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2025-08-31-accounts

Company registration number: 14322703 Charity registration number: 1202569

ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 August 2025

Contents

Page
Trustees' annual report 1 - 11
Independent examiner’s report 12
Statement of financial activities 13
Balance sheet 14
Notes to the accounts 15 - 19

Trustees Annual Report

The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors’ report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025 which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the charities Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; FRS 102) issued in October 2019.

Objectives and activities

The objects of the Company ('the Objects') are for the public benefit to promote the art of music in particular but not exclusively:

(1) for children and young adults and those within the Early Music sector;

(2) by the provision of musical events, performances and educational resources.

Our vision

For all children aged 0-7 and their adults experience high-quality live music for wellbeing, wonder, early childhood development and musical learning.

Our mission

To level up access to high-quality live music for all children from birth; strengthening families and communities, supporting children’s all-round learning and development, and laying the foundations for life-long musical engagement.

Our values

Accessible: striving to remove barriers to musical participation for children and families particularly those from economically disadvantaged communities and areas where arts engagement is low.

Inclusive: striving to create a warm, supportive and engaging environment where everyone feels welcome and individual needs are supported.

Excellence: striving to create work of the highest quality with children and their adults; work that is valued by them and inspires them.

Evidence based: informed by current thinking on early childhood development and early years music and by our own rigorous research and evaluation.

Responsive: ensuring the voices of all those we work with, particularly those of children and families, are heard and respected.

Collaborative: working with others to share knowledge, skills and resources to improve musical opportunities and outcomes for children and families.

In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘public benefit: running a charity (PB2)’. The charity relies on grants and the income from fees and charges to cover its operating costs. Affordability and access to our programme is important to us.

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Achievements and performance

The Concerteenies year 2024/2025 in numbers featured:

2024-2025 saw Concerteenies continue to grow the scale, reach and impact of its work. Our events for 0-7 years olds and their adults took place in diverse education, community, and cultural spaces and featured music of varied genres including beatboxing, classical, global, folk and jazz.

Music in the early years has a life-changing impact on children supporting speech and language development, literacy, numeracy and physical development. It also improves confidence and creative expression, builds bonds between children and adults, combats parental isolation and improves wellbeing. Our projects are designed using trusted frameworks, linking to the EYFS and National Curriculum (KS1) and co-created with children and communities.

During 2024-2025 we focused on fundraising for and developing our work with children and families in disadvantaged communities and those with least access to live music. This involved the two main strands of our work; Musical Stories and Concerteenies for Babies.

Musical Stories

Since 2020, Concerteenies has been commissioning original musical works from composer Paul Rissmann which are based on children’s story books and performed by solo or duo instrumentalists and narrator. Performances include large-scale film animations and lots of participation from the children. Each of these Musical Stories are informed by meticulous R&D with children, families, teachers and SPARC at The University of Sheffield. They promote the value of music in the early years and Key Stage 1. The projects encourage children to be creative, curious, imaginative, to move, listen, relax and reflect. Musical Stories are designed to boost communication skills, confidence and all-round learning and meet the need to extend the range of quality, modern and relatable repertoire for children and their adults. Musical Stories events provide children with their first experience of seeing and hearing orchestral instruments up close and starts to lay the foundations of musical learning in a fun, inspiring and interactive way.

In October 2024, Concerteenies premiered the Musical Story Blown Away based on Rob Biddulph’s book with original music commissioned from Paul Rissmann and digitally animated illustrations by Victor Craven. The performance by flautist Meera Maharaj and narrator Polly Ives, took place at the iconic Leadmill nightclub as part of Sensoria Festival.

In January 2025, Arts Council England awarded Concerteenies a transformative National Lottery Project Grant of £54,156 to develop our Musical Stories over 2 years. The first stage of the project

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was 40 performances of Blown Away in libraries across South Yorkshire providing free to access, high-quality musical engagement for families in areas of economic disadvantage. Partnering with libraries enabled us to remove many of the barriers to cultural engagement by delivering the performances in safe, welcoming and familiar spaces within ‘pushchair proximity’ of where families live. Over the course of the tour, Blown Away was performed by flautists Meera Maharaj and Kathryn Williams with narrators Polly Ives, Sarah Carroll and Ella-May Thornely. 80% of performances were sold out. 743 children, 629 parents/carers and 84 library staff enjoyed the highly participatory Musical Story events. 75% of families had not experienced a Concerteenies event before whilst 66% of adults had visited the library venue before. The tour strengthened our partnerships with libraries across the region which is significant for our future development plans.

Feedback from the performances is rich and overwhelmingly positive. We collected 100s of comments and drawings from children, parents/carers and library staff written into Blown Away clouds.

“Wonderful experience… Great to have something so professional, local and free.”

“Amazing! Thank you so much for a treat of a morning. The team is so friendly and skilled. 10/10 would recommend.”

“Joyful and extremely engaging. Love the use of sign language and variation of volumes.”

“What a lovely and beautiful way to engage young minds into the world of stories and music.”

“Great to feel part of a community. My 21 month rarely concentrates for an hour but was glued to this musical story.”

The evaluation and feedback revealed the importance of:

100% of library staff said that it was a very positive experience working with Concerteenies and 100% would like us to return. Staff experienced new ways to bring story books alive for very young children and techniques for fostering children’s engagement through music. Several indicated that story telling through music had not been done at their library before and that bringing music into the library was fantastic, providing many children with their first opportunity to hear an instrument played live. 93% of library staff were pleased with the number of children and families that came to the sessions. They observed that the children were totally absorbed from start to finish and happy to join in.

“It was good to have such an enriching event in the library. We are in the area with the highest deprivation in Rotherham and so it is important that we offer free but high quality events.”

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“It brought new people into the library... It was a vibrant and fun event that gained attention and had many of the parents asking when other events would be taking place.”

Nationally, Blown Away toured across the country including performances at Wigmore Hall, Britten Pears Arts, The Big Malarkey (Hull), Ryedale, Kings Lynn and Lake District Summer Music festivals.

The filmed performance and Vic Craven’s integrated animation of Blown Away, along with our ‘Learn the Songs’ video resource, have been viewed over 6,500 times on Concerteenies’ YouTube channel.

The second stage of the Arts Council England project commenced with the commission of Victor Craven to produce a digital animation of our new Musical Story, The Big Dreaming based on the book by Michael Rosen and Daniel Egneus and published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books with original music from Paul Rissmann and new digital animations by Victor Craven.

Beyond the Arts Council England funded activities, demand for our Musical Stories continues to be high generating fee based income for the company. We performed Blown Away in all 7 Sheffield Family Hubs and 18 schools and nurseries including multi-academy trusts and Barnsley Fusion Cultural Partnership. Working in partnership with multi-academy trusts proves an effective way to extend our reach; through a partnership with Delta Academy Trust over 1,000 children from 23 separate primary schools/nurseries participated in sessions delivered at 8 of Delta’s schools. Working in partnership with Delta staff, Concerteenies co-designed an inset training session for school staff, as well as activities linking the Musical Story to the curriculum. This partnership will be continued in 2025-2026 for The Big Dreaming .

2024-2025 also saw performances of Musical Stories from our back catalogue, including Mouse and Bear with clarinetists Jack McNeill and Alex Lyon at Ryedale Festival and Chatsworth Family Festival, and The Dinosaur Department Store with Opera North cellist Jessica Burroughs as part of Bradford Better Start’s Lovely Bug Ball.

Our partnership with Hallam Sinfonia continued in 2025, with orchestral performances of Stan and Mabel and the Race for Space in the heart of Sheffield city centre, providing 216 children and 236 adults the chance to see and listen to a live orchestra in a family-friendly, accessible environment. In 2025-26 Polly Ives will narrate this story in performances with London Mozart Players in Croydon and Wimbledon and with London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall.

Concerteenies for Babies

Important funding through the Sheffield Creative Communities Programme enabled us to establish a vital partnership with Sheffield Family Hubs and Start for Life Neighbourhood Services. Sheffield Creative Communities Programme is part of Sheffield City Council’s Sheffield Culture Showcase, funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) as part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda, and is supported by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA).

Between March 2024 and March 2025, the funding enabled us to develop Concerteenies for Babies through six-week programmes delivered in each of the seven Family Hubs. We marketed the events as ‘for local residents’ and, later in the project, for residents of specific postcodes to ensure that we reached our target beneficiaries.

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The project exposed participants to a wide-ranging musical styles including: Rob Bentall (nyckelharpa), Sarah Carroll (Lead Musician/ vocals/ ukulele), Luke Carver Goss (accordion/ didgeridoo/ teapot), Juliana Day (recorders/ loops), Ford Collier (calabash, tabla, guitar/ whistles/ loops), Katriona Gilmore (mandolin/ ukulele), Kate Griffin (accordion/ banjo/ vocals), Martin Harwood (guitar/ fiddle), Rosie Hood (ukulele/ shruti box), Polly Ives (Lead Musician/ cello/ ukulele/ vocals), Alex Lyon (clarinet and bass clarinet), James Lyons (beatbox/ flute/ guitar/ harmonica), Meera Maharaj (flute/ alto flute/ steel pan), Manon McCoy (harp), Emily Portman (guitar/ vocals), Jamie Roberts (guitar/ vocals) and Deepa Shakthi (Indian sufi singer).

Evaluation by external consultant Prof. Karen Burland and the Concerteenies team found that the Family Hub partnership was effective for reaching the targeted communities, with 77% of participants living in the same or neighbouring postcode as the venue.

“It’s been really nice to have something so close.”

“Loved having something local to me. I had seen Concerteenies advertised before but it was always too far away to be accessible.”

“There’s nothing else like this round here. I struggle to find normal baby groups let alone anything as good as this.”

71% of participants want to sustain a connection with Concerteenies and 100% of survey respondents said they would like to attend in the future. 193 people joined Concerteenies’ mailing list.

The new partnership with Sheffield Family Hubs has the potential to inform a strategic, city-wide approach to promoting the value of music in early childhood, particularly to parents from lower socio-economic backgrounds and those with least access to cultural activity.

Beyond the Creative Communities funded programme Concerteenies also offered a paid series of concerts for 0-3 year-olds and their grown-ups at Cambridge Street Collective in Sheffield city centre. This proved popular with families who enjoyed the opportunity to stay afterwards to enjoy breakfast or lunch in the city’s newest, award-winning food hall, with selected vendors offering discounts to ticket holders.

Whilst we were touring our Musical Stories nationally, some venue partners e.g. Ryedale Festival and Big Malarkey Festival took advantage of programming Concerteenies for Babies sessions so that they could make provision for very young children in both the 0-3 year-old and 3-7 yearold age brackets on the same day and in the same venue.

Greystones Gigs

Greystones Gigs are where Concerteenies began. These monthly ticketed events at the Greystones pub continue to be popular and well attended. With a diverse range of musical styles, lots of participation and sensory elements and some surprising musical collaborations, Greystones Gigs support a love of music as a family and build musical confidence of both parent and child. Taking place at weekends and during holiday periods in a relaxed and social setting, makes Greystones Gigs accessible to dads and grandparents. There were 32 live Greystones Gigs during the year, reaching an audience of 2,741.

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Bespoke Projects

Concerteenies is a responsive and adaptable producer. In 2024-2025 we co-designed and delivered bespoke projects with a range of cultural and community partners including:

Evaluation, dissemination and advocacy

Concerteenies is passionate about improving and sharing understanding of the value of music in early childhood. Our projects are underpinned by rigorous R&D and evaluation with leading universities.

With funding from the Cultural Pipeline Fund via Sheffield City Council and the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority we were able to carry out important community consultation work in 2024-25 with families and partners across our programme of work. The purpose of the consultation work was to allow us to hear diverse stories and challenge our assumptions and attitudes so that we can more clearly define needs and interests around early childhood music. As a result of the community consultation we produced a playreel “What They Say” and a short film “What They Do” which give voice to diverse participants and clearly evidence the impact of our work on children and families. Both are available to view on Concerteenies’ YouTube channel. The full community consultation report is available to view on the Project page of our website.

The evaluation findings of our Concerteenies for Babies programme were the focus of conference papers presented by Prof. Karen Burland, Dr Karen Bailes and Polly Ives at the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition and the Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium both in July 2025.

Financial review

Over the year Concerteenies was grateful for:

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Concerteenies’ growing public support led to a team of 17 runners running the Sheffield Half Marathon in March 2025, raising £10,700 of private donations towards Concerteenies for Babies. We are also grateful to a number of private individuals who have given substantial donations to support our work.

In addition we receive income from schools, nurseries, libraries, music and family festivals and music promoters.

Income for the year was £203,905 (24: £152,879) of which £119,222 (24: £46,920) was unrestricted and £84,683 (24 :£105,959) was restricted to the projects and activities specified by the funder.

Expenditure for the year was £205,573 (24 :£151,002) of which £137,867 (24 £:67,501) was unrestricted and £67,706 (24: £83,501) was restricted. £22,946 of unrestricted operational costs were funded by a contribution from restricted funds by way of transfer.

At the year end the charity had restricted reserves of £7,950 (24: £13,919) which have to be used for the purposes specified by the funder, designated funds of £7,381 (for ring fenced projects) and unrestricted reserves of £703 (24:£3,783) which are available for the charity to use for general purposes.

Reserves Policy

The trustees have determined that free reserves (unrestricted funds) should be built up at a level of reserves equal to 3-6 months of ongoing running costs, plus an annually reviewed amount to cover any potential redundancy payments or lease costs in event of closure. As we currently do not have any staff on the payroll, we are not at the moment liable for any redundancy costs. Our target for free reserves is therefore £18,560 - £37,120.

At 31st August 2025 £703 was held in free reserves. This is well below the amount set out in our reserves policy but it is our third year of trading and we are investing in our capacity to attract larger grants and grow to a more economically sustainable size.

Going Concern

While Trustees appreciate the low level of free reserves does not provide us with the financial security we need, we have reviewed our future plans in detail and have concluded that we are a going concern. In November 2025 we were awarded funding of £49,500 in 2025/26, £49,500 in 2026/27 and £51,000 in 2027/28 by Youth Music for our Inspired by Project along with 3-year match-funding grants from St Kieran Trust and Brelms Trust totalling £13,000 per year.

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Following encouraging conversations with another major funder, we have submitted a strong application for a substantial grant and we expect to hear about this in spring 2026.

Over the last two years we have been building our capacity for community fundraising and our relationships with donors.

We have put contingency plans in place in case our fundraising plan is not successful. With few fixed costs (no employed staff, no premises and low overheads) we can act quickly to implement these contingency plans.

Future Plans

During 2025-26 we will continue delivery of our Arts Council England Musical Stories project. On 5th October 2025, The Big Dreaming, complete with the new animated illustrations, premiered in Sheffield Town Hall as part of Sensoria Festival, in the presence of composer Paul Rissmann and animator Victor Craven. Two sold-out performances featured pianist Annabelle Lawson and narrator Polly Ives with Makaton by our new Emerging Creative Practitioner Ella-May Thornely. Soundhouse Media has been commissioned to produce ‘Learn the Songs’ and ‘Learn the Makaton’ films, and, directed and animated by Victor Craven, a full concert performance with animations will be released on YouTube in November 2025. An education consultant is working with our creative practitioners to devise quality lesson plans and a family resource pack.

The final phase of the Arts Council project will be the commission, pilot and premiere of our 8th Musical Story, based on The Duck With No Luck , written by Jonathan Long, illustrated by Korky Paul and published by Oxford University Press. Composer Paul Rissmann will score his new piece for solo bassoon and a version for bassoon/piano duo. Victor Craven will create a new digital animation based on the book illustrations and, with Soundhouse Media, will create a full film version for our YouTube channel. The new piece will be co-created with children through 4 pilot performances in Winter 2025 and then toured to South Yorkshire schools, nurseries and concert and community venues throughout spring and early summer 2026.

In October 2025 we received confirmation of a £150,000 Catalyser grant from Youth Music to deliver Inspired By , a three year programme with 2-3 year olds with Sheffield Family Hubs and Meadows Nursery. Through regular and sustained, high quality musical activities we will support children’s early development and elevate the place of music in their lives by inspiring and upskilling adults (parents, grandparents, siblings, Family Hub and nursery staff) to be children’s musical play partners. The Inspired By… project will share different types of music, songs, stories and culture and respond to children’s innate creativity. Monthly themed activities will explore how different kinds of music can evoke wonder and joy and support early childhood wellbeing, development and musical learning. Theme examples include:

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and South Yorkshire Music Hub have commissioned Concerteenies to produce a proposal to Arts Council England’s Place Partnership funding stream. Working with partners across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield including parents and professionals representing families, local authority early years departments, Family Hubs, libraries, nurseries and schools, music promoters and musicians, the

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purpose is define a 10-year vision and prepare a 5-year strategy to ensure every child in South Yorkshire has access to rich and diverse musical experiences from conception to age 5, regardless of their postcode, background or circumstance. The 3-year programme will explore ways to embed music-making into children’s everyday lives, it will provide high-quality early childhood music activities within pushchair proximity of every South Yorkshire community and it will produce high quality research evidencing the impact of music in children’s first years. The ambition, for the end of the project, is to have established a National Centre for Early Years Music, led by Concerteenies at Harmony Works.

Structure, governance and management

Concerteenies was incorporated on 30 August 2022 and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. Its legal status is that of a company limited by guarantee. It has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £10. The company became registered as a charity on 30 March 2023.

The Concerteenies Board of Trustees meets at least four times a year and is chaired by creative producer Jane Shields. During the year we recruited five new trustees to join the Board to ensure we have a wide range of skills to govern our charity.

Founder, CEO and Creative Director, Polly Ives is one of the UK’s leading music educationalists with a varied portfolio as a concert presenter, narrator, promoter, workshop leader, trainer and cellist.

We have a team of freelance, part time staff; Hannah Jones (Projects Manager), Sarah Carroll (Creative Practitioner), Ella-Thornely (Emerging Creative Practitioner), Tracey Shibli (Development Director) and Ellen Beardmore (Marketing Manager). Margaret Bennett (Finance Director and Company Secretary) provided pro bono support during the financial year – this became a paid position from 1 September 2024.

Acclaimed baritone Roderick Williams OBE is Concerteenies’ Patron.

New Trustees are recruited based on a review of the skills the Charity needs on its Board. The new members are given the information they need, with a full induction, including copies of the Constitution and policies and procedures.

Risks

The principal risks facing the charity and how these are mitigated are detailed below.

Funding risk: that we are unable to secure the funding we need to sustain our planned activities.

Mitigation: We have contracted a specialist arts fundraiser to lead our fundraising.

Safeguarding risk: that a safeguarding incident occurs despite the policies and procedures in place to keep everyone safe.

Mitigation: Safeguarding is a standing item at every Trustee meeting and regular training for staff, trustees and volunteers.

Retention risk : that our CEO/Creative Director or Project Manager resign and that we are faced with the cost, disruption and uncertainty of recruiting a replacement.

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Mitigation: Recruit additional management staff when funds allow. Funding applications for organisational development are pending decisions.

Reference and administrative details

Trustees

Jane Shields, Chair Naomi Atherton Alison Blakemore Grace Knill Caroline Anderson Sofia Antipatis Oliver Julian Emily Baughan

Company Secretary

Margaret Bennett Appointed as secretary on 1 July 2024

Key management

Polly Ives CEO/ Creative Director Tracey Shibli Development Director Margaret Bennett Finance Director (from September 2024)

Registered office

84 Glenalmond Road Sheffield S11 7GX

Accountants

Seven Hills Accountants Limited 57 Burton Street Sheffield S6 2HH

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Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The charity trustees (who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing a Trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The report and accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each 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 that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

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

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements

Small companies provision statement

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the Board on 28 January 2026.

Signed on its behalf by:

Jane Shields Chair of trustees

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Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees of Concerteenies (“the Company”)

I report to the charity directors on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 August 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the directors of the Company 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 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 company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘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

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

  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.

Sarah Lightfoot, FCA DChA 2 February 2026 Seven Hills Accountants Limited 57 Burton Street Sheffield S6 2HH

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Concerteenies

Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) For the year ended 31 August 2025

Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
Income from:
Donations and grants
2
28,770
Charitable activities
3
90,452
Investment income - bank interest
-
Total income
119,222
Expenditure on:
Fundraising
4
9,223
Charitable Activities
5
128,644
Total expenditure
137,867
Net income/(expenditure)
(18,645)
Transfer between funds
11
22,946
Net movement in funds
4,301
Total funds brought forward
3,783
Total funds carried forward
8,084		 Restricted
funds
£
7,455
77,228
-
84,683
217
67,489
67,706
16,977
(22,946)
(5,969)
13,919
7,950		 Total
2025
£
36,225
167,680
-
203,905
9,440
196,133
205,573
(1,668)
-
(1,668)
17,702
16,034		 Unrestricted
funds
£
2,219
44,693
8
46,920
-
67,501
67,501
(20,581)
18,299
(2,282)
6,065
3,783		 Restricted
funds
£
10,061
95,898
-
105,959
-
83,501
83,501
22,458
(18,299)
4,159
9,760
13,919		 Total
2024
£
12,280
140,591
8
152,879
-
151,002
151,002
1,877
-
1,877
15,825
17,702

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Concerteenies Balance Sheet As at 31 August 2025

Notes
Current assets
Merchandise held for resale
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
Total net assets
Funds of the Charity
Designated funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
10
Restricted funds
11
Total funds
12		 Total
2025
£
499
5,003
13,600
19,102
(3,068)
16,034
16,034
-
16,034
7,381
703
8,084
7,950
16,034		 Total
2024
£
1,020
10,500
13,552
25,072
(7,370)
17,702
17,702
-
17,702
-
3,783
3,783
13,919
17,702

For the year ending 31 August 2025 the 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 company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to small companies' regime.

Approved by the Board on 28 January 2026.

Signed on behalf of the board by:

Jane Shields Chair of trustees

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Concerteenies Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 August 2025

1 Accounting Policies

a General

Concerteenies is a charitable company in the United Kingdom limited by guarantee. In the event that the charity is wound up the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the charity. The address of the registered office is given in the company information in the trustee report.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (second edition), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and with the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have taken advantage of the exemption to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as defined under FRS102. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and are rounded to the nearest £1.

b Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Box office fees are included in the year in which the event took place.

c Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

d Allocation of costs

e Tangible fixed assets

All items of capital expenditure below £500 are written off as incurred.

f Stock

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value.

g Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of receivables.

h Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

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Concerteenies Notes to the Accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 August 2025

1 Accounting Policies (continued)

i Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

j Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor.

k Taxation

As a charity, the organisation is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within the available tax exemptions to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

l Going concern

2 Income from donations and grants

Donations
Sponsorship
Grants for core costs
Income from charitable activities
Grants for events and workshops
Grants from Local councils and government
Partnership income
Box Office
Schools/ nurseries
Venue fees
Resource sales
Partnership income from Local councils and
government		 Unrestricted
fund
£
13,050
720
15,000
28,770
Unrestricted
fund
£
-
-
33,453
5,825
24,998
16,527
7,830
1,819
90,452		 Restricted
funds
£
7,055
400
-
7,455
Restricted
funds
£
49,328
17,200
-
10,700
-
-
-
-
77,228		 Total
2025
£
20,105
1,120
15,000
36,225
Total
2025
£
49,328
17,200
33,453
16,525
24,998
16,527
7,830
1,819
167,680		 Unrestricted
fund
£
2,219
-
-
2,219
Unrestricted
fund
£
-
-
2,050
1,100
30,327
-
11,165
51
44,693		 Restricted
funds
£
10,061
-
-
10,061
Restricted
funds
£
56,445
24,320
3,475
1,200
-
5,100
4,900
458
95,898		 Total
2024
£
12,280
-
-
12,280
Total
2024
£
56,445
24,320
5,525
2,300
30,327
5,100
16,065
509
140,591

Grants are treated as income from charitable activities when they are given to support events and performances.

In 23/24 Partnership and other income was included within restricted funds when the projects are primarily funded by grants, so that the whole project finances could be more monitored more easily.

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Concerteenies Notes to the Accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 August 2025

4 Expenditure on fundraising

5 Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
funds
£
£
Fundraising consultancy
9,150
-
Giving platform fees
73
217
9,223
217
Expenditure on charitable activities - promotion of the art of music
Unrestricted
Restricted
Note
fund
funds
£
£
Direct event costs
Musicians and artists
38,622
32,943
Creative practitioner - project related
11,582
12,453
Other event staffing
434
218
Venue hire
819
700
Project materials and equipment
3,688
7,282
Project evaluation
416
3,213
Other event costs
3,393
3,885
Core/organisational costs
Freelance staff costs
58,926
5,802
Staff support costs (training etc)
1,800
679
Travel expenses
210
15
Marketing
1,820
270
IT
-
-
Office costs
148
-
Legal and professional fees
622
-
Insurance
527
-
Sundries
709
29
Bank charges and processing fees
3,785
-
Governance costs
Independent examiner's fee
7
1,143
-
128,644
67,489		 Total
2025
£
9,150
290
9,440
Total
2025
£
71,565
24,035
652
1,519
10,970
3,629
7,278
64,728
2,479
225
2,090
-
148
622
527
738
3,785
1,143
196,133		 Unrestricted
fund
£
-
-
-
Unrestricted
fund
£
25,507
-
1,648
1,048
331
-
261
32,215
-
-
635
-
54
47
517
-
4,678
560
67,501		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
Restricted
funds
£
49,629
-
1,350
1,634
1,043
2,785
6,191
18,750
640
129
1,012
245
-
35
58
-
-
-
83,501		 Total
2024
£
-
-
-
Total
2024
£
75,136
-
2,998
2,682
1,374
2,785
6,452
50,965
640
129
1,647
245
54
82
575
-
4,678
560
151,002

6 Trustees and key management remuneration, benefits and expenses

The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the Charity in the year (2024: £nil) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the year (2024: £nil). One trustee received £750 for their services as a musician at an event (in line with other musicians). No other charity trustees received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2024: £nil).

The key management of the charity comprise the trustees, the Creative Director, the Development Director and the Finance Director (freelance staff). The benefits for key management personnel were:

Fundraising
Freelance staff costs
Musicians and artists
Other event costs		 2025
£
8,160
34,960
15,035
315
58,470		 2024
£
-
29,660
9,995
-
39,655

Trustees and key management (and their families) were able to attend ticketed events for free, to promote and support the work of the charity.

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Concerteenies Notes to the Accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 August 2025

7 Fees paid to the independent examiner's organisation

Independent examination fee
Independent examination fee - previous independent examiner
Other fees paid to the independent examiner's organisation:
Taxation services
Other services
Debtors
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Accruals
Unrestricted funds
Brought
forward
£
Designated funds
Musical stories
-
Operational costs
-
Total designated funds
-
General funds
3,783
3,783		 Income
£
31,996
15,000
46,996
72,226
119,222		 Expenditure
£
(23,002)
(11,500)
(34,502)
(103,365)
(137,867)		 2025
£
1,143
-
1,143
396
180
576
2025
£
4,730
273
5,003
2025
£
1,709
1,359
3,068
Transfers
£
(5,113)
-
(5,113)
28,059
22,946		 2024
£
930
(370)
560
-
-
-
2024
£
10,500
-
10,500
2024
£
6,440
930
7,370
Carried
forward
£
3,881
3,500
7,381
703
8,084

8 Debtors

9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

10 Unrestricted funds

Musical stories

Musical stories is part funded by the Arts Council England and includes a match funded element. The designated fund includes match funded elements of the projects.

The total project balance at the year end was:

Designated funds
Restricted funds		 £
3,881
7,950
11,831

Operational costs

The Garfield Weston Foundation grant was given for core costs. The trustees have ringfenced the funds for costs related to growth including digital development.

There were no designated funds in the previous year.

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Concerteenies Notes to the Accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 August 2025

11 Restricted funds

Brought
forward
Income Expenditure
£
£
£
Concerts for Babies (including Creative Communities)
13,919
15,549
(15,612)
Musical Stories
-
57,934
(40,894)
Cultural Pipeline
-
11,200
(11,200)
13,919
84,683
(67,706)
The following transfers represent contribution to core (operational) costs from restricted projects:
Concerts for Babies (including Creative Communities)
Musical Stories
Other project operational costs have been allocated directly to restricted funds.
Prior year comparison
Brought
forward
Income
Expenditure
£
£
£
Concerts for Babies
4,510
12,915
(15,160)
Arts Council
3,000
25,061
(25,977)
Musical Stories
2,250
51,783
(41,454)
Creative Communities
-
16,200
(910)
9,760
105,959
(83,501)		 Transfers
£
(13,856)
(9,090)
-
(22,946)
£
13,856
9,090
Transfers
£
(2,265)
(2,084)
(12,579)
(1,371)
(18,299)		 Carried
forward
£
-
7,950
-
7,950
Carried
forward
£
-
-
-
13,919
13,919

12 Analysis of net assets by fund

Net current assets
Prior year comparision
Net current assets		 General
Funds
£
703
703
General
Funds
£
3,783
3,783		 Designated
Funds
£
7,381
7,381
Designated
Funds
£
-
-		 Restricted
Funds
£
7,950
7,950
Restricted
Funds
£
13,919
13,919		 2025
Total
£
16,034
16,034
2024
Total
£
17,702
17,702

13 Related party transactions

There were no further related party transactions during the year, other than those in note 6.

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