CREATIVES NOW CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
15323707 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 3 December 2023

End date: 31 December 2024

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Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

Directors report
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Community Interest Report

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Directors' report period ended 31 December 2024

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

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
3 December 2023 to 31 December 2024

Gaynor Cox
Naomi Lord


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
1 April 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Gaynor Cox
Status: Director

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Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2024

Notes 13 months to 31 December 2024


£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets:   0
Tangible assets:   0
Investments:   0
Total fixed assets: 0
Current assets
Stocks:   0
Debtors:   0
Cash at bank and in hand: 13,541
Investments:   0
Total current assets: 13,541
Prepayments and accrued income: 5,000
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year:   0
Net current assets (liabilities): 18,541
Total assets less current liabilities: 18,541
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year:   0
Provision for liabilities: 0
Accruals and deferred income: ( 16,062 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 2,479
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 2,479
Total members' funds: 2,479

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 1 April 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Gaynor Cox
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

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

  • 2. Employees

    13 months to 31 December 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 0

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

CREATIVES NOW CIC

Company Number: 15323707 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2024

Company activities and impact

Creatives Now CIC develops and delivers youth led creatives and cultural activities, supporting children and young people to take a lead on cultural engagement, consultation and participation. We provide activities that support local cultural providers with partnership brokerage and project design support, and we offer skills development opportunities for early career cultural providers. We run activities from empty town centre retail spaces, offering flexible creative spaces for a variety of cultural opportunities and events. During the financial year 1 January to 31 December 2024 Creatives Now CIC delivered a programme of cultural/youth led activities involving 50+ young people aged 12-18, including: - Town of Children project led by international artists Baseclan including 3 community place-making sessions; 1 filmmaking masterclass and 5 days+ of mentoring; 4 creative skills sessions for young people and creative facilitators; 2 days of action painting; 151 Bolton people attended the final event. - Online workshops with national film festivals and special screening at Bolton International Film Festival (October 2024) showcasing five documentary shorts produced by young people exploring their hometown’s arts and culture scene. - Weekly Saturday Theatre Workshops and sharing events for family and friends - Saturday Studio – a programme of weekly youth experimental intelligence workshops including networking activities between Creatives Now and local and regional creative organisations. Creatives Now worked with 12 local, regional, national and international artists/arts organisations and collaborated with nine other cultural organisations. - A pop-up Great Get Together event - Partnership with House of Imagination (Bath) and Forest of the Imagination to produce environmentally focused public installations, digital activities and a town trail, including a virtual planning session with Bath’s Green Creatives - Bolton Screen Academy - weekly workshops produced by Creatives Now and film/digital partners on a UKSPF funded project, introducing ‘filming’ to children/young people under the ‘Saturday Club’ umbrella - Youth Governance Training - a 12-month programme in which young people learn how to shape a creative business, with the option of becoming a trustee on Creatives Now’s youth board - Commission to produce an environmentally themed mural for a local business - Live project placements for two University students - Four exhibitions promoting the work of established and new/emerging artists - Visits to six local, regional & national cultural organisations including a small group visit to the Forest of the Imagination 'Earth Ballot' workshops in Bath

Consultation with stakeholders

Creatives Now is an arts collective for 12-18 year-olds in Bolton, driven by youth leadership and dedicated to co-design. We aim to provide a platform for young people to express themselves through art and creativity, empowering them to take an active role in shaping their community's cultural landscape. These young people are our main stakeholders. Consultation is an ongoing process, however in order to better amplify youth voice in early 2024 Creatives Now we commissioned a 12-month youth governance training programme, facilitated by an independent arts leader & practitioner. The programme supports Creatives Now young people to learn how to shape a creative business, with the option of becoming a trustee on Creatives Now’s youth board. The 12-month programme included sessions such as: - Setting the Vision - A workshop which will allow the youth board to develop and articulate their vision for the future of the board and the wider organisation. Linked to the mission of the organisation, looking ahead with support from structure thinking to set some longer term goals around a 1, 2 or 3 year vision. - Decision making & taking action - A workshop to explore decision making processes for the youth board, linked to structures, roles and responsibilities; thinking about how we can work effectively as a team to delegate, communicate and activate as required. What ‘activity’ can the board make decisions about? How does the board consult with other young people? What is the difference between strategy and operation? - Mapping and communicating our impact - Who are our stakeholders? Who do we need to talk to about our work? How can we be visible leaders? How shall we share what we are doing? What is advocacy and can it benefit us?

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
1 April 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Gaynor Cox
Status: Director