## Made with Music
Charity number 1177738
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2026
## Made with Music
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|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 2026
## **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**
Miles Jefford Chair Charles Gower-Smith Ian Thornton Satnam Galsian Sarah Perry Rose Beaumont Laura Stubbs **Charity number** 1177738 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**
Sarah Edwards FCA **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 Mach 2018 and is governed by a constitution.
## **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 2026
## **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.
## **Achievements and performance**
Made with Music continues to provide accessible and inclusive musical opportunities for families in and around Leeds. We are financially secure and our capacity has increased. We are almost through our first year of the Youth Music. Catalyser grant. This 2 year project funds the continuation of OPEN – an inclusive ensemble for families, in partnership with Leeds Conservatoire. We are also entering our third and final year of the Youth Music Energiser, a national learning project looking at how disabled 2-4 year olds play and experience the world.
We have also been successful in sourcing two years of funding to pay for our perinatal mental health work with the NHS. The Flint Family Fund (through Leeds Community Foundation) is funding this with a contribution from the NHS trust. This project is a vital part of our programme which has huge benefits.
We continue to have full early years classes and sold out minigigs as well as regular sessions with Sunshine & Smiles. We continue to work 1-1 with a teenager with PMLD.
We have also secured £4000 from ASAMAA (a family trust) to pay for the changing places trailer at the minigigs and to pay for a trainee with down syndrome to work alongside us providing a role model for our younger participants.
We have also been successful in funding from UNLIMITED to purchase new iPads to use in our sessions. This is around £7000 and yet to reach our bank account.
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.
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## Made with Music
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Achievements and performance continued**
We are developing our training and consultancy arm, working with businesses in Leeds to develop training on access and inclusion. How they can make small changes which will make their workplace a more inclusive environment
We continue to work with Hyde Park Picture House to develop their family audience. We ran a series of workshops as part of Bradford City of Culture 2025 with The Oaks – a day centre for adults with learning and physical disabilities. The sessions were hugely successful and they have asked us to go back later this year.
Hannah and Kathryn (Co-Directors) have completed a 3-day first aid at work course.
We are hopeful that we will receive funding from Leeds City Council (c£5600), unrestricted funds to support strategic development of the charity and subsidise tickets for our public events.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £5,218, including net payments of £4,543 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £675 on restricted funds after transfers.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £14,351.
During this financial year, 2025/2026, we have not needed to use our reserves. 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.
Approved by the board of trustees on 25/07/26
Miles Jefford (Trustee)
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## Made with Music
## 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 2026, 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.
Sarah Edwards FCA
31/07/26
## **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 2026
|Notes
2026
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
920
Sales and fees
21,435
**Total receipts**
22,355
**Payments**
Freelance musicians
21,618
Other freelance fees
800
Room hire
2,252
Instruments and resources
230
Marketing and printing
215
Insurance
295
Travel
346
Refreshments
633
Training and DBS
209
Access to work payments
-
Independent examination
600
**Total payments**
27,198
**Net receipts / (payments)**
(4,843)
**Transfers between funds**
300
**Net movement in funds**
(4,543)
**Fund balances brought forward**
18,894
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
14,351|2026
Restricted
funds
£
102,256
-
102,256
65,238
18,379
1,954
2,319
103
-
1,023
552
-
13,063
-
102,631
(375)
(300)
(675)
44,546
43,871|2026
Total
funds
£
103,176
21,435
124,611
86,856
19,179
4,206
2,549
318
295
1,369
1,185
209
13,063
600
129,829
(5,218)
-
(5,218)
63,440
58,222|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|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Made with Music
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 March 2026
2026
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
14,162
Cash in hand
189
**Total cash funds**
14,351
**Debtors and prepayments**
Prepayments
**Liabilities**
Accruals|2026
Restricted
£
43,871
-
43,871|2026
Total
£
58,033
189
58,222
2026
£
196
196
2026
£
618
618|2025
Total
£
63,404
36
63,440|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 25/07/26
Miles Jefford (Trustee)
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## Made with Music
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **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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## Made with Music
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**2 Grants and donations**
ASAMAA
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Leeds City Council (LCC)
Leeds Community Foundation
The National Foundation for Youth Music (NFYM)
D'Oyly Carte
Other donations|2026
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
920
920|2026
Restricted
funds
£
4,000
14,073
6,400
9,810
67,973
-
-
102,256|2026
2025
Total
Total
funds
funds
£
£
4,000
-
14,073
13,700
6,400
6,400
9,810
-
67,973
69,259
-
3,000
920
3,665
103,176
96,024|
|---|---|---|---|
|**3 Restricted funds**
Leeds Community Foundation
Access to work
NFYM Youth Music Recharge
LCC Art@Leeds
D'Oyly Carte
NFYM Youth Music Energiser
NFYM Youth Music Catalyser
ASAMAA|Balance b/f
£
-
(3,350)
5,419
3,045
3,000
19,273
17,159
-
44,546|Incoming
£
9,810
14,073
4,290
6,400
-
38,154
25,529
4,000
102,256|Outgoing
£
-
14,063
9,729
8,601
2,975
39,600
27,663
-
102,631|Transfers
£
-
-
-
(375)
(25)
-
100
-
(300)|Balance c/f
£
9,810
(3,340)
(20)
469
-
17,827
15,125
4,000
43,871|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Fund name**
## **Purpose of restriction**
Leeds Community Foundation Inclusive ensemble in partnership with Leeds Conservatoire. Access to work DWP funding for disability related support. This grant is paid in arrears. NFYM Youth Music Recharge Recharge Fund to boost charities in their recovery after Covid. Covering LCC Art@Leeds Core costs to develop charity - some of the funds have been used to D'Oyly Carte Perinatal mental health work with Leeds NHS partnership. NFYM Youth Music Energiser Three year national learning project with disabled 2-4 year olds. NFYM Youth Music Catalyser OPEN – an inclusive ensemble for families. ASAMAA To cover the costs of a trainee for Sunshine and smiles and a mini-gig trailer
## **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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