A4W INNOVATION C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
08747284 (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

A4W INNOVATION C.I.C.

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

A4W INNOVATION C.I.C.

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

Directors

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

Mr. M. Hotson
Mrs. J. Patrick
Mrs. C. Ashling
Mrs. S. Wentworth
Mr. J.C.Cook


The director shown below has held office during the period of
20 October 2023 to 31 December 2023

Mr.R. Ramsaha-Southall


Secretary Mr. M. Parker

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
20 March 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mr. M. Hotson
Status: Director

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022


£

£
Turnover: 54,635 68,462
Gross profit(or loss): 54,635 68,462
Administrative expenses: ( 71,330 ) ( 78,484 )
Operating profit(or loss): (16,695) (10,022)
Profit(or loss) before tax: (16,695) (10,022)
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (16,695) (10,022)

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Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 22,051 38,696
Total current assets: 22,051 38,696
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 16,140 ) ( 16,090 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 5,911 22,606
Total assets less current liabilities: 5,911 22,606
Total net assets (liabilities): 5,911 22,606
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 5,911 22,606
Total members' funds: 5,911 22,606

The notes form part of these financial statements

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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 20 March 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Mr. M. Hotson
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

A4W INNOVATION C.I.C.

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

A4W INNOVATION C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 2 2

A4W INNOVATION C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2023

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2023 2022
£ £
Trade creditors 16,140 16,090
Total 16,140 16,090

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

A4W INNOVATION C.I.C.

Company Number: 08747284 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2023

Company activities and impact

2023 saw A4W Innovation C.I.C. building on our previous contacts and connections, prior to lockdowns as well as building on all our experiences and project development from the lockdown and opening up years. In particular, we have worked with young people who are struggling with social anxiety enough to be labelled as school refusers, with both teaching staff and youth workers on creative engagement activities. Also, supporting health and wellbeing of younger children and new parents through our Creative Sensory Connection to Nature projects in collaboration with local family centres. We have carried on our social, creative, engagement work with Ukrainian and Syrian refugees in collaboration with support services and University Of Lampeter. We have been lead arts organisation for South and Mid Ceredigion with Hywel Dda University Health Board, for the year and organised one of the three Counties Social Prescribing Stakeholders consultation days, as well as being Artists in residence for Health Staff in our local Integrated Care Centre and special Wellbeing days in other health institutions in other areas. As part of that we were invited to do an initial creative engagement day for Gypsy, Roma, Travelers in Pembroke. We have offered pop up social / creative, community development days in numerous rural communities, as well as supporting our Compassionate, Creative, Co-produced, Community Hub volunteers. We have also offered ‘Creative Me Time’ for the foster carers network and been part of the Glass Study of Keele University, organising participants to participate in a National study looking at frailty in older people. Lastly, we have delivered three very different, unique training and consultation days for staff development and Created, hosted and facilitated a community wide consultation day through our Story Studio initiative around the valley and river Teifi. All improving mental health, emotional wellbeing. Building confidence and increased sense of purpose, encouraged active citizenship, promoted compassion, inclusion, kindness and understanding and helped develop community integration, promotion of local language and customs. Encouraged intergenerational understanding and connections. Enriched sensory connection to natural environment, promoted health learning and helped embed a sense of community and sense of place. Nurtured collaborative partnerships. Awards for All – Supporting Comp Com Volunteers to re-start and host hubs Dr. Dewi Davies – Reducing social isolation Assura Lampeter area Creative Taster & Asset Mapping. Garnant Family Centre – Staff Training Group Dynamics. Older People Fund (3yrs) – Befriender / link person to deal with referrals and promote Comp Com hubs to third sector / GP surgeries. Young People (Not in School) support groups Llandysul and Cardigan. Hywel Dda Health Board Social Prescribing. WOW delivering Wellbeing sessions for Young People in woodland Planning Meeting.. A4W Story Studio Teifi Valle Trail. A4W comp Com Volunteers day Caring Communities grant for Lending Library Family Centre family Play Days Flying Start Family Play Days Arts4wellbeing Board and Supporters Strategic Development Day A4W Ceredigion Integrated Health Care Centre residency. Ukrainian and Syrian refugee creative family day. Glass Study –Researchers and volunteers A4W hosted event at old mill We have signed up to NACRO’s third sector monthly networking day in Llandysul for all next year. Mike did a voice over for CAMDAS White Ribbon day. We delivered an interactive, engaging creative workshop for Carmarthenshire Youth – Rights of the Child day. Team Development days: Thanks to Janine and team for the opportunity be part of their Team Building day. Thanks also to Bronwain from Antur Teifi for the opportunity to facilitate a team building exercise at their recent team development day. WWAMH colleagues for an invite to deliver a key note speech for the Nature Based Health Service Network gathering on our Compassionate Communities and our sensory connection to Nature locally and indoors framework.

Consultation with stakeholders

PART 2 – CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS – Please indicate who the company’s stakeholders are; how the stakeholders have been consulted and what action, if any, has the company taken in response to feedback from its consultations? If there has been no consultation, this should be made clear. The company’s stakeholders are the residents and visitors in the communities that we work in, third sector agencies or organisations that offer services in the local area and statutory services such as the local GP’s, frailty teams and community mental health teams. Also, everyone who attends / participates in one of our events, projects, training sessions are asked what they enjoyed? what worked? what they would like to see happening. Like last year our emphasis has been upon where have the gaps in provision been? What was missed most during lockdowns? And What have been the main difficulties affecting the different community groups and professional support organisations as staff start to get back to normal working regimes. The responses are exactly a repeat of previous years, except more pronounced and that the anecdotal feeling from professionals is that there are too few staff, having such large case loads. Significant impacts from lack of third sector and local authority support in the communities still prevail. Difficulties in accessing gp appointments, health and dental services. Increased sedentary behaviours leading to increase in a whole raft of illness’s and a huge increase in particularly Young People’s Mental Health. There have been increasing struggles for all living in rural areas with the austerity measures, price increases, lack of opportunities for work. A4W continue to respond to needs arising from communities and devise innovative creative interventions to address a whole range of issues pertaining to physical and mental health; Devise Personal, Professional and Community development events and opportunities as well as work with a range of third sector and statutory departments to best develop networks and projects.

Directors' remuneration

The aggregate amount of emoluments paid to or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £46520.00 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
21 March 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mike Hotson
Status: Director