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# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
13705481 (England and Wales)

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

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 November 2024

## End date: 31 October 2025

# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

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

# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 31 October 2025

| Notes | 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: | 3 | 4,710 | 0
Investments: |  | 0 | 0
Total fixed assets: |  | 4,710 | 0
Current assets
Debtors: | 4 | 12 | 0
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 2,983 | 3,343
Total current assets: |  | 2,995 | 3,343
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: |  | 0 | 0
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 2,995 | 3,343
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 7,705 | 3,343
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: |  | 0 | 0
Provision for liabilities: |  | 0 | 0
Accruals and deferred income: |  | 0 | 0
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 7,705 | 3,343
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 7,705 | 3,343
Total members' funds: |  | 7,705 | 3,343

The notes form part of these financial statements

# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 October 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 15 July 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Louise Jenner
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 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

# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2025 | 2024
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 0 | 0

# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

## 3. Tangible assets

| Land & buildings | Plant & machinery | Fixtures & fittings | Office equipment | Motor vehicles | Total
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Cost | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £
At 1 November 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Additions |  |  | 4,710 |  |  | 4,710
Disposals |  |  |  |  |  |
Revaluations |  |  |  |  |  |
Transfers |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 October 2025 | 0 | 0 | 4,710 | 0 | 0 | 4,710
Depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |
At 1 November 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |
Charge for year |  |  |  |  |  |
On disposals |  |  |  |  |  |
Other adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 October 2025 |  |  |  |  |  |
Net book value |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 October 2025 | 0 | 0 | 4,710 | 0 | 0 | 4,710
At 31 October 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

# CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 October 2025

## 4. Debtors

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Other debtors | 12 | 0
Total | 12 | 0

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### CRAFTING CONNECTIONS CIC

### Company Number: 13705481 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 October 2025

Company activities and impact

Crafting Connections CIC was established in October 2021, with the aim of improving people’s general health and wellbeing and reducing social isolation through a range of arts and crafts, alternative wellness therapies and other opportunities. In January 2024, we opened Lambton Community Hub, our Community Asset Transfer building from Sunderland City Council. During the period November 2024 to October 2025, the Hub has continued to go from strength to strength. We have a monthly footfall of around 350 individuals per month. We now deliver two weekly lunch clubs, four weekly arts and crafts-based sessions, four weekly exercise classes (including seated, cardio, yoga and Tai-Chi), and open the venue to other local businesses to hire for their activities several times per week. We work in partnership with Neighbourly and Fareshare NE to collect and redistribute surplus food to our community, a service that is growing in demand all of the time due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Our demographic is mainly older people aged 65 and over, people with physical disabilities and people with low-level mental health concerns. Feedback is very positive and we continue to grow and change according to this feedback. We have continued to apply for community grants and funding to support the development, growth and improvement of our service offer for customers. We have a fully-stocked community fruit and veg garden and now support three regular volunteers, who help us with surplus food collection, delivering arts and crafts groups, and cooking for our lunch clubs.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders are all of the individuals that attend our range of classes and sessions, the voluntary sector community and the various organisations that have provided funding to support our service delivery. All of our arts and crafts classes involve consultation with the group to understand the types of activities that they enjoy or would like to try. This consultation is used to ensure that sessions are person-centred and tailored according to the individual’s interests and abilities. We have had our lunch club attendees complete feedback questionnaires to identify any issues or areas for improvements as well as seeing what works well. We use our social media platforms to consult with the local community about our services and to run ideas for new services past them to gauge interest. We attend regular voluntary sector meetings to talk to other organisations about partnership working and opportunities to refer to each other. We also discuss community needs and ways to improve our engagement with as many people as possible. This has resulted in partnership working with a number of VCS and other organisations, including regular venue hire with them to deliver their services from our community building.

Directors' remuneration

All of the Directors were involved in the delivery of project-based services and as such, were remunerated for the time they spent delivering these services. All remuneration that was received was funded by the non-profit income achieved through successful bids to grant-providing organisations

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
15 July 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Louise Jenner
Status: Director