for the Period Ended 31 October 2025
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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 October 2025
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
1 November 2024
to
31 October 2025
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
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 October 2025
Basis of measurement and preparation
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In this period More Than Ponies (MTP) shifted from being New Forest-focused programme to a programme rooted in the New Forest, Dorset and surrounding areas. We launched The dAi (digital-Art-index), created by artist Dr Melanie Rose: a place-based research artwork and curatorial project, taking the form of a spreadsheet, which gathers historic paintings held in regional galleries that frame a single place - here the New Forest National Park. The database is hosted on our website. In summer 2025 we collaborated with the Poorhouse Reading Rooms and Bridport Arts Centre on Free Reading, a session with artists Melanie Jackson and Laura Eldret: exploring artists' publications in the archive, time to read, and contributing to a collaborative micro-publication for the exhibition From and To... at Bridport Arts Centre. We also created and published documentation from our conference The Long View on our website. These activities benefited the community by offering free and low-cost opportunities for artists and the public to encounter, make and discuss art rooted in place and landscape.
We maintain a network of local and national arts and cultural communities whom we consult when planning future programmes and opportunities. Artists are woven into our programme as collaborators, with consultation and reflection built into our process. Looking ahead, we are exploring relaunching More Than Ponies in 2027 with a permaculture strand, run as a commons, with offers for wider public audiences, and building out our director and governance infrastructure.
All of the director's work carried out as a director in this period was done voluntarily, apart from freelance project work (on The Long View) for which £1,418.80 was paid.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 June 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Laura Perry
Status: Director