MAKING FAMILIES COUNT C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
11826433 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 January 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 February 2023

End date: 31 January 2024

MAKING FAMILIES COUNT C.I.C.

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

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

MAKING FAMILIES COUNT C.I.C.

Directors' report period ended 31 January 2024

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

Principal activities of the company

We provide independent training in the importance of excellent family engagement for NHS Trusts, public health, social and care organisations, including working with families after serious incidents through training days and training programmes.



Directors

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

J Fowler
S Habgood
L Hodkin
N Morris
J Kerry


The director shown below has held office during the period of
5 October 2023 to 31 January 2024

D Smith


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
27 October 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: J Fowler
Status: Director

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 57,307 57,459
Gross profit(or loss): 57,307 57,459
Administrative expenses: ( 53,925 ) ( 38,882 )
Operating profit(or loss): 3,382 18,577
Profit(or loss) before tax: 3,382 18,577
Tax: ( 643 ) ( 3,530 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 2,739 15,047

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Balance sheet

As at 31 January 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 3,381 10,660
Cash at bank and in hand: 58,925 94,522
Total current assets: 62,306 105,182
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 21,855 ) ( 67,470 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 40,451 37,712
Total assets less current liabilities: 40,451 37,712
Total net assets (liabilities): 40,451 37,712
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 40,451 37,712
Total members' funds: 40,451 37,712

The notes form part of these financial statements

MAKING FAMILIES COUNT C.I.C.

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 January 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 27 October 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: J Fowler
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

MAKING FAMILIES COUNT C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 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 and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods 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.

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows: Value, of the tangible assets over their estimated useful lives.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

3. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 2,126 10,660
Prepayments and accrued income 1,255
Total 3,381 10,660

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 4,415
Taxation and social security 643 3,530
Accruals and deferred income 21,212 59,525
Total 21,855 67,470

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

MAKING FAMILIES COUNT C.I.C.

Company Number: 11826433 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 January 2024

Company activities and impact

Making Families Count C.I.C. was registered as a C.I.C. on February 14th 2019. We have two aims: To provide training, information and advice to professionals working in public, private and voluntary organisations providing health and social care services within the UK, specifically where there has been serious harm or traumatic bereavement to service users and their families and based on the lived experience of those families. Also, to improve engagement between such services and families to prevent serious harm. We aim to ensure that families affected by these issues are given better support, training, information and advice. Our team includes families with lived experience together with experienced serious incident investigators and reviewers from the NHS and the voluntary sector. In the financial year 2023/24, we have benefited the community by: - Delivered a number of large bespoke training sessions for specific NHS and Social Care organisations. We have delivered 8 bespoke training packages in specific areas of practice for NHS providers. - This demand for bespoke, face to face or online training has significantly increased during the year leading to a decision to remove the provision of an open online training programme. - We are now seen as an organisation that the NHS identifies for collaborative working. We continue to deliver a training programme for a Local Authority, in conjunction with a national charity – Autism Oxford. This work now has launched as a national training offer for other local authority services. - We have been the lead partner, facilitating a project – Life Beyond the Cubicle, which seeks to support healthcare staff engage effectively with families and service users experiencing mental health crisis. This project has been funded by Health Education England (NHS England) and provides eLearning materials reflecting the lived experiences of families and service users. The project is now complete and we are commencing facilitated training using the materials developed. - Our expert speakers provided input to national and local NHS and social care conference events across the UK, generating income for the organisation and raising our profile. - We continue our communication channels via online blogs of the lived experiences of families and digitally via social media platforms. - In addition, we have expanded our library of short films that include the lived experience of families who have experienced serious harm or traumatic bereavement and advice from experienced health professionals. These resources are used as a key part of our training. This year we have generated strong income levels via our online webinars and projects with NHS providers. We are developing several new contracts with organisations for 2025.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders are predominantly professionals working in health and social care and the voluntary sector, together with families who have experienced serious harm or traumatic bereavement. We undertake regular evaluation and feedback from those NHS and social care organisations we work with, using their feedback to improve and develop our work. We have developed a small advisory group of families who have experienced serious harm or traumatic bereavement, to help us in developing new resources in relation to our project work. During the next year we are developing work in support of families working with the NHS in restorative projects.

Directors' remuneration

Directors receive a fee plus any expenses for the preparation and delivery of training on behalf of the organisation, in line with organisational policy. No directors receive remuneration for their role as directors.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
2 October 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Jan Fowler
Status: Director