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# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
SC811471 (Scotland)

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

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 23 May 2024

## End date: 31 May 2025

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2025

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

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

Directors' report period ended 31 May 2025

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

Principal activities of the company

During the financial year, the principal activities of Aberdeen Ethnic Minority Women's Group CIC comprised the provision of community-embedded support, systemic policy advocacy, and early intervention services for ethnic minority women and their families across Aberdeen. Operating as a volunteer-led community interest company, the organisation focused on the following core areas of activity: 1. Community Interest & Support Infrastructure: Establishing a trusted, active regional network of over 90 registered members representing more than 30 nationalities to combat socio-economic and geographic isolation in urban priority areas. 2. Civic Leadership & Landmark Women's Conferences: Establishing a historic civic precedent by coordinating three formal, landmark women's conferences held directly within the Aberdeen City Council Chambers. Designed and delivered entirely by ethnic minority women for ethnic minority women, these first-of-its-kind events placed minority women and youth ambassadors into leadership roles within statutory civic spaces, establishing a transformative consultative bridge directly to local governance, regional councillors, and Members of Parliament. 3. Environmental Advocacy & Just Transition Consultations: Organising dedicated community-led consultations and curating specialised eco-feminist walks and climate-focused workshops to ensure that ethnic minority women's perspectives, priorities, and unique socio-economic vulnerabilities were formally represented within regional Just Transition frameworks. This activity directly bridged the gap between national climate strategy and localised social inclusion. 4. Strategic Legislative Policy Briefings: Utilising the momentum and digital reach of the conference platforms to directly brief local and Scottish Government representatives on vital, overlooked gaps in domestic abuse and family policies. This provided a secure, structured platform for members to present lived-experience testimonies to politicians and policy experts, highlighting how cross-border and international Child Maintenance Service (CMS) collections are weaponised by perpetrators, and how forced post-separation contact arrangements cause severe mental health deterioration for vulnerable families. 5. Crisis Intervention & Safeguarding Advocacy: Delivering targeted, culturally sensitive domestic abuse awareness modules across faith-based and community settings, alongside providing practical, peer-led court accompaniment, Scots law cross-sector expert engagement, and institutional referral pathways. 6. Maternity Equity & Health Support: Providing language-accessible, structured postpartum and pregnancy peer support to isolated minority mothers navigating regional health systems, alongside advising healthcare governance frameworks. 7. Educational & Civic Rights Advocacy: Conducting direct advocacy with local authorities and Members of Parliament to secure statutory school placements for minor children facing prolonged administrative delays, and campaigning for equitable access to local educational and workplace training resources. 8. Social Enterprise & Circular Economy Incubation: Developing the "Sunflower Model" cooperative business framework to support micro-business incubation, traditional craft skills preservation, and financial independence paths for marginalised women. There have been no significant changes in the nature of these principal activities during the period under review.

Company policy on disabled employees

Aberdeen Ethnic Minority Women's Group CIC is committed to equality and inclusion. Recruitment and volunteering practices actively support minority women, including those with disabilities or health issues, and reasonable adjustments are made to enable full participation. The organisation recognises the impact of women's health issues and disabilities on the individuals it supports and incorporates this into its programmes and activities.

Additional information

Pass-through income received from partners represents grants to cover council venue fees for collaborative events. These amounts are forwarded directly to the council and do not constitute company income. Additionally, specialised grant funding received during the period was strictly allocated and targeted to deliver community-led domestic abuse awareness sessions within localised faith-based settings, specifically including Mosque and Church sessions.

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the period of
12 February 2025 to 31 May 2025

Sameera Ahmad
Dr Jayashree Venkatraman

Secretary Elizabeth Spencer

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
22 May 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Elizabeth Spencer
Status: Secretary

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 May 2025

| 2025
--- | ---
| £
Turnover: | 150 |
Gross profit(or loss): | 150
Administrative expenses: | ( 6,972 ) |
Operating profit(or loss): | (6,822)
Profit(or loss) before tax: | (6,822)
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | (6,822)

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 31 May 2025

| Notes | 2025
--- | --- | ---
|  | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 150 |
Total current assets: |  | 150
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 3 | ( 977 ) |
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | (827)
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | (827)
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | (827)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | (827) |
Total members' funds: |  | ( 827)

The notes form part of these financial statements

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 May 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 16 March 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Sameera Ahmad
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 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

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2025

- ## 2. Employees

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

# ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2025

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

| 2025
--- | ---
| £
Other creditors | 977 |
Total | 977

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### ABERDEEN ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN'S GROUP CIC

### Company Number: SC811471 (Scotland)

### Year Ending: 31 May 2025

Company activities and impact

During the financial year, Aberdeen Ethnic Minority Women's Group CIC delivered extensive community benefits across Aberdeen, focusing on socio-economically isolated urban areas including Torry, Woodside, Tillydrone, Mastrick, Northfield, Garthdee, and Seaton. Operating entirely through volunteer labour and director resource allocations, the organisation established an active network of over 90 registered members representing more than 30 nationalities. Key activities and community benefits delivered during the period include: 1. Civic Leadership & Institutional Engagement: Coordinated a historic, first-of-its-kind women's conference held directly within the Aberdeen City Council Chambers. This landmark event was designed and delivered by ethnic minority women specifically for ethnic minority women, establishing a direct bridge to local governance. Additionally, hosted a major cross-cultural solidarity event for 60 women and children at the Aberdeen Art Gallery to build regional civic resilience. 2. Circular Economy & Skills Programmes: Deployed zero-waste textile repair workshops and creative upcycling sessions at regional eco-festivals and local learning centres, promoting environmental sustainability and practical craft skills. 3. Crisis Intervention & Safeguarding Support: Developed and executed targeted domestic abuse awareness modules across faith-based and community venues, providing peer-led intervention channels and continuous practical, multilingual support for isolated families. 4. Educational Rights & Strategic Policy Advocacy: Conducted direct advocacy to secure school placements for minor children facing prolonged administrative delays. Contributed localised lived-experience data panels to national legislative consultations, including the Scottish Housing Bill and wider domestic abuse policy and legal reforms. 5. Workplace & Governance Equality Campaigning: Advanced strategic campaigns advocating for robust representation of minority women of colour within board leadership structures. Challenged existing workplace compliance by campaigning for enhanced, comprehensive training models addressing protected characteristics, specifically targeting discrimination and harassment related to race, religion, and sexual harassment. 6. Enterprise Development: Formulated the "Sunflower Model" cooperative social enterprise concept to support micro-business incubation, peer-to-peer mentoring, and financial independence paths for marginalised women. 7. The organisation has also entered advisory collaborations with institutional partners, including NHS Grampian, to support health equity initiatives and anti-racism action plans moving forward.

Consultation with stakeholders

During the financial year, the organisation conducted extensive, continuous consultations with both community stakeholders and institutional partners to ensure its initiatives directly targeted the systemic barriers faced by ethnic minority women and families in Aberdeen. Consultation methodologies and key outcomes delivered during the period include: 1. Community-Embedded Consultations & Framework Validation: Utilising a framework of relational ethnography, the organisation conducted ongoing longitudinal engagement within trusted, informal environments, including church halls, local community centres, private homes, coffee shops, and practical craft settings such as our "Happy Dolls" upcycling workshops. This allowed more than 90 members across 30 nationalities to safely highlight structural gaps in regional infrastructure, directly informing our core community responses. Crucially, the extensive field observations derived from this ongoing, longitudinal community engagement fully validated our relational ethnography model, proving it to be a high-fidelity mechanism for capturing data that traditional, institutional feedback methods miss. 2. The Institutional Neutrality & Child Welfare Principle: Throughout all consultation and advocacy pathways, the organisation maintained a strict institutional neutrality clause. The organisation explicitly operates on the principle that support is extended to families regardless of past history or complex domestic background, positioning absolute focus on immediate child welfare. By preserving this neutrality, the organisation safely intervenes to protect and nurture the child as a vital future citizen, preventing downstream state crisis intervention and safeguarding childhood development from systemic fractures. 3. Civic & Local Governance Consultations: Coordinated three formal, landmark women's conferences held directly within the Aberdeen City Council Chambers. These historic events were designed and delivered by ethnic minority women specifically for ethnic minority women, establishing a direct, first-of-its-kind consultative bridge to local governance, councillors, and Members of Parliament regarding health equity, integration barriers, and educational resource allocations. 4. Digital Advocacy & Legislative Policy Consultations: Amplified the reach of these landmark conferences through a strategic online presence, which served as a platform to directly brief local and Scottish Government representatives. Lived-experience data panels and direct testimonies were presented to politicians and policymakers to highlight severe systemic gaps in domestic abuse policies. Specifically, the consultations detailed how cross-border and international Child Maintenance Service (CMS) collections are weaponised by perpetrators, and how forced post-separation contact arrangements severely deteriorate the mental health and safety of minority women and minor children. This vital policy dialogue was maintained through comprehensive, ongoing executive email briefings to ensure continuous institutional awareness. 5. Environmental & Just Transition Consultations: Organised and led dedicated community consultations and curated eco-feminist walks to ensure the distinct perspectives and priorities of ethnic minority women were formally captured and contributed to regional "Just Transition" policy frameworks, bridging the gap between climate strategy and social inclusion. 6. National Policy Consultation: The lived experience data gathered through our community feedback panels was compiled and actively contributed to national legislative consultations, directly influencing the current Scottish Housing Bill. 7. Institutional Health & Equity Partnerships: Established formal advisory collaborations with NHS Grampian to support their upcoming Anti-Racism Action Plan. This includes commissioning a targeted maternity services health needs assessment to capture the lived experiences of minority women, bridge communication gaps, and improve institutional accountability standards. 8. Regional Enterprise Dialogue: Initiated brief, exploratory talks regarding "The Women's Shed" business incubator concept to highlight the collective needs of our 90-strong membership and advocate for women-centric business support. While structural engagement through Business Gateway presented significant operational difficulties and did not materialise further during this period, regional representatives from Aberdeenshire Council demonstrated a distinctly positive and responsive approach to understanding these systemic barriers.

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
22 May 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Elizabeth Spencer
Status: Director