GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13002011 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 November 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 December 2022

End date: 30 November 2023

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

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

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Directors' report period ended 30 November 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 November 2023

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the period of
1 December 2022 to 29 March 2023

Edwina Fay WILLIAMS
Vera BRAGHIROLI


The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 December 2022 to 23 January 2023

Naomi CLARKE


The director shown below has held office during the period of
14 August 2023 to 30 November 2023

Ratna SHAH


The director shown below has held office during the period of
23 January 2023 to 30 November 2023

May Ling Thomas


The directors shown below have held office during the period of
23 January 2023 to 14 August 2023

Ayesha Bhatti
Rebecca Wilson


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
4 February 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: May Ling Thomas
Status: Director

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

2023 2022


£

£
Turnover: 23,454 37,720
Cost of sales: ( 20,702 ) ( 8,925 )
Gross profit(or loss): 2,752 28,795
Administrative expenses: ( 7,395 ) ( 24,220 )
Other operating income: 613
Operating profit(or loss): (4,643) 5,188
Profit(or loss) before tax: (4,643) 5,188
Tax: ( 986 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (4,643) 4,202

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Balance sheet

As at 30 November 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 538
Cash at bank and in hand: 632 7,721
Total current assets: 632 8,259
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 2,984 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 632 5,275
Total assets less current liabilities: 632 5,275
Total net assets (liabilities): 632 5,275
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 632 5,275
Total members' funds: 632 5,275

The notes form part of these financial statements

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 November 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 4 February 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: May Ling Thomas
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 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

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 0 2

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

3. Debtors

2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 538
Total   538

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

  2022
  £
Taxation and social security 986
Other creditors 1,998
Total   2,984

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

GAMECHANGERS - THE EAST LONDON PLAY AND LEARNING COLLECTIVE C.I.C.

Company Number: 13002011 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 November 2023

Company activities and impact

We are a self directed learning community and based in an adventure playground in East London. We arecommitted to equity, with an emphasis on play and consent. The company exists to provide child care for homeeducated children aged 6 - 12 years, and it runs 2 days per week. This year one of our adult facilitators went onsabbatical for the spring term so we trained a new facilitator, and in the summer term we expanded to 3facilitators with the potential to provide for 18 children.Gamechangers is a not-for-profit community interest company and has always been organised by a committedgroup of parents who believe in democratic education. At the start of 2023 the 4 existing directors all stood downand were replaced by 2 parents and 1 facilitator. During the summer term 2 directors expressed their intent tostep down and no volunteers were forthcoming so we took a strategic pause over the summer holidays. Aprevious director rejoined so that we could spend the Autumn term to review capacity and the changing needsof the wider community, and in November we concluded that Gamechangers was no longer viable.

Consultation with stakeholders

Gamechangers is organised by parents who believe in democratic education and our stakeholders arehome-educating families. We are based in Tower Hamlets, which at 57% has the highest levels of child povertyof any council in the UK. As a volunteer led and organised organisation we rely heavily on our community beingvocal and active.In January 23 we went from 4 directors to 3, and parents let us know that there was a lack of transparencyover director turnover. As the year progressed it also became very clear that the community was not able toundertake all the work that was needed on a voluntary basis.In the year ending 22/11/23 we tried different ways of engaging with our community as well as retaining theregular existing structure:Daily children’s meetings on open running days discussing behaviour and community issues. Plans for thefuture and requests for specific resources and activities can all be discussed.4 open call community engagement meetings in person - 6-8 people from the community in each, agendabased on community questions/concerns/needsOnline collaboration spaces & social media groups for digital discussionshalf-termly individual family meetings with facilitators (4 this year)2 parties (Christmas and end of Summer term) & 2 organised picnics/ playground meets for whole families andfacilitators to connectHalf-termly newsletter, written in collaboration with the childrenWeekly core team meetings2 team-working/visioning meetings -3 new directorsFacilitator & co-director away day with a focus on composting the past and creating the future6 months of self-directed education Facilitator training and team/individual reflection sessions2 days (elapsed) of parent directors observing operations.The home education scene has changed significantly since the project was conceived during the pandemic.We recognise that HE families have a lot more options, and that the rising cost of living makes GCunaffordable for many. We also recognise that half our cohort are from low income families (intentionally),but that we cannot assume they therefore have capacity to volunteer. We recognise that good quality, localHE childcare is needed, and that self-directed education is not a majority choice - and not a primary needfor our waiting list, which reflected how more and more families are rejecting the school system and lookingfor alternatives: Gamechangers was not set up or resourced to support these families well.After consulting with parents at two meetings, through email and in direct, individual conversations, weconcluded that Gamechangers is no longer sustainable

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
4 February 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: May Ling Thomas
Status: Director