CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
14342685 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 7 September 2022

End date: 30 September 2023

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2023

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 September 2023

Notes 13 months to 30 September 2023


£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 25,736
Total current assets: 25,736
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 16,646 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 9,090
Total assets less current liabilities: 9,090
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: 4 ( 10,485 )
Total net assets (liabilities): (1,395)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (1,395)
Total members' funds: ( 1,395)

The notes form part of these financial statements

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 September 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 14 August 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Chinar Najib
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 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

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2023

  • 2. Employees

    13 months to 30 September 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2023

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

13 months to 30 September 2023
£
Accruals and deferred income 15,046
Other creditors 1,600
Total 16,646

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2023

4. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year note

13 months to 30 September 2023
£
Other creditors 10,485
Total 10,485

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR CIC

Company Number: 14342685 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 September 2023

Company activities and impact

CULTURE BRIDGE MCR spent most of the year organising and delivering art and cultural workshops in Stockport and Manchester area. Our group succeeded in creating more cultural bridges through sharing and delivering the art activities, workshop seminars, film seasons, Children HAF projects, women art and culture projects, and celebrating annual festivals and cultures. With the support of our lovely volunteers and community and the various funds we received, we were able to support each other and develop our work.We organised weekly activity workshops, Women workshops, Music Workshops, Arts and crafts workshops, Children and Adults Play activities, English Language activities. Throughout the year Culture Bridge MCR continued to offer free, workshops and events to the community-2018 to date - Women workshops on Fridays.Refugee Connect Workshops - 2020-to date on Wednesdays2018-to date - Children Art and Culture workshops on Saturdays2022-to date - Children HAF workshops during the school holidays.Also, Culture Bridge organised and delivered several events such as Christmas Party, New Year party, Chinese New Year, Eid celebrations, NewYear party, and Easter celebrations, plus occasional celebrationssuch as International Women Day, The Refugee Week, Film Seasons, and some other events.We successfully achieved the following objectives for our community, through our art and culture workshops and activities--Create a safe, supportive space for all and ideas to explore and communicate their experiences.-Nurture relationships across communities with shared skills and experiences-Enhance confidence and self-esteem and through this process, promote a greater awareness of independence and self-determination.- Develop positive attitudes towards change, through this process that helps the women reorient the ways they think about themselves and the situations in which they find themselves, releasing their capabilities to effect changes in their lives.-Help families overcome their past traumatic experience in their home country- Foster self-empowerment so that they become advocates for themselves and for others in similar situations, enabling them to fight isolation and promoting their active role in UK society.- Build trust between them and the local community.- Improving the language skill of the participants whom their English was very limited but through chatting within the group, their confidence was amazingly developed.- Integrate better into the community through finding voluntary works and encouraging to contribute with their skills and talents.- We had a chance to know their characters and interests, and that helped to offer further advise, guidance and involvements, such as, involving them in the future workshops of art and creativities.- We created a volunteer group to support each other and carry out the weekly workshops.

Consultation with stakeholders

Culture Bridge MCR – collaborated and brought different cultures and communities to work together inStockport, Manchester and surrounding areas - were consulted many times during the year for opinionsand support around asylum-seeking families, refugees and migrants. Several meetings, workshops and artactivities were coordinated, and successfully facilitated by a group of multicultural artists and musicians.Inclusion, diversity and equality were encouraged, and successful connections were built with StockportCouncil, and many other local community groups in Manchester.Culture bridge has regularly kept the community updated on what we are doing by blogging, on socialmedia, and communicating via our WhatsApp Group, mailing list and received most feedback through thewomen, Children and families’ groups, as well as through social media pages, especially on Facebook.We continued to ask for feedback and evaluations from our workshops’ participants to be able to do coverthe most needed issues in our community.

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
14 August 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Chinar Najib
Status: Director