WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
11873574 (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

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

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

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

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

Principal activities of the company

Maintaining and opening up a listed building and grounds for use by the community; incorporating a bookshop, coffee shop, food bank andmen's shed amongst other events.



Directors

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

Nev Clarke
Nicola Shrimpton
Joanne Douglas
Ian Douglas


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
20 December 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Nev Clarke
Status: Director

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 69,098 41,959
Cost of sales: ( 27,949 )
Gross profit(or loss): 41,149 41,959
Administrative expenses: ( 57,133 ) ( 5,874 )
Operating profit(or loss): (15,984) 36,085
Profit(or loss) before tax: (15,984) 36,085
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (15,984) 36,085

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 6,000 6,000
Total fixed assets: 6,000 6,000
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 24,295 7,378
Total current assets: 24,295 7,378
Net current assets (liabilities): 24,295 7,378
Total assets less current liabilities: 30,295 13,378
Total net assets (liabilities): 30,295 13,378
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 30,295 13,378
Total members' funds: 30,295 13,378

The notes form part of these financial statements

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

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 20 December 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Nev Clarke
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

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 Financial Reporting Standard 101

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 4 4

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

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 5,000 500 500 6,000
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2024 5,000 500 500 6,000
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
Charge for year
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2024
Net book value
At 31 March 2024 5,000 500 500 6,000
At 31 March 2023 5,000 500 500 6,000

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL GROUP CIC

Company Number: 11873574 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2024

Company activities and impact

Our aim is to bring people together to help rejuvenate and maintain one of the town's great assets and links to the past; to create a village green type space for the town, bringing a range of events and activities that not only bring something that enriches the community but puts them at the heart of it. We remain the only Foodbank in the High Peak to operate on a soft referral basis and have seen a steady rise in people needing as they fall through the gaps in the benefit system, and/or not being normally eligible as they are working but struggling to pay bills. We have become a vital support cog in our community and we will continue to provide help and support where we can, including opening up on Christmas Day and providing takeaway Christmas meals for those on their own or in need of respite. Our food bank was created with interaction as a key component. As well as being the only 'self/soft referral food bank that we know of, we wanted human contact to be a key component. Rather than being an awkward interaction for people who are already feeling undervalued and at a low, we aim to build on an offering to rebuild confidence and self-belief in our users when they experience our service. The Men's Shed that we launched nearly three years ago now, has a core group of members and not all just men. Mental health and well being is at the core of what we offer as a building, even if it isn’t always what people see. We've already seen some fantastic results for our users since starting the offering, with men who have struggled to even leave the house. Many of or users had/have been on long term sickness from work, mostly through stress related illnesses, many are retired and feeling lost and undervalued, some have been adults with difficulties referred to us from social prescribers from Derbyshire County Council and High Peak CVS. We have witnessed so many of them regain confidence and inner strength, and renewed belief in themselves. We worked the English Heritage last year: We wished to uncover stories of working-class people who lived and worked in the High Peak town of Whaley Bridge from the early industrial revolution to present day. Through both archival research and oral histories, local young people would uncover stories based on five key themes (to be agreed by the project team). Working with creative practitioners, five local schools we then turned collected research into five performance pieces of oral storytelling as performance pieces that will be performed by the children for the wider community at the Whaley Wharf Weekend in 2023. Whilst the project did not travel in the path we first envisaged, as Douglas Adams pointed out and to paraphrase him, “We may not have gone where we intended to go, but I think I have ended up where we needed to be.” 2023 also saw Whaley Bridge Carnival relocate to the Transhipment Warehouse and Wharf.

Consultation with stakeholders

The key feedback i 2023 came from not just the public when the shows were being performed but from teachers and parents as we were engaging with and working with the schools was delightful. As project leader, I took particular pride in addressing all the youngsters from the schools and telling them they were going down in history as the first people to write down stories about the building they were in. They took particular joy in me advising them that the building they were in and the lives of the people that they were recording were even older than their headteacher. Might be being wistful but I feel that they took me at my word when we told them that the Transhipment is their building and so is the town. We also work closely with our key user groups, the food bank users, the volunteers who help to run it and the men's Shed to ensure that they feel owners of the services and key partners in the building and facility and decisions made there.

Directors' remuneration

Two of the directors, Nev Clarke and Nicola Shrimpton work full time in the building. The other two directors do not receive regular payments from the CIC, however do from storytelling performances, both our regular Winter Tales and were also the key 'talent' for Transhipment Tales and paid as part of the grant process.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
20 December 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Nev Clarke
Status: Director