ROOM TO TALK CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
08667129 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 28 August 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 29 August 2023

End date: 28 August 2024

ROOM TO TALK CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 August 2024

Directors report
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

ROOM TO TALK CIC

Directors' report period ended 28 August 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 28 August 2024

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
29 August 2023 to 28 August 2024

Michelle Cardona
Eileen Whittaker


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 May 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Michelle Cardona
Status: Director

ROOM TO TALK CIC

Balance sheet

As at 28 August 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 16,123 49,565
Cash at bank and in hand: 3,896 90
Total current assets: 20,019 49,655
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 16,002 ) ( 50,469 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 4,017 (814)
Total assets less current liabilities: 4,017 ( 814)
Total net assets (liabilities): 4,017 (814)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 4,017 ( 814)
Total members' funds: 4,017 (814)

The notes form part of these financial statements

ROOM TO TALK CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 28 August 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 May 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Michelle Cardona
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

ROOM TO TALK CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 August 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 is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have 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.

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows Freehold buildings - over 50 years Leasehold land and buildings - over the lease term Plant and machinery - over 5 years Fixtures, fittings, tools and equipment - over 5 years

ROOM TO TALK CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 August 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 28 August 2024

3. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 16,123 49,565
Total 16,123 49,565

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 August 2024

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Taxation and social security 11,264 49,369
Other creditors 4,738 1,100
Total 16,002 50,469

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

ROOM TO TALK CIC

Company Number: 08667129 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 28 August 2024

Company activities and impact

During the financial year, Room To Talk CIC continued to provide extensive individual and therapeutic group interventions, facilitated by mental health professionals and complimented by peer and volunteer delivery. Services offered by Room To Talk CIC are accessible within the prison estate, immigration and removal centres and within the community. Our services are delivered in person, remote online, written text and over the telephone. Multi-delivery options offered the greatest inclusion for our vulnerable and marginalised population who continued to be at risk in the community from potential harm and abuse. We continued to expand our therapeutic approaches and the number of sessional therapists delivering both 1-1 sessions and group facilitation. We have increased our group work delivery in the community and have offered more creative ways for our clients to communicate their emotions by drawing, using family constellation and mindfulness exercises. Our directive continues to be to promoting trauma recovery, emotional rehabilitation, acceptance of self, personal growth and relational connectedness. Room To Talk CIC have also provided further critical incident debriefs to our prison population, following serious harm to self or others, including prison staff and their families. We have expanded our therapeutic provisions to include specialist trauma responses following critical incidents within prisons and extending to witnessed events within the community. We continue to actively seek further expansion in this area and are exploring funding opportunities so that we might offer additional community follow-up support after immediate CISM (critical incident stress management) debriefs. Room To Talk CIC have introduced specialist therapeutic support and training to prison staff to encourage team and individual cohesion following traumatic incidents and subsequent changes to the safety regime. The expansion into working with more prison staff has enabled us to expand our specialist therapeutic individual and group delivery. We have delivered specialist trauma debriefs following high profile community incidents within the last 12 months and continue to provide first line support following death in custody and life-changing injuries. Room To Talk CIC has ambitious plans for the coming year and are tendering for additional services, delivered within the private prison sector.

Consultation with stakeholders

Stakeholders are the clients, families and staff that Room To Talk CIC provide therapeutic services to. Room To Talk CIC continued to circulate feedback forms following interaction with the service and taken direct verbal and visual feedback from our service users that are unable to communicate in written form due to learning difficulties or when communicating in their mother tongue or non-verbally. We offered an inclusive and neurodivergent service to our beneficiaries, in part due to our own neurodivergent and multi-lingual therapists. Room To Talk CIC are hoping to grow the diversity and inclusion delivery to introduce therapists to BSL, offering services to deaf children accessing our family services. Room To Talk CIC remains committed to reducing incidents of self-harm and attempted suicide within the prison estate. We actively promote open discussion with our beneficiaries for creative and innovative solutions for continuity of current provision and the introduction of new services.

Directors' remuneration

Please see attached accounts for further information. Director’s renumeration: Michelle Cardona £25,200 Eileen Whittaker £82,503

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
20 May 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Michelle Cardona
Status: Director