for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
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| Community Interest Report |
Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 December 2024
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 January 2024
to
31 December 2024
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
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
Basis of measurement and preparation
Turnover policy
Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy
Intangible fixed assets amortisation policy
Other accounting policies
for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
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Bridge Community Farms CIC ran a working farm that brings together people from all parts of the local community and offers those in need a helping hand. It offered a therapeutic environment for people living with mental health conditions such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. It also provided outdoor study facilities for children and young people who want to learn horticulture, food preparation and basic business skills. The enterprise gave paid employment to colleagues who had been long-term unemployed. Bridge Community Farms (BCF) core activities comprised the growing of veg, salad and fruit crops for sale through a delivered veg box scheme covering The Wirral and West Cheshire. The CIC ceased to trade in April 2024, and all its community engagements and onsite operations were run under licence by the charity, Autism Together (1007878) until the landlord, Cheshire West and Chester Council, assigned the lease to them in October 2024.
The directors of the company have agreed to give their time and expertise free of charge, in order to further the aims of the company – specifically to offer permanent and sustainable jobs to people who are long-term unemployed, by growing and selling fruit, vegetables, salads and herbs to the local community. The company has several donors of funding for the above. Our aims have been explained both verbally and in writing to these donors. The local community benefits from the company’s activities – for example in terms of employment opportunities. A number of meetings and events have been held with members of the community directly and with their representatives in order to explain, and receive feedback on, the operations of the company – with modification of our plans where appropriate based on these consultations. Until it ceased to trade in April 2024, BCF continued to collaborate with several charities, schools and volunteers in the area of Ellesmere Port, providing outdoor space for their participants to engage with the growing of food crops and the packing and delivery of veg boxes. These arrangements continued under the management of the new operators of the site, Autism Together.
No remuneration was received
When the lease on the site was assigned in October 2024, all assets were transferred to the charity, Autism Together. The leasehold Land & Buildings with a consideration amount of £2,500 and received amount of £2,500, have been transferred to the registered charity “Autism Together” (charity number: 1007878)
This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 September 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mr G F Ball
Status: Director