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Directors' report period ended
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
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
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 March 2024
Basis of measurement and preparation
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Cracked Bean Roastery (CBR) is the first trading arm of Cracked Pot Enterprises CIC. We roast and sell speciality grade coffee on a wholesale and retail basis. We have a website for online retail sales and also attend a market twice a month to sell retail bags of our coffee in person, and we also sell espresso-based drinks at one of those markets in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. All the profits from selling coffee are re-invested into the business to provide volunteering, training and employment opportunities to local people experiencing unemployment. The local people we support may have multiple barriers to financial independence, for example mental health problems, they may be in recovery of substance addiction, lack of work experience and qualifications. We have also provided a free training course for local people experiencing unemployment - Introduction to Barista Skills. This part-time training course has been free to access for service users and is 6 - 8 weeks in duration depending on the number of people attending per course. 16 people attended this course during this financial period. CBR has provided volunteering opportunities for people to gain customer service skills at food and drink markets twice a month. 4 people have engaged in this activity, of which 2 people have attended on a long-term basis. They have volunteered for between 4 and 6 hours at a time, helping set out the stall, and engaging with customers, and selling products using electronic payment and handling cash. They have learnt about the products they're selling (retail bags of speciality coffee from different origins around the world) and conversed with customers about these products. All this has provided them with valuable customer service skills and increased their self-confidence within a work environment. Also, Cracked Bean Roastery has been able to provide part-time employment for 1 staff member throughout this financial period. This was initially enabled by government CLLD funding but was continued to be funded by traded income from the business. The staff member has benefitted from a flexible work pattern, as they suffer from chronic fatigue and have ADHD. This has been beneficial for the business as well, as they have provided employment support for the volunteers, and delivered barista training for people experiencing unemployment.
Samantha Dobson has consulted with fellow directors on a regular basis, especially with Jean Armstrong who co-owns a coffee roastery in Whitehaven with her husband and business partner, Mark Armstrong. The Introduction to Barista Skills training has been delivered at - Diego’s Joint CIC (Bar/Cafe, Sunderland) - Grace House (Support organisation for children and young people with disabilities, Sunderland) - Hope4All CIC (Community Outreach Support for local residents in Pennywell, Sunderland) Each course was promoted by the hosting organisations, and it proved to be popular with local people. At the end of each course, we had a celebration event for everyone who took part. At this event, we consulted with them on how they found the course and how it impacted them. Every participant said that it helped them grow in self-confidence and they enjoyed learning new skills, and for some people it confirmed that they would like to work within the hospitality industry. One course attendant from Grace House managed to do some work experience at Diego’s Joint after doing our course. After the Barista training course at Hope4All, one of the attendees applied to volunteer with Cracked Bean Roastery, and he became a regular volunteer at the local markets we attend selling our retail bags of coffee. This is despite his chronic health condition of rheumatoid arthritis which he has had since being a young child, and he is now19 years old. After such positive feedback from volunteers and people attending the Barista Skills course, we plan to continue delivering this training course in the local community, which is free to access for service users experiencing unemployment (and multiple barriers to financial independence).
Director Samantha Dobson has received a part-time salary for her work for Cracked Bean Roastery. This is all detailed in the accounts.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
27 March 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Samantha M Dobson
Status: Director