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Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
09664511 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 July 2023

End date: 30 June 2024

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Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

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

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 165,578 117,458
Cost of sales: ( 19,763 ) ( 696 )
Gross profit(or loss): 145,815 116,762
Administrative expenses: ( 171,869 ) ( 179,659 )
Other operating income: 38,036 7,512
Operating profit(or loss): 11,982 (55,385)
Interest receivable and similar income: 101 194
Interest payable and similar charges: ( 959 ) ( 1,627 )
Profit(or loss) before tax: 11,124 (56,818)
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 11,124 (56,818)

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Balance sheet

As at 30 June 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 2,433 1,768
Total fixed assets: 2,433 1,768
Current assets
Debtors: 4 61,709 20,424
Cash at bank and in hand: 9,619 13,353
Total current assets: 71,328 33,777
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 44,752 ) ( 13,696 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 26,576 20,081
Total assets less current liabilities: 29,009 21,849
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: 6 ( 31,713 ) ( 35,677 )
Total net assets (liabilities): (2,704) (13,828)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (2,704) ( 13,828)
Total members' funds: ( 2,704) (13,828)

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 June 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 20 November 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Wongani Mwanza
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 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

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 4 7

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 July 2023 16,430 16,430
Additions 1,605 1,605
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 30 June 2024 18,035 18,035
Depreciation
At 1 July 2023 14,662 14,662
Charge for year 940 940
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 30 June 2024 15,602 15,602
Net book value
At 30 June 2024 2,433 2,433
At 30 June 2023 1,768 1,768

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

4. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 58,311 14,664
Prepayments and accrued income 3,100 5,760
Other debtors 298
Total 61,709 20,424

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 2,297 1,889
Taxation and social security 16,663 4,119
Accruals and deferred income 24,667 7,163
Other creditors 1,125 525
Total 44,752 13,696

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

6. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 31,713 35,677
Total 31,713 35,677

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

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Company Number: 09664511 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 June 2024

Company activities and impact

Projects completed include: - Blackbird Leys Community Centre: We have been completing community engagement in Blackbird Leys for the new Blackbird Leys Community Centre. The new centre will be the focal point of the wider regeneration scheme within the Leys that includes a new District Centre as well as retail spaces, housing (including affordable housing) and new road layouts. We have been engaging with residents through workshops and attending local community events. By June 2024, we have engaged with over 1,000 residents to date (out of a population of approximately 13,000). We have been understanding the views of residents on what they would like from the new centre design and using this information to inform the brief and the developing design. Engagement for the planning application is due to complete in September 2024. - Platform Housing Group Retrofit Strategy: We have been working in collaboration with Currie & Brown and Bioregional to deliver a Retrofit Strategy on behalf of Platform Housing Group (PHG). This retrofit strategy and guide is for PHG’s estate which consists of approximately 40,000 dwellings located across the Midlands. It sets out a comprehensive retrofit approach for their estate. The report also captures key milestones, interfacing with PHG's planned preventative maintenance as well as financial mechanisms to deliver scalable retrofit solutions. We completed the calculations, research and report information during this financial year, and delivered the report. The report will be published in the next financial year. - Find the Gap: In 2022-23 we successfully secured funding to develop one of our Design Provocations from Homemaker Oxford into reality. Find the Gap is an architecturally informed approach, bringing the best of modern methods of construction to remove barriers to development and create low-carbon, beautifully designed homes that match local need. We have been collaborating with Aspire Oxford and Oxfordshire Community Land Trust to develop designs on brownfield sites in Oxford city that will provide accommodation for those with acute housing need within our city. During the past financial year we have submitted a preapplication for designs on one site. The designs comprise of two housing single bedroom modular housing units. - Local Plan – Zero Carbon Study: Transition by Design recently completed a technical study to support the development of net zero carbon buildings policies for a new Joint Local Plan for two local districts, South Oxfordshire and Vale of the White Horse. The project was in collaboration with Bioregional and Currie & Brown. The study evaluates space heating demand, energy use intensity, photovoltaic sizing, net zero operational energy, and embodied carbon: providing insights for policy relevance and architectural design impact. It demonstrates the feasibility of achieving policy targets, identifies challenges in certain archetypes and uses, and emphasises the importance of a balanced approach to achieve energy efficiency and climate targets. The document will be made publicly available soon. - Cowley Branch Line: We have been appointed to lead the community engagement for the Oxford City Council's Infrastructure Place Study on the Cowley Branch Line. The Cowley Branch Line is a project which will lead to the opening & reopening of two train stations in Oxford: - Oxford South: (Serving Littlemore Oxford Science Park, and the Ozone Leisure Complex, which would be called Oxford South) - Oxford East: (Serving Blackbird Leys, ARC Oxford (formerly Oxford Business Park) and Oxford Retail Park) The project will bring greater connectivity to Oxford City and advanced sustainable transport options. T/D is collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, which includes 5th Studio, SLC Property, Anthony Collins Solicitors, and Maddison Graphic for the project. During this time period we have formulated a Community Needs Brief. A wide range of local residents and those who travel to the area were consulted through face to face engagements, both in public ‘pop up’ stalls and more focussed workshop sessions. Participants were asked specifically about travel to the new stations and how access arrangements could link the railway to surrounding neighbourhoods effectively. We will be running some larger engagement events where we will share the sketch designs from Network Rail and 5th Studio in the next financial year. - Highworth Road Retrofit: Since 2022, we have been working together with a client who has been completing retrofit measures to their home. We have provided a Whole House Plan, PHPP calculations, technical drawings and design advice to the client as they undertake retrofit measures and design modifications to their home. This project is one of many that are in service towards our desire to see a just transition towards sustainable housing, within existing and new homes. - Campbell Road: We have been working together with residents of a home in Oxford to complete a rear extension and energy retrofit to their existing dwelling. The proposal creates a partially two storey gable extension, and partially one storey flat roof extension, improving the overall layout and creating a better connection with the north facing garden. The design includes a low energy retrofit which works in tandem with the PAS 2035 framework and EnerPHit standards. The project has recently gained planning permission to proceed towards the next work stages. - Islington Retrofits: We completed calculations and data to support Bioregional’s report to Islington Council on a retrofit typology study. The report states: “In the face of the escalating climate crisis and surge in energy costs, Islington Council recognises the unprecedented need to address challenges associated with existing housing stock. The council is committed to tackling fuel povery as part of its wider mission to tackle inequality and making Islington a fairer borough”. We modelled various housing typologies within Islington Council to aid them in their ambition of retrofitting their housing stock. - Mead Road: We have been working together with a client to complete a remodel of a room in the roof and ecologically retrofit their home.The design is informed bythe EnerPhit (Passivhaus retrofit) standard and is in line with LETI (Low Energy Transformation Initiative) guidance, AECB (Association for Environmental Conscious Building) guidance and PAS 2035 standards This modern and ecological contrasted design will highlight the original rather than compete. The refined roof form also benefits the low carbon retrofit of the proposal. The combined retrofit measures and the proposed roof will reduce the energy use to best practice recommendations. The 85% carbon reduction is significant and has the possibility to set best practice precedence in the area. - Good Shepherd Retrofit: In August 2022, We Flock CIC took on a building formerly known as "The Good Shepherd Building2 to turn it into a multi- purpose space with creative arts at its core. The site had been earmarked for redevelopment but was thankfully saved by local campaigners. They took on Good Shepherd Studios to feed the local community's mind and appetite through an accessible offering of Coworking, Community and Cafe spaces. Their aim is to support business and community by providing a networking environment for local creatives alongside a diverse programme of cultural events for local resident engagement. To create and manage spaces that empower businesses and people to grow, evolve and thrive. This led the client to seek out a deep retrofit to the existing building to Passivhaus EnerPHit or near zero carbon, phasing the measures over a period of time as funding is unlocked. We completed a retrofit plan which priorities a 'fabric first' approach. - Retrofit Plans and Strategies with Oxford Diocese: We have been working together with Oxford Diocese on strategies to retrofit their vicarage housing stock. Oxford Diocese covers the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, with over 400 homes in their portfolio. The Diocese have approved £10 million expenditure on environmental works to improve the carbon footprint of vicarages and better care for its clergy. The investment is part of an ambitious plan by the diocese to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2035. To date, we have completed several whole house plans, retrofit strategies and planning applications to aid in this plan towards reaching net zero by 2035. We are continuing to engage with the Diocese on several properties. - BBL Garage Sites: In 2021, we explored how garage sites could be used for affordable community-ed housing in Blackbird Leys through a Housing Advisors' Programme funded research report in collaboration with Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire Community Land Trust. In February 2023, Oxford City Council were awarded funding from the Brownfield Land Release Fund to unlock sites across Oxford to develop up to 30 affordable homes in Barton, Wood Farm and Blackbird Leys. We are now working together with Oxfordshire Community Land Trust to explore the feasibility of developing three sites in the Leys for much needed affordable housing. - Milton Heights: We held a public exhibition for the designs that are to be submitted for planning for low carbon, climate positive housing developed by Green Core Homes and the architects HTA Design. This exhibition builds off the back of an interactive workshop we completed last year to gather the insights of local residents on various themes such as transport, green spaces and housing needs within the community. We appreciate the community's involvement and contributions to the workshop and the public exhibition. Events & Speaking Engagements: - Cambridge Carbon Footprint: Alex gave an online presentation on domestic retrofit for Cambridge Carbon Footprint. It follows up on the well received retrofit guide prepared for residents of the city. It is still a relevant guide, even for those outside of Cambridge, and has been used as an exemplar across the nation. - Refugee Transition Network International Roundtable: Pluriversal Borderlands: On Tuesday 26th September 2023 Wongani presented our Homemaker and Find the Gap research and project work at an international roundtable event exploring research opportunities in intersections between Transition Design, City as Commons and Urban Refugee Management. Homemaker Oxford was an action research project which explored how empty and underused spaces could be used to help tackle extreme housing need in Oxford, whilst Find the Gap is the aforementioned project above. These unique approaches that we have explored can inform future strategies on innovative housing solutions which can aid in the topic explored during the roundtable. - Glimpses of a Possible Future Podcast: Our collaborators at Makespace have just launched their mini-podcast series, "Glimpses of a Possible Future," as part of their 5th Birthday celebrations. Episodes 01 and 02 are out now and explore Makespace Oxford's transformative journey and the evolution of Flo's community hub in East Oxford. Alex and Sammy-Jo appeared on a later episode sharing insights about Transition by Design and our journey with Makespace. - Marmalade Festival 2024: We held a session on Wealth, Race & Housing as part of the Marmalade 2024 festival on Friday 12th April. There were incredible insights from each of our panel members*; with some food for thought considering postal discrimination in housing, radical wealth redistribution, indigenous approaches to sustainable housing and thoughts around houses being seen as assets rather than homes. Some fantastic questions came from people in the room, and we really felt the room bubbling with inspiration to change our current housing situation in the UK. We will be sharing an article we’ve written shortly reflecting on the session. - Reimagining Wealth Programme & Reimagining Horizons Programme: Wongani has had the opportunity to speak at two different key events; Reimagining Wealth Programme (curated by the Good Ancestor Movement, an organisation working towards radical wealth redistribution and educating wealth owners) and the Reimagining Horizons Programme (a support network for those from global majority backgrounds who work for philanthropic organisations, curated by Ten Years’ Time). In both instances he spoke of our approach towards community wealth building, community engagement, radical approaches to housing and our way of organising.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders are defined in the statement in the previous section. The company’s participative approach, by definition, requires dialogue with our stakeholders. The employees of the company are embedded within the local community of Oxford and communities of interest beyond. This ensures the company’s work is informed and responds to our stakeholders.

Directors' remuneration

The directors were paid a salary in line with the pay policy for all employees of the CIC. In accordance with the company's articles of association as a non-profit company no dividends or other benefits were paid.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
26 November 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Wongani Mwanza
Status: Director