DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13653682 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 October 2023

End date: 30 September 2024

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

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

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Directors' report period ended 30 September 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 September 2024

Principal activities of the company

The company is a Community Interest Company (CIC). As such, the CIC's activities are outlined in the Community Interest Annual Report that is included within this filing.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024

Adedamola Adewunmi
Tracey Gyateng


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
21 March 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Tracey Gyateng
Status: Director

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Cost of sales: ( 19,600 )
Gross profit(or loss): (19,600)
Distribution costs: ( 48 )
Administrative expenses: ( 66,070 ) ( 20,632 )
Other operating income: 85,718 20,632
Operating profit(or loss): 0 0
Profit(or loss) before tax: 0 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 0 0

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 September 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 32,755 118,649
Total current assets: 32,755 118,649
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 34,730 ) ( 120,624 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (1,975) (1,975)
Total assets less current liabilities: (1,975) ( 1,975)
Total net assets (liabilities): (1,975) (1,975)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (1,975) ( 1,975)
Total members' funds: ( 1,975) (1,975)

The notes form part of these financial statements

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 September 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 21 March 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Tracey Gyateng
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 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 from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have been transferred to the buyer. 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. Any grant income, fundraising income or income that is not part of the ordinary business activities of the company has been recorded as Other Income, where applicable.

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 2 2

    This number includes only the directors.

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 30,092 115,986
Other creditors 4,638 4,638
Total 34,730 120,624

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

DATA, TECH & BLACK COMMUNITIES CIC

Company Number: 13653682 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 September 2024

Company activities and impact

In the third year Data, Tech & Black Communities CIC (‘DTBC’) has: 1. Focused on delivering a funded project researching the impact of EdTech on Black/Black heritage children based in Birmingham. Having set up project management systems and recruited freelancers to support activities in the previous year, this year we worked with ten members of the public to support them to be community researchers to investigate the use of EdTech across 90 schools located in the most deprived wards in Birmingham. The community researchers examined the school websites for details of the EdTech applications and platforms mentioned, reviewed schools’ equality impact assessments and conducted interviews, a focus group and questionnaires which gathered insights from 99 individuals. DTBC worked with community researchers and freelancers to analyse and tell stories from the data, which is being developed into a report due to be published in spring 2025. 2. As part of the project, we held two community events reaching 69 primarily Black/Black heritage adults. With the engagement of freelance community organisers who worked to raise understanding of Edtech with various Black/Black heritage people across schools, mosques, community events, this project engaged around 200 people. 3. Across the project, we produced four blogs and continued to engage in external events and calls to actions which aligned with our organisational objectives. Key events included presenting at AI & Society Forum, a gathering of 150 civil society organisations coming together to call for better AI practice; being invited to attend a private meeting of civil society organisations and machine learning specialists to share our work and strategise; and an invitation to discuss our EdTech work within a focused workshop as part of the National Education Union annual conference. 4. One impact of the project was that nine out of ten community researchers completed the project with us. DTBC supported them to develop or build upon skills everyone has – that is to ask questions, seek out answers, share findings – within a social research methods framework that produced rigorous results. All community researchers who completed the project expressed high satisfaction with the interaction and support provided by DTBC and the completed training and work. Another impact of the project is that attendees of our hosted events, which were primarily people of Black/Black heritage, provided positive feedback about the information we delivered and have requested us to develop a toolkit to support parents/guardians on how best to discover and protect the use of data collected about their children. This will benefit not just Black/Black heritage parents/ guardians, but all parents/ guardians based in England and Wales.

Consultation with stakeholders

The CIC stakeholders are people of Black and mixed Black heritage who reside in the UK. Our aim is to regularly consult with all stakeholders to shape the design and delivery of our work. This year, by conducting community events and outreach with the support of freelance community organisers, we provided regular opportunities to proactively receive feedback through conversation and feedback forms to learn how we are doing and what we can improve upon.

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
21 March 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Tracey Gyateng
Status: Director