ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
14205369 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 June 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 30 June 2022

End date: 30 June 2023

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2023

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

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 June 2023

2023


£
Turnover: 4,053
Cost of sales: 0
Gross profit(or loss): 4,053
Distribution costs: 0
Administrative expenses: ( 3,026 )
Other operating income: 0
Operating profit(or loss): 1,027
Interest receivable and similar income: 0
Interest payable and similar charges: 0
Profit(or loss) before tax: 1,027
Tax: ( 195 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 832

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 June 2023

Notes 2023


£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 4,185
Total current assets: 4,185
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 3,353 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 832
Total assets less current liabilities: 832
Total net assets (liabilities): 832
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 832
Total members' funds: 832

The notes form part of these financial statements

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 June 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 15 November 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Katy Louise Fullilove
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2023

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Financial Reporting Standard 101

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023
    Average number of employees during the period 2

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2023

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2023
£
Taxation and social security 479
Other creditors 2,874
Total 3,353

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

ARTEMISIA: PLANT MEDICINE PATHWAYS CIC

Company Number: 14205369 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 June 2023

Company activities and impact

In the space provided below, please insert a general account of the company’s activities in the financial year to which the report relates, including a description of how they have benefited the community. During this financial year, Artemisia conducted consultation at local events including the festivals Folk in a Field, Harlequin Fayre and Strumpshaw Tree Fair, whilst offering workshops on herbal medicine making and the foraging of local plants and fungi. Following feedback from these events, the company began a community clinic offering low-cost herbal medicine consultations on a sliding fee scale. A crowdfunding appeal was launched to raise funds for the initial creation of a herbal medicine dispensary, including equipment to make herbal medicines. The appeal raised £1778, which was enough to purchase enough tinctures and dried herbs to begin conducting consultations and dispensing herbal prescriptions. A base has been established, consisting of a herb room alongside a community medicine garden. Some of the crowdfunded money was used to install shelving and drying racks in the room and make it suitable for consultations. The room has provided a space for the dispensary, for locally grown and foraged herbs to be made into medicines, consultations to be conducted and educational workshops to take place. Workshops including herb walks led by a medical herbalist have also taken place in the surrounding grounds which consist of 5 acres of orchard, nut groves and gardens. An area of the grounds was cleared and a community medicine garden has been set up, with nursery beds planted up and new beds created, supported by a small group of volunteers and the landowner. Workshops on topics including Medicinal Mushrooms, Fermented Foods and Tincture Making were offered on a sliding fee scale over the named period and these have been very well attended. A regular herb study and garden group was also offered, enabling attendees to connect with herbs in an experiential way. Participants reported feeling better able to take care of their own health and that of their loved ones, feeling more connected to their environment and more confident to use the plants that grow around them. As a result of the activities, at least one participant has gone on to further study of herbal medicine and many more report foraging more, growing and using more herbs at home.

Consultation with stakeholders

The company’s stakeholders are predominantly people with a desire to access herbal medicine in the form of consultations, workshops and outdoor spaces where herbs are growing. Many are local but some are from further afield and plan to access services online. Questionnaires were given out to those visiting Artemisia’s stall and attending workshops at festivals. Responses indicated that participants were interested in learning more about herbal medicine. Most were interested in attending workshops in person and many were interested in attending online sessions. Some respondents wanted to spend time in community medicine gardens with experienced herbalists. Most said that they did not have as much access to herbal medicine as they would like. Most people described lack of knowledge and lack of funds as barriers to accessing herbal medicine, so Artemisia has provided a range of educational workshops, offering them on a sliding fee scale to make them more financially accessible. Some free spaces have been offered when this has been viable. Medicinal mushrooms, women’s health, making preparations including infused oils and creams, foraging native herbs and gut health, were all popular choices of workshop topics. Participants indicated that they would be interested in full and half day workshops and what people could afford to pay ranged widely. Several workshops on ‘Introduction to Medicinal Mushrooms’, one ‘Natural Menopause’, and 3 herb foraging walks were offered from Artemisia’s base Most people could afford to pay £8 per week for a herbal prescription and £25 for an initial consultation, so this has initially been set as the lowest rate. Many people also said that they struggled to access places where herbs grow, so offering herb walks locally and creating a community medicine garden were earmarked as priorities. Consultation was also carried out with regular attendees of the garden group in the form of a permaculture design survey and questionnaire. Ideas for the layout of the garden were taken on board and themes have been implemented The garden design and aims have been informed by this. The landowner was also involved in the permaculture design survey and questionnaire and supports the herb garden design plan going forwards. He expressed a wish to help with the creation of a boundary around the garden.

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
15 November 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Katy Louise Fullilove
Status: Director