THE JOY IN SIMPLE CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
14009427 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 April 2023

End date: 31 March 2024

THE JOY IN SIMPLE CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

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

THE JOY IN SIMPLE CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 March 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2024

Principal activities of the company

encouraging and inspiring simple steps to improve metal health and physical wellbeing.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

S Bush
E Chrispin
R Gibbons-Lejeune


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
15 July 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: S Bush
Status: Director

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 13,077 15,434
Cost of sales: ( 8,367 ) ( 9,863 )
Gross profit(or loss): 4,710 5,571
Administrative expenses: ( 4,706 ) ( 5,569 )
Operating profit(or loss): 4 2
Profit(or loss) before tax: 4 2
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 4 2

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 226 8,117
Total current assets: 226 8,117
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 220 ) ( 8,115 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 6 2
Total assets less current liabilities: 6 2
Total net assets (liabilities): 6 2
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 6 2
Total members' funds: 6 2

The notes form part of these financial statements

THE JOY IN SIMPLE CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 2024 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 15 July 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: S Bush
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

  • 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, net of discounts. Turnover includes donations and grants. Turnover from the sale of goods, if any, is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.

THE JOY IN SIMPLE CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 1 1

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Taxation and social security 915
Accruals and deferred income 220 450
Other creditors 6,750
Total 220 8,115

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

THE JOY IN SIMPLE CIC

Company Number: 14009427 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2024

Company activities and impact

The Joy in Simple CIC provides wellbeing programmes, storybooks for families and children and a digital App. The Love Me Programme, offered at LiveWell Kew, a pioneering social prescribing centre, has inspired and encouraged over 100 women to date in SW London. It seeks to provide an opportunity for women who may be struggling financially, dealing with illness, experiencing low moods, depression, a family breakdown or bereavement, managing life a full-time carers and more, to enhance their wellbeing. It utilises a broad range of evidence-based strategies and activities to enhance wellbeing and help prevent mental health problems arising by reducing stress and anxiety, increasing positive emotions, improving individual resilience, confidence and self-worth.Each 6 week programme block includes calming breathing and stretching combining TP Pilates, uplifting dance movement (copying simple movements), inspirational crafting (including marbling, origami and block printing), sustainable styling, life coaching, encouraging nutritional recommendations, daily mini wellbeing messages and more.It joins community members together to create one enriched programme package. Susie Bush-Ramsey, Emma Chrispin, Red Gibbons-Lee, Rachel Green, Mollie Myers-Del have over 100 years experience enhancing wellbeing in various creative ways. Here they collectively share to impact the community they feel passionate about.Over the course of 6 weeks the programme offers hints, tips, and points to consider, along with actions that can be taken to prompt change along with an overview of 7 interconnected elements, which, when synchronized, can create a path for life to flow freely -1 Breathing Fully (Breathing)2 Quietening my Mind (Thinking)3 Managing my Emotions (Feeling)4 Using my Words Powerfully (Speaking)5 Being Thankful and Kind (Giving)6 Minimalising my Materialism (Prioritising)7 Exercising and Refuelling Purposefully (Restoring)The programme is based on the principles of a digital wellbeing programme (lovemeprogramme.com), accompanying handbook, and an illustrative story book entitled "You’re so amazing" (lovemeprogramme.com children). The content has been adapted to appeal specifically to women.

Consultation with stakeholders

The stakeholders for the company include the local community, the facilitators and participants.In order to determine the original structure of the programme and our resources, we spent time researching local reports, statistics and speaking to local community groups and individuals.We collect case studies and quotes from participants upon the completion of the programme. Videos are also a tool we've also used, such as the one featured on: www.lovemeprogramme.com/programme. This year we sought advice from Mick Cooper, Professor of Psychology at the University of Roehampton, and worked alongside a Consultant, Jill Hankock, to determine the best way to measure the impact the pro-gramme was having. We have subsequently opted for the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (long-er version), the Brief Resilient Coping Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale to use pre (at the start of Week 1) and post programme (at the end of Week 6). Examples of changes we’ve made this year as a result of consulting our stakeholders: After kindly assisting with the pilot and the first block of the programme, the personal workload for the person delivering the cro-chet increased substantially and she was really stretched for time. Following careful consideration, based on feedback we’d received that some of the participants had found crocheting a little challenging, we felt it im-portant to diversify and simplify the activities on offer, to ensure the programme appealed to a broad range of women.In June, we introduced block-printing and origami with Fine Artist, Red Gibbons-Lee. The crafts shared by Red (and also Susie at times), are beautiful in their simplicity – Not only have these sessions helped quieten the minds of the participants, as they become fully engaged in the activity, but they have also provided a real sense of satisfaction in a short space of time for the women who’ve created a drawstring and/or lavender bag and paper flowers to take home or give as a gift (Participants are encouraged to put the lavender bags they’ve created under their pil-lows during Week 1 to help them put in to practise, Step 1, Breathing Fully). We also introduced Trigger Point Pilates with Women’s Health Specialist Lydia Campbell, to help participants dis-cover ways to release myofascia that may have built up in their bodies over time as a result of stress. We felt this activity nicely complimented the Dance and Breathe & Stretch elements of the programme already in place, how-ever also provided another alternative way to enhance wellbeing.In December, we piloted, a new follow-on Oasis Hour, for those participants who wanted to continue enhancing their wellbeing and to meet socially for 1 hour on a Friday lunchtime. The aim for introducing these additional ses-sions (Dance, Breathe and Stretch, Pilates, Crafts, Inspirational Wellbeing on rotation) was to create a sense of community and a safe space for participants to feel relaxed, refreshed and re-energised each week. The pilot was a success and the Oasis Hour is now running for the third time (including the pilot) and now features a Mini Stylist and Pamper session on Week 3 to boost confidence further.

Directors' remuneration

Directors remuneration of £4,376 was paid during the year for provision of services.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
15 July 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: S Bush
Status: Director