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Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
08171646 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 January 2024

End date: 31 December 2024

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Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

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Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 5,735 1,607
Total current assets: 5,735 1,607
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 6,103 ) ( 1,498 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (368) 109
Total assets less current liabilities: (368) 109
Total net assets (liabilities): (368) 109
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (368) 109
Total members' funds: ( 368) 109

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 December 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.

The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 22 March 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Ingrid Guyon
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 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 comprises the invoiced value of goods and services supplied by the company plus grants received, net of Value Added Tax (where VAT registered) and trade discounts.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 4,855 250
Other creditors 1,248 1,248
Total 6,103 1,498

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

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Company Number: 08171646 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2024

Company activities and impact

We mainly dedicated the year with the production of a Peace Photography Guide and website in French, English and Spanish from writing to leading with the designer and translating in 3 languages and managing the 26 project contributors and the volunteers involved. It free for people to download from the Imaging Peace website. https://imagingpeace.org/index.php/peace-photography-guide/. It is a 122-page resource examines how images and image-making can be used to foster peace, dialogue and non-violent civil resistance. Co-authored by our founding director Ingrid Guyon with design by our web designer and graphic designer Diego Echeverry This guide explores what a photography of peace consists of. It critically discusses the ethics and practicalities of community-engaged and participatory visual peace methods and features 26 peace photography activities. The accompanying website contains case studies of 26+ contributing projects and we plan to continue adding more.We hope it will be useful for community, peace and visual practitioners and researchers who are interested in exploring how photography can be harnessed to transform conflict, navigate difference, foster healing and agency, build visibility and connection and spark peace imaginaries. 'Peace Photography: A Guide' is a product of Imaging Peace, my The Leverhulme Trust Fellowship research project based Department of War Studies King's College London with support from The VEM Network. Translation of the Guide has been made possible by Humanity United. It has been launched in February 2025 and had been downloaded in 50 countries in 2 weeks by academics, researchers, photographers, NGO staff, communication specialists, peacebuilders, facilitators, community workers, art therapists, psychologists, and more. We co-produced a community project in Zaragoza with our Spain branch with an online exhibition and four public exhibitions of 92 portraits that had a huge impact in the local community building local network and strengthening community bonds, attracting future projects in the named neighborhoods. https://www.fotosynthesiscommunity.org/es/somos-zaragoza/ https://www.insideoutproject.net/en/explore/group-action/somos-zaragoza https://www.insideoutproject.net/en/news/somos-zaragoza-retratos-y-voces-del-gancho https://www.insideoutproject.net/es/explore/group-action/somos-zaragoza-voces-y-retratos-de-valdespartera-1 https://www.fotosynthesiscommunity.org/es/voces-y-rostros-de-valdespartera/ We have delivered a photovoice for evaluation staff training and implemented a fieldwork project for Save the Children Spain in Almeria, Malaga, Catalonia and Canary Island using some of our UK resources with 34 young migrants and 14 Save the Children staff members. Report here.

Consultation with stakeholders

The company’s stakeholders are the communities we work with, the NGOs and educational or cultural institutions who approach us who have similar ethics and values, our members and pool of facilitators. We often organise meetings and consultations to design projects that could have an impact or identify gaps to provide training to the team. 2024 has been focusing on peace, migrants, local community impacts and European collaborations.

Directors' remuneration

3100 GBP was received by Ingrid Guyon as a remuneration

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
22 March 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Ingrid Guyon
Status: Director