URBAN GOODIES CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13223763 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 28 February 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 March 2022

End date: 28 February 2023

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2023

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

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Directors' report period ended 28 February 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 28 February 2023

Principal activities of the company

Urban Goodies is a Community Interest Company set up to alleviate food poverty, provide nutritional meals and tackle disadvantage in our communityCompany policy on the employment of disabled personsThe company policy is to have volunteer disabled people wherever practical.

Company policy on disabled employees

Company policy on the employment of disabled personsThe company policy is to have volunteer disabled people wherever practical.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 March 2022 to 28 February 2023

Clare Allington-Dixon
Carlton Dixon
Julie Ann Morgan
Chris Ramsbottom Pampling


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
1 November 2023

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Clare Allington-Dixon
Status: Director

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 28 February 2023

2023 2022


£

£
Turnover: 18,803 11,033
Cost of sales: ( 18,803 ) ( 11,033 )
Gross profit(or loss): 0 0
Operating profit(or loss): 0 0
Profit(or loss) before tax: 0 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 0 0

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Balance sheet

As at 28 February 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 0 0
Total members' funds: 0 0

The notes form part of these financial statements

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 28 February 2023 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 1 November 2023
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Carlton Dixon
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2023

  • 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

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

URBAN GOODIES CIC

Company Number: 13223763 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 28 February 2023

Company activities and impact

Urban Goodies is a Community Interest Company set up to alleviate food poverty, provide nutritional meals and tackle disadvantage in our community. We do this by providing a welcoming safe space at local community centres, where we provide lunches, ready meals, community fridge and cookery classes. We believe nutritious food and education should be accessible to all and aim to have zero wastage from our donated food. Since 2021 we have been providing cookery classes, community cafe, pop up food stalls, suspended meals & affordable ready meals to our community, cooking fresh food, where possible surplus & ensuring nutritious meals are available to all.With the benefit of a grant from Hubbub we managed to purchase and open a Community Fridge in the Holbrooks Community Care Association in August 2022. The aim of the fridge is to fight food waste and support local people. It does this by collecting leftover food from businesses, then making it available to local residents and community groups. This includes individuals with limited access to affordable fresh and nutritious food. Community Fridges are sociable places where any member of the community can exchange surplus food. They aim to reduce food waste and provide a space where locals can share food and household items, skills, recipes and more. They are open to everyone, and work on a spirit of trust. Anyone in the community can donate and anyone can take. The new fridge builds on the success of the existing 150 fridges in the Community Fridge Network, which redistribute on average of almost 6,000 meals per fridge each month. Alongside distributing surplus food to reduce waste, the fridges also offer a place where residents receive food saving advice and recipes, so they can save money and reduce food waste at home too. The community fridges have also helped strengthen household and community resilience by holding community food growing activities to help residents become more food secure and using the space as food co-operatives.Over 1320 families have benefitted from our community fridge per week since July 2022 which relates to over 6,000 meals received. To date we have managed to redistribute over 3 tonnes of food to our community. We have a huge cross section of visitors to the fridge, which is currently open twice a week. Due to the cost of living crisis we are seeing more and more people attending, as we do not operate a means tested criteria and the fridge is open to everyone, many hard to reach (such as working families and the elderly) access the fridge. Over the last 12 months we are pleased to say that many do not feel the same stigma or marginalisation that those who attend social supermarkets or foodbanks do; this was one of the key objectives for us, in order to ensure a higher take up from those persons who are harder to reach in our community. One of the key reasons behind this take up was the introduction of our ready meal project, which encouraged our community to the fridge to collect but also broke down barriers as they were purchasing the meals and made to feel less like they were receiving handouts. Our ready meal project was launched in January 2023, it was the logical step after opening the fridge and seeing ourselves how much surplus we could use and thanks to a pilot grant from Heart of England Community Fund we were able to offer this innovative co-operation between fridge and ready meal. We hire the kitchen at the community centre, twice per week. With the volunteer support of a dedicated experienced chef we produce 2 meals per week of restaurant quality, as a ready meal, designed to be heated up in the microwave or stove, thereby cutting down significantly the cost of creating these meals.The meals are hugely discounted thanks to the grant from Heart of England and Hubbub, partially for the food costs and also thanks to the volunteering hours of our chef.

Consultation with stakeholders

No consultation with 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
1 November 2023

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Clare Allington-Dixon
Status: Director