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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 September 2024
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 October 2023
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30 September 2024
The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 October 2023
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22 July 2024
The director shown below has held office during the period of
5 September 2024
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30 September 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
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 30 September 2024
Basis of measurement and preparation
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In the year starting 1st October 2023 and ending 30th September 2024, we were active and trading with our forest school opening at the beginning of October 2023. We were running toddler ‘Stay and Play’ groups on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The children and their families attend sessions that have a theme each week - for example, butterflies. A range of crafts to do with the theme are provided as well as other invitations and opportunities for play and exploration. We have a mud kitchen, fairy den, gutter run, loose parts play, hammocks to swing on and much more. Each session sees a campfire-cooked treat of some sort - for example foraged elderflower fritters. The children and their families are learning about the natural world around them and developing pro-environmental attitudes. We developed access for children from birth, as lots of babies were attending with or without older siblings. We created a baby sensory area, cordoned off by straw bales to provide a safe and nurturing space for our youngest visitors. We kept our pricing the same (£9 per session). Our volunteer team had grown, including a participant who along with his wife were on the adoption pathway and needed to gain some extra experience working with children as part of the process. Our volunteers continued to support us with jobs around the woodland site and their help was greatly received. We came together for a social gathering away from the woods as a chance for us to say thank you with a cheese and wine evening. This group of volunteers have become friends and the feedback from them is always that they have enjoyed getting out and spending time in nature. Our oldest volunteer is a 78 year old woman who loves spending time at the woods. Our collaborative partnership with the Bicton College Arboriculture team continued. They visited the site to work on some of our diseased ash trees whilst using the space and relationship with us as a training opportunity for their students. The NHS Perinatal Mental Health department at Torbay Hospital visited monthly with groups of mums having mental health challenges. We facilitated a quiet, calm space for the group to meet in and explore, refreshments and an optional craft activity. These groups were so successful and valuable that they have been rolled out across other forest schools in the area. In February 2024 we ran a Bird box/ dormouse nest box-making workshop on a Saturday, which adults from the local community attended. We had a really good turnout and it was great to see adults enjoying the space and learning new skills. Richard O’Neil, Land & Wildlife Management instructor at Bicton, kindly ran this session for us and all attendees went home with a bird or nest box that they had made. We hope to run some more of these sessions. In August 2024, we facilitated a session for families with children with SEND in partnership with Teignbridge Family Hub Action for Children. Nine families attended and enjoyed Hapa Zome, a nature hunt around the woodland and a range of sensory activities. Receiving a grant of £1500 from The Nineveh Charitable Trust in May 2024 enabled us to offer a total of 166 sessions free of charge to local families. We were keen to reach families from all backgrounds and didn’t want money to be a barrier to precious time in nature. As Emma and I are both teachers, we used our existing networks to target families who could benefit. We also quickly learned that local pre-schools, playgroups and family centres could also be a huge help in promoting this wonderful opportunity.
Our directors are Sara Allen, Emma Gilboy and Jack Shanahan. Our previous third director, Amy O’Dwyer resigned on 22nd July 2024 to be replaced by Jack Shanahan from the 5th September 2024 The directors have continued to work together to plan the ways forward for the project. Sara and Emma plan and facilitate the sessions at the woods and the day to day running of the business including writing grants. Jack supports us and also ran a ‘Go Fund Me’ to raise money towards our planning application. Our volunteers continue to be consulted to see what new skills they could teach/learn and to help plan the ways to develop the biodiversity in the woodland. Together they have planted over 200 trees. We also consulted regularly with the landowners on which our site is located. We love to get feedback from our visitors which helps to shape the ways forward for the forest school. This has been verbal as well as through questionnaires.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
22 June 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Emma Gilboy
Status: Director