FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
09253210 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 October 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 November 2023

End date: 31 October 2024

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2024

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 October 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 246 277
Cash at bank and in hand: 150,600 140,631
Total current assets: 150,846 140,908
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 151,209 ) ( 141,231 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (363) (323)
Total assets less current liabilities: (363) ( 323)
Total net assets (liabilities): (363) (323)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (363) ( 323)
Total members' funds: ( 363) (323)

The notes form part of these financial statements

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 October 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 15 July 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Ian Smith
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 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. Turnover included revenue from grants receivable and released, the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Grants receivable and released are recognised net of any deferred income. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer.

    Other accounting policies

    Website cost Planning and operating costs for the company's website are charged to the income statement as incurred. Taxation A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period.

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2024

3. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Other debtors 246 277
Total 246 277

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2024

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 151,209 141,231
Total 151,209 141,231

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

FOOD PLYMOUTH CIC

Company Number: 09253210 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 October 2024

Company activities and impact

Established in 2010 and working to a collective impact model of collaborative practice, Food Plymouth www.foodplymouth.org is the City’s recognised cross-sector Local Sustainable Food Partnership and Network, acting as a ‘central connecting hub’ for all food-related matters in Plymouth. The Food Plymouth partnership and network comprises a diverse mix of public, private and voluntary and community sector organisations, social enterprises and businesses, plus individual citizens. The Food Plymouth Partners and Network members’ shared mission is building a healthy and sustainable food city through promoting local, healthy, sustainable and wherever possible affordable food as a driver for positive systemic. Operating under the distinctive strapline #BestFoodForward, Food Plymouth strives to be independent and fair in all its dealings, acting as an ‘honest broker’, adding value as a connector, catalyst, collaborator and facilitator, while bringing specialist knowledge, skills and experience to bear on a wide range of food-related issues. Food Plymouth is an active contributor to the 115+ Sustainable Food Places (formerly Sustainable Food Cities) Network in the UK and Ireland www.sustainablefoodplaces.org. Food Plymouth’s activities and impacts span the domains of social, economic and environmental sustainability, embodied in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, expressed principally by delivering on the six strands of the Sustainable Food Places (SFP) framework: Good Food Movement; Healthy Food for All; Sustainable Food Economy; Catering and Procurement; Food for the Planet; and Food Governance and Strategy; with Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) as a crosscutting theme. Food Plymouth is collaborating with the Torbay and wider Devon Sustainable Food Partnerships www.devonfoodpartnership.org.uk and enjoys a fruitful collaborative relationship with Sustainable Food Cornwall www.sustainablefoodcornwall.org.uk. All of these partnerships are increasingly working together as a South West Peninsula collaboration. Plymouth is recognised as a Sustainable Food City through Food Plymouth’s work, achieving Sustainable Food City (SFC) Bronze status in 2015 (the first UK city to do so) and being awarded the Sustainable Food Places (SFP) Silver standard in 2023. The Food Plymouth Partnership and Network is supported, resourced and enabled through its dedicated infrastructure organisation Food Plymouth Community Interest Company (CIC), which is the subject of this report: Formed in 2014 and operational since 2015, Food Plymouth CIC enables and contributes to the Partnership and Network, providing infrastructure support, coordination, communications and administrative services, contracting capability, direct delivery of specific projects, and financial resourcing through income generation. Delivery is based on a collective impact model achieved through collaborative partnership working and involving a mix of: The activities of partner organisations aligned to Food Plymouth’s vision and mission; collaborative and cooperative partnership projects at local, regional and national level (for example Sugar Smart Plymouth @SugarSmartPlym, the Thrive Plymouth Year 5 ‘People connecting through food’ #ThrivePlymouthYr5 legacy project; the Green Minds Plymouth project https://green-mindsplymouth.com ; and support for and coordination of the Plymouth Food Aid / Food Access Network (PFAN) https://pfan.adoddle.org ); and direct delivery projects led by Food Plymouth CIC (for example All Ways Apples Festival and Fringe @All Ways Apples, the Food Plymouth Growing Community Abundance Growing with Nature Project, the Food Plymouth Generous Earth project and the Food Plymouth #GrowingResilience project); and regular communications, events and activities for Partnership and Network members and other stakeholders. Any surpluses resulting from Food Plymouth CIC’s activities are reinvested in developing and strengthening the CIC and enhancing the support and enabling services which it provides to the Food Plymouth Partnership and Network.

Consultation with stakeholders

Food Plymouth’s stakeholders are any person, group, organisation, agency, public sector body, business, social enterprise or cooperative with an interest in food and food related issues in and around Plymouth, South West England, the UK and internationally. Food Plymouth regularly facilitates and participates in various meetings, workshops, conferences and events at local, regional and national level. Communications Social Media Facebook https://www.facebook.com/foodplymouth 2,538 followers Twitter @foodplymouth 3,305 followers Instagram @foodplymouth 1,002 followers Websites Food Plymouth www.foodplymouth.org Plymouth Food Aid Network (PFAN) https://pfan.adoddle.org Electronic Newsletters / e bulletins for Members Food Plymouth (monthly e newsletter) and Plymouth Food Aid Network (monthly ebulletin) both with additional ad hoc updates as required Coordination Work and Direct Delivery Activities Facilitating and resourcing the cross sector Food Plymouth Partnership and Network, including convening and hosting quarterly Partnership and Network meetings and the #BestFoodForward People’s Assembly stakeholder engagement event. Coordinating Plymouth’s collective food aid / food access endeavours, notably resourcing and facilitating the Plymouth Food Aid Network (PFAN) including convening and hosting monthly online network meetings and providing an online Food Access Guide for the City https://pfan.adoddle.org. Collaborating with and advising Plymouth City Council and partners around distributing national government funding for food, energy and essentials relief. Providing consultancy services to Plymouth City Council and partners, notably in the fields of food aid to food access / food resilience transitions and cooperative bulk buying and redistribution of food stuffs to counter food insecurity. Being a key partner in a community consortium which secured £252.5K of UK Shared Prosperity Fund funding to resource the latter. Informing and actively supporting research into food insecurity and related response measures in and around Plymouth. Active involvement as a community partners and subcontractor in FoodSEqual, a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded Food Systems and Disadvantaged Communities five year programme (2021 to 2025) with the University of Plymouth and multiple crosssector partners, led by the University of Reading. Local delivery of the national Sustainable Food Places Good Food Economy pilot and the Veg Cities campaign www.vegcities.org . Planning and delivering All Ways Apples Festival and All Ways Apples On Tour 2023 All Ways Apples Festival Facebook 861 followers @All Ways Apples) / Twitter 493 followers Facilitating the Food Plymouth Growing Community Abundance Growing With Nature collaboratory project https://vimeo.com/367084561 , building the capacity, capabilities and connectedness of Plymouth’s community growers and the productivity of the City’s community gardens and enabling connectivity with green spaces and nature. Food Plymouth CIC continues to support and promote the Growing Community Abundance element of this in its post Awards for All funding legacy phase and the Growing with Nature element in its post Green Minds funded phase https://greenmindsplymouth.com/knowledge hub/resources/growing with nature highlights report. This includes supporting and facilitating the project’s dedicated Facebook Group which currently has 259 members https://www.facebook.com/groups/566037984339842 . Facilitating the Food Plymouth Generous Earth community composting group 116 members / 363 followers on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/459179245262670. The Generous Earth team are supporting community composting initiatives in Stonehouse, Stoke, Devonport Park and Keyham, and are also working with Plymouth City Council and Partners, creating a showcase composting, earth systems and nature hub operations and demonstration site at Zoo Field in Central Park, Plymouth. Local Engagement Facilitating Food Plymouth Partnership and Network activities and events, including quarterly Partnership and Network meetings and the Food Farming and Countryside Commission funded Food Conversation’ consultation event (September 2024) Facilitating Plymouth Food Aid / Food Access Network activities, including convening and hosting monthly Network meetings. Membership of Plymouth Social Enterprise Network (PSEN) @PlymSocEnt, including taking part in the 2024 AGM. Active membership of the Plymouth Octopus Project (POP+) Voluntary and Community Sector infrastructure organisation @PlymouthOctopus, including participation in POP+ workshops and events. Active membership of the Thrive Plymouth (Health Inequalities reduction) Network. Linking closely with the Permaculture Plymouth group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1611826905542087 557 members. Supporting Plymouth City Council’s ‘Fit and Fed’ Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) initiative (ongoing). Engaging with Plymouth City Council and Partners around collaborative Cost of Living measures, including the Plymouth Voluntary, Community Sector and Social Enterprise (VCSE) planning and response group, notably fortnightly network meetings. Collaborative partnership working with Plymouth City Council and Partners, including around cooperative food initiatives. Developing the #BestFoodForward Awards scheme for Caterers in partnership with Plymouth City Council. Engaging with the Plymouth City Council and Partners Green Minds programme, including the Growing with Nature collaboratory and other food growing and food related projects www.greenmindsplymouth.com. Engaging in the Plymouth City Council and partners Climate Connections and Climate Ambassadors initiative www.climateconnectionsplymouth.co.uk Supporting the Future Plymouth 2030 Net Zero initiative www.futureplymouth2030.co.uk . Engaging in Plymouth’s Co operatives Fortnight 2024 programme (June & July 2024). Being a founder signatory of the Plymouth Charter (previously RESURGAM Charter) recovery plan https://www.plymouthcharter.co.uk/ and contributing to its outcomes. Preparing for the Food Plymouth Community of Dragons annual Local Food Entrepreneurs Forum event. Engaging in the Tamara Landscapes Project with multiple partners, led by the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty @TVAONB. Engaging with and supporting the National Marine Park for Plymouth Sound initiative / Sustainable Fish Cities. Supporting Fairtrade Plymouth. Engaging with the Our Plymouth and Changing Futures volunteers and volunteering initiative. Supporting The Stonehouse Action Stonehouse Street Party 2024 (September 2024). Regional Engagement Working with the Devonwide Sustainable Food Places Steering Group and the Torbay Food Partnership around a more joined up strategic approach to food related matters, including around food aid, food agency and community resilience across the entire ceremonial county of Devon. Likewise engaging with the Sustainable Food Cornwall team along the same lines around South West Peninsula approaches to food. Participating in and contributing to the Devon VCSE Food Insecurity Specialist Hub initiative. National Engagement Advocacy around the future of the UK government’s Household Support Fund provision. Active support for the Sustain Real Bread Campaign. Active membership of and contributions to the national Sustainable Food Places Network. Supporting and contributing to the Sustainable Food Places Day of Celebration and Action 2024 (involving engagement with Parliamentarians). Being part of the national Sustainable Food Places Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) pilot programme. Working within and contributing to the national FoodSEqual research and innovation programme. International Engagement Contributing to Plymouth’s membership of the global Fab Cities local self sufficiency movement https://fab.city/ . Engagement with the Global Plymouth movement and the Colours for Scholars international students initiative.

Directors' remuneration

No renumeration was received but the directors received various amounts of self employed in-come for work on projects (these are included within direct costs and were paid on the same ba-sis as to other contractors). PART

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

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

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Ian Smith
Status: Director