SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
SC670941 (Scotland)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 September 2022

End date: 31 August 2023

SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2023

Directors report
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 August 2023

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

Directors

The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023

Lauren Frances Mclaughlin


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
8 April 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Lauren Frances Mclaughlin
Status: Director

SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 August 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 760 761
Cash at bank and in hand: 953 12,825
Total current assets: 1,713 13,586
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 25,676 ) ( 25,645 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (23,963) (12,059)
Total assets less current liabilities: (23,963) ( 12,059)
Total net assets (liabilities): (23,963) (12,059)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (23,963) ( 12,059)
Total members' funds: ( 23,963) (12,059)

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 August 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.

The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 8 April 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Lauren Frances Mclaughlin
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2023

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Financial Reporting Standard 101

SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2023

3. Debtors

2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 760 761
Total 760 761

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2023

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2023 2022
£ £
Trade creditors 25,197 25,166
Accruals and deferred income 479 479
Total 25,676 25,645

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

SPILT MILK GALLERY CIC

Company Number: SC670941 (Scotland)

Year Ending: 31 August 2023

Company activities and impact

Spilt Milk produced several exhibitions for our artist membership to disseminate their artworks to our audiences in Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians. These exhibitions included:Cartography of Care 8th – 29th October 2022. Cartography of Care was an exhibition curated in response to the idea of an emotional atlas. It brought together the work of an international group of artist mothers working across a variety of disciplines to explore how we might map the human experience of caregiving. The exhibition was accompanied by a series of community focused events including a family friendly afternoon opening event, and several free drop-in creative workshops for local mothers and their families. In Unison 6th March – 16th April 2023This exhibition was produced in partnership with On Fife to present the work of Scottish based artist mothers for their International Women’s Day Programme. The exhibition was held at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Museum. Formula for Care? 27th March – 6th August 2023This exhibition was in partnership with Tonic Arts, NHS Lothian Charity. The exhibition included the work of 9 Spilt Milk members whose work portrayed the complex and diverse experiences of mothering. The exhibition took place at St John’s Hospital in Livingston and expanded our audience reach to engage with NHS staff, patients and visitors within the Maternity unit at the hospital. Cut, Torn & Mended 13th May – 14 July 2023This online exhibition and accompanying Zine provided an accessible opportunity for our members to have their work shown in our online exhibition (thus reducing shipping costs) and provided an exciting and accessible format to present works in collage from our members in celebration of World Collage Day 2023. We also held a number of workshops throughout the period of September 2022 – August 2023 including an online book group ‘The Artists Way’ which encouraged creative mothers to reawaken their creativity and come together in a supportive online space once a week with Beckie Upton. The group met for 12 weeks online. The fees were charged at a sliding scale price to support those on lower incomes attend.

Consultation with stakeholders

Spilt Milk Gallery’s Stakeholders include our Artist Members, Exhibition Audiences (in person and online), Workshop users (in-person and online), Parterships (Tonic Arts, NHS Lothian Charity, and On Fife). Consultation with stakeholders included several online meetings with our artist members to evaluate their needs in terms of exhibitions and events to showcase their artworks, this included gathering feedback from exhibitors and artists who were included in online events. We also produced printed feedback forms during the exhibition ‘Cartography of Care’ to evaluate visitor experiences and feedback from those who attended our drop in workshops. Online feedback was gathered from participants who attended the Artists Way Book Group and this was used to improve the future programming. Several meetings were also held with our partnership projects with On Fife and Tonic Arts including consultation with Tonic Arts prior to and during the exhibition ‘Formula for Care’ to ensure that the Spilt Milk aims were being met as well as Tonic Arts during our partnership. Consultation was also conducted with the artists in the exhibition to ensure they were satisfied with how their work was presented and that written texts accurately reflected their ideas.

Directors' remuneration

Directors renumeration was included in Freelancer Fees, full details are provided in the accounts. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
8 April 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Lauren Frances Mclaughlin
Status: Director