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# LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
16088997 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 November 2025

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 19 November 2024

## End date: 30 November 2025

# LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2025

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

# LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 30 November 2025

| Notes | 2025
--- | --- | ---
|  | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 19,459 |
Total current assets: |  | 19,459
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 3 | ( 19,459 ) |
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 0
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 0
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 0
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 0 |
Total members' funds: |  | 0

The notes form part of these financial statements

# LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 November 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 14 August 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Anna Salo
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 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

# LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2025

- ## 2. Employees

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

# LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 November 2025

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

| 2025
--- | ---
| £
Accruals and deferred income | 960 |
Other creditors | 18,499 |
Total | 19,459

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### LITTLE EARS MATTER CIC

### Company Number: 16088997 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 30 November 2025

Company activities and impact

During our first financial year, Little Ears Matter CIC established and began delivering specialist support for children and young people with hearing needs in Birmingham and surrounding areas. Our work focused on improving access to educational audiology, ear health support, assistive listening technology and practical guidance for families. We provided targeted one-to-one support to help ensure children’s hearing needs were appropriately understood and met. This included support for families of deaf children in the Early Years and primary school, as well as specialist one-to-one support for a deaf college student. A key priority was undertaking specialist training to strengthen the safe, evidence-based delivery of ear and hearing support. We also developed a partnership with a local NHS Trust, working alongside ENT and paediatric audiology services to support increased clinical capacity. During the year, our Executive Director held an honorary contract with the Trust, enabling close collaboration with these services and contribution to a weekly paediatric earwax removal clinic. This helped children with hearing needs access specialist ear care more promptly, reducing barriers affecting hearing technology use, communication and access to learning. Family feedback informed the development of inclusive community events for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and their families, promoting peer support, social inclusion and access to specialist advice. As a new organisation, we established robust governance and safeguarding policies and ensured that all relevant staff held Enhanced DBS clearance. In August 2025, we received £19,980 from The National Lottery Community Fund for the HearClear4Kids project. Activity during the year focused on project set-up, delivery planning, stakeholder and family engagement, and preparation for community-based ear health and family support activities. Overall, our work improved access to specialist hearing and ear health support, strengthened families’ understanding and management of hearing needs, and enhanced collaboration between community, education and NHS partners. This laid the foundations for sustainable, preventative and family-centred support for children and young people with hearing needs.

Consultation with stakeholders

Our main stakeholders are children and young people with deafness or a hearing loss, their parents and carers, education professionals, and NHS audiology and ENT professionals. During our first financial year, consultation was primarily undertaken through direct conversations with children, young people and families receiving support, alongside discussions with professionals working with children with hearing needs. Parents shared their experiences of accessing ear health, audiology and educational support and highlighted the need for more timely specialist advice, practical support and opportunities for families and deaf children to connect with others. Feedback from families directly influenced the development of Little Ears Matter’s services. In response, we undertook additional specialist training in ear care, developed plans for inclusive family events and community-based ear health support, and strengthened links with NHS services. Consultation and collaboration with paediatric audiology and ENT professionals also helped identify pressures relating to access to specialist ear care. This contributed to the development of our partnership with a local NHS Trust and our involvement in weekly paediatric earwax-removal clinics. Stakeholder feedback also informed the development of the HearClear4Kids project, including its focus on accessible ear health support, practical information for families, opportunities for peer support and inclusive activities for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

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
14 August 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Anna Salo
Status: Director