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The unrestricted funds of the company increased from £25,508 at April 2023 to £44,126 by March 2025.
At 1 April 2024 Income Expenditure Transfers At 31 March 2025 General funds 25,508 204,690 (186,072) – 44,126
Financial · Observational claim · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 41
The company's expenses related to defined contribution plans were £2,335 in the year ending March 2025.
The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £2,335 (2024: £3,340).
Financial · Observational claim · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 41
The company's bank loans and overdrafts decreased from £27,475 in 2024 to £13,236 in 2025.
Bank loans and overdrafts 13,236 27,475
Financial · Observational claim · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 41
The total paid to key management personnel for services provided in the year ending March 2025 was £69,012.
The total paid to key management personnel for services provided to the charity was £69,012 (2024: £66,299).
Financial · Metric statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 39
The total fundraising costs in the year ending March 2025 were £216.
Fundraising costs 216 – 216
Financial · Metric statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 37
The total unrestricted funds from donations in the year ending March 2025 were £1,969.
Donations Donations 1,969 1,969
Financial · Metric statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 35
The company does not have a share capital as it is limited by guarantee.
Key Changes is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not have a share capital.
Governance · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 34
Key Changes maintains reserves equivalent to three months of core operating costs and one month of project delivery costs.
To balance financial stability with effective use of funds, the Board has agreed that free reserves should be maintained at a level equivalent to three months of core operating costs and one month of project delivery costs, which equates to approximately £36,000 at current activity levels.
Financial · Funding statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 24
Key Changes aims to reduce relapse rates, hospital admissions, and service use while improving overall wellbeing.
The support we provide aims to reduce rates of relapse, hospital admission and service use, improve overall wellbeing, overcome social isolation, challenge health inequality, stigma and discrimination.
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 22
The organisation monitors the impact of its programmes using occupational therapy standards and the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS).
We monitor the impact of our programmes through detailed session reports recorded to occupational therapy standards. All data is securely stored in our Lamplight system and shared with care teams to inform both short- and long-term recovery planning.
Service · Procedural statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 22
Key Changes provides a range of services including studio time, artist development sessions, and industry mentorship.
◆ One-to-one studio and artist development sessions ◆ Pre-start taster session and assessment ◆ Professionally produced mixes of tracks ◆ Develop artist brand and marketing assets
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 17
The mentoring programmes aim to improve mental health and wellbeing through creative collaboration, encouragement, and feedback.
The process of creative collaboration, feelgood factor from finished mixes of musical ideas, encouragement and feedback from mentors, peers and wider audiences, can lift spirits and improve wellbeing.
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 17
Key Changes offers mentoring programmes that help individuals with mental health challenges to write and record music.
Our mentoring programmes provide an opportunity to write and record music with professional producers and develop an identity as an artist – offering a new way of knowing yourself and chance to redefine who you are.
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 17
Key Changes offers pop-up recording studio sessions in hospitals to develop patients' self-expression and creativity.
In hospitals we provide pop-up recording studio sessions on the wards which develop patients’ self-expression and creativity and foster hope for the future.
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 14
Key Changes has been recognised by the NHS, local authorities, and the Department of Health for its work in music and mental health.
Our work has been widely recognised by the NHS, local authorities, and the Department of Health, and has been showcased at major national conferences and forums
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 12
Key Changes provides music and mental health programmes in various settings, including hospitals, professional recording studios, community venues, cultural spaces, and online.
We provide music and mental health programmes in hospitals and healthcare settings, professional recording studios, community venues, cultural spaces, and online, helping people express themselves, build confidence, and connect through creativity.
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 10
More than 80% of Key Changes participants come from low-income and global majority backgrounds.
More than 80% of our participants come from low-income and global majority backgrounds, with around half first engaging while detained under the Mental Health Act.
Metric · Observational claim · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 10
Key Changes focuses on communities most affected by mental health inequalities, including economically disadvantaged and neurodiverse individuals.
We specialise in supporting communities most affected by mental health inequalities, including people who are economically disadvantaged, homeless, neurodiverse, LGBTQ+, racialised, refugees, care leavers, veterans, and individuals in the criminal justice system.
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 10
Key Changes supports individuals to develop creative and vocational skills while improving their confidence and resilience.
Our trauma-informed, person-centred approach supports individuals to develop creative and vocational skills while improving confidence, resilience, and social connection.
Service · Policy statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 10
Key Changes is governed by a Board of Trustees responsible for strategic direction and performance monitoring.
The charity is governed by a Board of Trustees which sets strategic direction, approves budgets and policies, and monitors performance.
Governance · Procedural statement · From Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2025, page 8