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# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
14598097 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 February 2024

## End date: 31 January 2025

# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2025

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

# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 January 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 January 2025

Principal activities of the company

Principal Activities Community development work across Teesside, focused primarily on four themes: a) Community Arts, b) Hosting Community Conversations, c) Running a Community Hub, and d) Urban Regeneration / Placemaking schemes

Directors

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

Mrs Sarah E Falconer
Andy Falconer
Emily Treadgold
Athene Wherrett

The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 February 2024 to 23 September 2024

Robert Bailey

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 October 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mrs Sarah E Falconer
Status: Director

# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 January 2025

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 46,883 | 51,805
Gross profit(or loss): | 46,883 | 51,805
Administrative expenses: | ( 46,986 ) | ( 54,104 )
Operating profit(or loss): | (103) | (2,299)
Profit(or loss) before tax: | (103) | (2,299)
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | (103) | (2,299)

# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 31 January 2025

| Notes | 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 60,324 | 39,892
Total current assets: |  | 60,324 | 39,892
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 60,324 | 39,892
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 60,324 | 39,892
Accruals and deferred income: |  | ( 20,535 ) |
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 39,789 | 39,892
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 39,789 | 39,892
Total members' funds: |  | 39,789 | 39,892

The notes form part of these financial statements

# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 January 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 October 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Mrs Sarah E Falconer
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 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

  Incoming resources Income is recognised when the company is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received. Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other grants and donations are recognised once the company has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts, VAT and other sales related taxes.

  Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

  Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses. Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: Property, plant and equipment – Twenty five per cent reducing balance The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in net income expenditure for the year.

  Intangible fixed assets amortisation policy

  Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date if the fair value can be measured reliably. Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: Website – 3 year straight line

  Other accounting policies

  Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities. Going concern At the time of approving the accounts, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.

# FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2025

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2025 | 2024
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 0 | 0

  Inclusion criteria: Under the Companies Act, there is an obligation to disclose the average number of persons employed by the company during the financial year. This refers to those employed under a ‘contract of service’ (either explicit or implied). FreeStyle activity consists entirely of casual (contracts for service) work which don’t qualify for the above record. For additional transparency, the average number of non-included / casual workers during the period was 9.

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### FREESTYLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIC

### Company Number: 14598097 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 January 2025

Company activities and impact

Freestyle Community Projects operates as a hub for a wide range of community development activity, with our four teams leading on various initiatives and facilitating powerful spaces for community-led change in this past year Freestyle Community Projects has benefited the community by providing 14 self employed opportunities for local people who worked with us, including: local activists, artists, and facilitators who we collaborated with. We have also created around 50 volunteer opportunities throughout the year, a mixture of ad hoc and longer term positions. Our four main themes of work centre on the following action teams (which also work together on some projects): 1. Urban Rebirth (Community Organising and Placemaking): Our UR team enabled communities to form around shared interests and directly address local concerns through practical interventions. This included Holgate alley regenerations (100 visitors) and facilitating the Paradox Collective in central Middlesbrough. We also continued co-production of resources to help wider networks of Teessiders to embrace wellness and celebrate community assets. Through pop-up interventions, such as Public Living rooms on the streets, we’ve tested some ambitious ideas aimed at boosting connection and local democracy. Shared ownership of the public realm is a continuing focus. 2. The Exchange Community Hub (A Middlesbrough town-centre community hub). The community hub hosted: Public Living Rooms (agenda free coffee mornings which become social connection for dozens of people) Workshop: creative Saturday workshops for adults and families, a safe space Sharecycle: ‘library of things’ including: toys, DIY items, cooking equipment, camping supplies and more. Approximately 3000 visitors benefitted from these services. We also rented out the space to other community groups/activists. Activities provided at our community hub have proven invaluable during the cost of living crisis. We provided events free of charge or on a pay as you feel basis. Our public living rooms and creative workshops were able to function as a warm spaces during colder winter months where visitors could access free hot drinks and snacks. These activities continued during spring and summer providing opportunities to socialise and make connections, and in the case of creative workshops, providing a free space for families to take part in art or play games. The library of things has benefited the community by providing access to affordable equipment and toys, in particular community groups and activists have benefited from access to low cost or free of charge equipment. Generous Lottery funding helped each of these activities blossom together. 3. Deep Routes (Hosting conversations that matter): Ill health in team members meant a slowing down of our bold community conversations, but we were still able to facilitate powerful moments of deep listening to our community, helping us form a picture of what residents feel is needed for positive change in Teesside. We hosted training and learning days in Teal Organisations and Community Organising. We also launched a strand of fresh research activity, exploring themes such as barriers to inclusion in arts and responses to the riots last year. 4. Arts: We facilitated beautiful communities around arts and encouraged arts participation, learning and expression. Through arts and creatively we hosted a broad tapestry of spaces integrating arts with wellbeing, health and sense of place. Several bold public arts works became a cornerstone of our activity - centred on co-production of works now installed in prominent locations across the town centre. These activities generated regular community membership with approximately 150 people, we had significant additional drop-in visitors to public art co-design sessions, and our works are currently being enjoyed by thousands of people each day.

Consultation with stakeholders

Community involvement and leadership is central to the way we work. Many of our projects centre on co-production, where FreeStyle workers and the people who attend groups, even civic leaders, collaborate to produce a shared objective. Wherever we act, we aim to build participatory projects, genuinely reflecting the voice of the community it serves. We also engage in follow-up conversations. We worked with people in our groups and local communities to inform our work e.g. asking young people what services they would like to see. Feedback forms and surveys suggest people value what we provide. We’re told that our public living rooms are the only chance to have a conversation with others. Throughout the year we facilitated a series of community conversations involving stakeholders across our local systems. These drilled down into the potential for community change and the ambitions people have of future interventions. Some great FreeStyle projects flow from this impulse to treasure collective wisdom and shared decision making.

Directors' remuneration

The aggregate amount of emoluments paid to or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £33,855. See accounts for a more detailed breakdown. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed. Directors were paid for their work for the services that the company provides.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
19 October 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mrs Sarah E Falconer
Status: Director