for the Period Ended 31 March 2025
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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 March 2025
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2024
to
31 March 2025
The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 December 2024
to
31 March 2025
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 March 2025
Basis of measurement and preparation
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The CIC's objects are as follows: 1. To prevent or reduce the experience of social and economical poverty for disadvantaged adults by, in particular but not exclusively to, improving their opportunities to access and sustain meaningful employment. 2. To promote greater self-fulfilment for disadvantaged individuals through the advancement of education, personal development and employment skills training. 3. To increase public knowledge and understanding, through education and training of the employment issues experienced by disadvantaged individuals. 4. To protect and improve the physical and mental health of disadvantaged individuals who are experiencing significant challenges in finding employment. 5. To promote publicly the values of equality and diversity in order to reduce the social and economic discrimination that disadvantaged individuals experience. 6. To develop the social and economic strength of local communities by encouraging volunteer activity and promoting civic responsibility. Strategy The CIC uses a personalised outcomes-focused approach to providing work experience, training and quality of life support. The CIC provides a comprehensive monitoring and review process with beneficiaries in order to achieve sustainable outcomes for beneficiaries. The CIC recruits and trains volunteer Buddies who provide core employability and progression support to beneficiaries.
Everything we do is supported by and driven in some form by our local community of trainees and partners either through direct one to one meetings, consultations with our alumni shadow board a group of trainees that have progressed from Giraffe but still meet on a regular basis and network meetings. For example, the concept of the Giraffe Community Kitchen GCK itself was borne out of discussions and feedback from our trainees, referrers and stakeholders as we worked our way through the Covid pandemic. Despite being able to reopen our cafe and public facilities, we opted to focus on the safety of our trainees and focus on supplying meals and outside catering only. This meant that, without the interruption from customers, our trainees were getting consistent 1-2-1 support/interaction and development and were coming on in leaps and bounds. They were able to follow entire tasks through from start to finish – rather than bits here and there. Our trainees unilaterally agreed that the systems and procedures involved in a Giraffe production environment were conducive for development and the controlled stretching of comfort zones. This ongoing shaping of our activities by our beneficiaries has been a key component of our organisation and will continue to be so
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
18 December 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Philip Cachia
Status: Director