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# LOWERING THE BAR CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
14549593 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 January 2024

## End date: 31 December 2024

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## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Balance sheet notes |
Community Interest Report |

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## Balance sheet

As at 31 December 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: | 3 | 5,250 | 5,250
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 275 | 479
Total current assets: |  | 5,525 | 5,729
Prepayments and accrued income: |  | 0 | 0
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: |  | 0 | 0
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 5,525 | 5,729
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 5,525 | 5,729
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: | 4 | ( 15,171 ) | ( 11,266 )
Provision for liabilities: |  | 0 | 0
Accruals and deferred income: |  | 0 | 0
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | (9,646) | (5,537)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | (9,646) | ( 5,537)
Total members' funds: |  | ( 9,646) | (5,537)

The notes form part of these financial statements

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## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 December 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 31 August 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Shena Deuchars
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

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## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 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

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## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2024 | 2023
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 0 | 0

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## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

## 3. Debtors

| 2024 | 2023
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Other debtors | 5,250 | 5,250
Total | 5,250 | 5,250
Debtors due after more than one year: | 0 | 0

This amount is the deposit for the rent on 65 Meadow Street.

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## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

## 4. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year note

| 2024 | 2023
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Bank loans and overdrafts | 0 | 0
Amounts due under finance leases and hire purchase contracts | 0 | 0
Other creditors | 15,171 | 11,266
Total | 15,171 | 11,266

The 'creditors' are directors who have topped up the funding on the basis of an interest-free loan.

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

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### Company Number: 14549593 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 December 2024

Company activities and impact

The company runs low-cost and free ESOL lessons for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. It also refurbishes donated bicycles and passes them on to refugees and asylum seekers. During the financial year 2024, the company’s activities have benefited the community in the following ways: - Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants (particularly those who are unable to access other provision, such as women with young children) have been able to attend two ESOL sessions a week - Eleven women achieved a C&G Skills for Life qualification. - Approximately 13 refugees, asylum seekers and people in recovery have been provided with a bicycle and help to maintain the bike when normal maintenance issues arose.

Consultation with stakeholders

The company’s stakeholders are refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in Weston-super-Mare. The directors of the company have lived in the town for about ten years and have volunteered for Refugees Welcome North Somerset (RWNS) since 2018. RWNS and the Refugee Resettlement team of North Somerset Council may also be considered stakeholders. We regularly ask ESOL students for feedback and tailor the classes to match the needs of attendees, for example by adding new groups at higher or lower levels of English. RWNS and the Resettlement Team make referrals and say that mutual clients report satisfaction with the services of the company. The Resettlement Team have commissioned the company to deliver ESOL classes to specific client groups.

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
31 August 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Shena Deuchars
Status: Director