VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13089221 (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

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

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

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 December 2024

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024

Victoria Balaam
Vivienne Gordon
Kathryn Mcstraw


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
17 September 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Kathryn Mcstraw
Status: Director

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 263,540 214,881
Cost of sales: ( 219,275 ) ( 194,105 )
Gross profit(or loss): 44,265 20,776
Distribution costs: ( 800 ) 0
Administrative expenses: ( 44,814 ) ( 16,052 )
Operating profit(or loss): (1,349) 4,724
Interest payable and similar charges: ( 14 ) ( 28 )
Profit(or loss) before tax: (1,363) 4,696
Tax: 3,406 ( 892 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 2,043 3,804

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 21,144 17,602
Cash at bank and in hand: 21,157 44,737
Total current assets: 42,301 62,339
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 26,821 ) ( 48,902 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 15,480 13,437
Total assets less current liabilities: 15,480 13,437
Total net assets (liabilities): 15,480 13,437
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 15,480 13,437
Total members' funds: 15,480 13,437

The notes form part of these financial statements

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

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.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 17 September 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Kathryn Mcstraw
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

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 is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover is reduced for estimated customer returns, rebates and other similar allowances.

    Other accounting policies

    2.3.Taxation Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax. The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because of items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and items that are never taxable or deductible. The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable timing differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible timing differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflect the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities. Current and deferred tax are recognised in profit or loss for the year, except when they relate to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case current and deferred tax are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 1 0

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

3. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 5,547 2,615
Other debtors 15,597 14,987
Total 21,144 17,602

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Taxation and social security 892
Other creditors 26,821 48,010
Total 26,821 48,902

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2024

5. Loans to directors

Name of director receiving advance or credit:
Description of the transaction:
At the end of the financial year, the Director owed the company £122 (2023: £122). This loan is unsecured, interest free and is repayable on demand.
£
Balance at 31 December 2023 122
Advances or credits made:
Advances or credits repaid:
Balance at 31 December 2024 122

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

VIV GORDON COMPANY CIC

Company Number: 13089221 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2024

Company activities and impact

Viv Gordon Company CIC continues to work as a CSA survivor-led arts and social justice organisation, building voice, visibility, community and cultural leadership with and by survivors of child sexual abuse, aged 14+. 2024 marked a year of consolidation and growth for the organisation, as we continued delivery of the Home Office–funded national partnership project UpFront Survivors (with SARSAS, The Greenhouse and Coventry University). This programme, which runs until March 2025, enabled a wide range of creative and community-building activities. In the Finding the Words strand, we hosted writing and multi-arts workshops with groups including Imara, Gloucester Rape Crisis, Women’s Centre Cornwall’s Young Empowered Women’s group, and She Spoke in Gloucester. In Bristol, trainees from our Creative Leaders Training programme also began leading their own workshops, supported by VGC. The project extended to Leeds through our partnership with Visible Leeds, culminating in creative work for film, and to Cornwall, where survivors’ creative writing was showcased at Reclaim the Night, attended by over 200 survivors and allies. In the Creative Leaders Training strand of UpFront Survivors, we expanded our reach by forming new partnerships in Gloucester (with JOLT Studios) and recruiting nine CSA survivor artists into training – exceeding our target. Participants brought diverse practices including photography, poetry, spoken word, circus and visual arts. The National Creative Social Change Network also grew, with guest speakers from across the arts, activism and academia. Responding to member feedback, sessions in 2024 focused on practical skills for campaign building, with the group agreeing to collaborate on a collective version of VGC’s ZebraDayCSA (Survivors’ Pride) campaign, planned for January 2025. Our pop-up cultural space also continued to thrive. Following previous events in Exeter and Bristol, in 2024 we hosted a week-long programme in Leeds in partnership with East Street Arts and Visible Leeds. Across six days, we delivered trainee-led workshops, Finding the Words sessions, an exhibition of our ABC of CSA artwork, performances by survivor artists, and community events. The programme attracted nearly 200 attendances and was widely praised for creating safe, supportive, survivor-led cultural space. We also secured new investment through an Innovate UK grant, which supported the development of our ABC of CSA training offer. This included training six trainers to deliver the programme, piloting training with five host organisations (all of whom gave positive feedback), and strengthening organisational capacity through new staffing, HR policies, and business and marketing mentoring. Another milestone in 2024 was taking on a "meanwhile space" empty shop in Bristol, supported by East Street Arts. Intended as a short-term trial, the space became an invaluable base for VGC – hosting meetings, training, rehearsals, and creative development. It provided a vital platform for the run of Viv Gordon’s autobiographical theatre show Cutting Out, which sold out across six performances and will now be redeveloped for future touring in theatres and found spaces. Development also continued on our gig-theatre show Restless, with Arts Council England investment supporting new music, script work, and a work-in-progress sharing in London. We also began a new creative relationship with Jim Barr at J&J Studios to record tracks, laying the foundation for a future EP/album release. In autumn–winter 2024, Viv worked with Visible Leeds on a co-created film with their Reference Group, through a series of creative writing workshops leading to script development and filming. The completed film will be launched in 2025. Alongside these projects, Viv Gordon was invited as a keynote speaker at several major cross-sector conferences, including Barnardo’s, Drop the Disorder, Well City, and multiple dentistry sector events, sharing insights on access, inclusion, and the inherent creativity of CSA survivors. Across 2024, VGC reached over 1,400 people through in-person activity, and worked directly with more than 200 CSA survivors. These achievements mark a year of artistic ambition, organisational growth, and deepened survivor-led impact, as we continue to create cultural spaces of visibility, voice, and community for CSA survivors.

Consultation with stakeholders

No consultation with stakeholders

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
17 September 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Kathryn Mcstraw
Status: Director