2025-03-31-accounts

Hoot Creative Arts

Charity number 1146358

A company limited by guarantee number 07980273

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2025

Hoot Creative Arts

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 17
Examiner's report	18
Statement of financial activities	19
Balance sheet	20
Notes to the accounts	21to 27

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

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Hoot Creative Arts

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors

The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates

Position Peter Alan Lyster Chair Jackie Astbury Murray Forest Treasurer Mary Lawrence David Barnes Claire Richardson Charlotte Goulding Jonathan Hague

Resigned 3 December 2025 Appointed 26 February 2025 Appointed 14 may 2025 Resigned 16 May 2024 Resigned 26 February 2025 Resigned 28 July 2025 Resigned 25 September 2024

Charity number

1146358

Company number 07980273

Registered in England and Wales Registered in England and Wales

Registered and principal address

Bankers

Bates Mill The Co-operative bank Milford Street PO Box 200 Huddersfield Skelmersdale HD1 3DX WN8 6GH

Independent examiner

Simon Bostrom FCIE

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and was formed on 7 March 2012. It is governed by a memorandum and articles of association. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £10.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.

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Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

1) The advancement of the arts through, but not limited to, the provision of facilities, equipment and personnel to enable the public to participate in and observe music making, dance and other arts activities.

2) The advancement of health through, but not limited to, the provision of facilities, equipment and personnel to enable the public to participate in and observe music making, dance and other arts activities.

The charity's main activities

To provide arts activities to improve mental health and wellbeing.

Public benefit statement

In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education and the arts.

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Achievements and performance

Hoots annual report is as follows:

Chair’s Introduction

It is my pleasure to introduce you to the Annual Report and Financial Statement for Hoot Creative Arts for the year ended 31 March 2025. This document is testament to the incredible work and unwavering dedication of our team, artists, volunteers, and the community we serve. This past year has been one of important milestones. We have continued to expand our reach and deepen our impact, supporting individuals across Kirklees to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing through the power of creativity. The statistics and stories within these pages highlight our commitment to evidence-based practice and our core belief that engaging in the arts is a fundamental part of a healthy, fulfilling life.

A key highlight has been the development of our core programmes, including the launch of new sessions for Creation Station and continued refinement of Out of the Blue. These programmes provide vital creative outlets and foster a social connection that is more essential than ever. We have maintained our strong relationships with partners locally and nationally, ensuring our services remain evidence based, efficacious and accessible to those who need them most.

The financial health of the organisation, as detailed in the statements that follow, remains strong. Our prudent financial management and the secure funding from our core contracts have provided a stable platform for us to innovate and grow. This stability allows us to look confidently to the future, ensuring we can continue to meet the increasing demand for our services.

On behalf of the trustees, I would like to extend my deepest thanks to our senior leadership team of Gavin Clayton and Lailla Tanveer, the board of trustees for their invaluable contribution over the past year and to our core office team, artists and volunteers. Your skill and compassion are the very heart of hoot. And to our funders and partners, including Arts Council England, Kirklees Council and NHS Kirklees ICB, your trust and support make our work possible.

We are proud of what we have achieved this year and are excited for what lies ahead. Thank you for being a part of our journey.

Peter Lyster, Chair & Director

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Project Delivery Highlights

Workstream 1: Adult Mental Health - Out of the Blue (OOB)

Overview

We were successful in securing a new tender (2024-2029) for the Out of the Blue service meaning OOB remains established as a core mental health offer in Kirklees. It offers creative wellbeing sessions for adults across Kirklees, using visual art, creative writing, music and group singing to support recovery, resilience, and social connection.

Highlights

• Participants continue to shape the sessions, with activities ranging from clay work to storytelling and songwriting and digital music.

• Volunteers play a vital role in welcoming people and supporting group dynamics — five volunteers are now part of the OOB team.

• A partnership with the University of Huddersfield has produced a publication that includes an artist training module delivered by hoot’s in-house artist team to help embed hoot’s approach with socially engaged community artists.

Participant Voices

• " I always feel so much better physically and emotionally when I attend - it’s been a difficult time for me recently but coming to hoot really helps"

• " I've not been at hoot long, but I feel like I am a part of a lovely community. I feel connected."

Looking Ahead

With a new tender spec and an additional Project Manager being recruited we will continue to adapt service design to include evening and weekend provision. OOB will look to expand our fundraising activities this year, with ambitions to embed the programme more deeply into local wellbeing services including building ever stronger links with Social Prescribers and with university colleagues.

Workstream 2: Dementia – Breathing Space

Overview

Breathing Space provides weekly creative sessions for people living with dementia, including younger-onset, and their carers. Sessions include music, storytelling, visual arts, movement, and adapted yoga.

Highlights

• The Thursday group for younger-onset dementia has grown in confidence and size, now welcoming up to 16 participants alongside carers.

• Co-produced activities like “What’s in the Box?” have been developed by participants themselves, giving people ownership of the sessions.

• Although there are many unpredictable factors for the members of the Thursday Group, one thing the group can always rely on is the warm welcome amongst friends and lots of smiles as they have fun together. The group is invaluable for social connection, peer support, friendship, mental health and wellbeing that all supports brain function and dexterity.

• We launched our ‘Unlocking Creativity’ resource booklet for Dementia Week and included it as a resource for CPD training with the University of Huddersfield that happened in May.

• The group was recently featured in the Young Dementia Network newsletter, bringing national recognition to the work.

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Participant Voices

• One yoga facilitator commented: “It’s great that carers can join in and enjoy the sessions too.”

• The group collaborated to writing their own songs and sang them together, which brought a real sense of community where experiences were shared. The group discovered their lyrical genius and were very impressed with their creations (especially their ‘Hot Cat’ song).

• Music was very engaging, and everyone fully participated. Lots of smiling faces, laughter and giggling.

Looking Ahead

The programme will build on this energy in partnership with Kirklees Dementia Hub and explore fundraising bids to expand creative ageing provision across Kirklees and within a restructured dementia care service that will be re-tendered in late 2025.

Workstream 3: Criminal Justice – Hoot Music in Prisons (HMiP)

Overview

hoot delivers music and singing workshops within the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway across prisons and approved premises in the North and South of England. Sessions focus on creativity (songwriting & music making) as a route to confidence, communication, and wellbeing.

Highlights

• Men at one of the settings spoke openly about the impact: “It gave me more confidence… It helped me be part of a group… It felt really therapeutic.”

• Staff confirmed these changes: “Men who were withdrawn are now coming out of their shell.”

• At the second setting men wrote and performed original songs together — one participant who rarely spoke in groups sang solo for the first time.

• Across all settings, the workshops have provided opportunities to create, share, and listen, reducing isolation and encouraging positive identity-building.

• hoot continues to work in partnership with OPDP psychologists to refine evaluation methods, and with the University of Cambridge’s Department of Criminology on research into impact.

Looking Ahead

Delivery has expanded to additional prisons in Devon and Buckinghamshire. Artist training and reflective practice will continue, with an eye on long-term sustainability and potential scaled national roll-out supported by research with Cambridge University due for publication in autumn 2025.

Workstream 4: Learning Disabilities & Autism – Creative Pathways / Creation Station

Overview

Creative Pathways (residential) and Creation Station (community) provide creative arts opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism in Kirklees, in partnership with Mencap.

Highlights

• At Laurel Court, sessions were reshaped following participant feedback. The move to Thursday afternoons has allowed new members to join, with dance added to music and visual arts.

• At hoot’s Monday morning group, the atmosphere is lively and welcoming. DJing was introduced after participants asked for it: “I want to learn to mix tracks!”

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Highlights (continued)

• The Mencap group has thrived, with participants requesting ballroom and tap dancing, and staying loyal to the group week after week. A member who had never taken part in any activity before is now joining in every session.

• Two participants bought their own ukuleles after being inspired by workshops with musician James.

• For Learning Disability Awareness Week, an exhibition and sound installation showcased artwork and recordings created by participants. Families, support workers, and council officers attended.

Participant Voices

• One mother said: “I’ve never seen him so proud.”

• One resident told us: “I like Thursdays now — I know I’ll see my friends.”

• “We’ve been practising at home!”

Looking Ahead

Laurel Court participants will transition to hoot premises by spring 2025 for fuller integration. A green multiarts pilot is being scoped with S2R at Enfield Down. Partnerships with Mencap will expand to older adults, and joint fundraising with the new Mencap CEO is planned.

Across all four workstreams, hoot continues to demonstrate the power of creativity to improve wellbeing, inclusion, and confidence , whether in residential care, community groups, dementia support, or prison settings.

For a visually accessible break down of the numbers associated with our delivery there follows several pages of infographics.

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Staffing & Office

We continue to develop support for the team at hoot with our Employee Assistance programme making over £1000 pounds of health and wellbeing support available annually for individual staff. They range from Osteopathy, Dental and Opticians to holistic therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy and counselling.

Two members of staff left this year. 1 due to end of contract and one to move on to Bradford City of Culture. We recruited a new Project manager who will start in April 2025 and continue to refine the Risk & Referral role to ensure as referrals become more complex, we have an effective way of deciding if hoot can meet their needs. This was further enhanced by a detailed analysis of the Participant Referral Pathway.

Our CEO attended EDI training, and modules on managing absence and other HR matters. Core training budgets are being agreed for whole team to ensure IT skills etc are maintained and areas such as Safeguarding are refreshed and kept up to high standard.

We have upgraded our IT Router to ensure our system is more robust and better protected. WIFI routers can often be a weak point.

Marketing

Our comms team have begun to ramp up their innovative approaches including short videos, beautifully branded material online and hard copy. This has included the compiling of an ‘events kit’ to streamline preparations for outreach events and to ensure consistent quality in presenting hoot to those who do not know us yet In December hoot was featured in a short video for National centre for Creative Health examining how Creative Health is commissioned effectively. This features on NCCH website.

Hoot were also shortlisted for a national Culture Health and Wellbeing award. While we didn’t win, we were in the last 5 out of 80 submissions J

Partnership Working

Working Together Better partnership made significant steps forward this year with the Strategic Plan being implemented. Recruitment of two officers took place in September: Engagement & Communities Officer. Strategic Officer. This has meant that the strategic plan is being implemented as the capacity exists and is supported well by partners.

Kirklees Ethnically Diverse Communities Network (KEDCN) attendance was maintained with hoot bringing the Black Mental Health Manifesto and other strategic docs to their attention.

Our CEO has been involved in the shadow board for the development of Kirklees’s Cultural Strategy and the review of the Mental Health and Care Plan (2023-28).

hoot continue to work closely with Libraries Service and have contributed to the development of the Maker Spaces in Huddersfield and Batley.

Research

Cambridge University Dept of Criminology research is ongoing for our criminal justice work, but cuts within HE funding caused problems which have taken time to resolve satisfactorily, and within which hoot as a small charity needed to assert ourselves strongly. The research is delayed but due to publish in autumn 2025 alongside a newly devised measurement tool, for group music making in prisons.

We have been in contact with researchers in Western Australia who have strong evidence to support the efficacy of a ‘Dose of the Arts’ (2 hours per week) approach as a public Health campaign to improve health and wellbeing and we will bring this approach to the attention of partners and strategic discussions here in Kirklees.

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Strategic

We secured funding from West Yorkshire Combined Authority to explore viability of a Wellbeing At Work offer. This will be based on work delivered for college and health & social care workforce to date to see what the commercial market might be for such an initiative.

Our CEO sits on the Shadow Board for the Kirklees Cultural strategy Development Board. We can therefore ensure that Creative Health is at the heart of place-based thinking & planning.

We continue to stay connected to National Health Innovation campus developments as a core delivery organisation and will continue to bring Creative Health, social justice, health inequity and creative industry thinking to that development alongside international research and exemplar partners.

CEO presented alongside Elaine Burke to the Children and Young people’s mental health network about the ‘Creative Space’ project we so keenly want to see developed on from the highly effective pilot phase. We will continue to advocate for such a service in Kirklees.

Hoot also contributed to the Dementia Care service re-design consultation report in August. We still wait to hear whether creative activities will be funded for in-patient care.

Development

hoot applied for an Arts and Humanities Research Council Post Doctoral Focal Award to explore the mental health impacts on global majority populations in Kirklees of climate change and wars across the globe.

We are working closely with University of Huddersfield colleagues to establish a funded and supported placement programme for Allied Health Professional students and social care workforce. Firstly, we will look at how Occupational Therapy students might bolster and enrich delivery at hoot.

We continue to work with Figurative to refine Theories of Change for different workstreams here and to develop a new and more appropriate evaluative methodology.

hoot was part of a bid to National Academy for Social prescribing’s Centre of Excellence scheme for music and dementia.

We also secured a discretionary grant from Baring Foundation to further explore a creative Ageing workstream focussed on creative care planning.

Looking Ahead

In the year ahead we will continue to formalise the partnership working with University of Huddersfield colleagues across Cultures of Health, National Health Innovation Campus and Creative Health System development. We will continue to support our team with Employee Assistance programme funding and Reflective Practice sessions to help support their mental health and wellbeing. We will continue to grow current workstreams and in particular the highly successful work of Creative Pathways and OOB. As NHS reorganisation and funding arrangements become clearer, we foresee a priority will be how we manage expectation around the contribution of VCSE to an increasingly high demand for mental health support. Additional Workstreams will be developed as and when fundraising efforts are successful, but we are aware that the funding environment continues to get increasingly competitive.

To support these fundraising efforts, we will continue to work with experts to develop our own evaluative methodologies and to utilise research (such as that from Cambridge University due for publication autumn 2025) to advocate for continued and increased support.

Lots to do, as ever.

Gavin Clayton, CEO.

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Financial review

The net expenditure for the year was £1,322, including net income of £17,117 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £18,439 on restricted funds after transfers.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £274,668.

Hoot needs reserves to:

Meet contractual liabilities should the organisation have to close.

To meet unexpected costs

To replace or upgrade equipment as it wears out including upgrades of IT & telecoms systems

Ensure that the organisation can continue to provide a stable and quality service to those who need them.

To provide working capital when funding is paid in arrears and place the organisation in a position where it could bid for other funding which can be paid up to 6 months in arrears.

As previously agreed by trustees, the minimum level of reserves should be the equivalent of three months and ideally 6 months operating costs.

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Statement of trustees' responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and UK Accounting Standards.

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP (FRS102)), and in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

approved by the board of trustees on 10/12/2025

Peter Alan Lyster (Trustee)

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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Hoot Creative Arts

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 19 to 27.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charitable company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a fellow of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act.

I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a fellow of ACIE which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

• 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or

• 3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

• 4 the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Simon Bostrom FCIE

11/12/2025

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

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Statement of Financial Activities

(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Income from: Donations and legacies (2) 110,202 Charitable activities income (3) 303,117 Investments (4) 4,993 Total income 418,312 Expenditure on: Charitable activities (5) 401,195 Total expenditure 401,195 Net income / (expenditure) 17,117 Fund balances brought forward 257,551 Fund balances carried forward (6) 274,668	2025 Restricted funds £ 72,179 - - 72,179 90,618 90,618 (18,439) 55,893 37,454	2025 Total funds £ 182,381 303,117 4,993 490,491 491,813 491,813 (1,322) 313,444 312,122	2024 Total funds £ 192,474 363,482 3,281 559,237 532,376 532,376 26,861 286,583 313,444

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

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Balance sheet

as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Current assets Debtors and prepayments (8) 21,835 Cash at bank and in hand (9) 378,410 Total current assets 400,245 Current liabilities: amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals (10) 125,577 Total current liabilities 125,577 Total assets less current liabilities 274,668 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (11) - Net assets 274,668 Funds Unrestricted funds 274,668 Restricted funds - Total funds 274,668	2025 Restricted £ - 39,892 39,892 2,438 2,438 37,454 - 37,454 - 37,454 37,454	2025 Total £ 21,835 418,302 440,137 128,015 128,015 312,122 - 312,122 274,668 37,454 312,122	2024 Total £ 21,666 476,260 497,926 170,900 170,900 327,026 13,582 313,444 257,551 55,893 313,444

For the year ending 31 March 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 10/12/2025

Peter Alan Lyster (Trustee)

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

Going concern

The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, if it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Grants and donations

Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.

Expenditure and liabilities

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.

Taxation

As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets costing more than £2,000 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Gifted assets are shown at the value to the charity on receipt. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost on a straight line basis over their expected useful economic lives as follows: Office equipment: over 3 years

Pensions

The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. The costs of contributions are recognised in the year they are payable.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.

Leases

Rents under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the lease term or to an earlier date if the lease can be determined without financial penalty.

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Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Donations and legacies Grants for charitable activities Arts Council England Kirklees Council Pavers Foundation The Henry Smith Charity University of Huddersfield Charities Aid Foundation Enfield Down Third Sector Leaders Other grants and donations 3 Charitable activities income Sales and Fees Contracts 4 Investments Interest receivable	2025 Unrestricted funds £ 110,000 - - - - - - - 202 110,202 2025 Unrestricted funds £ 1,620 301,497 303,117 2025 Unrestricted funds £ 4,993 4,993	2025 Restricted funds £ - 5,000 500 55,100 6,579 5,000 - - - 72,179 2025 Restricted funds £ - - - 2025 Restricted funds £ - -	2025 Total funds £ 110,000 5,000 500 55,100 6,579 5,000 - - 202 182,381 2025 Total funds £ 1,620 301,497 303,117 2025 Total funds £ 4,993 4,993	2024 Total funds £ 110,000 25,000 - 55,500 - - 1,200 50 724 192,474 2024 Total funds £ 7,081 356,401 363,482 2024 Total funds £ 3,281 3,281

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for the year ended 31 March 2025

5a Support costs Fundraising activity Support cost type £ Salaries and NIC and pensions - Travel expenses - Rent, rates and room hire - Insurance - Telephone, fax and internet - Printing, stationery and postage - IT support and repairs - Building maintenance - Refreshments - Equipment and materials - Accountancy and IE - Legal and professional - Consultancy - Subscriptions and membership - Other expenses - Board expenses - - 5b Charitable activities expenditure detail Salaries and NIC and pensions (8c) Freelance fees and sub contractors Travel expenses Training Rent, rates and room hire Insurance Telephone, fax and internet Printing, stationery and postage IT support and repairs Advertising and promotion Building maintenance Project costs Volunteer and user expenses Refreshments Equipment and materials Accountancy and independent examination Legal and professional Evaluation fees Consultancy Subscriptions and membership Other expenses Loan interest Board expenses	Charitable activity £ 145,301 696 653 160 1,492 - 4,872 532 272 - 569 512 - 121 1,463 - 156,642 2025 Unrestricted funds £ 275,241 62,503 1,781 763 25,019 2,025 2,321 231 4,488 768 2,136 3,112 212 786 2,997 2,547 496 400 5,010 4,398 2,740 1,221 - 401,195	Governance activity £ - - - - - - - - - - 2,520 - - - - - 2,520 2025 Restricted funds £ 63,231 18,077 455 - 5,098 350 427 43 384 25 535 288 - 247 359 542 16 - - 245 296 - - 90,618	2025 Total cost £ 145,301 696 653 160 1,492 - 4,872 532 272 - 3,089 512 - 121 1,463 - 159,162 2025 Total cost £ 338,472 80,580 2,236 763 30,117 2,375 2,748 274 4,872 793 2,671 3,400 212 1,033 3,356 3,089 512 400 5,010 4,643 3,036 1,221 - 491,813	2024 Total cost £ 116,961 779 4,556 308 1,575 140 2,878 1,691 132 961 2,400 355 485 625 2,605 43 136,493 2024 Total cost £ 360,914 66,882 3,300 1,931 31,171 2,397 2,486 1,055 2,878 1,262 2,565 1,770 122 3,298 6,350 2,400 355 400 30,866 4,574 3,661 1,696 43 532,376

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Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

5c Staff costs and numbers Gross salaries Social security costs Employment allowance Pensions	2025 £ 303,342 24,991 (5,000) 15,139 338,472	2024 £ 323,607 26,371 (5,000) 15,936 360,914

The average number of employees during the year was 13.8, being an average of 8.3 full time equivalent (2024: 14.5, 8.7 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.

Defined contribution pension scheme Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end 6 Restricted funds Balance b/f Incoming £ £ Creative Pathways 18,403 55,100 Kirklees Libraries 11,022 - KMC YoM 7,991 5,000 Nesta Investment 18,477 - Huddersfield Uni Workforce - 6,579 Pavers Foundation - 500 Charities Aid Foundation - 5,000 55,893 72,179	Outgoing £ 60,937 - 10,704 18,477 - 500 - 90,618	2025 £ 15,139 5,033 Transfers £ - - - - - - - -	2024 £ 15,936 2,503 Balance c/f £ 12,566 11,022 2,287 - 6,579 - 5,000 37,454

Fund name

Creative Pathways Kirklees Libraries KMC YoM

Nesta Investment

Huddersfield Uni Workforce

Pavers Foundation Charities Aid Foundation

Purpose of restriction

Towards the cost of the project for people with learning disabilities Delivery of creative activities across a number of Kirklees Libraries. Towards the Project management and programme of delivery for the YOM project.

The advancement of the charitable purpose of promoting the arts and, in particular, for the purpose of scaling its existing Offender Personality Disorder Pathway programme for offenders in custodial settings to the East and South of England and in London. The funder has agreed that the initial expenditure can be to further the overall aims of the charity.

Towards 'Being Creative Makes You Feel Good' project - A Workplace Wellbeing Offer for the Health and Social Care Sector.

Towards the cost of the project for people with learning disabilities. Towards music related delivery.

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Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

7 8 9 **10 **	Tangible assets Cost £ £ £ At 1 April 2024 - - - Additions - - - At 31 March 2025 - - - Depreciation At 1 April 2024 - - - At 31 March 2025 - - - Net book value At 31 March 2025 - - - At 31 March 2024 - - - Debtors and prepayments Debtors Prepayments Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank Cash in hand Creditors and accruals Bank loans and overdrafts Creditors Deferred income (see note below for analysis) Other creditors (Pension) Deferred income Contracts Item name Reason for deferral Contracts Motor vehicles Class 3 Class 4 Portion of contract not yet delivered.	£ 27,897 - 27,897 27,897 27,897 - - 2025 £ 21,462 373 21,835 2025 £ 418,217 85 418,302 2025 £ - 14,427 108,556 5,032 128,015 Deferred to next year £ 108,556 108,556 Office equipment	Total £ 27,897 - 27,897 27,897 27,897 - - 2024 £ 21,156 510 21,666 2024 £ 476,088 172 476,260 2024 £ 7,048 14,599 146,750 2,503 170,900 Released from last year £ 146,750 146,750

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Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

11 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year Cultural Impact Development Loan	2025 £ - -	2024 £ 13,582 13,582

12 Related party transactions

Trustee expenses

No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.

Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.

Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel

The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £94,068 (previous year: £90,229).

Other transactions with trustees or related parties Employment Name of trustee or related party Relationship to charity Description of transaction Victoria McKenzie Sister-in-law of David Barnes (trustee)	2025 £ 2,257 2,257	2024 £ 18,908 18,908

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Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £ £ Income Donations and legacies 110,202 110,724 Charitable activities income 303,117 363,482 Investments 4,993 3,281 Total income 418,312 477,487 Expenditure Charitable activities 401,195 435,693 Total expenditure 401,195 435,693 Net income / (expenditure) 17,117 41,794 Transfers between funds - 667 Net movement in funds 17,117 42,461 Fund balances brought forward 257,551 215,090 Fund balances carried forward 274,668 257,551	2025 Restricted funds £ 72,179 - - 72,179 90,618 90,618 (18,439) - (18,439) 55,893 37,454	2024 Restricted funds £ 81,750 - - 81,750 96,683 96,683 (14,933) (667) (15,600) 71,493 55,893	2025 Total funds £ 182,381 303,117 4,993 490,491 491,813 491,813 (1,322) - (1,322) 313,444 312,122	2024 Total funds £ 192,474 363,482 3,281 559,237 532,376 532,376 26,861 - 26,861 286,583 313,444

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