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# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
13206684 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 28 February 2025

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 29 February 2024

## End date: 28 February 2025

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

Directors report |
Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Balance sheet notes |
Community Interest Report |

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Directors' report period ended 28 February 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 28 February 2025

Principal activities of the company

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of supporting communities with group singing for wellbeing.

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
29 February 2024 to 28 February 2025

Miss A M Shields
Mrs E Garsin

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006

This report was approved by the board of directors on
9 September 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Miss A M Shields
Status: Director

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Balance sheet

As at 28 February 2025

| Notes | 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: | 3 | 403 | 0
Total fixed assets: |  | 403 | 0
Current assets
Debtors: | 4 | 1,800 | 1,800
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 3,837 | 5,644
Total current assets: |  | 5,637 | 7,444
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 5 | ( 4,823 ) | ( 2,434 )
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 814 | 5,010
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 1,217 | 5,010
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 1,217 | 5,010
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 1,217 | 5,010
Total members' funds: |  | 1,217 | 5,010

The notes form part of these financial statements

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 28 February 2025 the company was entitled to exemption 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 the preparation of accounts.

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

The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 9 September 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Miss A M Shields
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

- ## 1. Accounting policies

  Basis of measurement and preparation

  These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

  Turnover policy

  Income and expenses are included in the financial statements as they become receivable or due. Expenses include VAT where applicable as the company cannot reclaim it.

  Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

  Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses. Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: Computers 33% on Cost

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2025 | 2024
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 2 | 2

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

## 3. Tangible assets

| Land & buildings | Plant & machinery | Fixtures & fittings | Office equipment | Motor vehicles | Total
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Cost | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £
At 29 February 2024 |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0
Additions |  | 601 |  |  |  | 601
Disposals |  |  |  |  |  |
Revaluations |  |  |  |  |  |
Transfers |  |  |  |  |  |
At 28 February 2025 |  | 601 |  |  |  | 601
Depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |
At 29 February 2024 |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0
Charge for year |  | 198 |  |  |  | 198
On disposals |  |  |  |  |  |
Other adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |
At 28 February 2025 |  | 198 |  |  |  | 198
Net book value |  |  |  |  |  |
At 28 February 2025 |  | 403 |  |  |  | 403
At 28 February 2024 |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

## 4. Debtors

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Trade debtors | 1,800 | 1,800
Total | 1,800 | 1,800

# STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

## 5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Taxation and social security | 2,208 | 452
Other creditors | 2,615 | 1,982
Total | 4,823 | 2,434

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### STARLING ARTS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

### Company Number: 13206684 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 28 February 2025

Company activities and impact

Starling Arts promotes group singing for wellbeing. This work is primarily carried out through our community choirs (the Starling Voices), our partnership with the musical Wicked, and other community singing projects. In the 2024-25 period, The Starling Voices maintained healthy membership numbers, with between 60 - 70 members across the two community choirs. In May 2024 the choirs featured in Hear My Song, a concert we produced. 66 members from within our community - including those from Flock, our alumni choir - took to the stage, performing to an audience of almost 250 people. The audience was made up of our wider community of past members, friends and family. In the summer of 2024, the directors made the decision to disband the Starling Voices and for Starling Arts’ weekly choir activities to cease. This was due to changes in personal and professional circumstances and wanting to widen the reach of our work with communities. However, it was announced that the Flock community would continue with quarterly group singing sessions for any alumni members to attend. We announced that the Starling Voices’ disbanding would coincide with Starling Arts’ 15th Anniversary in January 2025. To mark the occasion we hosted a Gala night with the help of a volunteer committee made up of choir members past and present. 180 people attended the Gala, including members of our community who travelled across the country, and from abroad, to celebrate 15 years of our work. It was a joyous occasion and a reminder of the strong community roots on which Starling Arts is built. We look forward to continuing this legacy through Flock. Sing For Better Breathing, our weekly online singing group for people living with lung conditions, continued throughout the 2024/25 financial year. With around 10 regular attendees, each session attracts an average of 5 participants. Members continue to report that the sessions help them with symptom management and to learn more about their breath and vocal function following medical diagnosis and/or referral. These sessions continue to operate free of charge, supported by profits from our other work. Some members pay a small, optional contribution to take part, if they’re in a position to do so. Our partnership with the West End musical Wicked grew significantly in the 2024/25 financial year. We offer three Official Wicked Workshops in Wellbeing, Anti-Bullying and Musical Theatre. These sessions are delivered by the company directors and a team of freelance facilitators trained by Starling Arts. In the 2024/25 period, over 1,100 children and young people participated in an Official Wicked Workshop delivered by the Starling Arts team. We also offered a free workshop as part of Kids Week, the Society of London Theatre’s scheme to get young people into theatre. Feedback from teachers and students about these workshops is extremely positive, and helps us to continue to shape the future of this programme. The 2024/25 financial year also saw us delivering free holiday workshops for Hackney Young Carers and The Up Garden - an urban community hub in Forest Gate, London. We also delivered group singing activities for students in schools and additional needs settings.

Consultation with stakeholders

Starling Arts’ stakeholders include participants of the Starling Voices, Flock, Sing for Better Breathing, and the teachers and young people who engage in our Official Wicked Workshops. Stakeholders also include participants in the other community workshops and events we offer. Other stakeholders in our work include the team of freelance facilitators and musicians we work with, audience members at our events, the Wicked Active Learning and Wicked marketing teams, and any staff from the organisations we work with in our mission to use singing as a tool for connecting communities and improving wellbeing. Our 15th Anniversary Gala celebrations were developed in consultation with a volunteer committee made up of members of the Starling Voices and Flock. We also consulted all members of our choirs to offer their input on the songs they would perform, and other content included, at the event. Teachers and group leaders are asked to share their feedback via an online form following each Official Wicked Workshop we deliver. This form assesses the quality of the workshop content, delivery, value for money, and includes any feedback from students and participants. This consultation helps us to shape the programme as we continue to develop and deliver it.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
9 September 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Miss A M Shields
Status: Director