SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13545686 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 September 2023

End date: 31 August 2024

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2024

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

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 August 2024

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

Principal activities of the company

Socially Engaged Art Salon [SEAS CIC] is a BAME / BPOC artists-led organisation that promotes the works of artists and communities that are underrepresented in the visual arts sector. SEAS also promotes socially engaged art practices that contribute to human rights, social, racial, and environmental justice, help engender community cohesion and further well-being.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024

Dr Gil Doron
ALSARAF, Sara, Dr
SCUZZARELLO, Sarah, Dr


Secretary MULLERY, Isabel

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
16 July 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Dr Gil Doron
Status: Director

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 August 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 18,620 47,430
Cost of sales: 0 0
Gross profit(or loss): 18,620 47,430
Distribution costs: 0 0
Administrative expenses: ( 26,368 ) ( 40,730 )
Other operating income: 0
Operating profit(or loss): (7,748) 6,700
Profit(or loss) before tax: (7,748) 6,700
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (7,748) 6,700

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 August 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

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

The notes form part of these financial statements

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 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.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 16 July 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Dr Gil Doron
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 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

    Grants and payments £18,620

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    253

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART SALON (SEAS) CIC

Company Number: 13545686 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 August 2024

Company activities and impact

Socially Engaged Art Salon [SEAS CIC] is a BAME / BPOC artists-led organisation that promotes the works of artists and communities that are underrepresented in the visual arts sector. SEAS also promotes socially engaged art practices that contribute to human rights, social, racial, and environmental justice, help engender community cohesion and further well-being. The artists and communities we are mainly working with are Black and People of Colour, LGBTQAI+, migrants and refugees, people with disabilities and low-income communities and artists who are not represented by commercial galleries. SEAS achieves this through exhibitions, art, community events, and creative workshops. Most of our exhibitions and associated activities tie into national and international days or months celebrating, for example, Pride and LGBT History Month, Black History Month, and Refugee Week. Most of our exhibitions and activities occur in non-art spaces, including libraries and community centres and outdoor public spaces. The exhibitions we produce amplify the voices of communities and artists who are still marginalised from the art market and public art arena, and thus do not benefit from what the arts can offer, including the mental and social benefits of engagement in creative work, contribution to social cohesion and wellbeing, fighting loneliness, increasing self-esteem and confidence, and more. All of our activities are offered free of charge.

Consultation with stakeholders

The main stakeholders are regular and occasional visitors to the exhibitions and other events that are taking place at the Black and Minorites Ethnic Community Partnership Centre, at the LGBTQ+ Ledward Centre and at the Jubilee Library. We often also collaborate with community groups and charitable organisations. Each exhibition included optional feedback in the form of a visitors ' book, which we hold. Other activities included providing verbal feedback, particularly regarding the workshops. We also had formal and informal discussions with the managers of the community centre and The library regarding our activities and the way to improve them. The main feedback we received from the stakeholders was regarding the need for a longer time for planning and an increase in outreach and publicity. However, the significant reductions in funds allocated to the arts in Brighton, specifically, and in England as a whole, meant that this target was difficult to achieve.

Directors' remuneration

SEAS's creative director has received £9,480 for the period of the report.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
16 July 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Dr Gil Doron
Status: Director