FRIENDS FOR LIVES C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13769531 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 November 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 December 2023

End date: 30 November 2024

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Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2024

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

FRIENDS FOR LIVES C.I.C.

Directors' report period ended 30 November 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 November 2024

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024

R Kymberly
S Macdonald
W P Braithwaite
G L Cartwright
P R Jessop


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
29 August 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: R Kymberly
Status: Director

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 November 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 14,567 3,055
Cost of sales: ( 8,844 ) ( 6,408 )
Gross profit(or loss): 5,723 (3,353)
Administrative expenses: ( 28,844 ) ( 21,260 )
Other operating income: 19,100 24,500
Operating profit(or loss): (4,021) (113)
Profit(or loss) before tax: (4,021) (113)
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (4,021) (113)

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Balance sheet

As at 30 November 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 129 161
Total fixed assets: 129 161
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 18,683 8,672
Total current assets: 18,683 8,672
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 22,400 ) ( 8,400 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (3,717) 272
Total assets less current liabilities: (3,588) 433
Total net assets (liabilities): (3,588) 433
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (3,588) 433
Total members' funds: ( 3,588) 433

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 November 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 29 August 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: R Kymberly
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 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

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Depreciation is provided at the following given rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. Fixtures and Fittings - 20% on reducing balance

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 2 2

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2024

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 December 2023 252 252
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 30 November 2024 252 252
Depreciation
At 1 December 2023 91 91
Charge for year 32 32
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 30 November 2024 123 123
Net book value
At 30 November 2024 129 129
At 30 November 2023 161 161

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2024

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 22,000 8,000
Other creditors 400 400
Total 22,400 8,400

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

FRIENDS FOR LIVES C.I.C.

Company Number: 13769531 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 November 2024

Company activities and impact

Friends for Lives are a suicide intervention team who offer a safe, welcoming, non-judgemental and completely confidential space outside of typical public health and social care services. The people we support are invited to share their thoughts and feelings with highly trained professionals who truly care and who are comfortable talking about suicide. Our visitors feel safe to talk about every aspect of their life and their distress without the worry of over-intervention and it is likely that giving someone the opportunity to talk about suicide is all that is needed to take them from a place of isolation and danger to a place of support and safety. We also provide suicide first aid training within the wider community. " Emergency phone and online support set up used by around 5 people per week " 150 people from other local mental health services (NHS etc.) attended training sessions " To date, 200 have people benefited from our programme through 20 appointments per week. " As the only service of its kind in our area we have received 220 referrals the majority of which came from social prescribers in GP surgeries Friends For Lives has had an incredible second year in Suicide Intervention having now provided support to over 500 vulnerable people in Southend and the surrounding area. Our capacity to offer support has grown through the commitment of our team of volunteers and those at the helm have been able to commit their time fully to the important work that they do. We have also been able to benefit from externally sourced safeguarding support to help keep ourselves safe as we work towards supporting the safety of those under our care. There have been many opportunities and changes for us, one of these being that we had to move from our premises at the University of Essex and relocate to our new bigger facility in Prittlewell. This caused a level of disruption and financial concern for us but by investing in this move we have now been able to increase the number of services we can provide and further raise community awareness and capacity around suicide and suicide intervention provision. The new space provides us with an area for additional activities to take place and it was designed and decorated by those benefiting from our work, which further brought them together as friends. This peer support approach was also endorsed by the successful delivery of free mental health first aid and suicide first aid qualification courses for those clients that wished to learn more about how to support themselves and others. We look forward to delivering more of these throughout 2025. Of course, the number of lives we save can be measured only by those that are still here with us, but we have seen a decrease in the number of suicides in Southend overall and we know that we have been a strong contributor of support towards that decrease and hopefully its continuation. We are also now providing external training and have plans to provide not just one-to-one support but wider training on a range of mental health issues around the community to support resilience across Southend. 2025 will be an important year for Friends For Lives and the whole team is looking forward to the challenge ahead as we move vulnerable people from danger and fear to safety and hope. We are continuing to make funding applications that we hope will find favour due to the great work we are doing, and via additional external training which we will look to deliver we are hoping that this can also provide additional financial support. We are entering 2025 with plans to provide not just one-to-one support but wider training on mental health across the community to support resilience across Southend. 2025 will be an important year for Friends For Lives and the whole team is looking forward to the challenge ahead as we move vulnerable people from danger and fear to safety and hope.

Consultation with stakeholders

Friend for Lives C.I.C.'s stakeholders are those who access our activities and our wider community, local NHS services, public health, companies and other members of the local voluntary sector in the geographical area we work. Our directors are members of our local community and have varying lived experiences of working in mental health, the voluntary sector, of suicide, the NHS and public health. This provides them with valuable insight as well as connections and strong relationships with those stakeholders. Conversations and regular feedback gathered in one to one sessions as well as online surveys and recognized mental health assessments are used to determine whether our visitors are benefiting from our service. This also provides learning and feedback for adapting our future offering. Our the directors have been networking more, locally to raise awareness of the work of Friends for Lives C.I.C. to gather feedback from local NHS and public health stakeholders. Our regular meetings with them have enabled them to provide input into our activities.

Directors' remuneration

The directors remuneration is shown within the notes of the annual accounts.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 August 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Royston Kymberly
Status: Director