NATURE THERAPY CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
08779680 (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 directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

Dr Kim Brown
Patrick Noctor
David Ward


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: Dr Kim Brown
Status: Director

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 1,200 0
Cost of sales: ( 5,218 ) ( 4,500 )
Gross profit(or loss): (4,018) (4,500)
Administrative expenses: ( 10,387 ) ( 18,026 )
Other operating income: 14,195 34,424
Operating profit(or loss): (210) 11,898
Profit(or loss) before tax: (210) 11,898
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (210) 11,898

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 3,654 6,558
Total fixed assets: 3,654 6,558
Current assets
Debtors: 4 850 850
Cash at bank and in hand: 18,481 6,816
Total current assets: 19,331 7,666
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 21,287 ) ( 12,316 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (1,956) (4,650)
Total assets less current liabilities: 1,698 1,908
Total net assets (liabilities): 1,698 1,908
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 1,698 1,908
Total members' funds: 1,698 1,908

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 29 November 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Dr Kim Brown
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

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Plant & machinery 15% straight line Fixtures & fittings 20% straight line Computer equipment 33.33% straight line

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 2

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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 15,059 2,817 3,215 21,091
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2024 15,059 2,817 3,215 21,091
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023 9,959 2,547 2,027 14,533
Charge for year 1,581 135 1,188 2,904
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2024 11,540 2,682 3,215 17,437
Net book value
At 31 March 2024 3,519 135 0 3,654
At 31 March 2023 5,100 270 1,188 6,558

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

4. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Other debtors 850 850
Total 850 850

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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 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 21,042 11,796
Other creditors 245 520
Total 21,287 12,316

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

NATURE THERAPY CIC

Company Number: 08779680 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2024

Company activities and impact

Nature Therapy CIC is an award-winning social enterprise which was established in 2013 to nurture hearts and minds through unique experiences alongside nature. Our programmes are unique, such as being the first organisation in the UK to blend the involvement of wolves and horses with ancient knowledge. Our overall aim is to help people find their own power. We have a passion for supporting others to enhance their sensory resilience, within a strong belief that each participant is an expert in their own way of being. Our enterprise is run through volunteer support. All of our volunteers have previously been part of one or more of our groups or programmes. Our courses, programmes and resources are co-created with participants with lived experience from across the age span. We act as catalysts for hands on experiences that stimulate the senses, encourage self-development, and draw on nature as a free resource to ensure sustainability. In recent years our response to the pandemic extensively changed how we deliver services. We now offer both indoor and outdoor therapeutic style activities. Drumming for Dementia As we age our sensory capacity changes. One condition that can impact strongly on sensory perception is dementia. Our aim over the past decade or so has been to help those with a dementia, their family, carers and professionals understand the impact of these sensory changes. To facilitate this, we evolved a pop-up dementia theatre, hands on sensory activity sessions, and training for carers and family members in the importance of sensory enrichment to enhance quality of life. Based on collaborative research with the University of Bournemouth, we found Drumming to be the most popular sensory activity we provide. Our research into drumming with people with a cognitive impairment demonstrates evidence-based outcomes such as a reduction in agitation, improved sleep patterns and observable signs of enjoyment. Combined, these outcomes show drumming has the capacity to enhance quality of life overall. With the initial results of our research in mind, we developed a free on-line Drumming for Dementia course for those caring or working alongside people with a dementia. To date the course has been undertaken by 467 people with 32 people taking part in further more in-depth research. Independent researchers from the Well Being Centre for Research at Bournemouth conducted a study and concluded the on-line Drumming for Dementia course was a positive addition to enhance Quality of life. Our Drumming for Dementia programme now has a global reach with Nature Therapy CIC drumming practitioners across the UK, in different states in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, Portugal, Nepal, India and Brazil. Drumming does not require English as a first language but does offer intercultural communication whereby individuals connect. This is an important factor in Dementia when words and memory start to fail. Artful Drumming Cafe Over this past year we have delivered Artful Drumming Cafes for people/families with experience of mental distress and/or low income. We ran these in different locations on the island including Ventnor, Newport and Sandown. We have a membership of just over 300 people attending these cafe style groups based on the therapeutic use of music and art. We deliver a range of drumming groups which includes Djembe, Hoop, Rav etc as well as our own design of drumming combining movement, dancing, sound, laughter and singing. This is a popular style of cardio drumming we call Drumbles. We continued throughout the year with our In Reach programme of providing Drumbles for patients in the local Psychiatric Hospital. We continued to train Drumbles practitioners as volunteers to deliver the programme in various venues such as residential homes for those with Learning Challenges, schools extra needs programmes, for delivery by and for our local Chinese community, and with womens support groups. Volunteers attending the Artful Drumming Cafe delivered group sessions in care homes, alongside other voluntary groups such as the Alzheimer Cafes, with children with a life limiting illness, and at funerals. Through our Artful Drumming Cafes we were able to offer drumming and art workshops for families. The children ranged in age from 2 years old to 17 years of age. We expanded the range of what we offer at these cafes to account for age differences and tastes to include art work, board games and music – such as Karaoke. We provide breakfast and refreshments on a Saturday, where families told us how they were struggling financially. We ran several World Cafe formats to gain more knowledge and understanding of their situation. One example of a key factor was families having to move out of rented accommodation and living in temporary accommodation without access to kitchen facilities. An Awards for All grant from the Lottery Community helped money saving workshops utilising granny skills such as thermal cooking. A thermal cooking guide was produced and provided to 176 families in need. At the Artful Drumming cafe, we were also able to distribute copies of our Heritage funded community book Legends of the Isle of Wight for Children. This was created with a grant received in 2015 but we are still able to continue providing this resource at cost price so families have access to free activities during the holidays. As in previous years, we provided a Tree Library during the summer holidays for families to sit and read in natural environments. During the winter months this becomes a book and games swap station. Children, one of the prime reasons children are bullied is because they are seen to be different in some way. During 2023/24 we continued to deliver our anti bullying Kindness Sensebox. This whole school approach has been running 7 years and has been delivered to over 2.5k children with an evidence-based improvement in self-esteem and acts of Kindness. We donated Kindness Senseboxes to schools in Bali and Cambodia. We co designed a one-to-one drum therapy programme with children who are neurodiverse and delivered to 15 children. These children and their families helped us develop a resource called Sound Therapy for Children. This is to be published as a guide to be distributed to families and carers as part of a workshop helping parents and front-line workers develop skills in utilising sound. Research and Design We continued to use our mobile workroom to store resources and make up the Sense Boxes and out mobile classroom for group work. We continued to work with volunteers to improve the therapy base we use for training programmes and courses. Our hard work in upgrading facilities and moving further towards low impact delivery resulted with Nature Therapy CIC receiving a Gold Standard Green Impact Award. We were one of only two organisations to receive this level of award in the UK. During 2023/24 we were fortunate to receive a grant from Public Health to maintain our Artful Drumming Cafe. Funding from our Wolf Medicine course bought in an additional £1.200 thus enabling us to provide 10 free places on a further Wolf Medicine course. Towards the end of March 2024, we received a grant from the Lottery to take forward group work based on our Wolf Medicine course. This amounted to £19,920 to be spent over a two-year period. We also kindly received a grant of £500 from Wight Aid to print books for those parents attending our Guide to Sound Therapy for Children workshops. Thankyou Many thanks to all our funders, volunteers and supporters for your help and support. Independent reports on outputs and outcomes will be provided. Any surplus from the sale of training and resources goes towards supporting people to take part in our programmes and reduce the constant pressure to find suitable grant funding.

Consultation with stakeholders

The stake holders are the users of the groups and sessions and they were contacted through the WhatsApp groups, social media and discussions at the workshops provided. No formal meetings were held but responses were encouraged through social media platforms and at gatherings.

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
29 November 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Dr Kim Brown
Status: Director