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# BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
14254413 (England and Wales)

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

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 August 2024

## End date: 31 July 2025

# BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 July 2025

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

# BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 July 2025

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 126,263 | 148,622
Cost of sales: | ( 77,846 ) | ( 60,780 )
Gross profit(or loss): | 48,417 | 87,842
Administrative expenses: | ( 48,202 ) | ( 45,387 )
Operating profit(or loss): | 215 | 42,455
Interest receivable and similar income: | 18 |
Profit(or loss) before tax: | 233 | 42,455
Tax: | ( 114 ) | ( 8,066 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | 119 | 34,389

# BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 31 July 2025

| Notes | 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 23,221 | 91,120
Total current assets: |  | 23,221 | 91,120
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 23,221 | 91,120
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 23,221 | 91,120
Provision for liabilities: |  | ( 176 ) |
Accruals and deferred income: |  | ( 958 ) | ( 40,423 )
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 22,087 | 50,697
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 22,087 | 50,697
Total members' funds: |  | 22,087 | 50,697

The notes form part of these financial statements

# BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 July 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 6 April 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: SELINA BROWN
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 July 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

# BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 July 2025

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2025 | 2024
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 1 | 1

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### BLACK BRITISH BOOK FEST CIC

### Company Number: 14254413 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 July 2025

Company activities and impact

THE COMPANY RUNS A NUMBER OF BOOK FESTIVALS WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND SHARE THEIR LOVE OF READING AND LITERATURE

Consultation with stakeholders

No consultation with stakeholders

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
6 April 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: SELINA BROWN
Status: Director