ALPHA VESTA CIC

Company Registration Number:
11838089 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 29 February 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 March 2023

End date: 29 February 2024

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 29 February 2024

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

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Directors' report period ended 29 February 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 29 February 2024

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 March 2023 to 29 February 2024

Mrs L Whittaker
Ms E G Shaw
Ms A C Bowden
Mr M J Ball


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
29 November 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mrs L Whittaker
Status: Director

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 29 February 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 107,401 96,044
Cost of sales: ( 86 )
Gross profit(or loss): 107,401 95,958
Administrative expenses: ( 111,299 ) ( 94,887 )
Operating profit(or loss): (3,898) 1,071
Profit(or loss) before tax: (3,898) 1,071
Tax: 0 ( 238 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (3,898) 833

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Balance sheet

As at 29 February 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 0 321
Total fixed assets: 0 321
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 43,263 47,161
Total current assets: 43,263 47,161
Prepayments and accrued income: 1,066
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 324 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 43,263 47,903
Total assets less current liabilities: 43,263 48,224
Accruals and deferred income: ( 46,944 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 43,263 1,280
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital: 47,161 1,280
Profit and loss account: (3,898 )
Total Shareholders' funds: 43,263 1,280

The notes form part of these financial statements

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 29 February 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 29 November 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Mrs L Whittaker
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 29 February 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

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 29 February 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 29 February 2024

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 March 2023 321 321
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 29 February 2024 321 321
Depreciation
At 1 March 2023 0 0
Charge for year 321 321
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 29 February 2024 321 321
Net book value
At 29 February 2024 0 0
At 28 February 2023 321 321

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 29 February 2024

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

  2023
  £
Other creditors 324
Total   324

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

ALPHA VESTA CIC

Company Number: 11838089 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 29 February 2024

Company activities and impact

Alpha Vesta CIC are a community interest company founded in February 2019 by Lucy Whittaker with a very strong foundation and mission statement of ‘Breaking the cycle of domestic abuse through awareness, prevention and early intervention’. Their vision is to reduce the social and economic impacts of domestic abuse by ensuring that anyone impacted has a safe, supportive place to turn to at the earliest point. They deliver on their mission of ‘breaking the cycle of domestic abuse’ by engaging, empowering and educating communities and workforces to recognise the early indicators of domestic abuse, respond effectively and create safe spaces for adults or children affected to reach out at the earliest point. Alpha Vesta believe workplaces and community organisations are valuable places to embed culture and understanding around domestic abuse as not only are they impacted in a number of ways by domestic abuse themselves but a culture of understanding by Community Leaders and Employers ripples out to everyone across that community or workforce. Alpha Vesta have continued to be funded by National Lottery: Essex Community Fund, Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex as well as Essex Community Foundation and now run a total of 9 online public domestic abuse awareness sessions and workshops every month. Additional funding has allowed them to work directly with Businesses and Organisations creating bespoke training sessions, developing policies and procedures as well as an ‘Education and Empowerment Programme’ for survivors of domestic abuse to regain their independence and move closer to the Labour Market. Their experience of frontline practice and academic study creates a fresh approach to understanding domestic abuse and charities across the domestic abuse sector have also been undertaking their training to further their skills and understanding. 98% of those that attend sessions run by Alpha Vesta rate them as Excellent or Very Good. 99% say that they will go on to use the learning in their workplace and/or community. 99% said they would attend more sessions run by Alpha Vesta.

Consultation with stakeholders

Alpha Vesta work alongside SETDAB – Southend, Essex and Thurrock Domestic Abuse Board as one of their partners as well as being a member of their Reference Group. Alpha Vesta are also now members of the Essex Local Partnership Board who are a new requirement under the NEW DA Act which came into force in November 2021. Alpha Vesta also submit regular reports to their funders (National Lottery, Essex Community Foundation and Essex Police Fire and Crime Commissioner) sharing details of both qualitative and quantitative impact measurements. Alpha Vesta’s Survivors Symposium and broader Survivor and Insight Network offers the opportunity for victims, survivors, employers, employees and those affected by domestic abuse to share their experience of how this impacted on their ability to work, engage with their community or impacted others within the workplace and community. Lucy Whittaker, Founding Director of Alpha Vesta now sits on Working Groups for both Essex Police and Essex County Council to support them around training and the building of policies and procedures around domestic abuse both for employees and service users. She also continues to provide training to frontline police officers, detectives and investigators at Essex Police. We have also worked alongside clinical commissioning groups and university partnership trusts to build their own workforce policies and procedures as well as providing training. Those that attend Alpha Vesta Training sessions are asked to complete a feedback form to rate the session, how it improved their learning and understanding as well as whether they felt this learning will go on to influence their workplace and community. Online Chat and Emails are also collated, and regular feedback reports produced so training can be robustly reviewed at regular intervals

Directors' remuneration

£46407.17

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

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

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Lucy Whittaker
Status: Director