ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13042034 (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

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

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

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

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

Principal activities of the company

The company's principal activity was that of campaigning for better walking and cycling infrastructure within the Tynedale area of Northumberland.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023

Wendy Elizabeth Breach
Nicholas John Morphet


The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 December 2022 to 22 July 2023

Carolin Blaske


The director shown below has held office during the period of
22 July 2023 to 30 November 2023

Michael Brian Domingue


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
5 August 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Michael Brian Domingue
Status: Director

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

2023 2022


£

£
Turnover: 0 0
Cost of sales: 0 0
Gross profit(or loss): 0 0
Administrative expenses: ( 392 ) ( 317 )
Operating profit(or loss): (392) (317)
Profit(or loss) before tax: (392) (317)
Tax: 60
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (392) (257)

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 November 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 60 60
Cash at bank and in hand: 55 447
Total current assets: 115 507
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 240 ) ( 240 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (125) 267
Total assets less current liabilities: (125) 267
Total net assets (liabilities): (125) 267
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (125) 267
Total members' funds: ( 125) 267

The notes form part of these financial statements

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

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 5 August 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Michael Brian Domingue
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

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

    Turnover policy

    Turnover consists of the invoiced value (excluding V.A.T.) receivable by the company in the ordinary course of business for goods supplied and for services supplied as a principal.

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

3. Debtors

2023 2022
£ £
Other debtors 60 60
Total 60 60

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2023

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2023 2022
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 240 240
Total 240 240

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

ACTIVE TRAVEL TYNEDALE (ACTT) CIC

Company Number: 13042034 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 November 2023

Company activities and impact

Active Travel Tynedale (AcTT) continued to lobby for a School Street at the Hexham Academies. Our lobbying work involved meeting with parents and teachers, writing to County Council Highways officers, submitting a Freedom Of Information request (in order to obtain a copy of a Road Safety Audit) and providing the Northumberland Cycling and Walking Board with updates. The CIC had a stall at a net zero fair in Hexham, pushed the County Council to install a continuous footway at a dangerous junction in Hexham and supported accessible cycling charity Wheels For All by attending its events. In March we conducted a Footway Accessibility Audit (FAA) in Fourstones, and in July we conducted a second FAA in Gunnerton. Both were followed up with a letter to the County Council’s Highways Improvement department, suggesting ways that the footways could be made more accessible for those with reduced mobility. We held our AGM on 27th July. In August we re-engaged with the managers of every Hexham supermarket, reminding them of the scores that we had given them for accessibility by foot and on bike in May 2022. In September our MP joined us on a site visit to look at the potential for a cycle path linking Hexham to Haydon Bridge, and we celebrated International Car Free Day by staging a roadside protest. In October we welcomed the new Tynedale Bicycle Mayor and in November we continued to push for a less car-dominated Hexham market place by commenting on a planning application that did nothing to discourage car use. We encouraged our Facebook followers to do the same, and also raised the issue at a Local Area Committee meeting. We used our Facebook page to good effect throughout the year, raising awareness of important issues, organisations, events, consultations and petitions. AcTT’s members obtained quotes for greenway feasibility studies on behalf of Climate Action Newbrough and Fourstones and the North Tyne Greenway steering group, applied for funding for a Hexham to Haydon Bridge cycle path feasibility study, attended cargo bike demonstration events, sought clarity from the Department for Transport over the recent (January 2022) Highway Code changes and volunteered for Community Speedwatch. The member who’s a County Councillor led on Humshaugh Neighbourhood Plan’s transport policy, pushed the County Council to update its Our Way vision for walking and cycling and the Terms of Reference of the Northumberland Cycling and Walking Board (NCWB), pushed the NCWB to update its delivery plan and pushed the Streetlighting department to extend the length of the green light on Chollerford bridge for the benefit of cyclists. Although the County Council hasn’t yet agreed to implement a School Street at the Hexham Academies, said no to a continuous footway, hasn’t yet updated its Our Way vision and said no to extending the green light for cyclists on Chollerford bridge, it has agreed to install advanced stop lines for cyclists which it believes will obviate the need for a longer green light and it has agreed to consider installing dropped kerbs in Fourstones and Gunnerton through the Local Transport Plan programme. And although no supermarket has yet improved its accessibility as a result of our actions, none of our funding bids have been successful, the NCWB hasn’t yet updated its delivery plan and the Planning Inspector deleted the transport policy from the Neighbourhood Plan, we achieved a lot in terms of awareness raising, knowledge building and our support for good causes.

Consultation with stakeholders

Active Travel Tynedale (AcTT) engaged with and promoted consultations on the Hexham to Corbridge active travel route in both March and November. Our concerns regarding route alignment led the County Council to seek advice from Active Travel England, and the alignment has since been improved. The CIC also responded to a consultation on the North East Active Travel Strategy and convened two well-attended meetings of what’s now become known as the Tyne Valley Parish Council Active Travel Route Partnership. One AcTT member also created a website to demonstrate the Tyne Valley Active Travel Route’s potential. AcTT’s representative on the North Tyne Greenway steering group attended regular steering group meetings, several Trails Trust meetings and a Borderline Greenway event. Other AcTT members engaged with Sustrans officers regarding both maintenance issues on Hadrian’s Cycleway and the alignment of the Hexham to Corbridge active travel route and provided advice to County Council Public Health officers involved in the creation of a Walk Ready Places initiative. The AcTT director who is also a County Councillor continued to promote active travel through his membership of the Joint Local Access Forum, the Communities and Place Oversight and Scrutiny Committee, the Northumberland Cycling and Walking Board, the Climate Change Working Group, Tynedale Local Area Committee and through his attendance at parish council meetings.

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
5 August 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Michael Brian Domingue
Status: Director