DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
12537240 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 April 2024

End date: 31 March 2025

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

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

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Directors' report period ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2025

Principal activities of the company

The company's principal activities are the provision of a flexible structure designed to engage, inspire & cultivate ideas & dialogue. S.H.E.D (the Social Higher Education Depot) is a flatpack, pop up and mobile arts venue & public space, designed for the facilitation of conversation. It has been designed for the shedding of preconceptions of people and place. This humble ‘garden shed’ can be transformed into a variety of bespoke environments, from a soup kitchen and library, to a performance space, a visual arts gallery or for private hire events. It currently has over 20 rubric configurations to instigate bespoke co-creative environments with others in order to deliver strategically designed activities. The opportunities for its configuration are endless and project partners are consistently adding new designs to the drawing board. S.H.E.D is also a vehicle for discovery and development. It has been designed in line with cultural and socio-civic research, its flexibility enables it to deliver strategically designed activities, while also providing an accessible and inclusive space that supports the needs and priorities of communities. At the heart of the project is the desire to create positive civic impact, working towards greater social mobility by providing opportunities to access inspirational and educational content outside of formal organisational structures.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Rhiannon Pinchbeck
Barend Slabbert


The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 April 2024 to 14 June 2024

Sarah Oliver-Webb


The director shown below has held office during the period of
10 October 2024 to 31 March 2025

Dr Victoria Barker


Secretary Sarah Oliver-Webb

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
9 July 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Rhiannon Pinchbeck
Status: Director

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024


£

£
Turnover: 19,312 10,496
Cost of sales: ( 16,200 ) ( 8,998 )
Gross profit(or loss): 3,112 1,498
Administrative expenses: ( 2,895 ) ( 1,363 )
Operating profit(or loss): 217 135
Profit(or loss) before tax: 217 135
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 217 135

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 1,000
Cash at bank and in hand: 1,131 1,798
Total current assets: 1,131 2,798
Prepayments and accrued income: 3,766
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 1,000 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 4,897 1,798
Total assets less current liabilities: 4,897 1,798
Accruals and deferred income: ( 3,330 ) ( 448 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 1,567 1,350
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 1,567 1,350
Total members' funds: 1,567 1,350

The notes form part of these financial statements

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 2025 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 9 July 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Rhiannon Pinchbeck
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 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 amount derived from the provision of goods and services falling within the company’s activities.

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows: IT Equipment – 3 years straight line

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

3. Debtors

2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 1,000
Total   1,000

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

  2024
  £
Trade creditors 1,000
Total   1,000

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

DESIGNING DIALOGUE (S.H.E.D) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Company Number: 12537240 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2025

Company activities and impact

Designing Dialogue (S.H.E.D) CIC operates from Derby and works with multiple partners and communities across England. The company was established as a CIC in March 2020. Designing Dialogue (S.H.E.D) CIC trading as S.H.E.D has been designed in line with cultural and socio-civic research. Its flexibility enables it to deliver strategically designed activities, while also providing an accessible and inclusive space that supports the needs and priorities of communities. At the heart of the project is the desire to create positive civic impact, working towards greater social mobility by providing opportunities to access inspirational and educational content outside of formal organisational structures. In 2024/25, S.H.E.D continued to collaborate with partners across the UK to create opportunities for the H.E sector and public realm through its innovation and delivery. Working closely with Local Authories and Cultural and Education partners it has delivered programmes of work such as Shedding Light on Nature for Derbyshire County Council delivering the public engagement work on tender 2 for their Local Nature Recovery Strategy touring Derbyshire. Machines of the Future, a collaboration between UKNA, University of Derby and the CiC welcoming a cohort of first generation to H.E setting and combining arts and technology through its innovative summer school. From a research and community engagement perspective, S.H.E.D’s flagship programming, and industry reputation has led to the CIC’s CEO being invited to contribute and deliver talks at a number of events, training sessions and research conferences. Including, for Westminster H.E on being a spinout, for SOCTIM, RSA, CHEAD and H.E sector. Director Rhiannon Jones represents the CIC as a member of the National Coordinating Centre of Public Engagement, is a trustee of New Art Exchange, Nottingham, sits on the steering group for Bolton Gate Arts CIC, Fellow of PASCAL, Chair of Contemporary Art Working Group for Cumulus Association Art and Design Global Network and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. The CIC continues to develop its regional, National and International programmes, networks and partnerships. The work of S.H.E.D as the flagship Project in association with University of Derby as a civic flagship programme as one of its Civic Institutional Success Measure.

Consultation with stakeholders

Designing Dialogue (S.H.E.D) CIC is an arts and civically engaged company with research and practice expertise. Its group of stakeholders reflect this approach, and include representatives from the University of Derby, Culture Derby, Port Vale Foundation Trust (community sports foundation), University of East London, Coventry University as well as independent artists and practitioners with cultural sector and licensing expertise. Stakeholders were engaged in regular email, phone and video call communication throughout the period, providing guidance on funding applications, business development approaches, CIC partner agreements and intellectual property, which has been incorporated into business activity going forward and reported on. They are kept aware of the CIC’s financial performance.

Directors' remuneration

Directors’ Remuneration is disclosed in Note 3 to the annual accounts, totalling £5,700 for the year. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which are required 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
9 July 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Rhiannon Pinchbeck
Status: Director