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# BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
15896015 (England and Wales)

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

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 14 August 2024

## End date: 31 August 2025

# BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

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

# BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

| 13 months to 31 August 2025
--- | ---
| £
Turnover: | 20,500 |
Cost of sales: | ( 5,314 ) |
Gross profit(or loss): | 15,186
Distribution costs: | 0 |
Administrative expenses: | ( 13,832 ) |
Other operating income: | 0 |
Operating profit(or loss): | 1,354
Interest receivable and similar income: | 0 |
Interest payable and similar charges: | 0 |
Profit(or loss) before tax: | 1,354
Tax: | 0 |
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | 1,354

# BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 31 August 2025

| Notes | 13 months to 31 August 2025
--- | --- | ---
|  | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 1,354 |
Total current assets: |  | 1,354
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 1,354
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 1,354
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 1,354
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 1,354 |
Total members' funds: |  | 1,354

The notes form part of these financial statements

# BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

## 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 4 May 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Mr Nicolas Aristegui
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

## 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

# BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 August 2025

- ## 2. Employees

  | 13 months to 31 August 2025
  --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 3 |

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### BSIDES BOURNEMOUTH CIC

### Company Number: 15896015 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 August 2025

Company activities and impact

Got enough. The financial year is 1 Sept 2024 to 31 Aug 2025, covering the debut event in 2025. Here's a draft for the CIC34: The company's activities and impact BSides Bournemouth CIC was incorporated to deliver an annual community-led cyber security conference for the South Coast, providing a platform for learning, networking, and first-time speaking opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable locally. In our first financial year, the company organised and delivered our debut conference, BSides Bournemouth 2025. The event welcomed 248 attendees from across the cyber security community, ranging from students and people taking their first steps into the industry, through to engineers, consultants, and senior leaders. Programming was delivered across two tracks with over 20 speakers and three workshops, with deliberate space given to first-time speakers and students alongside experienced practitioners. Tickets were priced to keep the event accessible, and a portion of capacity was reserved for students and early-career attendees. The community benefit delivered in the year included: -Creating a free or low-cost venue for knowledge-sharing in a region that previously had no dedicated cyber security conference, reducing the cost and travel barrier for local people who would otherwise need to attend events in London, Bristol, or further afield. -Providing a supportive first-speaking platform for newcomers, including students and junior practitioners, with mentoring and review offered through the call for papers process. -Strengthening the local technical community by drawing on and feeding back into the long-running Bournemouth 2600 monthly meetups, from which the conference grew. -Bringing sponsors, employers, and recruiters into direct contact with the local talent pool, supporting employability and routes into the industry for people in the area. -Sharing event content publicly after the conference (photos and a highlights video) so that the benefit extended beyond ticket-holders to the wider community. All surplus generated by the event has been retained within the company and ringfenced for the next year's conference, in line with the asset lock and the company's purpose of running BSides Bournemouth as a sustained community resource rather than a one-off event.

Consultation with stakeholders

The company's stakeholders are attendees, speakers, volunteers, sponsors, and the wider South Coast cyber security community, including the long-running Bournemouth 2600 meetup from which the conference grew. The directors are active members of this community and developed the event based on years of attending and supporting BSides conferences across the UK. We ran an open Call for Papers ahead of the 2025 event, inviting submissions from anyone in the community and offering review feedback to first-time speakers. Sponsors were engaged through one-to-one conversations to shape sponsorship around what they and the community would value, rather than fixed packages. After the event, we ran a feedback survey of attendees covering the venue, programming, format, and overall experience, and the Bournemouth 2600 monthly meetups provide an ongoing forum for the local community to feed into the direction of the conference. The survey results, alongside conversations with speakers, sponsors, and volunteers, have directly shaped our plans for 2026. Feedback reinforced the importance of keeping tickets affordable and protecting access for students and early-career attendees, both of which remain core commitments. Speaker feedback is being used to refine the Call for Papers and speaker support process, and sponsor feedback has informed how we structure stands and engagement opportunities for the next event.

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
4 May 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mr Nicolas Aristegui
Status: Director