Made with Music
Charity number 1177738
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
Made with Music
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 4 |
| Examiner's report | 5 |
| Receipts and payments account | 6 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 7 |
| Notes to the accounts | 8 to 9 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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Made with Music
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
Miles Jefford Chair Charles Gower-Smith Tamsyn Durrant Ian Thornton Satnam Galsian Sarah Perry Rose Beaumont Laura Stubbs 1177738
Charity number
Resigned 21 November 2024
Appointed 19 March 2025 Appointed 19 March 2025 Appointed 19 March 2025 Appointed 19 March 2025
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address Bankers 32 St Martins Road The Co-Operative Bank Leeds 19/20 Commercial Street LS7 3LX Leeds LS1 6AL
Independent examiner
Katy Sargeant West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 28 March 2018.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.
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Made with Music
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
The objects of the CIO are: the advancement of music education of young people and families in and around Yorkshire, through the provision of accessible live music activities along with educational activities in conjunction with those, for the public benefit.
To preserve and protect the mental and physical health of musicians through the provision of support, advice and training.
The charity's main activities
Made with Music provides accessible and educational musical activities for everyone. We mainly work with families, but this extends from babies to grandparents and we aim to make all of our events and workshops inclusive and accessible to as wide a range of people as possible. We currently provide early years music classes for parents/carers and their children, specialist music sessions for disability support groups, singing development in schools, family-friendly and accessible gigs, intergenerational singing sessions and training sessions for staff and parents. We support young musicians to develop their skills through advice and training and support the mental wellbeing of our own staff by planning and delivering all projects in pairs.
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 music education of young people and families in and around Yorkshire through participation in live music activities. Made with Music has continued to be very adaptable with their offer and has continued to successfully offer this service in a hybrid fashion both in-person and online through our YouTube channel for those in hospital or unable to attend sessions for any reason. Our YouTube channel continues to see an increase in subscribers and over the financial year 2425 we had over 14,000 views. (Figures taken from YouTube channel analytics).
Achievements and performance
Made with Music has had another successful year as the charity continues to grow in capacity and financially. In the financial year 24-25, we secured multiple year funding for 2 new projects, both funded by Youth Music. Catalyser is a 2 year grant for the continuation of OPEN – an inclusive ensemble for families, in partnership with Leeds Conservatoire. Energiser is a national learning project looking at how disabled 2-4 year olds play and experience the world, this project is funded for 3 years.
We will be entering our second year of funding from Leeds City Council, Cultural Investment programme (£6,400 – not yet in our bank account) which can be put towards core costs for the charity. This will enable us to build further relationships with partners around the city who want to better their inclusive provision for families.
We have also been successful in sourcing funding to contribute to our perinatal mental health work with the NHS. A vital part of our programme which has huge benefits.
We continue to have full early years classes and sold out mini-gigs as well as regular sessions with Sunshine & Smiles. We continue to work 1-1 with a teenager with PMLD and our music sessions with a young adult to help recover from trauma have come to an end – their carers and teachers are seeking funding for this to continue as it has helped in their recovery.
With the use of unrestricted funds and donations, we have been able to continue to offer subsidised and free places to our classes and events. We have seen the demand for this increase substantially over the past year with the rise in cost of living.
We have again been invited to speak at networking events and family support groups about our work and are now in a position to offer consultancy on inclusive and accessible music provision. We are hoping this will become a new funding stream for the charity as some organisations are able to pay for this expertise knowledge and experience.
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Made with Music
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and performance continued
We have embarked on a new partnership with Hyde Park Picture House, working with them to develop their family audience. We have also been asked to take part in events with Bradford City of Culture, 2025.
As a charity, between the dates of April 2024 and March 2025, we have worked with 41 children between the ages of 0-10, 31 teens and 87 careers or guardians as a result of our work with the local group Sunshine & Smiles (Leeds Down syndrome Network). In this time, we have held 4 separate mini-gigs, hosting 12 different artists (including Leeds legends Utah Saints). Across the 4 mini-gigs we have sold 591 tickets (331 adult tickets, 240 children tickets and 14 babies tickets). 109 adults and 88 children/babies attended our 2 Family Sing events at Left Bank, Leeds. We have had 194 babies attend our perinatal mental health sessions at The Mount. And we have also held 35 1-1 sessions for a select number of individuals. We held 54 early classes which are split into two classes per week of babies and mixed ages. Each week we had on average 19 adults attend and 17 babies/children. Meaning in total we had 493 adults attend our early years classes and 481 babies/children at early years classes.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £39,410, including net receipts of £237 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £39,173 on restricted funds, after transfers.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £18,894.
During this financial year, we have not needed to use our reserves and in fact have been able to increase them this financial year. We would like to build up our reserves to £20,000 to allow us to pay all musicians for at least 6 months if a global crisis like Covid-19 were to impact us again.
Funds or subsidiary undertakings materially in deficit
The DWP Access to Work grant was £3,350 in deficit at year end - this is because payments are paid in arrears.
Approved by the board of trustees on 8/8/25
Miles Jefford (Trustee)
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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Made with Music
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
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 charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Katy Sargeant
12/8/25
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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Made with Music
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 3,665 Sales and fees 24,956 Total receipts 28,621 Payments Freelance musicians 25,044 Other freelance fees 380 Room hire 2,466 Instruments and resources 131 Marketing and printing 126 Insurance 297 Travel 223 Refreshments 346 Training and DBS - Personal Assistant payments - Independent examination 846 Total payments 29,859 Net receipts / (payments) (1,238) Transfers between funds 1,475 Net movement in funds 237 Fund balances brought forward 18,657 Fund balances carried forward (3) 18,894 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 92,359 - 92,359 26,530 7,828 2,055 122 428 - 952 733 - 13,063 - 51,711 40,648 (1,475) 39,173 5,373 44,546 |
2025 Total funds £ 96,024 24,956 120,980 51,574 8,208 4,521 253 554 297 1,175 1,079 - 13,063 846 81,570 39,410 - 39,410 24,030 63,440 |
2024 Total funds £ 39,429 34,433 73,862 47,766 4,678 3,264 98 669 329 257 236 40 10,825 420 68,582 5,280 - 5,280 18,750 24,030 |
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Made with Music
Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 18,858 Cash in hand 36 Total cash funds 18,894 Debtors and prepayments Prepayments Liabilities Accruals |
2025 Restricted £ 44,546 - 44,546 |
2025 Total £ 63,404 36 63,440 2025 £ 192 192 2025 £ 600 600 |
2024 Total £ 23,972 58 24,030 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 8/8/25
Miles Jefford (Trustee)
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Made with Music
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2025
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
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 relates.
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.
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Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 2 Grants and donations Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) D'Oyly Carte Leeds City Council (LCC) The National Foundation for Youth Music (NFYM) Audacia Genesis Labels and Packaging Leeds Community Foundation Leeds Conservatoire Other donations 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f £ Leeds Community Foundation 224 DWP Access to Work (3,987) NFYM Youth Music Recharge 7,146 LCC Art@Leeds 1,990 D'Oyly Carte - NFYM Youth Music Energiser - NFYM Youth Music Catalyser - 5,373 |
2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - 3,665 3,665 Incoming £ - 13,700 12,870 6,400 3,000 38,154 18,235 92,359 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 13,700 3,000 6,400 69,259 - - - - - 92,359 Outgoing £ 224 13,063 14,597 3,870 - 18,881 1,076 51,711 |
2025 Total funds £ 13,700 3,000 6,400 69,259 - - - - 3,665 96,024 Transfers £ - - - (1,475) - - - (1,475) |
2024 Total funds £ 8,463 - 5,000 14,300 1,000 1,000 7,200 900 1,566 39,429 Balance c/f £ - (3,350) 5,419 3,045 3,000 19,273 17,159 44,546 |
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Fund name
Leeds Community Foundation DWP Access to Work NFYM Youth Music Recharge
LCC Art@Leeds
D'Oyly Carte NFYM Youth Music Energiser NFYM Youth Music Catalyser
Purpose of restriction
Inclusive ensemble in partnership with Leeds Conservatoire. DWP funding for disability related support. This grant is paid in arrears. Recharge Fund to boost charities in their recovery after Covid. Covering some core costs and some money to pay freelancers to think strategically about the direction of Made with Music.
Core costs to develop charity - some of the funds have been used to subsidise the cost of activities and ticket sales for participants and as such has been shown as a transfer to unrestricted funds.
Perinatal mental health work with Leeds NHS partnership. Three year national learning project with disabled 2-4 year olds. OPEN – an inclusive ensemble for families.
4 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.
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