CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13369335 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 April 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 May 2024

End date: 30 April 2025

CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2025

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 April 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 27,164 10,315
Total current assets: 27,164 10,315
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 19,253 ) ( 3,050 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 7,911 7,265
Total assets less current liabilities: 7,911 7,265
Total net assets (liabilities): 7,911 7,265
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 7,911 7,265
Total members' funds: 7,911 7,265

The notes form part of these financial statements

CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 April 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 17 December 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Caroline Darbyshire
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 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

    Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. Turnover is derived from grant income to provide music and movement sessions and from fees paid by participants. Grant income Grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received. Grants relating to turnover are recognised as income over the periods when the related costs are incurred.

    Other accounting policies

    Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities. Financial instruments The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. Basic financial assets Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. Basic financial liabilities Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Taxation The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax. Current tax The tax currently payable is based on taxable surplus for the year. Taxable surplus differs from net surplus as reported in the Income and Expenditure account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date. Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 3 3

    Directors' remuneration The total amount paid to directors during the year was £23,300 for providing sessions. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2025

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2025 2024
£ £
Taxation and social security 187 1,038
Other creditors 19,066 2,012
Total 19,253 3,050

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

CAROUSEL MUSIC & MOVEMENT CIC

Company Number: 13369335 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 April 2025

Company activities and impact

In the space provided below, please insert a general account of the company’s activities in the financial year to which the report relates, including a description of how they have benefited the community. Our organisation aims to brighten people’s lives through the magic of music & movement and have fun! We deliver our sessions to local community organisations, health & wellbeing groups, schools, children & adults with learning needs, care homes, day centres, dementia groups, mental health and many more. We started our sessions in July 2021 and what a difference they’ve made to many people’s lives. Carousel has helped to banish loneliness, giving people a sense of belonging, reducing anxiety and depression, improving self-expression and social and communication skills, increasing motivation and boosting cognitive performances. We have 2 regular weekly sessions for adults with learning needs, in Southport and Skelmersdale, improving our participants’ music knowledge and emotional resilience with approx. 30 participants taking part. We have regular contracts with Age UK Lancashire and care homes. We hold a ‘Memories R Made’ dementia choir every Tuesday afternoon in Southport, Wednesday morning at Sutton Grange Care Home in Banks, on Wednesday afternoon at Alsley Lodge in Rufford and at Brookside in Ormskirk on Thursday afternoons. We also have a music arts and crafts session every Friday morning, which started in July 2024. We hold fundraising events which included three performance shows last year plus our monthly adults with learning needs disco. We are really excited to start our new Drumming Eurhythmics project to help improve coordination, motor skills, cognitive development, emotional expression and stress relief. This will benefit social connection and team work. We regularly hand-out feedback forms which have all been positive and we’ve received some wonderful testimonials. We have 4 regular volunteers who make a huge difference to our sessions.

Consultation with stakeholders

The key stakeholders are local care homes, day centres and schools where we provide our classes; along with the individuals of the local community who attend our classes. Other stake holders include our funding providers from whom we receive grants in order to pay for musical instruments and other equipment. We regularly distribute feedback forms at the end of classes and take on board any suggestions, so we can provide the best experience for our members.

Directors' remuneration

The only amounts paid to director is for services as a qualified and professional facilitator delivering music and movement sessions. No remuneration has been paid for services as a director.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets has been made.

This report was approved by the board of directors on
17 December 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Miss Caroline Darbyshire
Status: Director