creative futures Company No: 07578987 Retsered Charlty No. 1143459 CREATNE FUTURES (UK) LIMITED A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 Transformational experiences through the arts CREATIVE FUTURES UK LIMITED- A COMPANY LIMrrED BY ANNUAL REPORT & A OUNTS 2022 REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 INDEX Report of tha dirnctors 1ndyn￿l ex8mingrf8 rep(Kt 10 statement of flnanc4al acll¥lt 11 B818nce sheet 12 Accounting pollclos 13 Notss to the f￿￿la1 statements 14-18 CREATIVE FUTURES UK LIMITED - A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2022 COMPANY NUMBER 07578987 CHARITY NUMBER 1143459 DIRECTORsrrRUSTEES Marcia Bennie Matthew Brookes- Finance Direc (appointed 14 January 20211 Sar8 Burigo {r8slgn&1 S1012021) Maxwell Golden Paul Hayday Marcus James (8ppoinW 3010312021: appointed as Chair 26104120221 Karen prI(￿- Chair {resigned as Chalr 2610412022) Seth Wdliams {r6signed 05110120211 REGISTERED OFFICE Third Av8nuo London W104JL CHARITY ADDRESS Third AverK London W104JL CREATIVE FUTURES UK LIMrrED- A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2022 The directors present their report and Ihe ffinanci￿ Stat￿ents for the year ended 31 Marth 2022. MISSION STATEMENr Creative Futures offers transfomiative experiences thr￿h the arts to children, your Fde and families. es￿￿allY those fr(¥n disadvantw backgrounds. OBJECllVES OF THE cHAR￿y To the educatlon and tralnlNJ of c*thdren and young WF￿8. in particular but rK)t exduslvety those with special edu(alk)nal needs, and their teachers through imaginative and progressive arts-based projects whith stimulate leaming and development" To promote and woted health by delfverfw arts prc4e(as ts thos8 who are socialty and economicalty disadvanlaged. in paitular blrt not excluslvely okler peopl6. the IK*mel6ss or those ￿VIng with long temi mentsl or physlcal health issues, In order to raise self-8Steem. imkyove quality of life and engagè them wlth wkler socl8ty; To advance the arts g￿ralty, in part￿ular but not exduwety to thfv8nca muslcal educatk￿ for people of aH aggs; gnd To (￿dUca or ￿MMISSion research to bgtter understarKI sp8afic n88ds #i th8 field of educatlon arKI to tha useful re8utts. LEGAL STATUS & TAX 8TAnis The charltsble ciThpany Is a pthte Ccffipany Llmbknj by Guarantse govemed by its Memorandum and hrtlctes of Association. As a ReglsleY8d Charity In the UK, it is exempt from UK c￿M)n Tax as all income is applied for charitable purpose& ORGANISATIONAL sfRUCTURE Th8 Trustee8 aca 88 Directors ts the purposes of rx)mp8ny law and a8 trustees for th8 wrposes of charlty law. Trustees ￿ appointed by the Direct￿. MANAGEMEpif STRUCTURE The (x)mpany was m8n•)8d during the year by 4 8mpk)yees and some fr8ell9n￿rs.. Creative Director Julian Knhjht oversees the WISati￿'S strategy, partnerships, fuThlraising and finances. Croative Producer Vanessa Stawll the larg￿c￿ earty years programmes. Creative Prc*Jucw Lorl GapJani joined in March 2020 aTvJ manages the majority of olher programmes. L(ffl to)k Matemlty Leave at the ermt of August 2021. Sabrina kolaro occupies the role of Creative Pr(erammes Mana8er and supports acr055 the organisation. CREATIVE FUTURES UK LIMrrED- A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUAFIANTEE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2022 Tasks undertaken by the management team indude dewsing and planning new projects. fundraising, buikling partn￿thipS with other dwTitable and educational organisations. managing and overseeing the delNery and monitoring of all pr(¥ects including assessing their impact, budgetir¥J and finanoal managernenL organisational deveknwenL TTUSt8es are Uk￿ted regularly. Creative Futures. prc*3rammes arn doliv8rtyJ by exporioncad. DBS-theckod artist- educator5 who are engaged on a freelance wcyect*y"pr(4ed basis. AMBASSADORS Creative FLrtwes has three high profile knbassadors who have honor8ry role with the company. actcff Riz Ahrned. novelist JoarTh Harris MBE. and th8atre director Matth8W Xia. RESERVES POUCY The Board of Trustees aims to build and maintsin an unrestricted reserv6 equival8nt to 6 months of Ix)re costs, to ensure thal the charitat4e aims and administrative o)sts of the arity can b8 met on an oroo¥ig basis. This target bgvel of reserves c4)ntinues to be meL DESIGNATED FUND The Board of Tru8t888 has created a DeswJnated Fund from unrestricted res8Nes to provlde seed fundlng for new ideas, new projects or kilot t￿leCts, 63pecialty acting as matched funding in ￿38S wthere other furKls have also been raisèd. ProF4)sals for use of those funds ar8 made to the Trustees by th8 Management Team at quartedy Board Meetings. No Deslgnated Funds were allocated In 2021-22. PUBLIC BENEFrr STATEMEiir The charity trustees have l￿MPlIed with their duty to havé due regard to the guldance published by the Charity CcMnmk8sion widudlng that on public benèfft in exe￿ising their rKswers or dutss. RISKS POUCY The Board of Trustees has a Risks Register V•ttth ackn(Mrfedges potentlal rfsks, and outlines the Companvs aclkn to Ilmit any cy)nting•nt liabil￿eS in tyoer to minimize those ks. CREATIVE FUTURES UK LIMITED - A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT&ACCO NT 2022 REVIEW OF ACTVMES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2021-22 saw (x)ntinuKwJ (*allenges resulting frc#m the UK govomment's eAffonavirus lockdovm measures whlch severely impa(Xed the &JLKatKsn and FAxial sectors by restricaing normal so(?81 interadion and ac￿ to sch￿￿ arwj health sellirvJs. Despite the challenges, Creative Futures maintained all its cm prcwanmes, added a number ot new FKoiects, arKI reFNyts its h￿hest ever tumover. The continuation of strong $trategi¢ partnerships such as with Paddin￿On Development Trust and the TrlaBor￿gh Music Hub has helped CreatNe Futu￿ ¢iJntinue to delNer high quality projects ￿1th more than two thousand children, f￿1118S and young people as w811 85 continulng to grow its onllne pr8sence ar¥J audionce. Our focu5 areas remain Eaty Years. Care Expérienced Chiklren and YourvJ Peoplo and Speclal Educ2tion81 Needs, and we have ddtvered prcgramm8s across all three of those areas as w611 as In mainstream tximary 8dKM)Is. The majority of programmes, fvndlng and partlcipants are in the Earfy Years {Ck51 LY8d(et thus further strerwning Crnatlve Futures. reputallon as a18ader in the of E8rfy yea￿ arts provision. Hlghlights of 2021-22 EARLY YEARS PROJECTS Creative Fuiur8s is an establishad sed{￿ l&ider in Eaty Years music arts delivery. Our car8fully slructured programmes. often with a researth elemènt, provide insplrfng and developmentslty benefk6al musSc, movemen( sW-t811in9. and art aclivities to chlldren In gome of the most depdved parts of London and beyond. 'BulkSing StrorwJ C(xnrNnty Famili88' stsrted in December 2017, ab80rt)Ing the Queen's Park Families, Westboume Famllies, Baby and Me projéds. It Is a cdlal)oration be￿￿Tr Paddington Development Trust (PDT) and Creative Futur8S, with funds from Tho Nallonal Lott•ry Communlty Fund. The project involves 6 free dropins for parents and thildren under 4 years old taking place aryoss the rK*rth Westminster wards of Queen's ParK Westboum&, Harrow Road, Bayswatsr and Church Street every week, all year rwnd. The prolect reached 500+ f8milies during the year. providing fun. creative and stimulating activtbes for parents and chlldren. a number of wial events, and prov¥Jlng inforrnalion and support for families from PDT'S Mat8mty ChamFiK)ns. 'L(Thlon Rhymes. was rnusician R05ie Adedlran and Is managed by Creative Futures. Fdlowing a of signTfi¢ant funding from the Nallonal Foundallon for Youth Muslc. the project has entered a scaled4own phase fI￿$S1ng ￿ its partnerships wilh The Magpi8 Project Ivthich supports mothers th young thildren ￿ are horneless or In tern[￿ry a(xommodatiMI. and at Homerton Hospital's 'Mother and Baby Unit, ￿ring for mothers with severe mental heatth problems. and supw1￿ vrith funding from Ihe Mrs Smllh and Mount Trnst. The project is delivered by pairs of musicians w￿• lead singing and song- writsng aclNtties wth fami￿ wtih chiklren aged ￿3 years. creating w songs with them about the joys and chaI￿ngeS of pa￿nting. A constant stream of new songs is created thrrjugh the proie(ts. reuJrd8J in the studio by our musi(ians. and released on Sounddoud and Spotify. Many have also t￿ animated and appear YouTube - extending the reach of thesè beautrfulty crafted and Nrysualtry enticiru songs to families havo not been a part of the projects. CREATIVE FUTURES UK LIMrrED - A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNT 2022 's￿nd Communities.. funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation with additi(￿al support from th8 Inglos Famlly Trust. collaborates with the Earty Years workforce to pyomote an uThJerstanding of hcw music (an supp)rt children's (Jynmunication skills and wider developmenL It combines a (Y￿rSe of 7 professional developrnent sessions delivered over Ihe (￿rse of the year, with some in-setting wothshops c delivered by music leaders and parti(ipatiThJ teachers. The second cohort of teach8r5 involved in the prcyecl, from 201￿2020 had an intemjpted year due to lockdowns. so continu￿1 their involvement thrwgh lo the summer 2021. A new cohort of settings and practitioners started in September 2021 from localiti8s in Eastboume. Luton. Bedfordshire and Bamet. London. The groups have an ethos of reflecb'on and pra￿l¢e sharing. with discussion atNJut the practulities of implemenling music aCtivit￿S in their settings. A ccrfnprehensive online toolkit for the project, created wi collaboralion *tyth The Cornmunications Trust (part of ICAN), was launched in January 2020 and Is regularty updatsd. 's(Wr￿ Communiti8s +. is a bolt-on to the Sound c￿mUn￿8 program￿￿ offerlng four of the wtsciWirwJ Londcffl sch(ds weekty irFsettlrKJ sv35ions in whlch our music leaders offer hands-on mentoring, supporL and rnodelling of advilies in the nursery. worklThJ dosely wlth the teachers. These add further depth to the teachèr's involvem8nl the rnc￿thty CPD sessions. This eb8m&ni of the project is funded for th8 FWticipatirKJ Bamet 88ttirtrJ8 by John Lyon's Chaflty. 'Music at Heart., funded by BBC Chlldr•n In Need w￿th additional frjnds fr￿n the D'oyty Carte Charftablo Trnst, Is a proiecl with children aged years who ar8 In-palignts or visiting A&E at the Royal Lorth Hosprtal. Most of the chlklren involved ar8 under 5 years or a￿, arKI many hav& lrfe4imitng conditions. The project usually involvos wfjek￿ sessw)ns led by two specially trainod musicians with groups of patlents wattlng for treatrnent. as well as al the bedsides of others. However, with rK* Wsitor access lo the hospllal since March 2020, we ueated a weallh of onllne mat8rlal for chlldren In the hOsp￿ts1 to access, a$ w811 as monthly teractlve online session5. A n8w strand to the project startod in January 2022 in partnership with thé pwlnatal psychiatrlc unil at St. Mary's Hospital in north Westminster, delivering 11kweek singing programm88 wllh mothers with acute mental prob19ms and th8lr balx8S. 'sC￿nd & Syrnl)ol' Is a (￿t￿tIOn vAlh im) depart￿ at tho UCL Institute of Education to researth the Thpact of SFecfft music actiwties on children's communication and 18ngu8ge development. Funding for the proiect has been awarded from the Garfleld Weston Fourbdatlon and Natlonal Foundallon for Youlh Muslc and the Monday Charitsble Tfusl (via UCLI. The projecl is being delivered in partnership with th8 London Earty Years Foundation (LEYF) four of whose settings in Ba￿Ing aThJ Dagenham are laking parL Project dellvgry consists of 20 full days of in-setting deltvery in two settirss September 2021 to March 2022. followed by a l￿week programmg in two further settlngs. Analysis of the projed's data findryjs will be reptyled later. Prcleds with Music Educalk)n Hubs se(knr cKganisations: We continued to be an active member of the Trl4orough Muslc Hub's 'TTFMusic To3ether' earfy years consortium initiative unlil this fini8hed in the autumn 2021,. Vanessa stansall prowdes guest curatorship of SWNI cOnn￿tiOnS. LorKlon Early Years Music Nelwork. CREATIVE FUT RES UK LIMITED- A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2022 Other Centres: We dellver • music and wthiement sessions at a Children's Centre in Hackney. especially forAJswJ on engaging 'hard tr) reach, families and supporting ety parent. The programme is fund¢d by The Foyl• Foundallon, wth additional fund$ from th8 Clifforrl Chance Foundatlon and Rathbono Foundatlon and funding for equipment from the Hedhy Foundatlon. Weekty music sessions with small groups of puplls aged 4-9 years I0(￿S ￿ singing, vocalisation. playing instruments. improvisation and comrM)sitw. A free online Toolkit is pn)vhged ￿ our website for teachers of the doaf. The lead musicians have been joined 0￿sk)naNY by tr8ir)88 music leaders. lo buihj th8 skfds amongst the 'My Sound Stories. is a now dwJital proiert alm￿1 at deaf children aged 3-8 years and children wtth $F￿th and language developmental delay. and is a partnership initiative with MU￿Clan and Speech Language Therapist Phoebe Osbome {one of our artists engaged on SourKliThJ Out). It is furKled by the Kusuma TrusL The oieL# invofves the ueatM)n of a new music and language App, dos&gned to support children's spe8ch arKI language development in a fun. interactive. engaging and insp￿ng Wdy. The N)p is due to be launched in the autumn of 2022. A separate, albeit linked, slrdnd of 'My Sound Stories. saw the delivery of a 44ay project vef5K>n of the initiative at Laycod( Primary schcM)I during February ha tem, fuThJed by Tho Ironmongers. Company. A dozen famdies twk part with their deaf children, ueating inspiring musical stories tcgether. CREATIVE FUTURES UK LIMITED- A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2022 PRIMARY PROGRAMMES Creative Futures has continued as a Delivery Partner wilh third sector organisatKJn Wost London Zon•. although wth reduced contrdrts due to restricted access to schoob in th8 eafly part of the yw. We delivered our fKst Creatlve Clubs ￿ May aThl Odob8r 2021. fvThJed by John Lyon's Chwlty and A2DominM)n. for primary agp)J children In north Westmlnster. 'Our Story, Is a n8w prOj￿t funded by John Lyon'• c￿rfty with the aim of r igniting arts provision in schcds fdlowing the Gkn)vemrnenVs damaging lockd¢)wn icy. The project is taking plac6 In Camden primary sch¢)ols, using a range of art-fomis indudlng ¥thn word. drama. art and music. The aim of tha project is lo rebuild chlldren's engagement in ¢xeative arts activity to SUPF#Jt their widor education and to particularty reiKJild arKI restore the damage caused to pupils. wellbeing by the kK*downs and 8th001 dogures. REPORTS Many of the Fryranm68 aiN)ve have d8talled re[￿S whk* are wblishod on our webslte: Www.￿eatIvefvIu PARTNERSHIPS We continue to suppNt a key strategic partnerships wilh UCL. 8speGially with Prof8S80r Welch and his 10am at the Institute of Education with whom we are collabor8tlng on 8 number of separate strands of wort( either in delivery, or In development. We ar9 also privlleged to be disCU￿ng potentlal and ongoing collatMxati(fft wilh rosearchern from other universities in the UK and several ￿ the US Our partnership with Paddington Develow*nt Trust has enabl&J us to rn8ch hundreds of vulnerabl8 families in north Westrninster. Our new partnership wlth St Mary's Hospital In the same locality has S￿n￿Kant kTh)tential to rnte ioir*d up care pathways b8lween th8 muftlple strands of our fam￿ work In the wea. Creatrve Futures continu8S to Invest Ime and résources into developing partnerships wllh earfy years mu* s[￿1811s￿ acros8 EnglarNI's rwJkn$ in ordor lo strengthen arnl support the gector. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Our vaiues and strategic obie¢bves ts 202(k24 remaln unchaw. VALUES Child.led- putting the chli d or ￿rrfj person at thé centre of our w(xk. from devising and planning through delivery to evaluation. High quality- our pyogrammes are shaped and18d by ex[￿lenCed. refiectNe artists and prryjucers drawing on research and our own leaming. Inspiring- we aim fcy every project we deliver to be outslanding, meaningful and memorable for all the Child￿n. young peoFle. families and professTh￿LS involved. Locally4lriven- ensurirrfj that every prcyect is driven by the needs and strengths of its local communty. aThJ find￿g new ways of embedding the arts at th8 heart ot every thild's eXt￿lIen¢0. 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