WILD AND FREE THERAPY CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13874479 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 April 2023

End date: 31 March 2024

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Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

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

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Directors' report period ended 31 March 2024

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

Directors

The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

E Sutton


The directors shown below have held office during the period of
1 April 2023 to 23 June 2023

S James
J Colacicco-Tizzard


The director shown below has held office during the period of
18 January 2024 to 31 March 2024

V Smith


The director shown below has held office during the period of
10 July 2023 to 31 March 2024

J Du Plooy


The director shown below has held office during the period of
23 June 2023 to 31 March 2024

M Sutton


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 November 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: E Sutton
Status: Director

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

2024 14 months to 31 March 2023


£

£
Turnover: 8,743 13,255
Cost of sales: ( 5,642 ) ( 6,787 )
Gross profit(or loss): 3,101 6,468
Administrative expenses: ( 2,653 ) ( 2,651 )
Operating profit(or loss): 448 3,817
Profit(or loss) before tax: 448 3,817
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 448 3,817

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2024

Notes 2024 14 months to 31 March 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 3,874 4,122
Total fixed assets: 3,874 4,122
Current assets
Debtors: 4 167 167
Cash at bank and in hand: 1,966 3,445
Total current assets: 2,133 3,612
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 1,742 ) ( 3,917 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 391 (305)
Total assets less current liabilities: 4,265 3,817
Total net assets (liabilities): 4,265 3,817
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 4,265 3,817
Total members' funds: 4,265 3,817

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 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 November 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: E Sutton
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 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 is reduced for estimated customer returns, rebates and other similar allowances. Sale of goods Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods has transferred to the buyer. This is usually at the point that the customer has signed for the delivery of the goods. Rendering of services 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. Turnover is only recognised to the extent of recoverable expenses when the outcome of a contract cannot be estimated reliably.

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases: Plant & Machinery - 15% Straight Line

    Other accounting policies

    Taxation Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax. The tax currently payable is based on taxable surplus for the year. Taxable surplus differs from surplus as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because of items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and items that are never taxable or deductible. The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable surplus. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable timing differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable surplus will be available against which those deductible timing differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable surplus will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflect the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities. Current and deferred tax are recognised in surplus or deficit for the year, except when they relate to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case current and deferred tax are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 14 months to 31 March 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 April 2023 4,850 4,850
Additions 599 599
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2024 5,449 5,449
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023 728 728
Charge for year 847 847
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2024 1,575 1,575
Net book value
At 31 March 2024 3,874 3,874
At 31 March 2023 4,122 4,122

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

4. Debtors

2024 14 months to 31 March 2023
£ £
Prepayments and accrued income 167 167
Total 167 167

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 14 months to 31 March 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 231 447
Accruals and deferred income 1,175 3,071
Other creditors 336 399
Total 1,742 3,917

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

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Company Number: 13874479 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2024

Company activities and impact

General Wild and Free Therapy CIC is a health and wellbeing organisation specialising in group and individual therapy programmes for children, young people and their parents/carers. We are based in Dorset, on the South Coast of the UK surrounded by a vibrant surf and paddleboard community. Our programmes during 2023/24 embraced the therapeutic effects of being in, on, and by, the ocean and water. We prioritised physical and mental wellbeing which means ensuring opportunities for aiding children/young people and their parents/carers to access activities that promote a healthy body and mind. This included surf and play therapy, sea-swimming, and outdoor activities such as yoga and mindfulness. Holistic care is a key part of our nurturing ethos, and we passionately believe in the overall wellbeing of all our children and young people. At the very heart of our trauma-informed approach is the process of change through caring relationships and empathetic, understanding adults. We strive to relate with others in such a way that we add to the physical and mental health of our local community. We interact in a socially engaging way, thinking carefully about the non-verbal body language, providing reassurance and support to help young people regulate and feel nurtured and safe. Work during 2023/24 We worked with groups and individuals across the Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and Dorset areas. We worked with children, young people and adults who identified as potentially benefitting from physical, social, emotional and mental health support. This included young people with disabilities, and carers for someone with a disability. Our sea-based work during the period was located at Sorted Surf School, Honeycombe Beach, Boscombe, Shore Sports – Mudeford, and The SUP Store, Christchurch. For the period in question, the impact measures for our programmes have shown improved pro-social skills and executive functions including increased resilience and ability to handle stress. Other benefits include improved emotional regulation, interpersonal skills and self-awareness. In addition to this, we supported individuals’ ability to reintegrate into the community by offering community support for participants of our programmes. Maintaining and growing our nurturing environment that brings communities together and maintaining subsequent connections through ongoing community engagement. We aimed prioritise access to our services for those who most need it, and as we grew our organisation’s presence, with a solid foundation formed in our inaugural year last year, we maintained this principle and focus on quality of deliverables and outcomes. We aimed to maintain and promote our trauma-informed culture that welcomes the whole person and brings communities together supporting resilience and protective factors. Subsequent to our courses and programmes, we strive to sustain links with our clients and families, through ongoing community engagement and connections. We allowed organic growth in a measured and affordable way, holding our clients’ wellbeing as the key measure to our success. We respected and honoured the beaches and seas in which we delivered our work. We strove to keep our costs and overheads, including staff rates, as low and competitive as possible in order to maximise the yield for our clients. Learning and improving through ongoing reflection, clinical, formal and informal evaluation, and feedback is key to what we do. We maintained a best practice approach by ensuring our training was up to date and current, and that our professional development and qualifications were commensurate with the services we were providing. All staff and volunteers have enhanced DBS checks and have undergone the requisite level of safeguarding training. For the period in question, staff attended clinical supervision while therapy programmes were running. Our group programmes and individual sessions offered an integrative approach designed individually for each person or group. We use psychological measures and assessments based on affective neuroscience. Programmes and Deliverables for 2023/24 + Surf Therapy Programmes for Young People (Social-Emotional Mental Health and Neurodiver-gence) We undertook two blocks of programmes during the 2023/24 period, each of which was hosted once per week for eight weeks, attended by 6-8 young people. Our group programmes during 2023/24 involved participants aged 10+ who: - Have disabilities or additional needs - May be at risk of exclusion, have social, emotional, mental health barriers to accessing sports, community or mainstream education - Have experienced mental health difficulties throughout their childhood These sessions included physical activity (surfing!) and vital psycho-education where appropriate. Where it was included in the brief from the commissioner, the participants had a psychological assessment and report on their pro-social skills, blocks to learning, and executive functions including handling stress, thinking and concentrating, confidence and self-esteem, interpersonal skills and emotional literacy. This enabled us to evaluate changes in these measures as a result of undertaking the programme. Across the two programmes, we reached a total of 16 participants. In addition to these programmes, we also delivered seven one-off surf therapy sessions for local charities, taking the form of a group of eight children/young people referred from the said charity. These included participants with disabilities and/or mental health needs. Across these seven sessions, we reached a total of 54 participants. + Adaptive Surf and Paddleboarding (Disability and Neurodevelopmental) These are individual sessions for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), who require an individual and child-centred approach, who could not be facilitated in a group arena. This typically involved 2-3 staff/volunteers and was delivered following risk assessing and clinically assessing the child’s individual needs. We used our own specialist adaptive surf boards and equipment and close consultation with the participants’ family, carers and clinicians. These sessions include physical activity (surfing or paddle boarding!), sensory regulation and outdoor play therapy. During the 2023/24 period, we held a total of 22 of these sessions, some of which involved working concurrently with siblings. In total these sessions reached 23 individuals.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders during 2023/24 were: The Stable School, Christchurch – a specialist school for children with mental health issues, trauma backgrounds, and neurodivergence, who cannot access mainstream settings. The Dorset Children’s Foundation – a children’s charity serving the Dorset population that prioritises the wellbeing of not only the disabled children registered with themselves but the wider families. Sorted Surf School, Surf Steps, Shore Sports and The SUP Store – these four organisations are all local surf / paddle board organisations that sell, hire, and teach watersports, and have a strong presence in our working vicinity. Elevate Foundation – a charity for children focussing on those who have encountered mental health difficulties due to loss, trauma, anxiety. MYTIME Young Carers – a charity that supports young people who have a caring role in Dorset. Our grant-givers – We were successful in two bids for grants during the 2023/24 accounting year, and were offered small grants from the following organisations: Boshier Hinton Foundation, Local Giving (Postcode Lottery Fund). We also spent grant monies received during the previous year (2022/23) from Whirlwind Charitable Trust and AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust. Consultation We engaged in detailed consultation with The Stable School and The Dorset Children’s Foundation (*) prior to our programmes and sessions in order to ensure that we facilitate the most effective and productive opportunities for our participants. This took the form of: - Ensuring that the most appropriate and in-need participants were selected for our sessions - Obtaining feedback from the above organisations following programmes/sessions - Obtaining feedback from the participants following the programmes/sessions - Evaluating the above feedback in order to effect change for future programmes/sessions Consultation with the local watersports providers listed above took the form of: - Ensuring that our aims and values were clear to them so that they were aware of our desire to work collaboratively alongside their offering and not in competition - Ensuring a mutually-beneficial path was steered, whereby we were taking advantage of the wide customer base, reputation and presence that they already had established, while ensuring that we added value to them by increasing their audience engagement through our specialist and disability offerings that became affiliated with their locations Consultation with Elevate Foundation took the form of feedback forms being completed and fed back to us following on from the sessions we ran. (*) The Dorset Children’s Foundation is the largest children’s charity in the county and we have now forged strong ties with them, whereby we continually consult with Trustees. This involves ensuring that the participants are supported, offers are fairly distributed to the most appropriate service-users, the costs to the charity or family are fair and affordable, and that the content and outcome of sessions are beneficial and therapeutic. We hold frequent discussions with the charity in which new families are put forward who have been identified by either party, and agreements are made about how we can facilitate sessions for them in a beneficial and viable way. Consultation through Social Media – We have an active social media presence consisting of an audience predominantly based in our local area who have a connection in some way with mental health, wellbeing, disability, education, and water sports. This has allowed us to seek out dialogue and feedback from our local community on the issues that really matter to them. For instance, we have been involved in campaigns to make our local beach more accessible (parking, toilets, beach ramps), and have used this as a platform to generate engagement about our interest in our community and what we can offer.

Directors' remuneration

The aggregate amount of emoluments paid to or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying ser-vices was £2,863. 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
27 November 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: E Sutton
Status: Director