Minor Compositions CIC benefited the community by publishing, circulating and supporting access to critical, radical and experimental writing that would often sit uneasily within commercial publishing. During the financial year, the company produced or developed six books, including work on institutional unlearning, anti-fascist theory, cultural politics, working-class artistic practice, and stateless social histories. These publications supported readers, writers, researchers, artists, students, activists, independent publishers and cultural workers by making politically and culturally engaged material available in accessible print and digital forms. The company continued its commitment to open access and low-cost circulation. Freely available digital copies of books were moved to archive.org to make them easier to access and preserve, while print editions were distributed through bookshops, events and direct sales. This benefited communities of readers and organisers who may not otherwise have affordable access to specialist critical, theoretical and cultural publications. Minor Compositions CIC also supported public debate, education and cultural exchange through events, book launches, discussions with authors, and a substantial programme of podcast activity, including 23 podcast episodes during the year. These activities created spaces for collective reflection around publishing, anti-fascism, art, class, unlearning, and alternative forms of social and political organisation. The company’s work also benefited the wider publishing and cultural community by sustaining non-commercial publishing infrastructure: editorial development, design and production support, distribution, open-access hosting, and collaboration with writers, translators, editors and partner organisations. This included emerging collaboration with Page Against the Machine to translate and distribute work by Indonesian authors, as well as participation in an Experimental Publishing Retreat focused on building open-access publishing networks. Overall, the company’s activities advanced its community purpose by increasing access to critical knowledge, supporting authors and collaborators whose work may not be supported by commercial presses, enabling international and cross-cultural exchange, and maintaining an independent publishing infrastructure for radical, experimental and collectively oriented cultural work.

Minor Compositions CIC’s stakeholders include authors, editors, translators, designers, readers, event participants, bookshops, distributors, project partners, researchers, artists, students, independent publishers, cultural workers, and wider publics engaging with the company’s publications, podcasts, events and open-access materials. Consultation during the year has primarily taken place through the company’s ordinary publishing, editorial and public-facing activities. This has included ongoing editorial correspondence and project development with authors, editors and translators; discussions with collaborators and partner organisations; conversations with readers and participants at book launches, events and public discussions; direct correspondence through book sales and enquiries; and feedback received through social media, mailing-list activity, podcast engagement and informal discussion around the work being produced. The company has taken this feedback into account in shaping its publishing programme, event activity and access work. For example, engagement with authors, editors and translators informed how publications were developed, edited, designed and circulated. Feedback from readers and collaborators reinforced the importance of maintaining low-cost and open-access editions, which contributed to the decision to improve access to freely available digital copies by moving material to archive.org. Discussions with partners and communities of interest also helped shape emerging translation and distribution collaborations, including work with Page Against the Machine around Indonesian authors and publishing networks. Overall, stakeholder consultation has been embedded in the company’s day-to-day activity rather than conducted as a single formal consultation exercise. It has helped Minor Compositions CIC remain responsive to the needs of its communities by supporting accessible publishing, collaborative editorial development, public discussion, translation work, and non-commercial forms of cultural and intellectual circulation.

No remuneration was received

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration