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# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
07761140 (England and Wales)

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

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 September 2024

## End date: 31 August 2025

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

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

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Directors' report period ended 31 August 2025

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

Principal activities of the company

educational services

Directors

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

M Binney
A Crook
S Klepper
M Lloyd
A Usher

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
15 January 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: M Lloyd
Status: Director

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 66,939 | 70,601
Cost of sales: | ( 48,010 ) | ( 45,424 )
Gross profit(or loss): | 18,929 | 25,177
Distribution costs: | ( 3,716 ) | ( 3,306 )
Administrative expenses: | ( 18,757 ) | ( 16,492 )
Operating profit(or loss): | (3,544) | 5,379
Interest receivable and similar income: | 148 | 204
Interest payable and similar charges: | ( 9 ) |
Profit(or loss) before tax: | (3,405) | 5,583
Tax: | 647 | ( 1,060 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | (2,758) | 4,523

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Balance sheet

As at 31 August 2025

| Notes | 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: | 3 | 35,001 | 29,752
Total fixed assets: |  | 35,001 | 29,752
Current assets
Debtors: | 4 | 3,518 | 1,698
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 63,555 | 63,885
Total current assets: |  | 67,073 | 65,583
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 5 | ( 39,821 ) | ( 31,321 )
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 27,252 | 34,262
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 62,253 | 64,014
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: |  | 0 | 0
Provision for liabilities: |  | ( 6,650 ) | ( 5,653 )
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 55,603 | 58,361
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 55,603 | 58,361
Total members' funds: |  | 55,603 | 58,361

The notes form part of these financial statements

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 August 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 15 January 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: M Lloyd
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 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

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2025 | 2024
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 5 | 5

  The numbers are for directors only, not paid positions

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

## 3. Tangible assets

| Land & buildings | Plant & machinery | Fixtures & fittings | Office equipment | Motor vehicles | Total
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Cost | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £
At 1 September 2024 |  | 53,335 |  |  |  | 53,335
Additions |  | 11,694 |  |  |  | 11,694
Disposals |  |  |  |  |  |
Revaluations |  |  |  |  |  |
Transfers |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 August 2025 |  | 65,029 |  |  |  | 65,029
Depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |
At 1 September 2024 |  | 23,583 |  |  |  | 23,583
Charge for year |  | 6,445 |  |  |  | 6,445
On disposals |  |  |  |  |  |
Other adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 August 2025 |  | 30,028 |  |  |  | 30,028
Net book value |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 August 2025 |  | 35,001 |  |  |  | 35,001
At 31 August 2024 |  | 29,752 |  |  |  | 29,752

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

## 4. Debtors

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Prepayments and accrued income | 1,874 | 1,698
Other debtors | 1,644 |
Total | 3,518 | 1,698

# FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

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

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Trade creditors | 8,770 |
Taxation and social security |  | 1,706
Accruals and deferred income | 31,051 | 29,615
Total | 39,821 | 31,321

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### FROME COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

### Company Number: 07761140 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 August 2025

Company activities and impact

Frome Community Education (Comm Ed or FCE) continues to provide non-vocational adult education classes to the community of Frome. We have continued to develop the programme to reflect student requests for more Art, Local History and Current Affairs. We offered over 50 courses attracting in excess of 500 students. The Directors consider this last year a successful piece of ongoing development building on the work started the year before. Student fees had to rise to £7 per hour as energy costs meant that rental costs continued to rise. We were able to afford some investment in equipment, especially IT and Pottery, but the business model appears to remain sound. While our fees are still “too cheap” we continue to make sure that our classes remain accessible to as many as possible. Our “free” sessions in Literacy and Computing (with an emphasis on job search and application) continue to reach the under represented in adult education. Partnerships with funding bodies reflect the importance of this work, but as grants become increasingly difficult to get, we have used our own funds to continue this important activity. The importance of this work has lead to the creation of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) called “Include Us In”. It’s charitable status will, we believe, enable a wider range of funders. The Programme Manager is now highly competent in putting the programme together and receives support from the Directors when needed. Include Us In activities continue to receive FCE funding but are now managed by Richard Ackroyd and a small team of dedicated volunteers.

Consultation with stakeholders

In September 2025 we asked our students “how did you hear about us?” Not surprisingly the Internet is a major source of information (with many just searching for the subject they wanted) but many still enjoy the presence of a physical brochure. We therefore continue to promote our activities through our website and free brochure (produced three times a year) and our “two advert” policy of promoting our classes through adverts with editorial copy in the Frome Times (a free newspaper that is delivered to all houses in Frome, with copies also being found in Frome Library and other community venues). Word of mouth and “returning student” are pleasingly high in number.

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
15 January 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: M Lloyd
Status: Director