Charity rngistration numb9r 1171391 (England and Wales)
EVOLVE MUSIC
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

EVOLVE MUSIC
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Trustees
C lfjng
M&de
S Thapem￿lI
T M¢Naught.Reync4ts
J Carty£ampL￿l
SH¢kn
IAkwcint8d 1 Sep1*n￿r
20241
Charity numbgr
1171391
Prin¢ipal addrnss
11 Manvers Street
&41 1JQ
Indyndent ￿MInOr
Mr P J Bart(￿ FCCA
ArtACCA)un￿ts Limit8d
11 Marwers Str
11JQ
Bankers
BA11S4
CAF Ba￿ Ltd
25 Ktngs Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
V%Èst M41iTrJ
Kent
ME19

EVOLVE MUSIC
CONTENTS
Trustees, ￿FOrt
IndepèTrdent examRW5 T8POrt
Statgment of finaKial &th"vities
Ba1￿ce shgel
10
11-18

EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025
Evolve Music is a small arts tharity lest. 2017) derficated to usirvJ music as a t¢>)1 for community ¢JevelopmenL
Evolve MLtSiC Wofks in the Soth Wesys coastal try4vns. ex-mining and imer-w urban areas. Our work builds
joy, comrnunity and family connecb"on, pl￿)MXeS personal gro*th. chikl (levdcwent, confidence and wellbeing. and
it provides struggling fronline worters wth creab.ve solulions and ne•V aFf1ro￿thes to entrenthed and glowing
challeng6S.
SI￿ 2017 Evolv8 Music's has yèar on yw in re￿h arKI impart buitt on a reputation fc¢ higlFqu81ty,
Fersorpcentered prdctu and ccllaborative parknerships. Sinc• 2020 m(Ye than 450) people have taken part in an
Evolve Music work5h¢)p or training event Whilst (yjr wrxk spans seven kxal thrity areas across South Wes(
thosè WÈ suPp￿t are untièd by sh•ed eVrien￿ of exdusion ￿ Mar￿naliSab.￿. IAany face significant barriers
to ac£essing the arts, espeualty Mu￿¢-making, the to tsir lived elwien￿ of the c4re system, rural or sooal
isolation, raasm. ￿ur0d1verger￿. menta ill heahh ￿ trauma. We r1e￿* wejcomtng, indusive spa¢*s that enable
people to radiscover joy. build meariroftl conwtitons. avj access ts woven wdlLw"rwJ. (Jevelopmgntal and
cognitive bgneffts that come from maknng rnu￿c tryJthr.
Evofve Music is eemmitted to usiThJ an based appyoach. to leamiTrJ our pradjce aloNJ$ide
eommunity mambers and other community music makers. E¥h year WVJ ddiver a trainiro programme fo¥ amergiro
d estabtished communty musityans arKI diss8minale pwbce both and ¢xrtside the creative $￿tor. By
investing in ojr W(¥kfu￿ we (xJntrifArte to the of $kn1￿. indusNe pracbtForws in ￿ arts and
ommunity s￿)r.
Evolv8 Music's approach is rrA)ted in p8rtnershFp aThJ cc41aborative pr￿ti￿. ctsdesign wcieets vAth parbcipants.
caregivers. educators, heatthCa￿ woviders and u)mmunFty organis*"ons to ensure actr'vities are rglevant
accessibl& and responsive. C￿￿tinuallY evaluate OLY I￿[k, often wth ￿'rd parties, cap￿rir@ detailed impact data
and pèrsortal stories that deM￿Strate bcrth the Suc￿seS and challenges. This reftectsve practi¢0 has enabled
us lo iterat8, devdop I￿r prowlme a￿1 Mnprova.
The trustws prosent thgir amLMI r¢m ￿ financial stateM￿ts for ts ye* ￿ 31 March 2025.
The fin8n¢ial ststaments have be￿ prepare<l in ￿unling polioes sot out in note 1 to th&
financil statements and c(Mnply wth ts CWS goveming c¢XtstrtLttic￿. the Charities Act 2011 and 'Accountsng
and Reporbng by Charib"es.' Statement of Rec￿mme￿￿ed Prath"ee applicatrAe to charities prpparing their accounts in
accordance wth the Finanoal Rem"ry StaThJ¥rJ in Iha UK and Republie of Irèland IFRS 1021.
{effects'vo 1 January 2019).
Obioctive5 and activitios
The objgctives of Evdve Music are to thlitatè access to. im[￿0ve. 8thanca, maTrnta"n and [￿Ote education in the
arts by providing irKreas* opWnities for PWJle of all ages. ablI￿aS and backgrounds to access creats've mu51C
Public ténefft
en rèvie￿n9 the charitys ams and obiecbve5. devisirvJ n&4¥ prDJrammes and setting wlicies for the year, the
trustees confimi that thèy have rtred to the guidan￿ contai￿1 in Ihe Charity C¢xnmissK)n's ganèral guidance on
pU￿￿C ben&fft and comF4ied vAlh duty Lmder S&tion $17{5) ofthe Clwilies Aci 2011.

EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
A¢hievem•nts and pwfornian¢e
Signffjcanf a¢fywties and a¢h￿Verne￿ts aganst obie¢ts
The followng hiohlights of Evolvg Music's programme illLLstrate the grass roots values that underpn the Chari￿s
woth and h￿￿thIn the year the charitst4e ot4'ectives were achieved..
Creativ8 approach to eaty he¢p for families facing multiple disadv
Adventurers: is a tsrgaied earfy years music that famili¢s wrth young children expen'enang
disadvantsge. Originaly C￿d8$i9ned in 2019 vAth Children's SeThicès in Radstoc* it has now been r￿led out in
areas of high deprivation in the West the year thg Adventurers wogramme provided bespoke supp)rt
for 38 families wth y(¥J￿￿ children with SEND or other ￿ in pwthwship vAth Action for Children in D￿0￿ ar)J
Devon Family Hubs. also pft)vided 1".1 surwt thildr8n in ne&1 of aJdIti￿al help.
Sound Explor•rn: Sound Worgrs adopts a differgrt woxh. Its fcA)JS is to train ttK)se working with babies aThJ
young chIld￿n with SENID and so¢ial, aM￿onal and mental he￿th ISEMHI needs to build I￿luSIVe, chil&led
musical environments. It combirns ISr￿t *YJrk with thildren arNJ immetsive CPD for early Y￿(8 practitsorws
nursery workers and loundation stsge leafJ)ers and iMp￿anIJy, childmiTrJers and parents who often have limit￿1
access to training aTrJ dovelopmgnL Vthn the yw deIrVe￿tt immer5No ￿lOrerS residenoes that
Indud￿..
. Plymbridge NLfSW SdKxA & Chikkn's C8ntre
J2Lk and Jills Childcare. Wde#￿I
The Cabin. T8mar plymou￿ aTrJ.
Community based residences fty chil(kTh"rthrs.
External evaluations in 24r25. tho previous thal V•P ¢)Jmmis5iwJ in 2¥24, told us Ihat 85% of
professional earty years p(actitiC￿srs observ&J improved attenbon c(xnmuni¢xtion in chil¢tr8n with SEND. 100%
of earfy years practiliorws in SouThJ Eworers tell morg ¢onfid&tt using music Wth children with SEND.
Eady ￿T3 pracliboners repcthd embethling music mre rewlarty inio trans￿"on$, routi￿5. and child-led play.
Childran Complex nèeds lindudirKJ athism, Syndro￿ gktsl d8valfynont81 dday} showed
significant progress aga.nst thar individua targets. such as in¢xeased use of phrases. improved eye
(￿nt￿t, and 8Xtended 9roup partÈo"palion. In post.iYoieca suryeys. 56% of Kractstio￿￿5 rat8d themselves 'confiden
or'very confi(Jent' in delivering MUS￿ from 0% at pyoject stsrL
clv.ld who r*verithned group t¢fr)R slarled topn in even began to sing. tts made
tilioner. Sound ExF4orers
- Years

EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Dads Rock: Ihe mental ill l*ath, isdation ar￿ emotional datacl￿ant experiènced by too many fatherslmale
caregivers is diredy *ldTess6d thrwJh the Dads Rcth on￿"nallY rdled OLrt in 2022 in Rad5tod( in 202412025
Dads Rock was sustsined a¢ross seven l¢x¥b"ons Fn the Sc4th ￿$[ vthh hundreds crf families benefiting from
regular Saturday mi¥ning mus1￿MakIrvJ s&ssiorts.
Dads Rock PartiUP8nt F88db
W￿n [nry sonj any￿, I suffeMI from a kiTrl of depffts￿on. Dunry first 6 months it was so thfficult -
rtictslarly wth 2 k￿S 2 jobs. The fact that th￿￿ were otl>er dads I￿re and had the opportuty to out,
8llew*d a lotof the fruslRtions that I'dh￿.-
"It's mlly important because speaknng very genernlly dads ¢*)n l always get tts opp￿inity to t* in a vulnerable
Spa￿ bwth olherdads. Ifs somethtng thatc￿￿eS natu￿ to a lotof us.-
°Just beffo￿ the SUmn￿r ts￿￿ l Jolr￿d a gnw SO￿ of the other Dads. often m*t up in the
Pa￿ now, orsometimes go forb￿akfasv.
°During the ffrnt&x months, it was tSlThcdt- Iwo lids. twoiobs. Dad5 RLxk feel less alone..
Community Rhythms". is a W•V woj8< launched in Septemter 2024. Cffvd&sigred with Bristd's East African
families, Bristol Family Hub IBFHI and Somali comm￿rtY le•Je(s.
Commur¥ty Rhyihms providès a rarè
c¥)portunity for whole East African ¢J[aspC￿ Fdmilies in Brislol to t* p¥t in culiuratly ￿levant family focussad
events that build children's ￿nfiden￿. improve conn￿li0n. shgre irrfmtion M family and hoalth sarvi￿S and
pport for pwents arhj celebrate ¢￿tUral thibty aNI heritag8.
"I warted L￿la to play leam. f6th1 ￿ bdow. ￿1n￿l tconwnurity Rhythmsj I felt
emotional hearing our laryuage. I saw L8Ka's e￿ lighl ￿ WI￿ ￿ dapped and saThJ fogetlw. IYS morn than
MUS￿.. Community Rhythms Parb"¢ipant
Creative access for chlklrèn. nouri>dlvw knaming disablad y*wng people & adults
Sound Lab is a commurllty.based music woM$ic￿ fry neL￿￿￿erM peoplg (14 - 25 years) FYovi(ling
inclusive, smalkgroup musrc-maktng Sa￿10n$ using atre551￿e i￿￿tal tthls, ￿UStiC instruments and sensory-
fn"endly approaches. Partieiwts expth rhylhn, mdody. lyllc vrritirq, beat-makn.ng a￿1 DJ skills in 8 non-
judgemenial anvironmenl led by tMKJ hI￿lty-skI1led music lèaders, arKI an access arKI indus1￿ worter. In 202412025
a now Sound Lab hub was asla￿lSr￿ in Y&)vil thr¢xoh ￿1h Scthèrset Parentlcarer Fonjm amongst
othèrs. S•ssions ¥è taitored to support &nOts'onal rwJLdation. creth.ve self-expressi¢J) aThJ eonfiden¢e. Parents
report ￿Uced isdation, incraased CC￿fjder￿ arKI a LV8*er s8nso ol t￿￿ng th￿"r childw.
"SOU￿ Lab helpdnk >FrnY my voKe- _ ￿nd Lab Parb¢ipant
Sound Lab Case Study: J
en J joined ￿r￿1 Lab Yeowl, ￿ was qLHet. r8s8rved. arKI hesitart to parts￿Pate. He ex￿encOd a pronounc8d
stammer and tended to stsck to familiar instnWn￿ts. avoi￿1￿j grwp thSuJS￿ and siTrJing. Wth gentle supporL J
gradually began to take ¢xeative risks. A key ￿eakthrough ¢xme vtt￿n he tried thè keyboardsom0￿.n￿ ￿ll￿torS
dèscribed as"unltsth'W his confidence.
Later, he chose to tyay and siryJ Shake tt Off in front crf the grnp. Fxouthy pwI￿lng ￿th prinw tyrics and a
microphone. Hi$ mthef shared tr￿1 his stamm8r nry4V red￿ed ￿ng"n9.
thè end of the proj# J had playwj MU￿"[￿e irtstrumenis. simg solo, c&written a wp soro and featU￿d in a
music video. ￿114 still soft-spc&gn, his seif-exw9Ss￿n and prid8 had visibly. J's1¢￿rneY highlights Ihe FyJwer
of indusive musirpmaking to c￿ce aThJ c(￿mUn￿a￿.L￿ sknlls.

EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Flow Music Club: Flrhv is a new eXte￿iDn of Swnd Lab speaficalty dèsigned for neLrc*Jivorgent adults agad 25+
and their paf•nts/carers. Partiopants I￿lL￿je ￿$t with leamirvJ disatrAlilies, aub*ic adults, and individuals
experiencing mental ill health; many live in hous1￿ or wih knity carers and have few oppx)rtunities to
P8rticipate in commurity lrfe. Carers are to i￿n in. Aeb"vilies F￿Ude groLP jamming, srx)writing and
loopbased comp05ition. &gns and Sym￿$ aid commuThcation and structse. The proaramme pmided vital 50aal
connection. LM)osts m¢y)d and mentd v￿￿'ng. a￿1 offers an crealive ￿J￿91 for peopl¢ often èxduded
from the culttjrd sector.
Partn•rship W0￿1n9
Evolve Music's wort Ss LKrted in me￿1￿, suStair￿ partr*rship V*ith local organisations, fronuino services
educators and commuThty leaders. ￿ wer in isc4atiu).' c*Jr m(xlel is intentionally desigwl to CoM￿eMent
and enhance e￿sting support systems, e¥￿*Y V*here sorvices ar¥ overstra¢h&J or undor-resourcwj.
In 202412025 we worked dosdy wth local autrKfiti"as CIr￿jU￿￿d Som8fsèL North Somefse[ a4NES Devon and
ymoLth Cfxjnalsl, Children's Centres. Family Hubs, Acti(￿ tor Children, Healtt) Visiting Teams and education and
health seNices to ensure our programmes reach Ih)se wlK• wll bonefft most This ¢olJat(Jralion enSU￿d ath"vities
were indusive arNJ devd4)mentally aligned vrti l¢xa needs.
In sehools and post-16 sothngs, we colla￿)rat￿l ￿th SENCOS and pastoral teams to embed music as a tod for
communication, wellbein9 and engagemen( especialty for $ttNJents ai risk of isolab"on. Ow neurodivergent
Fwrammes are delive￿ in t8ThJem 7•thh coueges, servK*s and S￿8[ car? prOfeSsK)￿S1s.
This is the most J￿￿ed-up of cftative earfy years wcvk I'￿ seen. The musi¢ kn*ffS are listerri￿ fo Ikf.
building ¢)ur c0rtfide￿e. mw MU￿ all th￿0￿fi Ihe day.-_ E￿Y Yaars Leal, Plymouth City
Counal.
Cross.Sector Infiuene• & Dev•lopment
In 202412025 Ev(Ave Music ext8rnled wr ￿ld￿bas￿l, p*bcipatw apwoa¢h groun(Ipd in evaluation. research
and s¢ct¢x leaming. In the year we commi5sion8d fiwr extèmal evaluations of c¥Jr work. We worted with
rosaarchers and evaluators from tsoth wthin a￿1 outside of ts cr8abve health ajhural sèctor to ensure the
impacts and outcomes using Method￿0g1es ar%1 language relevant to ts p)liues thai undeiFdn them. The grthvlh of
the programme in 202¢2¢Y25was ft￿[8￿ by insws tr¢￿ evalU￿1c￿S Mont￿￿ng activ￿es.
By the end ofthe year. of these four evdualions wwe wtAisW..
. Improvsng Outcomes lor chiktren ¥Mth speoal educati￿ needs Ilviyjgh mus
Impact assessment of Sol￿d Fooling" an earty ye•s community m￿C wogranme for families in Norlh
During thg year, the Evolv8 Music lèader wothrce n¢￿Y O)ul)18d from 18 MUS￿ leadars to 32. Onboarding and
support process for Ihis frèelance musician w¢xkforcè mabjred. A hJrth6r 12 emerging music le*1ers based on t
South West were provi¢Jed wilh opp)rbJntties to observe and expen"encE an Evdve Music sessim in actic¥) arhj
attend CPD evenls.
CPD and Ment￿n9 for music le¥Jers trawna-informed aThJ r￿U￿r*￿V8￿affirn)Ing prath.￿ were
embe&Jed xross our delivery. 95% of Evolve MUS￿ leaders reFQrtwJ Confider￿a in delivaring indusive.
neurc*1iverse-affirming sessions receNing CPD and mentorirKJ.
merrtoring has think (bffwErfyatoul to cl¥kd."_ MO￿lC

EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
De￿loPing th• Org•ni$4tion
Thè year 2024-2025 was an exiitiny rA prwamme grrNth, s*epeniTrJ wdenir4J the Chariws impact and
the Trustees recogni5e the iMp￿￿r￿e of onsLrriry that Itss swwtwj ty 8 robjst govemance and
resourong infrastru(aur¢. Wthin the year the Tn￿tees'.
. Agreed a strategy for Trustee deVe1w￿&￿ to exp￿ thg of Trustee thlls Set Ifv￿Jgh CPD aTrJ
¢ruitment.
. Strengthewj the Executs"ve C(Thmit￿'s rc* n risk and financ4al oversuht and appoint•J a
Finanaal Dir$(kn. Irena Peel.
Fundraislng
During the ye*, Evofve Music secured major awards from YoJth Music for the s￿nd Lab prt)gramme and from
Sornerset Counal in sUPPOrt of a rar4Je of pYci8cts %ross the county. Bn"stol Crty C0￿clI extended a grant for
further year in SUPFQrt of the ￿ldS R￿k and C(hmmLmity Rhy￿M$ in Bristd. Evolve Music is dagply
gratèful to tha charita￿& Irusts and fourth"Ms th) imiested in our wcffk within the ye¥.
Financial reviv
Financially, this was a year of consolidatK)n. EV0￿ Music's totsl rov￿[￿$ were effectively static year-on-yaar, #n
excellent resulL demonstralirvJ that the vary rapld grTrpAh *thieved in the 20Z3r24 fi￿CIal year was not 8 "onw
but establish8d a dear ftrturè dire¢b"￿) the charrty. Income from grarts and donations increased by 15%, arhj
congralulations aro ag*n due to Arnette and all members of the team for atlracts.ng gwts from a wde range of
donors, in rècognth.on of Iho value of thp servKes they deliver. a value which we cmstanuy seek to
demonstrate thr(￿gh Obl￿b¥e evalualion.
SupportwJ by this gen¥rous giving, our ￿tr¥lty incre&ed stgnfficanyy as shown by Ihè intrease in expendrture
particularty of restricted fvTrJs. Ths increase Én costs - paiticularty staff costs- refiects Ihe thlivery of projects for
which grants had been receiv￿ in the pri￿ ￿r. How•v8r. stalt ¢osts rose much less steeply in this year (by about
22%) compared wth the prior year (WI￿ they rose by alKJui eii%).
After all costs. the tharty ￿e0rded a net surplus for the year of ngarty £33.LXXt. eompared wilh a suwus of £83,OC
in th• prior y8ar.' thi5 is again the resutt of timing drffwences betsveen receipt of funds frjr specific projects and
expendrtur• on those pioiKts, ftlI￿1￿j a period of raF4d grchvth. As wc¥Jld be oxpected, our cash resources
increased by approximately the amount as ow suwus. ex￿ amual SWF4usès to ￿ntinue to dedine.
Reserves policy
The trustees revi￿ tr* reserves Fdicy at least ￿nuaty. therg wo material changes in the athvity of the
tharity. The chanty has in the past Ltsed a rdab.vely r￿ryO$ tty of hdthng three to six months of planned
core eXpe￿li￿re in free reserves. foto gxpeThJiturg- s thg underfyiro OFerats'ThJ costs of the chanty. exduding
direct costs of dalivering In the same way Yree reserves" exdude restri(tsd fijnds, those funds that are
only avaslable to the chty to use for sp8afi￿1 [￿jeCts. Our tree resffts at 31 March 2025 a litue under
£79,OCK)", our bLKhJeted core rA)sts fw 202Yth yew are a littte under £122.(XK). or nearfy 7 months of cc
C03ts.
The trustggs rocx)gnise the need to link our reserves pc4icy dosely with the firbancial risks which we faeé,
which will almost certainly imth a reduction in our fr* re5erve5. This is a tssk to be compl&1￿ Lpft)re the end of
the 2025r26 fin￿(aal year.
Maiorrisks
The trustees seek to identify and mitigate major risks to the finarrial slatslity of the tharity through the daployment
of o Risk Register, vthich is reWe￿ed wU1￿Y by tr* Exe￿ti¥e Cunmittee and P￿. The major risks
which we have identified pn"marity relatè lo Ihè dffi¢tAt erNironment vititn which mLtch of the charity sector is
OP8rating', aThJ to parsonnd. The Irustees are currenuy pwbcLlarty of the management risks of rapid orthyth,
vthi¢h may be as thalleTh3ing as those crf de￿Ir￿.

EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Plans forfulure periods
Evolv• Music is now in the final yew of its wrent threfr￿ str8teE4c ￿an. Thè vision of Ihe Trustees remans that
everyone in Ihe Scthi West should have t￿ OFVQrtunity to Lwefit tr￿n partictpab'rKJ in community music. To wlise
this, the Charity contsnues to focus on romovirg barrièrs to music-m&t'ng for ￿derServed c¢ynmunitiès, enabling
more individuals and communrtbes to eyrierts the uaative, wal aTrJ wdlbsing benefits of community music.
A5 we approach th8 8nd of strategic ￿1¢&1. ￿ ¥e engagTrJ in a cOr￿u[tatiOn process with trusts8S,
staff and partners to shape our next strategic pkn. This CdIab￿alwe pmtsss wll ensure that our future direcb
builds on recent achievamenls, respoThJs to the evolving needs of ow commurnties and rellects tho priorities ol
thosa we work wrth and for.
Thè current plan has teen used as a guidiThJ for thvelcpment dau"sh)n-maknng, shwgd Trmth new
trustees and with lunders aTrJ stak¢h(Aikn to commuThcate (yjr mission di￿tion. Progress has been
monrtored through regular Execub¥è c(￿fflrttee an¢J Board meetiros. wrth ￿ plan ar￿ upyated annually.
Structurn, gov•manco and man•gemert
Evolvè Musie is a Charitable In￿rporated Ckganisalion rcioi wvern￿ by its ttmstitith.on dated 4April 2023. The
charity was originally registarèd in January 2017 under an Assooab"M Model CIO." on 4 Apnl 2023. earty in this
financial yèar, at an Extraordinary General MeetitYJ the maMtr￿ of the clwTty voted unanimously to chawe t
constitution to a Foundab"on M¢xld CIO", under rts new Consb'tuts"L￿, ajopted on ￿ same date, Ihe charity is
govèrned and overseen soldy by rts trusiees. Thg ¢harity Ès registered th8 Charity C(¥nmtssion, règistrats"
no. 1171391. Boar(l of trustees meets qLWtety to re¥4tsW &J￿n$t strategic and finanrAal
objectives.
Tha trusts8s who seNed thring the year axl LP to the date of siwurn of th¢ finawl statoments were..
C King
M gE'de
S Thapemiall
C mu￿wa
T McNaught-Reync4ds
J Carly-campbell
P Rouse
S Horton
(Resigned 1 20251
(Rosw 1 J￿Y 20241
(Apwnted 1 September 2Q4)
ReCr￿ln￿nt ath￿ appoin1n￿t0ff trbst
New trustees may be appjirtted by resoluts.on pass&J at arry (￿¥•ne￿ tnJ*e m80tr"rg, and all new
trustees are apw.nted for • initFal term of three yèars. In appcith.ng trustees, Board of trusl&s has regard to
the skills. kno%¥tedge and e¥pen"ence needed for effective management of the Ch￿ty. New trustee5 take part in an
indu¢tion process, during which they receive c￿)leS crf the thantYs constibjtion and trustee's han¢Jbook, are fully
briefgd ¢)n their cknligab.ons Lnder charity aTrJ coM￿Y l•v. and *e given infom￿1$￿ on the deosion-making
OC8S5es, ts fin￿<?a1 p8rfomarts of Ihè charity, aThJ thè charitys bjsiness plan. Trustees wrth $￿ifiC expertis
brigf the Board frc¥n lime to time on Ojrf￿rt Wcs. More broajty, trustees are er£ouraged lo keep up-tO-d8te
davelopmgnts in the s8Ctor and to thafttage of zpprwiate trairtirvj Lwpthjrybes available from various
bodies.
Orgarrisafronalstwclu
The Board of truste8s appjints and m8inlains a SU￿¥￿Mittee of trustees, the EX￿ts￿ve Committee, which meets
warterfy bwlh the executs.ve Direcknr to each quartedy th￿stea meetirvJ. The Committee works wth the
Exècutivè Director to considw stratw¢. owatir￿al arKI finawal matters in detail. providing an onhanced levd of
support and managamont for the Exec￿1¥& Diredty arml Staff team, recxJgrNsiro the limitations in capaaty of that
team. Any deasions u otsr iMp￿tant matters ￿sing from Executive Commitke meetitYJs ar8 reported to the
Board of trustees. alorysi(le the ExetsJbv8 Directorfs reF*y( at fv next trustee meetin

EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Relationship with ￿der￿A¥ork
Equity, Diverslty and In¢lusion:
Evolve Music committwj to prOM￿ng ewty frf Op￿thI￿ty t*)Ih in tyjr operations aTrJ our proJfammes. Evolve
Music re￿niseS the wortd is Une￿ aThJ eV￿e has the sane ¢)pw￿ntty to partirypate in and contribute to
the cuttural lrfe of where ty live.
All acttvilies are free. host sesSi(￿S in places and Sp￿eS that are a¢xessiL4e and welcoming, mosly working in
locations where arts acb"vities rarety hapFen. ￿ are mindful of WtAic affectirKJ parbo"pants in rural
locations atyj adapt sthedules to rgmve geOgrap￿"cal bam"w5.
Act¥vities incA)rpJrate $i￿S ￿ symtrMYs for rwrothverm hard of ￿arIffj parlicipants. Participants are
invited to ¢ompleto ￿ Indus1￿ Fcnn. H￿￿j aThJ ￿line se$SK￿ *e a¥a￿#ble for soaally a￿0￿$,
ogra￿￿llY isolated wticiparts.
ActiVFlias are CJjK￿41IY relev￿t, for exampte Communty Rliybkns draws ￿ Somali arKIArabic tradthns and
indude Iradits"￿1aI songs, and East Afn"¢an instrwnents. gendgr sensth vthen we use the term male
caragivers. makg it dear that Iti5 is ￿U$l¥e to Trans men. undes. fri8nts arml Ihw id*ntify as men
ay a role in family lrfe.
have re(¥uitment and employmgnt prac#1￿ that ty to athJress Ihe imLwiarTh of rwesentation w?Ihin the
creativ8 and cultural sector, and an EqLuty. Div8rsity aTrJ Indwon ptan. Our govwnance. management arbj delivery
team come from (h'verse backgrouThJs and expelle￿5, we measwe thg thversity crf caTrJidates
parb'cipants, W￿kfOr¢6. Trustees. wtyJramme WtiaF4nts aK1 deviso Strategies as lo hrm we can attract
diversè ￿ent.
The trustees, rgp)rt was approved Bo¥d (rf Tntsteey.
c￿n9
Trustse
Date..

EVOLVE MUSIC
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF EVOLVE MUSIC
I report to the trustees on my ex8minalion al the financ9￿ stat8mwts of Evdve Musi¢ {the chanty) for the year
ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basls of rEPOrt
As th¢ trustees of the chartty you ar8 res￿n￿￿e for the pyoparaticffi of the statem¢nts in a¢cordance wilh
th& requirem8nts of th8 char￿eS A¢t 2011.
I report in respect of my examination of the c*aritys fina￿1 statements carried cwt section 145 of tho
Charities Act 2011. In car￿￿ (xrt my examinabcx? I have fdlowed tha [￿re(￿On$ gven by the Charity CommtS5ion
undor 8ecti¢)n 14515llb) of the chanb.es Acl 2011.
Independent oxamlnee$ 5tatemont
Your attention is drawn to the fact Ihai the tharty has w8pawl thg slatsments rft ￿COrd#r￿e wlth the
relevant version of the Statefnent of RecommerbJ&J Pr&ti￿ ID charities preparing their finanaal
stslements in 8ccordan¢e thè Finarrial RepO￿r￿a StaThJard ap￿Icab￿ ill the UK aTrd Republic of I￿land IFRS
1D21 in pr8ferenc6 to the Accounting and Reporting by Charilies: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1
April 2005 which is referred to in the gxtant regulati￿S tyjt rta5 been TrMth¢Jrawn. l L￿derStarKI that tFu"s has
teen in order for the fin8raal Statèm￿ to prDvide a true aTrJ fyir view in *cordance wth UK Generally
Accepted AccountirKd ￿CtiCe.
I hav9 wmpletett my examination. I CL¥ffirm that rKJ matters have cfft to my atknlion in connection with
mination giving mfr ￿se to bdieve that in material resFect.'
8ctounling r￿OrdS were not ke&rt in respec* of th8 dwrty as raqi4red by sethon 130 of thg Charilies Act 2011.
the finanoal statements th rnt aCcC￿d wilh those r8cAYds'. c
the financAal staiements do not comply with the applicaL4e rewirgmerts D)tYeming the fomi 8nd content of
financAal statements set out in the Ch*itses (ACC￿nts and Rep￿ts) Regulations 2(M)8 other than any
requirament that the fina￿Eal $tstsm8nts gve a true ar¥J law ¥￿. is ￿t a matter o)nsider8d as part of
an independent ex8minalion.
I havg Tr) concgms and havo comè *ross rn other mattets in COrwti￿ ￿ the ex8minabon lo vthich attention
S￿Uld be drawn in this rop%t in orderto enabl• a proFW uTrJerslanding of t￿ finanual statements lo be rÈachBd.
Mr P J Barton FCCA
ART Accountants Llmited
Chartered Cortified Ac¢ountants
Gwnd Flo
11 Manvers Slrget
11JQ
Dated..
sk ￿Ls

EVOLVE MUSIC
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTNITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Unr•stricted Rostricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
Ttitsl Unr•stricted Restricted
funds
funds
2024
2024
Total
2025
Note5
2024
Income from:
Donab"on5 and legaaes
Charitat4e a¢bvities
Other tradirKJ ￿ti¥l￿es
Investrnents
75,840
25.743
144.(61
219.9)1
25.743
85.239
42,817
678
2.067
122,438
207,675
42,817
678
2,C67
3.016
3,016
Total income
lo4.￿3
144.(￿1
248,
130,801
122,438
253,237
Expanditure on:
Charitable activthes
85.233
1￿.460
215.893
9).149
.091
170,240
Total exponditure
85,233
130.460
215.693
,149
80,091
170,240
Net In¢ome
19.
13,￿1
32.￿7
42,345
82,997
Transfers belween
funds
110,(W)
10.(MX)
Not movemènt in
funds
23.￿1
32.￿7
40.652
82.997
Recon¢iliatlon of funds:
Fund ba1￿CeS at 1 Awil 2024
fj9,￿ ￿.{1￿8 135.434
23,753
52,437
Fund balan¢•s at 31 Ma￿1
2025
78.702
188.4101
69.￿ ￿,(￿8
135,434
The statèment of finaroal ￿ti¥￿eS indth all gans aThl losse5 r8cotyMwJ in thg year. All income axpendbturo
derive trl￿ continuirYJ adiwbes.

EVOLVE MUSIC
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT31 MARCH2025
2025
2024
Flxed ass¢ts
TangiL4e assets
13
814
Current assets
Debl¢xs
Cash at bank and in h
14
14,451
158.651
23.2￿
118.229
Creditor5: amounts falling due wSthin
on? year
173,102
141,528
15
162CfjI
Net current assets
1e8,896
134,620
Total assets Igss curTW)t liabllities
168.401
135,434
The funds Of the eharity
Restricted irwme lunds
Unrèstricted frJrKIs
16
17
89,693
78.7¢Y2
89,
168,401
135,434
The finanaal statemerts aFproved by the trustees on ...... .. .............
C King
Trustse
M Bide
Trnstee
10-

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Accounting pollei•s
Charity inforniation
Ev(Ave Music is a Chaiilable Inc￿ OryarNsabon rcitr) govem&J ty rts Constr￿￿Or1 dated 4 April
2023.
1.1 Accounting convention
The ftnan(ial ststements have be￿ preparnd in ￿Cordan￿ wth tho tharitys g)vemirg thcumenL the
Charities Act 2011, FRS 102"The Finarrial Reporti￿ Standard apPI￿atrIe in the UK Republic of Ir8laThJ"
rFRS 102.1 and the Charities SORP 'A¢¢w￿ing and R8p￿tiThJ by Charib"es.' Statement of Recommended
Practice applicable to tharib'es prepariro their acC￿nts in ¥cOr￿¢t ￿th thè Finawal RepO￿.r￿j Standard
applicaL4e in the UK and Republ￿ (rf Irel¥¥J IFRS 102)" leffe(*"ve 1 J￿U￿Y 20191. The thartty is a Public
Benefil Entity 85 d8fined by FRS 102.
The tharity has taken advant￿e ￿ the prowsMY6 in tho SORP (*ariliè$ not to wepartr a Statoment of
Cash Flows.
The finan￿al statements have depart&d from the chanb.es (ACco￿ts Repoits) R&aulations 2CIJ8 only to
the extent required to mide a tvue and fair view. This departure has involv&J followng the Statement of
Recommand&l Praatce lor chanb.es appE￿"n9 FRS 102 rathgr Ihan the version of the Statement of
Recommendgj l¥a¢tice is rdarrEd to in the R￿d￿￿tiOrts but ha5 sincè been ￿dravm.
The finanual statements are prepar*J in stediw. is th8 fu￿t￿)nal t)Jrronw of Iho Charity. Monetary
amounts in thasè Statem￿ ￿e rouThJed kn the nearest £.
1.2 Going concwn
At thè b.me of apkYoving the finanod s&tsmwts. Ihs trustees have a r¢asonatle exF*d*ion the charty
has ad￿uate rèsources to continue in operationd existence for Ihe tseseeabEe fulure. Thus th8 trustees
continue to a(lopt lh8 giiro con¢em basis of w)unting in wewiThJ the finawal statements.
1.3 Charftable funds
Unreslricted fuTrJs are available for use at of the trustees in ftrtRranca of their chantatAe
obW'ves.
Restricted fvnds ¥è subJ'8et to spe(>ffc co￿l￿OnS by (kniors ty gran￿ as to Ivm they may bo used. The
purposes and uses of roslri¢ted fun¢ts are sat ￿ in Ihe notes to the fin&Maal Slat￿￿ents.
1.4 Income
Ir￿me is r8c(*Jrwsed when th& charity is entitled to it after any perfrvmance con(liticrf)s havg been me(
the amI￿nts can bo measured reliatAy. and it is &¥￿3b1* Ihat inojme wll be recèiwj.
Cash donations are reco￿lSed ￿lpL Other dcnaticns we recowised ¢)nce the ¢hartty ha5 been notifi9d
of the don&"on. tJnle5s pèrfonTra￿ ￿d￿l(￿*S require defwal of the amount. Irwme tax recovarable in
relati(￿ to (kJnakn"ons [￿1Ved undèr r￿ftA￿ or doeds of COV￿ 15 recA)grrised at the time of Ih8 dfmaticm).
L•Jacies are recwised on rgceipt or oth￿￿se if the charity has Ixen rM)tiffied of an imp8￿1ng distribution,
the amount is krthw. arKI roc4pt is expectsd. If the am￿nt 1$ not krvxm. Ihe lega¢y is treated as 8
11

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Accounting policies
{ContlnuÈdl
1.5 Expendltur¢
Exwnditurè is recognrsed once there is a leg￿ or 0￿StrL￿1IYe thligab.on to transfer aconomic bènefit to a
third p8ty, it is prcknable that a transfer of e0￿(￿niC b￿efits wll be in 5etUemenL the am(xJnt of
the cknligation can ba measurnd reliably.
Expenditure is daSsIfi￿ by activity. The costs of each adivty are made up of the total of direct Costs aTh
shared cA)sts, indL#Jing SUFWt costs invdved in undertakiro each activity. Direct costs attributable to a singl&
activity a￿ allocated diredy to that aclivtty. Shared costs ￿7C￿ contn"tKrte to mora than ona 8ctivrty 8rKJ
support costs which not attft"butable to a siThJle ¥bvity are aP￿tiO￿ betr￿n those ath"vtb"es on a ba51S
consistent with the use of resour¢e5. Central costs are allocated the basis of time spert and
1.6 Tangibl* fixed ass•ts
Taroibte fixed assets are in1b.￿lY ￿aSL￿e￿ at o)st aThl $ubs8quty measured at Cost or valuation, ￿t of
dèprecAation and any impaimient losses.
Depraoation is r8¢ognis&J so a3 to vrtrte the Cost or vau*ion L* assets ths their residu* vaues over their
Ltseful lives on thg Idlo￿lr￿j b8ses'.
Fi￿r@S arnj fftbThJs
25% rot￿n9 balarKe
The gain or Ios5 arisiro on th8 disposal of an asset is detèrmined as the diff￿er￿e between the sde prcKeeds
and the GaryiTrJ value of the asset. and is (￿LYj￿1S8d in ts statement offinanc481 activib"•s.
1.7 Impalrnient of flxed ass
At each reporting date, th8 reviwws the anv)Jnts (rf tts larvJible a￿1$ lo detemine
vthether thore is any iThdicalion that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indic8ts'c
exists, thè recOvera￿e amtyjnt of the asset is estim￿ in ordw to deternii￿ ts exient of the impaiment
loss lif any).
1.8 Cash and cash oquivalen¢s
Cash arvj cash equivalents Ind￿je cash in hwhj, derX}￿ hdd at call wih banks, othar shgrt-tem lTrquid
investments wth Origin￿ maturiti.es of tw M¢￿th5 cr less. and ba￿ overdrafts. Bank ov￿￿ranS are 5h¢yMI
thin borrow4ng5 in current liabilitias.
1.9 Employee bengflts
The ¢ost of any unused holiday entiknt is rec(wM￿ in the wiod in the employee's sgrvices are
received.
Terniina*'on beneffts a￿ recogNsed immadiatety as an s￿nSe whèn the tharity 1$ deMonStra￿Y ujmmitted
to t•rminate Ihe employmant of an employee or to provide tem1inati(￿ beneffts.
Critical a¢¢ountlng •stimates and judgwnents
In the application of the tharrtls accounting poli¢￿. the trustees are [￿L￿red to make jLkYgèmonts. estimatas
and assumpb"on$ about the wiTrJ am￿nt ol assets and lia￿4￿"eS that ￿e rnt rea¢Jtly apparent from othar
Sources. The ests"mates and aSscOa￿ assumpb"￿s are based on histori￿1 exw¢r)ce and other factors that
are ￿nsidered to be relevanL A(knl res￿ may dillBf frc¥n these estima*.
The estimaiès and und•rlyTrrKJ assumpti￿$ are rev￿￿ on ￿ ong)ing basis. Revisims to acCoun￿ng
estimates are racognised in the period in which the osb.mate is r•vssed vtherè the revision sffects only that
perirrfj, or in period of the relisicn and fubJe p8ncrfJs revi￿(￿ affects bolh ¢uThent and ftjture
periods.
12-

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Incomo frnm donations and lagacies
TLrtal Unrestricted Restrl¢ted
fund5
funds
2024
2024
T<*al
lunds
2025
fvnds
2025
2025
2024
Donab"ons ar*J g'fts
Grants
27.2(
48.834
40.7rJ
44,￿ 122,438
40,773
186,902
144.tfj1
192.695
75,840
144.1%1
219.￿1
85.239
122,436
207,675
Income from charitable aclivilies
Unrnstrlct¢d Unrnstrictèd
funds
fund$
2025
2024
Muslc activities
Prc¥Jramme delivery and traiiirYJ
25.743
42,817
Income from othertrading activtties
UnYpstrict•d Unrestrieted
funds
funds
2025
2024
Fees from individual$ ￿ orga)isalions
878
In¢ome from Investm•nts
Unrestri¢ted Unrnstricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
Intwast receivat40
3.016
2.[￿7
13-

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Expondlture on charitable a¢liviti•s
Music
activities
2025
Music
activities
2024
Dlrnct costs
Paymerts to fro&lance music leader5
Payments to freela￿¢ rnan9￿ staff
Other proj&t costs
Hire of rocxns
69,972
80,367
50.473
4,595
61,194
62,552
36,797
3.223
205,407
163,7e6
Share of support arKI goNYmance ci>sts (see note 8)
Support
Governar
570
215.893
170.240
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted lunds
Restrided fvnd$
85.233
130,480
90.149
80.091
215,693
170,240
Support costs allocated to activities
2025
2024
Dgprg(iation
Subscripts'ons arKI foes
Storage
In$￿anc0
271
47
624
657
1,426
624
753
3.023
Eta and markth"NJ
c￿Puter expenses
Professiorsal fees
bank charg8S
Bookkeeping
TrainirvJ
315
70
1,7W)
120
570
71
2.828
102
6.474
Analysed bth8n:
Music activities
10.2
6,474
14-

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Net mov¢ment in funds
25
2024
The net movement in fijnds 1$ stated after charr•￿(c￿thting}:
F89$ paYa￿e fcff the indeFeThJert wminaion ofthè c￿.￿$ fmaxial
Statements
Depreaab"on of ¢*¥r￿d taTrJitl8 fixed ￿ets
570
271
10 Trustaos
None of the trust905 lor persms Corv￿ %Mth them) recei¥t•J any Th￿￿r￿at￿￿ or beneffts frcffl the
tharity during thè ygar.
11 Employvs
The avorage m(￿t￿Y nLThbor of emp*)y8es thJrir¥J the yw was:
2025
Number
2024
Numbgr
Totsl
There were m ern￿OYeeS W￿se anThJ81 remun8ralicffi was mc*e Ihan £60,CW.
12 Taxatlon
The charity is exemFrt from taxation on its &tsvilRs beCa￿e all its is apF4i&J for charitable purF*)ses.
13 Tangible flxed ￿lets
Flxbx88 and
Cost
At 1 April 2024
AdrI￿OnS
2.129
At 31 March 2tr25
3.128
Depreciation and impalmi•nt
At 1 April 2024
DeFKeoation charged in the year
1,315
At 31 March 2025
Carrylng amount
At 31 March 2025
1,505
At 31 March 2024
814
15-

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
14 Dèbtors
Amounts falllng due within on¢ year.
2025
2024
Traye debt
14.451
23.299
15 Cr¢ditors: amounts falllng due wlttwn on• year
2025
2024
Trade creditc
6.338
570
62(
6,908
16-

cc
£k CL
(440baO
thN)o
0ts)04k

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
17 Unrestrl¢t•d funds
The unTrstricted fuThJs of the chaiity ccmprise the W*ces of donat￿ and grants thich are
tx)t Subl￿t to speafic ¢L￿di11c￿$ by ¢&)Th)r5 aTrJ Lyantors as to h(w they may t* used. Thesa i￿Ude
designated fu￿1$ which havè been set aside of ￿restri￿&1 funds by the trustees for specific purposas.
At 1 Aprfl
In¢omirvJ ResouTce5
2024 resourc8s expen(lad
Trnnsfer5 At 31 March
202S
General funds
69.
104.599
{85,233)
{10,C(KI}
78.702
Prevlous year.
At 1 April
Incoming Rèsources
Trnnsfers At 31 March
2024
Ge￿ra1 lunds
28.684
130,801
rx),149)
89,336
18 Analysis of not assats betw•en funts
funds
2025
nds
2025
2025
At 31 March 2025:
Tangible assets
Curmt assetsiiiiatxlities)
77,197
89,899
186.896
78,702
89,693
168,401
Total
funds
2024
funds
2024
2024
At 31 Ma￿￿ 2024:
Tangible assets
Current assetsllliatiilities)
814
68.522
814
134.620
89.3
135.434
19 R•latad party transa¢tion$
Th&e wore no disdosable relaw party dwiTrJ tho year12024. ncx)o1.
18-