CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Company Registration Number:
10014253 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 January 2022

End date: 31 December 2022

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2022

Directors report
Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Directors' report period ended 31 December 2022

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 December 2022

Principal activities of the company

The principal activity of the company in the period under review was: Artist activities



Directors

The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

Stephen Stapleton


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
29 September 2023

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Stephen Stapleton
Status: Director

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 December 2022

2022 2021


£

£
Turnover: 59,583 205,070
Cost of sales: ( 27,282 ) ( 933 )
Gross profit(or loss): 32,301 204,137
Distribution costs: ( 25,373 ) ( 187,747 )
Administrative expenses: ( 9,071 ) ( 18,487 )
Other operating income: 0 0
Operating profit(or loss): (2,143) (2,097)
Interest receivable and similar income: 0 0
Interest payable and similar charges: 0 ( 2,442 )
Profit(or loss) before tax: (2,143) (4,539)
Tax: 0 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (2,143) (4,539)

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2022

Notes 2022 2021


£

£
Called up share capital not paid: 0 0
Fixed assets
Intangible assets: 3 8,883 3,304
Tangible assets:   0 0
Investments:   0 0
Total fixed assets: 8,883 3,304
Current assets
Stocks:   0 0
Debtors: 4 212,401 126,207
Cash at bank and in hand: 970 40,753
Investments:   0 0
Total current assets: 213,371 166,960
Prepayments and accrued income: 6,729 0
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 176,989 ) ( 91,114 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 43,111 75,846
Total assets less current liabilities: 51,994 79,150
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year:   0 0
Provision for liabilities: 0 0
Accruals and deferred income: ( 25,000 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 51,994 54,150
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital: 54,137 58,689
Share premium account: 0 0
Other reserves: 0 0
Profit and loss account: (2,143 ) (4,539 )
Total Shareholders' funds: 51,994 54,150

The notes form part of these financial statements

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 December 2022 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.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 28 September 2023
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Stephen Stapleton
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2022

  • 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 comprises the invoiced value of goods and services supplied by the company, net of trade discounts.

    Intangible fixed assets amortisation policy

    Intangible assets are amortised at rates calculated to write off the assets on a straight line basis over their estimated useful economic lives. Impairment of intangible assets is only reviewed where circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be fully recoverable.

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2022

  • 2. Employees

    2022 2021
    Average number of employees during the period 2 2

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2022

3. Intangible assets

Goodwill Other Total
Cost £ £ £
At 1 January 2022 0 4,935 4,935
Additions 0 5,967 5,967
Disposals 0 0 0
Revaluations 0 0 0
Transfers 0 0 0
At 31 December 2022 0 10,902 10,902
Amortisation
At 1 January 2022 0 1,631 1,631
Charge for year 0 388 388
On disposals 0 0 0
Other adjustments 0 0 0
At 31 December 2022 0 2,019 2,019
Net book value
At 31 December 2022 0 8,883 8,883
At 31 December 2021 0 3,304 3,304

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2022

4. Debtors

2022 2021
£ £
Trade debtors 212,401 126,207
Prepayments and accrued income 0 0
Other debtors 0 0
Total 212,401 126,207
Debtors due after more than one year: 0 0

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2022

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2022 2021
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 0 0
Amounts due under finance leases and hire purchase contracts 0 0
Trade creditors 176,989 91,114
Taxation and social security 0 0
Accruals and deferred income 0 0
Other creditors 0 0
Total 176,989 91,114

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

CULTURUNNERS C.I.C.

Company Number: 10014253 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2022

Company activities and impact

CULTURUNNERS produces cross-cultural campaigns, partnerships, exhibitions, films, and live events which inspire action on key sustainability issues with a focus on peacebuilding, health and climate. In 2019, CULTURUNNERS initiated The Future is Unwritten to advocate for urgent cooperation between artists, cultural institutions, and United Nations Agencies in order to amplify and accelerate implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In 2020, CULTURUNNERS established Healing Arts as a cultural call to action in response to the pandemic and its effect on societal mental health. And in 2022 became a founding partner of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab alongside the World Health Organization, New York University and Community Jameel.In 2022 Culturunners worked in partnership with:Hope for Depression Research Foundation, Academic and Scientific Affairs, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Center for Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida, Art & Health, World Health Organization, The Future is Unwritten, Creative Arts Therapies Consortium, Department of Graduate Expressive Therapies, Lesley University, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, University of Houston, Houston Methodist Hospital System’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine, Barbara Davis Gallery, Open Mind Project, Houston Art Alliance, NYU Steinhardt, Nila House, The Corona Quilt Project, The Art Lab Studio, Decade of Action, Creative Arts Therapies Consorcium, Street Arts Government, PaRx, BC Parks Foundation, Arts and Climate Initiative, The Lincoln Center, Education and Community Engagement, New York Philharmonic, Clinical Operations at Kingsboro Psychiatric Hospital, LA Opera, Lineage Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Able ARTS Work, The Getty Center, Koreatown Youth and Community Center, Plaza de la Raza, UCLA Health, Brooklyn Museum, Public Programs at Brooklyn Museum, The Hackett Center for Mental Health, Studio Enertia, Center for Performing Arts Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital System, Culture of Health – Advancing Together, Institut du Monde Arabe, Community Jameel, Google France, Yazda, Noor Riyadh, Hope for Depression Research Foundation, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, CDC Vaccine Confidence and Demand Team.Throughout the year, Culturunners C.I.C. was involved in following activities:The Jameel Arts & Health Lab in Collaboration with the WHOCULTURUNNERS was the driving force behind the concept development and partnerships strategy of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab. CULTURUNNERS secured partnerships with the World Health Organization, the Steinhardt School at New York University, and Community Jameel in order to establish the feasibility of the Lab. Focused on overlooked and underserved communities, the lab will launch in 2023 to coordinate and amplify scientific research into the effectiveness of the arts in improving health and wellbeing. Leveraging data, artist-led advocacy and a global ‘Healing Arts’ campaign, the Lab will drive policy implementation across 193 UN member states.The Future is Unwritten Artists Response FundHealing Arts Fundraising Auction in Collaboration with ChristiesCULTURUNNERS distributed its The Future is Unwritten Artists Response Fund which was established in 2020 to provide financial and production support to artist-led projects on the ‘frontline’ of the pandemic, where the crisis has exacerbated preexisting threats to the environment, economy, public health, political stability and human rights. These ‘artists on the frontline’ have been among the first to react, stand together in solidarity and demonstrate compassion with those most vulnerable and at risk amidst the greatest health challenge to the human race in a century.Considering the physical and psychological cost of COVID-19, the fund aimed to empower artists working with marginalised communities, and whose projects represent models which can be scaled to contribute to a paradigm shift on health and sustainability issues at this crucial time. By tapping into a generational wave of activism, and the growing call to ‘Build Back Better’ after the pandemic, chosen projects champion a ‘Decade of Action’ in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.14 artists projects were supported in 2022 including in the United States, Iraq, Navajo Nation (Arizona), UK, Barbados, Trinidad, Sudan and South Africa. Healing Arts Houston will mark the launch of a new Artist Response Fund project to benefit the city of Houston.6-7 January, 2022: Healing Arts Palm Beach in collaboration with The Society of the Four Arts, FloridaCULTURUNNERS produced a two-day event highlighting the scale and scope of the global mental health crisis, advances in neurobiological research, and examples of cultural practices and creative arts therapies that help address our most pressing public health concerns. The Program included:HEALING ARTS – A MODEL & A MOVEMENT PANEL DISCUSSION at THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTSThe Healing Arts Leadership team introduce an evolving initiative to advance multi-sector engagement and research on the health benefits of the arts. Activated under the auspices of the World Health Organization Arts and Health program, and as part of the United Nations Decade of Action, the Healing Arts model connects research, practice, outreach, and policy, and holds the potential to impact the lives of millions of people around the world.ART THERAPY, A GLOBAL PATH PRESENTATION at THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTSDr. Stephenson, an Associate Professor of Expressive Therapies at Lesley University, presented a lecture on Art therapy, an evidence-based form of psychotherapy that empowers people to communicate feelings through the creative process of art making within a therapeutic relationship. Art therapy is used to improve, restore and enhance physical, mental and emotional functioning and personal wellbeing. HOPE FOR DEPRESSION PRESENTATIONS at THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTSAudrey Gruss, Founding Chair of the Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF), and acclaimed neuroscientist Dr. Eric Nestler, Chair of HDRF’s Depression Task Force, discussed the latest research on major depression as the leading cause of disability and suicide worldwide. SOCIAL PRESCRIBING PRESENTATIONS at THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTSJill Sonke, Senior Advisor to the CDC Vaccine Confidence and Demand Team, explored the value of public health plus arts and culture partnerships for increasing health, and equity in communities facing public health issues, including mental health, social isolation, collective trauma, racism, chronic disease, and the pandemic.January 20 - October 1, 2022: Healing Arts Houston in collaboration with the University of HoustonONLINE FUNDRAISING AUCTION - SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 1, 2022Barbara Davis (Principal, Barbara Davis Gallery) curated this one-off Healing Arts Auction to support The Future is Unwritten Artists Response Fund, under the auspices of the World Health Organization Art and Health Program to provide financial and production support to artist-led projects that contribute to improved physical, mental, and social health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.PRESS CONFERENCE AND RECEPTION - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) hosted a special opening reception celebrating Healing Arts Houston. The event kicked off a week of exciting and necessary conversations around medicine and the arts. Welcoming remarks by Christopher Bailey, the Arts and Health Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO); Hesse McGraw, Executive Director at CAMH made a special announcement unveiling the Houston recipient of The Future is Unwritten Artist Response Fund Grant. Following the remarks, a celebratory reception was held on CAMH’s outdoor terrace.INNOVATIONS IN ARTS AND HEALTH CONFERENCE - SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 1, 2022Innovations in Arts and Health: Collaborating for Medical Humanities, Professional Development, and Community Health was an international conference convening the brightest and most creative minds working at the intersection of arts and health in Houston, a global mecca for innovations in the arts, health sciences and medical education. The conference was open to the public and will be a dynamic space for dialogue, learning and inspiration.CARED FOR (EXHIBITION) - SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 9, 2022The Blaffer Art Museum presented the work of three artists who propose alternative meditations and visualizations of the medical process. Shana Hoehn, Virginia Lee Montgomery and Sarah Sudhoff have all spent significant time living and working in Texas, and each shared work that reformulates our visual and conceptual models of healing and remedy. This exhibition offered a space for a recalibration of care and how it is practiced as both one and many.AHMED MATER: X-RAY CALLIGRAPHY No 1 - SEPTEMBER 29, 2022In memory of Fotofest co-founder, Fred Baldwin (1929-2021), who supported so many artists from around the world, leading Saudi artist and Edge of Arabia donated this work to benefit the Biennale and an Arts and Health Residency at the University of Houston as part of Healing Arts.HEALING ARTS HOUSTON LAUNCH EVENT - JANUARY 21, 2022Livestreamed from the University of Houston, this event featured selected panels and performances and maredk the official launch of Healing Arts Houston. The free event initiated the Healing Arts dialogue in Houston and offered a lively preview of what was to come in the September symposium. THE DIRTY SOUTH - JANUARY 20, 2022Contemporary Arts Museum Houston gave a special tour of New York Times and Los Angeles Times exhibition of the year, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse. The tour was introduced by CAMH Deputy Director, Seba Suber, and Healing Arts Co-Directors, Stephen Stapleton and Nisha Sajnani.9 March - 31 July 2022 Healing Arts Jaipur in collaboration with Nila HouseStories of Healing in Cloth, a public art installation by the Corona Quilt Project in collaboration with Nila House and The Art Lab Studio. The Corona Quilt Project is an India-wide artisan engagement initiative conceived by leading Indian artist, Dia Mehhta Bhupal and Neha Modi. In direct collaboration with communities in New Delhi, Goa and now Jaipur, the project offers an inclusive channel of collective healing in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. This latest iteration of the project engaged with craftspeople from across Rajasthan in order to create sensitive, site-responsive artworks around the themes of nature and symmetry. The crafts practitioners and students were given no other brief but to express themselves through textile, creating hundreds of individual square artworks which were then stitched together to create the final quilt.EXHIBITION: STORIES OF HEALING IN CLOTH - 9 MAR - 31 JUL, 2022A major new public art installation by leading Indian artist Dia Mehhta Bhupal and Neha Modi was created in collaboration with Nila and The Art Lab Studio, and was on view at Nila House in Jaipur as part of a special exhibition. The project was an evolution of Bhupal and Modi’s ongoing Corona Quilt Project, an artisan engagement initiative that offers an uplifting, inclusive channel of collective healing in the aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic.VIRTUAL LAUNCH EPISODE 1: CHRISTOPHER BAILEY: A PERSONAL RESPONSE - 15 MAR, 2022Healing Arts Jaipur presented Episode 1 of Stories of Healing in Cloth virtual launch series. Reflecting on the recent history of quilt making and his personal connection to the craft, Christopher Bailey, the Arts and Health Lead at the World Health Organization, framed the Corona Quilt Project within the WHO definition of physical, mental and social health.VIRTUAL LAUNCH EPISODE 2 - 2 MAY, 2022Exploring the extraordinary artistic journey of the Corona Quilt Project, from inception as a community response to the pandemic, to its latest expression in Jaipur, as narrated by its founders, Dia Mehhta Bhupal and Neha Modi. With additional commentary by Nila House Director, Anuradha Singh. This short film was produced by Healing Arts Jaipur and The Art Lab Studio in collaboration with Nila House.7 April, 2022 Visions and Voices of a Healthy PlanetA HEALING ARTS PANEL DISCUSSION FOR WORLD HEALTH DAY 2022Human caused climate change has created an existential threat to life on this planet and has dramatically altered our health and wellbeing as well as our conception of ourselves and our place in the world. It is in this spirit that CULTURUNNERS called together care providers and artists across genres and geographies who recognize the relationship between planetary and human health. This conversation for Our Planet, Our Health brought us into a fuller, sensory immersion of the reciprocal relationship between care for our planet and ourselves.June 11, 2022 The Vanishing Point Tour. A journey into blindness and perception performance by Christopher Bailey‘The Vanishing Point’ tells the story of the Christopher Bailey's (Arts and Health Lead at WHO) journey into blindness, and what he learned about perception, empathy, and the healing power of the arts. It is both a personal story and a journey across the history of humanity’s quest for sense-making, from our hunter gatherer days, through modern times, and to the recent discoveries in neurology which are beginning to shed light on the science behind deep aesthetic experiences and their power to support improved mental, physical and social health. At times harrowing, fascinating, funny, and moving, this event may well change the way you see the world.The Vanishing Point tour was presented as part of Healing Arts global campaign to promote improved physical, mental, and social health through the arts. Tour Dates included:Los Angeles County Museum of Art June 15, 2022The Performance was introduced by acclaimed soprano and arts/health advocate Renee Fleming, and was followed by a discussion with the audience.George Washington University in Washington D.C. - October 3rd The performance was followed by a panel discussion and conversation with the audience, featuring Gary Padmore, Director of Education at the New York Philharmonic, and Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Perez, Director of Clinical Operations at Kingsboro Psychiatric Hospital. The panel was moderated by esteemed author, researcher, and professor Dr. Nisha Sajnani, founding co-director of the Arts + Health at NYU and chair of the NYU Creative Arts Therapies Consortium.Stella Adler Center for the Arts in New York October 5th12 – 18 June 2022: Los Angeles County Arts and Health WeekLA Arts and Health Week showcased the ways in which the arts support mental health and wellbeing, and how they enrich our lives at all ages. The one-week free weekly program included:Mindful Monday: Cultivating Empathy and Connectedness at Home Cultivating Empathy and Connectedness at Home, led by LACMA educators Alicia Vogl Saenz and Elizabeth Gerber. In this live, virtual gathering, we will explore works from LACMA’s current exhibition City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907. The program includes opportunities for participants to share observations and reflections in the chat box along with guided meditation.Able ARTS Work - Art Gallery LA COUNTY ARTS AND HEALTH WEEK SUMMITA day-long session highlighted presentations from organizations engaging in this arts and health work and the diverse resources available for those seeking to make arts and health a part of their mission.The Vanishing Point - Los Angeles County Museum of ArtSpecial performance by Christopher Bailey, Arts & Health Lead at the WHO. Presented in conjunction with Los Angeles County Arts and Health Week.UCLA Health - A demonstration of Opera for Life and Wellness, a program of UCLA Health and LA Opera Connects for long-haul COVID-19 patients.Mindful Moments in the Museum.Tour of Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy At the intersection of art and science, this exhibition looked at the shared vocabulary of anatomical images and at the different methods used to reveal the body through a wide range of media, from woodcut to neon.Plaza de la Raza: Student performance as part of COVID-19 education. A comical re-telling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as a barrio story at Plaza de la Raza, the longest operating Latino arts center in the USA.Program DemonstrationKoreatown Youth and Community Center featured an intergenerational food and cooking program, which was developed during the pandemic to address isolation and to promote cultural traditions and connection.The Brightness of LightRenee Fleming and Rod Gilfry returned to LA Opera for this touching song cycle by Kevin Puts, which chronicles the romance of iconic artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her mentor-turned-husband Alfred Stieglitz.7 July – 9 September 2022: The Grey-Green Divide by Mona Chalabi at Brooklyn MuseumENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN BROOKLYN COMMUNITIESInstallation by artist and data journalist Mona Chalabi illustrated New York City’s most common trees on the front steps of Brooklyn Museum. In playful drawings and data-driven visualizations, Mona investigates why trees matter. Not only do trees create shade and shelter, reduce energy needs, and remove air pollution, but access to trees also affects physical and mental wellness. When many New Yorkers were confined to their homes due to COVID-19, extreme heat and unequal proximity to cool green space became, and remain, heightened public health issues.ART TALK AND NATURE WALK - LAUREN ZELAYA and HERBAN CURA - SATURDAY JULY 9, 2022Project organizer and Director of Public Programs at Brooklyn Museum, Lauren Zelaya, gave a talk about Mona Chalabi's outdoor installation The Gray-Green Divide. After the talk, Antonia Estela Perez - artist, herbalist, and co-founder of Herban Cura - led an interactive nature walk exploring the medicinal and cultural properties of local plants and trees. 26 October, 2022 YAZIDI CULTURAL ARCHIVES LAUNCH at INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE, PARISCULTURUNNERS was the lead partner in the creation of the Yazidi Cultural Archives, a globally accessible online platform available in English and Arabic, comprising of 4 online exhibitions created by 16 Yazidi women survivors of the 2014 genocide in Iraq carried out by Da’esh. The archives were launched on the UN Homepage of the Google Arts and Culture Platform. The stories were captured through a series of artistic workshops led by Yazda, a community-led organisation that aids survivors of genocide in Iraq and around the world. Other partners included Community Jameel, CULTURUNNERS, the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology and Nobody’s Listening. An evaluation of the impact of the archives on the psychological wellbeing of participants is being supported by New York Universit Arts and Health initiative and the WHO Arts and Health programme.A meeting to celebrate the archives was held at Yazda headquarters in Duhok, Iraq on October 20, 2022 and the archives were officially launched at a high-profile event at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, France on October 26, 2022.9 December, 2022Art Heals Roundtable: How the Arts Impact Health and WellbeingNoor Riyadh Festival, Saudi ArabiaThis roundtable discussion brought together thought leaders, researchers, artists, and arts therapists who are demonstrating how the arts, from individual practice to public festivals, can have a significant impact on our physical, mental, and social health and wellbeing.

Consultation with stakeholders

Culturunners's main stakeholder groups are artists, curators, policy-makers, students and teachers, researchers working at the intersection of arts and global sustainability challenges. We hold regular consultations with our stakeholders during the preparation of projects including campaigns, exhibitions, dialogues and fundraising events. We also provide in depth evaluations and reports on each project. Their suggestions and considerations are fully taken onboard and directly shape the design and content of our work. We also consult students and teachers in the development and delivery of our outreach program. In summary all our initiatives are produced and delivered in close collaboration with our valued stakeholders.

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
29 September 2023

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Stephen Stapleton
Status: Director