Registered number
04302385
Root Music Limited
Report and Accounts
31 October 2024
Root Music Limited
Company Information
Directors
Alan Braithwaite
Elizabeth Molyneux
Secretary
Jeremy Davies
Accountants
Slade & Cooper Ltd
Beehive Mill
Jersey Street
Manchester
M4 6JG
Registered office
7 Springmeadow Lane
Uppermill
Oldham
Lancashire
OL3 6EP
Registered number
04302385
Root Music Limited
Registered number: 04302385
Directors' Report
The directors present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 October 2024.
Principal activities
The company’s work focuses on the promotion of events, tours, and festivals, and the support of emerging musicians regionally and nationally. Activity during the year has been limited due to the absence of current Arts Council funding, but the company intends to resume delivery of projects when future funding opportunities are secured.
Directors
The following persons served as directors during the year:
Alan Braithwaite
Elizabeth Molyneux
Directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the report and accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare accounts for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the accounts in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these accounts, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
This report was approved by the board on 27 August 2025 and signed by its order.
Jeremy Davies
Secretary
Root Music Limited
Accountants' Report
Accountants' report to the directors of
Root Music Limited
You consider that the company is exempt from an audit for the year ended 31 October 2024. You have acknowledged, on the balance sheet, your responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These responsibilities include preparing accounts that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year.
In accordance with your instructions, we have prepared the accounts which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes from the accounting records of the company and on the basis of information and explanations you have given to us.
We have not carried out an audit or any other review, and consequently we do not express any opinion on these accounts.
Slade & Cooper Ltd
Chartered Certified Accountants
Beehive Mill
Jersey Street
Manchester
M4 6JG
27 August 2025
Root Music Limited
Profit and Loss Account
for the year ended 31 October 2024
2024 2023
£ £
Turnover 3,569 15,493
Administrative expenses (11,546) (64,758)
Other operating income - 48,715
Operating Profit/(Loss) (7,977) (550)
Profit/(Loss) on ordinary activities before taxation (7,977) (550)
Tax on ordinary activities - -
Profit/(Loss) for the financial year (7,977) (550)
Root Music Limited
Registered number: 04302385
Balance Sheet
as at 31 October 2024
Notes 2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 3 221 294
Current assets
Debtors 4 1,286 2,417
Cash at bank and in hand 91 5,901
1,377 8,318
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 5 (9,255) (8,292)
Net current assets/(liabilities) (7,878) 26
Net assets/(liabilities) (7,657) 320
Capital and reserves
Profit and loss account (7,657) 320
Total funds (7,657) 320
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The member has not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Elizabeth Molyneux
Director
Approved by the board on 27 August 2025
Root Music Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 October 2024
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).
Going Concern
Root Music has operated successfully since its inception in 2001 through a combination of earned income and grant funding. In recent years, the company has been supported by Arts Council England to deliver training and touring work.

Activity is currently limited due to the absence of confirmed Arts Council funding for the current period. The individual managing and supporting the company’s activities has confirmed that they will continue to provide financial support as required and will not seek repayment of amounts advanced until the company’s financial position allows.

Future funding applications are anticipated, and the company retains the capacity to resume operations when suitable opportunities arise. On this basis, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Plant and machinery 25% reducing balance basis
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
Taxation
A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Pensions
Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
2 Employees 2024 2023
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company - 1
3 Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery etc
£
Cost
At 1 November 2023 2,945
At 31 October 2024 2,945
Depreciation
At 1 November 2023 2,651
Charge for the year 73
At 31 October 2024 2,724
Net book value
At 31 October 2024 221
At 31 October 2023 294
4 Debtors 2024 2023
£ £
Other debtors 1,286 2,417
5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2024 2023
£ £
Other creditors 9,255 7,353
Other taxes and social security costs - 939
9,255 8,292
6 Other information
Root Music Limited is a private company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England No 4302385. Its registered office is:
7 Springmeadow Lane
Uppermill
Oldham
Lancashire
OL3 6EP
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