WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13501407 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 August 2023

End date: 31 July 2024

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 July 2024

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

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 July 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 July 2024

Directors

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

Grace Twiston-Davies
Alasdair Moore


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
31 March 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Grace Twiston-Davies
Status: Director

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 July 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 33,118 2,500
Cost of sales: ( 16,572 ) ( 641 )
Gross profit(or loss): 16,546 1,859
Administrative expenses: ( 22,980 ) ( 2,185 )
Other operating income: 1,307
Operating profit(or loss): (5,127) (326)
Profit(or loss) before tax: (5,127) (326)
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (5,127) (326)

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 July 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 1,225 325
Total current assets: 1,225 325
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 7,433 ) ( 1,406 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (6,208) (1,081)
Total assets less current liabilities: (6,208) ( 1,081)
Total net assets (liabilities): (6,208) (1,081)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (6,208) ( 1,081)
Total members' funds: ( 6,208) (1,081)

The notes form part of these financial statements

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 July 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 31 March 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Grace Twiston-Davies
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 July 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 represents the value, net of VAT and discounts, of goods provided to customers and work carried out in respect of services provided to customers.

    Other accounting policies

    The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts. Basis of preparation The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets. Presentation currency The accounts are presented in £ sterling.

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 July 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 1 0

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 July 2024

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 7,077 360
Other creditors 356 1,046
Total 7,433 1,406

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

WILDFLOWER COLLECTIVE CIC

Company Number: 13501407 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 July 2024

Company activities and impact

Wildflower Collective activities aim to benefit land-owners, land managers, farmers and other business with land in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by providing consultancy, facilitation, and the raw materials, to create wildflower displays that benefit the environment, economy and society. Our main work has focussed on providing consultancy and on running the Meadow Hubs project; We have been providing consultancy to Cornwall Council for their Forest for Cornwall project. Here they engage landowners and then contract consultants to visit farms and produce a report that shows where there are opportunities for wood habitat creation and also where there are opportunities for other habitat types. We have been able to provide plans that show where the restoration of woodland and species-rich grassland habitat can work in harmony. We have continues to work on the Meadow Hubs project, a project in collaboration with Cornwall Council, Rosuick Organic Farm and Cornwall Protected Landscape (formerly Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). Here we use our Meadow Match project where we ‘match make’ donors site of local wildflower seed and hay to ‘receptor’ sites to create more species-rich grassland. The Meadow Hubs project uses our Meadow Match method and has created 3 regional ‘hubs’ covering 4 sections of Cornwall Protected Landscape (sections 07, 08, 09 and 12) covering Penwith, The Lizard, The Roseland and Bodmin Moor. These hubs bring together equipment, knowledge and skills and we have worked together to create a seed hub on the Lizard that can be used to sort, dry and store locally harvested wildflower seed. This project is helping the landowners, conservation organisations and local community groups to create more habitat for biodiversity, to mitigate climate change, that is characteristic to the area and helps farmer livelihoods. We gained funding for the project from the Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund (DEFRA) for a second year running from May 2024 - March 2025. Wildflower Collective is being paid as the project manager on this and we have contributed considerable in-kind time to developing and promoting this project. Other projects; We have donated over 100 small packets of locally grown wildflower seed to various projects and initiatives such as seed sales to raise money for mind and for a local school and sports club. Women and Bees – we continue to be part of a collaboration of over 60 women who are helping to save bees and their habitat founded by designer and storyteller Emma Mawston. We have used this to engage the public in the importance of a range of bee species and the flower and tree species they rely on by helping to design three fabrics for Will Bees Bespoke along with the other women in the collaboration. A proportion of the profits from these products is going to the B4 project which champions the use and protection of the ‘Cornish Black Bee’ in beekeeping. Wildflower Collective have provided this in-kind.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our key stakeholders are the University of Exeter, specifically the Environment and Sustainability Institute, Cornwall Protected Landscape (Formerly, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and Rosuick Organic Farm and Cornwall Council. We have worked with these specifically to develop project ideas and develop project funding bids. Stakeholders for the Meadow Match project which we are implementing currently via the Meadow Hubs project are the National Trust, Duchy of Cornwall Estates, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Cornwall Council, Bodmin Airfield, Plantlife, Buglife, The National Wildflower Centre, the Meadow Makers Forum, Cornwall Heritage Trust, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and many private farmers and land managers. We worked with these stakeholders to find ‘donor’ and ‘receptor’ sites of meadow seed and hay. We will continue to work with these stakeholders who find value in the Meadow Match service and to find even more sites. As part of the Meadow Match project we also work with nature focussed volunteer groups including Wild Roseland, Wildlife Groundswell on the Lizard, Three Bays Wildlife Group and Penwith Wildlife Recorders. We support their work by providing additional training and also offering equipment where needed via the Meadow Hubs project. We have worked with Gain Consulting on the Forest for Cornwall farm management plans. We plan to work together on future consultancy projects. Our communications channels connect with the public, and people who manage or own land. We share the progress of our projects with our community, gain feedback and ideas through these channels and aim to grow the community in the future.

Directors' remuneration

The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £16,241. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
1 April 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Grace Twiston-Davies
Status: Director