LYNHER CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
10099042 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 28 February 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 29 February 2024

End date: 28 February 2025

LYNHER CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

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

LYNHER CIC

Directors' report period ended 28 February 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 28 February 2025

Principal activities of the company

Principal activity of the company during the financial year was to carry out activities which benefit the community, particularly the operational use and restoration of Lyhner barge and the subsequent provision of skills relating to traditional boat building, restoration, conservation techniques and seamanship.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
29 February 2024 to 28 February 2025

Dominic Bridgman
Barbara Bridgman
Hannah Hurford
Debbie Risborough


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
8 December 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Barbara Bridgman
Status: Director

LYNHER CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

2025 2024


£

£
Turnover: 14,584 8,541
Cost of sales: ( 24,999 ) ( 30,096 )
Gross profit(or loss): (10,415) (21,555)
Distribution costs: ( 322 ) ( 2,052 )
Administrative expenses: ( 47,905 ) ( 60,365 )
Other operating income: 52,710 89,451
Operating profit(or loss): (5,932) 5,479
Profit(or loss) before tax: (5,932) 5,479
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (5,932) 5,479

LYNHER CIC

Balance sheet

As at 28 February 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 358,329 304,160
Total fixed assets: 358,329 304,160
Current assets
Debtors: 4 1,649 4,887
Cash at bank and in hand: 6,185 27,623
Total current assets: 7,834 32,510
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 479 ) ( 3,983 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 7,355 28,527
Total assets less current liabilities: 365,684 332,687
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: 6 ( 365,522 ) ( 326,593 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 162 6,094
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 162 6,094
Total members' funds: 162 6,094

The notes form part of these financial statements

LYNHER CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 28 February 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 8 December 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Debbie Risborough
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

LYNHER CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 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

    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: Plant and Machinery 10-20yrs Straight Line Motor Vehicles 5yrs Straight Line Fixtures and Fittings 10yrs Straight Line Computer Equipment 3yrs Straight Line

    Other accounting policies

    Grants Grants received are credited to deferred income. Grants towards capital expenditure are released to the income statement to match depreciation of the assets. Grants received towards revenue expenditure are released to the income statement as the related expenditure is incurred.

LYNHER CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 2 2

LYNHER CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 29 February 2024 325,808 15,086 3,420 6,835 351,149
Additions 51,638 3,013 3,000 57,651
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 28 February 2025 377,446 18,099 3,420 9,835 408,800
Depreciation
At 29 February 2024 34,579 3,522 3,420 5,468 46,989
Charge for year 606 1,509 1,367 3,482
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 28 February 2025 35,185 5,031 3,420 6,835 50,471
Net book value
At 28 February 2025 342,261 13,068 0 3,000 358,329
At 28 February 2024 291,229 11,564 0 1,367 304,160

LYNHER CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

4. Debtors

2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 1,649 2,176
Prepayments and accrued income 2,709
Other debtors 2
Total 1,649 4,887

LYNHER CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2025 2024
£ £
Trade creditors 24 3,003
Taxation and social security 4
Accruals and deferred income 451 980
Total 479 3,983

LYNHER CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2025

6. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year note

2025 2024
£ £
Other creditors 365,522 326,593
Total 365,522 326,593

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

LYNHER CIC

Company Number: 10099042 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 28 February 2025

Company activities and impact

The company experienced a lack of trading income for the sale of experiences on the Tamar barge LYNHER. In order to protect LYNHER and give access to her heritage to a wider public, in August 2024, the company directors moved LYNHER to the Exeter Heritage Harbour alongside the Canal Quay in Exeter City Centre. LYNHER was able to sit there on a safe mooring. The company directors established a regular open day for the public to visit LYNHER and they also attended a monthly Farmers Quay Market selling goods transported under sail and letting people aboard to experience LYNHER’s heritage. During the second part of the year 2024 the company successfully completed the restoration of the 1929 Cornish lugger IBIS and started transporting fine food under sail. It also took part in a number of food markets which increased the visibility of the company’s work and provided more access to the heritage of LYNHER and IBIS to a diverse and wider public.

Consultation with stakeholders

The directors consulted with the members of the Exeter Heritage Harbour and a number of community groups based alongside the Canal Quay in Exeter. Their feedback clearly stated that they wanted LYNHER to be based on the Canal to provide community participation activities to various groups including the Exeter CO-create CIC, the Heritage Harbour Commissioners, local community groups using LYNHER to deliver workshops on education and poetry. The Society of Nautical Research also enjoyed a visit and its members spent several hours aboard LYNHER reading about her heritage and meeting the boatbuilders and volunteers looking after LYNHER. In Plymouth, the lugger IBIS provided stakeholders such as the Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, the Diversity Business Incubator, The Box, 20 primary schools along the Tamar Valley with a number of activities to connect these communities with the heritage of IBIS via presentations and cooking demonstrations and the access to ethically sourced food transported under sail.

Directors' remuneration

Directors remuneration included within the accounts for 2 directors is £27,124.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 November 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Barbara Bridgman
Status: Director