RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13288830 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 April 2022

End date: 31 March 2023

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2023

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

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 March 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2023

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

ME Brown
RS Ratcliffe


The director shown below has held office during the period of
3 February 2023 to 31 March 2023

CL Lewis


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
20 November 2023

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: RS Ratcliffe
Status: Director

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2023

2023 2022


£

£
Turnover: 23,364 11,751
Cost of sales: ( 5,499 ) ( 2,407 )
Gross profit(or loss): 17,865 9,344
Administrative expenses: ( 17,248 ) ( 9,145 )
Operating profit(or loss): 617 199
Profit(or loss) before tax: 617 199
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 617 199

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 1,377 1,305
Total fixed assets: 1,377 1,305
Current assets
Debtors: 4 3,209
Cash at bank and in hand: 3,271 2,546
Total current assets: 3,271 5,755
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 3,832 ) ( 6,861 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (561) (1,106)
Total assets less current liabilities: 816 199
Total net assets (liabilities): 816 199
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 816 199
Total members' funds: 816 199

The notes form part of these financial statements

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 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 20 November 2023
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: RS Ratcliffe
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 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

    Turnover policy

    Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods supplied and services rendered.Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer, usually on despatch of the goods, the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the associated economic benefits will flow to the entity, and thecosts incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transactions can be measured reliably.When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of services can be reliably estimated, revenue from the rendering of services is measured by reference to the stage of completion of theservice transaction at the end of the reporting period.When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of services cannot be reliably estimated, revenue is recognised only to the extent that expenses recognised are recoverable.

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:Fittings fixtures and equipment - 10%% reducing balanceIf there is an indication that there has been a significant change in depreciation rate, useful life or residual value of tangible assets, the depreciation is revised prospectively to reflect the new estimates.

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 2 2

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2023

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 April 2022 1,450 1,450
Additions 225 225
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2023 1,675 1,675
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022 145 145
Charge for year 153 153
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2023 298 298
Net book value
At 31 March 2023 1,377 1,377
At 31 March 2022 1,305 1,305

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2023

4. Debtors

2023 2022
£ £
Other debtors 3,209
Total   3,209

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2023

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2023 2022
£ £
Other creditors 3,832 6,861
Total 3,832 6,861

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Company Number: 13288830 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2023

Company activities and impact

Our activities have been carried out for the benefit of our communities which include front line staff and their families, poverty stricken and deprived communities, and trainee counsellors. We have provided mental health support, safeguard planning and support, mental health awareness work within the frontline community, free face to face counselling, free telephone counselling, free video counselling, stabilisation of community resources work, networking with crucial community providers, and awareness work on gender-inclusive acceptance for the mental health field and frontline providers.We work closely with this social prescribing network across Cornwall as a leading provider of free counselling to those within our community who need the support most but cannot access it or have to wait for extreme lengths of time for over-prescribed services. We work closely with GP surgeries as a cohesive unit to support their clients from start to end, ensuring a continuation of information and updates that deliver more significant outcomes for patients and providers.This has had a positive impact across the county with less stress and strain on GP surgeries, reduced medication requirements, reduced repeated appointments, reduced admission to A&E for those who have previously engaged in severe self-harm, and reduced pressure on CMHT, paramedics and police. We have worked closely with community resources and organisations to reduce suicides as a partner of the “zero suicides” movement and reduce reoffending rates. 2022-2023 saw a huge shift in focus based on key stakeholder feedback to support the cost-of-living-crisis victims and community members.Our placement opportunities for trainee counsellors have provided specialist training and development to our volunteer community with free clinical supervision every month that ensures both ethical and safe practice. This has ensured our trainee team are more prepared and supported to engage in their learning journey, and we have helped them to be the best future for our community's mental health provisions. We make sure our trainee counsellors are not financially disadvantaged during their placement, and this means we can develop and support trainees from more diverse financial backgrounds who previously wouldn't be able to engage in counselling training due to the financial outlay of qualifying. Diversity within our profession is key, and we are proud to support inclusivity within our workplace. In doing this, we are helping to create mental health provisions that reflect our whole county community and not just the financially secure parts. Diversity and inclusion have always been very important at Ratcliffe & Brown CIC and thanks to our kind funders, Cornwall Community Foundation, we could continue this important work even when the cost-of-living-crisis impacted our operating costs.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders are the communities we support and organisations we work with in official and unofficial partnerships. Previous to our project beginning, we invested large amounts of time in detailed market research to identify what our community needs were, what support already existed, and what have worked well previously. From this research, we approached key stakeholders within each community to help design and relevant project that best supported their needs. 2021 saw the pilot of this project achieve great success across all our target communities. We gained end of year feedback in 2022 from our community stakeholders and reviewed the findings at the annual director's meeting. We have amended our project to reflect a greater focus on the “cost-of-living-crisis” that is more central to our community’s needs. We moved our focus to prioritise financially disadvantaged community members and their families and raised awareness of the inequality financial status can cause within our profession for our trainee counsellors.We are grateful for the support and guidance from our community and partner organisations whose feedback continues to shape our project moving forward and to make it keep in line with our community needs and feedback.

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
20 November 2023

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Rachel Ratcliffe
Status: Director