Hi Steve
Solent Flight now operate from Lower Upham using Ikarus C42's I believe.
Carrill closed its doors as result of the severe downturn in trade caused by mixed ops (power and gliding at the same time) being banned in mid 2007. As gliding operates Wednesdays and at Weekends as well as during the week-long classes run by PNGC in the summer it made Carrill's operation unprofitable. The ban on mixed ops will continue until the a/g frequency has been obtained from the CAA and the equipment installed and approved. To the best of my knowledge Carrill ceased operations, it did not cease to exist.
The new regime will take some time to settle in and we also still need some form of agreement between DfT who own the runway and SEEDA who own the land on which the aircraft are based for ongoing acccess by tenants of the SEEDA land. SEEDA and the local community want aviation to continue at Daedalus but they will have problems attracting investment from the industry unless the prospective tenants can see they have some security of access.
I've dropped you a PM with contact details for Steve Cockshott, who you probably know as one of the Carrill instructors. He'll be better placed to give you more info regarding intruction. In case anyone is wondering there are no plans in hand to license the field.