IntroJwM da(K•rntO4Ulh•nl¢ BEGINNERS. COURSE CLASS Helping others onto Ihe queer dance Il¢)or Our regular queer tango milongas- every other FrfdBy in 2023, but thg first and Ihird Frfday now- are our core adfvily, and our Not like clas$8$ el$6wh8ral Queer iango seeks doliberately to build communlty. Unllke classes els8where, we welcome experienced dancers lo join our Beginnors Class&s, which they are happy to do- and we are graleful lo Ihoml Thal way, beginners can dance with people ¥tho"know how to do it" rather just egth olhar. whi¢h makes 8 huge dlfference. Once the dancing starts after the class. those gxp8ri6ncod dan¢&rs arg tK>I strongers. and will dance wrth those still leaming. By popular demand. we added to these Be9inner6 C1888es, Improv&rs' Cl8sses- something a little more advanced for those ready to try. Ovtrrcomlng the dance floor tash b8nler' £14 entry1£12 concessions) is, by London standards. not th81 expensive, and anyong who book5 online can come lor just É121£10 concessions). Concessions include"QTL Member8 th089 h8ve regislewl for fteè Membèrshlp on our websllo.. Ilps.'!IvwN.oueertanAo_lond_on.comlmembeTS Even so, even al that rate, not everyone can èasily commit lo six classes. QTL 18 mlndful ol that and. wllh the agrggmgnt of thè Bishopsgale Inslllule with whom we share profils, introduced a special .6 Classes for £50 offer- actually SIX evonls ralhgr thon classes. LONPON 2.we Invlted 9 Internatlonal Gu•st Teachers One way in whlch we add variety to our regular QTL events is lo invite a range of qUOgr and quggr-friendly Gugst Tga¢h&rs.

As ¢llché has11: 'if you can t see rt, you can't be it QTL ensures a sleady flow of quèèr exaMp￿S for our dan(rs to ￿. 8njoy. and pèrhaps L¥)nsider emulating. So, for example.. Astrld W•lsk•, the talènted. ndefab"gabl8 founder of the L4rgesl queer lango festival of all in 88rfin,' th8 legendary Solèdad Nanl from Buenos ￿reS in her first over visit lo Ihg UK, univ8rs811y lo￿￿ and admired as a leather, as an astonishingly vibrant dancer, and as someone ¥tho very much dog$ not fil conventions of what "tango woman- should be. QUEER Manu Sanz eone reall spètlal. F•R LONOON Chamayo Fesllval in Valencia, where dancing and dèbate arè combinèd", and thal relativ rarity, two qU88T worntrn dancing ltsJ&lher, Argentinians Arladna Za•hn8dorf and K•lla Luclano living in Europe and bringing thgir dislinclive, powerful. contemporary quagr tango style to appreciative queer a￿llenCS around thè worfd. + TangoE14 14th & 15th July- Queerl Que8r.frlendly? Off thg dan¢& floor in the widèr wodd, attltudgs to gender and sexual politics changing. These changes are r8flected on11, and not lust on que8r dan¢8 floors. Wo love our queer teachers, bul we would be short Changing Our dancers if, from lime lo time, we did not Invite t818nted tgo¢h8rs who org not'quogr'ln Ihg SOLEDAD NANII Among the young6r generation of qu8er tango practttioners. QTL invit8d.' Manu Sanz. port of the crea¢4ve force behind the innovative narrowèst sense, bul are in tun8 with what's been happening. Nata•ha L•wlng•r and Harls Mlhall are of the generalKJn who have grown up wilh and fully embra¢8 th9$9 chongod valu08 In Iholf leaching. What's mofe, whtn they tsach al QTL, they reverse roles with, as often as not, Natasha leading Haris, as well as Harts leadlng Natasha. ()UEEPI Frld•v 2111 Aprll Tlie LEGENDAR Y- Los Ocdmpol I ONDON ILONDC)N Natas¥a Lew ihail Har ng Queer-friendly couple, Los O¢ampo from 8uenos Aires, aka Monlca Romoro and Omar Ocampo are tango leaching maestros, celebrated for 20 yg8rs as Stars In Ihelr own touring shows and universally respected. They are of another generalion lo Natasha and Haris, bul th8y loo are firm QTL lavourfles. 2023 was no eXCept￿n. Why? We note Ihat tho ¥Md&r tango world often ha$ 8 bias towards youth - not least, vA)ere women are concemed. QTL has a mission towards any oldgr dancors who are at risk of These popular dance￿ do not need remlnding las our standard QTL o)ntract does) lo'avobj using gendered temiinology SLbch as"women' and 'm8n" $ubsliluling 'Yollow&l' and 'leade or olher gender-neutral language..

marginallsalh?n. Quite ap8rt from their legendary stalus and years of experience, as thay Sha￿ their open. frièndly, and altfactiva lango with all of us, Monica and Omar damonstrale to QTL dancers just how ridiculous suth prejudices are. 3.W• ran a "Qu••r Tango Oa818"1 While we always take a break over the summer- that's when hlstorically, many international Queer Tango Festivals occur- in 2023, taking advantage of an opportunity to uso the Grgal Hall al the Bishopsgalo Inslilule, we decided lo make a QTL offerlng rwjht in th8 middlè of th8 summèr. Our'Queer Tango Oasls. proved a hll. r Tango Oa8 ..Inth• 18th Aiifjust AND they also u80 refomed language. Monica often leads, and Omaf follows. 11 works very v4011 indeed. 4.W• ran "Tho Nlght Llf• of Queor Tango" for LGBT Hlstory Month A8 QTL'S conlributKJn lo LG8T History Month 2023 celebrations, for one night onty, we tr8nsfomied the Upp&r H811 Into 8 n￿h¢ club. AS we said in our publi¢lty, QTL... .Invllo8 you lo ug 89 w• rdlv• •om• of th• •t•amy hl¥torkn olMm• ¢J•n¢lng the Bueno8Aires. Parls and Berlin of the L981 century. Expert QTL DJS, Claudlo T•d••co nd Tom Cottl• wlll u8 Ihfj mu$l¢ of Iho#• times. Ray Batch•lor punctuat85 th8 eveni with wltyl?), illu8tral8d 5-minute hislorlcal th8m8d"Le¢lureiie$" LGBT 2LutyO• W•twwJ Dayld Tpmpkln For queer tango lo flourlsh,11 needs 8 sense of identity. For that, a sense ol its history can only help. Indeod. queer tango has a history extending back lo Ihtr late 19" century a8 R•y showed in his book, Queer Tango H￿Ion&S.. lrfaking a Start120211 which bg di)wnlo8ded h&r8 for free.. hlt sjl ueertan obook.o loth com• drbsitd tho wqqr Ihfjy hAvb b•bn. l ublicab'on

  1. W• ran "J•wlsh Tango M••ts Queer Tangollg 11 was 8 complete 86llvOUtI A resc¥Jnding success and, as we posted on social media the next day.. OUEER Jewlsh Tango meets QJer Tangol Thank ¥Ou to EVEPYONE who urne, for thatever reasons What a fAbulouS mix WÈ werePThE WDdd as sh￿Id bE. with drfttrenc@ ielebTated. dIfFe￿nt peoplÈ peacefully<cex15ttr4. Jnd dancin8 with exh Dther loi ioodntsssake. Thank VOU to REVERSE POLARtTY for lavely. poi8nant. thau8ht-WDvokin mu5ic- and y)wonderfvl to d4nce lo asihat unfolded under feet. Thank you to OurQTL DJS. CIAudltsT•d•itO and TomCoitK•. lor both r151n8to thoffle5 of theD[caS￿￿ with some very diffEr@n¢ In5wredcholcesdrnuslc. Thank you io Gordon Pull•n¢•r for 4UItIty greett￿ and 8uldlnipeoplt they camethrau8h our doDf5- 50 It￿￿rtant0 8lven what vie 5etout toxhieve and how rnarw ye5terdov evenini came Ioi ihelrst ThJnkwuto QTL Teaffl plwr. SmAhthaMtCUg, for 5pÈèklw mtsvln8ly and frorn the heart a5 a queer. Jewish wornan abuut ¥¥h we were trylni to do. And thankyou toihose who. a5 we Itft the rcom took • moment ort¥¥Oto speak tou% tD say how muchthry h•deknd. •nd•ppro¥edof what we had done. LONDON 4th March 2023 As lust one expiessK)n ol our wantsng to reaGh out lo and form alliances Wlth other communltlos 81 rlsk ol persocution, folk)wSng disturbing rise in anlisomilism thls seemed like the Right Thing to tlo. We were advised by many of our Jewlsh danclng 1ri8nds. and wore esp8¢ially gr8l$ful lo $inggr and sometime cantor. Yoav Jonah Ovod, who introduced u8 to Iha alectrifying tangolklesmèr band "R•v•ru Polarlty". They played for U8. Danc4n¢ to Chanie the Wofldl ￿ trl•d ￿lt nlihi own 1111 wa5 only chJn4ed J Iltfje. 6.QTL r•spons• to Ukraln• wlth FRACTION for FREEDOM . Ihxe %vhlch ￿n0 lrtjrn our #èns• Of comrnon hurnanity.. those art81ng from our queer per$pe¢livo8 and J d•$lre lo help 'people like us" and finally. those few actk) Infefrn8d by our partlcuLqr s?n8lbUilies ev¥Wd on Ihe quwr tango don￿ floor. QTL ran a frJndraising milonga for Ihe DEC Humanitarian Refugoe appeal on 11" March 2022 and launched"FFIACTION lor FREEDOM" setting aside 10 /. of our profrts to $upport thoso at risk. We invitad other tango operallons to loln u8 and do the same. Our dancing matteted in this grave context in part. bgcause11 offgred 8 model of peaceful. inclusive coexistence, il embodied a rebuke lo the warniongers, and il could act as a beacon ol hopa thal th9 kind of many wo1& flghling for existed. Queer tango and the War in Ukraine? It sounds a tastelgss combination, YBI as QTL Chalr Ray B•t¢h•lor argued in a paper published in April
  2. queer lango responses were of three klnds.. FRACTION FIIR FREEOOM UKRAINE APPEAL FRACTION for FREEDOM g&norated usgful publicity. In Fèbruary 2023 QTL paid over £388 lo Quateera, a Berfin*ased LGB TQ charity finding homes for queer refugegs 10

displaced by the war in Ukraine and whose staff included Wanla KSlber, an intemationally- known queer lango dancer. schei1uled for January 2023. Not only would we dance as they sang. bul we would also p￿ pare singers so that they, loo, could dance with us. QTL remains committed lo inlermittenl fundraising for organisalions and cause8 whose aims and objectives cxirrespond sufficiently with our own. QTL Trustees, Margarot Trotter. Gawalno Proston, Claudlo T•desco. Samantha Marcus and Ray Batchelor were joined by QTL Friend and ace dancer, Su• Marlo￿, for schedule of workshops and rehearsals leading to the final and lriumphanl- perforrnan￿ on 2181 January 2023 al the Cadogan Hall in Chelsea before a full house of Some 900 peopl8. 7.we danced Queer Tango at the Plnk Singers, 40th Blrthday Party Pinkiè Artistic Director, Fran￿sCO Galllo wrote to us afterwards lo say that they were... 3 QTL Dan¢er8dwKing ￿1h Pink SingoT801 IhaC•JtyaD Hall. ChÈi&èa IPhOlO Claudlo T•d••¢tsi. .Ihankful for all the ccffimbtmanl, professlonallsm passlon you poured Into this colLrybor8tlon. .you cont8minal8d the ￿nk danc8r5 w￿h taThJo 8nlhusiasm...Llbert8rqo and Busty¢wr ￿ndOwS 8ur81y wgre h￿hlIghtS of tho nlght.. .1 am rg81ty 918d the Pink Sing8rs In 2023, QTL gol out and aboull We were Ihrlll8d lo be Invlted by The Plnk SlngerB lo perfom al Ihelr 40th Birthday Paty ejyjld oxplom a ¢dl4boritlon outsid• of trjr usual beaten track of LGBTQ+ choir51 hwed that we found 8 way of w8lking lo98ther the Pgth of 'changkng Ihe world" through art... hlslorlcal conl•xl with some remarks about queer tango history by Roy. author of Quegr rango Hisfori•s.' Making a Start- al Kensington Town Hall. So Ihat workgd, thenl 8.W• ran a "Queer Tango Workshop" for the LGBTQ+ Staff Network of the Royal Borough of Kenslngton & Chelsea Such eng8gemonts have becom8 8 standard and increasingly popular part of what QTL offors. If you are interested, can a￿ayS contact us at= Somelimes, bodies With well-established LGBTQ staff provis￿￿ look for new ways lo r&spond to LGBT History Month. Irakll• Kolakotronls, Co-chalr of th6 LG8TQIA+ S18ff N8lwork for thg Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea inviled QTL lo come and do an "introduction to Queer Tango. On Thursday 9 February 2023. Gawaln8 Pr•ston and Ray Batch•lor 0oliv¢red tho Worksh¢)p- s&ttln9 It into 10

9.W• ran a "Football-Tango Workshop" for Actonlans Ladlos Football Club Klrnn Balns, dancer al QTL and player for the team, invited us to explore the link5 between football and lango with them. Players include ITNIBBC sports loumalisl, Shadla Edward$. Dashti. Footb811 coach, sports adivist and thadty professional Jack Badu manages women's team Dulwi¢h Hamlèt Football Club. He aThJ Ray Batcholor had run such workshops as part of a research prolecl, oftgn supported in that by thg generous quggr tango dancgr and long-time friend of QTL, Shay Hamas. Shay was oble lo be there too- much fun, but also an Inleresllng debate aftsnvard8. Raging succassl 11 10. So, that was QTL In 20231 Somellm88, as d8n¢ing que8r In the mainstream becomes easier. and dual-role t8ngo goes from strength ¢0 slrgngth, we are asked, is queer18ngo sdll needod? To whSch wo 91 QTL Answer vAth a rasounding YESI Needed, a8 in providing a spac8 run and owned BY queer people, FOR lin the widest sensel queer people. Yes, as in offering models of how th8 wodd might be, lo a world increasingly in need of kindness, humanity. and love. And yes, as in providSng a rgbuk8 lo our dlvlsive age by choosing to danc8 for genuine diversity and inclusivity- in short still DANCING TO CHANGE THE WORLDI And, wg hop8 y¢)u can $89, not only did we do 8 great deal, 8a¢h thing we dld advanced In one way or another exactly the thiros we saKI W8 would do, both in our home. thg BI8hopsgale Insllluto, 8nd b8yond. When the time comes lo draft the Chair's Report for 2024. wo arg confident you wlll seo that not did we buikl on these achlevemenls In the year which followed, we have abo nnovalgd. finding new. gffgctive w8y$ In whlch we can secure our aims and objectivès. 12 12

Approved by the Trustees on 26 October 2024

Signed on behalf of Queer Tango London by: Trustee signature:

Trustee name: Ray Batchelor (Chair)

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

QUEER TANGO LONDON

Queer Tango London is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity commission on 13 January 2023, registration number 1201560.

Structure, Governance and Management

The charity was constituted as a small charity on 4[th] September 2017 and registered with HMRC. As the charity grew the Trustees adopted a new constitution and applied to the Charity Commission to become a CIO and were registered on 12 January 2023. The constitution is a Foundation Model and with the following 7 Trustees in office:-

TRUSTEES Ray Batchelor: Chair Margaret Trotter: Treasurer Tom Cottle Claudio Tedesco Gawaine Preston Samantha Marcus Gordon Pullenger

The Trustees may appoint up to 3 more Trustees to join the board, who will hold office for 3 years. Trustees carry out the management and operations of the charity in a voluntary capacity as there are no paid staff. Trustees do teach and perform at Queer Tango events and are eligible to be paid on similar terms as non-board members, however no Trustees were paid for their work. Trustees meet regularly to organise events and hold an AGM every year.

Results for the year 2023

The charity raised income of £13,365, spent £12,374, and added £991 to reserves. At 31 December 2023 the unrestricted reserves of the charity were £9,776

Objectives

For public benefit to promote and foster the understanding, and appreciation of queer tango and the values of equality, diversity and inclusivity associated with it. To advance education and learning in queer tango, in particular but not exclusively, by providing queer tango dance events, classes, demonstrations, performances, talks, lectures, exhibitions, publications, and collaborative projects. To further such other purposes which may be charitable according to the law of England and as the trustees see fit from time to time.

Achievements and Performance

Queer Tango London practices queer tango, that is authentic Argentinian tango - the couple dance which emerged from Argentina and Uruguay in the late 19[th] and early 20th centuries - but danced without regard for the conventional male/female allocation of leader and follower roles according to

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gender. Queer tango emerged out of and supports the LGBTQ community, but it can be and is danced by anyone sympathetic to its aspirations. The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Events

Through our partnership with Bishopsgate Institute, QTL hosted 23 milongas and we were invited to teach and perform for 2 other organisations. Ray and Gawaine represented QTL training staff for London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and 6 Trustees and QTL members performed with the Pink Singers at Cadogan Hall at their 40[th] anniversary concert to a sold out, capacity audience of over 900 people. Trustees taught and performed inter-cambio demonstrations at other London milongas. As part of our “Dancing to Change the World” programme, we devised special event milongas including Queer Tango Meets Jewish Tango with invited orchestra Reverse Polarity.

We engaged international teacher/performers, and welcomed the return of Los Ocampo and Natasha Lewinger and Haris Mihail, from Argentina and Uruguay. We particularly sought to engage queer performers who also run international Queer Tango Festivals around the world. Our dancers meet them, and get to know about these important events, a growing phenomenon. Artists included Astrid Weiske who founded Queer Tango Berlin in 2011, Manu Sanz co-organisor of Chamuyo Queer in Valencia, and Ariadna Zaehnsdorf and Keila Luciano from Barcelona. We encourage our dancers to participate in these festivals. For some of these younger generation performers, it was their first time performing professionally in the UK and we supported them with fees and accommodation and helped to build their reputations and introduced them to other milonga organisations. We brought Soledad Nani from Argentina to the UK for the first time and aided her UK tour.

Trustees Ray, Sam and Gawaine were the regular teachers at our milongas, Margaret and Claudio ran several classes and Claudio and Tom alternated as DJs. All Trustees represented the charity at festivals and milongas nationally and around the world, including Germany, Spain, France and Finland Argentine and Uruguay.

Fraction for Freedom

QTL has always run fundraising events for queer focused charities and to also financially supports charitable initiatives to counter global prejudice and persecution. QTL committed 10% of profits to such causes in February 2023 paid over £388 to Quateera, a charity engaged in homing refugees displaced by the war in Ukraine. We will continue to support charities safeguarding LGBTQ+ communities.

Marketing was led and undertaken by Ray with Tom managing the website and Gordon managing the printing flyers. Photographs taken by Birthe Havomeoller and Alan Pang were used in our publicly.

Financial Review, principal risks and uncertainties

The Statement of Financial Activities and Balance sheet show that reserves, at 1 January 2023 were £8,785 We added £991surplus for the year bringing reserves to a total of £9,776 at 31 December 2023. Trustees have considered the current and future activities of the charity and the known level of income and expenditure and are satisfied that the level of reserves can meet the commitments of the charity for the following year.

Our principal income consisted of participant fees for our classes and milongas, amounting to £12,714. We also raised £651 from engagements from other organisations and charities. Costs included - payments to teachers and performers of £3,000 and payments to Bishopsgate institute of

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£6,474 for rent and profit share. Trustees were reimbursed for expenses incurred.

Our principal risks relate to the cost of premises hire and future commitments to performers. We have contracted with the Bishopsgate Institute to hold two events per month at a fixed minimum rent with shared profits, renewable annually. This stability of venue and costs means we can plan and contract in advance and therefore mitigate these risks.

Events since the end of the year and future developments

QTL continue to host milongas at Bishopsgate Institute, running two classes, at beginners and intermediate levels. International teacher performers engaged so for 2024 are Los Ocampo, Natasha Lewinger and Haris Mihail, Manu Sanz from Spain, and Ariadna Zaehnsdorf and Keila Luciano from Barcelona, Gaston Olguin and Manuco Firmani from Argentina, Walter Perez from New York and Ray Sullivan from Miami. Our AGM will be held on 16 August 2023.

Trustees Responsibilities Statement

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK accounts standards

The Trustees must be satisfied that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources. In preparing these financial statements the Trustees are required to:

Approved by the Trustees on 26 October 2024

Signed on behalf of Queer Tango London by:

Trustee signature:

Trustee name: MARGARET TROTTER

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QUEER TANGO LIY4D(M4 STATEMENT OF f INANaAL AcfiwTIES FLWI THE PERIIX) 13JANUARYTO 31 DE￿￿ER 2013 Unr•rtrkt•d R•itrk￿d Fuhdi 1023 20 Total io In¢omkni rNoyr¢ Ch•fttable •¢t￿ill¢S 13365 13365 Tot•1 In<tn)i rnsour 13365 13365 •xp•nd tharrtablt xptr%Jlturt ¢)n- OarKe teacher5 •ThJ ￿￿e1￿clIni Prewses BIsop4at Irst￿￿t+ 2820 3654 1411 14B9 12374 2820 3654 1411 1489 12374 Avertislw. IT Le¢•1 •nd Dor4tloM Total rnsourcrf •p•nd•d Net fflovernert In ILm05 991 8f¢Mht ILYward lunds 8785 8785 Fwd bats1￿ C•frled foNard 9776 9776 17

QUEER TANGO LCIDON 8ALW4(E SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2023 2023 AXED ￿SET5 CUftREP4T ASSETS Bank and Cath Oetoors & Prepayment5 9178 36 CIIEDITORS: •munis Idllne du• %4thln onè y•ar Qethlors 3082 TCURRENT ASSETS 9776 T ASXTS 9776 FUNDS Restrlcied fwjs Desynated fund5 Unrestrlcied fvr#ls 9776 Tor￿ FUP4DS 9776 A￿￿￿d * the Tru51ees Oh ar￿ y8ned on thelr behalf by. Trustee sMiure Trustee name D8t8- 26.10.2024 18

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

QUEER TANGO LONDON

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1. Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and include the results of the charity's operations which are described in the Trustees Report and all of which are continuing. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" with applicable accounting standards on the accrual basis.

2 . Fund Accounting, Risk and Reserves Policy

Unrestricted funds comprise accumulated surpluses and deficits on general funds. They are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general charitable objectives. Designated funds are amounts that have been set aside at the discretion of the Executive Committee. Restricted funds are funds that are spent in accordance with specific restriction imposed by the donors or which have been raised by the charity for specific purpose. The cost of raising and administrating such funds is charged against the specific fund.

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Incoming resources

Incoming resources represents the total income receivable during the year comprising event sales and performance fees.

4 . Resources expended

Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis. Charitable expenditure comprises costs of artists fees and resources in furtherance of the charity's objects.

Reserves at 13/1/2023 Incoming Outgoing
at 31/12/2023
Unrestricted £8,785 £13,365 £12,374
£9,776
Unrestricted funds are £9,776

5 Related Party Transactions

The Board of Trustees consist of queer tango dancers, teachers and DJs. Trustees are the voluntary workers of the charity and can also receive fees as dance teachers and performers on similar terms as non-committee members. No Trustee received remuneration for being a Trustee.

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