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# SOCIAL CIRCLES CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
13601483 (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

# SOCIAL CIRCLES CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

Profit and loss |
Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Balance sheet notes |
Community Interest Report |

# SOCIAL CIRCLES CIC

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 26,436 | 31,422
Cost of sales: | ( 3,489 ) | ( 9,045 )
Gross profit(or loss): | 22,947 | 22,377
Administrative expenses: | ( 22,938 ) | ( 21,858 )
Operating profit(or loss): | 9 | 519
Profit(or loss) before tax: | 9 | 519
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | 9 | 519

# SOCIAL CIRCLES CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

| Notes | 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 2,604 | 13,174
Total current assets: |  | 2,604 | 13,174
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 3 | ( 3,115 ) | ( 13,694 )
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | (511) | (520)
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | (511) | ( 520)
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | (511) | (520)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | (511) | ( 520)
Total members' funds: |  | ( 511) | (520)

The notes form part of these financial statements

# SOCIAL CIRCLES 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 3 September 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Philip Sharratt
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# SOCIAL CIRCLES 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

  Other accounting policies

  Grants and restricted income are recognised in the income and expenditure account in an appropriate manner that matches with the expenditure towards which they are intended to contribute.

# SOCIAL CIRCLES CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2025 | 2024
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 1 | 3

# SOCIAL CIRCLES CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

## 3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Taxation and social security | 223 |
Other creditors | 2,892 | 13,694
Total | 3,115 | 13,694

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### SOCIAL CIRCLES CIC

### Company Number: 13601483 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 March 2025

Company activities and impact

Social Circles CIC continued to deliver the Reclaiming Gardens Project until end January 2025, supporting those who because of age, ability or circumstances had lost control of their outdoor space to reclaim their gardens so they may enjoy the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time with nature in the safety and security of their own homes. We continued to act as a Gateway organisation, signposting and referring people who contacted us directly for additional support as required such as advice on debt, benefits, food and fuel poverty, and to other projects and groups to support with mental health issues. We also received referrals from Social Services, Housing Officers, Tenancy Support Officers, and Environmental Health teams. Between 1 April 2024 to 31 January 2025, 64 households were supported to reclaiming their garden, with 81 adults and 22 children enabled to use their garden space. Of those adults supported, 44 were elders and 16 were lone parents. Given it is estimated that the financial health and wellbeing value of being with nature is £356 per person (ONS Nov 2023), we estimate we have saved the local adult NHS and Social Care services around £28,836 over the reporting period. Of those households supported, we have worked with 7 people who were at advanced risk of eviction due to their garden being overgrown, which we estimate is an additional saving to local healthcare and social services of around £197,400 (Crisis, 2015) However, despite these successes, the Directors made the difficult decision to bring to an end the Reclaiming Gardens Project that we have delivered since April 2022. Starting at the end of the Pandemic, we have seen the number of people being referred to us, or asking for our help, reduce significantly whilst also seeing an increase in the number of self-employed gardeners offering affordable services. From the very beginning, we were adamant we did not want to compete with people who are supporting their own families by delivering horticultural and garden maintenance services. It is the role of every charity and charitable venture to provide service where there are gaps in provision and an identified need, and the Directors felt the project was no longer adding the same Value to the need we identified 3 years ago. We are now working with existing and new stakeholders to develop new projects that meet identified social needs, and in particular to addressing isolation and loneliness within our rural communities that our experience has shown are less well served than urban communities.

Consultation with stakeholders

We are a ‘listening organisation’ and have consulted in depth with all our beneficiaries to understand both the value of our service to them and also to fully understand the broader issues they are facing in order to make referral or signpost to relevant support and activity. Our relationship with the wider stakeholder group has been incredibly successful in terms of discovering the community level support available, and building those referral options to add value to our service offering. We have reciprocated by supporting other projects including creating a community garden at Victoria Park Community Centre in Bridgwater, a community allotment at North Petherton to support asylum seekers accommodated locally, creating a useable outdoor space for an environmental charity in Glastonbury and lending physical support, signposting and referral services at various food projects. We recognise the financial challenges faced by local statutory provision, including NHS, the local authority and in particular social services and associated support projects, and social housing providers. As a small social enterprise we have been unable to increase capacity to provide a professional partnership relationship function and we feel that this is a priority area for improvement going forward.

Directors' remuneration

Total remuneration paid to directors in FY 2024/25 is £8,520

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

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

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Philip Sharratt
Status: Director