LOCAL MATTERS WORKSHOP C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
14534535 (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

LOCAL MATTERS WORKSHOP C.I.C.

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 13 months to 31 December 2023


£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 2,726 3,408
Total fixed assets: 2,726 3,408
Current assets
Debtors: 4 4,955
Cash at bank and in hand: 2,796 23,748
Total current assets: 7,751 23,748
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 16 ) ( 3,287 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 7,735 20,461
Total assets less current liabilities: 10,461 23,869
Accruals and deferred income: ( 4,561 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 5,900 23,869
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 5,900 23,869
Total members' funds: 5,900 23,869

The notes form part of these financial statements

LOCAL MATTERS WORKSHOP C.I.C.

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 25 September 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Jack Elliot Cardno
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

LOCAL MATTERS WORKSHOP C.I.C.

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

    Turnover policy

    Turnover comprises the invoiced value of goods and services supplied by the company, net of Value Added Tax and trade discounts.

    Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

    Tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, are stated at cost or valuation less depreciation and any provision for impairment. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation of fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following basis: Motor Vehicles - 20% Reducing Balance Computer Equipment - 20% Reducing Balance

    Other accounting policies

    The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company's ongoing activities are dependent upon the continued support of the directors who have undertaken to provide such support for the foreseeable future. If the going concern basis were not appropriate, adjustments would have to be made to reduce the value of assets to their recoverable amount, to provide for any further liabilities that may arise and to reclassify fixed assets as current assets and long term liabilities as current liabilities.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 13 months to 31 December 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 2 2

LOCAL MATTERS WORKSHOP C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 January 2024 1,260 3,000 4,260
Additions
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 December 2024 1,260 3,000 4,260
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024 252 600 852
Charge for year 202 480 682
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 December 2024 454 1,080 1,534
Net book value
At 31 December 2024 806 1,920 2,726
At 31 December 2023 1,008 2,400 3,408

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

4. Debtors

2024 13 months to 31 December 2023
£ £
Other debtors 4,955
Total 4,955

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 13 months to 31 December 2023
£ £
Other creditors 16 3,287
Total 16 3,287

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

LOCAL MATTERS WORKSHOP C.I.C.

Company Number: 14534535 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2024

Company activities and impact

In the summer of 2023 we designed and facilitated the build of the Common House for the largest cohousing development in the UK, Bridport Cohousing’s Hazelmead.. This was as sustainable a build as possible, with almost all building materials being grown within 20 miles of the site. We continued to run our Local Matters Workshops with the Jurassic Multicultural Group and with ASCape. These are activity based workshops in which we work with community groups and offer space and facilitation for people to design and produce items out of locally sourced or up-cycled natural materials.

Consultation with stakeholders

We have stakeholders in the local council, in other CIC’s working in the area of spatial and housing rights and climate justice, and interested individuals from the local community. We held meetings with them to discuss collaborating with others and creating a Biomaterials Learning Hub. We attempted to get funding for this but couldn't. We are very interested in doing this but do not currently have the funds.

Directors' remuneration

Total Director's Remuneration paid for the accounting period 2023-24 is £4,500

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
25 September 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Jack Elliot Cardno
Status: Director