WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
12835027 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 January 2023

End date: 31 December 2023

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2023

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

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 December 2023

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

Principal activities of the company

The WCN helpline started in March 2020 has now taken its 5000th call. In September 2023, with funding from Somerset Community Foundation, we put the helpline on a more sustainable footing and started a partnership with The Lawrence Centre to coordinate and manage the helpline. We have delivered 2,077 prescriptions, and undertaken 2,366 shops. We have helped 829 individuals in Wells and the local villages and some have been helped multiple times. We have provided transport for 292 requests. We have signposted many other callers to appropriate organisations for further or specialist help. In the summer of 2023 WCN launched the Wells Trishaw with the aim of helping those who are elderly, isolated or vulnerable to feel connected to their community. It has currently had over 72 bookings with 10 volunteer cyclists or ‘pilots’, who take people out for a ride around the area. We partner with organisations including The Lawrence Centre and Fletcher House, to offer rides to clients. The Wells Welcome Hub has been running for nearly two years in partnership with Wells City Council. We currently serve over 150 local displaced people who mainly originate from Ukraine. Our English language tuition continues with 3 formal ESOL classes, Beginners to Advanced. We have some retired language teachers who work with small groups and 1:1 as volunteers. Issues raised at our weekly Drop-In are changing as needs change over time. Finding rental accommodation and employment are the main issues now. We have been running a monthly Drop-In in Shepton Mallet which Shepton Town Council have funded. Hubs are required to support all displaced people in their area and Somerset Council have provided training for this. We’ve been supporting one asylum seeker who had received no help until he came to the Hub. Two others have just recently been placed in our area, their needs are different again. We now provide information in Arabic, Kurdish Sorani, Turkish and French. The Hub organises outings for families and offers chess lessons for children, art workshops, drama, and games nights for teenagers. During the pandemic WCN Marshals have supported the roll out of vaccinations for the West Mendip Primary Care Network delivering 38,000 vaccinations. Since then, we have partnered with Locking Pharmacy to deliver Covid vaccinations at St Thomas’ Church Hall as the elderly population needed with over 40 active volunteers. We lobbied hard to ensure Wells people had a local, accessible centre. At St Thomas’ Church Hall: 11,538 jabs have been given, 769 volunteer shifts covered, and an amazing 2,781 volunteer hours. In 2023 we applied to the National Lottery for a grant to pay for a coordinator to take some of the pressure off the WCN management team who are an entirely voluntary body, many of whom have volunteered for four years. As a result we received development funding to put us in a better place to employ someone and move to charitable status.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023

Andrew Webb
Emma Lefevre
Philip Welch
Annalisa Checchi
Karen Deverell
Patricia Leigh


The directors shown below have held office during the period of
1 January 2023 to 10 January 2023

Claire Chettoe
Simon Lawder


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
12 September 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Andrew Webb
Status: Director

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022


£

£
Turnover: 14,838 17,200
Cost of sales: ( 10,355 ) ( 14,804 )
Gross profit(or loss): 4,483 2,396
Administrative expenses: ( 3,805 ) ( 1,331 )
Operating profit(or loss): 678 1,065
Profit(or loss) before tax: 678 1,065
Tax: ( 513 ) ( 1,363 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 165 (298)

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 24,399 11,104
Total current assets: 24,399 11,104
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 15,000 ) ( 1,757 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 9,399 9,347
Total assets less current liabilities: 9,399 9,347
Accruals and deferred income: ( 114 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 9,399 9,233
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 9,399 9,233
Total members' funds: 9,399 9,233

The notes form part of these financial statements

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 December 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 12 September 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Andrew Webb
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 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

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2023

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2023 2022
£ £
Other creditors 15,000 1,757
Total 15,000 1,757

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Company Number: 12835027 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2023

Company activities and impact

The WCN helpline started in March 2020 has now taken its 5000th call. In September 2023, with funding from Somerset Community Foundation, we put the helpline on a more sustainable footing and started a partnership with The Lawrence Centre to coordinate and manage the helpline. We have delivered 2,077 prescriptions, and undertaken 2,366 shops. We have helped 829 individuals in Wells and the local villages and some have been helped multiple times. We have provided transport for 292 requests. We have signposted many other callers to appropriate organisations for further or specialist help. In the summer of 2023 WCN launched the Wells Trishaw with the aim of helping those who are elderly, isolated or vulnerable to feel connected to their community. It has currently had over 72 bookings with 10 volunteer cyclists or ‘pilots’, who take people out for a ride around the area. We partner with organisations including The Lawrence Centre and Fletcher House, to offer rides to clients. The Wells Welcome Hub has been running for nearly two years in partnership with Wells City Council. We currently serve over 150 local displaced people who mainly originate from Ukraine. Our English language tuition continues with 3 formal ESOL classes, Beginners to Advanced. We have some retired language teachers who work with small groups and 1:1 as volunteers. Issues raised at our weekly Drop-In are changing as needs change over time. Finding rental accommodation and employment are the main issues now. We have been running a monthly Drop-In in Shepton Mallet which Shepton Town Council have funded. Hubs are required to support all displaced people in their area and Somerset Council have provided training for this. We’ve been supporting one asylum seeker who had received no help until he came to the Hub. Two others have just recently been placed in our area, their needs are different again. We now provide information in Arabic, Kurdish Sorani, Turkish and French. The Hub organises outings for families and offers chess lessons for children, art workshops, drama, and games nights for teenagers. During the pandemic WCN Marshals have supported the roll out of vaccinations for the West Mendip Primary Care Network delivering 38,000 vaccinations. Since then, we have partnered with Locking Pharmacy to deliver Covid vaccinations at St Thomas’ Church Hall as the elderly population needed with over 40 active volunteers. We lobbied hard to ensure Wells people had a local, accessible centre. At St Thomas’ Church Hall: 11,538 jabs have been given, 769 volunteer shifts covered, and an amazing 2,781 volunteer hours. In 2023 we applied to the National Lottery for a grant to pay for a coordinator to take some of the pressure off the WCN management team who are an entirely voluntary body, many of whom have volunteered for four years. As a result we received development funding to put us in a better place to employ someone and move to charitable status.

Consultation with stakeholders

Volunteer networking and consultation events took place in Summer and December 2023. Following the year end, a Wells Community Day took place in January 2024 on which feedback on WCN and other community organisations was collected.

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
12 September 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Andrew Webb
Status: Director