BEST BEFORE CAFÉ COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Company Registration Number:
11252838 (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

BEST BEFORE CAFÉ COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

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

BEST BEFORE CAFÉ COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Directors' report period ended 31 March 2025

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

Principal activities of the company

We rescued 82.9 tonnes of food and shared it with our community. We had 11K visits to the shop in the town centre in 2024/25. We continue to supply fresh food twice weekly to Letchworth & Hitchin Foodbanks. We also now supply Willian Foodbank with fresh fruit and veg once a week. We use our surplus money to keep Northfields infant school’s store cupboard Foodbank stocked. A supper club night raised funds for a food project in Icknield infant school’s Early Years unit. We have six food stalls in areas of social housing with a high density of children. These food stalls get the surplus we collect from Fare Share in Milton Keynes. We have a monthly membership with Fare Share which costs £600 a month. We receive 600kgs of surplus food a week from their warehouse in Milton Keynes.



Directors

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

Suzanne Holding
Yasmin-Kate Pattison
Nicholas Holding


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
27 December 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Suzanne Holding
Status: Director

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Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024


£

£
Turnover: 31,723 32,870
Cost of sales: ( 13,337 ) ( 15,815 )
Gross profit(or loss): 18,386 17,055
Distribution costs: ( 3,150 ) ( 3,504 )
Administrative expenses: ( 11,516 ) ( 17,501 )
Operating profit(or loss): 3,720 (3,950)
Profit(or loss) before tax: 3,720 (3,950)
Tax: ( 83 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 3,637 (3,950)

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 6,947 3,227
Total current assets: 6,947 3,227
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 83 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 6,864 3,227
Total assets less current liabilities: 6,864 3,227
Total net assets (liabilities): 6,864 3,227
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital: 1 1
Profit and loss account: 6,863 3,226
Total Shareholders' funds: 6,864 3,227

The notes form part of these financial statements

BEST BEFORE CAFÉ COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

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 29 December 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Suzanne Holding
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

BEST BEFORE CAFÉ COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

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

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2025
£
Taxation and social security 83
Total 83

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

BEST BEFORE CAFÉ COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Company Number: 11252838 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2025

Company activities and impact

We rescued 82.9 tonnes of food and shared it with our community. We had 11K visits to the shop in the town centre in 2024/25. We continue to supply fresh food twice weekly to Letchworth & Hitchin Foodbanks. We also now supply Willian Foodbank with fresh fruit and veg once a week. We use our surplus money to keep Northfields infant school’s store cupboard Foodbank stocked. A supper club night raised funds for a food project in Icknield infant school’s Early Years unit. We have six food stalls in areas of social housing with a high density of children. These food stalls get the surplus we collect from Fare Share in Milton Keynes. We have a monthly membership with Fare Share which costs £600 a month. We receive 600kgs of surplus food a week from their warehouse in Milton Keynes.

Consultation with stakeholders

A Customer Satisfaction Survey was carried out in Autumn 2024. Please see attached

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
27 December 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Suzanne Holding
Status: Director