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# THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
15662857 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 April 2025

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 20 April 2024

## End date: 30 April 2025

# THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2025

Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Balance sheet notes |
Community Interest Report |

# THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 30 April 2025

| Notes | 2025
--- | --- | ---
|  | £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets: |  | 0 |
Tangible assets: |  | 0 |
Investments: |  | 0 |
Total fixed assets: |  | 0
Current assets
Stocks: |  | 0 |
Debtors: |  | 0 |
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 1,767 |
Investments: |  | 0 |
Total current assets: |  | 1,767
Prepayments and accrued income: |  | 0 |
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 1,767
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 1,767
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: | 3 | ( 2,245 ) |
Provision for liabilities: |  | 0 |
Accruals and deferred income: |  | 0 |
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | (478)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | (478) |
Total members' funds: |  | ( 478)

The notes form part of these financial statements

# THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 April 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.

The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 4 February 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Megan Simson
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 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

# THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2025

- ## 2. Employees

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

# THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 April 2025

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

| 2025
--- | ---
| £
Other creditors | 2,245 |
Total | 2,245

Creditors falling due after more than one year represent a director’s loan. The loan is unsecured, interest-free, and has no fixed repayment date.

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### THE JAWBONE COLLECTIVE CIC

### Company Number: 15662857 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 30 April 2025

Company activities and impact

Building an Inclusive Talent Pipeline Across the South West A Transformative Year The 2024/2025 financial year marked a significant period of growth for The Jawbone Collective CIC. Our work focused on developing a sustainable, inclusive “talent pipeline” that champions LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and disabled voices across the South West of England. Grounded primarily in West Dorset while actively engaged across the wider region, our mission remains clear: to remove barriers to participation in the literary arts. Through performance, publication, education, and partnership, we continue to build an ecosystem in which marginalised voices are supported at every stage of their creative development. We began the year on 25 April 2024 with a high-profile Creative Members Showcase at the Plymouth Poetry Festival, reinforcing our growing regional presence and strengthening connections across the South West literary community. Throughout 2024/25, we delivered twenty-two Open Mic nights, evenly split between eleven online events and eleven in-person events hosted at The Poet Laureate in Poundbury. Our hybrid delivery model is intentionally designed to create accessible, low-pressure environments for disabled and neurodivergent poets who may find traditional venues challenging. These events serve not only as performance platforms but also as vital community gathering spaces that nurture confidence, creative experimentation, and peer support. Our subsidised workshops at The Four Seasons Studio consistently operated at full capacity, with between twelve and sixteen participants attending each session. A significant majority of attendees identify as LGBTQ+ and/or neurodivergent, many describing the Collective as the first space in which they felt able to develop their craft safely and confidently. Participants travelled from Somerset, Wiltshire, Devon, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and across Dorset, demonstrating both regional demand and the scarcity of inclusive provision elsewhere. A central feature of our model is artist-led development. We hire published poets from marginalised communities to facilitate workshops, providing them with paid professional development opportunities. This approach reinforces our talent pipeline, enabling emerging artists to grow into mentors, leaders, and facilitators within the creative ecosystem. In September 2024, we hosted the Bard of Dorchester contest. The winner, Molly Dunne, became a focal point of our mentorship programme. Through the Collective’s advocacy and partnership with Dorset Museum, we facilitated introductions that led to Molly being appointed Writer in Residence for the Jane Austen – Down to the Sea summer programme. Her progression from local contestant to professional residency represents a flagship example of our community impact and serves as an inspiration to the wider membership. This initiative also strengthened our connection with The Thomas Hardy Society and deepened our relationship with our long-standing venue hosts at The Poet Laureate Public House in Poundbury. Removing financial barriers remains central to our work. During 2024/25, we fully managed the editorial, design, and production processes for two debut poetry collections. We subsidised £436 in direct printing costs and donated all professional labour. Each author received three hundred professionally produced copies of their collection. This support functioned as a direct seed investment in local creative talent, enabling authors to generate income and build professional credibility. The community benefit of this model is clearly demonstrated. One supported author, Charlotte, successfully brought her work to market and has sold one hundred and thirty-five copies to date at a recommended retail price of £9.00. This generated independent income that has been reinvested into her ongoing creative development. By gifting these collections, the Collective has not only promoted local literature but enabled authors to build financial resilience and long-term sustainability within their creative careers. Strategic partnership development was a major focus this year. We strengthened and established new collaborations across Bridport, Dorchester, Weymouth, and Portland. In November 2024, Director Megan Simson successfully pitched and secured a series of events with Bridport Arts Centre as part of the “Queer in the Countryside” programme. This resulted in five workshops and two performance nights celebrating rural LGBTQ+ voices. In January 2025, we met with the CEO of Dorchester Arts and the manager of The Script’s the Thing Festival. As a result, we secured a festival stall and a specialised lecture on Poetic Formatting for May 2025, focusing on the professional performance and literary skills required for publication and stage delivery. We also established a partnership with Dorset Museum to deliver free monthly community workshops in their accessible, low-sensory community space. These workshops are themed around literary heritage and objects within the Museum’s collection, providing inclusive cultural engagement rooted in place. Regional advocacy formed another cornerstone of our development. Directors Peter Roe and Megan Simson travelled over 3,500 miles, from Penzance to Portsmouth, building grassroots connections with LGBTQ+ and disabled writers and organisations across the South West. This groundwork directly supported the launch of our most ambitious initiative to date, The Jawbone Journal. The Jawbone Journal represents a long-held aspiration and forms the next stage of our integrated development model of Workshops, Performances, Collections, and Journal. Each element feeds into the others, creating progression routes and crossover opportunities for community members. During the final six months of the year, an editorial team comprising two directors and two creative members developed the journal framework. Submissions and subscriptions opened in April 2025, limited to writers based in the South West in order to reflect and celebrate the diversity of the region. Our contribution to OmniVerse, as part of Weymouth and Portland’s Town of Culture project, further expanded our reach. In collaboration with local arts organisations and Weymouth and Portland Town Council, we delivered two Open Mics, two community workshops, and a community-sourced interactive poetry trail. We also supported The Bardic Seat of Caer Dur in Dorchester, in partnership with Dorchester Arts and Dorchester Town Council. A new Bard was elected at a public event, which led to subsequent involvement with Dorset History Centre, The Hardy Society, public appearances, and school workshops. Our monthly Open Mic events continue to operate as free, well-attended, community-facing gatherings that foster inclusion, creativity, and peer support. These events remain a vital social and creative lifeline for many participants. The Jawbone Collective provides a stage through Open Mics, training through subsidised workshops, and professional bridges to publications, residencies, and festivals. By intentionally tailoring our delivery to be inclusive of LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and disabled communities, we are actively reshaping the cultural landscape of the South West to be more representative and accessible. While much of our impact is qualitative, we gather ongoing feedback through digital forms and participant interviews. Consistently, participants report increased confidence, creative output, professional progression, and a strengthened sense of belonging. The 2024/25 year has demonstrated strong demand for inclusive literary infrastructure. It has proven that our talent pipeline model works, that community-led publishing is viable, and that strategic partnerships amplify grassroots impact. Securing sustainable income streams and core funding will now be essential to protect and expand this momentum into the coming years.

Consultation with stakeholders

Yes, the company has consulted with its stakeholders throughout the 2024/2025 financial year. Our stakeholders include our LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodivergent community members; the published authors we have supported; workshop facilitators; partner organisations such as Dorchester Arts, Bridport Arts Centre and Dorset Museum; venue partners; local authorities; and audiences attending our events. Consultation has taken place through structured and informal mechanisms. We conducted ten intensive one-to-one consultations with our creative members who are published authors supported by the CIC. These sessions focused on professional development, barriers to progression, and future publishing needs. Feedback was also gathered from participants across our twenty-two Open Mic events and through survey responses collected at our four full-day workshops. In addition, strategic meetings were held with senior representatives of Dorchester Arts and Bridport Arts Centre to assess regional cultural needs and identify gaps in provision. As a result of this consultation, we continued to deliver hybrid and online events to maintain accessibility for disabled and neurodivergent participants. We developed new professional skills programming, including specialist training in poetic formatting for performance and publication. We secured partnership opportunities through “Queer in the Countryside” and Weymouth and Portland Towns of Culture programming, and we shaped the regional focus and development of The Jawbone Journal as it is valuable to recognise the need for opportunities for publication in our immediate rural location of west Dorset and across our network of creatives in the SW . This consultation process ensures the CIC remains community-led, responsive, and aligned with the needs of both its members and the wider cultural sector.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received

Transfer of assets

During the financial year, the company produced two poetry collections with a total print run of 1,000 copies, comprising 500 copies per author. The total direct printing cost was £1,160. Of these, 600 copies were transferred to the authors, Charlotte and Mimi, in return for a combined contribution of £260. The authors were given the opportunity to sell these books at a Recommended Retail Price of £9.00 per copy. The company retained the remaining 400 copies for future sales and community distribution, promotional activity, and archival purposes. The direct unit cost of the books was £1.16 per copy. The 600 copies transferred therefore had a direct production value of £696. After deducting the authors’ combined contribution of £260, the net financial transfer of assets for community benefit amounted to £436. In addition, the company provided 100% of the professional editorial, design, and production management labour required to bring both publications to market at no cost to the authors. This arrangement directly advances the company’s objective by providing local writers with a professional publishing platform and the means to generate independent income. By subsidising production and gifting a significant proportion of the print run, the CIC removed financial barriers to entry and enabled the authors to develop sustainable creative careers. The subsequent sale of the books, including 165 copies sold to date by one author, demonstrates the tangible community impact of this approach, converting company resources into professional development and financial resilience for local creative practitioners.

This report was approved by the board of directors on
4 February 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Megan Simson
Status: Director