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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 May 2026
Principal activities of the company
Additional information
During its first accounting period, the organisation successfully established itself as a Community Interest Company and laid the foundations for long-term community support. Key achievements included: * Developing and expanding the Mumease family support service to provide practical support to families in their own homes. * Securing external funding to enable community services to be delivered at low or no cost to local families. * Developing partnerships with local organisations, venues and professionals to increase support available to parents and carers. * Designing and launching new community programmes focused on pregnancy, postnatal wellbeing, early childhood development and parent confidence. * Recruiting and developing a small team of family support workers to increase capacity and improve access to services. * Building systems, policies and governance to ensure the organisation operates safely, professionally and sustainably. As a newly established Community Interest Company, the focus during this first accounting period was to establish sustainable services, secure funding, build partnerships and begin delivering meaningful support to families across Reading and West Berkshire.
Directors
The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
22 May 2025
to
31 May 2026
The director shown below has held office during the period of
22 May 2025
to
3 September 2025
The director shown below has held office during the period of
23 September 2025
to
31 May 2026
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
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Status: Director
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Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Our Story & Co. Community Interest Company exists to support families from pregnancy through the early years by reducing isolation, improving wellbeing and providing practical, emotional and developmental support. During our first financial year, we established a range of community and family support services across Reading and West Berkshire. Our activities included parent and baby groups providing welcoming spaces for new parents to meet others and access peer support; postnatal wellbeing sessions combining gentle exercise with opportunities for connection and support; early years play sessions promoting children's development through play; and Mumease, our personalised in-home family support service providing practical help to families when they need additional support. We also delivered family workshops, activities and community events designed to reduce isolation, strengthen relationships and provide opportunities for families to connect within their local community. During the year, we secured external funding which enabled some of our community activities to be provided free of charge or at a reduced cost, helping to remove financial barriers to participation. Through these activities, the company has helped parents and carers build local support networks, provided practical support to families experiencing periods of additional need, created opportunities for children to learn and develop through play, and helped reduce isolation among local families.
Our main stakeholders are the families who access our services, along with local libraries, community venues and organisations that support the delivery of our activities. We regularly seek feedback from families through informal conversations during sessions, emails, social media interactions and occasional feedback forms following activities and events. Feedback from families has helped shape how our services have developed. This has included adapting activities and session content in response to families' needs, developing new workshops and activities following parent requests, and introducing outdoor sessions during school holidays to make it easier for families with older siblings to attend. We continue to use feedback, conversations with families and attendance at our activities to help us understand local needs and inform the future development of our services.
The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £8,963.50. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for directors’ loss of office, which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
12 August 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Hayley Brazil
Status: Director