RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13288830 (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

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

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

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

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

Directors

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

RS Ratcliffe
ME Brown
CL Lewis


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
19 August 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: RS Ratcliffe
Status: Director

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024


£

£
Turnover: 43,260 24,955
Cost of sales: ( 28,068 ) ( 10,595 )
Gross profit(or loss): 15,192 14,360
Administrative expenses: ( 16,772 ) ( 11,308 )
Operating profit(or loss): (1,580) 3,052
Profit(or loss) before tax: (1,580) 3,052
Tax: ( 247 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (1,580) 2,805

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 1,652 2,065
Total fixed assets: 1,652 2,065
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 4,221 5,635
Total current assets: 4,221 5,635
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 3,832 ) ( 4,079 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 389 1,556
Total assets less current liabilities: 2,041 3,621
Total net assets (liabilities): 2,041 3,621
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 2,041 3,621
Total members' funds: 2,041 3,621

The notes form part of these financial statements

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

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 19 August 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: RS Ratcliffe
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

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 is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods supplied and services rendered. Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer, usually on despatch of the goods, the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the associated economic benefits will flow to the entity, and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transactions can be measured reliably. When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of services can be reliably estimated, revenue from the rendering of services is measured by reference to the stage of completion of the service transaction at the end of the reporting period. When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of services cannot be reliably estimated, revenue is recognised only to the extent that expenses recognised are recoverable

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Depreciation Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows: Fittings fixtures and equipment - 20%% reducing balance If there is an indication that there has been a significant change in depreciation rate, useful life or residual value of tangible assets, the depreciation is revised prospectively to reflect the new estimates.

    Other accounting policies

    Taxation The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current tax and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. Impairment A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. Financial instruments A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Where investments in non-convertible preference shares and non-puttable ordinary shares or preference shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment. Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in profit or loss, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship. Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately. For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets or either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics. Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 3 3

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 April 2024 2,879 2,879
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2025 2,879 2,879
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024 814 814
Charge for year 413 413
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2025 1,227 1,227
Net book value
At 31 March 2025 1,652 1,652
At 31 March 2024 2,065 2,065

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2025 2024
£ £
Taxation and social security 247
Other creditors 3,832 3,832
Total 3,832 4,079

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

RATCLIFFE & BROWN CIC

Company Number: 13288830 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2025

Company activities and impact

Our activities have been carried out for the benefit of our communities which include front line staff and their families, poverty stricken and deprived communities, and trainee counsellors. We have provided mental health support, safeguard planning and support, mental health awareness work within the frontline community, free face to face counselling, free telephone counselling, free video counselling, stabilisation of community resources work, networking with crucial community providers, and awareness work on gender-inclusive acceptance for the mental health field and frontline providers. We work closely with the social prescribing network across Cornwall as a leading provider of free counselling to those within our community who need the support most but cannot access it or have to wait for extreme lengths of time for over-prescribed services. We work closely with GP surgeries as a cohesive unit to support their clients from start to end, ensuring a continuation of information and updates that deliver more significant outcomes for patients and providers. This has had a positive impact across the county with less stress and strain on GP surgeries, reduced medication requirements, reduced repeated appointments, reduced admission to A&E for those who have previously engaged in severe self-harm, and reduced pressure on CMHT, paramedics and police. We have worked closely with community resources and organisations to reduce suicides as a partner of the “zero suicides” movement and reduce reoffending rates. 2024-2025 we have provided specialist training and development to our volunteer community with free clinical supervision every month that ensures both ethical and safe practice. This has ensured our trainee team are more prepared and supported to engage in their learning journey, and we have helped them to be the best future for our community's mental health provisions. We make sure our trainee counsellors are not financially disadvantaged during their placement, and this means we can develop and support trainees from more diverse financial backgrounds who previously wouldn't be able to engage in counselling training. 2024-2025 Saw the introduction of counsellor retreats for more focused training opportunities and counselling learning experiences. Supporting and developing the future of our community’s mental health provisions. Diversity within our profession is key, and we are proud to support inclusivity within our workplace. In doing this, we are helping to create mental health provisions that reflect our whole county community and not just the financially secure parts. Diversity and inclusion have always been very important at Ratcliffe & Brown CIC.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders are the communities we support and organisations we work with in official and unofficial partnerships. Previous to our project’s beginning, we invested large amounts of time in detailed market research to identify what our community needs were, what support already existed, and what has worked well previously. From this research, we approached key stakeholders within each community to help design and relevant project that best supported their needs. 2021 saw the pilot of this project achieve great success across all our target communities. We gained end of year feedback in 2022, 2023 and 2024 from our community stakeholders and reviewed the findings at the annual director's meeting. We gain yearly feedback and tweak what we provide based on what our community needs most each year in an ever changing landscape. We have amended our project to reflect a greater focus on specialised training and learning experiences for our trainee counsellors to better support our community’s needs. We moved our service focus to prioritise financially disadvantaged community members and their families and raised awareness of the inequality financial status can cause within our profession for our trainee counsellors.

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
19 August 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Rachel Ratcliffe
Status: Director