DORSET WOMEN CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
15172256 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 28 September 2023

End date: 30 September 2024

DORSET WOMEN CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

DORSET WOMEN CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 September 2024

Notes 2024


£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 2,621
Total current assets: 2,621
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 1,210 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 1,411
Total assets less current liabilities: 1,411
Total net assets (liabilities): 1,411
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 1,411
Total members' funds: 1,411

The notes form part of these financial statements

DORSET WOMEN CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 September 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 27 June 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Alison Jay
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

DORSET WOMEN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 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 comprises the invoiced value of goods and services supplied by the company plus grants received, net of Value Added Tax (where VAT registered) and trade discounts.

DORSET WOMEN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024
    Average number of employees during the period 0

DORSET WOMEN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 September 2024

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024
£
Taxation and social security 331
Accruals and deferred income 255
Other creditors 624
Total 1,210

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

DORSET WOMEN CIC

Company Number: 15172256 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 September 2024

Company activities and impact

Dorset Women CIC started out as the Women’s Action Network Dorset, a community voluntary group, operating since 2010. In 2023 we sought to become a Community Interest Company in order to formalise the organisation structure and increase our capacity for partnership working and grant funding to further our aims. Dorset Women registered as a Community Interest Company in September 2023, and this report reflects our first trading year. Activities in this first year reflect the CIC establishing its mode of operation and exploring options for targeted work and opportunities for partnership working. All the activities outlined were volunteer-led by the CIC directors and supporter volunteers. 1. Consultation with Directors to review and shape the Dorset Women CIC strategy for 2024. 2. Reviewing and developing polices for the organisation Communications 1. Creating the website dorsetwomen.org.uk 2. Quarterly e-newsletters sent to the supporter base Events & Raising Awareness 1. Online Workshop - Women in Politics and Leadership in Dorset and BCP 10 January 2024. Panel discussion and debate with 4 local politicians and 35 attendee members of the public. Report available here: Women in Politics – Barriers and Solutions to Representation 2. Summit Meeting: Changing the Culture to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls 6 March 2024 – in partnership with Soroptimists International Bournemouth and Bournemouth University attended by 69 Stakeholders. Summary Report here: Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls a Timeline 3. Awareness raising and public engagement on Women’s Health, the Gender Pay Gap and Violence Against Women in relation to the General Election June 2024 4. Participation in Dorset Council EDI Reference Group attending regular meetings and providing consultation on council activities. An example here: Dorset Women Response to Strategy Consultation 5. Continued promotion of the Dorset Women’s Charter Women’s Health project 1. Stakeholder Taskforce and Workshops September 2023: including NHS decisionmakers to address improving women’s experience and outcomes in health care 2. Funding secured January 2024 to create an online Women’s Health Hub 3. Recruitment of project management and IT support staff who began work on the online Women’s Health Hub March 2024.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our primary stakeholders are women and girls who live, work or study in Dorset, particularly those who have been disadvantaged by violence, exclusion, health difficulties and economic difficulties. We consult with these stakeholders through our newsletters, website, social media platforms, surveys and in-person events. Almost 1000 women took part in our women’s health survey to shape the priorities of our women’s health programme undertaken in partnership with NHS Dorset. Other stakeholders are those in positions of power, leadership and influence whose decisions affect the goals of the Dorset Women’s Charter. We consult with these stakeholders through our partnership relationships with them in delivering activities, projects and events. For example NHS decision makers, local MPs, Council Staff and local Chambers of Commerce all of whom have helped to co-design or shape our workplans. Further stakeholders are other charities and third sector organisations with whom we undertake activities, events and projects. For example Soroptimists International Bournemouth, Acts Fast, Safe and Sound Boscombe. We attend and network with these organisations formally e.g. through Community Action Network where we often collectively decide on priorities and approaches for our workplans. Examples are the NHS Stakeholder Workshops, Violence Against Women Summit Meeting, Dorset Council EDI Reference Group or Dorset Domestic Abuse Forum. And informally through our individual relationships and aligned values. Final stakeholders are our funders with whom we have requirements and dialogue about how we deliver projects and activities.

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
27 June 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Alison Jay
Status: Director